Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1900-01-26

sight. The bucks all had Winches-
ters aud one or two belts of ammuui-
tion when they came in, even some
squaws wearing belts of ammunition
then.
ave sent pickets out and went
through the camp, but no arms were
to be found. Capt. Wallace then
went through with detail and made
a thorough search. This took about
an hour. lie came back and reported
he could not find any arms. Then
the order came to search these men.
"Wallace was the officer. He
began with the man on the right OF
the crescent. As soon as he touched
this man, all the 100 Indians jumped
up, threw back their blankets and
began firing. There were AZ left
right there on that spot. The rest
got away and troops followed.
This was the battle of Wounded
Knee Creek, on December 30. BY
night all were killed or wounded, and
We came back to camp with our
wounded and the wounded Indians.
When we got into Pine Ridge it was
about o'clock. The Indians at the
Agency were terribly excited. They
were held in check"
In this fight there were 81 men
and one officer killed, aud four officers
and Al men wounded. Anyone can
see, by taking this as sample of one
Indian fight, bow it will compare
with any 10 battles in the Philip
pines, adding up the list Of casualties.
Capt Gresham was wounded in
this engagement. 1t was but one of
many Indian fights III which he took
part, as his army record shows. In
one campaign against the Sioux he
was on the trail from April to New
Years day. In all that time the
troops never slept under shelter, but
followed, across prairie, desert, over
mountains and hills, the Indians. In
one fight in this campaign three
troops lost two officers and about a
third of their men in wounded or
killed.
Part of the time the command was
without commissary wagons. They
were left way behind, and rations of
pork and hardtack soon gave out.
But, ever onward the cavalrymen
pressed. At times they had nothing
at all to eat; at times they subsisted
on pony meat.
Finally the Indians gave up and
were taken back to the reservation,
what was left of the tribe. In this
campaign Capt. Gresham covered "a
little over 1000 miles in the saddle.
Frequently in the 10 years he did
frontier duty he went on the trail for
months alta time, and again he would
be stationed at some fort or post
where the only routine was the five
hours drill day and regular tours
of duty.
From visits to Fort Adams many
people have fair idea of the routine
life in the East. Another duty per-
formed by the men fitted for the task
is college duty" This would be the
same as Capt. Murray performed al
Brown University a short while back.
Capt. Gresham has done considerable
of this. lie was stationed at Blacks
burg, Va, from 1884 to 1887, and
at Raleigh, N. c., from 1896 to 1898
Few people know that he is an
authority quoted by military writer's
Of the better known of his papers il
"Terrain in Military Operations
This was published in the United
Service Institute, the magazine pub
lished at Governors Island, N. Y.
and reprinted in the Army and Nac,
Gazette, London, which devoted con
siderable space to discussing the same
With Gen. Forsyth, Capt. Gresham
was one Of the founders of Fort Riley
Cavalry and Light Artillery Schoo
of Application. For period of sever
years he was stationed there as tn
instructor of strategy and mino
tactics-practical maneuvers.
i On leaving this city he will proba
7 bly, be ordered to join his regiment il
Cuba, with the chance of an EXTENDED
stay there.