Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 271, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 December 1917 — Indians in the Great War. [ARTICLE]

Indians in the Great War.

Indians have been volunteering for service in the United States army since 1861. In 1892 Lieutenant Scott, later chief of the staff, organized and trained a troop of the Seventh cavalry, which was highly commended by the inspector general of the war department The Indian is trained as the Swiss train their boys, so that they may be able to fire a gun accurately and earn a living. He has all the qualities of a good soldier —endurance, patience, courage and an instinct for scouting, London Tit-Bits says. The Canadian government recognized the great fighting ability of the many Indian nations and tribes who volunteered their services for king and country at the outbreak of the war, and there are hundreds of Indians enrolled in many of the different Canadian regiments at the front. Many have made the supreme sacrifice, among the first to fall being Lieut. Cameron Brant of the Six Nations Indians, who was a lineal descendant of the distinguished colonial warrior, CapL Joseph Brant of Revolutionary fame.