Show GENERAL HEROISM How He Won His Kis Hs lieutenant Colonelcy Kansas Kan 3 City Star Sta One Ono of the chapters of General diary dar deals des with the fight of ot the Big Bg Wash rash in the summer of or 1882 lS cherished by cavalrymen as one of the gallant galat ones of ot their arm of the service About Abut 15 White Mountain Apaches wh had taken to the te warpath were on 01 one side sido of a canyon in the Mogollon plateau ChalIce Choffee Ch te a major with a pursuing troop trop of ot the Sixth cavalry held hold the summit of a rocky hilt hill commanding the entrance to the can canyon canon canyon yon on The Tha hattie battle batte went ent on for or hours hour One On of the the scouts tafel fell some soro two score coore yards as asI I from where Chaffee was w standing A AI I I second scout cout at remarked d that tat the fallen man was done d ne for but ed the major j sow that tat h he e was v a only wound wounded Come ong i he be said sahi iad and well fetch him hint In ip Then p he threw throw himself flat fiat fat on the ground gound and crawled toward the wounded soldier The T he scout t oUt followed Slowly and painfully Chaffee ChaE and his companion in inthe In inthe I the face f e o ot A i concentrated fire fre from all ali a alithe tho the worked their ther way wy to the wounded man and ad half haf carried carie half bal I dragged dragge him Im back into the lines lne The handful of troopers on the rock thrilled with the deed that had been performed forgot the task tak in hand stopped fighting and began to cheer chor This T is made ChalIce Chaffee Chafee furious and he shouted at the top of or his voice olce I Shut up that noise noho and go gb to 10 shoot hoot shooting shooting hooting ing Thus hus recalled rele to the work of fighting Indians men again agin turned their attention to 10 the carbines J and relieved in the tho nick nick of sf time by two to troops of the tho Third cavalry slowly they the fought ought the too foo to a a standstill stan The Apaches almost to a man mar killed or captured capture Chef fee feo r was Wi w breveted a t lieutenant colonel for came this days dys a commission work and ard in 1197 the brevet be became became became |