The Carlisle independent., 1917-01-25

about seventy troopers of the Sev- enth cavalry were killed or wounded.
 Adviser to General Miles.
 There were 3.900 Indians of the reservation" at this time. Troopers were brought from all over the United States to quell the uprising I was sent as a newspaper correspondent from Chicago to join the forces in the 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 ehieftains 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 cynfc has said that unnatural l Y enough Washington has q church for every one of it's public buildings.
 Brooklyn has been called the city of churches, but it has no more claim to the name than has this capital of the l country. Washington has many churches and about several of them I cluster incidents of historic interest.
 At this writing there is being cele- brated the che hundredth anniversary Of the founding of St. Johns Protes- taHt Episcopal church on Lafayette square in this city. St. Johns is a small church and it is by no means ! though it holds the interest of strang- CTS perhaps more strongly than any other sanctuary in the capital. IL is quaint church architecturally, beau tiful in a plain way and it's 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 edifee which Is known as the church of state" a 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 wear of q hundred years" The bell of St. Johns which calls the church members to service on Sunday made its first "preSidential appeal to Janes Monroe. John Quincy Adams, if memory of the hista~y of his life serves, was q Coneregationahst. but he attended St. Johns church IE addition to Monroe and Adams. Van Bufen. inc first Harrison. Tyler. Tay- Tor. Fillmore and Arthur were worship CTS in St. John'S
 Presidents Wives Among Worshipers.
 There Is a real reason for the setting aside of q pew in St. Johns for the use of every incoming president. It may be that the president himself was not an Episcopalian, 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- l dore Roosevelt is q member of the l Dutch Reformed church and William l H. Taft is a member of the Unitarian church, but both of their wives are l Episcopalians and both attended St Johns.
 Mrs. Wilson attended St. Thomas church, but just before her marriag left that parish to attend services ai St. Margaret's, another Episcopal sane tuarE. Virtually she is the only wife of president who being an Episco paiian, has not regularly attended serv i ices in St. Johns.
 The church is situated well within sight of the White House, being di rectly across Lafayette square, a mos pleasant Sunday morning two minute,
 walk through the beautiful park witt q statue of Lafayette on one side. one of Roch>mbeau on another, and with Gen
 eral Jackson in the middle foreground l Occasionally former Presidents Roose
 welt and Taft attended St. Johns
 church with their wives, but nearly ey ] cry Sunday each went to the eburch ir,