Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-10-27

Sketch of His Career.
Gen. Guy V. Henry was well known in
this city While on duty at Fort Meyer
Va, and at the War Department he mixed
In the social life of the capital, made
friends everywhere and inspired high es-
TEEN on the part of all who knew him.
Gen. Henry was born at Fort Smith, In
dian Territory, March ., 1899. He was APP
pointed cadet in the Military Academy class
of 1861. He was made a second lieutenant
May 6, 1861. and at once entered in the
thickest of the fighting in the south He
was hOnOrably mentioned on numerous oc-
casiOns for gallantry. After the war he
was given stations in the east for several
years but in the seventies he was in the
west in the midst of the hottest Indian
campaigns.
He was brevetted captain in 1862 for gal
liant and meritoriOus services in action near
PocOtaligo river, S. c.; brevetted major In
February, 1864, for gallantry in the battle
of Olustee, Fla; lieutenant colonel in 1854
In front of Petersburg, Va; colonel in
March, 1865 for gallant and meritorious
service during the war. He received a
brevet as brigader general of volunteers In
october. 1864, for his services in the Peters
burg campaign. He three times men
toned in dispatches, twice during the civil
war and once by General Crook during the
Rosebud campaign in 1876
When the 9th Cavalry was brought to
Fort Myer, in 1899, Colonel Henry was in
command Of the post. At the breaking out
OF the war with Spain he was made briga-
der general of volunteers, and went to
Cuba with General Miles, arriving in time
to participate in the final scenes before the
surrender of Santiago.
Assignment at Santiaro
When General Shafter meditated a final
attack upon Santiago in order to carry
the city by storm, General Henry was de-
tailed to command the brigade operating
on the west side of the ha-bor entrance
and which would have had to carry the
batteries and trenches west of the MORO.
The necessity for this service was obviated
by General Torars surrender, and the at
tack was never made.
General Henry afterWard went with Cen
eral Miles to Porto Rico and upon the oc-
cupancy of the island by the American
forces was made military governor. His
administration was a firm one, and he won
the real respect of the natives with whom
he was thrown into contact, in spite of the
fact that in the early days of the islands
reconstruction his soldierly ideas of ODE
dience by subordinates moved him to
threaten his cabinet with Imprisonment in
the city Jail when they insisted repeat
eddy resigning from office. He did every
thing in his power during his incumbency
to mitigate the prison abuses which were
among the legacies of Spanish occupation,
and returned to the United States on ac-
count Of i'll health, after having won the
hearty esteem of Porto Ricans. General
Henry's health for the past six years had
been precarious, and his death in all proba-
bility was FASTENED by the hardships of
active service in Cuba and Porto Rico.
How He Got His Scars.
The stories of the scars carried by Gen.
Henry are full of interest. The story of
the crippled hand is one which tells of the
dangers through which he passed. In the
fall of 1874, when the Cheyenne Indians
were setting the frontier ablaze in the
northern part of Dakota, Col. Henry, then
in command of several trOODS of cavalry
came upon village of the enemy nestled
among the hills. There was a brief but
decisive fight and the Indians fled toward
the Canadian boundary. Immediate pur-
suit was ordered, notwithstanding the fact
that the weather indications gave sign of
a blizzard, which meant. in those wild, ex-
posed regions, certain peril to life.
Forty-eight hours after the start fierce
sleet and hail storm sprang up, the wind
sweeping across the plains with the fury of
hurricane. 1t finally became so violent
that the trail was lost, and the troops rode
Kindly through the blizzard. Presently one
of the subordinate officers ventured to ask
If ii would not be well to camp in the shell
ter of rise of ground until the Indictment
weather had abated.
We Will Keep On.
Colonel Henry shook his head NO" ne
replied, firmly, I'VE will keep on until we
capture the Indians or run them to the
boundary line Drawing down his rough
fur cap, he urged his horse steadily onward
at the head of the struggling troops. That
day passed, and another morning dawned,
but still the pursuit continued in the face
of the biting, piercing gale which swept
down from the north with undated fury.
Before noon of that day several of the
horses gave out, dropping before the 10y
blast like stricken deer. At dark a number
OF packs were abandoned to provide mounts
for those VINO had lost their animals.
Finally, brief rest was called, and, after
many failures, fire was started and cof-
fee made. When orders were given to re-
sumo the march the surgeon accompanying
| the expedition went to Col Henry and re-
| ported that five of the troopers were suffer-
| ing with badly frozen feet
! Help me off with this glove" replied the