Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-07-20
The Frontier Veterans of the Third
Cavalry in Chicago.
THEY bad NEVER BEEN IN A Big CITY
Deeds Of Daring and Faithful Service
in the Country's Outposts.
GOOD MILITARY RECORDS
STAT Correspondence Of The Evening Star.

| lake front Chicago loses the greatest prac-
teal military spectacle ever seen within
its limits and the second largest assem-
blage of regular soldiers that has been In
the United States since the close of the
civil wax. To the general public the oc-
casion was largely scenic for only a minor
ity seemed to have any appreciation Of the
services rendered the community and the
country by the professional boys in blue,
but the intelligently interested saw be-
meath the surface of apparent camp monot-
ony and were gratifed at the excellent
showing made In the minutiae which are
necessary to the construction of the ideal
soldier. But even the unknowing critic was
compelled to note one thing and that was
the uniformly good behavior. 1t is ex-
tremely probable that some of the soldiers
were, at times, more or less under the in
fuence of Intoxicating liquors. but never
| saw even one nor have 1 heard any one
say he saw one. This is a remarkable
showing. and an exhibit of discipline of
| which the army and the nation may well
be proud. II adverse comment could be
| looked for from any source it would doubt
less be expected from the Chicago Times
which has throughout all the troubles been
the consistently aggressive organ of the
| strikers and of those who by any means
| sought to make the strike q success.
Praise for the Soldier.
Yet the Times in an editorial on wednes-
day, demanding the immediate withdrawal
of the regulars" said of them:
| During their presence here their con-
duct has been above reproach. They have
shown themselves a brave, orderly. we'll
disciplined body Of men, who know how to
forbear as well as to strike. who have
| patience well as frmness moral strength
as well as valor The officers have on
every critical occasion used discretion, tact
and cool Judgment; the men have shown
that high obedience and observation-disclosures
in the face Of great provocation which
marks the excellent soldier of all history.
The Times has nothing but words OF COM
mendation for the conduct of the regulars.
although 1t maintains that their coming, for
which they were in nowise responsible.
was a stupid blunder The Times and the
people Of Chicago will be glad to say fare
well to the soldiers of the nation-the
more so as they can say ii In cordial,
friendly tones to guests who, though they
came unlimited. have done themselves
naught but credit during their stay"
Such commentator from the enemy is
worth having. Some of the soldiers of
whom these pleasant and truthful things
have been said have received much less of
newspaper credit than is their due. Con-
| spicuous among these are the officers and
men Of the squadron of the third cavalry
ordered in a great hurry from their station
in Ft Riley, Kansas The third has been
and is one of the real fighting regiments.
and this particular battalion has contribut-
ed its share toward the regimental rcputa-
ton. 1t is rather remarkable that the third
is not distinguished for anything. Its
officers unite in declaring that the organiza-
ton is no good-that it can't shoot, or ride,
or drill. or even appear to be beautiful; but
they make no effort to deny that it has
the git therest' record of any regiment
in the army, and they concede that when
ever the government has any very difficult
service IL desires performed the third more
frequently than any other command is
called upon to act. II the regiment had
1 hsan xt-hf nod IS r,,-s
or three times, or had been indebted TO a
numerically inferior command for existence
itself, then there would perhaps be some
thing to brag about. but as it has always
done its own fighting and kept cut of
traps, its claims upon glory are too slim 10
form the basis even of club converse tion.
On Frontier Duty.
1t is long way back to the year when
the third or some considerable portion of IL
has not done active field service When
the war came to an end the northwestern
Indian demanded attention, and much of
that which was given him was contributed
by the third. With the arrival of the eight
les, the Sioux and Cheyennes were fairly
well subdued, but the Apache was on the
warpath. and it was to discourage the
blood-thirsty Tinneh that the third endured
all manner of discomfort in the southwest
Since then IL has been keeping things
quiet on the far-away edges of Texas has
overawed more than one band Of would he
violent Indians has chased the cattle thief
until further pursuit was unnecessary made
things so hot for Cara and the border
bandits as to cause both sources of disturb
ance great trouble and final inaction was
| busy twerty-four hours per day In the ex-
| tremely delicate work of keeping order at
| the opening of the Cherokee strip and now
helps sustain the law of the land in the
| countrys greatest commercial city
| A considerable proportion of the men in
| the squadron were never east of the Mis-
| souri, river until this month Many Of them
were born In Arizona and prior to this never
saw bigger city than San Antonio. with
its 1900 Inhabitants. and. as one tanned
trooper put 1t, I'VE thought she was a
corker." An old white-haired sergeant, on
the evening OF the battalion's arrival at
camp on the lake 'front.' walked up to his
captain. and. pointing toward the Audi
| torium building. asked the captain what that
was. He was Informed that 1t was a hotel:
that nearly all of the windows in which
| lights were twinkling represented each a
room; that in each room there was at least
one individual. and that, Furthermore. there
were very many other hotels in the city
| mat were almost II not quite, as capacious
| Inc sergeant said nothing, glanced once
more at the huge mass of masonry looked
with dubiousness that could not be con-
| ceaied at the captain. saluted respectfully
| and went to his tent an unbelieyer Ne
knows more now.
Lots of Good Material.
Most Of the men IN the battalion know
very much more about Mexican ways than
| they do about American manners Lots of
them are clever Spanish takers and more
than a few have served all the way from
twenty to twenty-eight years with the resi
| ment and have. therefore, great mines NJ
| frontier experience to draw from whenever
current topics become scarce. In troon
| Is horse that has done duty from The
Canadian border away into Mexico: has q
| bullet in his body which was put there In
| the night on the Rosebud, June IL 1876
| Major l.. T. Morris. who commands the
| battalion, Is one Of the most popular ~
| the old-time officers. He has a splendid
| war record; served the stan of Cen
| George II. Thomas and Gen. r. w. John
| son; since then has been wherever there
was duty to do. He is a very fine shot as
active rider any man ten years PIC
junior, an able tactician and personally
a very delightful companion. The battalion
adjutant Is First Lieut.. J. T. Dickman. one
| Of the brightest of the younger element
| on which so much depends and in whose
hands the armys future rests Ifeut
| Dickman is an honor graduate of the cav
airy school at Leavenworth, a linguist than
| whom few are better, a field engineer OF
exceptional ability and a cavarymap whose
| activity must have caused the Cara reyo-
| lutionists a great deal of discomfort One
| of the officers who served through the war
% tl,a vaba 10 l-as1 I>r.E