The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-07-25

has won every case placed In his hands.
Upon leaving South Dakota he did not
resign his civil office. but deputed mis-
son. Sioux X. Grigsby. TO act In LIS
stead while he is at the seat Of war.
Some OF the most famous characters
In the west are among the officers OF
Grigsby's Rough Riders. and many very
noted cowboys are in the ranks. Ac-
cording TO the popular testimony. they
all swear by Colonel Grigsby for whom
they have the utmost respect and In
whom they place entire confidence.
Probably Seth Bullock. captain OF
A troop. has the greatest reputation.
With a long western experience ne has
been prominent in all the exciting epf-
sodes characteristic OF the early days of
the settlements. In the primary history
OF Montana he was a captain of the
vigilants. During the first excitement
over the discovery OF gold in the Black
Hills the miners. deciding that 1t was
necessary to stop the lawlessness then
prevalent and which even the presence
OF United States soldiers could not
check, elected Bullock sheriff Of the
whole district. just after the killing OF
Wild Bill by Jack Mccall. His fame as
fearless man having already been
made. he soon became terror to the
bad men" OF the community and the
unprovoked, cold blooded murders rap
Idly became less. He has been promi-
nent In the west for years as a miner
and stock raiser and is today the own
er of much valuable mining property
and one OF the finest horse ranches.
In the midst of many personal dam
gers he has always been perfectly cool
and Intrepid and is regarded par excel
lence as "a man OF grit
very similar character is Captain
Jack Foster of II troop man OF iron
nerve. who was born in Texas near the
Indian Territory line. He was a"resi-
dent Of Chamberlain, S. d.. and super
intendent Of large cattle ranch when
he accepted his present position. His
father, one of the famous Texas ran
gers. was dreaded by evildoers, and it
was under parental tutelage that Cap
tain Foster received his first education
in taking care of the toughs of his home
community. This discipline has s-lce
been of great. service to him, for he has
been shot at many times by men who
regarded him as an obstruction to their
career OF rapine and murder. In 1874
he went north to Montana with "a
bunch OF 5000 cattle and from there to
the Black Hills, where he engaged in
freighting across the country from Bis
marck and Pierre. Later he located at
Chamberlain, which was then overrun
with desperadoes, an organized gang OF
cattle thieves, or "rustlers," having
| made the town their headquarters. The
better element, searching for a man
capable of coping with the lawless
crowd, made Foster marshal OF the
| town. His record, in the phraseoloGy OF
| his townsmen. was great" for he soon
succeeded in driving away the thugs
That he is popular is shown by the fact
that 80 men who have worked under
him promptly enlisted in order to be In
his company. His first lieutenant,
George B. Grigsby, Is a son OF the colo.
| mel.
Captain Joseph Binder of e troop. who
served in the regular army from 1873 to
1888. taking part in numerous Indian
fights. is the owner OF cattle ranch.
with over 1000 head Of cattle, near
Pierre, S. ID. He was noncommis-
stoned officer Of the Eleventh infantry
when Colonel Frost, now commander
of the First regiment Of South Dakota
| infantry, was a private in his COM.
pany. He has the finest pack of wolf
hounds in the northwest and with his
| wife follows them in the chase during
| the winter months.
| Captain John e. Hammer OF troop.
a resident OF Sturgis and engaged In the
| cattle business. served IA years in tha
cavalry branch OF Uncle Sans military
forces and has experienced many hard
Indian campaigns. At the time OF his
appointment he was one OF the brand
commissioners OF South Dakota ana
n. a 1<..@
to Colonel Grigsby after the latter had
received his commission. Hammer was
a sergeant under Major Reno when that
officer failed to re-enforce Custer at the
Little Big Horn battle. and his brother
was killed with Custer at the time.
Lieutenant Colonel Lloyd. appointed
from Montana, is graduate OF West
Point, a native of Iowa and an ex-ofi-
GER OF the regular army who retired
some years ago TO enter mercantile
business at Butte Mon. Major Leigh H.
French, the senior major of the regf-
ment, is a physician of Washington, but
has had a varied experience as a cow
boy in Tom Green county. Texas; q
stage driver in the west and hunter
I'm both the west and foreign countries.
He is an expert rider and a dead shot.
Major X. w. Stewart. also an expert
with firearms and one OF the youngest
officers OF the regiment, graduated from
Yale in 1883 and since then has been
located at Pierre, where he served az
/ states attorney and reporter of the SUI
preme court, AS lawyer he has been
| prominent In practice before the SUE
| preme court of the state Of his adop~
| ton.
Adjutant o. l.. Sues resigned posls
ton as special pension examiner TO acs
| cept commission In the regiment. He
has served I'm the regular army. and bes
fore locating in South Dakota about two
years ago he was a major of the mile
tia force In the District of Columbia.
In the rank and file OF Grigsby'e G
Rough Riders are men Of ell classes
and conditions. There are Englishmens
Mexicans. Scandinavians. half breed
Indians and a sprinkling OF almost eve
cry other nationality. Practically they
are all cowboys fresh from the ranch OF
ex-cowboys who have for the time be-
ing left their business pursuits to fight