The border vidette., 1916-02-26
INDIAN FIGHTERS FRIEND.
Carl Hayden Makes Speech in House
 of Repre- sentatives,

iteration H. R. No. 665, a bill to pension the survivors of certain Indian Wars.
 MT. Hayden.-Mr. Chairman, I favor the passage of this bill because it recognizes the merit orious service of some of the men who fought on the western frontiers against hostile Indians. They performed a distinguished service; they under went great privations, and they are entitled to the same consideration with respect to pensions that Con gress has heretofore given to the veterans of the Civil War.
 Far be it from me to cast the slightest reflection upon the valiant services rendered by the men in blue who saved the Union. The fame of their valor and prOweSS is fixed in history their own race, equally valorous, and to whose courage all time will pay tribute The leaders on both sides of the war between the States were the very flower of our civilization. They knew the meaning of honor and chival- ry, and wherever possible they softened the rigors of war by acts of kindness and conSidera- tion for fallen foe.
 The veterans of the Indian wars dealt with an enemy who knew nothing and cared less for the rules of civilized warfare. He was a savage, not content delight in tourturing his prison CTS in the most friendish and re- volting manner. The Indian war rior never came boldly to the attack unless supported by over whelming numbers, but fought from ambush. Intimately &C., quainted with the country, skill ful in his own kind of strategy, it was only by superhuman ef- forts that the American soldiers could ever capture him.
 I have talked with many of these old Indian fighters. and they all tell the same tale of long marches over wild, rough country, of days and nights in the saddle without sleep, of hunger and thirst, in pursuit of Indians who scattered like quail before a hunter only to meet again at some distant place and there to commit new outrageS. This was the kind of warfare that tried mems souls. The American soldiers prayed for chance to get at their red ene- mics and settle the issue once and for all, but the willy and elusive Indian did not fight that way.
 It was no war of the trenches, where the men on each side could pause to remember that Christ was born on Christmas white man and an Indian swap ping tobacco across the lines. It was a war of civilization against savagery, and those who made possible the settlement of the west could look for nothing but treachery from their Indian foe men. Having fought the good fight, having borne the heat and burden of the day, these Indian war veterans are entitled to the same recognition from their Gov .erpment that it has so generous ly bestowed on all of it's other defenders.
 My only objection to this bill is that it does not go far enough. Certain campaigns against In dianS are designated as Indian wars, service in which entities the survivor to pension. I can see no justice in such a distinc- tion. If any person rendered military service against hostile Indians he is entitled to the same consideration, whether the cam paign was long or short, and it makes no difference whether some Secretary of War has dig nified it by calling it an Indian war. If had my way about it, I would pension every man who served for more than 30 days in the Indian wars or campaigns against hostile Indians from the close of the Civil War to the out break of the Spanish War. And would pension the widows of such soldiers.
 I would also recognize the in valuable, service rendered by the friendly Indians who enlist ed as scouts and soldiers in the