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By ELMO SCOTT WATSON

LTHOCGH the year 1928 brlngn the semicentennial celebration of the Custer battle to concentrate public attention upon one regiment of the United States army, the famous Seventh cavalry. old army men, who campaigned against the savages of the western plains and mountains half a century ago. will tell you that there is one regiment whose Indlkn-flghting record is fully as brilliant as that

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of’('uster’s outfit and whose history from the beginning is one ofUthe most interesting of any in Uncle Sam’s service. That regiment is the Fifth cavalry and for one reason, if no other, this year is an appropriate time to Recall some of its honorable history. Whereas lb'26 marks the fiftieth anniversary of the Seventh's Waterloo—the Battle of the IJttle Big Horni—lt marks for •he Fifth the same anniversary of one .of the moat remarkable cavalry marches and brilliant victories ever scored by Uncle Sajn’a hard-riding horsemen over a savage toe. Thia was the Battle of War Bonnet ereek tn South L»akota, fought on July 17, 1876 Richly though It has been deserved, no formal history of the “Fighting Fifth” has ever been written. Its deeds have been partially recorded tn the charming writings of Gen. Charles King, who was once its adjutant, notably in his “Campaigning With Crook.” and further light is thrown upon its long and honorable history in a book, “Buffalo Ihiya," recently published by Bobbs-Merrill. and written by Col. Homer W. Wheeler, who became a second lieutenant of the Fifth In 1875 and served with It until he retired as a colonel In 1911. An examination of the matter-of fact official records of the War department indicates the great variety of service of this regiment over a period of more than 70 years, but it is only in such books as “Campaigning With Crook" and “Buffalo Days" that life is breathed into cold statistical dan to vivify the real story of the "Fighting Fifth" and show its part in the winning of the West. It was not always the Fifth cavilry. Organized by the act of March 8. 1855. as tite Second Regiment of Cavalry, the designation was. changed to the Fifth Regiment of Cavalry by the act of August 8. 1861. no that in reality the Fifth cavalry under that name will celebrate its sixty-fifth birthday this summer. Soon after its organisation as the Second regiment, this organisation was detailed to frontier service and during ■ the five yean preceding the opening of the Civil war the various troops of the Second were almost constantly in the- field in Texas and what is now Oklahoma. From February 22. 1856, to June 1. 1861. there is the record of no less than 36 skirmishes, scout ng expeditions and other forma of military activity to its credit. Although none of these engagements was of outstanding Importance in our ~ military history, the greatest interest in the regiment lies In the personnel of its officers during this period. It Is doubtful if there came from any l other regiment as many men who rose to prominence in both the Union and Confederate armies as did from the old ' Second cavalry which was so soon to become the Fifth. Among those who became leaders of the men tn gray were Albert Sidney Johnston, who was colonel of the Second from the date of its organisation to the outbreak of the Civil war; Robert E. Lee. who was its lieutenant-colonel during that time; Earl .Van Dorn, who had been a major tn the regiment; W. J. Hardee, Kirby Smith, John B. Hood and Fitz-Hugh Lee. ail subalterns, Among the future Union generals were George H. Thomas, W. H. Emory, George Stoneman, John Sedgewick. A. J. Smith, and Eugene A. Carr. It was the Irony of fate that some of these men who had been brother officers In the old Second should be pitted against each other at one time or another during the four years of the conflict. The moat notable example of this was la the ease of Thomas and Hood. For It was the eledge-hammer blows of the mao who had succeeded Albert Sidney Johnston as colonel of the Second. George H. Thomas, the "Rock of Chickamauga." which destroyed the army under bls former subaltern. John B. HoM. now a general tn the Confederate array in the fierce fighting around Nashville, Tenn., late in 1884. and won for himself and the Army of the Cumberland

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■ >■■■ ■ JI C&Z Whiter the honor of a joint resolution cf thanks by congress. Reorganised as the Fifth Regiment of Cavalry on August 3, 1861, and participating In four minor engagements before receiving its baptism of fire at the Battle of Bull Run, this organisation soon justified its name of “the Fighting Fifth." When the war ended It could have written on Its banners the following names: Yorktown. Kinney’s Farm, Cold Harbor. Malvern Hill. Antietam. Fredericksburg. Gettysburg. Brandy Station. Mine Run, the Wilderness. Spottsylvania. Trevilian Station. Petersburg. Winchester, Cedar Creek. Dinwiddle Court House. Five Forks axffi ’ Appomattox, not to mention nearly 200 other engagements during the four years of the war. But It was in the years following the Civil war that the Fifth won Its greatest laurels and that in the most thankless task in the world—savage warfare. Ordered to the Kansas frontier late In 1868. the regiment under the command of Maj. W. B. Royal 1 arrived near Fort Hays soon after the celebrated battle of Beecher’s Island between the company of scouts commanded by Gen. G. A. Forsyth and the Dog Soldier Cheyennes under Roman Nose. General Sheridan. who was then In the field. Immediately ordered Major Royall to go In pursuit of these Indiana. Royall failed to find the hostilities, but a s<hdrt time later under the command of Maj. Eugene A. Carr, seven troops of the Fifth fought iTTwo-day engagement with the Indians on Beaver and Prairie Dog creeks and drove them out of the state. Thia was the beginning of the Fifth’s brilliant career In Indian fighting. Intimately associated with It la the career of the man who became the regiment’s favorite scout. William F. Cody (Buffalo BUI) and that of the unique organization known as the Pawnee Scouts, commanded by Maj. Frank North and his brother. CapL Luther •H. North. The next year. 1889. saw the Fifth almost constantly in the field and under the command of General Carr (although he was only a major in the Fifth, Carr had risen to the rank of brevet major general ofir volunteers during the Civil war) it performed noteworthy service in Kansas. Nebraska and Colorado where it fought half a dozen engagements, culminating in the now famous battle at Summit Springs, Colo. Here Carr with seven troops of the Fifth, three companies of Pawnee Scouts, and Buffalo Bill as chief guide, surprised the camp of Tall Bull, killed 52 Indians, among them Chief Tall Bull, who fell before the rifle of Frank North, captured 400 horses and mules, reecued a white woman captive' and destroyed the camp. This battle put an end to the activities of one of the worst Indian raiders of his time and helped bring peace to a frontier country which had been harried by hostile Indians for more than five years. The next service of the Fifth was la the bla> Ing deserts and barren mountains of Arizona, trailing and fighting Apache Indians in the moot trying kind of warfare that the soldiery of a nation was ever called upon to endure. Here again a reference to the official records will show the aptness of the term "Fighting Fifth." From April 25. 1872, to January 29. 1875, these records show a total of nearly 200 separate expeditions, scouts, skirmishes and engagements. Or to put

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will not last very long. There will be no enemy to talk over the terms of peace. AU life will be exterminated. And the conqueror will have but an empty victory—emptier yet than Versailles. for instance. —Atlanta Constitution. Shield* Baby From San The dark-skinned mother of the southern Sudan has a unique method of protecting her baby from the direct rays of the sun. First, the baby is strapped in a straddling position on

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it another way and to paraphrase Patrick Henry —“the gentlemen of the Indian bureau may cry ‘Peace! Peace!* but there was no pearv." During the 35 months that the Fifth was In Arizona, there were only seven different months during those four years of 1872 to 1876 that the Apaches weren’t “out" and some detachment of the Fifth wasn’t on their trail. Among the outstanding events in the Apache campaign was the crushing defeat given the savages in the Salt River canyon on December 28 1872, by Major Brown of the Fifth, whose command on that occasion consisted of Troops G L and M of the Fifth, and a small body of Indian scouts and the brilliant little victory of a detachment of Troop K, commanded by Lieut. Charles King, near Diamond Butte on May 21. 1874. On this occasion King (now Gen. Charles King) with 14 men of Troop K surprised and attacked a band of Tonto Apaches, greatly superior in numbers, routed them, killed 18 and destroyed all their supplies and equipment. This was a band which had repeatedly defied General Crook and had continually stirred up trouble on the reservation. For his feat King was given the warmest praise by Crook, but It was not until 50 years him the citation for gallantry In action which h« so richly deserred. During the Sioux war of 1876 the Fifth won even greater laurels as a part of General Crook’s army in Wyoming. On July 1 Its new colonel, Gen. Wesley Merritt assumed command and General Carr was second in command as lieutenant colonel. Soon afterward the Fifth performed the brilliant feat previously mentioned In this article —the march to head off a large band of Cheyenne warriors, who had left the reservation to join the hostile*. and the fight at War Bonnet creek. Merritt’s problem was to march around three sides of a square while the Indians were covering the distance of the fourth, do it undiscovered and beat the enemy to the objective, the erase ing at War Bonnet creek. Suffice It to say that Merritt and the Fifth did what they set out to do. They marched 85 miles In 31 hour*, beat the Indians to the crossing and did it with every man and horse fresh and ready to fight. The next morning. July 17, the surprised Cheyennes found a band of blue-coated troopers barring their path to their friends in the field There wu a sharp little fight, during which occurred the celebrated duel between Buffalo Bill and Chief Yellow Hand, and the Indians fled pell mell back to the reservation. During the remainder of the campaign the Fifth repeatedly distinguished Itself, at the Battit of Slim Butte* where Chief American Horse was defeated and died, during the weary march ot Crook’s command to the Black Hill*—it is of these event* that General King writes so entertainingly In his “Campaigning With Crook"—at the disarming of the warrior* of Chief Red Cloud and Chief Red Leaf and at the bitter winter battle with Dull Knife’s Cheyennes when General Mackenzie scored such a decisive victory over these allies of the Sioux on November 25. 1876. In Colonel Wheeler’s book. "Buffalo Days" (he was then a second lieutenant in Troop G of the Fifth), Is given a stirring account of this fight which brings * a vivid realization of the many peril* of Indian fighting. Following the close of the Sioux campaign ths next two years wer* time* of comparative quiet for the Fifth, but In 1870 the regiment was again In the field and again General Merritt led it on a brilliant march which stands not only on * pat with it* own remarkable feat preceding the War Bonnet fight, but as one of the best example* ot endurance riding in the whole history of ths United State* cavalry. This was the march of Merritt and four troops of the Fifth from Rawlins, Wyo.. to the relief of Captain Payne and five troops of the same organization, besieged by the Utes on the Milk river In Colorado On the morning of October 2 Merritt set out and at dawn of October 5, with 170 miles of some of the most difficult mountain trails tn America behind him, he rode into Payne’s camp with only three men dismounted on account of exhausted horses.

her back, the straps going over her shoulders. Next the youngster’s heed and shoulders are covered with a drumlike contraption made from th* half of a huge calabash. WAy BrusA ’Em? Tommy was being reprimanded wy severely because he persisted In neglecting to brush his teeth dally. “Mother." he said, disconsolately. *1 don't see any need of brushing them so often. I spit through them all the time."

WIDE BRIMS NOW IN FAVOR; DAINTY FROCKS FOR TOTS

WHERE ans how far are you go* ing. my pretty maid, in thia matter of wider brimmed hats? That is the question that is keeping designers of millinery awake nights. The pretty maid may not know just where she tai going, but she is on her way toward the revival of elegance in millinery, and it looks as if she were beginning to revel in wide brims. There is no telling the duration of these revels, when the feminine mind wakes up to Bad itself intrigued by long earrings—-

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•ride-brimmed hats, bobbed hair or what not. Some French modistes are already predicting the wide brim for fall and winter. In the meantime milliners are encouraging the pretty maid to go as far as she likes in the matter of brims—they, too, are reveling In the revival of picturesque Styles. The group of midsummer hats shown here begins with the big and airy cartwheel sailor with brim of even width all around. It Is a hairbraid shape bound with ribbon and has a collar of narrow ribbon ending tn a little bow and short ends at the right side. Many trimming* this season keep entirely to the right, but this •allor supports a large chou at the left —made of organdie, or equally delicate fabric, that looks light enougu to float away like a small cloud. These hair-braid hats are displayed in white and pastel colors and are immensely becoming, a choice of the right color will do wonders for the •omplexion. Byway of varying the wide brim, the hat below at the right has an odd. upward flaring silk drape on the upper brim, pointed at the front and finished with needlework. A little chiffon rose Is posed against It. One expects the wide brim to be droopy and many of

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them ar*, like the hair-braid hat shown with collar of silk garnished with applique motifs. Below it at the right, georgette crepe make* a dignified model with large and small flowers massed on the crown. One can imagine many beautiful color combinations in a hat of this kind. A lovely becoming shape of hair braid ttolahvw this little summer millinery poem. It la turned up at the back Beige Worn With Black Black and beige is a color combination much in vogue among the smartest women. Black appears on the frock and suit, with the lighter tone used in the accessories and hoaiary, «a well as the hat. In AU Lengths Fringes were never more popular than now and are seen extensively on afternoon and evening coat* as well m on frocks.

and has maidenhair fern and smalt roses silhouetted against the crown and brim. Fashion has thrown big hats into the ring of style and there Is no disputing their beauty and elegance. Since the little tots must “pretty up" occasionally In party clothes, mothers are always haunting the shops in search of dainty frocks for special occasions. They do not expect anything startlingly new in design or unfamiliar in fabrics, but they are pleased by

ingenious managemwt of matertah and new tricks In decoration. They find pretty furbelows and finishing touche* In ribbons and flowers or in embroidery and other needlework on simply designed dresses of delicate materials. Voile and crepe de chine in pastel colors or pale tints stand at the head of the list of dainty materials approved for party frocks; but georgette crepe, dotted swtss, fine batiste dimity and taffeta silk bear them company. Net and narrow laces contribute something along with needlework, ribbons and touches of embroidery by way of elaborating the simple designs but just now fashion looks with greatest favor on decorations of self-ma-terial and combinations of two colon tn one material for little party frocks When georgette or chiffon makes th* dress, tiny posies, ruchings and puffs are made from the same materials, although they may not be the same In color, and set on In borders or other decorative designs. Plaitings and smocking are popular, also petal trimmings or applique figures in contrasting colors. Party frocks are usually aleevelesß and quite short. Usually they art worn over little slips In the sanu color. When the choice falls on en» broidery as a decoration little flow*

motifs are ehosen. usually Bhowte| small sprays ar wreaths. Handsewing and handwork are at a premium on little children’s dress-up clothes. No one begrudges the simple needlework that gives distinction to frocks like that pictured here. The yoke la smocked and hand-run tucks are grouped at each side. JULIA BOTTOMLET. to. UM. W«Ur» Nvwapapar UMte.) Modernistic Earrings The newest earrings reflect th* modernistic tendency. They are made of gold or alive- and the designs are the curious motifs exploited so extensively in modern decoration. In Black and Red A charming French importation consists of a snappy frock of black and white cheeked taffeta and a coat of red kasha doth, lined wun Nack and white.

%eKTTCnm cflßmgaa «X ISM. Wastcrn N«wap%p«r Union.) Halt of tho joy of life is in little thing- taken on the run. Who has no inward beauty, nona perceives, though all around la beautiful. GOOD THINGS TO EAT For an afternoon tea cake try this tasty little one which you will like:

Orange Cakes. —Cream onethird of a cupful of butter, add one-fourth of a, cupful of sugar, cream well and add four teaspoonfuls of baking powder, one-

half teaspoonful of salt, the grated rind of an orange and two cupfuls of flour. Pat out thin into small cakes, prick with a fork and bake in a quick oven. Immediately after taking from the oven, open with a fork and insert a lump of butter. Serve at once. Maple Cookies.—Take one cupful of granulated sugar, one cupful of maple sugar, one cupful of butter, two wellbeaten eggs, two tablespoonfuls of water and flour to make a stiff dough. Cut into balls, roll in powdered sugar and bake in a hot oven. Cheese Balls.—Take one and onehalf cupfuls of grated cheese, add one tablespoonful of melted butter, two tablespoonfuls of flour, and when well blended add three tablespoonfuls of milk, a dash of pepper and salt and a stiffly beaten whites of two eggs. Form into balls, roll in cracker crumbs and fry in deep fat. Drain on brown paper. Serve with lettuce salad. Cheese Salad. —Dissolve a tablespoonful. of gelatin in four tablespoonfuls of water, add half a pound of grated cheese and a piyt of whipped cream, season well with salt and paprika. with a few dashes of cayenne. Pour into a wet mold and allow to become firm. Turn out and cut into slices, serve on lettuce with mayonnaise dressing or with any desired dressing. Peach Sherbet. —Put a pound of sugar and a quart of water on to boil for twenty minutes; let cool, then add one and one-half cupfuls of peach pulp, the strained Juice of an orange and the juice of half a lemon. Freeze. Half of the water may be used and a pint of rich milk, making a richer ice. For a mint sherbet, use a bunch of mint cooked .In the water and add the other ingredients and thin cream;' freeze. Duchess Cream. —Take six tablespoonfuls of tapioca, cook until clear In water to cover, cool, add a pinch of salt, one cupful of sugar, the juice from a can of pineapple, the Juice of two oranges and two lemons; cook until thick. When cooLadd the pineapple cut into dice, one cupful of nut» and a pint of whipping cream. This makes enough to serve a dozen amply. A Few Choice Desserts. A delicious and well prepared deasert will often help a plain meal which

precedes it, when the dishes were not all that one wished. A plate of stuffed figs, dates or prunes will often serve for a finish to a meal, leaving one fully satisfied. During the warm weather iced dishes and frozen creams and water ices are greatly appre-

elated. The water ices are not especially nourishing, and with a hearty meal one needs a light dessert. Two or three foods digest better in Nis stomach than a combination of six or more. If w* treat the body as we would a nice pl*ce of machinery we will not overfeed it nor overwork It When we overeat we waste fuel and. choke the fires of the body engine through Imperfect combwstlon. A stuffed furnace can neither draw well nor giv* off heat. Orang* and L*mon Sh*rb*L—Take the juice of two oranges, two lemon*, and two cupfuls of sugar with a quart of thin cream and freeze as usual. A mint sherbet to serve with a roast leg of lamb Is prepared with a cupful of ah redded mint fresh and well washed. Pour a cupful of boiling water over it and let stand well covered to steep for ten minutes, then drain and add the mint water to the juiceof two lemons, a cupful of sugar and a cupful of thin cream, adding enough water to make the mint liquor an even cq>ful. Freeze a* usual. Apricot Sherbet—This is delicious with any dinner. Take a can of apricots, put them through a sieve, add more sugar and a can of water. Freeze. Dainty D***ert. —Take a pound of marshmallows and a cupful of pecan meats, cut fine, cut the mallows Into quarters and add enough whipped cream to blend and hold them and the not* togstb**- Put a toblespoonful of pine*ppi* Juice Into * sherbet cup, fill with the whip and garnish with pineapple or * cherry. Cream P**«h Cak*.—Bake a layer mfre, using two tablespoonfuls of butter, one cupful of sugar, two well-beat-en egg*, one-half cupful of milk and one and one-half cupful* of flour sifted with two scant teaspoonfuls of baking powder. Put very ripe peaches, peeled, through * sieve, sweeten and mix with *lmond-fi«vored whipped cream. U*e for filling. Physicians in Association The American Medical association 1* the national organization of the medical profesaion and Is made up »f the combined membership of the various state medical associations, which, in turn, are made up of local medical societies. Nearly 90,000 physicians are members of this association. Angling Note Atchison woman has caught a lobster five feet and eleven inches long.— Atchison Globo.