Show THE MILITARY CITY ITEMS OF GENERAL INTEREST FROM FORT DOUGLAS Field rHuncirrrcs For Tills Year The l ost School Tlie Nevada Trophy lime Battle Of Wounded Since A handsome private of company Q It as said recently married a young lady from Colorado under the guise of a commissioned officer She lived nwiflh him two days and then returned home to the more congenial climate of her native state S S Two villains of dark and lowering mein have been seen in toe vicinity of the post during the past week The smallest had a Short dark moustatihe and the other a light stubby growth abcive tine great gashin his face Field manoeuvers for 1S93 will consist con-sist of a 75mile practice march for each company and troop in the service ser-vice iceThe The business of tire post exchanges amounted during the past year to 2 250000 There is great opposition to them General Howard strongly advises ad-vises hat the sale of beer the principal prin-cipal feature be discontinued a The posit school is flourishing under like instruction of Private Spidel coat pany > G The number of attendants is 13 composed mainly of Chose members of line regiment who have found romancing ro-mancing at a discount in comparison to academical education m sm a The following brief dialogue occurred in the orderly room between a company com-pany commander and the first sergeant ser-geant and explains why the bastile was empty on a certain date Two thirds of the company were on a man page having a high old time knocking knock-ing down bunks and taibles and piling Chairs and acoubraments in the cen tre of the squad room Hearing the unusual noise the officer opened the door and looked in Turning to the first sergeant he inquired Sergeant sergeant why dont you order those men who are sober to help you take I that crowd to the mill With a blanched face and unsteady voice the sergeant replied Indade aootinant I am doin < well enough to stay where I am a a k A few soldiers are already quite ex pert in the new manual of arms which however has not yet been received by the regiment It will look odd to see a soldier while at a right shoulder salute with the disengaged hand amid come from an order to a present arms But custom is everything We will soon not notice these striking changes 0 Fort Harrison the new cavalry post at Helena Montana Is growing ralp idly Ten buildings are nearly finished and troops will be stationed here within with-in the year The post to beautifully situated three miles from Helena and street cars will be running to it by tha time it is garrisoned A It is reported that the actions of a certain officer wiho has slightly mismanaged mis-managed the affairs of his company and had otherwise behaved in a highhanded high-handed manner wall figure largely in the net report of the inspectorgen eral c Tihe Xevafla trophy for target practice prac-tice has been again awarded to the Seventh Infamltry the result of East years company firing having been just announced by the war department At the first years competition this prize was won by battery K Third artillery t The two following years iit was carried off by company B TwerityfinJt infantry infan-try Then a colored company K of the Ttwentyfiflbh won it aliter w ilcto for two years in succession tot was held by conrpiny D Third ShCantry The good work of company F Twdntyfirst infantry in-fantry In tilts next competition took it back ito that regiment Then fallowed three straight victories for company H Seventh infantry < > followed by two successive suc-cessive triumpfhs for company G of the same regiment In 1S93 a cavalry troop i K of the Fiiteh came to the front and scored tins first victory for that branch of the service Last years competition was dn favor of company G Savenlth infantry in-fantry making the third victory and tying compamy H of the same regiment Out of fourteen contests six toava been won by one regiment and ten by four companies out of the hundreds in the army a Ci Sergaalnt JcQin1 Ryan of troop L Seventh cavalry tIre famous regiment that wastannihilalted by the Indiana under un-der Sitting Bull < at the massacre on the Little Big Horn in 1S76 has an enviable record as the slayer of Big Foot at the battle of Wounded Knee Big Foot with aOmoyt every mefinber of his band of 250 was wiped out of existence Iti was the tragedy That wound up the1 ghostdance craze among tithe Sioux In dians four years ago At the battle of Wounded Knee the Seventh cavalry played a very conspicuous part They had it in for the Indians ever since Vise Little Big Horn affair and were nil of General Sheridans opinion ttoait the onDy godd Indian wars dead erie i They were always cauliioned by the officers not ito make an attack on the Indians twit alt the same time had orders or-ders not to permit themselves to be shot down walhout defending Mi ems elves in the effective manner practised by the Indianfighting Sevenlth The killing of Lieutenant Casey had worked ali the troops up to QI Mgh state of frenzy and avery one was Impaitventtly waiting for an opening to secure the longdelayed revenge Big Foot was She most treacherous treach-erous Indian on like pa2ns and he had his band of warriors well armed and all were like him Hes perate The Seventh wouldnt stop to sit if there was any show of a fight with him because they would rather fight than eat any time They remembered re-membered poor Custer and the seven companies of the regiment that were massacred and that was why they were so anxious to meet Big Foot and his desperate band of red fiends a as After a great deal of scouting and running about over hills and mountains moun-tains the army surrounded him in the valley of the Wounded Knee He had all his warriors drawn up in line in the snow and all the squaws were with them All had their blankets on An attack was not expected the troops outnumbering the Indians four to one The first thing any one knew one of the young bucks pulled his Winchester from under his blanket and fired into the troops wounding a man This was the signal and then the entire band opened fire Then came the war to death The troops emptied their carbines car-bines into them and they began to drop all along the line The others got behind be-hind rocks andtrees and kept on fighting fight-ing their demoniac yells resounding throughout the valley Volley after volley was fired by the terrible Seventh who were in the thickest of the fight and troop K had already lost about 25 men killed and wounded because be-cause of the position they were in when Big Foot saw that it was a fight to the death He knew that neither he nor his band would1 novr get any mercy and they fought like the desperate fiends they were a a a As the battle progressed the snow covered ground became dotted with the Indians Including the squaws foe they were fighting as savagely as the bucks and seeing that his band was being wiped out rapidly Big Foot became be-came bolder and exposed himself more than at first At this moment Sergeant Ryan caught sight of him and taking tak-ing a quick aim fired just as Big Foot was aiming at him It was a lucky shot Big Foot dropped his gun threw up his hands and rolled over in the snow a good Indian The fight did not last much longer for the reason that there were but few more Indiana to kill MARS |