Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-09-09

never knew what it to have a restful
summer; they We're forever the trail.
The 18th Cavalry-!ny own regiment-fouSht
Apaches from II TO ~, Sioux and Chey-
enNes in as. chased after NeZ Perces in -,
the Bannocks in rs, and pitch battled'
the ties in ~. The I'd Cavalry for
long years pitted against the northern
Cheyennes, the Sioux. the Blachfeet and the
Pigeons. The Sd Cavalry We're our prede-
cessors in Arizona against the agile noun
tam Indians. and our comrades against the
hOrdeS of Sitting Bu-!, Crazy Horse, Gall
End Rain-lnt he-Face in 40. The 18th, 9TH,
Sth, 9Th and 10th had each a turn at the
Apaches and their hands fun looking after
the kiOwas and Comanehes of the southern
plains. while the first for ten years
compelled TO tackle almost unaiGed the
tribes OF the upper Pacific slope, and some
OF their troops We're long engaged with the
Apaches OF Arizona. In the Infantry, the
9th under Genera! Miles, the sd, eth, 9Th
12th, lith list ana I'D Were frequently
and several others ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
and a battalion OF the 4th Arti lery fought
herOically against The ModOcs i'll ambus-
cade. losing most of its officers and many
devoted men. We had famous fighters to
lead US against the hostile tribes i'll Crook
Miles, Merritt and Mckenzie, but there
were younger soldiers who bore the grave
Responsibilities of active command of scout
ana battle through the Indian country, and
II was in them our interest as suDalterns
sAd contemporaries was mainly conferred.
Names Were Household Words.
Their names were little legion, to be
sure. and shrink from their mention now,
because there is room for only few. when
So many Of them We're then ''as household
words" Philo Clark of the ID John Burke
OF the Sd, Lawton of the 4th, Schuyler OF
the oh, Gatewood of the 9th Darlington
OF the 9TH Cavalry, Maus of the LIST Imam
Try, Baldwin and Baird OF the 9TH and
Jake Randall of the 23d Infantry were
men VINO won honurs in campaign after
campaign, were renowned TOR courage and
GOODNESS, and We're chosen by their supe-
rlors for most important 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 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
thankiess warfare war in which OF
the frontier force had everything to lose
and practically nothing to gain.
But for long time. several months at
least, the Indian fighters of the Old days
had few representatives in Manila. Our
tireIess corps commander, Major General
Otis, il is true, had once out-generaled Sit
ting Bun on the Yellowstone. Our list Di-
vision commander, Major General Ander-
son, had had long experience against the
Indians OF western Texas and along the
Columbia. The little squadron Of the 18th
Cavalry was commanded al first by San
ford Kellogg, with lighting record from
troop in every campaign vi his regiment
Apache. Sioux. Cheyenne, NeZ Perez and
Cte-loslng three fingers TO supplement the
scars OF Chickamauga. Then Rucker sue
ceeded and tried against the Filipino the
tactics he had learned in the 9th ''Bru-
ne:tes' as effective against the Lipans and
kiowaS on the Staked plains. But the old
est cavalry captain on duty last winter in
Manila still wearing the cadet gray
when the 4th fought its hardest Indian
battle. in November. 70 and gallant Jack
Mckinney went down leading their wild
charge.
His Watch Shot Into Him.
The battalion of the Sd Artillery and the
light batteries of the 9Th numbered among
their officers in the Philippines one name,
at least as renowned for daring and devo-
ton in Indian battle it became for skill.
courage and ability in action against the in
surgents in front OF Maniia-Harry Haw-
thorne-he whose watch was shot into his
system. driven by a Sioux bullet. at the
battle of Wounded Knee. Only two regi-
ments of regular infantry were with us
when the Filipino war broke out-the 18th
and 23d-both famous as Indian fighters,
and but lew OF the men who led their stall
Wart attachments in old Arizona and wy
oming days remain with them. Death or
other promotion had long since removed
them from the rolls Ye; Ovenshine now
colonel of the 23d and brlgadier general
OF volunteers. was captain in the lighting
0th infantry in the days of its fiercest cam
pa gns- Potter, major comn1an ding the
1lth. was graduate ia frontier service
with the nth Infantry and Murphy and