The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-01-03
BY AMOS L. HAZEN

red devils. That was chase long to
4 be remembered"
for MS exploits in that campaign
| Chanee received honorable rnention
ana the brevet rank of lieutenant colo
hel the order reading that this was
conferred for distinguished services in
successfully leading a cavalry charge
over rought and precipitous bluffs held
! by hostile Indains."
He was further commended in do
| partment orders for the part he took
| IN the engagement with renegade
| White Mountain Indians in the big
| Dry Wash" in Arizona in 1882. He
served against the Comanche Indians
IN Texas, and was with Gen. Miles in
the latter's campaign against the
| Cheyennes in Indian territory, and did
| gallant service with Crook in the lat
| ter's raid to the Sierre Madre Noun
tains in 1888. For several years he
| was in charge of the San Carlos In
| dian reservation, and proved as cap
able peace administrator as he had
a fighter.
His twenty-one years service as
I captain of Company 1 of the Sixth
| Cavalry remains with him as the
| pleasantest part of his army life So
| it does to Mrs. Chaffee. 1t is no WON
der, then, that that good lady's fond
ambition is to see their son, Adna r.
! Chaffee, Jr., now a cadet at West
Point, assigned to old Company l,
Sixth Cavalry when he graduates from
the Military Academy. She has no
! fonder wish than to have him take
| his fathers place some day at the head
! of Company I, with whose traditions
their lives are so closely interviewer.
| She spurs on the young man to his
/ at Point mr.
he responds with characteristic Chat
| fee conservatism.
Mother, don't expect me to gradu-
ate at the head of my class. There are
a lot of fellows here, and 1 am doing
my level best. but will be very well
satisfied if 1 come out about the mid
die"
If it can be done young Chaffee will
go to his fathers old company when
he leaves West Point.
Gen. Chaffee has no patience with
slovenliness, lax discipline or inatten-
ton to duty. More than forty years in
the regular service has made him ex-
| tremely strict in the observance of the
duties of a soldier. His habits of neat
ness and precision he has brought
with him to Washington, and since his
| occupancy of the offices of assistant
chief of staff he has spread terror
| among the dilatory old clerks and care
less messengers in that part of the
War Department. His own desk and
| room are the picture of neatneSs. he
attends to his duties in full uniform,
| every article of dress being properly
| adjusted.
Soon after taking possession of his
offices he made round or lnspectlon
| among his clerks. They have not re-
|
whats this? Where did this trash
come from? Clean it out. Take II
away" These were the brusque or
ders that issued from his lips as ne
saw desks Uttered with papers ana
packages, waste baskets overhowlng
with debris, and careless ad)ustInehI
of furniture in the offices.
reformation was worked at once,
and now the clerks and messengers,
who never dreamed that general IN
nrion would notice how they did
their work. realize that a soldier is
among them, and further inspection
has not been necessary on the part
of Gen. Chaffee.
Cen. Chaffee is a lover Of horses.
Next to the enlisted men, the comfort
and care of the animals in his COM
mand were always his concern.
| soon after landing in the Philip
mines and assuming the duties of Mill
tary Governor there, Gen. Chatee
started on tour of inspection. he
nronosed to find out things for him
seIf and did not take the reports of
suborjinates without investigation.
Tn IAlzon he came upon pack OF
a 000 animals which had accumulated
On the ouartermaster's hands, and
which were corraled within very
small space The rainy season had set
in: the horses and mules were knee
deem in mud, and "a more discon-
soIate nathetic picture had never met
the Generals eyes than that brigade
Of animals exposed to the rain and
wallowing in the mlre: .a
.Whv don't you get more ground
for these animals?" he demanded per-
emptorily of the officer in charge.
1--WE have been unable to secure a
leasa of the surrounding property"
The General crawled up on the
fence. looked over the big herd OF
dirty animals and, turning to the Of
"Don't wait for a lease. Seize those
twenty acres to the right there and
have them fenced in at once. Com
nIete the fence and turn IN the AMI
, mails by 4 O'Clock tomorrow.
This allowed somee seventeen hours
for the preparation of twenty-acre
oorraI which was seized in time or
neaca flor peace had been established
bb ut the officers knew Chaffee, and by
A ocIock the next day the 4'oOO ami
, +,els were driven into twenty acres OF
higbar and drier ground, where tney
. had some comfort.
CAV Cbaffees solicitude for his
.,oreas is more than equalled by MS
solicitude for the comfort OF ms en-
NI Down at Legaspi, in the southern
. 1,hiIinpines. the officers in command OF
, MT nlt received a lesson from him they
po9 81 forget. He had inspected the
| , n1s and was passing through the nos
p,,itol where there were NUMBER VI
/ 20, sick with fevers, dysentery anu am,
ntbar disorders incident to troplcai
: o o,;r9ate The general did not question
e en- s,,rgeons in charge, but passed
ttro,,gb the wards in the nosplIal,
: inouiring of the men themselves as -
5 their ailments and treatment , -,
= .yyhat is the matter WIN you' my
,,,, q" he would ask soldier. ,,
l ..1,ha doctor says ] have dyseheetS'
, would be the answer - -, ~
! "o .TEybat are they giving you to eat!
$ rr-,e man would respond that ne was
I ,a5 on some sort of gruel OF SOUL;
: ieS s.rs that the proper 1000 tor Lnese
! r,enP" the general asked the s"FsS0"
| a, charge. -. .,,t