Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-07-20

tie of Stone river. With his troop, or as
Gen. Crooks chief of STAFF. he has seen as
much or perhaps more service against In
dams than any other officer in the army
In later years he has found time to con-
tribute principally to the science of eth
nology some most valuable contributions
and as consequences he ranks high among
the producers Of literature, in which not
only this country, but all civilized coun-
tries cannot but be deeply interested.
Among the most conspicuous OF his recent
services in his profession was the work
done in supervising Cara ind his sympa-
thizers. Through a country OF extreme
wildness and among a people intensely hos
tile to everything American he never falter-
ed. and ii Is truly said Of him that he
N ade the American flag feared and respect
work-more difficult than those unfamiliar
with the country and the people would i'm
agtne-he had a willing and enthusiastic
coadjutor Capt F. H. Hardie. who COM
mands G troop of the third, and who is
also on duty in Chicago. Disloyal women
on the southwestern border will use the
names of Bourke and Hardie to terrify chill
dren for years to come.
Troop r 10 a Good One.
The other troop of the battalion-F-is
commanded by Capt George A Dodd. and
of this organization 1t is said that no troop
in the army can excel it in the matter of
drill. OF comse this will be denied by the
anu ifitn Oh Oanef troops, OUT tnere
were no denials by any of the troops in Chi
cago, where comparison was easily possible
troop has ether merits. though and Capt
Dodd is entitled to more OF honor than can
POSSIBLY come from even high repute as a
drill master. The Eeutenants throughout
The battalion are decidedly above the aver
age. Lieut.. ID. l.. Tate is a first-class quar-
termaster; Lieut.. T. r. Rivers of Elting e
excels a tactician: ]. W. Heard and L.
c. Andrews Of Hardie's are far from slow
F. NJ. Caldwell Of Bourke's did wonderfully
we'll in the Cherokee strip last year. while
J. II. Rice of Dodds can keep I'D his end
with the best of them.
But FIT Riley made more Of a contribution
than Morris squadron OF the third cavalry.
II sent also three batteries of artillery I'M
der the command of Major W. F. Randolph
A of the second and + of the second are
batteries of 32-inch rifles, commanded, re-
spectively, by Captains Grimes and Vose
Battery of the fourth is commanded by
Capt. Sydney W. Taylor, and consists OF
four Hotchkiss guns. Capt. Taylor by the
way, is a Washingtonian, and IS rather
proud of the fact that his battery is the
Oldest artillery organization in the service.
At one time * was commanded by Alex
ander Hamilton, and IL now ejoices in the
possession Of a guidon presented by a
grandson of the warrior statesman. All the
batteries are at the top notch OF working
perfection-hghly creditable to every one
explosion in one of Capt Nose's caissons d.
rected special attention to the artillery and
has completely upset the icea that artillery
service, even in time of peace, is without
danger. The destruction wrought by the ex-
plosion gave some of the noisy Chicagoans
an idea as to what might happen were the
guns turned loose on mob. G. H. II.