The Monticellonian., 1917-01-25

about seventy troopers of the Sev- enth cavalry were killed or wounded.
 Adviser to General Miles.
 There were 5000 Indians of the reservation at this time. Troopers were brought from all over the United States to quell the uprising. was sent as newspaper correspondent from Chicago to join the forces in tha field near Pine Ridge agency. On my way west Buffalo Bill boarded the train at Chadron, Neb., to make his way to Pine Ridge there to join Gen. eral Miles who had sent for him to act not only in his old capacity as scout, but as adviser concerning the means to bring the campaign to an end with as little bloodshed as pos sible
 Buffalo Bill was in the field with General Miles at this time until the last of the Indians surrendered. His counsel was invaluable. He knew virtually every one of the chieftains who with their following were on the war path. Miles knew them also and these two men between them, by the employment of trusted Indians whom they could dispatch to the hostile camps, managed after some weeks of time to induce the Indians to come into Pine Ridge agency, and there to surrender Of course Miles disposi- ton of his military forces aided greatly.
 "Church of State" Celebrates.
 Washington naturally enough has scores of public buildings. A disap- pointed eynic has said that unnatural- ly enough Washington has Il church for every one of it's public buildings.
 Brooklyn has been called the city of churches, but 1t has no more claim to the name than has this capital of the country. Washington has many churches and about several of them cluster incidents of historic interest.
 At this writing there is being cele brated the one hundredth anniversary of the founding of St. Johns Protes- tant Episcopal church on Lafayette square in this city. St. Johns is small church and it is by no means the oldest church in the town. al- though it holds the interest of strang- CTS perhaps more strongly than any other sanctuary in the capital. It is a quaint church architecturally, beau tiful in plain way. and its pews al- ways are filled at the Sunday services and pretty well occupied at all those held on the week days.
 It is this eentury-old edifice which semi-humorous reference to the fact that many presidents of the United States have attended it's services, and because even if q president is of an other religious persuasion, pew in the church is always maintained for White House occupancy.
 From all over the country there have come to Washington noted men and women to attend the celebration in this month of the year of hundred years" The bell of St. Johns which calls the church members to service on Sunday made it's first presidential appeal' to James Monroe. Jof4H Quincy Adams, if memory of the history of his life serves, was q Congregationalist, but he attended St. Johns church. In addition to Monroe and Adams, Van Buren, the first Harrison, Tyler, Fay Tor, Fillmore and Arthur were worship CTS in St. Johns.
 Presidents Wives Among Worshipers.
 There is real reason for the setting aside of pew in St. Johns for the use of every incoming president. It may be that the president himself was not an Episcopalan, but as several chief executives of other religious persua- sions have married members of the Episcopal church, the wives and the children of such chiefs of state have attended St. Johns.
 President Wilson's wife is an Episco- palian while he Is a Presbyterian. His two immediate predecessors in office had Episcopalians for wives while they were members of other churches. Theo- dore Roosevelt is a member of the DuiIii ItCIOi ihtd NlldINit anu " II. Taft is a member of the Unitarian church. but both of their wives are Episcopalians and both attended St. Johns.
 Mrs. Wilson attended St Thomas church. but just before her marriage left that parish to attend services at St. Margaret's, another Episcopal sane tuary. Virtually she is the only wife of q president who, being an Episco- palian, has not regularly attended serv- ices in St. Johns.
 The church is situated well within sight of the White House, being di- rectly across Lafayette square, most pleasant Sunday morning two minutes walk through the beautiful park with a statue of Lafayette on one side, one of Rochambeau on another, and with Gen eral Jackson in the middle foreground Occasionally former Presidents RoOse- welt and Taft attended St. Johns church with their wives, but nearly ev- cry Sunday each went to the church in which he held membership.
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