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liU, rhe Indian In War INcos-ru I np]Wears Wrist Watches I lt;forttle14.est,ad-ot'per-myaco,loselinetor*Ah,iuareran-o?lleoNEW YORK. August 24.—The O noble American Indian has again The come into his own. This time he is also stalking the enemy, but lO'. the enemy is the Hun and not the are white man who invaded his happy ntfilt; hunting grounuds. Dispatches re- Ritu ceutly received from American of 1 Army headquarters in France tell com of Indian scouts who are doing a,ai splendid and effective work under! koU General Pershing. danThrough distasteful experience the the Roche first learned to dread the Canadians, then the Austra- 1 lians and next the Americans, ea- on pectally the marines. All this in the addition to the natural fighting Pili ability of French. British and Ital- *«tof I ians. II ofdue-91 6. had'theAnd then the Indian menace. cun Indian stealth, cunning and brav-J 1 ery are known the world over. Add-1 the ed to these qualifications is the the special training these Indians re- thaof ceived under I’ershing during thel w,tor-rec-medar*.hunt for Villa. I n°tMany of-them were well acquaiu- j tri* ted with the mountains, deserts | °P* and trails down in Chihuahua sinceImailvsititnthe Oeronimo campaign and were obtained by General Pershing in 1916 when he went to Mexico alter Francisco Villa and his follower*, following the attack by Villa on Columbus, N. M.A company ot’ Apaches wan gathered at Fort Apache, ArU. The Indian* garbed in tribal costume* and mounted on their own ponies, rode 40 mile* to the Santa Pe railroad at Holbrook. Ariz., held a war dance at night and entrained the following morning for Columbus, where ' they received regulation army uniforms.Beach Apache received a wrlit' watch and each Apache prized his gift most highly.The scout company did effective work in Mexico, both in trailing bandits and engaging them when encountered.When Blrgadier General Robertprc1110itsmepait hi ha anofnilCO?hata?cooforlt;anOpI,. Howze. in the expedition, waspromoted to colonel* the Indians hammered out the eagles, his insignia. from Mexican silver dollars.As the expedition left Mexico, the Indians mounted 011 mules, received a great ovation. 1When the expeditionary forceswiinthtoinSllwent to France the Indian scouts manifested willingness to go along, and General Pefshlng was quick to , take them.And now they are hack at their old love—stalking—stalking the ! trembling Hun. who is wondering what sort of a death-dealing inuo-ation the allies will next introduce on the European battlefields.piismSrCrlt;Sllinhrthw
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Arizona Silver Belt
Miami, Arizona, US
Sat, Aug 24, 1918
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