Show GEN I H STANTON tHE FIGHTING PAYMA R t S P d4Ifl c 7a tr I Willi Tn3Li1 I cfi L IrW I 4 4 d cc j H iii f Ho Died at Omaha on Tuesday January 23 1900 Aged 65 The Fighting Paymaster as Gen Elan ton was called Is the only officer of his corps who has received honorary pink for gallantry la action sincle the Civil war In 1S05 two tardy brevets were conferred upon him One waq for gallant service In action against Indians In-dians under Crazy Horse on the Powder Pow-der river Mont March 17 187C Ho had boon detailed by Gen Crook as chief of tho Indian Scouts With the Hcouts he led the assault upon Crazy Horse village and at the close captured cap-tured a herd of 1000 ponies which he Jed out of the village During the rc mainder of the campaign he vas ordered 1 or-dered to field duty by Gen Sheridan taking part in the movements to prevent pre-vent the Cheyennos from joining Sitting Sit-ting Bull He joined Gen Crook on Goose river Mont In August l7 and took command of the scouting columns against Silting Bull At the head of Heart river he led the attack upon the hosllles on September 3rd and also led the attack upon the Indians in the ravine ra-vine at the battle of Slim Buttes px days later His second brevet was given for his service here Both were given upon recommendation of Gen Crook Gen Stanton was born In Indiana March 30 1835 Ills father uis a farmer and In 1SC2 they removed to Jown Young Stanton orked hla way through school by assisting in a print I ing ofllce In JS55 he ran away from school to join John Blown with whom he remained until 1657 When the Re bellion broke out he joined the Colum bia volunteers Returning lo Iowa hu WJIB elected to the General Assembly where he serve unlll 1SC2 He then raised company C Nineteenth Iowa In fantry and became Captain He as present at the surrender of Vlcksburg and served In the armies of the Tennes pee and the Potomac After the fall of Richmond he remained there as chief Paymaster until 1S70 He retired from the army a year ago |