Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1893-07-27
WOUNDED KNEE HEROES.
THE MONUMENT TO THEIR
MEMORY DEDICATED.
Imposing Ceremonies and an Flo
quent Address-The Seventh
Cavalry Entertains the Visitors
Hospitably-A Beautiful Memoir
ial.


Riley yesterday thoroughly enjoyed the
hours spent at the largest military,post
in the United States. The Seventh
cavalry was the host and royalty enter
tanned all who came. Every section Of
Kansas was represented and the
elaborate ceremonies were viewed with
interest.
Col. }. W. Forsyth, the gallant com.
msnder of the post, together with
Lieutenant j. F. Bell and other sub
ordinate officers did all in their power
to make the day q success and their
efforts were appreciated.
The exercises began with q dress
parade at 1890 by the Seventh cav.
airy. Guard mounting followed and
an artillery drill under Capt. Gaines
was given on artillery parade.
Lunch was served at noon and after
ward was drill in the riding hall and
on the parade ground. The military
band gave one of its sweet concerts at
2 p. m. and then followed the dedica-
ton exercises near the monument
which is located on a prominent part Of
the post grounds.
FITTING MONUMENT. ,
The monument isthe result OF libera.
contributions by the officers and soldiers
Of the regiment, members Of the hos
pital corps at Fort Riley and other off,
GERS and friends OF the Seventh.
The monument is composed OF
granite. The die, upon which all the
Inscriptions are cut, Is Of Quincy
granite, with four faces, with n highly
polished panel on each face. On these
panels are cut the inscriptions us given
below. The monument Is 25 feet high
and was erected by II. Il. Barker, OF
Kansas City, Mo.
The first face bears the following;
ITO the soldiers who were killed In a
battle with Sioux Indians at Wounded
Knee and Drexel Mission, South Da.
kota, December 80 and 80, 1890. Erect
ed as tribute of affection by their
comrades of the medical department
and Seventh cavalry, United States
army, A. d. 1893"
Second face-Seventh cavalry. Ser
geant Major II. w. Corwine; Troop A,
Sergeants Alvin II. Ilaselwood and
Arthur c. Dyer Saddler Henry Frey,
Privates Herman Granber, George
johnson, Michael Regain and James Lo-
gan; Troop II, First Sergeant Dora $.
Coffey, Corporal Harry r. Forrest, Cor
poral Charles II. Newell, Privates viii
liam S. Mezzo, John Costello, Ralph l..
Cook and II AIRY Stone.
Third face-Seventh cavalry: Troop
c, Private Jan De Vreede Troop ID,
Private Frank T.. Reineclyi Troop Z,
Sergeant II. Nettles and Private Au-
gust Kellneri Troop G., Private ID.
Franceschetti; Troop ], Sergeant Hen
ry Howard, Corporal Albert s. Bone,
Blacksmith Gustav Korn, Privates
bernhard Zehnder, Pierce Cummings,
James L. Kelley and Daniel Twohig.
Fourth raoe-Seventh cavalry: Troop
-, Captain George ID. Wallace, First
Lieutenant James ID. Mann, Sergeant
William f. Hodges, Privates William
+. Schwenkey, William +. McClintock,
George Elliott, William Adams, Joseph
Murphy and John McCue. Hospital
corps, Hospital. Steyard Oscar Pollock.
The exercises opened with music.
Prayer was offered by Chaplin d. r.
Lowell. Another musical selection
was given and then came the grafton.
Hon. j, r. Burton, the orator of the
occasion, had arrived that morning
from Chicago.
BUTTONS ADDRESS.
Mr.. Burton was greeted with cheers
and spoke as follows:
The soldiers of the Republic have
made possible the marvellous civic
victories won on this continent. From
the landing of the Pilgrims to the
battles of Wounded Knee and Drexel
Mission, the soldier has been the
trontierman clearing the way for the
coming Of our splendid civilization.
This country was in possession of a
savage race that had made no progress
in a thousand years and would have
made no progress had 1t possessed the
land a thousand years more. The
Indian knew nothing Of God nor the
rights of men. have no sympathy
with that sickly sentiment of nabbling
idlers who removed far from contact
with the savage mourn the fate Of the
poor Indian aud lament his wrong.
They would have us believe this was
the Red mans country, TO do with 1t
as he pleased that the Anglo. Saxon
race obtained 1t unjustly by force.
They forget that no land belongs to
any people or race, when the claims Of
a better civilization are asserted. II
the descendants of the people who now
own this country should neglect their
opportunity and 10 any way sink into
hopeless barbarism then they will have
forfeited all right to the muni6cent
Inheritance left them, and some civil.
lied race should as it would, take 1t from
them. In the struggles Of mankind
the better civilization has the better
claim to dominion, Virtue and intelli,
gence have the superior rights to ignor
Rnce and barbarism. 1t has ever beer