Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-12-30

miles away on tho military reservation. Al
$3.50 or o'clock, the Feddr1 force, or tho
Blues. start out to Intercept The ensmy, hu.
tho polat OF contact Is not Known, there.
fore each commander has to itpend upon hiA
owa resources. when the pola. O. contact Ia
found. As before stated. cach force "a sun
piled With men from the slEaal corps de-
tachment and through thea tho various
smaller detachmonts % tr0eps comprising
tho main bodies may have tommunicaton,
no matter where they are.
In one OF the most Interesting Of the cvo-
uhons ! witnessed force Of the enciny
was supposed to I've advancing on The road
10 Fort Riley from the direction ~ Whites
Ranch. The force Of Biucs was superior
n point of numbers. but tR Browns gave
them good deal Of tronblN The Browns
were supposed TO be remembering tho
position Of tho Blues. were discovered and
eventually driven back
On little round topped illl mile away
from tho COMMANDING poaition taken by
tho umplres. saw tiny white speck.
waving 10 and fro. at regular intervals. Then
e was wagged from side 10 ede and up and
down. suddenly Disappearing II was Crock
to me. but away on on another prominence,
milo in tho other direclipt. appeared an
other little white nag, with red speek In
tho center. b0hbing UP and down. Just like
tae other had done, The iiass we're held by
slgnalmen Of tho Blues and Jhey we're trans
IN command. to his subordinate officers In
command Of advanced dctaihmcnts Of his
force
The battery OF artillery With the force OF
Browns, far on toward th( Wost opened
ilro upon the hill whore the Huris agnaImRn
stood. II actual dhrapncl he'd heon used, tho
Email body OF oillcera sufrouudlng him
would haye been destroyed Ind tho signalA
would have had to be givcn nv somc Other
signal corps 6crgeant. Thd firing u tho
battery having been determined too no, 10
Withstand tho hlgnhlman withdrew and aoon
from a lower point. Shcltred from tho
view OF the Browne artillery but sim withln
plain view Of tho major, <9re came later
milling flashes from a little mirror thrown
for all the world like nhooboy would
throw tho rays o. light, fru,n a small mir
rar for fun. Thucc were thl hasheo Of the
Photograph and soon they wire lelegraphlng
ordois BY flashes OF light, \ perfectly and
| "a correctly as II a wire hal been laid ana
ielogTaphic Instruments atttehed az either
tornilups,
Major BALDWIN Issued orRm through the
signal corps sergeants dlr9ting The force
under Captain Fuller. to cut on tho retreat
ing o. the Browns. wh1i were making
tracks over the hills to the Westward Al
though they vera inyleible p Captain Full
Ter, owing to Intervening hills, he was 40
correctly Informed BY the laigneilng that
he was enabled to carry ouuhia Instructions
as intelllg5nuy a. II no had received them
| In writing. which, az natter Of cnunde
could not have been accomplished IN time TO
glvo fhadnw oil sucees y the movement
contemplated.
la tho meantime. Captain Gresham Of the
Seventh Calvary had diGmogptcd his troop
they wore Browns that dy-and had at
tackled a patrol OF tho Bluef In a litile val
| ley between two hilld, Had ElEnal oorns
man been with him he wtild never have
met the fate he did HIS tnoge was soon
| by Captain Simmons and Nth bis troop Of
| Blues DO rode like the wind around tho I'M.
| DamounflnF, the boye NJ Bio poured up the
| llitle knoll and opened Ord al anly few
| dozen yards range. before captain Grcsham
| was aware OF their prosend. His fate wah
| f1rrscen by the commando OF tho Browns.
| Major Rafferty,. OF tho Second Cavalry. but
as Captain Gresham haA no signal eor-
| goAnt with him. there wh no way 10 warn
| him OF the lurking foe in'hls roar.
| on another day ! aawIn practical demon
ftfntlon OF the laying oi temporary held
telegraph and telephone lines. Tho Held
| traln cnnslats of three gsagold, the first con-
laining complete odapment Of battery
| calls; wire wagon, b. which h carried
! coils Of ordinary telegraph wire, wound upon
rsals q u alze and weight 10 be calllg and
| quickly handled; LANCE truck which car
/ ilcG 900 ash poles. fourteen feet long ana
OF three ani a hair pounds wrlgAt each, to-
| gosher with crowbaH for digging holol 10
| which to set them. a Photograph showing
! tho Held train IN motiun q presented here
| with Ahead Of the WAGONS VII b. seen tha
7 detachment OF men, ntcNiairy % properly
set up and operate tho llpo. The men run