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Show sliB I WHERE THE REGULAR AWAITSTHE CALL FOR GARRISON DUTY H Splits end Scenes at the H Army Posts. H , w utk. Akle from I be camp BVfl In v. h,li lit wafer and the voluii- mm i. r i. in- ii spending the pat fw flVfl in i.imk n now interest sow attachi- H I. il..- nrmori. nml forte of lb MM c, untr) I 01 H l l the nrmnrle H nh n Hi)' . illinium will lie tinnier BH ril it Hi N..ni.lHr. nml II ' thf H hi in v nn win re I hi- regular ami H n no i rotnulur are awaiting orders H f.. . nrlnoa duly In ' inborn rllme. Hj itii irmorln .if tin- country wall MflH tiuii propcin Ium l..n ninn-d over H tu il..- .lull ..liiriin r and hardly j on. Iml tn-da) 'n appearance of in iniinl mur fr..n II" liixpltal ll H to ilii Iiulgr .a of war on It llt and j w ill. H Tin amir !'"" rr m" "p nftU' UUW ami rruiii i nfi.r nimllii-r come re WUg, in.m Unit id. li routine uf mMter H 111. Ims .niu I . mui Hut there B Mill 1 on- i.mlMlfiii tbl year H ui many ulunipfr will re- UUw gut. for iln- nMIMIITm Hi Hj iimii Itlley from October In Decern H l.r ii f k.Ii nr bad Itecome almnt H All liiillliillon, nml were annually l- H Iti-il tij- thousand H Thin mimic warfare It mi Hint H iin-l.' immllilo Ihe brilliant record of H the regulars at lit fnney ami flan j J ii.i ii for It was rral Iwrd lighting Hj ami prnird I lie lwt LIihI uf a school H fur Itin eoldler. H The surface of Hie rcaervalhm la H pirllrulirlr fitted fur Ihe work. hav- H lug nmiir rnvlnes. timber pnlrhc, H bluffs ami gulchea. These make oil H nilrnhle hiding and ramping place. H while out on Hie prairie nn.l meadow- H lamia are Ihe hand to hand engngc- H incnta tvllli plenty of room In ili-ilojr, H man h anil wheel without rutillletliig H nllh any natural barrier H The theory if Ihe h-IhhiI In twofold, H embracing defenao ami attack. A lirl H gade of roopa l ilrl(iiatrl ljr tho H rolnncl roiiimniiillng, Willi ravatr H anil nrlllli-rr, Lnnnrn a Ilia "llluet," H wrarlnit hlue milfornia ami forage H rapt, (o remain nl Ihe fori ami ilcfen.l H II Annlher lirlgmle. uliono ineinlN-ri i H irrar lirnwn ranvaa, wllh campaign I H Ii.i !, Ii known Ihe "Ilrowna," ami, i H tclnc In ramp far iluwn the Knw Tal- H ley towanl tlanlinltau. mr appear at H anjr time, aecklng lo rrcannnltro the . B Illura' iHiilllon ami to giro Ibi-in t.al- ' H All tronpa march fullx armeil ami H rgulppeil ami carry ten hlank car- Hj bine cartridge!. Topographical ami Hj road akNrliea are maila ly Ihe cnglh- Hf ecr wflli much rare If rule-ring H an rnrm'a cnunlry. ami are on a aral i H of fonr Inclica to the mile. A topo- B graphical ofllrrr II detallnl lo accoui H pnny rach cuiiimaiul nml aiilunlt a haa- H tr tkelcli anil rrort to Ihe comtnati H tier of tho forrca lo which he la at B Tu guar.l agalnal aechlenla all car B Irllgra are luaperliMl liefnre the aol H Olrra go out nn.l again In-foro acllon, H ami I17 urtlcerK. Hirlrl onlrr are la H mini that ovi-rjf man nuial art aa H lunch aa poMlhle na llnuigh ncliinl H romllllona eiUKil In atirh ahape na It m la prelenileil lliey ilo. ami muplrea. H ii-ct-lnlora ami lnM-clora eo Dint Ihla H riilo la rnrrleil out. When n part uf H a force la i-iKMeil neccaMrllr. ilouMe H (jiihk lime la maile. ami exhauatlrn H rrirla, rrllldmna ami comini-ula are H aulimllleil lo Ihe rommamlcr of Ihe M wat after earh riigAgemviit. It will H thua le utii Hint Ihe work la ineaiil M lo nrcninpllih aomrthliig, nml It iluea. Hj If actinl war were In progreaa mora H formality rouM acnnely lie olmcrvnl. H Ilrgitbr onlora are ImikiI lo Ihe Iroopa M villi Ihe uliiiint prinUloii. not i-icuil- B c.l en-n In the proaiH-ullon of a cam- B pa Ian. l'or Inalntice, lure Ii n lypionl Q cnler laaunl lo (lie Illiiva. H "Onlrr No. I HI. Notunlior lO.-Tho B enemy haa Appearwl In force north of H (ho cauuu The lirlgaila will lie helil Hl In rt-naineai to march to morrow morii- H "Two Irooix of Ihe I'lrat ami two of H (he Hecoml cavalry, au one Imltcry B of artillery, umlcr commnml of llajor H W A llnfTerly. U-coml i-nvalry. are H hen-liy ilelallnl ai nilriinro guanl, ami H wllU at 8.13 a. m, lo-murrow, proeeed H along His Milk Itancli roa.l. H "In caao any of the runny nre met, H the ailranro guard will puili them hack H ai far aa noaallilr. A imillcal officer Hj ami drtachiiH-ula of the boapltal ami H algnal corpa will accoinpnny tho com- H uiaml lly order or Colonel ArnoU AB "W. H. HCOTT, "Arllng Ailjulnnt (Irueral." Tlie ailrance waa begun on Port H tlllry with iluu formality, llio l,r. QH gnile vent Into camp 111 regularly at mm Ihotigh a IhoiiMml mM awny from hi. lauartera 'iVula. rcout.rmnilf. Dl "' lraphcrnnlla of enmn ir B f" wl il vhlettea, oulw, , n,i ym ,w,,,,",, sij u,e,r w"rk trteii, Ti QH welt Then, on Norcmbrr I if cam. m an order dale.1 "lu Muip ' Jj1. "' "'" 5"!lr 1 1." ami "lug '" M 'The Illue brigade will, at break of V day to morrow morning, continue .. B march on Kort Itlley. t0 To,,",', mm lort Itlley, will, by itubuwn rl.i H ance. delay the advance of th. ZZ H aa much a, ,K.n,lfc Comnw,, "? H r-r guard will, however. U Jti H ""' 'l wllhdmwn be" 0 RH they mwim engage.1 In ,ur JL" 29 conflict HlgtmimwmiiuSi K H'b mounu. ami men wmi TunJu , IBV 1 V . n 1.Ual ""P lchniut will H uuca to the boy 0 du,r, Thoy mm. . I In the art of war wmclhlng more than Ihe mere I. am lug of drill ami lartlra, and are awakened lo a hearty enihu-tlaam enihu-tlaam which uiakea the work n tileaa-trre tileaa-trre rather than n duty regretfully performed. Mint of the men atatloned at Ihe fnrt na private are young, and Ibe eonetnnt change t bring In new troop frnm the aarmurollng lil all over Ike Wet make Ihe work derld-nlly derld-nlly liilrreatlng and the rivalry by mi mean alight. Thin "pint It m thai made rbe work of the n-gnlara mi niilriinii In t'lilw. tlie Philippine Philip-pine and I'orlo 1 1 loo. The location of nn plres nn Ce field t pnaa upon the areuraey of all nwie mrnt Imure immunity from any hone play, and a the artillery and ravalry alone ai engaged, there la a I valuable drill In every day rnreed-lug. rnreed-lug. Many tWlnr go out from Ihe iirreniidlng rnimllea of Onlral Kan-I Kan-I ai In aee Ihe fun. and really lltey ee about na inucb of wnrfare aa any layman ran ere. even If a rampargn I gnlua nn In hi own vicinity. lo follow tlie IMiiea or llrown Mr a da) I a revelation to nnyene. 'Ihe grmilHl I m rolling thai the whole army might well lie concealed In a ravine, rav-ine, nnd It rnpilre hrewd general-alilp general-alilp tu keep full command of the brigade. bri-gade. Aa the enemy ileailtly advancei on Ihe furl, throwing out dunking line ami men who represented whom troop In themielvr Hie nr Ihe flag bearer, earn flag atandlng for 11 lnni uf mi-ii. They are o reeognlaed In the coiileat. mnl II l n rule Hint when tno ling Hank n lngle one. the latter lat-ter la In niiialdrr hlmaelf raptured ami retreat or aurrendrr. Tlie niipriMch of the two line meani a battle, and anon Ihe entnlry ' een coming nut from Ih-IiIihI a hill on ttio Milk Itanrh roa.l, ready to charge ft Ihitlery of light artillery on the pin In. Cantering forward, they ar nut by a dniriirtho II ro that threalrtia to wle them from the earth. One after another of Ihe Invader drop from hit hurae In 11101k Injury. 1 lien Ihe ballrrle rally nnd make ft chirge Ihematlve. Up tho hill they go, and hurry h-II iiicII to tho rreat, where. In nn Inalnnt, they whirl Into place ami the gun belch forth n warning warn-ing nml n mrnire. The Invadlne llrown arc, however, too numcrnu, and have other pirtlr of cavalry and nngmeii on the lHnkaand the umpire ilevlnro that the lllue are whipped In Ihe bntlle. Kometlme tho cnmpnlgn la! Hi-rral Hi-rral day, and tinxloui council of wnr aro held by the young lieutenant lo make Ihe beat o!hto allowing for Ihrlr aide. They know that It will all bo reviewed aftrrward, and they do not want to be found wanting, Tho conduct of Ihe campaign, aham though they be, I a good Index of tho actual aturr that I In au otllcer, young or old Tb commanding officer, when a campaign I over, laaure an cxhnuit-lie cxhnuit-lie comment on the tncrlta of the va-rloua va-rloua troopV work, thua pointing out tlio alrong and weak pnlnta In rirr-cle. rirr-cle. Ill rrltlchtui cover the entire pmgri' of the trnop ami outline Ihe work at each ueelro atep In the Imttle Kometline there I a dllTrrcnt enemy to light than n human one. A year or two ago when the rare lllue uml llrown got nicely reiuly to begin n lively bnttlo on n pretty piece of prairie, they were attacked by n prairie prai-rie lire, which enme dancing through Ihe long hluo leeo. A flag of truce wnlliplnycd mil In a moment both Ihe late combatant wrru righting tlie tire, beating .111.I atamplng out the oncoming blue. V'ticn It wa all etltngulihed tho warfare war-fare wn reaumed Then, ngiln. there wn campaign WBS& 1 ' ' L nenliut tn town cow Iwnl of June-thin June-thin Oily, four mile away. '1 he herd of towu cow va becoming altogether too fniulltar far JJiiele Hnui'a illgullj, and It wn ordered by the colonel coin-DinmllHg coin-DinmllHg that tliy remain orf the reservation. res-ervation. Hut Ihe row did not nn-dentand nn-dentand the order, and mado their Reminiscences of Famous Fort Riley. appearance, a muni, feeding n happl lie on the rich grnaven, "ITie cow are lu light," reported an orderly. "Clear off the reservation!" onlereil the commander, and an otllcer. nh a niimlier of trooper, went forth to I wage a new kind of en r nag. Hut ihe row dlil not like ,i. and. frightened at the Mrangely nppan-led herder, went belliiwliig In e,r ,. reel Ion It waa n long ebne, but they were finally driven back lo towu. Then the tonnaieople took n hand, ami a doaen column of lietvipaper letter let-ter nnd a many niuMgti lu aud I Blues and Browns Were Ready for El Caney. mado till nlmoal Impossible. Yit Kome wonderful feat have Ix-cti tier-fiinniil tier-fiinniil by our boremeii to train them for the campaign of actual warfare. Oenerel King tell of a plucky ride made In tlie seventlM by Meut. Jatne 1'. Hell, of the Petrnlh. juat to ihow nliat our mounted wildler could have done bed Ihe campaign develufieil Hell waa onlereil to Meilorn, n little town nl tlie croeMng of the Mttle Ml mitrl by Ibe Northern Piiclfic- rnlluny. wuen- he foiiml linK,riaut illplclie far hi brother olflcer. I.lenleiiaiit (lar-llHglon, (lar-llHglon, then In the fleld. nml. all ntoiie. Hell rode away from Meilorn at uii g'i jj w to ffia HuWJfNSs " from the war department wvro, neeea-miry neeea-miry tu nwlnre ipilet. Tlw vuwl, Iww-eer. Iww-eer. did not oouiu imek. 7 Aboitl the only real nwiieeuient Ihe soldier ( !, ue gullelesa siwctnlor forgtMs 111 relatlv jw'lon and stnuds In the line of advance, iheu the cavalry or artillery corno 1 charging on, a If to criuh him, am somebody thunders at the stranger) "Hltr With llltlo udo aril without stopping for gret ling, ho "git." tiin l.ur, The one lad feature about tho war I that the cnvalry norm waa not tct- rd. In fact the muddy roadi, Ihe long dlatnuce required for transiortatlon A My M I i f I c WIIUIli: TIIQ BOLDIIlllS AHU 1'IICl'AltlNa I'OU THE OCOUl'ATION. nee on an Anguat morning, covirnl H fifty lo fifty-fire mile through the H rouglieet country In the Northwest by noon, got a fren mount lu Caplnln Yarnum'a camp, and Just after iunet rearheil (larllngton. Tbe dletaocc cov- ered as at least one hundred mile. nml the gait waa trot or gallop all the The reconla of Ihe cavalry regiment H on duty In Arlsona or Wyoming dur- H Ing ihe Indian campaign of Uie lat H twenty year furnlahea numrrou In- H alnni-e of long ride of till chiraclcr. Tho aunala nf Ihe grent wnr hate H many more-erhnp Ihe moat remark- H nblo being Hint of Henry ICyd Doug- H in, nojv Adjntant (lenernt of Mary- land, but at the time a young ofllcer H elceteil to lienr deeiMtehe for Htone- Hj wall Jackson, through pitchy dark H lie, oer river ami mountain, from Ilarrlaouburg In Ihe Hhennhdo-ih val- 0 ley, around Maiwanulteii mouiilnlii, Q over the lllue llldge through Hwlft Hun gnp. Hh-ii by way of Hlnnnnrdt- n vllle. MndlMin I'mirt I Inline. CiH-pcr, I m.l llrninl) Ktntlon. to llenernl Itncll, D then "In Ihe Ibid." Iluugli atnrtrd I Juat after amnion n of nn April even- fl Ing, nml In n imurlng rain ptaahnl througli mud and tulre nml tin- black-neM black-neM uf Hrrbu over ttio mounlnln trail; cxelmngiil hi gallant bloodnl mnru for n big, raw -boned nicer aotno forty tulle from the klnrtlng Kilnti uacd up mount No, 'J In n llftreti-mllo spurt to Mndlaon O. II., where be wnpieil him for n little gray which stumblcil In the mlru nml darkiMH after a run V r tkv iBftirBBB V of barely n mile, and could not lio Induced to rise. The magic of Jack- Kon'a name won him mount No. -I, who carried him nluo tulle aud cavo plnco lo n gnunt ronn. The next stago wna the eleven mile dash In Culpopcr. where. In the faint, cold glimmer of dnwn, the joung olllcer reached Oen ernl Dick Tn)lor, who iteertxl h!m on to llrnndy Station and beyond. Just twenty hour from the start, Doug las found General Knell and dillrcred hi rain soaked despatches. Ilo had H roeretl the entire dlstauce of 0110 H hundred and (ho mile In Imi than 9 twenty hour. 9 |
