The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-04-16
A GALLANT OFFICER.
An American Soldier Whose Career
Has Been Interesting.

Golfers Weekly.)
Colonel Hare is a long, lean, dried-out
man, and he looks as though he came
from Texas, which he did. He has had
an interesting career since he left West
Point in 1870. Nature intended him to
pass his life on a horse, so she made
him long in the gear and curved in the
legs, as is best adapted to a saddle. His
face has a high-nostriled, sharp eyed,
eager look-arranged to scent battle
and to seek ii.
He was Major Menill's adjutant in the
Seventh cavalry, and was one of the
last men across the ford in Reno's re
pulse at the Little Big Horn. He it was
who rode through the swarming In
dams to rally Benteen and the pack
train-which he brought back to Re
nos position.
He was with General Crook in his
famous winter campaign against the
Sioux in 1876. and was with General
Forsyth at the battle of Wounded
Knee. He chased the Kid over the
sands of Arizona and led his troops in
the Chicago riots down the acres of
railroad track where it was supposed
cavalry could not go.
At the outbreak of the Spanish war
he was appointed colonel OF the First
Texas cavalry, which he raised, drilled
and organized, and sought vainly for
service in Cuba. He had rough riders.
and, if he had been allowed to go, would
undoubtedly be governor Of Texas to-
day. But no. Hare is soldier all over
he couldn't be anything but a man on
a horse. He wouldn't look right in
chair any more than General Miles
does. They are not built that way,
either Of them.
After the surrender Of Cuba his regi-
ment was disbanded and he went back
TO his troop. which was stationed at
VidadO, outside Of Havana; but this
didn't suit, so he raised the Thirty
third United States foot and went to
the Philippines as colonel with the gall
liant How and Logan for field ofhcers-
Immediately after his arrival In the
Philippines, Colonel Hare was detailed
TO pursue one of the scattered forces
of Aguinaldo's followers, who were re-
treating with Lieutenant Gilmore and
various naval and military prisoners
held by the Filipinos After most ar
duous and never-eeasing pursuit Of
many days, the Filipino force was over
taken and scattered. and Lieutenant
Gilmore and his fellow prisoners We're
rescued.
This was not only one of the most
daring, continued and persistent pur-
suits of this war; but has few parallels
in history. For weeks the men were
without regular rations. without access
to supplies of any kind; they had no
changes Of clothing: their shoes were
worn out; men dropped from the ranks
daily from sickness and exhaustion, and
when the final battle took place, result
ing in the rescue of Lieutenant Gilmore
and his fellow prisoners, Colonel Rare
had only about 126 men with him, and
these men We're in a most deplOrable
condition. Nothing but the most in
domitable will power could have kept
these men up TO the pursuit until the
end
For this service General otis has rec
commended him for a brigadier general.
The leading trait of Colonel Hare's ma
ture is his modesty. as we'll BELTS his
calling. In his report Of the affair he
claims as much credit as any private
soldier in the command. and no more
which will show you how absurd ne
tiu be at times with his mOdeSty.