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Show - ; . tuljl :. jiA ..:. - .: ' 5Trovo T t l r. PIER O P 05 :' Machine lJoundcy MAM 0 NT. R 6E A-- Cia, Min Cte, Self 0Uin Niiviivi Btler Kepftjra, Iron lb Dress Ctstings, Etc ,V E.Rin And West Center, Provo, Utah fpsrjri 3 V II lii Gate and ClearGreek AgMT ilVV4feiSCV c$flfK WOTU OltSffl ' Kn ' ' - M,i4s ' . .-- - - UiN r - T - iST rTO- VJ - fkfc iWjSfe3 Ifl'-y- - -J'?-- rt yr. .I ..... I mwmi - hwul i 1 i k .y. - that should H Jf - - t,j " who hasmaintalhed the medal -- have gone to of the sessitiisl-- biif has - . Franl ll, '.Baldwin.' Uni ted .'States army (retired) the rank of major general. Someday perhaps the bill will become a law, for it is worthy' of passage, as Baldwin is worthy of honor.- The home of this retired officer as present Js in Colorado, though he comes to Washington occasionally to live over old days with comrade , veterans, many' of whom have chosen the" nation's capital for their homes W4sH-arelthat OTe can get. Gen. Baldwin to speak of his services in the army, but his friends are not slow in speaking for. him and '' every word that they say in praise is borne out by the records which are hidden away in Brig.-Ge- W .zzXt-- A .Nc.; ..r T7-":'-- the war Ajrrtnient. doubtful lf:BeiL--3abcock,- of situa- tke tion 'iry 44, de- clared B a that d 1 -- win would have been st u i fled in wait- j ' -- ; 1. and reticent manr Gen. Babcock left the service not long ago and at once departed for the little place In the foothills of the .Adirondack mountains where he might gratify his love of counTW try life. If the general refuses to XM talk of his army achievements to "I -JP his neighbors and if they are curiously inclined they might send for a government s' record,; whicH, though only- - five lines long, st ' in it the nub of the story of one of I LZ&i gallant feats ever performed by an officer of the : United States army. The from the achievement glory consists reaped flghtingsav- - of a little bronze medal voted to the soldier by ages' on the congress, the consciousness of duty well done and plains, were five lines in the war department record which few led by Chief people ever see. John B. Babcock went into the Gray Beard, a . army at the outbreak of the civil war as an ennoted warrior. listed man. - He attracted attention by' his gallant1868 found him a ry as a volunteer, and the that first lieutenant of the Fifth year learned Regular cavalry. the, ladlanaIn the spring of the fourth year of peace after the had with them civil war that la to say peace between white men two- - white the Klowas, the Arapahoes and the Cheyennes made girl captives end his western Nebraska, western Kansas and eastern them desire to rescue Colorado a section of whaLJoba Haj might have reinforced his desire hell." Lietrt BabcjoclL-lnt- h ialled ."gilt-edge- MT Wwl$W" sP- Jolte4r4iis-ea--ev- er and teaw that they had a stomach for the coming scrimmage.' With the command of four teams, Bald- "wilTf eared that a de-- . tachment of the reds might flank him when he warTiiliklnghis haree six-mul- e rounded anJheBavage8Qutnumheredhl-for- c T more than six to one. -BaDCOclt a with his men order -and quick oM fiorpaatfV Ha" aasnea - Baye -mi or a piaieau-unior grouna, D. euartt Dign tn Baldwin 4 Vnow heen haa detachment Hftifnanv flPhta 'Frank t formation with its flats surface occupying a little a ...vm'mVw. tn ftir'"ii?Mi.iitmr;i..ti.a wmi.rt.i.-.iTi.iU sumes the. pscportion of a mathematical problem.- .- point whh would make victory over the ireds more than -- an acre. The Instant he reached lb place selected he ordered his trooperB to dismount " ror years upon years after the civil war in whlen practically impossible. to intrench themselves as well as tbey could, and he distfnguished himself time and again, he fought Baldwin went to the teamsters and said: "I The men lost no time in throwing up earth enough , and Indian that the plains of ri can't leave a force with you as i , nearly every f . to give them some slight protection from the bul. the United States has produced. 'There was one you've got to charge with us. I want you to put. JK ' fight In which Baldwin was engaged which de- - your teams in the center of the charging ' line lets which were pouring in. , '. Babcock Vould not get oft his horseT although his fly atralght Into the mld- 2T;enres2s JlaceJn men begged him to do so, and they were kept or story writer could be found equal to the oc-die of things.", casioii.' In the days of the campaign of which ' It probably was the first time in history that from dragging their commanding pfflcer to the this fight was a feature there was only one bar mule drivers, mules and wagons had been ordered ground and to placv of partial safety only by and by Babcock's peremptory on Baldwin's shoulder, for he was a Junior first to" participate as an offensive part of a cavalry him alone. leave to mount-:was a l.lleutenanrbf The on occasion was. this The infantry. ;r..T campaign long charge. Infantry one and the fights followed fast and followed': ed. The mule drivers The Indians advanced within range and protectof the danger. ' ed themselves in the hollows of the prairie. They . : 223 . 'aster, i. on While detacher service in Newport, Ky.T ii that witrgbod. cussing and wft'h gobd, lashing, sent volley after volley up the incline to the hilltop "and man after man behind Jhe poor earthwork June, 1874, Baldwin heard that hfs"regiment. was they ould lead the cavalrw i: mile- ,- The 600 Indians-weronVlPlateau'wItbr sides'to be)rderedrunder Col. Nelson Af Miles, to make rtectlOJt wai an expeuiuuu mm. lue. muiait wriwir - ine Hg'- ! 'sneiviiis:'Taonaiiy aowa:jfcjflsnBuaB.awwmTTB - p hft( iffwn pw n"iimmn-wcui i tfPTinj..yitt tft T1" fr?ntan .fast as k thatHheemlfigfjr reckless -t-wice, bir bullets but his men did not" lmowjt.'i..s-rmen r and Z!ivdvs7 therant hit a:thing" said Babcock horseiisoa2iarjn duty Miieswbo knew Baldwin V record In the. - wagons, sweeping up the incline and driving the ''They've been shooting" at m and-n- o bullet has -civm .. wm, euewy, u. ue cvuiu, or ngnuug nim nana to nana, ; come nearer than tne north pole, uive H to em. yut um iu . imujmu 01 . me r: ; the expedition, a . command that If he must, ." j" . scouts . of Jlold 'em off and relief will be here in no time." - The horsemen-rod:;, partly up in line with the four The. Bhots from itherSpencers and' Henrys'of 'thV ' ' Indians. ": m" ' , ,brea8t at the Use's center..; There.V; 8avages, or from most of them.'ceased hitting the 1,1. of Witb-hi, m Bwuts back of . earthworks ' The men lying prone one fter another,.. - and the j line swept .across the plain with the PhadTna-dozeniigapmeknew that nearly all the prolectUes -mule, on a keen jump,with lack ;Z with; the confederated bands of Cheyennes, Kio- every soul hern Comanches. e . which a crarjdi. . was,Arapahoes - . a.u,, uuuci. .Ul hai.kthis ommandine th officer, wvH6 .u6.uU?.c., riding ness stands out most prominently in the. ba en drea.--Mand horses on the right and left went were not an Indian on the frontier, t ltejDHQtOsfcetoe-1- 1 ; r--r "T down here and there, but the mules in tha center been Inthe field for many months. It 'was the not his of life, engagement's sizeor fight' In - behind them "swept on with never a scratch. The Its Importance, - but etfiFperharttt" saw whor" officer reds. on the plateau kept up their fusillade. Up he had some "big medicine" with him that turned declares .it cttrwhataafe : away 'the bullets. ? Finally a shet' cutiBabcock'i: feaup, up the Incline, the to have been- "Its howlingly funny leading by yards and wounded his horserie turned the anlma f . au .tne rar,' awept the mules . terea.'-Ttyablue detachment. The boot about quickly so that its other flank was toward It was picturesque and it was funny all right, :. regulars were daring and fighting as American the men, to whom he fellpjgs . reznlars alwava rtnrp nml flphf wpII 4nrt Raid win lost Vnt. it.' strait 4afl,(Vt"rTTTn,'"iH -- r Cin'thit a . aw.aA tiwiV Wa own nf - in W . o mvm, " nt HUlue W lUal lltj hviiuDici9.AUUJTMUa'BVUnj could See "Chief (Bray Beard's yes popping with . . The commanding officer continued to ride up and hands 20 times bef,orehe. won hlasplendld victory fear at the sight of the oharging mules. The down the line and. the bullets continued Jo cut tremendous odds.l.The daring of the the airmail about him. Col." level ofrthe" plateau was reached and horses, the 77y r , genMiles, Vj by "'T thing was recognUed by the department, and by the men,r mules and .wagons went hurtling forward.- -' Suddenly every" savage "head showed at ; once. I: ;.;ri eral commanding ine teamsters were standing jcracking -- their .The. froOBftrn. 'a1flmnnrd-B-riillrr"fn')lTfwri(rr congress of , the Unltea states, wnicn gave uaiatrhiriCah,!. howling. - Infantrymen and cavalrymen - some victims, f The showing heads were followed by " "rr': bodies and In another Instant the warriors ' .' caught the spirit of the thing and howled In unf- - .. - , were erect and running to the far rear for their . z By one. of the " military freaks of - for -- son.- Those fbur mule teams went straight through - ponies. They made off, leaving their dead and " ' t une, " Baldwin, ahough only a lieutenant, " 1874,; In com the heart of the big band of Gray Beard's" Klo-- vounded behind them. Far ofer Jhe plainsIJeuL found himself In November. wha and Araphaoe. Meantime every carbine and Babcock, from hiis horse, saw the main' column pf-- D company - of the Fifth Infantry, tjnan4 and of Long Jom wag cracking, and with one last vancing. Relief was in D troop. ,of the.. Sixth cavalry - The enlisted men told the story of Babcock's volley the warriors of the ailied tribes fiedr leav12 of the scouts t)f the organization with taken ho field., ing their dead and wounded and their white cap - had : rwhich-h- e bravery, and congress gave him k medal' of honor. '. Later the officer, who is now Uving. ln.retlrfTnl' .ha had about 100 men all-- - told when tives on the field. Lieut, Bald win found that the two white girl ha reached " the. banks or jiicueuau s treca, a;isunguisEed nimseir twice in .acupd .against tne I of him J" prisoners were uninjured. nd not long after the Apaches atTonfo "Creek. nd at the Four Peaks in t There he I found, Arizona. There he wdn ,the brevet-- rank of lieu-splendidly -r- med they' were restored to their parents. For J fnllylS:'510 sjn'diittijrarrtora a fight. Every ; this charge and for this victory Lieut Baldwin for" l to add to the honojjjpjilerrcd lusting and" apparenOx was brtedcaxtaia.AU(L,as.gU.-Ma- r circumthe learned afterwards ; who Uiiuai oi cronze. "wntfTCBSioKai army officer ;JTtrt; LBAVB No. 6 for for for 9 for 8 for 7 1 " M BdTp:-WB'jrBSt.i- s ' No. 123 for No. 121 - - ' . , .... . .. .. 425 ........ 9.51 a.m. p.m. M 90 a.m. r J. fbomIhobth ABBIYB PBOTO from Heber The onljr line to Ogden ancl 8:45 p.m. IeDyer without change. Free reolising chair care, through sleeping can and elegant dinera on all through trains. K. Hoomb, ' - ;-,r- a r. v:'"-I"-r- a F. Foots,, Agent ATF. D. Via The Overland --- s comfort all the, way when you travel east. '" Don't buy a ticket via a broken route Means Go Direct TeU the agentTIIE OVER-- . LAND ROUTE as far as it goes." It means saving of time in avoidance of changing cars, com-'man- . k3irShaitlinegen4orr . atesand particulars; - M - - v broken connections, etc. j "You'll Know When You Go.M e . - ft 8:41 ft .11:40 8:34 . . . . ... . . . 1 ,T3,, , e 125 p.m. H I.BAVB PKOVO TOR NOBTH Heber -- lost-alLsens- a.m. - west and north Bait Lake ti.. all points west and north Salt Lake end Ogden all points west andjiorth -- :r a .7 .. . ....... 9:81 9:16 ;1;A.. . - orm-'et- kasx 4 of a troop of cavalry and to take the field. With his faoperioibywerB-3alcocirwa- B far In advance of the main command on the frontier of Nebraska.- - They reached the bank of Spring creek on the morning of May 16, 1869. While there a band of 250 of the best warriors of the plains appeared in front of the cavalry troops a though the savages had1 come from the ground. Lieut. Babcock caught sight of the reds in time to give him a moment or two for preparation- ,- fle would not run and hfrttttrtd-no- t attack, for he was completely but- - lieutenant o ea8trintxirv7zr:...... d wrJshtjsa l'l sIUI No. 6 for all points east, , , , " 10 for BanMte " 2 for all pointspoints;. B far TintlM nnlnta 4 for all points eMt. .7 . .Tr7T,. the-mo- principles. The lip MiTB novo con-tain- , it L-- Current Tlmo-Tablro Baldwin -- AN U mi 'A ing for reinforcements, but Baldwin believed that he should strike'at once, and strike hard.' The Indians, a mixed command of the finest . g y$?'l&M'M V Manager. It ia peaceful-lookin- VtO: utah, a per-so- n stances a1' 7rtair.Pg-Tir-nT.T).-:iir- fr nearest, neighbors J hl4It-- i tie country home in Saratoga county. N. Y suspect anything of the fire gating possibilities that, lie hidden In the of this gray haired beent before congress to give to - BabCQCk,. a UclpjMf friend of the man led the mule team tor to Washlneton. - Nrth Street, : - West 3tK 1 chargenda-frequent'riB- - l jTOro. with army sxt Utach Timber Co. jiu-ili- ySsl b 5 - Ut StJ of honor, but he a- tialirgalglaajLh'"g . t jrwasompsei rtttlyofhttes7ad i T to s nts, . ; : mule-tea- werji" snalwlwLb and-th- tu.uc mu .niA.M(..i. r fi,r , in-th- e ; Sunshtae2lrjiitmdzHov;ers f - -- Calif oEn e rest and reo-rtuj yery door. It's the place for . and pleasure. Fishing, . Golfing, Automobilbg . reation, health " Yachting and other out door sports may be bdnlged in every day in the winter. jrithin 24hourspf - - . ; ."'-- sereneIy-saldvl''Thp- -- --- ' na - se vy : . : . ' B ' Fif barn-doo- r. jwto4UaJaadaLot "he-whi- l- - tyIlls Tripr the fare and tickets axe good six months for "is fJ3ALTyAKEROUTEi 7 jetum.:Ask the can go to Southern California and return via San Francisco at a slight . ditional cog( ind.iiop' oveLjniByytiMv.vT;i ad- -I' : " - " ad-eve- It .- -. ; - 4 T.; klie. slgbUp" . . Inf ornatioif imd ttckcb, 169 So.; Ma!a St. Sell .lnJ:-fion- flght . tenant-colono- by-hl- s. , THEHERALlIFdRmLCTE.nE75 |