davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-12-13
Brave and Accomplished Gen. Hugh Lenox Scott Has Been
Fighting and Pacifyng for Thirty-eight Years.
Expert in Indian Sign Language.

Dakota, with two junior officers, ninety
men anu fifty pack mules. was ordered
To round up the savages.
The scouting party found the Little
Missouri River bank full from the April
freshet Is II was twenty feet deep and
$50 feet wide and contained logs and
other driftwood Scott asked for vulun-
teers to take line across the river
Two men undrcSsed. bat. finding the
water ice cold, Immediately returned e
the bank and put on their clothing.
Scott then ripped off his uniform, tied
a pieced rope around his waist and
swan The river. An old wagon bed was
used az "a float and thus the whole
party crossed in safety The Indians
were located. Scott co;nmuned with
them in the sign language and they
meekly agreed TO return TO their reser.
walton
There WAS also an a. petition againsl
the ,heyennes In which Scott took ar
active part. and the Investigation OF
The ghost dance disturbances in 1896
was given into his hands by the official.
in Washington. He was a captain NJ
the line at the beginning OF the Spanish
war ana later served In Cuba az Adju.
tant-Generul. acting, during the illness
or absence Of Gen. Wood. rs governor
Of the island
He" Wood has said Of Scott. has
always been successful In the work as
signed TO him and has always gained
and retained the entire confidence and
respect OF the officers under whom he
served"
Other Generals have spoken OF Scot,
in similar language Miles. SchJfield
Chaffee, Merritt. Ruger. Brooks, Corbin
and Ludlow have all sald that ne is n
brave. accomplished and successful
soldier
From Cuba where he remained nearly
Ave years. Scott went 10 the Philippines
10 be governor of the Sulu archipelaE
| and commander OF the military post ID
| Jolo. Ills most spectacular achievement
among the hard fighting Moros was the
( liberation of many thousands OF slave
and the breaking UP of an ancien. auL
! highly profitable trade in human beings
| There are no more bondsmen on the
many islands which form the Sulu
! archipelago. Those who were slave,
are now free and are working FOR them.
| selves.
! Long ago the Moros were pirates
When Major Scott ~ the Fourteenth
Cavalry was sent 10 subdue them he
found them armed with modern r!fle'
and small cannon and waiting for him
behind defences. There was battle
which began on February :. 1901 Scot
going forward at the head Of hts men
with drawn revolver, was hit in th,
right hand by q bullet. The revolve,
was knocked TO the ground.
Three or four minutes later Scott wa,
again wounded in the left hand Shoci
! and the loss OF blood caused him TO be
come unconscious. He was raken TO Z
| hospital. where II WIS found that IN.
wound in his right hand Was infected
For O time his condition was yer!
serious. One OF his fingers and hal
of another had been shot away.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-12-13

1T il bad business Gen. Scott said
to the interviewer, ito reach for a man
and not get him. If he slips away Mt
the first grasp ne must lie followed"
This Is the only explanation he gives
for leaving the hospital In three weeks
and going out again after Hassan, the
Moro chief, and his band of cutthroats,
slave stealers and robbers. II !, said
that his hands, still swollen ana IN
handages, were tied In sings across MS
breast lie had 10 I've lifted into and
out Of his saddle and man led his
horse.
Thus for twenty-seven days Scott
his arms and hands useless. command
ing four troops of cavalry and bat
terry. stuck to the trail OF Hassan and
his band. There were hard marches
every day and often In the night.
Hassan was found. Nor did he get
away second time
The rebellion of the Moros, at Has
sans defeat, was practically brought
to an end All the Moros. everywhere
were compelled 10 givc Scott their guns
| and knives
scott had to deal" Gen. Wool says
| with the most wariilSc and most turbu-
lent section OF the Moro people. lie
accomplished "A great work and his
work In the abolition OF slavery and the
suppression of the slave trade has
effectually terminated these curses OF
the Moro people
The Moros came into Jolo by canoe
from all directions when the news wa
spread through the islands that Scott
was to leave them and become super
intendent OF tho Military Academy al
| West Point. To a man they PLEADED
with him to remain. Their chief priest
| gave him q very ancient and sacred
book and wept at hfs departure
The Hops Of Arizona IN 1911 noti-
/ fed she authorities that they would ne
longer permit their children 20 attend
I a Government school. They wanted
the children TO stay at home. wear
blankets and sleep on thu ground, a.
their trlbssmen had done for centuri -
Moreover they did not want 20 be
separated from their own flesh and
| blood The Interior Department asked
President Taft TO have Col. Scott dts
cuss the matter with the Hops.
! BY signs tho Hopi orators told Scott
/ Just what they had told tho civil officers
-? the national Government. Also by
signs Scott said:
Wagons Will take your children
! away Tomorrow. Have them ready
; What have you TO say?"
"lf YOU order the children to GO" tho
! chief OF the Hops answered. I'VE have
nothing TO say. The children will bs
ready
From the spring of 1913 until re.
Gently Gen. Scott Was in command OF al
/ the cavalry along the Mexican border
| from Texas TO California. He is wei
acquainted with Villa. who. he says
: Is a vrry able General. though an In.
dian. When asked who was the great.
est Indian he had ever known lac re
Piled
! Il have been acquainted with d goot
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-12-13

/ left OF tine regiment soon after. For
many years he battled and negotiated
with such Indian chiefs rs Joseph. Sit
! ting Bull, Red Cloud. Spotted Tail and
Geronimo. Gen. Miles has said that
, Scott successfully governed the worst
| tribe of Indians on the continent" and
| that the task was always dangerous
| and difficult" The tribe thus described
was the Apaches. and Geronimo was
their leader.
The Apaches stole from the whites
| and fought among themselves. Scott
! then & Captain and their custodian,
| stopped their thievery and violence, but,
as no phrased II, both Geronimo and
\ sitting Bull were irreconcflable Indians
and ! never wasted many words on
them" He never wastes many WORDS
on anybody.
Second Lieutenant, new on the
| plains. Scott ut once went on an expedi-
| ton against the hostile Sioux. who were
secretly being supplied with arms. am
munation and food by agency brethren.
I'VE went out" he told the inter
viewer. ito find them dismount them
and disarm them" Custer had been
killed by the Sioux.
| as Lne eNprultlou cuoctsrluii Hc
was asked.
at was" Gen. Scott answered. giving
more vlgor TO the words than was GUS
! tomary with him.
such was his initiation into warfare
among the Indians. The following year.
! 1871, he rode forth against the Nez
| Perces. All the members of the band
with Chief Joseph in command, were
either killed or captured. On the march
back to the post Gen. Miles was In
| formed that a number OF the Indians,
early in the attack, bad escaped and
gone toward the frontier Of Canada
sitting Bull and his Sioux were in the
vicinity and had promised 20 help the
Nez Perces II they were followed by
the soldiers.
In the face of Sitting Bulls threat
only Two Of AIiles's enlisted men volun'
| teered 30 hunt down the runaways
Miles, therefore, took eleven men from
tho ranks and sent them off under
Lieut.. Marion p. Maus. Scott and sis
men, going In advance OF their troop
we're met by Maus in tho neighborhoot
OF the Milk River.
Maus had no knowledge OF how many
Neg Perces awaited him and felt SURE
that he would have to fight, whether
they were few or many. Scott might
have gone about his own business. bu
he and his six joined Maus and hb
eleven. and the nineteen soldiers, TIVE
officers and seventeen privates. sur
prised and captured forty-two warriors
Gen. Maus has always praised Scot
for his gallantry and generosity
Another good story with Scott as IT.
principal actor - told in the army 10y
the older officers. A band OF Crows II
the spring OF 1883, had broken out o
the reservation In southeastern Mon
tana and were stealing live stock
shooting their rifles promiscuously anC
painting themselves hideously. FRS
Lieut.. Scott, stationed at Fort Mead
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-12-13

al heir best Speeds with relatively les
horS-- power. This meant lighter en-
gineS, cheaper first c,s. and ecouFuIcS
IN upkcsp and fuci consumption.
More .han that, he was able t. tint
uut in Jdvsnce Just how he could oAangr
rh" shape OF ths ship To- be- to the Jt 81
advantage. and, a. the modest outlay
involved n building and 'oN!nS
wooden model 90 Two. nv was alb" q,
tell jUrt wIat he great fun sized craft
would do On tria. and prescribe within
v,ry narrow limits the cngin" power
needed. Further than thar, his re
scare hes IN cpune,' dion with prup,ll, rs
made i; possible for him to t-H just
what sort ~ screw or screws would an
swer best in transmitting the push ~
the motive power 20 the wafer
In Speaking II this work, he said about
three wars back the gunboat Nash
Vile. as YOU know, was bulk sixteen or
seventeen years ago. She Was about
i.3;5 toua displacement and made -
knots with ..3nr Aors"- power in round
uUmn,rS. The n"w -uuirIu SarrA-
neut". h, II 81 cons displ,tc .n"n-. "i
10" In, e.-"l rhou 'hr cartier craft.
aud yrt -" "j.. uahc }" nnul~ ON 2."o'
hur-,'- power 10y 500 hor-"-p,'Nor l,oss
than Tho Na.nviil-.'
Taking thir;y-iiV- ir5unds per horse
power as an avrrar>- an actual saving
IN weight * thus secured Of 1900
pounds. and the lighter engine CaHS ful
less coal AMI IL undoubtedly a cheaper
ME- hanism. III" results ar" more
striking it ne comparison j. made he
tween tattlo.shipS.
II Aas been said t.t ",lc aver 90
ship 81 the Connecticut class required
;1,'uv indicated horsepower for eight
zen knot. Wa,reas the Michigan ci'-S,
u idrn'tc. 1isulHc"m'0t aud TYP" IF
machinery. Required u'.'N 70 TOO 'uj'-
catUl hurso- ppNcr for fh5 same 'pved
This mean, tina, tur l"uo" u'il,, tho
saving IA cnal amounts to som" 1.ioo
tons at elehJerr knots" This Is only
one Of tho many ecunomu x made pos
siile by the Investigations at the model
experimental basin. and fundamentally
dur to the change wrought in the
under water bodies OF ships
! This res arch work has grippcd Capt.
| Taylor. and more than once ne has oie :
! clned the very office he Is now tllliu.;
hccaus" he wds too much absorbed In
the scientific Problems L. was untau-
Cling bit Ivy DIT through IA" medium ot
/ th. tank and the facilities which re had
drvelopei there He was not iutcrcstr
alone in the pruu.cm of ship form I'm It's
! relation To economy Of propulsion
| Thanks ~ his experiments, hr demon
strated cunclusiNely that the clGai
shaped hlll OF the submarine was 1,
dangerous model, particularly when thu
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-12-13
SCOTT, NEW CHIEF
OF ARMY'S GENERAL STAFF

many Indians OF marked natural abil-
ty. Some of them were orators and
could sway their people. Others were
wise in counsel. and still others were
brave, adroit and rosourceful warriors.
CHIEF Joseph. perhaps. was the ablest
Indian I havo known. He led his
people for 800 mikes TO the very border
of Canada against all the powers and
instrumentalities of civilization. It was
n masterful performance"
you are famous as o negotiator with
Indians" said the interviewer. May I
ask how you explain your success in
that direction"
"Oh. ] couldn't do thai" Gen. Scott
replied, even IL wanted 10. have
had dealings with Indians for thirty
five years. Naturally have come to
understand how their minds work and
go comprehend their character. Per
haps II Is because I know them that I
can do business with them. Nor could
I describe Indian character ofhand.
would want to sit down and think
about t.
"Ill say, however, that the Indian al
ways believed he was fighting for his
liberty and to protect his property.
White men, when tho matter il put that
way, will sympathiye, I think. with tho
red men. Liberty and property are just
as sacred to the Indian AZ 10 any one
else.
IL would also ike TO testify 10 The
honesty of the Indians Plenty " them.
TO my knowledge. have paid the debts
~ their dead brothers and other rcia =
tives. II takes a pretty eo,d man 10
10 that, white OF red
The old warpath Indian was worthy
OF respect. lie was accused OF being
treacherous. i never knew Of but one
Indian scout who deceived the whits,
soldiers he was leading Another thing;
Give an Indian a. task 70 perform and
he will stick 20 Il until IL IN done-he
won't lean on his shovel. look at the
sun every FIVE minutes, or kill time IN
other usual ways'
Were your method. the same with
Indians and Flipinos?"
Yes Any aboriginal people will
trust the man who Il syrnpathetically-
kind 20 them, who will bother himself
with the troubles they want to talk
about and who will try 20 put himself
IN their situation. Listen to them. Is
my advice; show them that you are
really interested in their affair, hut
don't make any promises.
One may mean 10 help them and MAY
say 80; hut something may occur and
help cannot Ia given. Explanations
THEN are useless. The simple man oi
the woods, prairics or jungies Will be-
lievo tina: he has been Intentionally
mtsled."
Tell ME ABOUT tho slave trade among
the Moros."
ut was 'rightful. There are 1S+
! islands in the Sulu Archipelago. There
were slaves on most OF them A man.
his wife and his children could he held
| in bondage during life for debt NJ So
We had laws against slavery and
| enforced them. I would do a kindness
for some man and he would let me
know what was going on. II a biri
flew over one " the islands ! Was noti-
! fled. Thus knew where slaves were
/ 10 Ia found and liberated them. .
About the last case I had concerned
an attempt to sell "A girl for S95 4
| man caught her by the hair and
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-12-13

scholastic successes, so his classmates
said was that he never seemed To study
and always had on abundance OF time
for recreation. The truth OF II was, his
mind had the rare quality of quick alb
sorption combined with intelligent di-
ge.tion. In his first class year Cadet
Taylor was the highest cadet OFFICER at
Annapolis. He was also chairman II
tho hop committee and II YOU know
anything about the inner life u the
Naval Academy YOU VIII readily grasp
what the distinction meant He Was
likewise president OF the athletic ass1-
citation and was An active ana valuable
member OF the football eleven and the
baseball nine. Tho textbooks that kept
some Of his classmates from making
either OF these teams had no terrors FOR
Taylor. Apparently all he had to do
| was To run over a lesson once To know
| II, and mathematical problems were just
/ pie to him.
| one instanc. VIII Illustrate the char
acter of mind Of he new chief con-
structor. one ~ the subjects Of the
acadclnv curriculum was international
. law, and the examiners one year ch"-,
. rather difficult phase 81 this branch n'
! lar point WIS one pf rather ciahoraio
treatment IN the textbook, and the hesl
/ that the bulk ~ The students could do
was L. summarize the question more ~
less ilnpertectly.
WI ,.. ,,o,..,... .-.,-, C..,-
r., 49,, -. 49, ~ ~
-, - ''""" :. "''' ''''S
' '' ','''''''''''. ','a''." irp'"'
W " ~, ''"' we 'eN'"""N
NV '''''''"S P'Nro
'''a "'r' ~ ''"'n"E''h"s7 VI" h' z
H.. -, nav
+ $780,. ,t.'..,-,. '.|''7 ~ '.'
N"''H 20 '.'
'''"'' "'' "' W."
.'...... ""''' avn
'.''''' '''''''' '''.lH,''" "'N "u"'"''
I''', Wv "''S'''' E'' .N ~"'hI over q" q
''" ~" ,rN''''"- """"h" In' interim
'''"'' l'""''"''
Refine n Suutheruer Tayl,r had valra,
a drawing hHbit of speech and "a,
moved IN an easy going almos, iudoIeu'
way. Il was In the same careless man
ncr apparentlv that me trco,cj his his
aud yet the results evidenced exc.n.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-12-13
New Chief Constructor of United States Navy Has
Played an Important Part in Designing of Every
Naval Vessel Planned by United States During
Past Twenty Years-f4ow He Made Possible
Vast Economies

lUr acquitted himself At the entrance
examinations Was spectacular. out OF
1880 candidates he passed number two,
aud soon after entering Annapolis no
showed that he would not be content
with second place,
In 1882 the cadet engineers and the
cadet midshipmen al tho Naval Acad-
envy were merged and thereafter off,
Gully known rs naval cadets. Three
years later, when IN" ever memorable
Juno week arrived, Taylor was tho trr1
1" advance from the ranks of the grad
uating class 10 receive his diploma. lie
not only headed his Class. but lie had
won by mis- work the highest u, centage
of marks Of any naval acad' ny grad
uatc up 10 that date. Tho record he
made has never since been euualled at
that institution.
The Irritating pnrt about vayior'-
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-12-13

covering tho >Uoicv' iuu uu.p.-,.."
courts of this country hhI r,r. ,.r1,T
= fused To- giNc any weight to 10 Gains
dat certain collisions had bee 11l'.
by this action ~ suction a''v,~T NOV.
INK ships. They Ar.ui.i rH 81. 60.
called suction Nt~ uuON 1871 rN.'' "
careless navigation.
capt.. Tly,ul'~ urac.aal l.ur-.',
ttunS a' the mode, basin cHau-,I '''
and han" nad au important .'.-.--
upon TN, judgments .inor r-I#,r
many cases of unal uiGa.. Ne
~ course it is n matt.r ~ 'w.
knowledge that Capt. Tgyl.I. .-. a.s.
tor AZ governmental ,nurtc~l o. &C.
ia England IN the case II Oh. IS a,F
Olympic collision. ana his prf.-. ''a
evidence had al imports1' r'.r.'- '
the Judgment rendered 90 taNt - To-
Admiralty ns against die o,u".. OF 80
great liner.
NV Nurh has especial r.t-." g.
terc>t IN the new ch,i r'u..r r'u'
When in" eiN's doth an'hu'.' n
'hr army u-.u,D.- 'p.I. 4.. -
ssr..n- H.. rrnI'.s.e, ,N.. ..-I.
.u the y ~rt E...r % t., '.i
st'un,.r Taylor wi. a.uu,-
"'7i wnu.n Or. l.' ~ c'- .....
of iao river and a., daul,-~ ,.
she already marrow r.f. ''"
w"r" further restricted
of those revelations. Ia, iru.f .. 't.
allure duplication ~ tho Nor
no tank and thu towing OF fn.. -
I reScntiUs the biggest liu,r ~ .... r sr
the marine giant % Tomorrow 80
! 900 foot docks tvn Do, d..
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-12-13

TIME harnoniee rang true when
Gen. Hugh Lenox Scott the
army's new Chief of Staff, wore
riding boots and spurs as he
walked to a SUN correspondent in Wash
ington the other day. Much Of his life
booming with energy and made pictur-
rsque by adventure, has been spent on
horseback
In the saddle he has fought, regu-
lated or paoified Indians, Spaniards, Gu
hans, F'ilipinos and Mexicans. from
tier and jungle cavalryman for thirty
eight years no has looked death in the
eye n hundred times.
Red men have tried TO Ieill him and
brown men have hunted him with
spears and knives. Wherever he serves
romance turks at the tanks of his
horse and hard work has Its feet In
both stirrups.
\ large man--staturs six feet, ct
least. and weight some 200 pounds
and n gray man. in hair and mustache.
kindness shines from his face and out
Of hts eyes and IL heard in his low. even
voice. He has two ways of talking
with his lips, 10 tho world IN general
and WITH IN, hands, to the many IAN
suaged Indians of tho plains: but m
neither way will no ever talk more
than IL required.
Ethnologists say that Gen. Scott un-
derstands the sign language OF the
prairie Indians bef ter than any other
white man who ever lived. He has
scttled disputes and ended wars with
ont utterins an audible word. IIe has
entered into treaties by simply moving
his hands. pledging the Government at
Washington and receiving honest prom
ises in return. He has interpreted for
his superior officers or himself at a
hundred Indian councils carried on
wholly by signs.
Years of such communication and OF
lighting, when never much is said, have
turned the son OF Presbyterian min
ister. the grandson OF q celebrated
Princeton theologisn and orator and
the great-great-grandson of BENJAMIN
Franklin himself into an eloquent bu,
silent man-eloquent OF eyes. face, man.
ner. disposition, but sparing with
spoken words.
The dramatic aspect OF this taciturn
and modest mans life began imme-
diately after he became a cadet at West
Point by the appointment at large O.
PRESIDENT Grant capt. l.. h Hare al
the old Seventh Cavalry has related
the event. Hare, also cadet. was re.
ported for Sinking duty while on
guard. He denied the charge. The
tactical officer insisted that he was the
offender Hare might or might no,
have been punished, but Scott, not wait.
ing for a decision in the case. came for.
ward and said:
II am the man.
Later at the summer camp Scott took
drowning comrsde on his back anC
after a thirty minute struggle in the
Hudson River reached the shore. King
the rescued lad, almost dead. and Scott
:" exhausted that he could scarcely
stand. These events took place away
hack N 1872. when Scott was plebe
He has been popular throughout the
army ever since.
The death OF Custer Colonel OF tn
Seventh Cavalry. occurred on the Little
Big Horn River on June %. 1876. Scott
n Second Lieutenant just graduated iron
the Military Academy, joined what wa,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-12-13

..T HE man who has saved The
nation millions is the man
l. ncr In which David Watson
Taylor, the new Chief Con-
i,ructor OF tic United States Navy, has
been described. His achievement In
ais particular IL not the product of
economy alone, but directly the fruit
nf his rare scientific attaiumcnts
Dave" Taylor. AZ his intmates call
IN. Wa born IA Louisa county, va,
N.rcA 4, I'Gl IN 1881 he entered The
lnted Statca Naval Academy as a
.dtt engineer. In thuse days twenty
'" cadet engineers were appointed
carly to m" academy, ana their admls-
ION WAS determined by competitive
NsininatIons Of candidates from the
country at large. For a country bred
'ad educated mostly under his fathers
roof tho manner IN which Young Tay-
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-12-16

Lick, Indiana, this morning. On his
departure he stated that he would DO
delighted to secure Jennings II Hughis
could be landed without turning over
all Of his good players.
The Jennings tip today remained ~
great 4 mystery a. ever. Hughie At
his home In Scranton gave out an
interview in which he said that he
had not been consulted Jennings 10
under contract for 1915 to the Tigers.
In Detroit Navin said there was alb
solutely no foundation for the re-
port.
Callahan, q Chicago idol, IL about
to be replaced by Comiskey, 1t n
said. New York is naturally pre-.
JUDGED against the Windy City. and
could not be expected to accept with
grace even this grand good fellow
who might smack OF the Chicago cast
of. It Is said that Kid Gleason will
succeed Callahan with the White Sox.
Eddie Collins positively. will not be
made manager.
According to statement attributed
to Colonel Jacob Rupert. Jr., in
French Lick. Ind, the colonel. Cap
tain Huston and George Guest. have
purchased the New York Americans,
and the actual transfer OF stock will
take place Thursday. All that re-
mains is to settle the price. That Is
all that remained when the colonel
and his friends made the first bid.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-12-16

connect with ont II was q stir light
with thu hoaors about even.
Smith lost lot OF ground because
Of CoNey's AGGrsssivsness, but he
evened up the score every time he
landed. and he did that twice to Cof-
fey's once. The Dublin Giant fought
better night than he has ever put
up. It was Jim's rushss that upset
all Of tho Gunners plans for = knock
out. When the end came the 0unner
was going strong. but the pace had
told on Cofsy.
The ofYscial weights Of Smith and
Corey when they entered the ring for
the star bout were Smith, $50 and
Corey 1913.
In the hrst round the men, were
cautious. The Gunner waited. Smith
landed flush on Co0sy's mouth, bring
ing the blood. Left hooks In quick
order sent Corey to his corner with
blood streaming from his nose.
The second round found Corey anx-
ious. GunboAt sent him twice with left
hooks that sent the biz Irishman clear