New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-01-04
THE PASSING THRONG.

Colonel A 5 Kimban. Assistant ouarternaster
General, z 8 A. in charge OF the Quartermaster's
depot in this city. was a lifelong
LAWTONS friend and adr1irer OF the late Ma
CAMPAIGN jor General Henry ". Lawton- In
AGAINST speaking OF the General yesterday.
GERONIMO. Colonel Kirnban said: General
LawtOn was OF the grandest
of soldiers, and there is no tribute which could
pay to his memory that 1 would not II IS merely
question OF words.
IN the early part of 1856. when General Crook
asked to be retired from the command OF the De-
partment Of Arizona. General Miles took his place.
and I accompanied him At that time the absorb
ing question before that department. and one that
was OF great Importance 10 the country al larse.
was now 70 dispose OF Gelonli,p a1I 7t % Slat
carnival OF death and destruction which made Ari-
for tSe sated settler 9 to live in SHORTY after
taking charge Of the department General Mics VS.
tied Fort Huachuca, where LawtOn was then sta
toned captain in the 4th Cavalry. Inc night
We spent there stayed with IL La%I S s1 11s5
campaign. which il LawtOn.s absorbing aInDt-
greatly and all that he had said laid before Gen
eral Miles next day during our amoHane nc rae llGe
from Fort Huachuca 10 the mining camp or Falr-
banks. where were TO catch the train Tor Tue
son The result was that Lawton fd US "a, az T
son General Miles and he settled the plan OF cam,
infsntr Was atied Out al Fort Huachuca. and
with emphatic Instructions to follow Geronimo ana
destroyed them. the expedition moved TO NOgalesr
where i crossed the line into Mexico
try and facing hardships Privations and exposure.
and persstently TO Geronimos trall Ior over seven
hundred miles So hard put were the soldiers that
they were finally without subsistence and for sew
eral days lived horse and mule meat, obtained
by Strengthening the accompanying pack animals
The Indians, finally brought 70 bay. asked Tor
conference, which had between Lawton and
Geronimo the medicine man and war chief OF the
tribe. and Natchez its natural chief. and which
resulted in the surrender OF the Indians whom
later conducted TO Florida where the Indians went
into camp and were held prisoners Of war
Major General Wood accompanied this expedition
The net result Of this Indian campaign was. to
render Arizona and New-Aexico again lnhaoltaole
a sories 80 BRING peace ana prosperity TO 'nsSs
las Is natural many stories are afoat at this
time said George Lamborn. Of London. who has
lived at Pretoria for several years.
SCHMIDTS ito account for the extraordinary
LONG manner in which the British have
RIDE been outfanked and overcome by
the Beers. I have repeatedly seen
statements that this was partly on account Of the
superior stamina and endurance Of the horses
which the Beers rode which could cover eighty 10
one hundred miles day and keep it up for several
GOOD animal b11t he "a ~ 'S d 60 ,
OF steel and iron. as such endurance that would
imply. The greatest record ride in the Transvaal
was the one made by Schmidt at the time of the
Pretoria TO point near Krigersdorp on the Mafek-
ing border. and return The distance was about
ninety miles. and he covered il the horse,
The real trouble has been that the war found
the Beers the better prepared They have been
openly, too; but why the English authorities did
not take notice of it and 60 and do likewise passeth
Long Tom which the Beers are making such
hospital Hill outside OF Johannesburg, for long
time, and the way they have Communicated the
war began. should they win will keep them busy
paying for the next twenty years"