The centennial of the United States Military academy at West Point, New York1802-1902 . T SERVICES OF GFIADUATES OF WEST POINT IN INDIAN WARS. By Major EBEN SWIFT, Twdfth U. S. Cavalry, U. S. M. A., savage -cats of peace.—Kipling. vHE ADVANCES and delays of civil-ization have been in direct propor-tion to the efificiency of armies and theperfection of the weapons of war. TheIndians who iirst came in contact with thewhites were not a warlike race; their weap-ons had not been improved since the davsof primeval man; notwithstanding theirboasting and pride in warlike deeds, theirperforman
The centennial of the United States Military academy at West Point, New York1802-1902 . T SERVICES OF GFIADUATES OF WEST POINT IN INDIAN WARS. By Major EBEN SWIFT, Twdfth U. S. Cavalry, U. S. M. A., savage -cats of peace.—Kipling. vHE ADVANCES and delays of civil-ization have been in direct propor-tion to the efificiency of armies and theperfection of the weapons of war. TheIndians who iirst came in contact with thewhites were not a warlike race; their weap-ons had not been improved since the davsof primeval man; notwithstanding theirboasting and pride in warlike deeds, theirperformances were spectacnlar and child-ish. On the other hand, the Anglo-Saxonshad written their name in history- with thebow and arrow. They came to Americaarmed with a few smooth-bore, flint-lockmnskets, and took whatever thev armies, nnder Myles Standish, JohnSmith, Captain Chnrch, and others, were insignificant in size,bnt the}- marched where they wished and they met few dis-asters. In the conduct of the early wars, so far as crueltyand ferocity are concerned, no great di
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