The Washington herald., 1907-03-03

From February to November. 1865, he
was on recruiting service again. but he
soon rejoined his regiment. and served
with it IN Kansas to March, 1866, when
he was appointed a member Of the board
of visitors 70 West Point Then he was
sent 20 Fort Bridger. Wwo. and here he
was detached tC escort Gen. Dodge and
a surveying party through Idaho TO Ore
gou In connection with the building OF
the Union Pacific Railway At that time
the road ran only as far as Columbus,
Nebr He served in Wyoming. in Colo
RADIO, in Georgia, and South Carolina.
until 1871. when he was transferred TO
the Third Cavalry in which he was
made captain.
Now began his service against the In
dams. He commanded the Big Horn ex-
petition in 1874, and was engaged against
the Indians at Little Powder River,
Mont. in 1876. Here it was that the
troops, by orders of Gen. Crook, pressed
on to Little Powder River and surprised
and attacked a large village of the Sioux
and Cheyennes, which It captured to-
gether with a herd OF 500 ponies Here the
state of armed preparation of the Indians
showed that these hOstiles were in con-
slant communication with the agency
Indians at Red Cloud and Spotted Tail
and from them obtained their material
and war supplies.
The Custer massacre occurred June o.
1876. Late in May il was that Gen.
Crook was able TO get his troops together
at Fort Fetterman and take the field.
He proposed to establish field headquar-
tiers at Goose Creek, from which place he
hoped TO operate against the hostile
Sioux, who We're somewhere, he knew,
about the head waters Of the Tongue,
the Rosebud the Powder, or the Big Horn
rivers. It was Chief Crazy Horse and his
Sioux allies whom he expected to meet,
and Gen. Crooks whole command num-
bered little more than 1,100 fighting men.
The first meeting OF this campaign was
at the Rosebud. and Capt Arson Mills
commanded one battalion OF the Third
on the right bank Of the river It was
little after o'clock IN the morning when
the Indian scouts came dashing into camp
shouting "Sioux, heap Sioux" and point
ing back to the hills. Within a few min
utes the hills were covered with mounted
warriors. who paraded the bluffs and de-
fed the soldiers to come on. Up to Capt.
Mills dashed the adjutant:
The commanding officers compli-
ments." he shouted. and your battalion
will charge those bluffs on the center
Let US hear what Gen. Forsythe says Of
the fight:
Cart Malls gave but two commands. Right. into
lDe"' and as bis four splendid troops of cavalry
promptly swung into battalion front he raised him
self in mis- stirrurs and shouted charge" livery
trooper in ranks drove home his spurs. and the
superb body Of troops swept up the steep slope In
a mad rush for the defiant Sioux, who. the men
came saIoping On. opened them with their
rites, sending down a and horse here and
there. but not in the least checking the weight Of
the charge; for as they gained the crest in splen
cid alignment. and the Sioux drawn up 10
meet them go yards away. the whole command
burst into a tremendous Cheer and, breaking into
a dead run, made straight for them but before
they were within Fifty yards Of the Indians. TIE
Sioux broke Wfdly ana Ted down the opposite
slope in every direction. The hattie Of the Rose
bud was on.
II was the troops under Mills that day
who carried the first line Of heights, and