The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-12-07
GEN. MILES TO VISIT SAVANNAH
HE WILL ARRIVE HERE THIS MORN
ING FROM ATLANTA.

The committeeman Making 81
Tour of the south-He VIII Prob
ably Be HOnOred by a Delegation
From the Local MiIitary-Gen.
Miles Visit TO His Old Regiment
at Fort McPhersOn.
Gen. Nelson A. Miles, COMMANDMENTS
chief Of the United States military forces,
will arrive in the city this morning from
Atlanta. where he has been visiting the
exposition and the Fifth Regiment Infan-
try, United States regulars, stationed at
Fort MCPHERSON
Gen. Miles is making a tour Of the
southern stations. and will probably spend
some time in the south. Savannah being
distinctively a military city, the distin-
guished officer will undoubtedly be given
cordial welcome by the officers of the
commands here.
Capt. o. NJ. Garter of the United States
engineering corps received word yester-
day that Gen. Miles would arrive this
morning instead of last night. as expected
Gen. Miles reviewed the Fifth regiment
in Atlanta Thursday. He honored his old
command, with which he served for
eleven years, and with which he was in
many memorable fights, by making it the
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pointment to the head of the United States
army.
No man in the service has led a more
adventurous military life than Gen Miles
1t was in the command of the Fifth regi-
ment he showed that reckless courage and
stern determination which brought him
into prominence and accentuated his tai
enIS as military commandant.
me Firth regiment was organized in
lSOo and was reorganized in 1875, when it
was Immediately sent west of the Mssis-
sippi river, where it remained for seventy
! nve years. 1t served with Gen. Scott
during the Mexican war and during the
long long years Of its existence has never suf-
1t was in 1853 that Gen. Miles was
made colonel Of the Fifth. He served
! regularly with it in camp and through all
OF its campaigns. In 1876, after the death
or Gen. Clusters command, the regiment
was sent to Montana, where it served
against the Indians until 1888. 1t was in
1880 that Gen. Miles was given the title
of brigadier general. He was made fa-
nous in the fights with Sitting Bull
whom they drove over the British line
after having destroyed most of his In
dams. He destroyed the camp of Lame
Deer and forced its remnants into the
agencies, having first destroyed the camp
of Crazy Horse, near Wolf mountain, in
1871 The battle was fought in the deep
Chief Joseph, of the Nezperces. at Bear
Paw mountain, Montana. after a siege
of five days and hard-fought battle
This was done with the Fifth regiment
the Twenty-second infantry. Second and
Seventh cavalry and slight assistance
from detachments of other regiments.
1t was in the capture of Lame Deer's
! camp in II that Gen. Miles came near
! being killed. Lame Deer and the colonel
stood face to face. The rifle of the Indian
| was lowered, but by suddenly checking his
horse, Col. Miles escaped the bullet, which
| went through his horses neck and killed
| his orderly at his side.
At the surrender of Bear Paw he came
] near being killed again and but for the
| the Fifth, would have been killed.
Gen. Miles was known among the In
| dams as Bear Coat because of the fur
coat worn by him all the time. He had
many thrilling experiences in this old
/ coat.
| Through all of these campaigns and in
all of these battles the Fifth regiment par
| ticipated, and it was his love for his old
| command that caused Gen. Miles to COM
| pliment II with his first public review.