Show AFTER THE REDSKINS The Movements of the Boys ofF of-F Camping Near Fort Eohinson andE Companies Com-panies En Route to a Point on Beaver Creek FORT RQBINSON Neb Jan 3From Lour L-our Special Correspondent in the FieldJ It was our New Years gift and that gift was an order to leave for the scene of IndIan In-dian hostilities Of course Fort Douglas presented a scene of much animation All that night New Years eve we were i awake Quickly were the company effects II I gotten into shape for transportation and I by early dawn of January 1 eight companies compa-nies under command of Major J N Andrews An-drews Twentyfirst infantry were on the march to the cars Our run toOgden was without any incident worthy of mention From Ogden to Cheyenne we were split in two sections and as we neared Fort D A Russell the Seventeenth infantry band treated us tn n QorAnnrlo FVnm l1hpvpnnp via the Cheyenne Northern to Fisher thence by the Fremont Elkhorn Missouri Mis-souri Valley to Fort Robinson wo arrived this morning and are now encamped close to the fort Wo are in tents and thanks to General Greely of the weather bureau the climate is very mild Rumor has it that the Sixth Fourth and Fourteenth regiments of infantry are en rout to this post and that a general war of extermination extermina-tion will be waged against the hostiles The report of the death of Major Guy V Henry Ninth cavalry with his command is untrue Some seventy of more refugees mostly old men women and children were driven in here in wagons for protection General Miles has issued an order to the effect that all ranchers must report to the military for protection These here are quartered in one of the vacated cavalry barracks and are being liberally fed by the government Wo are ordered to sleep on our arms My next to you may be from some part of the field The government is using the wire almost constantly and I find it difficult to get a message to you The boys from Douglas are in the best of health and spirits and all enjoy the camp life Crawford three miles east of here is i crowded with refugees and over this entire part of Nebraska ranches are vacated A general uprising is on hand among the reds and a long campaign is before us This place cannot compare with Fort Douglas I the quarters are not nearly so comfortable and its general appearance is bleak and barren Our destination is now mystery No one knows General Miles holds us here awaiting orders It is conjectured that wo may be held as a guard to look atter Indian captives but that is only a rumor and to 1 confess the truth more imaginary talk is on tap hero than beer in the Salt Lake saloons Guard duty is being done here by company H of the Twentyfirst doing the lionors tonight |