al service as the same number of white men. Yet the transfer
of a few hundred of the best Sioux warriors from the Sioux side to
our side would much more than compensate for the loss of the same
number of white troops. The result of that experiment seemed to
be entirely satisfactory. At all events, there has been no great
Indian war, nor any threat of one, since that experiment was begun.
It has served to tide over the time during which the young men,
who had from earliest childhood listened to stories of the Custer
massacre and other great Indian achievements, were undergoing
transformation from the life and character of savage warriors to
those of civilized husbandmen, under the system of allotments in
severalty. When the short warlike part of the life of one generation
is past, the danger will no longer exist.

In June, 1891, at Keokuk, Iowa, I married Miss Georgia Kilbourne,
daughter of Mrs. George E. Kilbourne of that city. Then a host of
old soldiers of the Union army reassembled to greet their comrade.

In 1892 this country seemed to be on the verge of war with the
little republic of Chile. So confident were some officials of the
administration that war was inevitable, that I was asked to make
an estimate of the military force which would be necessary to occupy
and hold a vital point in Chilean territory until the demands of
the United States were complied with. It was assumed, of course,
that the navy could easily do all the rest. Pending the consideration
of this subject, so disagreeable to me, I had a dream which I
repeated at the time to a few intimate friends. I saw in the public
street a man holding a mangy-looking dog by the neck, and beating
him with a great club, while a crowd of people assembled to witness
the "sport." Some one asked the man why he was beating the poor
dog. He replied: "Oh, just to make him yelp." But the dog did
not "yelp." He bore his cruel punishment without a whine. Then
he was transformed into a splendid animal, one of the noblest of
his species, and the entire crowd of bystanders, with one accord,
rushing in and compelled the man to desist from beating him.

CHAPTER XXVIII
Services of the Army During the Labor Strikes of 1894--Military
Control of the Pacific Railways--United States Troops in the City
of Chicago--Orders Sent to General Miles, and his Reports--The
Proclamation of the President--Instructions to Govern the Troops
in Dealing with a Mob--The Duties o