The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-02-14
NO indian units
COMMISSIONER SELLS WANTS
THEM TO STAND SHOULDER
TO SHOULDER WITH
WHITE SOLDIERS.

Pierre, Feb. 14.-Many Indians
from the reservations in this state
have enlisted in the service OF the
United States. They have been so
anxious to volunteer that the idea
was suggested that units composed
wholly of Indian fighters be formed.
Cato Sells, commissioner. is
against this idea and has written
Supt. II. M. Tidwell. of the Pine
Ridge agency, this state. to that eff
feet. In the course of his letter he
says:
1 want the Indian to go into this
conflict as the equal and comrade OF
every man who assails autocracy n
ancient might, and to come home
with a new light in his face and a
clearer conception of the democracy
in which he may participate and pros
per. / feel, therefore, that his log
ical and inevitable place is shoulder
to shoulder with the white man, that
his rights and duties are here and
that our obligations are due him in
that relation to the end that he shall
receive under like discipline. the
same respect and consideration CIV
en- to other soldiers. l think we
should give special care to the main
tenance of this military relation and
see to Ii that the young Indian sol
der feels no discrimination. think
the best military status for the In
dian Is with the organizations OF
white soldiers, where under the
usual army discipline the benefits are
measurably reciprocal. with a def
mite educational advantage to the In
dian. The military segregation of
the Indian is altogether objection
able. 1t does not afford the associa-
tional contact he needs and is unfa-
vorable to his preparation for citizen
ship.
Ny personal observation when Wis
iting environments and reports to me
show that the Indians are making
remarkably good soldiers, and I am
gratified to learn that they are
placed without regard to the fact that
they are Indians. This mingling of
the Indian with the white soldier
ought to have, as l believe 1t will.
large influence in moving him away
from tribal relations and towards CIV
ilization.
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by local applications. az they cannot
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and that Is by constitutional remedies.
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ever; nine cases out Of ten are caused
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We viii give One Hundred Dollars for
any case Ct Dsaf1ess Caused By Ca
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These few lines from j. e. Haynes,
McAlester. Okla, deserve careful read
ing by every n who values good
health: ~ find no medicine which acts
SO mildly and quickly with good results
as Foley Cathart!c Tablets. They empty
the stomach and bowels. giving all OF
the digestive organs q healthy action
Sold everywhere.
HAD 1E1 01xp xEB11 WEEKS.
With January comes lagrippe. Lin
gering colds seem to settle in the sys-
tenn causing n to ache all over, feel
feverish and chilly. tired. heavy and
KY. writes: MY daughted had lagrippe
for three weeks. gave her Foley's