Show OLD SCOUTS OF 10 H J CAVALRY three veterans of the plains who will hunt the spaniards in cuba I 1 many thrilling adventures ot of nil all th the heroes ot of the cavalry pervice some of 0 the old scouts of 0 the second are most moat like tho the dashing figures in th the old time fiction of the fron drontle tle they ora are the last of 0 a noble race for the day 0 of scouting in our own country Is near mar its ond and bertt F r D beetling of 0 B R troop to Is a figure that to ie at once romantic and picturesque twenty seven ve years of hard service have tanned him broyn and wt bet his wrinkles deep at 63 he stands tand As straight as ae an arrow six feet tall tail his home has hafl been the tent and tho the barracks ho he has seen a good food bit of 0 ufa life across tho the top of big hi eun cur barrel tad and through the sights of hla him pistol ho he has hai a habit of aquil nt one on as it if he were taking aim abid his words are as ai a i quick as bullets he was one ot of the great creot fighters of 0 the seventh and was waa v mith ath reno the day C custar tell fall he lay in the th aafje his tongue had cracke cra clied d alth thirst find and was vas the th mm man who ventured down to the river with his pall to bring water for or himself and comrades coining bieck he said bald 1 I drank like a pis pig all ail the way I 1 care ft hether ther they shot roe me or not t I 1 was bound to have water sergt sergt george watts of 0 K X troop ft ho be ca carried r ed tho the sobriquet of 0 buckshot and dignity enough for the whole late command saw caw service under farragut Far Farr egut in the first blockade ile he began scouting indians in 66 and was one of 0 the guard ot of the union pacific railroad that fall all I 1 lie ile served ulah crook as his orderly and was as in the big light with crazy horse hore on powder river in 76 ile he was corralled in the Ds big horn mountains V with th twenty nine others other that summer bummer they ey had it d to leave ave their horses to draw dreta the nrc fire of tho the while they ran ran like devils until they fell ell panting I 1 among the rok roc ne as it they were dead I 1 they were uan wandering dering three days without food in tho the mountains and the serif beant e n t was mentioned in general orders tor his ha gallantry on this ibis occasion I 1 ile I 1 I 1 i I 1 if 10 a IV I 1 I 1 I 1 11 rik il I 1 1 pe V I 1 ill I 1 r 7 I 1 I 1 i I 1 I 1 I 1 4 1 I 1 ia I 1 V I 1 V I 1 I 1 11 I 1 I 1 it I 1 1 0 M I 1 I 1 I 1 J 7 1 I I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 1 I 1 bb f three famous scouts utis N 1 11 I 1 IF 1 p A 7 IT I 1 I 1 t I 1 e I 1 I 1 P 5 I 1 I 1 ire 1 I 1 vi I 1 L 21 I 1 e I 1 t 01 rr I 1 I 1 I 1 ka I 1 ajl 1 I I 1 i I 1 1 1 I 1 f I I 1 IV I 1 11 I 1 I 1 ii i 1 ea y ak J I 1 A dead shot while I 1 was talking with will him hi be I 1 opened beffie roe me a sheet of 0 wrinkled parchment it b bore ore the signature of oc grover cleveland president of the united states state i ant and spoke of 0 his bravery on that eth day of july it entitles entitle him 14 to added pay at tho the rate ot or ta 2 a month sergt walls Is now very gray eray tile hla tone Is low and confidential and has IL a touch of modesty ills his tea fea atutes are arc weil and atter after all the wear vicar of 0 war they tarry carry a tinn of the of his big youth I 1 mike tierney Tl erney also of K X fro troop P second cavalry is an old school arif h man of the kind one likes to know better ire ile la Is a veteran of twenty ano yea years rs service humor and amiability are blended in his mellifluous brogue ahli tongue halts frequently between speech and expectoration and then ills his gray eyes flash with humor were ere you at the fiant in the last war I 1 d vo no III III h 1 I 1 been long lon avi ana a irti from m the front fron t ol 01 0 me mother then sure I 1 was only 8 S years old when the war come come lie he was in the hist engagement with the in texas under tinder mackenzie in 75 on oil november of 0 that year lie he nas mas in the treat great fight inith the sioux and ile he fought the apaches with gen cair at ariz august 30 1881 lie ile na one of the party parly who went to arrest the medicine men man when he suddenly indians indiana cut loose and made for them ile he with others ought fought their way 0 out lit over the dead bodlos bodies of 0 their comra comrades 1 I es and got to port fort apache afoot lie he was in the Goron campaign of 86 a and nd was riding thirteen months in pursuit of 0 the famous chief that man Tl erney said an of licer Is one of at the bravest men in the whole service and I 1 believe it I 1 the cavalry ls Is likely to take the th hot end of 0 the fighting in cuba and these theme men and others like them will be at the front in the charges and win death death or greater glory was I 1 hy by the international literary end news service |