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master and now on recruiting service. But wherever placed, 

 the same record for efficiency and thoroughness follows 

 him. He was complimented by General Ruger for a forced 

 march, made alone with fifty Indian scouts, covering a 

 distance of two hundred and fifty miles from San Carlos 

 agency to Sipa, New Mexico, in three days, the Indians 

 running by the side of his horse. And his captain writes : 

 "He was unusually attentive to duty and thorough in all 

 that he did. I always considered him a brave, true man, 

 extremely sincere in his attachments and relations with 

 others. He was a devoted husband, and just and generous 

 in all his relations with his friends." 



The following brief synopsis of his army life, furnished 

 by a brother officer, gives continuity to the picture : — 



"Upon graduation he was assigned to the Fourth U. S. 

 Cavalry, joining his troop at Fort Sill, Indian Territory 

 (the Kiowa and Comanche Reservation). From the In- 

 dian Territory the regiment was ordered to Colorado, 

 keeping in check the Utes; then to New Mexico for gar- 

 rison duty, which at that time meant continuous field 

 service against the Apaches. After three years' service 

 he was detailed to the Infantry and Cavalry School at 

 Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. After graduation he was re- 

 tained at the post until 1886, when with his troop he was 

 again ordered to New Mexico. 



"Receiving his promotion to a first lieutenancy, Sep- 

 tember 1, 1886, he was ordered to Fort Huachuca, Ari- 

 zona, then to the Cavalry Depot, Jefferson Barracks, 

 Missouri, and again to Arizona, remaining there until the 

 regiment was ordered to the Pacific coast. In 1891 he 

 transferred to the Seventeenth Infantry and was stationed 



