Show LEGION MEN BURY PATRIOT sargent nt james jam flanagan last of cutter custer scouts laid to rest in north dakota indian fighter veteran of tho the civil war and ardent patriot Sarg nt int james flanagan eighty four years old and actually tho the last surviving scout of general len cral dusters ousters Ou seventh c cavalry a v a I 1 r y massacred on tho the little dig horn was laid to rest by the american knier letin legion la in mandan N D in one of the most unique and impressive funeral ceremonies over ever witnessed in the northwest Vete veterans raus ot of flye five wars mara participated in tho ceremonies A faltering but proud trio of abild army carried at the head of the cortege tho the same colors which holcli tho the old sergeant for years yeara had boroo borne as n a color guard stalwart young veterans ot of uio me world war sent tho the funeral volley crashing crash lag over tho the patriots gravo sargent nt ri Flak anagan lagau was a native dative of greenfield mass mag in the mid fifties he joined uie the mad rush to tho be gold fields of oc california lie ile drifted back to ohio and joined the alth regiment of ohio cavalry serving through tho the civil war later he enlisted a the seventh cavalry at fort lincoln |