The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-01-06

Brave General Carr commanded
Wen and true
The troops uho fought in blue.
On August thirtietb, cishtyonc,
Twas Uu the Clbcii
From a ballad by trooper Of Company =, who
under ten. Carr at the Apache night Oh Cloicu
Creck.
Few men have had the opportunity Of
seeing themselves as others see them
that have come to Gen. Eugene A Carr,
the weli-hnown Indian fighter. who four
times has been reported killed, and once
was supposed TO have been massacred
with all his command, so that elaborate
obituary notices of him filled the papers
He is medal Of honor man, too; re-
ceiving the distinction for his meritorious
service at Pea Ridge, Ark, where he was
wounded three times. For three days the
battle ragged between the COnfederates
and the Fourth Division of Curtis army
which Carr commanded, the central point
of the struggle being the ElkhOrn Tavern,
which was finally captured and held by
Gen. Carr To-day, in his beautiful home
at 1924 Twentieth street, the huge pair
of elk horns, from which this historic
tavern took its name hang above the
generals mantlepiece. and below them
hangs the sword he carried in the fight.
Born in 1885, ne graduated from West
Point in 1850 and after service in several
Indian campaigns, the civil war, and In
dian campaigns again, he retired IN Feb
ruary, 1923 after forty-three years of ar
duous WORK. only the other day, in com
pany with his wife, he went to Vicks
burg 10 the unwilling of the Temple OF
Fame there, and on its walls, inscribed
in gold letters, in company with Grant
and Logan, and other chiefs of the war.
lie saw his own name hOnored-
As soon as he was graduated from West
Point young Carr was brevetted second
lieutenant of cavalry, and assigned to
The cavalry school for practice at Car
Isle, Pa. where he served as a tutor for
one year In 1881 he was stationed at
jefferson Barracks in Missouri. and there
ordered TO frontier duty at Fort Leaven-
worth, Kans, from whence he was sue
Cessively transferred to Fort Laramie,
WyO.; Fort Scott, Kans.. Fort kearney,
Nebr: Fort Gibson. Ind. T., and Fort
Inge. Tex His marches during al these
changes took him through the heart Of
the AtsLllt iIGlGA LbHilAA 81 anu mus Ll-'
young soldier gained much valuable
knowledge Of the methods Of war on the
frontier. In Texas. in 1854. he first came
actually under fire for the first time,
when ne became involved in a skirmish
with Lipan Indians. near Limpina. Dur
ing this engagement young Carr was
wounded by an Indian arrow. but his
GOODNESS and bravery under fire won him
high commentator from his superior Off
GERS. Talking of this experience Gen.
Carr said. Il was first wounded in Texas
in the autumn of 1S5A Some Apache IN
dams had stolen lot of cattle, and We
We're sent after them. The Indians took
the old overland trail from San Antonio
10 FL Paso. and the cattle they had with
them left signs enough for us 10 follow
them easily. I was a second lieutenant
at thar time We followed the Indians
Tor three days ana nights. the trail being
easy 10 follow by the bright moonlight
ON the third day about 10 o'clock in the
morning. ] saw some Indian boys with
three ponies. I dashed after them and
as a had a fast horse 1 soon distanced
the rest of my company; but, OF course,
I went on alone. Suddenly, over the mill
came three Indian warriors. They divid-
ed and kept ON three sides OF me. They
motOned me 10 go back. but I kept on,
and they began 90 shoot at me with ar
rows. | fired at them with my revolver
IN the hope TO unsettle their aim. but
they were too many for me. and one az
row from the left whizzed past my face
and another one took me In the stomach.
Then the warriors dashed Off ] got off
my horse TO see how badly ] was hurt
/ found that the arrow was dull one.
and that going through my clothes had
expended most Of its force. Ii only en-
tered the flesh a little way. We went on
at once found the Indians in force, re-
covered the cattle, and destroyed the vii
lage."
Although the general makes light of
this, his first experience under fire, the
fact remains that he carries the scar OF
that arrow wound to this day. and it
botheTs him more than little now and
then.
on March 3, 1850, his gallanJry was re-
warded by his promotion to the rank of
first Lieutenant in the cavalry. and he
was ordered 10 frontier duty on the Sioux
expedition which was undertaken in that
year. Then he went back to his old quar-
ters at Fort Leavenworth. where he did
good service in queling the disturbances