Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-09-16
FIRST FOOT IS
INTERESTED in
new RETIREMENT

Especial Star Bulletin Correspondence
SCHoFIELD BARRACKS, Sept 16.
The First Infantry, stationed here,
has received Official intelligence OF
the retirement from active service OF
Brigadier General Marion p. Maus,
an officer whose name was borne on
the rolls Of the regiment for many
years as lieutenant and captain and
whose services rank him high on the
distinguished list of the regiments
former officers There are few living
officers of the army who have had
such varied and distinguished service
as General Maus. He hasa brilliant
record as an Indian fighter and holds
the medal of honor for gallantry in
action against hostile Apaches, which
distinction was gained while a lieu
tenant of the First Infantry.
This honor was won under remark
able circumstances, while member
OF an expedition operating across the
border and into the heart of friend
Iy foreign state, a condition of affairs
which in these days when the. entire
Mexican border is one armed camp.
is hardly to be credited. The old rec
ords of the circumstances which led
TO the comforting of this medal show
tHat in May, 1885. Apache Indians un-
der the leadership Of Geronimo, Nat
chez, Mangus and other notorious
chiefs, firing of peaceful pursuits,
went on the war path and fled into
Mexico. A battalion of Indian Scouts
composed OF one hundred men from
the Chiricahaus, Warm Springs, and
White Mountain Apache tribes, under
the command of Captain Emmett
Crawford. Third Cavalry. left Apache,
Arizona territory, on November II,
1886, for Mexico, to pursue the rene
gades. Lieutenant Maus, First Infan-
try, ans oatenant William e. Shipp,
Tenth Cavalry, commanded the two
companies of the little force, while
Lieutenant Samson L.. Faison, First
Infantry Lieutenant Colonel of
the Fifth Infantry-was adjutant,
quartermaster and commissary, and
Acting Assistant Surgeon T. B. Davis
was the medical officer. All of these
officers were well known to what is
styled as the old Army" Captain
Crawford was famods as anNIndian
fighter, and Lientenant Ship was
killed at San Juan in the Spanish war
Use Indian Methods. =
The command crossed into Mexico.
by arrangement with that govern
mert, about twenty miles north Of the
town OF Fr0nteras; with the object of
pursuing the. Indians into the noun
tains of the state Of Sonora. After
travelling over two hundred miles the
trail became so hot and the travelling
with any kind Of speed so hard that
the command-sofficer and men-was
forced to carry on their backs all
their supplies. At sunset on the
'4dghtyufs ganuafys9, 1886, the hostile
camp was located about twenty miles
away The following morning, by a
stealtly approach, using Apache tao
tics, the camp gas surrounded before.
daybreRk and tie attack pressed home
at dawn. The Surviving Apaches dis
appeared in the rock caves above the
camp but the horses and food of the
horses were taken. Later in the day
an Indian woman came to the camp
and stated that Geronimo and Natchez
wanted to talk and Captain Crawford
agreed to conference the following
morning. Before the talk could be
arranged party of Mexican troops,
not understanding the presence of
the American armed troops in their
country. attacked the camp. Lieuten-
ant Maus, who spoke Spanish, advanc-,
ed to parley with the Mexicans, fol-
lowed by Captain Crawford, and, as
they crossed the open, they were
fired upon, Captain Crawford being
shot through the head In the fight
which followed, all the Mexican Off
GERS were killed Lieutenant Mads
assumed command Of the party, salts
factory explanations were made. to-
the Mexican, troops and the pursuit of
the Apaches, who had slipped away
during the fight, was resumed.
Expedition Returns.
In the fight on January 18th, the In
dians were completely scattered and
Geronimo compelled to go to San Ber-
nardino to surrender to the depart
ment commander, General George
Crook. On January 18th Captain
Crawford died while the command
was still on the march. The officers
and scouts reached Lang's ranch, in
American territory on February 1,
1886. after having marched over one
thousand miles. The order awaiting
the medal to General Maus reads:
For most distinguished gallantry in
action against hostile Apache Indians,
led by Geronimo and hatcher, in the
Sierra Madre mountains, Mexico, jan
nary II, 1886. while first lieutenant
LIST infantry, and commanding the ex-|
petition"
While an officer OF the regiment,
General Maus participated in num-
Der of other Indian campaigns. taking
part in the campaign against the
Cheyennes, when Chief Lame Deer
was killed; in the Nez Perez cam
paign which ended in the capture of
Chief Joseph. and in the Sioux. upris-
inc az Pine Rid1o Coufh Dol Yoto In