Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1899-11-18
GENERAL GUY v. HENRY,

America has lost one of her mobiles,
sons In the death Of Maj. Gen. Guy v
Henry. late Governor General of Porto
Rico. A soldier and patriot by hered
ity, as well as by temperament and in
stinct, he worthily represented In his
own generation. a gallant father distin
guished in the war with Mexico, q
grandfather who battled for American
rights In 1879. and great GRANDPA Their
who fought beside Washington through.
out the revolutionary war. All the gen.
erations of the Henrys. like the Cheval.
Ter Bayard. were without fear and
without rcproach. The gallant line is
continued In the present army in the
person of Capt. Guy V. Henry Jr., son
of the dauntlcss hero who 50 recently
passed from earthly scenes.
We first met Gen. Henry. when he
was brevet colonel and captain Of a
troop of the Third United States Cav.
airy. In May. 1876 We had the pleas.
IRE of meeting him frequently during
the earlier portion of the campaign of
that year against the hostile Sioux and
Cheyenne Indians. and we were present
at the fierce affair Of June II, Of the
year mentioned. ut Rosebud Creek,
where he received the terrible face
wound that disfigurcd him for life. One
week previous to that engagement, at
Tongue River. his military vigilance de.
tected, In the nick Of time. bold Mt.
tempt to surprise Gen. Crooks camp,
and. without waiting for orders, he took
immediate measures to foil the designs
OF the enemy. Although another bat
taliOn-thnt of Col. Arson Mills--had
the honor Of driving the Sioux from
their position, Col. Henry's disposition
Of the battalion Of the Third Cavalry,
intrusted to his command, rendered
Crooks position safe, In case Of u re-
pulse Of the soldiers who were ordered
to storm. ana who succeeded In storm.
Ing. Tongue River bluffs.
Although. where his mon were con.
cerned, economical Of life, except when
circumstances called for a sacrifice,
Henry was prodigal Of his own chIval.
ric person In face Of the enemy. He nj.
ways remained mounted when his men
were engaged. 1t was his noble daring,
so characteristic OF the man, which led
to his being wounded at Rosebud fight.
Where the Indians pressed the line
hardest, he most exposed himself, and,
finally, fell a mutilated victim to his
own high ideal of soldiers duty. His
loss was felt In the fall campaign Of
the same year, because his heroic OK.
ample would shame the weakest, and
he was equally gifted with military for.
tltude, whether leading n forlOrn hope
or enduring the rlgors Of q campaign In
the wilderness. No coward, or coffee
cooler" could live In the martial atmos.
phere where Guy Henry breathed. A
strict, stern dlsciplinarlan, always, he
was humanity itself where the wound.
cd or the sick demanded his attention.
BY the enlisted men he was adored, for
he always saw to their wants, and by
the officers he was respected, because
he never eXacted from others duties
outside Of their regular order, and was
ever prepared to set the example when
necessity demanded extraordinary OK.
crtion ana knightly daring.
We We're with him, also, as a member
OF his modest mess, In the Ute cam.
palgn of 1870, where the opportunities
were not as stirring as In 1875; but In
everything that demanded his example
he was still the same man-cOol, ready
and determined. The sObriquet of
Fighting Guy" while 1t does justice
to his hcroism, misrepresents his noble
character. lie abhOrred braggartism
In every shape, and was a soldier of the
conscientious order, who fought for the
honor of his country and the glory Of
the service, which he loved. In all our
acquaintance with him, whether in the
field or ont Of 1t, we never heard Guy
V. Henry utter a profane or vulgar
word. We never knew him TO do an act
that was not based upon truth and JUS
tlce. SO high was the respect In which
he was held, as Christian without os-
tentatlon, that, In the absence of a reg.
ular chaplain, he was generally re-
quested to act In that capacity at the
services for the gallant dead on the
hcld. We remember well that summer
evening In June, 20, when he read the
services for the dead over the grave Of
Private Tlerney, while the dense masses
OF soidlery and friendly Indians stood
around to pay their last tribute to the
first victim of the summer campaign of
the centennial year. One week after
ward, Henry had almost need of the
same religious attentions being paid to
With hand off which half the fin.
gers had been frozen in service; with |
dozen bullet wounds incurred In the |
civil war; whitman eye blinded and a |
nose crushed by Il Sioux ball at the |