Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-07-08
OLIVE ENNIS HITE
TELLS INTERESTING
HISTORICAL STORY

i Santa Fe. July LAST Great
March over Santa PC Trail" is the
I title Of historical sketch vibrating
with the touch of human interest.
published IN yesterdays Sunday Mag
lazine of the Los Angeles Times from
the pen Of Olive Ennis Hte. for many
years of Santa re and albuquerque.
but now Of Los Angeles Mrs Ifte
tells the story of her trip over the
trail as bride of Lieutenant Ennis
! from Fort Leavenworth TO Fort Union
and Santa Fe with the Firth infantry
commanded by General Sykes "a
martinez of the days before war.
when an officers word was final and
the private's was nothing.
Vivid Is the picture of the $50 men
moving out of LeaVenworth and the
first days journey and speaking Of
the ladies' of the command she says
we were a heterogeneous outfit. we
ladies Of the command, and there
were some who eyed others askanee,
fearing that they were not altogether
nice. and it took several DAYS Of dust
and discomfort for the infantry to ac-
cept the ladies Of the cavalry aud the
ladies to get over the feeling that
they were a shade nicer than their
sisters The general commander had
left his wife at Carlisle barracks, and
that made MAJOR 'Pinky Marshalls
pretty young bride the first lady Of
the command. She was q niece Of
Commodore Erickson and very beau
tiful and fascinating There was Mrs
Lane, who was BiddIc' Of Carlisle
aud that. In the army, was the last
word for aristocracy. There was
Mrs Bankhead. wife of a gallant sol
a ~. kF4ts. -
of Philadelphia and a niece of famous
Bishop Wainwright which made her
quite as irfeproachabie as the other
two. Mrs. Casey, a bride and a daugh-
ter of that gallant old fighter. General
Thornton. was very sweet ana un-
assuming. Mrs Newbold, bride of
captain, who thought he should be at
the head Of the column instead Of
licking into shape lot of gutter
snipes' from the battery She was
of very rich family Of ohio and
that gave her tone. the other four
were Just women. one Of them gift
ed woman, Josephine Clifford. who
afterward married a Mr.. McCracken,
of Santa Cruz.
Speaking Of the birth and baptism
OF her babe. which arrived shortly
after getting to Fort Union Mrs. llite
says. "0n August %, the first babe
born to an officer Of the regulars
came to us and was baptized--in the
midst of bowling tempest r In
champagne. which flowed like water
in honor Of the occasion. A dinner
was given by Captain Farnswofth, at
which were al the officers Of the
two egiments-tieneral Pope, divi-
sion commander In the territory. on
an inspection tour and his staff
General Carleton and his staff and
the officers Of the garrison Some
enc proposed to bring the baby and
christen him, and PinlSY Marshall
was sent for the youngster. stolen
by Mrs. Marshall. he was wrapped in
q Navajo blanket and presented 20
the party His name was to hav"
been Frederick Dent. but he was Civ
en- the name Of the two generals, one
of them afterward being changed t9|
that Of his father More dead than
alive he was returned to the surgeon
and to the bosom Of his nanny,
whom he had been fortunate enough
to pick up at the post
Thus throughout the sketch or
story are intimate pictures Of army
life at New Mexico posts in the days
of the Santa Re trail. that form an
interesting and important eontrlbu-
ton to New Mexico annals.