El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-02-10
THE tenth CAVALRY.
The Famous Regiment Will Protect
Their Good Name.

"When L get the time l want to
write q communication for your pa
per-" said Sergeant Major Campbell,
of the Tenth cavalry, to d San Antonio
Light reporter.
81 want to ask the people of your
city to do us a favor by reporting any
OF our men whom they see commit any
disorderly act, 30 that we can deal with
them as they deserve. I am q colored
man myself, but I'll leave nothing I'M
done to run down any culprit who does
anything to give the regiment
a bad name and I'll report
any man 1 can hear who commits any
act Of an unRentlemanly nature. 1
have been with this regiment for years
and love it. We nave as good q name
as any regiment in the service and I
will not sec it besmirched nor will any
of the other old sold ers in it. L do not
deny but that we have some I'M
gentlemanly men in the regiment,
and We hate them worse than you peo-
pie in the city and will exert all our
efforts to get them out and ask that all
your citizens instead of having things
heralded through the papers, 3get the
names of any of our men who are dis
orderly and bring them to us-we'll DO
the rest and it will be a plenty, too.
The name of u regiment for dis
cipline, honor and good conduct has
we who are proud of it will not have it
condemned for the conduct of a few re-
cruits from the city slums who have
drifted in during the war. We
will deal with them numerically If
they are reported and will be thank
full to any of your citizens who will
report them by anne They will soon
be discharged and then we will show
San Antontans that we have not
degenerated since we protected Tex
as from Indians in the 7O's. If
your citizens will notice they will see
that where there is any disorder it is
caused by young would-be toughs.
These %cruits have occasionally Gre
ated disturbances Of q small character,
which nave been spread and magnified
and have given us a blacx eye to San
AntOnians, but when they arc out, you
will see a difference.
SIN regard to that alleged distur-
bance at T~exarkars the whole story
was a black lie. We offered to give
them any soldier whom they would
pick out and accuse OF any d~isorderly
conduct and Colonel Whitside went
through the train with them but not a
soldier did they select. If I ever
told the truth in my life 1 would say
that not q soldier got off the train in
that town. We had guards on the
platforms, ss Colonel Whitside stated.
and the men were kept inside. When
that green sheriff came to the train in
a rage after his alleged criminal mig
ger soldier he ran to one of the
sentries at the door of q coach
and snatched his gun from him, which
is an otfense against the U. S. law.
Another sentry rushed up with his gun
and compelled the constable to return
the captured weapon, at the same time
calling IN officer to whom he reported
the facts. That is what led to the
story hat our men had taken his pris-
oner from him at the point of loaded
guns.
''If our men are so d~isorderly 10
why don't your citizens have
them arrested? We will be thankful
If you will jug any who are disorderly.
We can then get their names and
make examples of them. 1t is the re-
cruits, and all the old men, who love
the glorious reputation of the Tenth,
will help punish them. Arrest them
and hold them for us if you want to do
a favor;