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FORT HUACHUCA, Ariz, Aug. 19 VP)—'The army's only company of: Indian scouts felt itself pushed further Into the discard today when' announcement was made the Indi- j an braves would be left behind when the 89th Infantry brigade of I the streamlined Third Army starts I field maneuvers Sunday The scouts whose numbers have,I been reduced to seven—the govern-l ment long ago announced no re- j ( placements would be made in t-he • j dwindling ranks—received the word I In humiliation. |1 Little more than half a century, i ago the scputs, native Americans who swore allegiance to the white father, were the pride of the army. They led Uncle Sam's fighting forces along dim trails, across desert sands and cactus-studded plateaus, and streambeds made dangerous by quicksand,They knew the hideouts of rene- . garie bands who harrassed settlers1 j In the frontier west. Without their \ aid the troops were all but lost. j • But when the infantry takes to j the field against a mythical enemy,1 ■ the Indians will be assigned to i guard duty—of all things. They j will protect the fott from forest fires . i In the mountains, grass fires on the plateaus, and enforce discipline among the few left behind.flgt. Sinew Riley, leader of the small band, can speak English, but didn’t. He merely grunted in indignation. So did his men—Corporals IvAn Antonio and Alejo Quintero, find Privates Jim Lane, William Major, Andrew Paxson, Jess Billy and Y-32. who once saw a steer bearing that brand and adopted It ashis name Times have changed in the army as much, if not more, than anywhere else.
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Reno Evening Gazette
Reno, Nevada, US
Thu, Aug 18, 1938
Page 13
Full Page
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Ryan B.
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