The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-09-10
BIG, BRAVE GEN. LAWT0N.
HIS FEARLEss TACTICS IN FIGHJING
THE FILIPIROa

Brig. Gen. King Tells Of the Men who Won
Distinction In the Indian Wars and Arc
Now with the Army which IL Establish
ing American Rule In the Philippines.
BY BRIO. -aEN CHARLES KING. U. s.v.
Copyright 1899 By s. s. Mcclure Co.
gladly send some particulars an to the men
who. having long since won distinction In the
bloody warfare waged with the Indians on our
western frontier. sought service in the Philip
pines. and were with us at Manila.
Foremost OF all stands Lawton. Away back
in the sixties and seventies. when our infantry
and cavalry were scattered all over the terri-
tories. spending long months OF every year In
scouting and diminishing with the MIN best
foe that ever faced a white man. and We young
sters used to discuss about the campfires the
merits Of the men who seemed most conspic-
uous in this most perilous and trying service.
there were names that were over prominent,
as there were regiments that seemed
forever destined to be in the thckest
OF the fighting. The Seventh Cavalry never
knew what it was to have restful
summer-they were forever on the trail.
The Fifth Cavary-my own regiment-fought
Apaches from II to rs. Sioux and Cheyennes
In 70, chased after Nez Perces In ~. the Ban
nocks in '7S. and pitch battled" the Utes In
10. The Second Calvary was for long years
pitted against the northern Cheyennes. the
Sioux. the Blackfeet and the PieRans. The
Third Calvary were our predecessors in An
zona against the agile mountain Indians. and
our oon,rades again at the horde. ~ sit,;p~ RplI
Crazy Horse. Gall and Rain-in-tbe-Face in
'76. The Fourth. Sixth. Eighth. Ninth and
Tenth had each a turn at the Apaches and
their hands full looking after the Kiowas
and Comanchss OF tho southern plains.
while the First for ten years was COM
peIled TO tnckle a)most unaided the tribe.
OF the upper Pacific Stone. and some Of
their troops were long engaged with the Ana
ches OF Arizona In the Infantry. the Fif,b nm.
der Gen. Miles. tho Third Seventh. Ninth.
Twelfth. Fourteenth. Twenty frst and TWEEN.
ty-tbird occasionally engaged and battalion
OF tho Fourth ARTILLERY fought beroicallv
against the Modocs in ambuscade losinp most
of its offlcers md many devoted men. We had
famous flehtere 10 lead ma nqainst the hostile
tribes in Crook Miles Merritt and McKenzie
but there were Younger soIdiera who bore the
brave RESPONSIBILITIES of active command OF
scout and battle through the Indian country.
and II was in them our interest as subalterns
and CONTEMPORARIES was mainly centred.
Their names were little legion, to be sure.
and I shrink from their mention now because
there is room for only a few whom 40 many
were then as household words" Philo Clark.
OF the Second: John Bourke. OF the Third:
Lavton. Of the Fourth; Schuyler. OF the Fifth:
Gatewood. OF the Sixth; Darlington. OF the
Seventh Cavalry; Maus. OF tho First Infantry:
Baldwin and Barre OF tho Fifth. and Jake Ran
dali, OF the Twenty-thi Infantry. were mon
who won honors in campaign after campaieu.
were renowned for courage and coolness and
were chosen by their superiors for most i'm
portant duties. in some Of which. as
Crook expressed It, they carried their
lives in their hands" so that the COL
umn or so to be given to this sketch would be
inadequate even for the names OF the gallant
lads who were distinguished for bravery in
battle against the savage foe too many. alas.
who fell victims to a thankless warfare-a war
in " hich We OF the frontier force had every
thing to lose and practically nothing to gain.
But for a long time several months, at least
the Indian fighters OF the old DAYS had few
represen tatves In Manila Our tireless Corps
Commander. Major Gen. Otis, It is true, had
once out generated Sitting Bull on the Yellow
stone. Our First Division Commander. Major
Gen. Anderson. had had long experience
against the Indians OF Western Texas and
along the Columbia. The little squadron OF
tho Fourth Cavalry was commanded at first by
Sanford Kellogg with fighting record from
old Fifth Cavalry days when he led his troop in
every campaign Of his regiment-Apaohe,
Sioux. Cheyenne. Nez Perce and Ute
losing three fingers to supplement the
scars OF Chickamauga. Then Rucker
succeeded and tried against the Filipino
the tactics he had learned in the Ninth
brunettes as enective against the Lpans
ana kloWas on the etaked Plains. But the
Oldest cavalry captain on duty last winter In
manila was still wearing the cadet gray when
the Fourth fought its hardest Indian battle In
Vemoer' 20. ana gallant JACK Mckinney
went down leading their wild charge.
The battalion OF the Third Artillery and the
Light Batteries OF the sixth numbered amonh
their ofncers in the philippines one name. at
least. as renowned Tor daring and devotion In
Indian battle az 1t became for skill. courage
and ability In action against the insurgents In
front OF Manila-Harry Hawthorne-he whose
watch was shot into his body driven by
Sioux bullet. at the battle OF Wounded Knee
Only two regiments OF regular infantry were
with US when the Filipino war broke out-the