Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-09-06

/ Who Wear on Their q
Breasts and in Their Button
holes the Medals and Rosettes
for Valor-Sergt. Jere Muir
ply Is Authorized to Wear
the Congressional Army
Medal - Policeman E. A.
Walker Has a Bronze Naval
Medal for Valor in the
Presence of the Enemy
Sergt. c. H. Carlssen Carries
the American Cross of Honor
Big Mike" Donnelly Saved
His Captains Life - Capt.
Charlie" Estes Recon-
mended for Commission.
Where would l he when my frost dry?
Where would he when the bullets fly:
Where would be- when come 10 die:
WHY, somewheres anigh my chum.
If he's liquor ell give me some:
II I'm dyin' Ell old my cad.
An Ell write 'em 'ome when l am dead
Gawd send a trusty chum
-Barrack Room Ballad
TRUSTY chums to the soldiers of
fortune are definite dependable
assets. As ammunition to the
one hard pressed, as funds to
the tottering stock broker.
caught between the bull and the bear
market. food TO the starving man. is
the trusty chum to those who precede en-
rire. And when the trusty chum steps
in the breach, faces almost certain death.
risks all that man can risk for the sake
of others-his Hfe-then sometimes a great
government looks benignly upon him and
the reward is a medal OF honor
Exclusive are the cotarie who wear on
their breasts and in their buttonholes the
medals and rosettes of valor. yet the po-
lice force of Washington has among its
seRgeants two medal of valor army men.
besides another who has navy medal for
distinctive and valorous service
Sergt. Jere Murphy of the tenth precinct
is authorized TO wear the congressional
army medal awarded by the War Depart
ment and Policeman E. A. Walker, doing
his beat in the sixth precinct, can show
his little bronze naval medal for valor
in the presence of the enemy. To Sergt-
I. III. 1arlSSen Oh tle te0l!l precinct was
awarded the American cross of honor
Then there Is big Mike Donnelly OF
the Tenderloin precinct. by whom Capt.
Wynne of the army swears, Tor II was
upon Mikes broad, County Mayo back
that commissioned officer was borne from
the red field in front of Picking to be
saved death from sunstroke.
''Philippine Charley" Estes.
And Capt Charlie Estes, or Phillip
central office boys, has been recommend
ed for commission on the grounds of
bravery in action. and Private Milton NJ.
Lille of the Tenderloin precinct had charge
of some of the most important topograph-
ical and survey work in the Philippines.
There are many men on the force to
whom the "WanderluSt' has been the i'm
polling force of their lives. Men who
count achievement by physical results,
men of education, men of wide experience,
but men to whom the we'll balanced ledger
or the clear page of record does not mean
initiative or achievement in the highest
sense of the word.
Thus it has been that those who have
momentarily tired of the siren lure of the
tropical Sapphire Sink" or whose ears,
now attuned to the sounds of domestic
life. have turned from the tang of the
bullets to the rattle of the baton and the
shrill of the police whistle.
Murphy made his reputation as one of
the best fighting men Of the fighting Sd
Cavalry. Gold had just been discovered
in the Black. Hills, then in the Sioux
Indian reservation. The miners and pros
pectors rushed heedlessly into the Indians
territory, and the slaughter began. Gems.
Custer and Crook were ordered from the
north and the south, respectively, to mo-
billie and catch the red men between the
two advancing columns.
tue ,nnfh he no Gph I'M
campaigned with it's column through
Montana and Wyoming. March IL, 1876,
when the cavalry were about to camp,
their scouts discovered two Indians in the
hills. The Indians We're followed, and at
o'clock in the morning the great chief,
Crazy Horse and his village were 10
Gated on Powder river. Montana The
thermometer was freezing at 40 degrees
below zero when the attack was planned,
upon the village, situated in a narrow
valley. 1t was impossible for the troops
10 go in. mounted. so six troops were
held to attack the valley, and one troops
under command of Gen. Chen captain)
Arson Mills. to which troop Jere Murphy
belonged, was set afoot in the hills to cut
on the, retreat of the Indians.
Carried Off Wounded Comrade.
AS sooh as the six troops charged the
lndiaps made for the hills, and six men
were told off, among them Murphy, to
watch the retreat of the red men. Four Of
these men were killed outright, and one,
Alonzo Aires, of Troop NJ of the Sd Cav
airy, Mas shot through the leg and
through 4the arm.
Aires lay helpless when Murphy, fight
ing for. his life against the Oncoming
hordes of Indians. spied him. Wounded
himself, he grabbed Aires and started for
his command. One bullet tore the stock
from Murphys rifle. another ripped four
cartridges from Murphy's belt, but still
The trooper held to Aires. running a few
Yards, then laying him down to fire
round or two from his broken gun. Final
" Aires collapsed and Murphy could no
longer aid him. Still, IL a hard pull
10 get away himself, for he was hemmed
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