ng them. We should have a
regular revolver competition and teams with
competitors one from each troop held every
morning, best pistol shots in the troop, and not
have pistol competition supplementary to carbine
competition though the two might be held at the
same time and place.

In connection with the army carbine competition
there should be an army revolver, competitors to
be selected from the various revolver teams as
they are held for the army carbine competitions.

Prizes for the revolver teams should be the same
as those awarded to the infantry department and
for the army revolver team the same as those
awarded to the infantry division teams.

No good reason can be seen why dismounted revolver
firing should not be held at the three ranges, 25,
50 and 75 yards, the same as for individual record
in the troop. In the mounted firing, both in
troops and practice competitions, no gait slower
than ten miles and a half should be permitted.
These changes would give a stimulus to revolver
firing in the army which would bring about
surprising results.

J. J. PERSHING,
Second Lieutenant, 6th Cavalry.

In the part which Lieutenant Pershing took against the Sioux, he was
sharing conditions which were by no means slight or insignificant. The
Sioux were notably brave and bold and more than once their chiefs had
outgeneraled the trained white soldiers that fought them.

It is difficult to determine at this time just where to place the blame
for these wars with the Sioux. The stories of the causes of the outbreak
told by the Indians themselves differ radically from those which were
given by certain of the whites, but whatever the true cause may have
been, young Pershing had nothing to do with that. He was simply obeying
orders and doing his best in the war with the redmen who already
confronted him.

Sitting Bull in particular was a strong and successful fighter. Crazy
Horse, a bold and able chief, had, as the Sioux believed, been
treacherously seized and bayoneted by the whites. Indeed, one of their
rallying cries in the campaign was, "Remember our Chief, Crazy Horse."

General George A. Custer and nearly every one of his soldiers had b