Show GENERAL CUSTER AND HIS MEN eight Cavalry nten showed their iove I 1 by dying with their loader leader poor cusbert I 1 followed him through a great part of the war of the rebellion as a private soldier bol dier I 1 followed follo weil him afterward I 1 ii i various capacities during his warfare on the frontier besand yes and to today dayi if I 1 should seethe tho general astride his kentucky thoroughbred ough bred boated as no man ever sat horse before or anee should I 1 catch tho the glint of 0 the bun imn on the mighty sweep of that babl u 1 of his and see the yellow hair flying Et straight raight as he dashed along I 1 could not ro re aist the temptation to seize a poker or a liate hatchet liet or an ax handle jump astride that old mare of mine and follow him tor for bettex or for and no soldier of custers ousters ever did mon more than follow him ho ile was a leader of his ills men not ilot a driver a cavalier general who asked no man to go where he dare not take the lead and ns as the danger became greatel custer wa was sure to be just as much farther in front of hia his column tacticians have censured acci burca him for fort fortnat that bat and anti perhaps he would have been with us today had he abandoned it hut but he was a dashing soldier and would rather charge upon an enemy outnumbering him 20 to I 1 than seek vantage ground or lay kilgo igo iio ile believed it to bo be his business bustness to fight and he let bat but few opportunities go by provided bo he thought the enemy worth the tho mettle of ilia his tro kroopen open custer had the most unbounded faith la in the rank and file ills of hia his regiment but never reposed tho the least confidence in his subordinate officers lie ife gave his personal attention to the minutest details of hia his command saw that every trooper had ids full allowa allowance uce of ind clothing andraw too that the mea attended just as carefully to the physical wants of their hor lor ses lie ile would never take the word of captain or lieutenant on nuch such matters for thadrea that reaton the subordinate commissioned officers bated hated him just as bear heartily tily an a the men loved him he always on being absolute ute tn lit bis command but how alo boys loved that mani their devotion was fittingly demond rated in nn an incident in tho the generals last battle on the little big I 1 lorn tho the troopers of the seventh cavalry knew know they were hopelessly by en an enemy better armed than themselves eight cavalrymen broke through the indian lines and gained a neighboring bluff f they were practically y out of da danger tiger for tho the fine horses isleb which the savoeuth were thea equipped could laugh at the brict indian ponies lint but they halted on the bluff mid looking back naw their leader d in en cn all sides by the tile one and boyo we vre cant do and alighting placed lin li carali I 1 a aga against amt ills his horse head and anti is briot ho till him in dcarl then he lie quietly his revolvers from tho the saddle aid and ti thrusting rusting them mein into bis his belt started down tho tile elope the remaining seven followed suit tilt r aud and the little band was an annihilated iu in nn an attempt to gain their lex lenders ulers eldo side on foot all but one were wre killed and lie being a half breed the second son eon of theophilo theophile Bru bruggler guler cr of this county by LN hi cret wife the daug daughter ahter of war eagle engle slaughter the infuriated sioux raying tao 0 attention to any but palefaces bruguier lind I 1 were friends and be he told me inc tho the incident ut the second day the fight sioux q I 1 city journal |