The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-02-23

the commanding officer, recognizing the
fraternity at a glance, warned them out
side the limits OF camp that night, de-
clined their services as volunteers on the
impending campaign, and treated them
with such calmly courteous recognition
of their true character that the eastern
press was speedily filled with sneering
comment on,the hopelessness of ever sub
DUNG the savage tribes of the northwest,
when the government intrusts the duty
to upstart officers of the regular service
whose sole conception of their functions
is to treat with insult and contempt the
hardy frontiersman whose mere presence
with the command would be of incalcu-
liable benefit. eve have it from indis-
putable authority" says The Miners
Light of Brandy Gap, "that when our
esteemed fellow citizen Hank Mulligan
and twenty gallant shots and riders like
himself went in a body to Gen. - at
the cantonment and offered their services
as volunteers against,the Sioux now de-
vastating thehomesteads and settlements
of the Upper Missouri and Yellowstone
valleys, they were treated with naughty
and contemptuous refusal by that band
box carlcature of a soldier and threat
ened with arrest if they did not quit
the camp. When will the United States
learn that its frontiers can never be
purged of the Indian scourges of ouI
civilization until the conduct of affairs
in the field is intrusted to other hands
than these martinets of the drill ground!
1t is needless to remark in this connection
that the expedition led by Gen. - ha.
proved a complete failure, and that the
Indians easily escaped his clumsily lee
forces"
The gamblers, though baff1ed for the
time being, of course ''get square," ant
more too, with the unfortunate genera
in this sort of warfare, but they are dis
gusted lot as they hang about the Wagon
train as last of all it is being hitched il
to leave camp. Some victims, of course
they have secured, and there are no de
vices of commanding officers which cal
protect their men against those sharks o
the prairies when the men themselves ar
bound to tempt providence. and play
There are two scowling faces in the cav
airy escort that has been left back witt
the train, and Capt. Hull, the command
| ing officer, has reprimanded Sergts
Clancy and Cover in singing terms fo
their absence from the command durin,
the night. There is little question wner
they spent it, and both have been ''cieaIl
ed out" What makes it worse, bot
have lost money that belonged to othe
men in the command, and they are i
bad odor accordingly.
The long days march has tempered tn
joviality of the entire column It's nea
shutdown, and still they keep ploddin
onward, making for a grassy level on tn
river bank good mile farther.
"Old Hull seems bound to leave tn
sports as far behind as possible, if he ha
to march us until midnight" growls til
battalion adjutant to his immediate con
mander. ''Bv thunder! one would thin
he was afraid they would get in a lick g
his own pile
"How much did you say he was carry
ing?" asks Capt. Rayner, checking HI
horse for moment to look back owe
the valley at the long, dust envelope
column
Nearly three thousand dollars in or
wad."
GLOW does he happen to have such
sum-"
"Why. Crane left his pay account
with him. He drew all that was due h
men who are off with Crane-twenty
) them-for they had signed the rolls b.
fore going, and were expected back t
, day. Then he has some six hundred do
lars company fund; and the men of h
troop asked him to take care of a GOO
deal besides. The old man has been wi,
them SO many years they look upon hi
as father and trust him as implicitly
| they would a savings bank. :"
"That's all very we'll" answers Ra,
ner; ''but wouldn't want to carry an
} such sum with me-"
, sIt's different with Hulls men, ca
tain. They are ordered in through Il
posts and settlements. They have
/ three weeks march ahead of them whe
} they get through their scout, and the
want their money on the way. 1t w;
only after they had drawn it that tt
: news came of the Indians crossing, al
: of our having to jump for the warpat
Everybody thought yesterday mornir
: that the campaign was about over so f;
as we are concerned. Halloa! here com
young Hayne. Now, what does
want?'
: Riding a quick, nervous little b;
: troop horse, slim built officer, wi
boyish face, laughing blue eyes, al
sunny hair, comes loping up the lol
: prairie wave; he shouts CHEEKY greetii
, to one or two brother subalterns WI
are plodding along beside their men, al
| exchanges some merry chaff with Lieu
e Ross, who is prone to growl at the la,
e which has kept him afoot and given
7 this favored youngster mount and
temporary staff position. The DO.
S spirits and fun seem to jar on Rayne1
7 nerves. He regards him blackly as
rides gracefully towards the battali'
e commander, and with decidedly no
e chalant ease of manner and an so
!, handr salute that has an air about it
saying, 81 do this sort of thing becau
one has to, but it doesn't really me
e anything, you know" Mr.. Hayne acco
4 his superior:
g '"Ah, good evening, captain. ha
d just come back from the front, and Ca
!, Hull directed me to give you his comp
t ments and say that we would camp
g the bend yonder, and he would like y
to post strong pickets and have doul