The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-01-27
THE BUGLER'S
LAST CALL.

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II was In the old days. They seem
very FAR away indeed now after ali
that mas happened since then. II was
hat = yszar Or two before Custer safin
a,s4 ss,s-1, of the Seventh United states
cavalry were n,assaered by the Sioux
Indians. and shat was In 1876. We were
rot very ntuseil on parade out on the
y,lasns then, aud It snaitsred very little
10 - IL a man dressed in a forage
cap or campaign hat. when he was III
sfe field. There was not, in TACT. any
cfe Il, see as. save those We We're pso-
teclfng.-the ssss.era--and those we We're
Ggiisirg, the Indiaa hossiles. It's diE-
farenf r1s2, when a .spuek" gets fined
for 4 stain on the right ptim OK his
gloves. or u insisting blouse. Then,
~AfneYnher sergt. NJ. OF the --ih.=
rreaslng his badly over, when he left
the post in February. end never. SO II
Was said, washing until November,
when he got back again, after the CAM
Taign. IND II you study the question,
and know the way we had 10 live, You
Will understand that the sergeant was
neither a beast nor q fool. They were
s-stgh days. and more than one man
have I seen ride into garrison in the
hate autumn with bseeehes made out of
buffalo hides by his own hands. We
thought ourselves Ill treated il We had
10 spend more than three months of
cold weather In the lonely picket build
fnas tisay called barracks and were al
lowed no mere than eight or nine to
roam with packed saddles over the
przassrla aud chase the red man, who
certainly kept us going then. Now he
has got to growing corn and living on
his rattoas and begging. and he does
not afford as much fun as he used TO.
Custer was down on the WaSiiita. In
sha Nation" and the kiuwas and CO.
sranches were causing trouble. With
them were. OF course. some Cneyennes
and Asapaiiocss-they never could keep
out Of trouble--ana a lot of duuglthoys
Qnfantry} with some other cavalry be-
eides Clusters own, u heap of scouts.
and so forth. were all there chasing
those fellows. who were harder 10 catch
ard corral than so many prairie dogs.
They fought. too. and fought rnagniit-
centiy-leafnEng frum us how to handle
fhenlselves. All. fhysss Cofnanchess j
have seen them charge c1rraltei bag
gage train In plstoons. and again In
battalion limo III u manner which could
nnly command praise from an onlooSer
fer the .-orrectness OF its alignment
and the stesldiness OF its wheels. al
though tho oaasooker at that moment
might be plugging a1-eailhre bullets In
20 them as fast as his carhine could be
handled. Pity. indeed. that such spien-
dsst syavairyrnen could not be organized
However. this has nothing to do with
the Pet. or only Indirectly
When the regiment was organized,
after the rebellion. sehuykln Jones was
the frs. sergeant af the old troop, and
he married ohefore the end OF the war,
Nixon, I don't know. and neither did
ne. fer she had heen wife to so many
asfen prcvsausiy-~-shat staiwart old cam
saigner-stsiat her original name. and
her pedigree were lest In the passing OF
abe ages. Hnt she bore him a sen. and
while dressing Il young privatas
Wounds. In the course Of an attack on
train. whtais her husbands troop es-
rotted. was shot dead For her sake
ard for the sake OF the old Dutch renn-
syivasslans, the troop buried her MOURN
fully. and. without any method of s,ro.
cedure, decided 10 adept her son--the
Pet.
And adopt him We did. Poor little
chans The old sergeant had acquired
habits which were not conducive TO
longevity, and was reduced gradually
a. spite OF the many chances given him
-to the ranks. and remember few
things more pathetic than when LITTLE
Bia Jones. years old, came crawling
OF hands and knees up tire xteen hill To
the gaarahanse and demanded f,,r,,
osisly that i. who was otslv n hg9nb,a
sentry On Nc. L. Should give him his
dada. who had been receatsy confined
Ter being ssnter she Influence az iatesx.
icatiag liquors while q sfewsl>sr of TIRE
pest guard Whether th,, sergeant -
the guard consulted the esfiee~ on dnty
or rot I don't know. He said he did
Anyway. Il was against regulations =,
set that &-s'eS~-naa desrerasie tnta tsa
guard NON The offieer ansi the ser.
Exsans have the blame f,s>tu.4.,,, .b,.,,,
Ter he ess,ss in ara raised havos, vrseh
tire guard. 4 sweet little slo-rsins,.vrs,,. >
chap as WAS. and tosk Us by ss.,,,,,
TIE end ~ II was that he led his fsths~
oft by the hand. ard the ses-saqar,s ~
the guard seat q ses.try along mf,nr
them Poor ola ''ssehuxikill' s,,,,-Ae~
came hack alive
The boy 39ew hIs father away Z,
look AZ hts mothers grave &, ts,. lore.
" eein@tery Oh tae bluas. end ghe-n saa
els Solder became overcome Win :
sessse - hss own degradation sms hts
rtiAf's taneilac<s and had a lit. af,s. nyss
found by this doctor ana asy,hy,savn,,
sss~a wing dead ca ass wifets v~ay.
Ard tee sergeant 81 fsle xsszyst vvas
tried by cotsrt~ssssrssal. ard reduced !,
TIRE ranks. fer regulations are regalA.
sists#.
REtly's father ana Fss2S's zssoshe- nav.
Sad died without thinking IL ssSsesss4,
~ ssssffx nsss ls<~ix ~ arg relations sAes
may have asss. Rss,y Was lsfx witg. wa,aa
rAy wss due ~ rs fstaeg. ard slse 4eh,
O. ire susssr wh.eh bis sssAgss ss.xe.s
which was rzsher reaga On The a-year.