The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1921-03-24

give TO the Wilson administration its
proper place in the ananls of the coun-
try.
Speaking among themselves, Wash
ington officials, senators, representa-
tives and others, say that President
Harding's cabinet is not the one that
he would have chosen if he felt hat
he could be entirely law unto him
self in the choosing. 1t probably
would be inyidious to name the men
whose places it Is said Mr., Harding
personally would prefer to see occu-
pied by others, and so 1t is better per
haps to "let it go at that"
1t does not follow, men in Washing
ton say, because the cabinet in it's
! composition does not in every instance
! represent the Presidents initial APP
pointment wishes, that ii is not com
posed of as strong men as otherwise
would have been the case. The fact
that is dwelt upon simply is that Mr..
Harding, it is said, desired to ask
three men into his official family who
ultimately We're not invited to enter.
1t is altogether too early to tell
what Mr.. Hughes intends to do along
the lines of foreign relations. AS the
country generally knows, the new sec
rotary of state before he accepted the
proffer Of the office made it plain that
he desired to have, SO far as possible,
n d., IN ian
policy of the country. OF course Mr.
Harding and Mr.. Hughes found out
quickly that in n general way their
views on the greater international
matters We're alike A promise TO
leave the new secretary Of state I'M
hampered, it is said, was freely made.
DENLY and Weeks Really Civilians
In the Navy department Edwin
DENLY enters upon his post Of duty
with the uuquestionable good will of
the navy officers, for DENLY under
stands the temperament of navy men,
knows their service views, and also
knows all about the Jealousy and the
spirit Of factlonalism which on some
occasions prorude themselves during
the course Of any administration.
In the Army and Navy departments
OF the government the secretaries may
believe themselves to be the directors
in-chief but they never are so in
truth. For the first time in a long
while there are secretary of war
and a secretary Of the navy who have
been members of the armed forces,
both Of them having served as sailor
men. Neither of the secretaries. how
ever, was long enough in the service
thoroughly to become part Of it in
being and eudeavor So to all intents
and purposes Secretary Weeks and
Secretary DENLY are landsmen and
civilians, and they, like former secrc-
taries, must turn to a service man for
advice and guidance.
Indian Fighters Meet at Feast
The Inauguration drew to Washing
ton many men who had a secondary
purpose in coming here, and this sec
ondary purpose was not office seek
ing. There has just been held here
the annual dinner of the Order Of
Indian Wars, and it certainly was
fine lot of old warriors Of the
plains who sat about the board ana
lived over the days when they were on
the trail Of the Kiowas, Commanches,
Arapahoes Apaches, Sioux and Nez
PerCe
Among those who met at this dinner
were Gen, Nelson A. Miles, Gen.
Charles King, Gen. William r. Hall.
Gen. Arson Mills. Gen. Charles Fred
eric Humphrey and Gen. Wids Z.
Richardson, and a lot of other officers
younger in years, but none of whom
by any means could be considered a
youth.
General King of Milwaukee, who is
known all over the country as novel
list and who began his Fiction founded
on fact" writing when he was Captain
King, told the story of the Sioux cam
paign Of 1876. Today, in the over
shadowing deeds Of the great war The
deeds and hardShips of the men who
fought ON the plains are apt to be for
gotten. 1t can be said, however with
perfect truth that no American soldier
Of the war which has just ended went
through worse experiences than those
of their elder comrades who, in broil-
ing summer'und freezing winter, hun
CRY and half-clad, hung on the trail Of
the elusive red warriors.
Sympathy for the Indian.
Before going any further let it be
said that all through the stories that
were told at the Indian Wars dinner
ran the notes Of sympathy for the In
dams whom these men had fought. II
can be said that in this latter day
these soldiers Of the Indian wars who
had been true TO their duty, 4listasteful
as il was, still feel resentment that it
was necessary for them 10 engage in
killing warfare with the Indians of the
West.
General King told Of command OF
troops which, although It had suffered
at the hands Of the Cheyennes. had
such sympathy and admiration for the
foemen that the soldiers begged the In
dams to surrender and not to continue
the battle which meant virtually their
determination,
The stories Of those days on the Big
Horn the Belle Pouches and the Rose
bud. and on the plains Of western Kan