Evening journal., 1913-01-13
VETERAN IS
PROUD OF HIS
OLD COMRADES
"BIueStOne jack With Second
U. 5. Cavalry Did Valiant
Service AgalnStIndlanS
MASSACRE PREVENTED
MEETING WITH CUSTER

John T. Guthrie of this city, one Of
the few survivors of the Phil. Kearny
massacre. is proud of his old COM
mand, the Second United States
Cavalry with which he fought In
many campaigns. He was a member
of Company c. He is known as Blue
stone Jack" and is now living in the
Regular Army United States Home at
Washington. He is now in Whining
ton on his annual visit.
His old regiment the Second Z s.
Cavalry, was organized May 1886, as
the I'd Dragons, with David e
Twiggs as Colonel and William s.
Harney as Major, who was soon pro-
NOTED to Lieutenant Colonel. Its first
service was in Florida, and then it
went to Mexico under the command
of Col Harney, and greatly distin-
guished itself. as did Capt. e. V.
Sumner. afterward Major-General
commanding the Third Corps. Next,
the Cd Dragons served in the wars
with the Apaches and Comanches,
and then was sent to bleeding Kan
sas," and that Beau Ideal cavalry
man, Philip ST. George Cooke, was in
command of the regiment
In 1857 il was sent to Utah, and
there came the terrible rift among its
officers on account of the civil war.
Dick" Anderson and Hardee left the
\ regiment and the service to become
Leutenant-Generals in the Confeder-
& ate army and Pegram, Sibley, Robert
4 son. George Anderson. Armstrong,
Stuart and Field to become Major
\ Generals. On the other hand, Cooke
y became a Brigadier-General and
Sumner, Wood Palmer, Davidson,
4 Pleasonton, Merritt and Buford Maj
Il or-Generals and Sanders, Gordon,
& Rodenburg. Leoser, Harrison and
n Blanchard became Brigadier-Generals
& in the Union army. During the war
E It lost five officers and 60 men killed
and 20 officers and 206 men wounded.
BY the act of August g. 1861, the I'd
Dragons became the I'd L. S. Cav.
n ID. E. Twiggs had been promoted to
"A rigadier-General, and had treacher-
ously surrendered to the rebels. w.
S. Harney and p St c. Cooke. had
been promoted to rigadier-Generals.
and r. J. Wood, a Major-General of
Volunteers. was Colonel OF the regi-
ment from Nov. u. 1861. to June 9,
1868. when he was succeeded by l. n.
4 Palmer
After the war the regiment was
sent TO Leavenworth, Kan, and had
81 hard work before it in defending the
& frontier against the Indians during
e the Winter. II lost 27 men in what Is
known as the Phil Kearny massacre
In the Spring Of 1869 one battalion
under Lieut. Col. Bracket was trans.
ferred TO Montana, where it remained
for Is years, and came to be known
& as the Montana Battalion. II received
81 high credit for it's service in the De.
81 partment of the Platte, and lost a
# number of men. IL won several crush
ing victories over the Indians, and
# took the field in 1876 for the great
campaign TO chastise the Indians into
obedience. II marched TO the Bis
# Horn. where Custer was to join It,
# but, alas, he never did II was al
N the point of junction, but there me
messengers bringing the news of Gus
% ter's massacre and of Reno's desper
ate stand against the Indians who
had destroyed Custer's command. i
ca moved forward to be attacked by tho
& Sioux in immense force
Not less than $500 Sioux charged
81 the command. but after a desperate
81 fight they we're repulsed, leaving L
IA dead on the field, while the loss o
81 the soldiers was only 10 killed an'
ri 8 wounded. Gen. Cook decided t.
NJ push the fighting. and sent out Lieut.
M Sibley with 25 picked men to find th'
M Indian village. These ran into fear
W full number of the Indians and hat
4 to fight desperate battle 10 get ava.
* from them BY hard courageou
# fighting they succeeded in making al
H escape that no one thought was pos
M sible The Montana battalion tool
b the field in 1877 under Gen. Miles an
took part in the attack on Lam
Deer's camp In this Private D. /
H Brainard. Troop l., distinguished him
Isl self and afterwards was distinguish
ed by his service under Greeley in III
X Arctic expedition. He became
6X fcufcpapt In the ropfr,onf