The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1895-06-06
ERNEST n. q ARLINGTON.
An Army Officer Who Went to Grccly's
Relicf-.Sh0t in the Famous BnItIc
OF Wounded Knee.

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Relicf-.ShOt in the Famous BnItI,
| OF Wounded Knee
| The Augusta Chronicle gives thi
sketch 'of Maj. Ernest a. Darlington
native Of South Carolina, who hu
won distinction as an army officer. an,
is now on an official tour of the South
His fatl,er was the late General n
G. Darlington, who was ijne OF the mos
| prominent lawyers OF Atlanta, ant
before moving there was Adjutau
General of South Carolina.
Maj. Darlington was born in New
berry, $. c., in 1858. but shortly after
his family moved To this State He
was q student at the University O!
Georgia, graduating there in the
class Of 10. He was then appointed t,I
cadetship at the United States
Military Academy at West Point, by
Col. Price, from the Athens district.
Entering West Point he acquitted
himself with tho highest honors and
in 1876 graduated among the first OF
his class. He was appointed second
lieutenant of the Seventh Cavalry at
Fort Riley, and in less than Il fort
night WAS promoted to first lieutrn
lncy, and assigned to duty in North
Dakota.
When Lieut.. Greedy started out in
search of tho Northwest passane and
was moi heard from in many months ),
the Government srEt II relief eXDedi-
tion in lSS3, and Major, thon Licutcn-
ant Darlington, WAS placed in com
mand. l1C il was. who with other
brave fellows sailed away to the lev
waters Of Greenland in the Proteus.
Grcely was found but the good ship
ProtcnS wuS crushed in the ice ilOr4
about ten miles north Of Cape Sabine.
From there, after much suffering,
they managed 10 reach Upernivik,
Greenland. IN the small boats. From
there they were brOughL home.
After being cnmplimrnted by the
government. Lieut.. Garli"gCon was
promoted to Il captaincy in the Sew
cnth Cavalry and again sent on duty
in the Wesi. Here he saw much hard
service, ana was in many IA brush
with the rampant redskins. For years
his troop was among the best soldiers
on tho frontier and when they met
| the -nvaGc;; under Chief Big Foot. at
South Dakota, III 1890, Capt. CARING
ton was shot in the left elbow. from
which wounu he still suffers.
| Capt. Gar'lnptnn'S troop Of the
Seventh, was recently made the sub
ject of an article in Halper's Weeklv
The article was illustrated from in
Simultaneous photographs and the troo,
was described us Il model of United
States cavalry.
~ year ago he received u promotion
to the rank OF Major from Secretary
of War Daniel Lamont. and wits as
signed to duty in Washington City.
under Brigadicr General Brckin-
ridge, who is Tho head OF the Inspcc-
tion Department. This much deserved
promotion WAS Il complete surprise
and extremely gratifying TO an officer
who had spent the better part Of 10
years on the snow swept plains and
among the Indians While in the
city Maj. Darlington will inspect the
arsenal and goes from here to Char
lesion to inspect the Citadel, as nm
army officer is commanrnL there
Ills duties are to inspect all military
schools, where United States officers
are assigned, all lIsenals anu distrb-
utlng officers OF the government. From
Charleston he will 60 to Savannah
thence to st. Augustine, Pensacola
and us far South as New Orleans.