The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1898-08-31
A SOLDIER TRUE
Brio. Gen. KING. Who Was Once
a Cavalry Captain.
AN INDIAN FIGHTING RECOR
In Pursuit of Poor 10 a Matter
Ten Years-Sharp Brushes.
Writer of Novels.
IN INDIAN FIGHTING RECOR

Gen. Chas. r. King-every inch s |
soldier-will be just the man to occupy |
Manila in case there is required a sol |
dier leader to cope with half wild reb-
els and barbaric Islanders. He has q
record as an Indian fighter. This
career was made between 1873 and
1879. In those years the present Brig
adler General was a Captain in the
Fifth U. S. Cavalry He saw action in
Arizona, Colorado, Kansas, Idaho,
Wyoming, Montana, South DakOta-all
over the frontier Many's the bloody
brush he's had with the red man, adj
mired by the higher civilization cult OF
the East and cursed to the deepest and
blacklist by the pioneer. At first aftet
the war the General, who is a West
Pointer, was in the South. He saw
something of the reconstruction. The
he went into the Indian country for
matter Of ten years. This service, in
short, is a desolate fort all through
the winter, then so soon as grass
sprouts in the spring follow the In
dian, who has taken to the warpath
and who leaves on his trail a line of
mutilated bodies of women and child
rem and burned ranch buildings It's
an exciting, active, feverish, danger
Gus life. Rather it was. There is nor
of it now worth speaking of, though
the BannOcks raise a bit of a row over
game laws in Wyoming nearly every
year
1t was this Indian service that made
Gen. King the man who is one of the
idols Of the whole army and in whom
officers, men and the public at large
have the utmost confidence.
The fighting and literary General is
a man below medium height, is blonde.
with a sharp and expressive eye. Every
flash of the eye means something, es-
pecially if he be aroused. Always he
has had the reputation of being a man
of wonderfully quick decision and Of
instant action. This is why Maj. Gen.
Merritt wanted Brig. Gen. King for
Manila service. 1t is we'll for a mill
| tary governor of fourteen hundred
| islands to have in his command as
many men like Gen. King as the supply
affords. Gen. King retired in 1879
with the rank of captain Once be-
| fore that they had brought him up to
| San Francisco to die of an Apache bull
| let wound. He survived the long seige
! at San Francisco and since his retire
ment in 1879 has been writing novels
| that everybody reads, has been a club
and militia man at Milwaukee, where
| his father was for many years prom
! inant newspaper man. AS a captain,
! Gen. King was in the 70's the adjutant
| of Gen. Merritt, who is justly listed as
one Of the military geniuses of the day.
1t is a treat to chat with Gen. King
! on the u. S. S. Arizona, and to watch
| or hear him work. He is in command
! of all troops now en- route to Manila.
| The handling of the forces under the
| extraordinary circumstances is a task
to which Gen. King brings great ca
| pacity and his natural tact and ability.
| Of course he has a staff, but he is one
of the most thorough men ever wear
ing the shoulder straps and he gives an
! immense amount OF attention to detail
The General is one of the most ap-
IprOachable and cOmpaniOnable Of men
strikes one as being even-tempered
alert and we'll balanced He invites
faith. One would expect to hear o.
him doing something signal. The Gen
eral wears gOld-rimmed glasses, bu
one would not ordinarily notice tn,
glasses. He is well set up" is o
compact build and is quick in move
ment and conversation. He does no
: look old; he does not look young. H
looks like a good soldier who has beel
at the business a number Of years. TIL
. Generals men have gone ashore her
10 camp. but he Will remain on tn
. ship for a time yet.
GEN. KINGS NOVELS.