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

| Tspecial 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 has brilliant
record as an Indian fighter and holds
the medal of honor for gallantry in
action against hostile Apaches, which
distinction was gained while lieu
tenant of the First Infantry.
This honor was won under remark
able circumstances. while a member
of an expedition operating across the
border and into the heart of friend
| ly foreign state, condition of affairs
which in these days when the entire
Mexican border is one armed camp
is hardly to be credited. The old rec
orIs 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 IL,
1885, for Mexico, to pursue the rene
gades. Lieutenant Maus, First Infan-
| try, ant Sutenant William e. Shipp,
Tenth Cavalry, commanded the two
companies Of the little force, while.
Lieutenant Samson l.. Faison, First
Infantry -now Lieutenant Colonel of
1.-The Fifth infantry adjutant,
quartermaster and commissary, and
Acting Assistant Surgeon r B. Davis
twas the medical officer All of these
officers were well known to what is
Istyfed as the sOld Army" Captain
| Crawford was famous as an Indian
| fighter, and Lieutenant Shipp was
killed at San Juan in the Spanish war.
Fuse indian Methods.
The command crossed into Mexico,
lby ADVANCEMENT with that govern
IJnent, 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
I trail became so hot and the travelling.
with any kind of speed so hard that,
the command Officers and men-wass
forced to earfy on their backs all
their s;fpplfes3 AZ sunset on the
night Of january 9, 1886, the hostile
camp was located about twenty miles
away. The following morning, by a
lstealthy approach, using Apache tao
| tics. stlie camp. was surrounded before
dayflreak and the 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 takens Later in the day.
an Indian Woman icame 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 a 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-
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 Maus
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
dams 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 l.,
1885, 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 Natchez, in the
Sierra Madre mountains, Mexico, Jan.
uary II, 1886, while first lieutenant
1st infantry, and commanding the ex-
Tpedition. ..-.F
While an officer OF the regiment,
General Maus participated in a 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 caDture of