The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-09-10

year in scouting and SklrmlShlng with
the nimblest foe that ever faced
white man, and we youngsters used TO
discuss about-the camp hres the merlts
of the men who seemed most consplcu-
Gus in this most perilouS and trying
service there were names that were
ever prominent, as there were reSl-
ments that seemed forever destined 10
be in the thickest of the fighting. Inc
Seventh cavalry never knew what IL
was to have restful SumInef-they
were forever on the trail. The Filth
cavalry = my own regiment : fougnt
Apaches from II to rs, Sioux ana
Cheyennes in '76, chased after Nez
Perces in ~, the Bannocks in rs, and
pitch battled' the Utes in 10 Inc
/ Second cavalry was for long wears
pitted against the Northern Cheyennes,
the Sioux. the Blacl&feet and the Pie
gans The Third cavalry We're our
predecessors in Arizona against the
agile mountain Indians, and our COM
rades against the hordes of Sitting
Bull, Crazy Horse. Gall and Rain-in-
the-Face in rs. The Fourth, Sixth,
Eighth, Ninth and Tenth had each a
turn at the Apaches ard their hands
full looking after the Kiowas and Com
anches of the southern plains, while
the First for ten years was compelled
to tackle almost unaided the tribes of
the upper Pacific slope and some or
their troops were long engaged with
the ADaches of Arizona. In the infan-
try. the Fifth under General Miles. the
Third, Seventh, Ninth. Twelfth. Four
teenth, Twenty first and Twenty-third
acknowledgements, and battalion
of the Fourth artillery fought heroic
ally against the Modocs in ambuscade,
losing most of its officers and many
devoted men. We had famous fighters
to lead us against the hostile tribes in
Crook. Miles, Merritt and Mckenzie.
but there were younger soldiers who
bore the brave responsibilities of active
command of scout and battle through
the Indian country. and it wac in them
our interest as SubafternS and confem-
poraries was mainly centered.
Names Were Household Words.
There names were little legion, TO
be sure and / shrink from their men
ton now. because there is room for
only a few when so many were then
"as household words" Philo Clark OF
the Second, John Bourke of the Third,
Lawton of the Fourth, Schuyler of the
Fifth, Gatewood of the Sixth, CARING
ton of the Seventh cavalry, Maus of
the First infantry, Baldwin and Baird
of the Fifth and Jake" Randall Of the
Twenty-third infantry were men who
won honors in campaign after cam
paign, were renowned for courage
and GOODNESS. and were chosen by
their superiorS for most important
duties, in some Of which, as Crook
expressed il, 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 distin
guished for bravery in battle agains.
the savage foe--too many, alas, who
fell victims to a thankless warfare--a
war in which we of the frontier force
had everything TO lose and practically
nothing to gain.
But for a long time, several months.
at least, the Indian fighters of the old
dtyS had few representatives IN Ma
nfla. Our tireless corps commander.
Major General Otis, 1t is true, haG
once out-generaled Sitting Bull on the
Yellowstone. Our First division COM
mander Major General Anderson, had
had long experience against the Indi-
ans OF western Texas. and along the
Columbia The little squadron of the
Fourth cavalry was commanded at first
by Sanford Kellogg, with fighting rec
ord from old Fifth cavalry days when
he led his troop in every campaign of
his regiment-Apache. Sioux, Chey-
enne. Neg Perez and Ute-losing three
fingers to supplement the scars of
Chickamauga. Then Rucker succeed
ed and tried against the Filipino the
tactics he had learned in the Ninth
"Brunettes' as effective against the
Lipans and Kiowas on the Staked
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 bat
tie in November, 1876. and gallant Jack
Mckinney went down leading their
wild charge.
His Watch Was Shot Into.
The battalion of the Third artiiierv