The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-02-04
THE MILITARY CITY.
ITEMS OF GENERAL INTEREST
FROM FORT DOUGLAS.
Field Naneuvres For This Year-The
Post SchoOI-The Nevada Trophy
The Battle of Wounded Knee.

a commissioned officer. She lived with
him two days and then returned nome
to the more congenial climate of her
native state.
Two villains of dark and lowering
mein' have been seen in the vicinity
of the post during the past week. The
smallest had short dark noustadhe,
and the other light stubby growth
above THE great cash in his face.
Field manoeuvers for 1895 will con-
sist of 75-mile practice march for
each company and troop in the SER
vice.
The business of the post exchanges
amounted during the past year to 81
25OOOO There is great opposition to
them. General Howard strongly ad
vises Gllat the sale of beer, the prin
cipal feature. be discontinued
The post school is Furnishing under
the instruction of Private Spidel, COM
lpany G. The number of attendants is
10, composed mainly of those members
of the regiment who have found TO
mancing at a discount in comparison
to academical education.
The following brief dialogue occurred
in the orderly room between a, COM
pany commander and the first ser
geant, and explains why the basttle
was empty OF a certain date. Two
thirds of the company were on ram
page having a high old time knock
if1tor RI nj mill
chairs and requirements in the CEN
tire of the squad room. Hearing the
unusual noise, the officer opened the
door and looked in. Turning to the
first sergeant he inquired Sergeant,
sergeant, why don't you order those
men Who are sober ITO help you take
that crowd to the mill?" With a
blanched face and unsteady voice, the
| sergeant replied: ''Indade, 1ootinanIt, L
am doin' well enough to stay where L
amr'
A few soldiers are already quite ex-
pert in the new manual of arms, which
however, has not yet been received by
the regiment. 1T will look odd to see
a soldier, while at a fright shoulder
salute with the disengaged hand, aQd
come from an Order to a present
arms" But custom is everything. We
. will soon not notice these striking
changes.
| Fort Harrison, THE new cavalry post
| at Helena, Montana, Is growing rap
/ idly Ten buildings are nearly finished
and troops will be stationed there with
/ in the year. The post is beautifully
( Situated three miles from Helena, and
street cars will be running to it by
| tho time III is ,caTriSOned.
It is reported that the actions of a
| certain officer, who has slightly mis-
managed the affairs of his company,
and has otherwise behaved in a high
handed manner, will figure largely in
the next report of the inspector-gen-
eral.
The Nevada trophy for target prac-
| tfce has been again awarded to the
Seventh infantry, tlhe result of hast
years company firing having been just
announced by the war department. All
the first years competition this prize
was won by Battery K, Third artillery.
The two following years lit was carried
off 10y company B, Twenity-first dnfan-
! try. Then a coiored company, &, of the
! TlWenty-fi1uh, won tt, after which, for
Two years in succession, lit was held by
company D, Third i.nfantry. The good
work Of company f, TW5nty-ftrst in
| fantry, In the next competition took it
| back to that regiment. Then followed
| three straight victories for company II
Seventh infantry, followed by two sue
cessive triumphs for company G., of the
same regiment. In 1893 a cavalry troop
! K, of the Fifth, came TO the front and
scored the first victory for that branch
of the service. Last years cOmpetitioG
was DIN favor of company q, Seventh in
fantTy, making the third victory and
! tying company H, of the same regiment
Out of fourteen contests, six have been
won by one regiment, and ten by fouI
| companies out of the hundreds in the
army.
Sergeant john Ryan. of troop l.
Seventh cavalry, the famous regiment
that was annlhflatad 10y the Indians IN
der Sitting Bull at the massacre on uhe
Little Big Horn in 1876, mas an enviaib.E
record as the slayer of Big Foot, at tht
battle of Wounded Knee. Big Foot
with almost every member of his banC
of 250, was wiped out of existence. Ii
was the tragedy THAT wound up tlt
glhost-dance craze among the Sioux In
dams four years ago. AT the battle OF
Wounded Knee the Seventh cavalry
played a very conspicuous part. They
chad it in for the Indians ever since
the Little Big Horn affair, and were a.
Iof General Sheridan's opinion, that tht
only good Indian was dead one.
They were always cautioned by tht
officers not ito make an attack on tht
Indians, but alt the same time mad or
ltlerS not to permit themselves to be shor
down Without defending themselves il
:, tine effective manner practised by TIN
Indfarl-fighting Seventh. The killing O
Lieutenant Casey had worked al TN
~;
every one was impatieniuy waiting TO
an opening to secure the lOng-deldyeJ
revenge. Big Foot was the most trealch
erOuS Indian on the plains, and h
, bad his band of warriors wei
armed, and all were like hin-des
iperate. The Seventh wouldn't stop t
sit if there was any show of a fgh
with him. because they would rather
fight than eat, any time. They re
. membered poor Custer and the sever
companies Of the regiment that were
massacred and that was why they
were so anxious to meet Big Foot anC
: his desperate band of red fiends.
After a great deal of scouting anC
running about over hills and noun
tains, the army surrounded him il the
valley of the Wounded Knee He haa
all his warriors drawn up in line il
! | the snow, ana all the SquaWS were
! with them. All had their blankets on
! An attack was not expected, the troop;
outnumbering the Indians four to one
F The first thing any one knew one o.
, the young bucks pulled his Winchestel
! from under his blanket and fired int
t the troops, wounding man. This wa!
: the signal, and then the entire banC
) opened fire. Then came the war t
death. The troops emptied their car
, bines into them and they began to droI
: all along the line. The others got be