Chapter I

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From this reading The year of 1871 had been so full of incidents and far reaching results for the Fourth Cavalry and its new Colonel, Ranald S. Mackenzie, that it is somewhat difficult to go back into the dim vistas of that period and select the one incident, or absorbing event which would be either of greatest magnitude or afford the most thrilling interest-- This capture of ten deserters, however, under circumstances of more than ordinary importance, since it is believed to be the record capture ever made in the Military Department of Texas, or, perhaps for that matter, of any Military Department in the United States--came about as closely in touch with the writer's life as almost any other experience he ever had while serving as an officer of that regiment--including, as it did, terrible exposure, and unavoidable hardships and privations-- Like all of the other Cavalry regiments in our Army, which were then doing about three fourths of all the active, effective work--the work that disables or kills--in the subjugation of the savage tribes in the United States, driving them into Indian reservations, and rendering it possible for the frontier border to be settled, and civilization to be advanced to a point where it could feel safe from raids and bloody incursions, the Fourth U. S. Cavalry, notwithstanding its high morale and almost perfect state of discipline--had its share of desertions-- Was Mackenzie a "Martinet" Mackenzie was not a West Point "martinet", as that term is generally understood in our Army--but, from four wounds he had received, three in the Civil War, and one that year in the campaign against Quan-ah Parker, the Una-ha-da Comanche Chief--and almost criminal neglect of his own health, in his intensity of nature and purpose in prosecuting these arduous Indian campaigns--he had become more or less irritable, irascible, exacting--sometimes erratic, and frequently explosive-- This much may be said, however, it is certain that notwithstanding his physical condition, and his mental temperament resulting therefrom, he never sought to inflict an injury or punishment upon anybody unnecessarily--never became a petty or malicious persecutor, hounding a man into his grave--and when it became evident to him as well as to others that he had done any of his officers or men an act of injustice, nobody could have been more open, free and frank in his disavowal of that act, or quicker to apologize and render all the reparation possible in his power-- This applied to any and all down to the last Second Lieutenant and private soldier in the regiment-- One man never knows another so well, even intimately--as when he is thrown closely in contact with or lives and sleeps and eats with him-- The writer had done all with Mackenzie during a greater part of this period of 1871--having been his Post Adjutant twice--during Gen. Sherman's inspection in May, at the time of the massacre of Salt Creek Prairie, and prior to our Expedition of that year, and his Field Adjutant on his entire campaign in his abortive attempt to strike Kicking Bird's band of Ki-o-was before he could be stampeded into the Fort Sill Reservation--from May 1st until Oct.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading The year of 1871 had been so full of incidents and far reaching results for the Fourth Cavalry and its new Colonel, Ranald S. Mackenzie, that it is somewhat difficult to go back into the dim vistas of that period and select the one incident, or absorbing event which would be either of greatest magnitude or afford the most thrilling interest-- This capture of ten deserters, however, under circumstances of more than ordinary importance, since it is believed to be the record capture ever made in the Military Department of Texas, or, perhaps for that matter, of any Military Department in the United States--came about as closely in touch with the writer's life as almost any other experience he ever had while serving as an officer of that regiment--including, as it did, terrible exposure, and unavoidable hardships and privations-- Like all of the other Cavalry regiments in our Army, which were then doing about three fourths of all the active, effective work--the work that disables or kills--in the subjugation of the savage tribes in the United States, driving them into Indian reservations, and rendering it possible for the frontier border to be settled, and civilization to be advanced to a point where it could feel safe from raids and bloody incursions, the Fourth U. S. Cavalry, notwithstanding its high morale and almost perfect state of discipline--had its share of desertions-- Was Mackenzie a "Martinet" Mackenzie was not a West Point "martinet", as that term is generally understood in our Army--but, from four wounds he had received, three in the Civil War, and one that year in the campaign against Quan-ah Parker, the Una-ha-da Comanche Chief--and almost criminal neglect of his own health, in his intensity of nature and purpose in prosecuting these arduous Indian campaigns--he had become more or less irritable, irascible, exacting--sometimes erratic, and frequently explosive-- This much may be said, however, it is certain that notwithstanding his physical condition, and his mental temperament resulting therefrom, he never sought to inflict an injury or punishment upon anybody unnecessarily--never became a petty or malicious persecutor, hounding a man into his grave--and when it became evident to him as well as to others that he had done any of his officers or men an act of injustice, nobody could have been more open, free and frank in his disavowal of that act, or quicker to apologize and render all the reparation possible in his power-- This applied to any and all down to the last Second Lieutenant and private soldier in the regiment-- One man never knows another so well, even intimately--as when he is thrown closely in contact with or lives and sleeps and eats with him-- The writer had done all with Mackenzie during a greater part of this period of 1871--having been his Post Adjutant twice--during Gen. Sherman's inspection in May, at the time of the massacre of Salt Creek Prairie, and prior to our Expedition of that year, and his Field Adjutant on his entire campaign in his abortive attempt to strike Kicking Bird's band of Ki-o-was before he could be stampeded into the Fort Sill Reservation--from May 1st until Oct.

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From this reading 3--I had got to know him very well-- Causes for Desertion Both officers and men had been under a terrific high-keyed pressure--a very great mental and physical strain, almost to the breaking point; were tired and dispirited because the results and the hard work performed, had not justified their expectations and because they could not then see any immediate relief from the performance of such exacting duty-- The pace had been a little too fast even for the Fourth Cavalry-- Much of the spirit and enthusiasm for such unremunerative work was at a very low ebb-- While it had not yet approached a complete discouragement, it was a condition of supreme disgust and contempt at the methods employed-- They felt that with the Government at Washington nullifying and rendering most of their hard labor abortive, that success in those long, weary and extremely exhausting Indian campaigns was not so much dependent upon their absolute loyalty to duty and perfect willingness to sacrifice themselves when necessary in achieving results, as upon the paralyzing acts and influence of the "Indian Ring" in Washington and the ever changing political cesspools of a politically ridden country-- They wanted to see the tangible results or fruits of such terribly hard service and to feel that such hardships, privations and sacrifices as they had experienced, had not been in vain or wasted by a gang of cold blooded, unscrupulous plunderers and grafters remote from the scene of these border activities.

used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one

From this reading The year of 1871 had been so full of incidents and far reaching results for the Fourth Cavalry and its new Colonel, Ranald S. Mackenzie, that it is somewhat difficult to go back into the dim vistas of that period and select the one incident, or absorbing event which would be either of greatest magnitude or afford the most thrilling interest-- This capture of ten deserters, however, under circumstances of more than ordinary importance, since it is believed to be the record capture ever made in the Military Department of Texas, or, perhaps for that matter, of any Military Department in the United States--came about as closely in touch with the writer's life as almost any other experience he ever had while serving as an officer of that regiment--including, as it did, terrible exposure, and unavoidable hardships and privations-- Like all of the other Cavalry regiments in our Army, which were then doing about three fourths of all the active, effective work--the work that disables or kills--in the subjugation of the savage tribes in the United States, driving them into Indian reservations, and rendering it possible for the frontier border to be settled, and civilization to be advanced to a point where it could feel safe from raids and bloody incursions, the Fourth U. S. Cavalry, notwithstanding its high morale and almost perfect state of discipline--had its share of desertions-- Was Mackenzie a "Martinet" Mackenzie was not a West Point "martinet", as that term is generally understood in our Army--but, from four wounds he had received, three in the Civil War, and one that year in the campaign against Quan-ah Parker, the Una-ha-da Comanche Chief--and almost criminal neglect of his own health, in his intensity of nature and purpose in prosecuting these arduous Indian campaigns--he had become more or less irritable, irascible, exacting--sometimes erratic, and frequently explosive-- This much may be said, however, it is certain that notwithstanding his physical condition, and his mental temperament resulting therefrom, he never sought to inflict an injury or punishment upon anybody unnecessarily--never became a petty or malicious persecutor, hounding a man into his grave--and when it became evident to him as well as to others that he had done any of his officers or men an act of injustice, nobody could have been more open, free and frank in his disavowal of that act, or quicker to apologize and render all the reparation possible in his power-- This applied to any and all down to the last Second Lieutenant and private soldier in the regiment-- One man never knows another so well, even intimately--as when he is thrown closely in contact with or lives and sleeps and eats with him-- The writer had done all with Mackenzie during a greater part of this period of 1871--having been his Post Adjutant twice--during Gen. Sherman's inspection in May, at the time of the massacre of Salt Creek Prairie, and prior to our Expedition of that year, and his Field Adjutant on his entire campaign in his abortive attempt to strike Kicking Bird's band of Ki-o-was before he could be stampeded into the Fort Sill Reservation--from May 1st until Oct.

failing to accomplish an intended result

From this reading The year of 1871 had been so full of incidents and far reaching results for the Fourth Cavalry and its new Colonel, Ranald S. Mackenzie, that it is somewhat difficult to go back into the dim vistas of that period and select the one incident, or absorbing event which would be either of greatest magnitude or afford the most thrilling interest-- This capture of ten deserters, however, under circumstances of more than ordinary importance, since it is believed to be the record capture ever made in the Military Department of Texas, or, perhaps for that matter, of any Military Department in the United States--came about as closely in touch with the writer's life as almost any other experience he ever had while serving as an officer of that regiment--including, as it did, terrible exposure, and unavoidable hardships and privations-- Like all of the other Cavalry regiments in our Army, which were then doing about three fourths of all the active, effective work--the work that disables or kills--in the subjugation of the savage tribes in the United States, driving them into Indian reservations, and rendering it possible for the frontier border to be settled, and civilization to be advanced to a point where it could feel safe from raids and bloody incursions, the Fourth U. S. Cavalry, notwithstanding its high morale and almost perfect state of discipline--had its share of desertions-- Was Mackenzie a "Martinet" Mackenzie was not a West Point "martinet", as that term is generally understood in our Army--but, from four wounds he had received, three in the Civil War, and one that year in the campaign against Quan-ah Parker, the Una-ha-da Comanche Chief--and almost criminal neglect of his own health, in his intensity of nature and purpose in prosecuting these arduous Indian campaigns--he had become more or less irritable, irascible, exacting--sometimes erratic, and frequently explosive-- This much may be said, however, it is certain that notwithstanding his physical condition, and his mental temperament resulting therefrom, he never sought to inflict an injury or punishment upon anybody unnecessarily--never became a petty or malicious persecutor, hounding a man into his grave--and when it became evident to him as well as to others that he had done any of his officers or men an act of injustice, nobody could have been more open, free and frank in his disavowal of that act, or quicker to apologize and render all the reparation possible in his power-- This applied to any and all down to the last Second Lieutenant and private soldier in the regiment-- One man never knows another so well, even intimately--as when he is thrown closely in contact with or lives and sleeps and eats with him-- The writer had done all with Mackenzie during a greater part of this period of 1871--having been his Post Adjutant twice--during Gen. Sherman's inspection in May, at the time of the massacre of Salt Creek Prairie, and prior to our Expedition of that year, and his Field Adjutant on his entire campaign in his abortive attempt to strike Kicking Bird's band of Ki-o-was before he could be stampeded into the Fort Sill Reservation--from May 1st until Oct.

be abundant or plentiful; exist in large quantities

From this reading Like "_death_ and _Taxes_," we have them with us always, especially in time of wars-- It is then the vultures abound-- It is then we have the jelly-fish, spineless slackers, the pussy-foot pacifists--conscientious objectors, chicken hearted shirkers--and--"let George do it" fighters--coming down to the secret renegades--traitors, and Bolshevist anarchists and bomb throwers-- They have always been the curse of this Nation--the natural result,--as a rule--of the "Melting Pot" that does not melt--breeding a lot of mongrel curs and hybrids that should no longer be a part of our American life.

on the subject of; concerning

From this reading The year of 1871 had been so full of incidents and far reaching results for the Fourth Cavalry and its new Colonel, Ranald S. Mackenzie, that it is somewhat difficult to go back into the dim vistas of that period and select the one incident, or absorbing event which would be either of greatest magnitude or afford the most thrilling interest-- This capture of ten deserters, however, under circumstances of more than ordinary importance, since it is believed to be the record capture ever made in the Military Department of Texas, or, perhaps for that matter, of any Military Department in the United States--came about as closely in touch with the writer's life as almost any other experience he ever had while serving as an officer of that regiment--including, as it did, terrible exposure, and unavoidable hardships and privations-- Like all of the other Cavalry regiments in our Army, which were then doing about three fourths of all the active, effective work--the work that disables or kills--in the subjugation of the savage tribes in the United States, driving them into Indian reservations, and rendering it possible for the frontier border to be settled, and civilization to be advanced to a point where it could feel safe from raids and bloody incursions, the Fourth U. S. Cavalry, notwithstanding its high morale and almost perfect state of discipline--had its share of desertions-- Was Mackenzie a "Martinet" Mackenzie was not a West Point "martinet", as that term is generally understood in our Army--but, from four wounds he had received, three in the Civil War, and one that year in the campaign against Quan-ah Parker, the Una-ha-da Comanche Chief--and almost criminal neglect of his own health, in his intensity of nature and purpose in prosecuting these arduous Indian campaigns--he had become more or less irritable, irascible, exacting--sometimes erratic, and frequently explosive-- This much may be said, however, it is certain that notwithstanding his physical condition, and his mental temperament resulting therefrom, he never sought to inflict an injury or punishment upon anybody unnecessarily--never became a petty or malicious persecutor, hounding a man into his grave--and when it became evident to him as well as to others that he had done any of his officers or men an act of injustice, nobody could have been more open, free and frank in his disavowal of that act, or quicker to apologize and render all the reparation possible in his power-- This applied to any and all down to the last Second Lieutenant and private soldier in the regiment-- One man never knows another so well, even intimately--as when he is thrown closely in contact with or lives and sleeps and eats with him-- The writer had done all with Mackenzie during a greater part of this period of 1871--having been his Post Adjutant twice--during Gen. Sherman's inspection in May, at the time of the massacre of Salt Creek Prairie, and prior to our Expedition of that year, and his Field Adjutant on his entire campaign in his abortive attempt to strike Kicking Bird's band of Ki-o-was before he could be stampeded into the Fort Sill Reservation--from May 1st until Oct.

perfect or complete or pure

From this reading 3--I had got to know him very well-- Causes for Desertion Both officers and men had been under a terrific high-keyed pressure--a very great mental and physical strain, almost to the breaking point; were tired and dispirited because the results and the hard work performed, had not justified their expectations and because they could not then see any immediate relief from the performance of such exacting duty-- The pace had been a little too fast even for the Fourth Cavalry-- Much of the spirit and enthusiasm for such unremunerative work was at a very low ebb-- While it had not yet approached a complete discouragement, it was a condition of supreme disgust and contempt at the methods employed-- They felt that with the Government at Washington nullifying and rendering most of their hard labor abortive, that success in those long, weary and extremely exhausting Indian campaigns was not so much dependent upon their absolute loyalty to duty and perfect willingness to sacrifice themselves when necessary in achieving results, as upon the paralyzing acts and influence of the "Indian Ring" in Washington and the ever changing political cesspools of a politically ridden country-- They wanted to see the tangible results or fruits of such terribly hard service and to feel that such hardships, privations and sacrifices as they had experienced, had not been in vain or wasted by a gang of cold blooded, unscrupulous plunderers and grafters remote from the scene of these border activities.

capable of arousing and holding the attention

From this reading The year of 1871 had been so full of incidents and far reaching results for the Fourth Cavalry and its new Colonel, Ranald S. Mackenzie, that it is somewhat difficult to go back into the dim vistas of that period and select the one incident, or absorbing event which would be either of greatest magnitude or afford the most thrilling interest-- This capture of ten deserters, however, under circumstances of more than ordinary importance, since it is believed to be the record capture ever made in the Military Department of Texas, or, perhaps for that matter, of any Military Department in the United States--came about as closely in touch with the writer's life as almost any other experience he ever had while serving as an officer of that regiment--including, as it did, terrible exposure, and unavoidable hardships and privations-- Like all of the other Cavalry regiments in our Army, which were then doing about three fourths of all the active, effective work--the work that disables or kills--in the subjugation of the savage tribes in the United States, driving them into Indian reservations, and rendering it possible for the frontier border to be settled, and civilization to be advanced to a point where it could feel safe from raids and bloody incursions, the Fourth U. S. Cavalry, notwithstanding its high morale and almost perfect state of discipline--had its share of desertions-- Was Mackenzie a "Martinet" Mackenzie was not a West Point "martinet", as that term is generally understood in our Army--but, from four wounds he had received, three in the Civil War, and one that year in the campaign against Quan-ah Parker, the Una-ha-da Comanche Chief--and almost criminal neglect of his own health, in his intensity of nature and purpose in prosecuting these arduous Indian campaigns--he had become more or less irritable, irascible, exacting--sometimes erratic, and frequently explosive-- This much may be said, however, it is certain that notwithstanding his physical condition, and his mental temperament resulting therefrom, he never sought to inflict an injury or punishment upon anybody unnecessarily--never became a petty or malicious persecutor, hounding a man into his grave--and when it became evident to him as well as to others that he had done any of his officers or men an act of injustice, nobody could have been more open, free and frank in his disavowal of that act, or quicker to apologize and render all the reparation possible in his power-- This applied to any and all down to the last Second Lieutenant and private soldier in the regiment-- One man never knows another so well, even intimately--as when he is thrown closely in contact with or lives and sleeps and eats with him-- The writer had done all with Mackenzie during a greater part of this period of 1871--having been his Post Adjutant twice--during Gen. Sherman's inspection in May, at the time of the massacre of Salt Creek Prairie, and prior to our Expedition of that year, and his Field Adjutant on his entire campaign in his abortive attempt to strike Kicking Bird's band of Ki-o-was before he could be stampeded into the Fort Sill Reservation--from May 1st until Oct.

-ing form of “achieve” — to gain with effort

From this reading 3--I had got to know him very well-- Causes for Desertion Both officers and men had been under a terrific high-keyed pressure--a very great mental and physical strain, almost to the breaking point; were tired and dispirited because the results and the hard work performed, had not justified their expectations and because they could not then see any immediate relief from the performance of such exacting duty-- The pace had been a little too fast even for the Fourth Cavalry-- Much of the spirit and enthusiasm for such unremunerative work was at a very low ebb-- While it had not yet approached a complete discouragement, it was a condition of supreme disgust and contempt at the methods employed-- They felt that with the Government at Washington nullifying and rendering most of their hard labor abortive, that success in those long, weary and extremely exhausting Indian campaigns was not so much dependent upon their absolute loyalty to duty and perfect willingness to sacrifice themselves when necessary in achieving results, as upon the paralyzing acts and influence of the "Indian Ring" in Washington and the ever changing political cesspools of a politically ridden country-- They wanted to see the tangible results or fruits of such terribly hard service and to feel that such hardships, privations and sacrifices as they had experienced, had not been in vain or wasted by a gang of cold blooded, unscrupulous plunderers and grafters remote from the scene of these border activities.

perform an action, or work out or perform (an action)

From this reading The year of 1871 had been so full of incidents and far reaching results for the Fourth Cavalry and its new Colonel, Ranald S. Mackenzie, that it is somewhat difficult to go back into the dim vistas of that period and select the one incident, or absorbing event which would be either of greatest magnitude or afford the most thrilling interest-- This capture of ten deserters, however, under circumstances of more than ordinary importance, since it is believed to be the record capture ever made in the Military Department of Texas, or, perhaps for that matter, of any Military Department in the United States--came about as closely in touch with the writer's life as almost any other experience he ever had while serving as an officer of that regiment--including, as it did, terrible exposure, and unavoidable hardships and privations-- Like all of the other Cavalry regiments in our Army, which were then doing about three fourths of all the active, effective work--the work that disables or kills--in the subjugation of the savage tribes in the United States, driving them into Indian reservations, and rendering it possible for the frontier border to be settled, and civilization to be advanced to a point where it could feel safe from raids and bloody incursions, the Fourth U. S. Cavalry, notwithstanding its high morale and almost perfect state of discipline--had its share of desertions-- Was Mackenzie a "Martinet" Mackenzie was not a West Point "martinet", as that term is generally understood in our Army--but, from four wounds he had received, three in the Civil War, and one that year in the campaign against Quan-ah Parker, the Una-ha-da Comanche Chief--and almost criminal neglect of his own health, in his intensity of nature and purpose in prosecuting these arduous Indian campaigns--he had become more or less irritable, irascible, exacting--sometimes erratic, and frequently explosive-- This much may be said, however, it is certain that notwithstanding his physical condition, and his mental temperament resulting therefrom, he never sought to inflict an injury or punishment upon anybody unnecessarily--never became a petty or malicious persecutor, hounding a man into his grave--and when it became evident to him as well as to others that he had done any of his officers or men an act of injustice, nobody could have been more open, free and frank in his disavowal of that act, or quicker to apologize and render all the reparation possible in his power-- This applied to any and all down to the last Second Lieutenant and private soldier in the regiment-- One man never knows another so well, even intimately--as when he is thrown closely in contact with or lives and sleeps and eats with him-- The writer had done all with Mackenzie during a greater part of this period of 1871--having been his Post Adjutant twice--during Gen. Sherman's inspection in May, at the time of the massacre of Salt Creek Prairie, and prior to our Expedition of that year, and his Field Adjutant on his entire campaign in his abortive attempt to strike Kicking Bird's band of Ki-o-was before he could be stampeded into the Fort Sill Reservation--from May 1st until Oct.

tending to become more severe or wider in scope

From this reading The year of 1871 had been so full of incidents and far reaching results for the Fourth Cavalry and its new Colonel, Ranald S. Mackenzie, that it is somewhat difficult to go back into the dim vistas of that period and select the one incident, or absorbing event which would be either of greatest magnitude or afford the most thrilling interest-- This capture of ten deserters, however, under circumstances of more than ordinary importance, since it is believed to be the record capture ever made in the Military Department of Texas, or, perhaps for that matter, of any Military Department in the United States--came about as closely in touch with the writer's life as almost any other experience he ever had while serving as an officer of that regiment--including, as it did, terrible exposure, and unavoidable hardships and privations-- Like all of the other Cavalry regiments in our Army, which were then doing about three fourths of all the active, effective work--the work that disables or kills--in the subjugation of the savage tribes in the United States, driving them into Indian reservations, and rendering it possible for the frontier border to be settled, and civilization to be advanced to a point where it could feel safe from raids and bloody incursions, the Fourth U. S. Cavalry, notwithstanding its high morale and almost perfect state of discipline--had its share of desertions-- Was Mackenzie a "Martinet" Mackenzie was not a West Point "martinet", as that term is generally understood in our Army--but, from four wounds he had received, three in the Civil War, and one that year in the campaign against Quan-ah Parker, the Una-ha-da Comanche Chief--and almost criminal neglect of his own health, in his intensity of nature and purpose in prosecuting these arduous Indian campaigns--he had become more or less irritable, irascible, exacting--sometimes erratic, and frequently explosive-- This much may be said, however, it is certain that notwithstanding his physical condition, and his mental temperament resulting therefrom, he never sought to inflict an injury or punishment upon anybody unnecessarily--never became a petty or malicious persecutor, hounding a man into his grave--and when it became evident to him as well as to others that he had done any of his officers or men an act of injustice, nobody could have been more open, free and frank in his disavowal of that act, or quicker to apologize and render all the reparation possible in his power-- This applied to any and all down to the last Second Lieutenant and private soldier in the regiment-- One man never knows another so well, even intimately--as when he is thrown closely in contact with or lives and sleeps and eats with him-- The writer had done all with Mackenzie during a greater part of this period of 1871--having been his Post Adjutant twice--during Gen. Sherman's inspection in May, at the time of the massacre of Salt Creek Prairie, and prior to our Expedition of that year, and his Field Adjutant on his entire campaign in his abortive attempt to strike Kicking Bird's band of Ki-o-was before he could be stampeded into the Fort Sill Reservation--from May 1st until Oct.

plural of “activity” — any specific behavior

From this reading 3--I had got to know him very well-- Causes for Desertion Both officers and men had been under a terrific high-keyed pressure--a very great mental and physical strain, almost to the breaking point; were tired and dispirited because the results and the hard work performed, had not justified their expectations and because they could not then see any immediate relief from the performance of such exacting duty-- The pace had been a little too fast even for the Fourth Cavalry-- Much of the spirit and enthusiasm for such unremunerative work was at a very low ebb-- While it had not yet approached a complete discouragement, it was a condition of supreme disgust and contempt at the methods employed-- They felt that with the Government at Washington nullifying and rendering most of their hard labor abortive, that success in those long, weary and extremely exhausting Indian campaigns was not so much dependent upon their absolute loyalty to duty and perfect willingness to sacrifice themselves when necessary in achieving results, as upon the paralyzing acts and influence of the "Indian Ring" in Washington and the ever changing political cesspools of a politically ridden country-- They wanted to see the tangible results or fruits of such terribly hard service and to feel that such hardships, privations and sacrifices as they had experienced, had not been in vain or wasted by a gang of cold blooded, unscrupulous plunderers and grafters remote from the scene of these border activities.

a New Testament book describing the development of the early church from Christ's Ascension to Paul's sojourn at Rome

From this reading 3--I had got to know him very well-- Causes for Desertion Both officers and men had been under a terrific high-keyed pressure--a very great mental and physical strain, almost to the breaking point; were tired and dispirited because the results and the hard work performed, had not justified their expectations and because they could not then see any immediate relief from the performance of such exacting duty-- The pace had been a little too fast even for the Fourth Cavalry-- Much of the spirit and enthusiasm for such unremunerative work was at a very low ebb-- While it had not yet approached a complete discouragement, it was a condition of supreme disgust and contempt at the methods employed-- They felt that with the Government at Washington nullifying and rendering most of their hard labor abortive, that success in those long, weary and extremely exhausting Indian campaigns was not so much dependent upon their absolute loyalty to duty and perfect willingness to sacrifice themselves when necessary in achieving results, as upon the paralyzing acts and influence of the "Indian Ring" in Washington and the ever changing political cesspools of a politically ridden country-- They wanted to see the tangible results or fruits of such terribly hard service and to feel that such hardships, privations and sacrifices as they had experienced, had not been in vain or wasted by a gang of cold blooded, unscrupulous plunderers and grafters remote from the scene of these border activities.

an officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer

From this reading The year of 1871 had been so full of incidents and far reaching results for the Fourth Cavalry and its new Colonel, Ranald S. Mackenzie, that it is somewhat difficult to go back into the dim vistas of that period and select the one incident, or absorbing event which would be either of greatest magnitude or afford the most thrilling interest-- This capture of ten deserters, however, under circumstances of more than ordinary importance, since it is believed to be the record capture ever made in the Military Department of Texas, or, perhaps for that matter, of any Military Department in the United States--came about as closely in touch with the writer's life as almost any other experience he ever had while serving as an officer of that regiment--including, as it did, terrible exposure, and unavoidable hardships and privations-- Like all of the other Cavalry regiments in our Army, which were then doing about three fourths of all the active, effective work--the work that disables or kills--in the subjugation of the savage tribes in the United States, driving them into Indian reservations, and rendering it possible for the frontier border to be settled, and civilization to be advanced to a point where it could feel safe from raids and bloody incursions, the Fourth U. S. Cavalry, notwithstanding its high morale and almost perfect state of discipline--had its share of desertions-- Was Mackenzie a "Martinet" Mackenzie was not a West Point "martinet", as that term is generally understood in our Army--but, from four wounds he had received, three in the Civil War, and one that year in the campaign against Quan-ah Parker, the Una-ha-da Comanche Chief--and almost criminal neglect of his own health, in his intensity of nature and purpose in prosecuting these arduous Indian campaigns--he had become more or less irritable, irascible, exacting--sometimes erratic, and frequently explosive-- This much may be said, however, it is certain that notwithstanding his physical condition, and his mental temperament resulting therefrom, he never sought to inflict an injury or punishment upon anybody unnecessarily--never became a petty or malicious persecutor, hounding a man into his grave--and when it became evident to him as well as to others that he had done any of his officers or men an act of injustice, nobody could have been more open, free and frank in his disavowal of that act, or quicker to apologize and render all the reparation possible in his power-- This applied to any and all down to the last Second Lieutenant and private soldier in the regiment-- One man never knows another so well, even intimately--as when he is thrown closely in contact with or lives and sleeps and eats with him-- The writer had done all with Mackenzie during a greater part of this period of 1871--having been his Post Adjutant twice--during Gen. Sherman's inspection in May, at the time of the massacre of Salt Creek Prairie, and prior to our Expedition of that year, and his Field Adjutant on his entire campaign in his abortive attempt to strike Kicking Bird's band of Ki-o-was before he could be stampeded into the Fort Sill Reservation--from May 1st until Oct.

farther along in physical or mental development

From this reading The year of 1871 had been so full of incidents and far reaching results for the Fourth Cavalry and its new Colonel, Ranald S. Mackenzie, that it is somewhat difficult to go back into the dim vistas of that period and select the one incident, or absorbing event which would be either of greatest magnitude or afford the most thrilling interest-- This capture of ten deserters, however, under circumstances of more than ordinary importance, since it is believed to be the record capture ever made in the Military Department of Texas, or, perhaps for that matter, of any Military Department in the United States--came about as closely in touch with the writer's life as almost any other experience he ever had while serving as an officer of that regiment--including, as it did, terrible exposure, and unavoidable hardships and privations-- Like all of the other Cavalry regiments in our Army, which were then doing about three fourths of all the active, effective work--the work that disables or kills--in the subjugation of the savage tribes in the United States, driving them into Indian reservations, and rendering it possible for the frontier border to be settled, and civilization to be advanced to a point where it could feel safe from raids and bloody incursions, the Fourth U. S. Cavalry, notwithstanding its high morale and almost perfect state of discipline--had its share of desertions-- Was Mackenzie a "Martinet" Mackenzie was not a West Point "martinet", as that term is generally understood in our Army--but, from four wounds he had received, three in the Civil War, and one that year in the campaign against Quan-ah Parker, the Una-ha-da Comanche Chief--and almost criminal neglect of his own health, in his intensity of nature and purpose in prosecuting these arduous Indian campaigns--he had become more or less irritable, irascible, exacting--sometimes erratic, and frequently explosive-- This much may be said, however, it is certain that notwithstanding his physical condition, and his mental temperament resulting therefrom, he never sought to inflict an injury or punishment upon anybody unnecessarily--never became a petty or malicious persecutor, hounding a man into his grave--and when it became evident to him as well as to others that he had done any of his officers or men an act of injustice, nobody could have been more open, free and frank in his disavowal of that act, or quicker to apologize and render all the reparation possible in his power-- This applied to any and all down to the last Second Lieutenant and private soldier in the regiment-- One man never knows another so well, even intimately--as when he is thrown closely in contact with or lives and sleeps and eats with him-- The writer had done all with Mackenzie during a greater part of this period of 1871--having been his Post Adjutant twice--during Gen. Sherman's inspection in May, at the time of the massacre of Salt Creek Prairie, and prior to our Expedition of that year, and his Field Adjutant on his entire campaign in his abortive attempt to strike Kicking Bird's band of Ki-o-was before he could be stampeded into the Fort Sill Reservation--from May 1st until Oct.

be able to spare or give up

From this reading The year of 1871 had been so full of incidents and far reaching results for the Fourth Cavalry and its new Colonel, Ranald S. Mackenzie, that it is somewhat difficult to go back into the dim vistas of that period and select the one incident, or absorbing event which would be either of greatest magnitude or afford the most thrilling interest-- This capture of ten deserters, however, under circumstances of more than ordinary importance, since it is believed to be the record capture ever made in the Military Department of Texas, or, perhaps for that matter, of any Military Department in the United States--came about as closely in touch with the writer's life as almost any other experience he ever had while serving as an officer of that regiment--including, as it did, terrible exposure, and unavoidable hardships and privations-- Like all of the other Cavalry regiments in our Army, which were then doing about three fourths of all the active, effective work--the work that disables or kills--in the subjugation of the savage tribes in the United States, driving them into Indian reservations, and rendering it possible for the frontier border to be settled, and civilization to be advanced to a point where it could feel safe from raids and bloody incursions, the Fourth U. S. Cavalry, notwithstanding its high morale and almost perfect state of discipline--had its share of desertions-- Was Mackenzie a "Martinet" Mackenzie was not a West Point "martinet", as that term is generally understood in our Army--but, from four wounds he had received, three in the Civil War, and one that year in the campaign against Quan-ah Parker, the Una-ha-da Comanche Chief--and almost criminal neglect of his own health, in his intensity of nature and purpose in prosecuting these arduous Indian campaigns--he had become more or less irritable, irascible, exacting--sometimes erratic, and frequently explosive-- This much may be said, however, it is certain that notwithstanding his physical condition, and his mental temperament resulting therefrom, he never sought to inflict an injury or punishment upon anybody unnecessarily--never became a petty or malicious persecutor, hounding a man into his grave--and when it became evident to him as well as to others that he had done any of his officers or men an act of injustice, nobody could have been more open, free and frank in his disavowal of that act, or quicker to apologize and render all the reparation possible in his power-- This applied to any and all down to the last Second Lieutenant and private soldier in the regiment-- One man never knows another so well, even intimately--as when he is thrown closely in contact with or lives and sleeps and eats with him-- The writer had done all with Mackenzie during a greater part of this period of 1871--having been his Post Adjutant twice--during Gen. Sherman's inspection in May, at the time of the massacre of Salt Creek Prairie, and prior to our Expedition of that year, and his Field Adjutant on his entire campaign in his abortive attempt to strike Kicking Bird's band of Ki-o-was before he could be stampeded into the Fort Sill Reservation--from May 1st until Oct.

touching and pressing; in opposition to

From this reading The year of 1871 had been so full of incidents and far reaching results for the Fourth Cavalry and its new Colonel, Ranald S. Mackenzie, that it is somewhat difficult to go back into the dim vistas of that period and select the one incident, or absorbing event which would be either of greatest magnitude or afford the most thrilling interest-- This capture of ten deserters, however, under circumstances of more than ordinary importance, since it is believed to be the record capture ever made in the Military Department of Texas, or, perhaps for that matter, of any Military Department in the United States--came about as closely in touch with the writer's life as almost any other experience he ever had while serving as an officer of that regiment--including, as it did, terrible exposure, and unavoidable hardships and privations-- Like all of the other Cavalry regiments in our Army, which were then doing about three fourths of all the active, effective work--the work that disables or kills--in the subjugation of the savage tribes in the United States, driving them into Indian reservations, and rendering it possible for the frontier border to be settled, and civilization to be advanced to a point where it could feel safe from raids and bloody incursions, the Fourth U. S. Cavalry, notwithstanding its high morale and almost perfect state of discipline--had its share of desertions-- Was Mackenzie a "Martinet" Mackenzie was not a West Point "martinet", as that term is generally understood in our Army--but, from four wounds he had received, three in the Civil War, and one that year in the campaign against Quan-ah Parker, the Una-ha-da Comanche Chief--and almost criminal neglect of his own health, in his intensity of nature and purpose in prosecuting these arduous Indian campaigns--he had become more or less irritable, irascible, exacting--sometimes erratic, and frequently explosive-- This much may be said, however, it is certain that notwithstanding his physical condition, and his mental temperament resulting therefrom, he never sought to inflict an injury or punishment upon anybody unnecessarily--never became a petty or malicious persecutor, hounding a man into his grave--and when it became evident to him as well as to others that he had done any of his officers or men an act of injustice, nobody could have been more open, free and frank in his disavowal of that act, or quicker to apologize and render all the reparation possible in his power-- This applied to any and all down to the last Second Lieutenant and private soldier in the regiment-- One man never knows another so well, even intimately--as when he is thrown closely in contact with or lives and sleeps and eats with him-- The writer had done all with Mackenzie during a greater part of this period of 1871--having been his Post Adjutant twice--during Gen. Sherman's inspection in May, at the time of the massacre of Salt Creek Prairie, and prior to our Expedition of that year, and his Field Adjutant on his entire campaign in his abortive attempt to strike Kicking Bird's band of Ki-o-was before he could be stampeded into the Fort Sill Reservation--from May 1st until Oct.

(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class

From this reading The year of 1871 had been so full of incidents and far reaching results for the Fourth Cavalry and its new Colonel, Ranald S. Mackenzie, that it is somewhat difficult to go back into the dim vistas of that period and select the one incident, or absorbing event which would be either of greatest magnitude or afford the most thrilling interest-- This capture of ten deserters, however, under circumstances of more than ordinary importance, since it is believed to be the record capture ever made in the Military Department of Texas, or, perhaps for that matter, of any Military Department in the United States--came about as closely in touch with the writer's life as almost any other experience he ever had while serving as an officer of that regiment--including, as it did, terrible exposure, and unavoidable hardships and privations-- Like all of the other Cavalry regiments in our Army, which were then doing about three fourths of all the active, effective work--the work that disables or kills--in the subjugation of the savage tribes in the United States, driving them into Indian reservations, and rendering it possible for the frontier border to be settled, and civilization to be advanced to a point where it could feel safe from raids and bloody incursions, the Fourth U. S. Cavalry, notwithstanding its high morale and almost perfect state of discipline--had its share of desertions-- Was Mackenzie a "Martinet" Mackenzie was not a West Point "martinet", as that term is generally understood in our Army--but, from four wounds he had received, three in the Civil War, and one that year in the campaign against Quan-ah Parker, the Una-ha-da Comanche Chief--and almost criminal neglect of his own health, in his intensity of nature and purpose in prosecuting these arduous Indian campaigns--he had become more or less irritable, irascible, exacting--sometimes erratic, and frequently explosive-- This much may be said, however, it is certain that notwithstanding his physical condition, and his mental temperament resulting therefrom, he never sought to inflict an injury or punishment upon anybody unnecessarily--never became a petty or malicious persecutor, hounding a man into his grave--and when it became evident to him as well as to others that he had done any of his officers or men an act of injustice, nobody could have been more open, free and frank in his disavowal of that act, or quicker to apologize and render all the reparation possible in his power-- This applied to any and all down to the last Second Lieutenant and private soldier in the regiment-- One man never knows another so well, even intimately--as when he is thrown closely in contact with or lives and sleeps and eats with him-- The writer had done all with Mackenzie during a greater part of this period of 1871--having been his Post Adjutant twice--during Gen. Sherman's inspection in May, at the time of the massacre of Salt Creek Prairie, and prior to our Expedition of that year, and his Field Adjutant on his entire campaign in his abortive attempt to strike Kicking Bird's band of Ki-o-was before he could be stampeded into the Fort Sill Reservation--from May 1st until Oct.

(of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but

From this reading The year of 1871 had been so full of incidents and far reaching results for the Fourth Cavalry and its new Colonel, Ranald S. Mackenzie, that it is somewhat difficult to go back into the dim vistas of that period and select the one incident, or absorbing event which would be either of greatest magnitude or afford the most thrilling interest-- This capture of ten deserters, however, under circumstances of more than ordinary importance, since it is believed to be the record capture ever made in the Military Department of Texas, or, perhaps for that matter, of any Military Department in the United States--came about as closely in touch with the writer's life as almost any other experience he ever had while serving as an officer of that regiment--including, as it did, terrible exposure, and unavoidable hardships and privations-- Like all of the other Cavalry regiments in our Army, which were then doing about three fourths of all the active, effective work--the work that disables or kills--in the subjugation of the savage tribes in the United States, driving them into Indian reservations, and rendering it possible for the frontier border to be settled, and civilization to be advanced to a point where it could feel safe from raids and bloody incursions, the Fourth U. S. Cavalry, notwithstanding its high morale and almost perfect state of discipline--had its share of desertions-- Was Mackenzie a "Martinet" Mackenzie was not a West Point "martinet", as that term is generally understood in our Army--but, from four wounds he had received, three in the Civil War, and one that year in the campaign against Quan-ah Parker, the Una-ha-da Comanche Chief--and almost criminal neglect of his own health, in his intensity of nature and purpose in prosecuting these arduous Indian campaigns--he had become more or less irritable, irascible, exacting--sometimes erratic, and frequently explosive-- This much may be said, however, it is certain that notwithstanding his physical condition, and his mental temperament resulting therefrom, he never sought to inflict an injury or punishment upon anybody unnecessarily--never became a petty or malicious persecutor, hounding a man into his grave--and when it became evident to him as well as to others that he had done any of his officers or men an act of injustice, nobody could have been more open, free and frank in his disavowal of that act, or quicker to apologize and render all the reparation possible in his power-- This applied to any and all down to the last Second Lieutenant and private soldier in the regiment-- One man never knows another so well, even intimately--as when he is thrown closely in contact with or lives and sleeps and eats with him-- The writer had done all with Mackenzie during a greater part of this period of 1871--having been his Post Adjutant twice--during Gen. Sherman's inspection in May, at the time of the massacre of Salt Creek Prairie, and prior to our Expedition of that year, and his Field Adjutant on his entire campaign in his abortive attempt to strike Kicking Bird's band of Ki-o-was before he could be stampeded into the Fort Sill Reservation--from May 1st until Oct.

at all times; all the time and on every occasion

From this reading Like "_death_ and _Taxes_," we have them with us always, especially in time of wars-- It is then the vultures abound-- It is then we have the jelly-fish, spineless slackers, the pussy-foot pacifists--conscientious objectors, chicken hearted shirkers--and--"let George do it" fighters--coming down to the secret renegades--traitors, and Bolshevist anarchists and bomb throwers-- They have always been the curse of this Nation--the natural result,--as a rule--of the "Melting Pot" that does not melt--breeding a lot of mongrel curs and hybrids that should no longer be a part of our American life.

a native or inhabitant of the United States

From this reading Like "_death_ and _Taxes_," we have them with us always, especially in time of wars-- It is then the vultures abound-- It is then we have the jelly-fish, spineless slackers, the pussy-foot pacifists--conscientious objectors, chicken hearted shirkers--and--"let George do it" fighters--coming down to the secret renegades--traitors, and Bolshevist anarchists and bomb throwers-- They have always been the curse of this Nation--the natural result,--as a rule--of the "Melting Pot" that does not melt--breeding a lot of mongrel curs and hybrids that should no longer be a part of our American life.

the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound

From this reading The year of 1871 had been so full of incidents and far reaching results for the Fourth Cavalry and its new Colonel, Ranald S. Mackenzie, that it is somewhat difficult to go back into the dim vistas of that period and select the one incident, or absorbing event which would be either of greatest magnitude or afford the most thrilling interest-- This capture of ten deserters, however, under circumstances of more than ordinary importance, since it is believed to be the record capture ever made in the Military Department of Texas, or, perhaps for that matter, of any Military Department in the United States--came about as closely in touch with the writer's life as almost any other experience he ever had while serving as an officer of that regiment--including, as it did, terrible exposure, and unavoidable hardships and privations-- Like all of the other Cavalry regiments in our Army, which were then doing about three fourths of all the active, effective work--the work that disables or kills--in the subjugation of the savage tribes in the United States, driving them into Indian reservations, and rendering it possible for the frontier border to be settled, and civilization to be advanced to a point where it could feel safe from raids and bloody incursions, the Fourth U. S. Cavalry, notwithstanding its high morale and almost perfect state of discipline--had its share of desertions-- Was Mackenzie a "Martinet" Mackenzie was not a West Point "martinet", as that term is generally understood in our Army--but, from four wounds he had received, three in the Civil War, and one that year in the campaign against Quan-ah Parker, the Una-ha-da Comanche Chief--and almost criminal neglect of his own health, in his intensity of nature and purpose in prosecuting these arduous Indian campaigns--he had become more or less irritable, irascible, exacting--sometimes erratic, and frequently explosive-- This much may be said, however, it is certain that notwithstanding his physical condition, and his mental temperament resulting therefrom, he never sought to inflict an injury or punishment upon anybody unnecessarily--never became a petty or malicious persecutor, hounding a man into his grave--and when it became evident to him as well as to others that he had done any of his officers or men an act of injustice, nobody could have been more open, free and frank in his disavowal of that act, or quicker to apologize and render all the reparation possible in his power-- This applied to any and all down to the last Second Lieutenant and private soldier in the regiment-- One man never knows another so well, even intimately--as when he is thrown closely in contact with or lives and sleeps and eats with him-- The writer had done all with Mackenzie during a greater part of this period of 1871--having been his Post Adjutant twice--during Gen. Sherman's inspection in May, at the time of the massacre of Salt Creek Prairie, and prior to our Expedition of that year, and his Field Adjutant on his entire campaign in his abortive attempt to strike Kicking Bird's band of Ki-o-was before he could be stampeded into the Fort Sill Reservation--from May 1st until Oct.

plural of “anarchist” — an advocate of anarchism

From this reading Like "_death_ and _Taxes_," we have them with us always, especially in time of wars-- It is then the vultures abound-- It is then we have the jelly-fish, spineless slackers, the pussy-foot pacifists--conscientious objectors, chicken hearted shirkers--and--"let George do it" fighters--coming down to the secret renegades--traitors, and Bolshevist anarchists and bomb throwers-- They have always been the curse of this Nation--the natural result,--as a rule--of the "Melting Pot" that does not melt--breeding a lot of mongrel curs and hybrids that should no longer be a part of our American life.

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading The year of 1871 had been so full of incidents and far reaching results for the Fourth Cavalry and its new Colonel, Ranald S. Mackenzie, that it is somewhat difficult to go back into the dim vistas of that period and select the one incident, or absorbing event which would be either of greatest magnitude or afford the most thrilling interest-- This capture of ten deserters, however, under circumstances of more than ordinary importance, since it is believed to be the record capture ever made in the Military Department of Texas, or, perhaps for that matter, of any Military Department in the United States--came about as closely in touch with the writer's life as almost any other experience he ever had while serving as an officer of that regiment--including, as it did, terrible exposure, and unavoidable hardships and privations-- Like all of the other Cavalry regiments in our Army, which were then doing about three fourths of all the active, effective work--the work that disables or kills--in the subjugation of the savage tribes in the United States, driving them into Indian reservations, and rendering it possible for the frontier border to be settled, and civilization to be advanced to a point where it could feel safe from raids and bloody incursions, the Fourth U. S. Cavalry, notwithstanding its high morale and almost perfect state of discipline--had its share of desertions-- Was Mackenzie a "Martinet" Mackenzie was not a West Point "martinet", as that term is generally understood in our Army--but, from four wounds he had received, three in the Civil War, and one that year in the campaign against Quan-ah Parker, the Una-ha-da Comanche Chief--and almost criminal neglect of his own health, in his intensity of nature and purpose in prosecuting these arduous Indian campaigns--he had become more or less irritable, irascible, exacting--sometimes erratic, and frequently explosive-- This much may be said, however, it is certain that notwithstanding his physical condition, and his mental temperament resulting therefrom, he never sought to inflict an injury or punishment upon anybody unnecessarily--never became a petty or malicious persecutor, hounding a man into his grave--and when it became evident to him as well as to others that he had done any of his officers or men an act of injustice, nobody could have been more open, free and frank in his disavowal of that act, or quicker to apologize and render all the reparation possible in his power-- This applied to any and all down to the last Second Lieutenant and private soldier in the regiment-- One man never knows another so well, even intimately--as when he is thrown closely in contact with or lives and sleeps and eats with him-- The writer had done all with Mackenzie during a greater part of this period of 1871--having been his Post Adjutant twice--during Gen. Sherman's inspection in May, at the time of the massacre of Salt Creek Prairie, and prior to our Expedition of that year, and his Field Adjutant on his entire campaign in his abortive attempt to strike Kicking Bird's band of Ki-o-was before he could be stampeded into the Fort Sill Reservation--from May 1st until Oct.

one more of the same kind, or a different one

From this reading The year of 1871 had been so full of incidents and far reaching results for the Fourth Cavalry and its new Colonel, Ranald S. Mackenzie, that it is somewhat difficult to go back into the dim vistas of that period and select the one incident, or absorbing event which would be either of greatest magnitude or afford the most thrilling interest-- This capture of ten deserters, however, under circumstances of more than ordinary importance, since it is believed to be the record capture ever made in the Military Department of Texas, or, perhaps for that matter, of any Military Department in the United States--came about as closely in touch with the writer's life as almost any other experience he ever had while serving as an officer of that regiment--including, as it did, terrible exposure, and unavoidable hardships and privations-- Like all of the other Cavalry regiments in our Army, which were then doing about three fourths of all the active, effective work--the work that disables or kills--in the subjugation of the savage tribes in the United States, driving them into Indian reservations, and rendering it possible for the frontier border to be settled, and civilization to be advanced to a point where it could feel safe from raids and bloody incursions, the Fourth U. S. Cavalry, notwithstanding its high morale and almost perfect state of discipline--had its share of desertions-- Was Mackenzie a "Martinet" Mackenzie was not a West Point "martinet", as that term is generally understood in our Army--but, from four wounds he had received, three in the Civil War, and one that year in the campaign against Quan-ah Parker, the Una-ha-da Comanche Chief--and almost criminal neglect of his own health, in his intensity of nature and purpose in prosecuting these arduous Indian campaigns--he had become more or less irritable, irascible, exacting--sometimes erratic, and frequently explosive-- This much may be said, however, it is certain that notwithstanding his physical condition, and his mental temperament resulting therefrom, he never sought to inflict an injury or punishment upon anybody unnecessarily--never became a petty or malicious persecutor, hounding a man into his grave--and when it became evident to him as well as to others that he had done any of his officers or men an act of injustice, nobody could have been more open, free and frank in his disavowal of that act, or quicker to apologize and render all the reparation possible in his power-- This applied to any and all down to the last Second Lieutenant and private soldier in the regiment-- One man never knows another so well, even intimately--as when he is thrown closely in contact with or lives and sleeps and eats with him-- The writer had done all with Mackenzie during a greater part of this period of 1871--having been his Post Adjutant twice--during Gen. Sherman's inspection in May, at the time of the massacre of Salt Creek Prairie, and prior to our Expedition of that year, and his Field Adjutant on his entire campaign in his abortive attempt to strike Kicking Bird's band of Ki-o-was before he could be stampeded into the Fort Sill Reservation--from May 1st until Oct.

one or some or every or all without specification

From this reading The year of 1871 had been so full of incidents and far reaching results for the Fourth Cavalry and its new Colonel, Ranald S. Mackenzie, that it is somewhat difficult to go back into the dim vistas of that period and select the one incident, or absorbing event which would be either of greatest magnitude or afford the most thrilling interest-- This capture of ten deserters, however, under circumstances of more than ordinary importance, since it is believed to be the record capture ever made in the Military Department of Texas, or, perhaps for that matter, of any Military Department in the United States--came about as closely in touch with the writer's life as almost any other experience he ever had while serving as an officer of that regiment--including, as it did, terrible exposure, and unavoidable hardships and privations-- Like all of the other Cavalry regiments in our Army, which were then doing about three fourths of all the active, effective work--the work that disables or kills--in the subjugation of the savage tribes in the United States, driving them into Indian reservations, and rendering it possible for the frontier border to be settled, and civilization to be advanced to a point where it could feel safe from raids and bloody incursions, the Fourth U. S. Cavalry, notwithstanding its high morale and almost perfect state of discipline--had its share of desertions-- Was Mackenzie a "Martinet" Mackenzie was not a West Point "martinet", as that term is generally understood in our Army--but, from four wounds he had received, three in the Civil War, and one that year in the campaign against Quan-ah Parker, the Una-ha-da Comanche Chief--and almost criminal neglect of his own health, in his intensity of nature and purpose in prosecuting these arduous Indian campaigns--he had become more or less irritable, irascible, exacting--sometimes erratic, and frequently explosive-- This much may be said, however, it is certain that notwithstanding his physical condition, and his mental temperament resulting therefrom, he never sought to inflict an injury or punishment upon anybody unnecessarily--never became a petty or malicious persecutor, hounding a man into his grave--and when it became evident to him as well as to others that he had done any of his officers or men an act of injustice, nobody could have been more open, free and frank in his disavowal of that act, or quicker to apologize and render all the reparation possible in his power-- This applied to any and all down to the last Second Lieutenant and private soldier in the regiment-- One man never knows another so well, even intimately--as when he is thrown closely in contact with or lives and sleeps and eats with him-- The writer had done all with Mackenzie during a greater part of this period of 1871--having been his Post Adjutant twice--during Gen. Sherman's inspection in May, at the time of the massacre of Salt Creek Prairie, and prior to our Expedition of that year, and his Field Adjutant on his entire campaign in his abortive attempt to strike Kicking Bird's band of Ki-o-was before he could be stampeded into the Fort Sill Reservation--from May 1st until Oct.

any person at all

From this reading The year of 1871 had been so full of incidents and far reaching results for the Fourth Cavalry and its new Colonel, Ranald S. Mackenzie, that it is somewhat difficult to go back into the dim vistas of that period and select the one incident, or absorbing event which would be either of greatest magnitude or afford the most thrilling interest-- This capture of ten deserters, however, under circumstances of more than ordinary importance, since it is believed to be the record capture ever made in the Military Department of Texas, or, perhaps for that matter, of any Military Department in the United States--came about as closely in touch with the writer's life as almost any other experience he ever had while serving as an officer of that regiment--including, as it did, terrible exposure, and unavoidable hardships and privations-- Like all of the other Cavalry regiments in our Army, which were then doing about three fourths of all the active, effective work--the work that disables or kills--in the subjugation of the savage tribes in the United States, driving them into Indian reservations, and rendering it possible for the frontier border to be settled, and civilization to be advanced to a point where it could feel safe from raids and bloody incursions, the Fourth U. S. Cavalry, notwithstanding its high morale and almost perfect state of discipline--had its share of desertions-- Was Mackenzie a "Martinet" Mackenzie was not a West Point "martinet", as that term is generally understood in our Army--but, from four wounds he had received, three in the Civil War, and one that year in the campaign against Quan-ah Parker, the Una-ha-da Comanche Chief--and almost criminal neglect of his own health, in his intensity of nature and purpose in prosecuting these arduous Indian campaigns--he had become more or less irritable, irascible, exacting--sometimes erratic, and frequently explosive-- This much may be said, however, it is certain that notwithstanding his physical condition, and his mental temperament resulting therefrom, he never sought to inflict an injury or punishment upon anybody unnecessarily--never became a petty or malicious persecutor, hounding a man into his grave--and when it became evident to him as well as to others that he had done any of his officers or men an act of injustice, nobody could have been more open, free and frank in his disavowal of that act, or quicker to apologize and render all the reparation possible in his power-- This applied to any and all down to the last Second Lieutenant and private soldier in the regiment-- One man never knows another so well, even intimately--as when he is thrown closely in contact with or lives and sleeps and eats with him-- The writer had done all with Mackenzie during a greater part of this period of 1871--having been his Post Adjutant twice--during Gen. Sherman's inspection in May, at the time of the massacre of Salt Creek Prairie, and prior to our Expedition of that year, and his Field Adjutant on his entire campaign in his abortive attempt to strike Kicking Bird's band of Ki-o-was before he could be stampeded into the Fort Sill Reservation--from May 1st until Oct.

acknowledge faults or shortcomings or failing

From this reading The year of 1871 had been so full of incidents and far reaching results for the Fourth Cavalry and its new Colonel, Ranald S. Mackenzie, that it is somewhat difficult to go back into the dim vistas of that period and select the one incident, or absorbing event which would be either of greatest magnitude or afford the most thrilling interest-- This capture of ten deserters, however, under circumstances of more than ordinary importance, since it is believed to be the record capture ever made in the Military Department of Texas, or, perhaps for that matter, of any Military Department in the United States--came about as closely in touch with the writer's life as almost any other experience he ever had while serving as an officer of that regiment--including, as it did, terrible exposure, and unavoidable hardships and privations-- Like all of the other Cavalry regiments in our Army, which were then doing about three fourths of all the active, effective work--the work that disables or kills--in the subjugation of the savage tribes in the United States, driving them into Indian reservations, and rendering it possible for the frontier border to be settled, and civilization to be advanced to a point where it could feel safe from raids and bloody incursions, the Fourth U. S. Cavalry, notwithstanding its high morale and almost perfect state of discipline--had its share of desertions-- Was Mackenzie a "Martinet" Mackenzie was not a West Point "martinet", as that term is generally understood in our Army--but, from four wounds he had received, three in the Civil War, and one that year in the campaign against Quan-ah Parker, the Una-ha-da Comanche Chief--and almost criminal neglect of his own health, in his intensity of nature and purpose in prosecuting these arduous Indian campaigns--he had become more or less irritable, irascible, exacting--sometimes erratic, and frequently explosive-- This much may be said, however, it is certain that notwithstanding his physical condition, and his mental temperament resulting therefrom, he never sought to inflict an injury or punishment upon anybody unnecessarily--never became a petty or malicious persecutor, hounding a man into his grave--and when it became evident to him as well as to others that he had done any of his officers or men an act of injustice, nobody could have been more open, free and frank in his disavowal of that act, or quicker to apologize and render all the reparation possible in his power-- This applied to any and all down to the last Second Lieutenant and private soldier in the regiment-- One man never knows another so well, even intimately--as when he is thrown closely in contact with or lives and sleeps and eats with him-- The writer had done all with Mackenzie during a greater part of this period of 1871--having been his Post Adjutant twice--during Gen. Sherman's inspection in May, at the time of the massacre of Salt Creek Prairie, and prior to our Expedition of that year, and his Field Adjutant on his entire campaign in his abortive attempt to strike Kicking Bird's band of Ki-o-was before he could be stampeded into the Fort Sill Reservation--from May 1st until Oct.

concerned with concrete problems or data rather than with fundamental principles

From this reading The year of 1871 had been so full of incidents and far reaching results for the Fourth Cavalry and its new Colonel, Ranald S. Mackenzie, that it is somewhat difficult to go back into the dim vistas of that period and select the one incident, or absorbing event which would be either of greatest magnitude or afford the most thrilling interest-- This capture of ten deserters, however, under circumstances of more than ordinary importance, since it is believed to be the record capture ever made in the Military Department of Texas, or, perhaps for that matter, of any Military Department in the United States--came about as closely in touch with the writer's life as almost any other experience he ever had while serving as an officer of that regiment--including, as it did, terrible exposure, and unavoidable hardships and privations-- Like all of the other Cavalry regiments in our Army, which were then doing about three fourths of all the active, effective work--the work that disables or kills--in the subjugation of the savage tribes in the United States, driving them into Indian reservations, and rendering it possible for the frontier border to be settled, and civilization to be advanced to a point where it could feel safe from raids and bloody incursions, the Fourth U. S. Cavalry, notwithstanding its high morale and almost perfect state of discipline--had its share of desertions-- Was Mackenzie a "Martinet" Mackenzie was not a West Point "martinet", as that term is generally understood in our Army--but, from four wounds he had received, three in the Civil War, and one that year in the campaign against Quan-ah Parker, the Una-ha-da Comanche Chief--and almost criminal neglect of his own health, in his intensity of nature and purpose in prosecuting these arduous Indian campaigns--he had become more or less irritable, irascible, exacting--sometimes erratic, and frequently explosive-- This much may be said, however, it is certain that notwithstanding his physical condition, and his mental temperament resulting therefrom, he never sought to inflict an injury or punishment upon anybody unnecessarily--never became a petty or malicious persecutor, hounding a man into his grave--and when it became evident to him as well as to others that he had done any of his officers or men an act of injustice, nobody could have been more open, free and frank in his disavowal of that act, or quicker to apologize and render all the reparation possible in his power-- This applied to any and all down to the last Second Lieutenant and private soldier in the regiment-- One man never knows another so well, even intimately--as when he is thrown closely in contact with or lives and sleeps and eats with him-- The writer had done all with Mackenzie during a greater part of this period of 1871--having been his Post Adjutant twice--during Gen. Sherman's inspection in May, at the time of the massacre of Salt Creek Prairie, and prior to our Expedition of that year, and his Field Adjutant on his entire campaign in his abortive attempt to strike Kicking Bird's band of Ki-o-was before he could be stampeded into the Fort Sill Reservation--from May 1st until Oct.

past form of “approach” — move towards

From this reading 3--I had got to know him very well-- Causes for Desertion Both officers and men had been under a terrific high-keyed pressure--a very great mental and physical strain, almost to the breaking point; were tired and dispirited because the results and the hard work performed, had not justified their expectations and because they could not then see any immediate relief from the performance of such exacting duty-- The pace had been a little too fast even for the Fourth Cavalry-- Much of the spirit and enthusiasm for such unremunerative work was at a very low ebb-- While it had not yet approached a complete discouragement, it was a condition of supreme disgust and contempt at the methods employed-- They felt that with the Government at Washington nullifying and rendering most of their hard labor abortive, that success in those long, weary and extremely exhausting Indian campaigns was not so much dependent upon their absolute loyalty to duty and perfect willingness to sacrifice themselves when necessary in achieving results, as upon the paralyzing acts and influence of the "Indian Ring" in Washington and the ever changing political cesspools of a politically ridden country-- They wanted to see the tangible results or fruits of such terribly hard service and to feel that such hardships, privations and sacrifices as they had experienced, had not been in vain or wasted by a gang of cold blooded, unscrupulous plunderers and grafters remote from the scene of these border activities.

characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort

From this reading The year of 1871 had been so full of incidents and far reaching results for the Fourth Cavalry and its new Colonel, Ranald S. Mackenzie, that it is somewhat difficult to go back into the dim vistas of that period and select the one incident, or absorbing event which would be either of greatest magnitude or afford the most thrilling interest-- This capture of ten deserters, however, under circumstances of more than ordinary importance, since it is believed to be the record capture ever made in the Military Department of Texas, or, perhaps for that matter, of any Military Department in the United States--came about as closely in touch with the writer's life as almost any other experience he ever had while serving as an officer of that regiment--including, as it did, terrible exposure, and unavoidable hardships and privations-- Like all of the other Cavalry regiments in our Army, which were then doing about three fourths of all the active, effective work--the work that disables or kills--in the subjugation of the savage tribes in the United States, driving them into Indian reservations, and rendering it possible for the frontier border to be settled, and civilization to be advanced to a point where it could feel safe from raids and bloody incursions, the Fourth U. S. Cavalry, notwithstanding its high morale and almost perfect state of discipline--had its share of desertions-- Was Mackenzie a "Martinet" Mackenzie was not a West Point "martinet", as that term is generally understood in our Army--but, from four wounds he had received, three in the Civil War, and one that year in the campaign against Quan-ah Parker, the Una-ha-da Comanche Chief--and almost criminal neglect of his own health, in his intensity of nature and purpose in prosecuting these arduous Indian campaigns--he had become more or less irritable, irascible, exacting--sometimes erratic, and frequently explosive-- This much may be said, however, it is certain that notwithstanding his physical condition, and his mental temperament resulting therefrom, he never sought to inflict an injury or punishment upon anybody unnecessarily--never became a petty or malicious persecutor, hounding a man into his grave--and when it became evident to him as well as to others that he had done any of his officers or men an act of injustice, nobody could have been more open, free and frank in his disavowal of that act, or quicker to apologize and render all the reparation possible in his power-- This applied to any and all down to the last Second Lieutenant and private soldier in the regiment-- One man never knows another so well, even intimately--as when he is thrown closely in contact with or lives and sleeps and eats with him-- The writer had done all with Mackenzie during a greater part of this period of 1871--having been his Post Adjutant twice--during Gen. Sherman's inspection in May, at the time of the massacre of Salt Creek Prairie, and prior to our Expedition of that year, and his Field Adjutant on his entire campaign in his abortive attempt to strike Kicking Bird's band of Ki-o-was before he could be stampeded into the Fort Sill Reservation--from May 1st until Oct.

the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun

From this reading We have but recently passed through a similar experience with the same class--in fact are doing it now.

a permanent organization of the military land forces of a nation or state

From this reading _By_ Captain Robert Goldthwaite Carter U. S. ARMY On The Trail of Deserters.

at the same time that; because; in the way that

From this reading The year of 1871 had been so full of incidents and far reaching results for the Fourth Cavalry and its new Colonel, Ranald S. Mackenzie, that it is somewhat difficult to go back into the dim vistas of that period and select the one incident, or absorbing event which would be either of greatest magnitude or afford the most thrilling interest-- This capture of ten deserters, however, under circumstances of more than ordinary importance, since it is believed to be the record capture ever made in the Military Department of Texas, or, perhaps for that matter, of any Military Department in the United States--came about as closely in touch with the writer's life as almost any other experience he ever had while serving as an officer of that regiment--including, as it did, terrible exposure, and unavoidable hardships and privations-- Like all of the other Cavalry regiments in our Army, which were then doing about three fourths of all the active, effective work--the work that disables or kills--in the subjugation of the savage tribes in the United States, driving them into Indian reservations, and rendering it possible for the frontier border to be settled, and civilization to be advanced to a point where it could feel safe from raids and bloody incursions, the Fourth U. S. Cavalry, notwithstanding its high morale and almost perfect state of discipline--had its share of desertions-- Was Mackenzie a "Martinet" Mackenzie was not a West Point "martinet", as that term is generally understood in our Army--but, from four wounds he had received, three in the Civil War, and one that year in the campaign against Quan-ah Parker, the Una-ha-da Comanche Chief--and almost criminal neglect of his own health, in his intensity of nature and purpose in prosecuting these arduous Indian campaigns--he had become more or less irritable, irascible, exacting--sometimes erratic, and frequently explosive-- This much may be said, however, it is certain that notwithstanding his physical condition, and his mental temperament resulting therefrom, he never sought to inflict an injury or punishment upon anybody unnecessarily--never became a petty or malicious persecutor, hounding a man into his grave--and when it became evident to him as well as to others that he had done any of his officers or men an act of injustice, nobody could have been more open, free and frank in his disavowal of that act, or quicker to apologize and render all the reparation possible in his power-- This applied to any and all down to the last Second Lieutenant and private soldier in the regiment-- One man never knows another so well, even intimately--as when he is thrown closely in contact with or lives and sleeps and eats with him-- The writer had done all with Mackenzie during a greater part of this period of 1871--having been his Post Adjutant twice--during Gen. Sherman's inspection in May, at the time of the massacre of Salt Creek Prairie, and prior to our Expedition of that year, and his Field Adjutant on his entire campaign in his abortive attempt to strike Kicking Bird's band of Ki-o-was before he could be stampeded into the Fort Sill Reservation--from May 1st until Oct.

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading The year of 1871 had been so full of incidents and far reaching results for the Fourth Cavalry and its new Colonel, Ranald S. Mackenzie, that it is somewhat difficult to go back into the dim vistas of that period and select the one incident, or absorbing event which would be either of greatest magnitude or afford the most thrilling interest-- This capture of ten deserters, however, under circumstances of more than ordinary importance, since it is believed to be the record capture ever made in the Military Department of Texas, or, perhaps for that matter, of any Military Department in the United States--came about as closely in touch with the writer's life as almost any other experience he ever had while serving as an officer of that regiment--including, as it did, terrible exposure, and unavoidable hardships and privations-- Like all of the other Cavalry regiments in our Army, which were then doing about three fourths of all the active, effective work--the work that disables or kills--in the subjugation of the savage tribes in the United States, driving them into Indian reservations, and rendering it possible for the frontier border to be settled, and civilization to be advanced to a point where it could feel safe from raids and bloody incursions, the Fourth U. S. Cavalry, notwithstanding its high morale and almost perfect state of discipline--had its share of desertions-- Was Mackenzie a "Martinet" Mackenzie was not a West Point "martinet", as that term is generally understood in our Army--but, from four wounds he had received, three in the Civil War, and one that year in the campaign against Quan-ah Parker, the Una-ha-da Comanche Chief--and almost criminal neglect of his own health, in his intensity of nature and purpose in prosecuting these arduous Indian campaigns--he had become more or less irritable, irascible, exacting--sometimes erratic, and frequently explosive-- This much may be said, however, it is certain that notwithstanding his physical condition, and his mental temperament resulting therefrom, he never sought to inflict an injury or punishment upon anybody unnecessarily--never became a petty or malicious persecutor, hounding a man into his grave--and when it became evident to him as well as to others that he had done any of his officers or men an act of injustice, nobody could have been more open, free and frank in his disavowal of that act, or quicker to apologize and render all the reparation possible in his power-- This applied to any and all down to the last Second Lieutenant and private soldier in the regiment-- One man never knows another so well, even intimately--as when he is thrown closely in contact with or lives and sleeps and eats with him-- The writer had done all with Mackenzie during a greater part of this period of 1871--having been his Post Adjutant twice--during Gen. Sherman's inspection in May, at the time of the massacre of Salt Creek Prairie, and prior to our Expedition of that year, and his Field Adjutant on his entire campaign in his abortive attempt to strike Kicking Bird's band of Ki-o-was before he could be stampeded into the Fort Sill Reservation--from May 1st until Oct.

earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish something

From this reading The year of 1871 had been so full of incidents and far reaching results for the Fourth Cavalry and its new Colonel, Ranald S. Mackenzie, that it is somewhat difficult to go back into the dim vistas of that period and select the one incident, or absorbing event which would be either of greatest magnitude or afford the most thrilling interest-- This capture of ten deserters, however, under circumstances of more than ordinary importance, since it is believed to be the record capture ever made in the Military Department of Texas, or, perhaps for that matter, of any Military Department in the United States--came about as closely in touch with the writer's life as almost any other experience he ever had while serving as an officer of that regiment--including, as it did, terrible exposure, and unavoidable hardships and privations-- Like all of the other Cavalry regiments in our Army, which were then doing about three fourths of all the active, effective work--the work that disables or kills--in the subjugation of the savage tribes in the United States, driving them into Indian reservations, and rendering it possible for the frontier border to be settled, and civilization to be advanced to a point where it could feel safe from raids and bloody incursions, the Fourth U. S. Cavalry, notwithstanding its high morale and almost perfect state of discipline--had its share of desertions-- Was Mackenzie a "Martinet" Mackenzie was not a West Point "martinet", as that term is generally understood in our Army--but, from four wounds he had received, three in the Civil War, and one that year in the campaign against Quan-ah Parker, the Una-ha-da Comanche Chief--and almost criminal neglect of his own health, in his intensity of nature and purpose in prosecuting these arduous Indian campaigns--he had become more or less irritable, irascible, exacting--sometimes erratic, and frequently explosive-- This much may be said, however, it is certain that notwithstanding his physical condition, and his mental temperament resulting therefrom, he never sought to inflict an injury or punishment upon anybody unnecessarily--never became a petty or malicious persecutor, hounding a man into his grave--and when it became evident to him as well as to others that he had done any of his officers or men an act of injustice, nobody could have been more open, free and frank in his disavowal of that act, or quicker to apologize and render all the reparation possible in his power-- This applied to any and all down to the last Second Lieutenant and private soldier in the regiment-- One man never knows another so well, even intimately--as when he is thrown closely in contact with or lives and sleeps and eats with him-- The writer had done all with Mackenzie during a greater part of this period of 1871--having been his Post Adjutant twice--during Gen. Sherman's inspection in May, at the time of the massacre of Salt Creek Prairie, and prior to our Expedition of that year, and his Field Adjutant on his entire campaign in his abortive attempt to strike Kicking Bird's band of Ki-o-was before he could be stampeded into the Fort Sill Reservation--from May 1st until Oct.

in or to or toward a former location

From this reading The year of 1871 had been so full of incidents and far reaching results for the Fourth Cavalry and its new Colonel, Ranald S. Mackenzie, that it is somewhat difficult to go back into the dim vistas of that period and select the one incident, or absorbing event which would be either of greatest magnitude or afford the most thrilling interest-- This capture of ten deserters, however, under circumstances of more than ordinary importance, since it is believed to be the record capture ever made in the Military Department of Texas, or, perhaps for that matter, of any Military Department in the United States--came about as closely in touch with the writer's life as almost any other experience he ever had while serving as an officer of that regiment--including, as it did, terrible exposure, and unavoidable hardships and privations-- Like all of the other Cavalry regiments in our Army, which were then doing about three fourths of all the active, effective work--the work that disables or kills--in the subjugation of the savage tribes in the United States, driving them into Indian reservations, and rendering it possible for the frontier border to be settled, and civilization to be advanced to a point where it could feel safe from raids and bloody incursions, the Fourth U. S. Cavalry, notwithstanding its high morale and almost perfect state of discipline--had its share of desertions-- Was Mackenzie a "Martinet" Mackenzie was not a West Point "martinet", as that term is generally understood in our Army--but, from four wounds he had received, three in the Civil War, and one that year in the campaign against Quan-ah Parker, the Una-ha-da Comanche Chief--and almost criminal neglect of his own health, in his intensity of nature and purpose in prosecuting these arduous Indian campaigns--he had become more or less irritable, irascible, exacting--sometimes erratic, and frequently explosive-- This much may be said, however, it is certain that notwithstanding his physical condition, and his mental temperament resulting therefrom, he never sought to inflict an injury or punishment upon anybody unnecessarily--never became a petty or malicious persecutor, hounding a man into his grave--and when it became evident to him as well as to others that he had done any of his officers or men an act of injustice, nobody could have been more open, free and frank in his disavowal of that act, or quicker to apologize and render all the reparation possible in his power-- This applied to any and all down to the last Second Lieutenant and private soldier in the regiment-- One man never knows another so well, even intimately--as when he is thrown closely in contact with or lives and sleeps and eats with him-- The writer had done all with Mackenzie during a greater part of this period of 1871--having been his Post Adjutant twice--during Gen. Sherman's inspection in May, at the time of the massacre of Salt Creek Prairie, and prior to our Expedition of that year, and his Field Adjutant on his entire campaign in his abortive attempt to strike Kicking Bird's band of Ki-o-was before he could be stampeded into the Fort Sill Reservation--from May 1st until Oct.

an unofficial association of people or groups

From this reading The year of 1871 had been so full of incidents and far reaching results for the Fourth Cavalry and its new Colonel, Ranald S. Mackenzie, that it is somewhat difficult to go back into the dim vistas of that period and select the one incident, or absorbing event which would be either of greatest magnitude or afford the most thrilling interest-- This capture of ten deserters, however, under circumstances of more than ordinary importance, since it is believed to be the record capture ever made in the Military Department of Texas, or, perhaps for that matter, of any Military Department in the United States--came about as closely in touch with the writer's life as almost any other experience he ever had while serving as an officer of that regiment--including, as it did, terrible exposure, and unavoidable hardships and privations-- Like all of the other Cavalry regiments in our Army, which were then doing about three fourths of all the active, effective work--the work that disables or kills--in the subjugation of the savage tribes in the United States, driving them into Indian reservations, and rendering it possible for the frontier border to be settled, and civilization to be advanced to a point where it could feel safe from raids and bloody incursions, the Fourth U. S. Cavalry, notwithstanding its high morale and almost perfect state of discipline--had its share of desertions-- Was Mackenzie a "Martinet" Mackenzie was not a West Point "martinet", as that term is generally understood in our Army--but, from four wounds he had received, three in the Civil War, and one that year in the campaign against Quan-ah Parker, the Una-ha-da Comanche Chief--and almost criminal neglect of his own health, in his intensity of nature and purpose in prosecuting these arduous Indian campaigns--he had become more or less irritable, irascible, exacting--sometimes erratic, and frequently explosive-- This much may be said, however, it is certain that notwithstanding his physical condition, and his mental temperament resulting therefrom, he never sought to inflict an injury or punishment upon anybody unnecessarily--never became a petty or malicious persecutor, hounding a man into his grave--and when it became evident to him as well as to others that he had done any of his officers or men an act of injustice, nobody could have been more open, free and frank in his disavowal of that act, or quicker to apologize and render all the reparation possible in his power-- This applied to any and all down to the last Second Lieutenant and private soldier in the regiment-- One man never knows another so well, even intimately--as when he is thrown closely in contact with or lives and sleeps and eats with him-- The writer had done all with Mackenzie during a greater part of this period of 1871--having been his Post Adjutant twice--during Gen. Sherman's inspection in May, at the time of the massacre of Salt Creek Prairie, and prior to our Expedition of that year, and his Field Adjutant on his entire campaign in his abortive attempt to strike Kicking Bird's band of Ki-o-was before he could be stampeded into the Fort Sill Reservation--from May 1st until Oct.

used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses

From this reading The year of 1871 had been so full of incidents and far reaching results for the Fourth Cavalry and its new Colonel, Ranald S. Mackenzie, that it is somewhat difficult to go back into the dim vistas of that period and select the one incident, or absorbing event which would be either of greatest magnitude or afford the most thrilling interest-- This capture of ten deserters, however, under circumstances of more than ordinary importance, since it is believed to be the record capture ever made in the Military Department of Texas, or, perhaps for that matter, of any Military Department in the United States--came about as closely in touch with the writer's life as almost any other experience he ever had while serving as an officer of that regiment--including, as it did, terrible exposure, and unavoidable hardships and privations-- Like all of the other Cavalry regiments in our Army, which were then doing about three fourths of all the active, effective work--the work that disables or kills--in the subjugation of the savage tribes in the United States, driving them into Indian reservations, and rendering it possible for the frontier border to be settled, and civilization to be advanced to a point where it could feel safe from raids and bloody incursions, the Fourth U. S. Cavalry, notwithstanding its high morale and almost perfect state of discipline--had its share of desertions-- Was Mackenzie a "Martinet" Mackenzie was not a West Point "martinet", as that term is generally understood in our Army--but, from four wounds he had received, three in the Civil War, and one that year in the campaign against Quan-ah Parker, the Una-ha-da Comanche Chief--and almost criminal neglect of his own health, in his intensity of nature and purpose in prosecuting these arduous Indian campaigns--he had become more or less irritable, irascible, exacting--sometimes erratic, and frequently explosive-- This much may be said, however, it is certain that notwithstanding his physical condition, and his mental temperament resulting therefrom, he never sought to inflict an injury or punishment upon anybody unnecessarily--never became a petty or malicious persecutor, hounding a man into his grave--and when it became evident to him as well as to others that he had done any of his officers or men an act of injustice, nobody could have been more open, free and frank in his disavowal of that act, or quicker to apologize and render all the reparation possible in his power-- This applied to any and all down to the last Second Lieutenant and private soldier in the regiment-- One man never knows another so well, even intimately--as when he is thrown closely in contact with or lives and sleeps and eats with him-- The writer had done all with Mackenzie during a greater part of this period of 1871--having been his Post Adjutant twice--during Gen. Sherman's inspection in May, at the time of the massacre of Salt Creek Prairie, and prior to our Expedition of that year, and his Field Adjutant on his entire campaign in his abortive attempt to strike Kicking Bird's band of Ki-o-was before he could be stampeded into the Fort Sill Reservation--from May 1st until Oct.

inflected form of “become” — enter or assume a certain state or condition

From this reading The year of 1871 had been so full of incidents and far reaching results for the Fourth Cavalry and its new Colonel, Ranald S. Mackenzie, that it is somewhat difficult to go back into the dim vistas of that period and select the one incident, or absorbing event which would be either of greatest magnitude or afford the most thrilling interest-- This capture of ten deserters, however, under circumstances of more than ordinary importance, since it is believed to be the record capture ever made in the Military Department of Texas, or, perhaps for that matter, of any Military Department in the United States--came about as closely in touch with the writer's life as almost any other experience he ever had while serving as an officer of that regiment--including, as it did, terrible exposure, and unavoidable hardships and privations-- Like all of the other Cavalry regiments in our Army, which were then doing about three fourths of all the active, effective work--the work that disables or kills--in the subjugation of the savage tribes in the United States, driving them into Indian reservations, and rendering it possible for the frontier border to be settled, and civilization to be advanced to a point where it could feel safe from raids and bloody incursions, the Fourth U. S. Cavalry, notwithstanding its high morale and almost perfect state of discipline--had its share of desertions-- Was Mackenzie a "Martinet" Mackenzie was not a West Point "martinet", as that term is generally understood in our Army--but, from four wounds he had received, three in the Civil War, and one that year in the campaign against Quan-ah Parker, the Una-ha-da Comanche Chief--and almost criminal neglect of his own health, in his intensity of nature and purpose in prosecuting these arduous Indian campaigns--he had become more or less irritable, irascible, exacting--sometimes erratic, and frequently explosive-- This much may be said, however, it is certain that notwithstanding his physical condition, and his mental temperament resulting therefrom, he never sought to inflict an injury or punishment upon anybody unnecessarily--never became a petty or malicious persecutor, hounding a man into his grave--and when it became evident to him as well as to others that he had done any of his officers or men an act of injustice, nobody could have been more open, free and frank in his disavowal of that act, or quicker to apologize and render all the reparation possible in his power-- This applied to any and all down to the last Second Lieutenant and private soldier in the regiment-- One man never knows another so well, even intimately--as when he is thrown closely in contact with or lives and sleeps and eats with him-- The writer had done all with Mackenzie during a greater part of this period of 1871--having been his Post Adjutant twice--during Gen. Sherman's inspection in May, at the time of the massacre of Salt Creek Prairie, and prior to our Expedition of that year, and his Field Adjutant on his entire campaign in his abortive attempt to strike Kicking Bird's band of Ki-o-was before he could be stampeded into the Fort Sill Reservation--from May 1st until Oct.

for the reason that

From this reading 3--I had got to know him very well-- Causes for Desertion Both officers and men had been under a terrific high-keyed pressure--a very great mental and physical strain, almost to the breaking point; were tired and dispirited because the results and the hard work performed, had not justified their expectations and because they could not then see any immediate relief from the performance of such exacting duty-- The pace had been a little too fast even for the Fourth Cavalry-- Much of the spirit and enthusiasm for such unremunerative work was at a very low ebb-- While it had not yet approached a complete discouragement, it was a condition of supreme disgust and contempt at the methods employed-- They felt that with the Government at Washington nullifying and rendering most of their hard labor abortive, that success in those long, weary and extremely exhausting Indian campaigns was not so much dependent upon their absolute loyalty to duty and perfect willingness to sacrifice themselves when necessary in achieving results, as upon the paralyzing acts and influence of the "Indian Ring" in Washington and the ever changing political cesspools of a politically ridden country-- They wanted to see the tangible results or fruits of such terribly hard service and to feel that such hardships, privations and sacrifices as they had experienced, had not been in vain or wasted by a gang of cold blooded, unscrupulous plunderers and grafters remote from the scene of these border activities.

enter or assume a certain state or condition

From this reading The year of 1871 had been so full of incidents and far reaching results for the Fourth Cavalry and its new Colonel, Ranald S. Mackenzie, that it is somewhat difficult to go back into the dim vistas of that period and select the one incident, or absorbing event which would be either of greatest magnitude or afford the most thrilling interest-- This capture of ten deserters, however, under circumstances of more than ordinary importance, since it is believed to be the record capture ever made in the Military Department of Texas, or, perhaps for that matter, of any Military Department in the United States--came about as closely in touch with the writer's life as almost any other experience he ever had while serving as an officer of that regiment--including, as it did, terrible exposure, and unavoidable hardships and privations-- Like all of the other Cavalry regiments in our Army, which were then doing about three fourths of all the active, effective work--the work that disables or kills--in the subjugation of the savage tribes in the United States, driving them into Indian reservations, and rendering it possible for the frontier border to be settled, and civilization to be advanced to a point where it could feel safe from raids and bloody incursions, the Fourth U. S. Cavalry, notwithstanding its high morale and almost perfect state of discipline--had its share of desertions-- Was Mackenzie a "Martinet" Mackenzie was not a West Point "martinet", as that term is generally understood in our Army--but, from four wounds he had received, three in the Civil War, and one that year in the campaign against Quan-ah Parker, the Una-ha-da Comanche Chief--and almost criminal neglect of his own health, in his intensity of nature and purpose in prosecuting these arduous Indian campaigns--he had become more or less irritable, irascible, exacting--sometimes erratic, and frequently explosive-- This much may be said, however, it is certain that notwithstanding his physical condition, and his mental temperament resulting therefrom, he never sought to inflict an injury or punishment upon anybody unnecessarily--never became a petty or malicious persecutor, hounding a man into his grave--and when it became evident to him as well as to others that he had done any of his officers or men an act of injustice, nobody could have been more open, free and frank in his disavowal of that act, or quicker to apologize and render all the reparation possible in his power-- This applied to any and all down to the last Second Lieutenant and private soldier in the regiment-- One man never knows another so well, even intimately--as when he is thrown closely in contact with or lives and sleeps and eats with him-- The writer had done all with Mackenzie during a greater part of this period of 1871--having been his Post Adjutant twice--during Gen. Sherman's inspection in May, at the time of the massacre of Salt Creek Prairie, and prior to our Expedition of that year, and his Field Adjutant on his entire campaign in his abortive attempt to strike Kicking Bird's band of Ki-o-was before he could be stampeded into the Fort Sill Reservation--from May 1st until Oct.

the past participle of “be”

From this reading The year of 1871 had been so full of incidents and far reaching results for the Fourth Cavalry and its new Colonel, Ranald S. Mackenzie, that it is somewhat difficult to go back into the dim vistas of that period and select the one incident, or absorbing event which would be either of greatest magnitude or afford the most thrilling interest-- This capture of ten deserters, however, under circumstances of more than ordinary importance, since it is believed to be the record capture ever made in the Military Department of Texas, or, perhaps for that matter, of any Military Department in the United States--came about as closely in touch with the writer's life as almost any other experience he ever had while serving as an officer of that regiment--including, as it did, terrible exposure, and unavoidable hardships and privations-- Like all of the other Cavalry regiments in our Army, which were then doing about three fourths of all the active, effective work--the work that disables or kills--in the subjugation of the savage tribes in the United States, driving them into Indian reservations, and rendering it possible for the frontier border to be settled, and civilization to be advanced to a point where it could feel safe from raids and bloody incursions, the Fourth U. S. Cavalry, notwithstanding its high morale and almost perfect state of discipline--had its share of desertions-- Was Mackenzie a "Martinet" Mackenzie was not a West Point "martinet", as that term is generally understood in our Army--but, from four wounds he had received, three in the Civil War, and one that year in the campaign against Quan-ah Parker, the Una-ha-da Comanche Chief--and almost criminal neglect of his own health, in his intensity of nature and purpose in prosecuting these arduous Indian campaigns--he had become more or less irritable, irascible, exacting--sometimes erratic, and frequently explosive-- This much may be said, however, it is certain that notwithstanding his physical condition, and his mental temperament resulting therefrom, he never sought to inflict an injury or punishment upon anybody unnecessarily--never became a petty or malicious persecutor, hounding a man into his grave--and when it became evident to him as well as to others that he had done any of his officers or men an act of injustice, nobody could have been more open, free and frank in his disavowal of that act, or quicker to apologize and render all the reparation possible in his power-- This applied to any and all down to the last Second Lieutenant and private soldier in the regiment-- One man never knows another so well, even intimately--as when he is thrown closely in contact with or lives and sleeps and eats with him-- The writer had done all with Mackenzie during a greater part of this period of 1871--having been his Post Adjutant twice--during Gen. Sherman's inspection in May, at the time of the massacre of Salt Creek Prairie, and prior to our Expedition of that year, and his Field Adjutant on his entire campaign in his abortive attempt to strike Kicking Bird's band of Ki-o-was before he could be stampeded into the Fort Sill Reservation--from May 1st until Oct.

earlier than; in front of

From this reading The year of 1871 had been so full of incidents and far reaching results for the Fourth Cavalry and its new Colonel, Ranald S. Mackenzie, that it is somewhat difficult to go back into the dim vistas of that period and select the one incident, or absorbing event which would be either of greatest magnitude or afford the most thrilling interest-- This capture of ten deserters, however, under circumstances of more than ordinary importance, since it is believed to be the record capture ever made in the Military Department of Texas, or, perhaps for that matter, of any Military Department in the United States--came about as closely in touch with the writer's life as almost any other experience he ever had while serving as an officer of that regiment--including, as it did, terrible exposure, and unavoidable hardships and privations-- Like all of the other Cavalry regiments in our Army, which were then doing about three fourths of all the active, effective work--the work that disables or kills--in the subjugation of the savage tribes in the United States, driving them into Indian reservations, and rendering it possible for the frontier border to be settled, and civilization to be advanced to a point where it could feel safe from raids and bloody incursions, the Fourth U. S. Cavalry, notwithstanding its high morale and almost perfect state of discipline--had its share of desertions-- Was Mackenzie a "Martinet" Mackenzie was not a West Point "martinet", as that term is generally understood in our Army--but, from four wounds he had received, three in the Civil War, and one that year in the campaign against Quan-ah Parker, the Una-ha-da Comanche Chief--and almost criminal neglect of his own health, in his intensity of nature and purpose in prosecuting these arduous Indian campaigns--he had become more or less irritable, irascible, exacting--sometimes erratic, and frequently explosive-- This much may be said, however, it is certain that notwithstanding his physical condition, and his mental temperament resulting therefrom, he never sought to inflict an injury or punishment upon anybody unnecessarily--never became a petty or malicious persecutor, hounding a man into his grave--and when it became evident to him as well as to others that he had done any of his officers or men an act of injustice, nobody could have been more open, free and frank in his disavowal of that act, or quicker to apologize and render all the reparation possible in his power-- This applied to any and all down to the last Second Lieutenant and private soldier in the regiment-- One man never knows another so well, even intimately--as when he is thrown closely in contact with or lives and sleeps and eats with him-- The writer had done all with Mackenzie during a greater part of this period of 1871--having been his Post Adjutant twice--during Gen. Sherman's inspection in May, at the time of the massacre of Salt Creek Prairie, and prior to our Expedition of that year, and his Field Adjutant on his entire campaign in his abortive attempt to strike Kicking Bird's band of Ki-o-was before he could be stampeded into the Fort Sill Reservation--from May 1st until Oct.

past form of “believe” — accept as true; take to be true

From this reading The year of 1871 had been so full of incidents and far reaching results for the Fourth Cavalry and its new Colonel, Ranald S. Mackenzie, that it is somewhat difficult to go back into the dim vistas of that period and select the one incident, or absorbing event which would be either of greatest magnitude or afford the most thrilling interest-- This capture of ten deserters, however, under circumstances of more than ordinary importance, since it is believed to be the record capture ever made in the Military Department of Texas, or, perhaps for that matter, of any Military Department in the United States--came about as closely in touch with the writer's life as almost any other experience he ever had while serving as an officer of that regiment--including, as it did, terrible exposure, and unavoidable hardships and privations-- Like all of the other Cavalry regiments in our Army, which were then doing about three fourths of all the active, effective work--the work that disables or kills--in the subjugation of the savage tribes in the United States, driving them into Indian reservations, and rendering it possible for the frontier border to be settled, and civilization to be advanced to a point where it could feel safe from raids and bloody incursions, the Fourth U. S. Cavalry, notwithstanding its high morale and almost perfect state of discipline--had its share of desertions-- Was Mackenzie a "Martinet" Mackenzie was not a West Point "martinet", as that term is generally understood in our Army--but, from four wounds he had received, three in the Civil War, and one that year in the campaign against Quan-ah Parker, the Una-ha-da Comanche Chief--and almost criminal neglect of his own health, in his intensity of nature and purpose in prosecuting these arduous Indian campaigns--he had become more or less irritable, irascible, exacting--sometimes erratic, and frequently explosive-- This much may be said, however, it is certain that notwithstanding his physical condition, and his mental temperament resulting therefrom, he never sought to inflict an injury or punishment upon anybody unnecessarily--never became a petty or malicious persecutor, hounding a man into his grave--and when it became evident to him as well as to others that he had done any of his officers or men an act of injustice, nobody could have been more open, free and frank in his disavowal of that act, or quicker to apologize and render all the reparation possible in his power-- This applied to any and all down to the last Second Lieutenant and private soldier in the regiment-- One man never knows another so well, even intimately--as when he is thrown closely in contact with or lives and sleeps and eats with him-- The writer had done all with Mackenzie during a greater part of this period of 1871--having been his Post Adjutant twice--during Gen. Sherman's inspection in May, at the time of the massacre of Salt Creek Prairie, and prior to our Expedition of that year, and his Field Adjutant on his entire campaign in his abortive attempt to strike Kicking Bird's band of Ki-o-was before he could be stampeded into the Fort Sill Reservation--from May 1st until Oct.

possessive form of “bird” — warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings

From this reading The year of 1871 had been so full of incidents and far reaching results for the Fourth Cavalry and its new Colonel, Ranald S. Mackenzie, that it is somewhat difficult to go back into the dim vistas of that period and select the one incident, or absorbing event which would be either of greatest magnitude or afford the most thrilling interest-- This capture of ten deserters, however, under circumstances of more than ordinary importance, since it is believed to be the record capture ever made in the Military Department of Texas, or, perhaps for that matter, of any Military Department in the United States--came about as closely in touch with the writer's life as almost any other experience he ever had while serving as an officer of that regiment--including, as it did, terrible exposure, and unavoidable hardships and privations-- Like all of the other Cavalry regiments in our Army, which were then doing about three fourths of all the active, effective work--the work that disables or kills--in the subjugation of the savage tribes in the United States, driving them into Indian reservations, and rendering it possible for the frontier border to be settled, and civilization to be advanced to a point where it could feel safe from raids and bloody incursions, the Fourth U. S. Cavalry, notwithstanding its high morale and almost perfect state of discipline--had its share of desertions-- Was Mackenzie a "Martinet" Mackenzie was not a West Point "martinet", as that term is generally understood in our Army--but, from four wounds he had received, three in the Civil War, and one that year in the campaign against Quan-ah Parker, the Una-ha-da Comanche Chief--and almost criminal neglect of his own health, in his intensity of nature and purpose in prosecuting these arduous Indian campaigns--he had become more or less irritable, irascible, exacting--sometimes erratic, and frequently explosive-- This much may be said, however, it is certain that notwithstanding his physical condition, and his mental temperament resulting therefrom, he never sought to inflict an injury or punishment upon anybody unnecessarily--never became a petty or malicious persecutor, hounding a man into his grave--and when it became evident to him as well as to others that he had done any of his officers or men an act of injustice, nobody could have been more open, free and frank in his disavowal of that act, or quicker to apologize and render all the reparation possible in his power-- This applied to any and all down to the last Second Lieutenant and private soldier in the regiment-- One man never knows another so well, even intimately--as when he is thrown closely in contact with or lives and sleeps and eats with him-- The writer had done all with Mackenzie during a greater part of this period of 1871--having been his Post Adjutant twice--during Gen. Sherman's inspection in May, at the time of the massacre of Salt Creek Prairie, and prior to our Expedition of that year, and his Field Adjutant on his entire campaign in his abortive attempt to strike Kicking Bird's band of Ki-o-was before he could be stampeded into the Fort Sill Reservation--from May 1st until Oct.

of unmixed ancestry

From this reading 3--I had got to know him very well-- Causes for Desertion Both officers and men had been under a terrific high-keyed pressure--a very great mental and physical strain, almost to the breaking point; were tired and dispirited because the results and the hard work performed, had not justified their expectations and because they could not then see any immediate relief from the performance of such exacting duty-- The pace had been a little too fast even for the Fourth Cavalry-- Much of the spirit and enthusiasm for such unremunerative work was at a very low ebb-- While it had not yet approached a complete discouragement, it was a condition of supreme disgust and contempt at the methods employed-- They felt that with the Government at Washington nullifying and rendering most of their hard labor abortive, that success in those long, weary and extremely exhausting Indian campaigns was not so much dependent upon their absolute loyalty to duty and perfect willingness to sacrifice themselves when necessary in achieving results, as upon the paralyzing acts and influence of the "Indian Ring" in Washington and the ever changing political cesspools of a politically ridden country-- They wanted to see the tangible results or fruits of such terribly hard service and to feel that such hardships, privations and sacrifices as they had experienced, had not been in vain or wasted by a gang of cold blooded, unscrupulous plunderers and grafters remote from the scene of these border activities.

having or covered with or accompanied by blood

From this reading The year of 1871 had been so full of incidents and far reaching results for the Fourth Cavalry and its new Colonel, Ranald S. Mackenzie, that it is somewhat difficult to go back into the dim vistas of that period and select the one incident, or absorbing event which would be either of greatest magnitude or afford the most thrilling interest-- This capture of ten deserters, however, under circumstances of more than ordinary importance, since it is believed to be the record capture ever made in the Military Department of Texas, or, perhaps for that matter, of any Military Department in the United States--came about as closely in touch with the writer's life as almost any other experience he ever had while serving as an officer of that regiment--including, as it did, terrible exposure, and unavoidable hardships and privations-- Like all of the other Cavalry regiments in our Army, which were then doing about three fourths of all the active, effective work--the work that disables or kills--in the subjugation of the savage tribes in the United States, driving them into Indian reservations, and rendering it possible for the frontier border to be settled, and civilization to be advanced to a point where it could feel safe from raids and bloody incursions, the Fourth U. S. Cavalry, notwithstanding its high morale and almost perfect state of discipline--had its share of desertions-- Was Mackenzie a "Martinet" Mackenzie was not a West Point "martinet", as that term is generally understood in our Army--but, from four wounds he had received, three in the Civil War, and one that year in the campaign against Quan-ah Parker, the Una-ha-da Comanche Chief--and almost criminal neglect of his own health, in his intensity of nature and purpose in prosecuting these arduous Indian campaigns--he had become more or less irritable, irascible, exacting--sometimes erratic, and frequently explosive-- This much may be said, however, it is certain that notwithstanding his physical condition, and his mental temperament resulting therefrom, he never sought to inflict an injury or punishment upon anybody unnecessarily--never became a petty or malicious persecutor, hounding a man into his grave--and when it became evident to him as well as to others that he had done any of his officers or men an act of injustice, nobody could have been more open, free and frank in his disavowal of that act, or quicker to apologize and render all the reparation possible in his power-- This applied to any and all down to the last Second Lieutenant and private soldier in the regiment-- One man never knows another so well, even intimately--as when he is thrown closely in contact with or lives and sleeps and eats with him-- The writer had done all with Mackenzie during a greater part of this period of 1871--having been his Post Adjutant twice--during Gen. Sherman's inspection in May, at the time of the massacre of Salt Creek Prairie, and prior to our Expedition of that year, and his Field Adjutant on his entire campaign in his abortive attempt to strike Kicking Bird's band of Ki-o-was before he could be stampeded into the Fort Sill Reservation--from May 1st until Oct.

a Russian member of the left-wing majority group that followed Lenin and eventually became the Russian communist party

From this reading Like "_death_ and _Taxes_," we have them with us always, especially in time of wars-- It is then the vultures abound-- It is then we have the jelly-fish, spineless slackers, the pussy-foot pacifists--conscientious objectors, chicken hearted shirkers--and--"let George do it" fighters--coming down to the secret renegades--traitors, and Bolshevist anarchists and bomb throwers-- They have always been the curse of this Nation--the natural result,--as a rule--of the "Melting Pot" that does not melt--breeding a lot of mongrel curs and hybrids that should no longer be a part of our American life.

an explosive device fused to explode under specific conditions

From this reading Like "_death_ and _Taxes_," we have them with us always, especially in time of wars-- It is then the vultures abound-- It is then we have the jelly-fish, spineless slackers, the pussy-foot pacifists--conscientious objectors, chicken hearted shirkers--and--"let George do it" fighters--coming down to the secret renegades--traitors, and Bolshevist anarchists and bomb throwers-- They have always been the curse of this Nation--the natural result,--as a rule--of the "Melting Pot" that does not melt--breeding a lot of mongrel curs and hybrids that should no longer be a part of our American life.

a line that indicates a boundary

From this reading The year of 1871 had been so full of incidents and far reaching results for the Fourth Cavalry and its new Colonel, Ranald S. Mackenzie, that it is somewhat difficult to go back into the dim vistas of that period and select the one incident, or absorbing event which would be either of greatest magnitude or afford the most thrilling interest-- This capture of ten deserters, however, under circumstances of more than ordinary importance, since it is believed to be the record capture ever made in the Military Department of Texas, or, perhaps for that matter, of any Military Department in the United States--came about as closely in touch with the writer's life as almost any other experience he ever had while serving as an officer of that regiment--including, as it did, terrible exposure, and unavoidable hardships and privations-- Like all of the other Cavalry regiments in our Army, which were then doing about three fourths of all the active, effective work--the work that disables or kills--in the subjugation of the savage tribes in the United States, driving them into Indian reservations, and rendering it possible for the frontier border to be settled, and civilization to be advanced to a point where it could feel safe from raids and bloody incursions, the Fourth U. S. Cavalry, notwithstanding its high morale and almost perfect state of discipline--had its share of desertions-- Was Mackenzie a "Martinet" Mackenzie was not a West Point "martinet", as that term is generally understood in our Army--but, from four wounds he had received, three in the Civil War, and one that year in the campaign against Quan-ah Parker, the Una-ha-da Comanche Chief--and almost criminal neglect of his own health, in his intensity of nature and purpose in prosecuting these arduous Indian campaigns--he had become more or less irritable, irascible, exacting--sometimes erratic, and frequently explosive-- This much may be said, however, it is certain that notwithstanding his physical condition, and his mental temperament resulting therefrom, he never sought to inflict an injury or punishment upon anybody unnecessarily--never became a petty or malicious persecutor, hounding a man into his grave--and when it became evident to him as well as to others that he had done any of his officers or men an act of injustice, nobody could have been more open, free and frank in his disavowal of that act, or quicker to apologize and render all the reparation possible in his power-- This applied to any and all down to the last Second Lieutenant and private soldier in the regiment-- One man never knows another so well, even intimately--as when he is thrown closely in contact with or lives and sleeps and eats with him-- The writer had done all with Mackenzie during a greater part of this period of 1871--having been his Post Adjutant twice--during Gen. Sherman's inspection in May, at the time of the massacre of Salt Creek Prairie, and prior to our Expedition of that year, and his Field Adjutant on his entire campaign in his abortive attempt to strike Kicking Bird's band of Ki-o-was before he could be stampeded into the Fort Sill Reservation--from May 1st until Oct.

the two together, not just one

From this reading 3--I had got to know him very well-- Causes for Desertion Both officers and men had been under a terrific high-keyed pressure--a very great mental and physical strain, almost to the breaking point; were tired and dispirited because the results and the hard work performed, had not justified their expectations and because they could not then see any immediate relief from the performance of such exacting duty-- The pace had been a little too fast even for the Fourth Cavalry-- Much of the spirit and enthusiasm for such unremunerative work was at a very low ebb-- While it had not yet approached a complete discouragement, it was a condition of supreme disgust and contempt at the methods employed-- They felt that with the Government at Washington nullifying and rendering most of their hard labor abortive, that success in those long, weary and extremely exhausting Indian campaigns was not so much dependent upon their absolute loyalty to duty and perfect willingness to sacrifice themselves when necessary in achieving results, as upon the paralyzing acts and influence of the "Indian Ring" in Washington and the ever changing political cesspools of a politically ridden country-- They wanted to see the tangible results or fruits of such terribly hard service and to feel that such hardships, privations and sacrifices as they had experienced, had not been in vain or wasted by a gang of cold blooded, unscrupulous plunderers and grafters remote from the scene of these border activities.

the act of breaking something

From this reading 3--I had got to know him very well-- Causes for Desertion Both officers and men had been under a terrific high-keyed pressure--a very great mental and physical strain, almost to the breaking point; were tired and dispirited because the results and the hard work performed, had not justified their expectations and because they could not then see any immediate relief from the performance of such exacting duty-- The pace had been a little too fast even for the Fourth Cavalry-- Much of the spirit and enthusiasm for such unremunerative work was at a very low ebb-- While it had not yet approached a complete discouragement, it was a condition of supreme disgust and contempt at the methods employed-- They felt that with the Government at Washington nullifying and rendering most of their hard labor abortive, that success in those long, weary and extremely exhausting Indian campaigns was not so much dependent upon their absolute loyalty to duty and perfect willingness to sacrifice themselves when necessary in achieving results, as upon the paralyzing acts and influence of the "Indian Ring" in Washington and the ever changing political cesspools of a politically ridden country-- They wanted to see the tangible results or fruits of such terribly hard service and to feel that such hardships, privations and sacrifices as they had experienced, had not been in vain or wasted by a gang of cold blooded, unscrupulous plunderers and grafters remote from the scene of these border activities.

elegance by virtue of fineness of manner and expression

From this reading Like "_death_ and _Taxes_," we have them with us always, especially in time of wars-- It is then the vultures abound-- It is then we have the jelly-fish, spineless slackers, the pussy-foot pacifists--conscientious objectors, chicken hearted shirkers--and--"let George do it" fighters--coming down to the secret renegades--traitors, and Bolshevist anarchists and bomb throwers-- They have always been the curse of this Nation--the natural result,--as a rule--of the "Melting Pot" that does not melt--breeding a lot of mongrel curs and hybrids that should no longer be a part of our American life.

used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before

From this reading The year of 1871 had been so full of incidents and far reaching results for the Fourth Cavalry and its new Colonel, Ranald S. Mackenzie, that it is somewhat difficult to go back into the dim vistas of that period and select the one incident, or absorbing event which would be either of greatest magnitude or afford the most thrilling interest-- This capture of ten deserters, however, under circumstances of more than ordinary importance, since it is believed to be the record capture ever made in the Military Department of Texas, or, perhaps for that matter, of any Military Department in the United States--came about as closely in touch with the writer's life as almost any other experience he ever had while serving as an officer of that regiment--including, as it did, terrible exposure, and unavoidable hardships and privations-- Like all of the other Cavalry regiments in our Army, which were then doing about three fourths of all the active, effective work--the work that disables or kills--in the subjugation of the savage tribes in the United States, driving them into Indian reservations, and rendering it possible for the frontier border to be settled, and civilization to be advanced to a point where it could feel safe from raids and bloody incursions, the Fourth U. S. Cavalry, notwithstanding its high morale and almost perfect state of discipline--had its share of desertions-- Was Mackenzie a "Martinet" Mackenzie was not a West Point "martinet", as that term is generally understood in our Army--but, from four wounds he had received, three in the Civil War, and one that year in the campaign against Quan-ah Parker, the Una-ha-da Comanche Chief--and almost criminal neglect of his own health, in his intensity of nature and purpose in prosecuting these arduous Indian campaigns--he had become more or less irritable, irascible, exacting--sometimes erratic, and frequently explosive-- This much may be said, however, it is certain that notwithstanding his physical condition, and his mental temperament resulting therefrom, he never sought to inflict an injury or punishment upon anybody unnecessarily--never became a petty or malicious persecutor, hounding a man into his grave--and when it became evident to him as well as to others that he had done any of his officers or men an act of injustice, nobody could have been more open, free and frank in his disavowal of that act, or quicker to apologize and render all the reparation possible in his power-- This applied to any and all down to the last Second Lieutenant and private soldier in the regiment-- One man never knows another so well, even intimately--as when he is thrown closely in contact with or lives and sleeps and eats with him-- The writer had done all with Mackenzie during a greater part of this period of 1871--having been his Post Adjutant twice--during Gen. Sherman's inspection in May, at the time of the massacre of Salt Creek Prairie, and prior to our Expedition of that year, and his Field Adjutant on his entire campaign in his abortive attempt to strike Kicking Bird's band of Ki-o-was before he could be stampeded into the Fort Sill Reservation--from May 1st until Oct.

showing who or what does the action

From this reading _By_ Captain Robert Goldthwaite Carter U. S. ARMY On The Trail of Deserters.

inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody

From this reading The year of 1871 had been so full of incidents and far reaching results for the Fourth Cavalry and its new Colonel, Ranald S. Mackenzie, that it is somewhat difficult to go back into the dim vistas of that period and select the one incident, or absorbing event which would be either of greatest magnitude or afford the most thrilling interest-- This capture of ten deserters, however, under circumstances of more than ordinary importance, since it is believed to be the record capture ever made in the Military Department of Texas, or, perhaps for that matter, of any Military Department in the United States--came about as closely in touch with the writer's life as almost any other experience he ever had while serving as an officer of that regiment--including, as it did, terrible exposure, and unavoidable hardships and privations-- Like all of the other Cavalry regiments in our Army, which were then doing about three fourths of all the active, effective work--the work that disables or kills--in the subjugation of the savage tribes in the United States, driving them into Indian reservations, and rendering it possible for the frontier border to be settled, and civilization to be advanced to a point where it could feel safe from raids and bloody incursions, the Fourth U. S. Cavalry, notwithstanding its high morale and almost perfect state of discipline--had its share of desertions-- Was Mackenzie a "Martinet" Mackenzie was not a West Point "martinet", as that term is generally understood in our Army--but, from four wounds he had received, three in the Civil War, and one that year in the campaign against Quan-ah Parker, the Una-ha-da Comanche Chief--and almost criminal neglect of his own health, in his intensity of nature and purpose in prosecuting these arduous Indian campaigns--he had become more or less irritable, irascible, exacting--sometimes erratic, and frequently explosive-- This much may be said, however, it is certain that notwithstanding his physical condition, and his mental temperament resulting therefrom, he never sought to inflict an injury or punishment upon anybody unnecessarily--never became a petty or malicious persecutor, hounding a man into his grave--and when it became evident to him as well as to others that he had done any of his officers or men an act of injustice, nobody could have been more open, free and frank in his disavowal of that act, or quicker to apologize and render all the reparation possible in his power-- This applied to any and all down to the last Second Lieutenant and private soldier in the regiment-- One man never knows another so well, even intimately--as when he is thrown closely in contact with or lives and sleeps and eats with him-- The writer had done all with Mackenzie during a greater part of this period of 1871--having been his Post Adjutant twice--during Gen. Sherman's inspection in May, at the time of the massacre of Salt Creek Prairie, and prior to our Expedition of that year, and his Field Adjutant on his entire campaign in his abortive attempt to strike Kicking Bird's band of Ki-o-was before he could be stampeded into the Fort Sill Reservation--from May 1st until Oct.

a race between candidates for elective office

From this reading The year of 1871 had been so full of incidents and far reaching results for the Fourth Cavalry and its new Colonel, Ranald S. Mackenzie, that it is somewhat difficult to go back into the dim vistas of that period and select the one incident, or absorbing event which would be either of greatest magnitude or afford the most thrilling interest-- This capture of ten deserters, however, under circumstances of more than ordinary importance, since it is believed to be the record capture ever made in the Military Department of Texas, or, perhaps for that matter, of any Military Department in the United States--came about as closely in touch with the writer's life as almost any other experience he ever had while serving as an officer of that regiment--including, as it did, terrible exposure, and unavoidable hardships and privations-- Like all of the other Cavalry regiments in our Army, which were then doing about three fourths of all the active, effective work--the work that disables or kills--in the subjugation of the savage tribes in the United States, driving them into Indian reservations, and rendering it possible for the frontier border to be settled, and civilization to be advanced to a point where it could feel safe from raids and bloody incursions, the Fourth U. S. Cavalry, notwithstanding its high morale and almost perfect state of discipline--had its share of desertions-- Was Mackenzie a "Martinet" Mackenzie was not a West Point "martinet", as that term is generally understood in our Army--but, from four wounds he had received, three in the Civil War, and one that year in the campaign against Quan-ah Parker, the Una-ha-da Comanche Chief--and almost criminal neglect of his own health, in his intensity of nature and purpose in prosecuting these arduous Indian campaigns--he had become more or less irritable, irascible, exacting--sometimes erratic, and frequently explosive-- This much may be said, however, it is certain that notwithstanding his physical condition, and his mental temperament resulting therefrom, he never sought to inflict an injury or punishment upon anybody unnecessarily--never became a petty or malicious persecutor, hounding a man into his grave--and when it became evident to him as well as to others that he had done any of his officers or men an act of injustice, nobody could have been more open, free and frank in his disavowal of that act, or quicker to apologize and render all the reparation possible in his power-- This applied to any and all down to the last Second Lieutenant and private soldier in the regiment-- One man never knows another so well, even intimately--as when he is thrown closely in contact with or lives and sleeps and eats with him-- The writer had done all with Mackenzie during a greater part of this period of 1871--having been his Post Adjutant twice--during Gen. Sherman's inspection in May, at the time of the massacre of Salt Creek Prairie, and prior to our Expedition of that year, and his Field Adjutant on his entire campaign in his abortive attempt to strike Kicking Bird's band of Ki-o-was before he could be stampeded into the Fort Sill Reservation--from May 1st until Oct.

plural of “campaign” — a race between candidates for elective office

From this reading The year of 1871 had been so full of incidents and far reaching results for the Fourth Cavalry and its new Colonel, Ranald S. Mackenzie, that it is somewhat difficult to go back into the dim vistas of that period and select the one incident, or absorbing event which would be either of greatest magnitude or afford the most thrilling interest-- This capture of ten deserters, however, under circumstances of more than ordinary importance, since it is believed to be the record capture ever made in the Military Department of Texas, or, perhaps for that matter, of any Military Department in the United States--came about as closely in touch with the writer's life as almost any other experience he ever had while serving as an officer of that regiment--including, as it did, terrible exposure, and unavoidable hardships and privations-- Like all of the other Cavalry regiments in our Army, which were then doing about three fourths of all the active, effective work--the work that disables or kills--in the subjugation of the savage tribes in the United States, driving them into Indian reservations, and rendering it possible for the frontier border to be settled, and civilization to be advanced to a point where it could feel safe from raids and bloody incursions, the Fourth U. S. Cavalry, notwithstanding its high morale and almost perfect state of discipline--had its share of desertions-- Was Mackenzie a "Martinet" Mackenzie was not a West Point "martinet", as that term is generally understood in our Army--but, from four wounds he had received, three in the Civil War, and one that year in the campaign against Quan-ah Parker, the Una-ha-da Comanche Chief--and almost criminal neglect of his own health, in his intensity of nature and purpose in prosecuting these arduous Indian campaigns--he had become more or less irritable, irascible, exacting--sometimes erratic, and frequently explosive-- This much may be said, however, it is certain that notwithstanding his physical condition, and his mental temperament resulting therefrom, he never sought to inflict an injury or punishment upon anybody unnecessarily--never became a petty or malicious persecutor, hounding a man into his grave--and when it became evident to him as well as to others that he had done any of his officers or men an act of injustice, nobody could have been more open, free and frank in his disavowal of that act, or quicker to apologize and render all the reparation possible in his power-- This applied to any and all down to the last Second Lieutenant and private soldier in the regiment-- One man never knows another so well, even intimately--as when he is thrown closely in contact with or lives and sleeps and eats with him-- The writer had done all with Mackenzie during a greater part of this period of 1871--having been his Post Adjutant twice--during Gen. Sherman's inspection in May, at the time of the massacre of Salt Creek Prairie, and prior to our Expedition of that year, and his Field Adjutant on his entire campaign in his abortive attempt to strike Kicking Bird's band of Ki-o-was before he could be stampeded into the Fort Sill Reservation--from May 1st until Oct.

an officer holding a rank below a major but above a lieutenant

From this reading _By_ Captain Robert Goldthwaite Carter U. S. ARMY On The Trail of Deserters.

succeed in representing or expressing something intangible

From this reading The year of 1871 had been so full of incidents and far reaching results for the Fourth Cavalry and its new Colonel, Ranald S. Mackenzie, that it is somewhat difficult to go back into the dim vistas of that period and select the one incident, or absorbing event which would be either of greatest magnitude or afford the most thrilling interest-- This capture of ten deserters, however, under circumstances of more than ordinary importance, since it is believed to be the record capture ever made in the Military Department of Texas, or, perhaps for that matter, of any Military Department in the United States--came about as closely in touch with the writer's life as almost any other experience he ever had while serving as an officer of that regiment--including, as it did, terrible exposure, and unavoidable hardships and privations-- Like all of the other Cavalry regiments in our Army, which were then doing about three fourths of all the active, effective work--the work that disables or kills--in the subjugation of the savage tribes in the United States, driving them into Indian reservations, and rendering it possible for the frontier border to be settled, and civilization to be advanced to a point where it could feel safe from raids and bloody incursions, the Fourth U. S. Cavalry, notwithstanding its high morale and almost perfect state of discipline--had its share of desertions-- Was Mackenzie a "Martinet" Mackenzie was not a West Point "martinet", as that term is generally understood in our Army--but, from four wounds he had received, three in the Civil War, and one that year in the campaign against Quan-ah Parker, the Una-ha-da Comanche Chief--and almost criminal neglect of his own health, in his intensity of nature and purpose in prosecuting these arduous Indian campaigns--he had become more or less irritable, irascible, exacting--sometimes erratic, and frequently explosive-- This much may be said, however, it is certain that notwithstanding his physical condition, and his mental temperament resulting therefrom, he never sought to inflict an injury or punishment upon anybody unnecessarily--never became a petty or malicious persecutor, hounding a man into his grave--and when it became evident to him as well as to others that he had done any of his officers or men an act of injustice, nobody could have been more open, free and frank in his disavowal of that act, or quicker to apologize and render all the reparation possible in his power-- This applied to any and all down to the last Second Lieutenant and private soldier in the regiment-- One man never knows another so well, even intimately--as when he is thrown closely in contact with or lives and sleeps and eats with him-- The writer had done all with Mackenzie during a greater part of this period of 1871--having been his Post Adjutant twice--during Gen. Sherman's inspection in May, at the time of the massacre of Salt Creek Prairie, and prior to our Expedition of that year, and his Field Adjutant on his entire campaign in his abortive attempt to strike Kicking Bird's band of Ki-o-was before he could be stampeded into the Fort Sill Reservation--from May 1st until Oct.

Englishman and Egyptologist who in 1922 discovered and excavated the tomb of Tutankhamen (1873-1939)

From this reading _By_ Captain Robert Goldthwaite Carter U. S. ARMY On The Trail of Deserters.

plural of “cause” — events that provide the generative force that is the origin of something

From this reading 3--I had got to know him very well-- Causes for Desertion Both officers and men had been under a terrific high-keyed pressure--a very great mental and physical strain, almost to the breaking point; were tired and dispirited because the results and the hard work performed, had not justified their expectations and because they could not then see any immediate relief from the performance of such exacting duty-- The pace had been a little too fast even for the Fourth Cavalry-- Much of the spirit and enthusiasm for such unremunerative work was at a very low ebb-- While it had not yet approached a complete discouragement, it was a condition of supreme disgust and contempt at the methods employed-- They felt that with the Government at Washington nullifying and rendering most of their hard labor abortive, that success in those long, weary and extremely exhausting Indian campaigns was not so much dependent upon their absolute loyalty to duty and perfect willingness to sacrifice themselves when necessary in achieving results, as upon the paralyzing acts and influence of the "Indian Ring" in Washington and the ever changing political cesspools of a politically ridden country-- They wanted to see the tangible results or fruits of such terribly hard service and to feel that such hardships, privations and sacrifices as they had experienced, had not been in vain or wasted by a gang of cold blooded, unscrupulous plunderers and grafters remote from the scene of these border activities.

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From this reading The year of 1871 had been so full of incidents and far reaching results for the Fourth Cavalry and its new Colonel, Ranald S. Mackenzie, that it is somewhat difficult to go back into the dim vistas of that period and select the one incident, or absorbing event which would be either of greatest magnitude or afford the most thrilling interest-- This capture of ten deserters, however, under circumstances of more than ordinary importance, since it is believed to be the record capture ever made in the Military Department of Texas, or, perhaps for that matter, of any Military Department in the United States--came about as closely in touch with the writer's life as almost any other experience he ever had while serving as an officer of that regiment--including, as it did, terrible exposure, and unavoidable hardships and privations-- Like all of the other Cavalry regiments in our Army, which were then doing about three fourths of all the active, effective work--the work that disables or kills--in the subjugation of the savage tribes in the United States, driving them into Indian reservations, and rendering it possible for the frontier border to be settled, and civilization to be advanced to a point where it could feel safe from raids and bloody incursions, the Fourth U. S. Cavalry, notwithstanding its high morale and almost perfect state of discipline--had its share of desertions-- Was Mackenzie a "Martinet" Mackenzie was not a West Point "martinet", as that term is generally understood in our Army--but, from four wounds he had received, three in the Civil War, and one that year in the campaign against Quan-ah Parker, the Una-ha-da Comanche Chief--and almost criminal neglect of his own health, in his intensity of nature and purpose in prosecuting these arduous Indian campaigns--he had become more or less irritable, irascible, exacting--sometimes erratic, and frequently explosive-- This much may be said, however, it is certain that notwithstanding his physical condition, and his mental temperament resulting therefrom, he never sought to inflict an injury or punishment upon anybody unnecessarily--never became a petty or malicious persecutor, hounding a man into his grave--and when it became evident to him as well as to others that he had done any of his officers or men an act of injustice, nobody could have been more open, free and frank in his disavowal of that act, or quicker to apologize and render all the reparation possible in his power-- This applied to any and all down to the last Second Lieutenant and private soldier in the regiment-- One man never knows another so well, even intimately--as when he is thrown closely in contact with or lives and sleeps and eats with him-- The writer had done all with Mackenzie during a greater part of this period of 1871--having been his Post Adjutant twice--during Gen. Sherman's inspection in May, at the time of the massacre of Salt Creek Prairie, and prior to our Expedition of that year, and his Field Adjutant on his entire campaign in his abortive attempt to strike Kicking Bird's band of Ki-o-was before he could be stampeded into the Fort Sill Reservation--from May 1st until Oct.

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From this reading The year of 1871 had been so full of incidents and far reaching results for the Fourth Cavalry and its new Colonel, Ranald S. Mackenzie, that it is somewhat difficult to go back into the dim vistas of that period and select the one incident, or absorbing event which would be either of greatest magnitude or afford the most thrilling interest-- This capture of ten deserters, however, under circumstances of more than ordinary importance, since it is believed to be the record capture ever made in the Military Department of Texas, or, perhaps for that matter, of any Military Department in the United States--came about as closely in touch with the writer's life as almost any other experience he ever had while serving as an officer of that regiment--including, as it did, terrible exposure, and unavoidable hardships and privations-- Like all of the other Cavalry regiments in our Army, which were then doing about three fourths of all the active, effective work--the work that disables or kills--in the subjugation of the savage tribes in the United States, driving them into Indian reservations, and rendering it possible for the frontier border to be settled, and civilization to be advanced to a point where it could feel safe from raids and bloody incursions, the Fourth U. S. Cavalry, notwithstanding its high morale and almost perfect state of discipline--had its share of desertions-- Was Mackenzie a "Martinet" Mackenzie was not a West Point "martinet", as that term is generally understood in our Army--but, from four wounds he had received, three in the Civil War, and one that year in the campaign against Quan-ah Parker, the Una-ha-da Comanche Chief--and almost criminal neglect of his own health, in his intensity of nature and purpose in prosecuting these arduous Indian campaigns--he had become more or less irritable, irascible, exacting--sometimes erratic, and frequently explosive-- This much may be said, however, it is certain that notwithstanding his physical condition, and his mental temperament resulting therefrom, he never sought to inflict an injury or punishment upon anybody unnecessarily--never became a petty or malicious persecutor, hounding a man into his grave--and when it became evident to him as well as to others that he had done any of his officers or men an act of injustice, nobody could have been more open, free and frank in his disavowal of that act, or quicker to apologize and render all the reparation possible in his power-- This applied to any and all down to the last Second Lieutenant and private soldier in the regiment-- One man never knows another so well, even intimately--as when he is thrown closely in contact with or lives and sleeps and eats with him-- The writer had done all with Mackenzie during a greater part of this period of 1871--having been his Post Adjutant twice--during Gen. Sherman's inspection in May, at the time of the massacre of Salt Creek Prairie, and prior to our Expedition of that year, and his Field Adjutant on his entire campaign in his abortive attempt to strike Kicking Bird's band of Ki-o-was before he could be stampeded into the Fort Sill Reservation--from May 1st until Oct.

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From this reading 3--I had got to know him very well-- Causes for Desertion Both officers and men had been under a terrific high-keyed pressure--a very great mental and physical strain, almost to the breaking point; were tired and dispirited because the results and the hard work performed, had not justified their expectations and because they could not then see any immediate relief from the performance of such exacting duty-- The pace had been a little too fast even for the Fourth Cavalry-- Much of the spirit and enthusiasm for such unremunerative work was at a very low ebb-- While it had not yet approached a complete discouragement, it was a condition of supreme disgust and contempt at the methods employed-- They felt that with the Government at Washington nullifying and rendering most of their hard labor abortive, that success in those long, weary and extremely exhausting Indian campaigns was not so much dependent upon their absolute loyalty to duty and perfect willingness to sacrifice themselves when necessary in achieving results, as upon the paralyzing acts and influence of the "Indian Ring" in Washington and the ever changing political cesspools of a politically ridden country-- They wanted to see the tangible results or fruits of such terribly hard service and to feel that such hardships, privations and sacrifices as they had experienced, had not been in vain or wasted by a gang of cold blooded, unscrupulous plunderers and grafters remote from the scene of these border activities.

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From this reading 3--I had got to know him very well-- Causes for Desertion Both officers and men had been under a terrific high-keyed pressure--a very great mental and physical strain, almost to the breaking point; were tired and dispirited because the results and the hard work performed, had not justified their expectations and because they could not then see any immediate relief from the performance of such exacting duty-- The pace had been a little too fast even for the Fourth Cavalry-- Much of the spirit and enthusiasm for such unremunerative work was at a very low ebb-- While it had not yet approached a complete discouragement, it was a condition of supreme disgust and contempt at the methods employed-- They felt that with the Government at Washington nullifying and rendering most of their hard labor abortive, that success in those long, weary and extremely exhausting Indian campaigns was not so much dependent upon their absolute loyalty to duty and perfect willingness to sacrifice themselves when necessary in achieving results, as upon the paralyzing acts and influence of the "Indian Ring" in Washington and the ever changing political cesspools of a politically ridden country-- They wanted to see the tangible results or fruits of such terribly hard service and to feel that such hardships, privations and sacrifices as they had experienced, had not been in vain or wasted by a gang of cold blooded, unscrupulous plunderers and grafters remote from the scene of these border activities.

the flesh of a chicken used for food

From this reading Like "_death_ and _Taxes_," we have them with us always, especially in time of wars-- It is then the vultures abound-- It is then we have the jelly-fish, spineless slackers, the pussy-foot pacifists--conscientious objectors, chicken hearted shirkers--and--"let George do it" fighters--coming down to the secret renegades--traitors, and Bolshevist anarchists and bomb throwers-- They have always been the curse of this Nation--the natural result,--as a rule--of the "Melting Pot" that does not melt--breeding a lot of mongrel curs and hybrids that should no longer be a part of our American life.

a person who is in charge

From this reading The year of 1871 had been so full of incidents and far reaching results for the Fourth Cavalry and its new Colonel, Ranald S. Mackenzie, that it is somewhat difficult to go back into the dim vistas of that period and select the one incident, or absorbing event which would be either of greatest magnitude or afford the most thrilling interest-- This capture of ten deserters, however, under circumstances of more than ordinary importance, since it is believed to be the record capture ever made in the Military Department of Texas, or, perhaps for that matter, of any Military Department in the United States--came about as closely in touch with the writer's life as almost any other experience he ever had while serving as an officer of that regiment--including, as it did, terrible exposure, and unavoidable hardships and privations-- Like all of the other Cavalry regiments in our Army, which were then doing about three fourths of all the active, effective work--the work that disables or kills--in the subjugation of the savage tribes in the United States, driving them into Indian reservations, and rendering it possible for the frontier border to be settled, and civilization to be advanced to a point where it could feel safe from raids and bloody incursions, the Fourth U. S. Cavalry, notwithstanding its high morale and almost perfect state of discipline--had its share of desertions-- Was Mackenzie a "Martinet" Mackenzie was not a West Point "martinet", as that term is generally understood in our Army--but, from four wounds he had received, three in the Civil War, and one that year in the campaign against Quan-ah Parker, the Una-ha-da Comanche Chief--and almost criminal neglect of his own health, in his intensity of nature and purpose in prosecuting these arduous Indian campaigns--he had become more or less irritable, irascible, exacting--sometimes erratic, and frequently explosive-- This much may be said, however, it is certain that notwithstanding his physical condition, and his mental temperament resulting therefrom, he never sought to inflict an injury or punishment upon anybody unnecessarily--never became a petty or malicious persecutor, hounding a man into his grave--and when it became evident to him as well as to others that he had done any of his officers or men an act of injustice, nobody could have been more open, free and frank in his disavowal of that act, or quicker to apologize and render all the reparation possible in his power-- This applied to any and all down to the last Second Lieutenant and private soldier in the regiment-- One man never knows another so well, even intimately--as when he is thrown closely in contact with or lives and sleeps and eats with him-- The writer had done all with Mackenzie during a greater part of this period of 1871--having been his Post Adjutant twice--during Gen. Sherman's inspection in May, at the time of the massacre of Salt Creek Prairie, and prior to our Expedition of that year, and his Field Adjutant on his entire campaign in his abortive attempt to strike Kicking Bird's band of Ki-o-was before he could be stampeded into the Fort Sill Reservation--from May 1st until Oct.

your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you)

From this reading The year of 1871 had been so full of incidents and far reaching results for the Fourth Cavalry and its new Colonel, Ranald S. Mackenzie, that it is somewhat difficult to go back into the dim vistas of that period and select the one incident, or absorbing event which would be either of greatest magnitude or afford the most thrilling interest-- This capture of ten deserters, however, under circumstances of more than ordinary importance, since it is believed to be the record capture ever made in the Military Department of Texas, or, perhaps for that matter, of any Military Department in the United States--came about as closely in touch with the writer's life as almost any other experience he ever had while serving as an officer of that regiment--including, as it did, terrible exposure, and unavoidable hardships and privations-- Like all of the other Cavalry regiments in our Army, which were then doing about three fourths of all the active, effective work--the work that disables or kills--in the subjugation of the savage tribes in the United States, driving them into Indian reservations, and rendering it possible for the frontier border to be settled, and civilization to be advanced to a point where it could feel safe from raids and bloody incursions, the Fourth U. S. Cavalry, notwithstanding its high morale and almost perfect state of discipline--had its share of desertions-- Was Mackenzie a "Martinet" Mackenzie was not a West Point "martinet", as that term is generally understood in our Army--but, from four wounds he had received, three in the Civil War, and one that year in the campaign against Quan-ah Parker, the Una-ha-da Comanche Chief--and almost criminal neglect of his own health, in his intensity of nature and purpose in prosecuting these arduous Indian campaigns--he had become more or less irritable, irascible, exacting--sometimes erratic, and frequently explosive-- This much may be said, however, it is certain that notwithstanding his physical condition, and his mental temperament resulting therefrom, he never sought to inflict an injury or punishment upon anybody unnecessarily--never became a petty or malicious persecutor, hounding a man into his grave--and when it became evident to him as well as to others that he had done any of his officers or men an act of injustice, nobody could have been more open, free and frank in his disavowal of that act, or quicker to apologize and render all the reparation possible in his power-- This applied to any and all down to the last Second Lieutenant and private soldier in the regiment-- One man never knows another so well, even intimately--as when he is thrown closely in contact with or lives and sleeps and eats with him-- The writer had done all with Mackenzie during a greater part of this period of 1871--having been his Post Adjutant twice--during Gen. Sherman's inspection in May, at the time of the massacre of Salt Creek Prairie, and prior to our Expedition of that year, and his Field Adjutant on his entire campaign in his abortive attempt to strike Kicking Bird's band of Ki-o-was before he could be stampeded into the Fort Sill Reservation--from May 1st until Oct.

applying to ordinary citizens as contrasted with the military

From this reading The year of 1871 had been so full of incidents and far reaching results for the Fourth Cavalry and its new Colonel, Ranald S. Mackenzie, that it is somewhat difficult to go back into the dim vistas of that period and select the one incident, or absorbing event which would be either of greatest magnitude or afford the most thrilling interest-- This capture of ten deserters, however, under circumstances of more than ordinary importance, since it is believed to be the record capture ever made in the Military Department of Texas, or, perhaps for that matter, of any Military Department in the United States--came about as closely in touch with the writer's life as almost any other experience he ever had while serving as an officer of that regiment--including, as it did, terrible exposure, and unavoidable hardships and privations-- Like all of the other Cavalry regiments in our Army, which were then doing about three fourths of all the active, effective work--the work that disables or kills--in the subjugation of the savage tribes in the United States, driving them into Indian reservations, and rendering it possible for the frontier border to be settled, and civilization to be advanced to a point where it could feel safe from raids and bloody incursions, the Fourth U. S. Cavalry, notwithstanding its high morale and almost perfect state of discipline--had its share of desertions-- Was Mackenzie a "Martinet" Mackenzie was not a West Point "martinet", as that term is generally understood in our Army--but, from four wounds he had received, three in the Civil War, and one that year in the campaign against Quan-ah Parker, the Una-ha-da Comanche Chief--and almost criminal neglect of his own health, in his intensity of nature and purpose in prosecuting these arduous Indian campaigns--he had become more or less irritable, irascible, exacting--sometimes erratic, and frequently explosive-- This much may be said, however, it is certain that notwithstanding his physical condition, and his mental temperament resulting therefrom, he never sought to inflict an injury or punishment upon anybody unnecessarily--never became a petty or malicious persecutor, hounding a man into his grave--and when it became evident to him as well as to others that he had done any of his officers or men an act of injustice, nobody could have been more open, free and frank in his disavowal of that act, or quicker to apologize and render all the reparation possible in his power-- This applied to any and all down to the last Second Lieutenant and private soldier in the regiment-- One man never knows another so well, even intimately--as when he is thrown closely in contact with or lives and sleeps and eats with him-- The writer had done all with Mackenzie during a greater part of this period of 1871--having been his Post Adjutant twice--during Gen. Sherman's inspection in May, at the time of the massacre of Salt Creek Prairie, and prior to our Expedition of that year, and his Field Adjutant on his entire campaign in his abortive attempt to strike Kicking Bird's band of Ki-o-was before he could be stampeded into the Fort Sill Reservation--from May 1st until Oct.

a society in an advanced state of social development (e.g., with complex legal and political and religious organizations)

From this reading The year of 1871 had been so full of incidents and far reaching results for the Fourth Cavalry and its new Colonel, Ranald S. Mackenzie, that it is somewhat difficult to go back into the dim vistas of that period and select the one incident, or absorbing event which would be either of greatest magnitude or afford the most thrilling interest-- This capture of ten deserters, however, under circumstances of more than ordinary importance, since it is believed to be the record capture ever made in the Military Department of Texas, or, perhaps for that matter, of any Military Department in the United States--came about as closely in touch with the writer's life as almost any other experience he ever had while serving as an officer of that regiment--including, as it did, terrible exposure, and unavoidable hardships and privations-- Like all of the other Cavalry regiments in our Army, which were then doing about three fourths of all the active, effective work--the work that disables or kills--in the subjugation of the savage tribes in the United States, driving them into Indian reservations, and rendering it possible for the frontier border to be settled, and civilization to be advanced to a point where it could feel safe from raids and bloody incursions, the Fourth U. S. Cavalry, notwithstanding its high morale and almost perfect state of discipline--had its share of desertions-- Was Mackenzie a "Martinet" Mackenzie was not a West Point "martinet", as that term is generally understood in our Army--but, from four wounds he had received, three in the Civil War, and one that year in the campaign against Quan-ah Parker, the Una-ha-da Comanche Chief--and almost criminal neglect of his own health, in his intensity of nature and purpose in prosecuting these arduous Indian campaigns--he had become more or less irritable, irascible, exacting--sometimes erratic, and frequently explosive-- This much may be said, however, it is certain that notwithstanding his physical condition, and his mental temperament resulting therefrom, he never sought to inflict an injury or punishment upon anybody unnecessarily--never became a petty or malicious persecutor, hounding a man into his grave--and when it became evident to him as well as to others that he had done any of his officers or men an act of injustice, nobody could have been more open, free and frank in his disavowal of that act, or quicker to apologize and render all the reparation possible in his power-- This applied to any and all down to the last Second Lieutenant and private soldier in the regiment-- One man never knows another so well, even intimately--as when he is thrown closely in contact with or lives and sleeps and eats with him-- The writer had done all with Mackenzie during a greater part of this period of 1871--having been his Post Adjutant twice--during Gen. Sherman's inspection in May, at the time of the massacre of Salt Creek Prairie, and prior to our Expedition of that year, and his Field Adjutant on his entire campaign in his abortive attempt to strike Kicking Bird's band of Ki-o-was before he could be stampeded into the Fort Sill Reservation--from May 1st until Oct.

a collection of things sharing a common attribute

From this reading We have but recently passed through a similar experience with the same class--in fact are doing it now.

in a close relation or position in time or space

From this reading The year of 1871 had been so full of incidents and far reaching results for the Fourth Cavalry and its new Colonel, Ranald S. Mackenzie, that it is somewhat difficult to go back into the dim vistas of that period and select the one incident, or absorbing event which would be either of greatest magnitude or afford the most thrilling interest-- This capture of ten deserters, however, under circumstances of more than ordinary importance, since it is believed to be the record capture ever made in the Military Department of Texas, or, perhaps for that matter, of any Military Department in the United States--came about as closely in touch with the writer's life as almost any other experience he ever had while serving as an officer of that regiment--including, as it did, terrible exposure, and unavoidable hardships and privations-- Like all of the other Cavalry regiments in our Army, which were then doing about three fourths of all the active, effective work--the work that disables or kills--in the subjugation of the savage tribes in the United States, driving them into Indian reservations, and rendering it possible for the frontier border to be settled, and civilization to be advanced to a point where it could feel safe from raids and bloody incursions, the Fourth U. S. Cavalry, notwithstanding its high morale and almost perfect state of discipline--had its share of desertions-- Was Mackenzie a "Martinet" Mackenzie was not a West Point "martinet", as that term is generally understood in our Army--but, from four wounds he had received, three in the Civil War, and one that year in the campaign against Quan-ah Parker, the Una-ha-da Comanche Chief--and almost criminal neglect of his own health, in his intensity of nature and purpose in prosecuting these arduous Indian campaigns--he had become more or less irritable, irascible, exacting--sometimes erratic, and frequently explosive-- This much may be said, however, it is certain that notwithstanding his physical condition, and his mental temperament resulting therefrom, he never sought to inflict an injury or punishment upon anybody unnecessarily--never became a petty or malicious persecutor, hounding a man into his grave--and when it became evident to him as well as to others that he had done any of his officers or men an act of injustice, nobody could have been more open, free and frank in his disavowal of that act, or quicker to apologize and render all the reparation possible in his power-- This applied to any and all down to the last Second Lieutenant and private soldier in the regiment-- One man never knows another so well, even intimately--as when he is thrown closely in contact with or lives and sleeps and eats with him-- The writer had done all with Mackenzie during a greater part of this period of 1871--having been his Post Adjutant twice--during Gen. Sherman's inspection in May, at the time of the massacre of Salt Creek Prairie, and prior to our Expedition of that year, and his Field Adjutant on his entire campaign in his abortive attempt to strike Kicking Bird's band of Ki-o-was before he could be stampeded into the Fort Sill Reservation--from May 1st until Oct.

having a low or inadequate temperature or feeling a sensation of coldness or having been made cold by e.g. ice or refrigeration

From this reading 3--I had got to know him very well-- Causes for Desertion Both officers and men had been under a terrific high-keyed pressure--a very great mental and physical strain, almost to the breaking point; were tired and dispirited because the results and the hard work performed, had not justified their expectations and because they could not then see any immediate relief from the performance of such exacting duty-- The pace had been a little too fast even for the Fourth Cavalry-- Much of the spirit and enthusiasm for such unremunerative work was at a very low ebb-- While it had not yet approached a complete discouragement, it was a condition of supreme disgust and contempt at the methods employed-- They felt that with the Government at Washington nullifying and rendering most of their hard labor abortive, that success in those long, weary and extremely exhausting Indian campaigns was not so much dependent upon their absolute loyalty to duty and perfect willingness to sacrifice themselves when necessary in achieving results, as upon the paralyzing acts and influence of the "Indian Ring" in Washington and the ever changing political cesspools of a politically ridden country-- They wanted to see the tangible results or fruits of such terribly hard service and to feel that such hardships, privations and sacrifices as they had experienced, had not been in vain or wasted by a gang of cold blooded, unscrupulous plunderers and grafters remote from the scene of these border activities.

a commissioned military officer in the United States Army or Air Force or Marines who ranks above a lieutenant colonel and below a brigadier general

From this reading The year of 1871 had been so full of incidents and far reaching results for the Fourth Cavalry and its new Colonel, Ranald S. Mackenzie, that it is somewhat difficult to go back into the dim vistas of that period and select the one incident, or absorbing event which would be either of greatest magnitude or afford the most thrilling interest-- This capture of ten deserters, however, under circumstances of more than ordinary importance, since it is believed to be the record capture ever made in the Military Department of Texas, or, perhaps for that matter, of any Military Department in the United States--came about as closely in touch with the writer's life as almost any other experience he ever had while serving as an officer of that regiment--including, as it did, terrible exposure, and unavoidable hardships and privations-- Like all of the other Cavalry regiments in our Army, which were then doing about three fourths of all the active, effective work--the work that disables or kills--in the subjugation of the savage tribes in the United States, driving them into Indian reservations, and rendering it possible for the frontier border to be settled, and civilization to be advanced to a point where it could feel safe from raids and bloody incursions, the Fourth U. S. Cavalry, notwithstanding its high morale and almost perfect state of discipline--had its share of desertions-- Was Mackenzie a "Martinet" Mackenzie was not a West Point "martinet", as that term is generally understood in our Army--but, from four wounds he had received, three in the Civil War, and one that year in the campaign against Quan-ah Parker, the Una-ha-da Comanche Chief--and almost criminal neglect of his own health, in his intensity of nature and purpose in prosecuting these arduous Indian campaigns--he had become more or less irritable, irascible, exacting--sometimes erratic, and frequently explosive-- This much may be said, however, it is certain that notwithstanding his physical condition, and his mental temperament resulting therefrom, he never sought to inflict an injury or punishment upon anybody unnecessarily--never became a petty or malicious persecutor, hounding a man into his grave--and when it became evident to him as well as to others that he had done any of his officers or men an act of injustice, nobody could have been more open, free and frank in his disavowal of that act, or quicker to apologize and render all the reparation possible in his power-- This applied to any and all down to the last Second Lieutenant and private soldier in the regiment-- One man never knows another so well, even intimately--as when he is thrown closely in contact with or lives and sleeps and eats with him-- The writer had done all with Mackenzie during a greater part of this period of 1871--having been his Post Adjutant twice--during Gen. Sherman's inspection in May, at the time of the massacre of Salt Creek Prairie, and prior to our Expedition of that year, and his Field Adjutant on his entire campaign in his abortive attempt to strike Kicking Bird's band of Ki-o-was before he could be stampeded into the Fort Sill Reservation--from May 1st until Oct.

a member of the Shoshonean people who formerly lived between Wyoming and the Mexican border but are now chiefly in Oklahoma

From this reading The year of 1871 had been so full of incidents and far reaching results for the Fourth Cavalry and its new Colonel, Ranald S. Mackenzie, that it is somewhat difficult to go back into the dim vistas of that period and select the one incident, or absorbing event which would be either of greatest magnitude or afford the most thrilling interest-- This capture of ten deserters, however, under circumstances of more than ordinary importance, since it is believed to be the record capture ever made in the Military Department of Texas, or, perhaps for that matter, of any Military Department in the United States--came about as closely in touch with the writer's life as almost any other experience he ever had while serving as an officer of that regiment--including, as it did, terrible exposure, and unavoidable hardships and privations-- Like all of the other Cavalry regiments in our Army, which were then doing about three fourths of all the active, effective work--the work that disables or kills--in the subjugation of the savage tribes in the United States, driving them into Indian reservations, and rendering it possible for the frontier border to be settled, and civilization to be advanced to a point where it could feel safe from raids and bloody incursions, the Fourth U. S. Cavalry, notwithstanding its high morale and almost perfect state of discipline--had its share of desertions-- Was Mackenzie a "Martinet" Mackenzie was not a West Point "martinet", as that term is generally understood in our Army--but, from four wounds he had received, three in the Civil War, and one that year in the campaign against Quan-ah Parker, the Una-ha-da Comanche Chief--and almost criminal neglect of his own health, in his intensity of nature and purpose in prosecuting these arduous Indian campaigns--he had become more or less irritable, irascible, exacting--sometimes erratic, and frequently explosive-- This much may be said, however, it is certain that notwithstanding his physical condition, and his mental temperament resulting therefrom, he never sought to inflict an injury or punishment upon anybody unnecessarily--never became a petty or malicious persecutor, hounding a man into his grave--and when it became evident to him as well as to others that he had done any of his officers or men an act of injustice, nobody could have been more open, free and frank in his disavowal of that act, or quicker to apologize and render all the reparation possible in his power-- This applied to any and all down to the last Second Lieutenant and private soldier in the regiment-- One man never knows another so well, even intimately--as when he is thrown closely in contact with or lives and sleeps and eats with him-- The writer had done all with Mackenzie during a greater part of this period of 1871--having been his Post Adjutant twice--during Gen. Sherman's inspection in May, at the time of the massacre of Salt Creek Prairie, and prior to our Expedition of that year, and his Field Adjutant on his entire campaign in his abortive attempt to strike Kicking Bird's band of Ki-o-was before he could be stampeded into the Fort Sill Reservation--from May 1st until Oct.

the act of drawing spatially closer to something

From this reading Like "_death_ and _Taxes_," we have them with us always, especially in time of wars-- It is then the vultures abound-- It is then we have the jelly-fish, spineless slackers, the pussy-foot pacifists--conscientious objectors, chicken hearted shirkers--and--"let George do it" fighters--coming down to the secret renegades--traitors, and Bolshevist anarchists and bomb throwers-- They have always been the curse of this Nation--the natural result,--as a rule--of the "Melting Pot" that does not melt--breeding a lot of mongrel curs and hybrids that should no longer be a part of our American life.

come or bring to a finish or an end

From this reading 3--I had got to know him very well-- Causes for Desertion Both officers and men had been under a terrific high-keyed pressure--a very great mental and physical strain, almost to the breaking point; were tired and dispirited because the results and the hard work performed, had not justified their expectations and because they could not then see any immediate relief from the performance of such exacting duty-- The pace had been a little too fast even for the Fourth Cavalry-- Much of the spirit and enthusiasm for such unremunerative work was at a very low ebb-- While it had not yet approached a complete discouragement, it was a condition of supreme disgust and contempt at the methods employed-- They felt that with the Government at Washington nullifying and rendering most of their hard labor abortive, that success in those long, weary and extremely exhausting Indian campaigns was not so much dependent upon their absolute loyalty to duty and perfect willingness to sacrifice themselves when necessary in achieving results, as upon the paralyzing acts and influence of the "Indian Ring" in Washington and the ever changing political cesspools of a politically ridden country-- They wanted to see the tangible results or fruits of such terribly hard service and to feel that such hardships, privations and sacrifices as they had experienced, had not been in vain or wasted by a gang of cold blooded, unscrupulous plunderers and grafters remote from the scene of these border activities.

a state at a particular time

From this reading The year of 1871 had been so full of incidents and far reaching results for the Fourth Cavalry and its new Colonel, Ranald S. Mackenzie, that it is somewhat difficult to go back into the dim vistas of that period and select the one incident, or absorbing event which would be either of greatest magnitude or afford the most thrilling interest-- This capture of ten deserters, however, under circumstances of more than ordinary importance, since it is believed to be the record capture ever made in the Military Department of Texas, or, perhaps for that matter, of any Military Department in the United States--came about as closely in touch with the writer's life as almost any other experience he ever had while serving as an officer of that regiment--including, as it did, terrible exposure, and unavoidable hardships and privations-- Like all of the other Cavalry regiments in our Army, which were then doing about three fourths of all the active, effective work--the work that disables or kills--in the subjugation of the savage tribes in the United States, driving them into Indian reservations, and rendering it possible for the frontier border to be settled, and civilization to be advanced to a point where it could feel safe from raids and bloody incursions, the Fourth U. S. Cavalry, notwithstanding its high morale and almost perfect state of discipline--had its share of desertions-- Was Mackenzie a "Martinet" Mackenzie was not a West Point "martinet", as that term is generally understood in our Army--but, from four wounds he had received, three in the Civil War, and one that year in the campaign against Quan-ah Parker, the Una-ha-da Comanche Chief--and almost criminal neglect of his own health, in his intensity of nature and purpose in prosecuting these arduous Indian campaigns--he had become more or less irritable, irascible, exacting--sometimes erratic, and frequently explosive-- This much may be said, however, it is certain that notwithstanding his physical condition, and his mental temperament resulting therefrom, he never sought to inflict an injury or punishment upon anybody unnecessarily--never became a petty or malicious persecutor, hounding a man into his grave--and when it became evident to him as well as to others that he had done any of his officers or men an act of injustice, nobody could have been more open, free and frank in his disavowal of that act, or quicker to apologize and render all the reparation possible in his power-- This applied to any and all down to the last Second Lieutenant and private soldier in the regiment-- One man never knows another so well, even intimately--as when he is thrown closely in contact with or lives and sleeps and eats with him-- The writer had done all with Mackenzie during a greater part of this period of 1871--having been his Post Adjutant twice--during Gen. Sherman's inspection in May, at the time of the massacre of Salt Creek Prairie, and prior to our Expedition of that year, and his Field Adjutant on his entire campaign in his abortive attempt to strike Kicking Bird's band of Ki-o-was before he could be stampeded into the Fort Sill Reservation--from May 1st until Oct.

characterized by extreme care and great effort

From this reading Like "_death_ and _Taxes_," we have them with us always, especially in time of wars-- It is then the vultures abound-- It is then we have the jelly-fish, spineless slackers, the pussy-foot pacifists--conscientious objectors, chicken hearted shirkers--and--"let George do it" fighters--coming down to the secret renegades--traitors, and Bolshevist anarchists and bomb throwers-- They have always been the curse of this Nation--the natural result,--as a rule--of the "Melting Pot" that does not melt--breeding a lot of mongrel curs and hybrids that should no longer be a part of our American life.

close interaction

From this reading The year of 1871 had been so full of incidents and far reaching results for the Fourth Cavalry and its new Colonel, Ranald S. Mackenzie, that it is somewhat difficult to go back into the dim vistas of that period and select the one incident, or absorbing event which would be either of greatest magnitude or afford the most thrilling interest-- This capture of ten deserters, however, under circumstances of more than ordinary importance, since it is believed to be the record capture ever made in the Military Department of Texas, or, perhaps for that matter, of any Military Department in the United States--came about as closely in touch with the writer's life as almost any other experience he ever had while serving as an officer of that regiment--including, as it did, terrible exposure, and unavoidable hardships and privations-- Like all of the other Cavalry regiments in our Army, which were then doing about three fourths of all the active, effective work--the work that disables or kills--in the subjugation of the savage tribes in the United States, driving them into Indian reservations, and rendering it possible for the frontier border to be settled, and civilization to be advanced to a point where it could feel safe from raids and bloody incursions, the Fourth U. S. Cavalry, notwithstanding its high morale and almost perfect state of discipline--had its share of desertions-- Was Mackenzie a "Martinet" Mackenzie was not a West Point "martinet", as that term is generally understood in our Army--but, from four wounds he had received, three in the Civil War, and one that year in the campaign against Quan-ah Parker, the Una-ha-da Comanche Chief--and almost criminal neglect of his own health, in his intensity of nature and purpose in prosecuting these arduous Indian campaigns--he had become more or less irritable, irascible, exacting--sometimes erratic, and frequently explosive-- This much may be said, however, it is certain that notwithstanding his physical condition, and his mental temperament resulting therefrom, he never sought to inflict an injury or punishment upon anybody unnecessarily--never became a petty or malicious persecutor, hounding a man into his grave--and when it became evident to him as well as to others that he had done any of his officers or men an act of injustice, nobody could have been more open, free and frank in his disavowal of that act, or quicker to apologize and render all the reparation possible in his power-- This applied to any and all down to the last Second Lieutenant and private soldier in the regiment-- One man never knows another so well, even intimately--as when he is thrown closely in contact with or lives and sleeps and eats with him-- The writer had done all with Mackenzie during a greater part of this period of 1871--having been his Post Adjutant twice--during Gen. Sherman's inspection in May, at the time of the massacre of Salt Creek Prairie, and prior to our Expedition of that year, and his Field Adjutant on his entire campaign in his abortive attempt to strike Kicking Bird's band of Ki-o-was before he could be stampeded into the Fort Sill Reservation--from May 1st until Oct.

lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike

From this reading 3--I had got to know him very well-- Causes for Desertion Both officers and men had been under a terrific high-keyed pressure--a very great mental and physical strain, almost to the breaking point; were tired and dispirited because the results and the hard work performed, had not justified their expectations and because they could not then see any immediate relief from the performance of such exacting duty-- The pace had been a little too fast even for the Fourth Cavalry-- Much of the spirit and enthusiasm for such unremunerative work was at a very low ebb-- While it had not yet approached a complete discouragement, it was a condition of supreme disgust and contempt at the methods employed-- They felt that with the Government at Washington nullifying and rendering most of their hard labor abortive, that success in those long, weary and extremely exhausting Indian campaigns was not so much dependent upon their absolute loyalty to duty and perfect willingness to sacrifice themselves when necessary in achieving results, as upon the paralyzing acts and influence of the "Indian Ring" in Washington and the ever changing political cesspools of a politically ridden country-- They wanted to see the tangible results or fruits of such terribly hard service and to feel that such hardships, privations and sacrifices as they had experienced, had not been in vain or wasted by a gang of cold blooded, unscrupulous plunderers and grafters remote from the scene of these border activities.

the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests

From this reading The year of 1871 had been so full of incidents and far reaching results for the Fourth Cavalry and its new Colonel, Ranald S. Mackenzie, that it is somewhat difficult to go back into the dim vistas of that period and select the one incident, or absorbing event which would be either of greatest magnitude or afford the most thrilling interest-- This capture of ten deserters, however, under circumstances of more than ordinary importance, since it is believed to be the record capture ever made in the Military Department of Texas, or, perhaps for that matter, of any Military Department in the United States--came about as closely in touch with the writer's life as almost any other experience he ever had while serving as an officer of that regiment--including, as it did, terrible exposure, and unavoidable hardships and privations-- Like all of the other Cavalry regiments in our Army, which were then doing about three fourths of all the active, effective work--the work that disables or kills--in the subjugation of the savage tribes in the United States, driving them into Indian reservations, and rendering it possible for the frontier border to be settled, and civilization to be advanced to a point where it could feel safe from raids and bloody incursions, the Fourth U. S. Cavalry, notwithstanding its high morale and almost perfect state of discipline--had its share of desertions-- Was Mackenzie a "Martinet" Mackenzie was not a West Point "martinet", as that term is generally understood in our Army--but, from four wounds he had received, three in the Civil War, and one that year in the campaign against Quan-ah Parker, the Una-ha-da Comanche Chief--and almost criminal neglect of his own health, in his intensity of nature and purpose in prosecuting these arduous Indian campaigns--he had become more or less irritable, irascible, exacting--sometimes erratic, and frequently explosive-- This much may be said, however, it is certain that notwithstanding his physical condition, and his mental temperament resulting therefrom, he never sought to inflict an injury or punishment upon anybody unnecessarily--never became a petty or malicious persecutor, hounding a man into his grave--and when it became evident to him as well as to others that he had done any of his officers or men an act of injustice, nobody could have been more open, free and frank in his disavowal of that act, or quicker to apologize and render all the reparation possible in his power-- This applied to any and all down to the last Second Lieutenant and private soldier in the regiment-- One man never knows another so well, even intimately--as when he is thrown closely in contact with or lives and sleeps and eats with him-- The writer had done all with Mackenzie during a greater part of this period of 1871--having been his Post Adjutant twice--during Gen. Sherman's inspection in May, at the time of the massacre of Salt Creek Prairie, and prior to our Expedition of that year, and his Field Adjutant on his entire campaign in his abortive attempt to strike Kicking Bird's band of Ki-o-was before he could be stampeded into the Fort Sill Reservation--from May 1st until Oct.

a politically organized body of people under a single government

From this reading 3--I had got to know him very well-- Causes for Desertion Both officers and men had been under a terrific high-keyed pressure--a very great mental and physical strain, almost to the breaking point; were tired and dispirited because the results and the hard work performed, had not justified their expectations and because they could not then see any immediate relief from the performance of such exacting duty-- The pace had been a little too fast even for the Fourth Cavalry-- Much of the spirit and enthusiasm for such unremunerative work was at a very low ebb-- While it had not yet approached a complete discouragement, it was a condition of supreme disgust and contempt at the methods employed-- They felt that with the Government at Washington nullifying and rendering most of their hard labor abortive, that success in those long, weary and extremely exhausting Indian campaigns was not so much dependent upon their absolute loyalty to duty and perfect willingness to sacrifice themselves when necessary in achieving results, as upon the paralyzing acts and influence of the "Indian Ring" in Washington and the ever changing political cesspools of a politically ridden country-- They wanted to see the tangible results or fruits of such terribly hard service and to feel that such hardships, privations and sacrifices as they had experienced, had not been in vain or wasted by a gang of cold blooded, unscrupulous plunderers and grafters remote from the scene of these border activities.

a natural stream of water smaller than a river (and often a tributary of a river)

From this reading The year of 1871 had been so full of incidents and far reaching results for the Fourth Cavalry and its new Colonel, Ranald S. Mackenzie, that it is somewhat difficult to go back into the dim vistas of that period and select the one incident, or absorbing event which would be either of greatest magnitude or afford the most thrilling interest-- This capture of ten deserters, however, under circumstances of more than ordinary importance, since it is believed to be the record capture ever made in the Military Department of Texas, or, perhaps for that matter, of any Military Department in the United States--came about as closely in touch with the writer's life as almost any other experience he ever had while serving as an officer of that regiment--including, as it did, terrible exposure, and unavoidable hardships and privations-- Like all of the other Cavalry regiments in our Army, which were then doing about three fourths of all the active, effective work--the work that disables or kills--in the subjugation of the savage tribes in the United States, driving them into Indian reservations, and rendering it possible for the frontier border to be settled, and civilization to be advanced to a point where it could feel safe from raids and bloody incursions, the Fourth U. S. Cavalry, notwithstanding its high morale and almost perfect state of discipline--had its share of desertions-- Was Mackenzie a "Martinet" Mackenzie was not a West Point "martinet", as that term is generally understood in our Army--but, from four wounds he had received, three in the Civil War, and one that year in the campaign against Quan-ah Parker, the Una-ha-da Comanche Chief--and almost criminal neglect of his own health, in his intensity of nature and purpose in prosecuting these arduous Indian campaigns--he had become more or less irritable, irascible, exacting--sometimes erratic, and frequently explosive-- This much may be said, however, it is certain that notwithstanding his physical condition, and his mental temperament resulting therefrom, he never sought to inflict an injury or punishment upon anybody unnecessarily--never became a petty or malicious persecutor, hounding a man into his grave--and when it became evident to him as well as to others that he had done any of his officers or men an act of injustice, nobody could have been more open, free and frank in his disavowal of that act, or quicker to apologize and render all the reparation possible in his power-- This applied to any and all down to the last Second Lieutenant and private soldier in the regiment-- One man never knows another so well, even intimately--as when he is thrown closely in contact with or lives and sleeps and eats with him-- The writer had done all with Mackenzie during a greater part of this period of 1871--having been his Post Adjutant twice--during Gen. Sherman's inspection in May, at the time of the massacre of Salt Creek Prairie, and prior to our Expedition of that year, and his Field Adjutant on his entire campaign in his abortive attempt to strike Kicking Bird's band of Ki-o-was before he could be stampeded into the Fort Sill Reservation--from May 1st until Oct.

bringing or deserving severe rebuke or censure

From this reading The year of 1871 had been so full of incidents and far reaching results for the Fourth Cavalry and its new Colonel, Ranald S. Mackenzie, that it is somewhat difficult to go back into the dim vistas of that period and select the one incident, or absorbing event which would be either of greatest magnitude or afford the most thrilling interest-- This capture of ten deserters, however, under circumstances of more than ordinary importance, since it is believed to be the record capture ever made in the Military Department of Texas, or, perhaps for that matter, of any Military Department in the United States--came about as closely in touch with the writer's life as almost any other experience he ever had while serving as an officer of that regiment--including, as it did, terrible exposure, and unavoidable hardships and privations-- Like all of the other Cavalry regiments in our Army, which were then doing about three fourths of all the active, effective work--the work that disables or kills--in the subjugation of the savage tribes in the United States, driving them into Indian reservations, and rendering it possible for the frontier border to be settled, and civilization to be advanced to a point where it could feel safe from raids and bloody incursions, the Fourth U. S. Cavalry, notwithstanding its high morale and almost perfect state of discipline--had its share of desertions-- Was Mackenzie a "Martinet" Mackenzie was not a West Point "martinet", as that term is generally understood in our Army--but, from four wounds he had received, three in the Civil War, and one that year in the campaign against Quan-ah Parker, the Una-ha-da Comanche Chief--and almost criminal neglect of his own health, in his intensity of nature and purpose in prosecuting these arduous Indian campaigns--he had become more or less irritable, irascible, exacting--sometimes erratic, and frequently explosive-- This much may be said, however, it is certain that notwithstanding his physical condition, and his mental temperament resulting therefrom, he never sought to inflict an injury or punishment upon anybody unnecessarily--never became a petty or malicious persecutor, hounding a man into his grave--and when it became evident to him as well as to others that he had done any of his officers or men an act of injustice, nobody could have been more open, free and frank in his disavowal of that act, or quicker to apologize and render all the reparation possible in his power-- This applied to any and all down to the last Second Lieutenant and private soldier in the regiment-- One man never knows another so well, even intimately--as when he is thrown closely in contact with or lives and sleeps and eats with him-- The writer had done all with Mackenzie during a greater part of this period of 1871--having been his Post Adjutant twice--during Gen. Sherman's inspection in May, at the time of the massacre of Salt Creek Prairie, and prior to our Expedition of that year, and his Field Adjutant on his entire campaign in his abortive attempt to strike Kicking Bird's band of Ki-o-was before he could be stampeded into the Fort Sill Reservation--from May 1st until Oct.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Like "_death_ and _Taxes_," we have them with us always, especially in time of wars-- It is then the vultures abound-- It is then we have the jelly-fish, spineless slackers, the pussy-foot pacifists--conscientious objectors, chicken hearted shirkers--and--"let George do it" fighters--coming down to the secret renegades--traitors, and Bolshevist anarchists and bomb throwers-- They have always been the curse of this Nation--the natural result,--as a rule--of the "Melting Pot" that does not melt--breeding a lot of mongrel curs and hybrids that should no longer be a part of our American life.

profane or obscene expression usually of surprise or anger

From this reading Like "_death_ and _Taxes_," we have them with us always, especially in time of wars-- It is then the vultures abound-- It is then we have the jelly-fish, spineless slackers, the pussy-foot pacifists--conscientious objectors, chicken hearted shirkers--and--"let George do it" fighters--coming down to the secret renegades--traitors, and Bolshevist anarchists and bomb throwers-- They have always been the curse of this Nation--the natural result,--as a rule--of the "Melting Pot" that does not melt--breeding a lot of mongrel curs and hybrids that should no longer be a part of our American life.

the event of dying or departure from life

From this reading Like "_death_ and _Taxes_," we have them with us always, especially in time of wars-- It is then the vultures abound-- It is then we have the jelly-fish, spineless slackers, the pussy-foot pacifists--conscientious objectors, chicken hearted shirkers--and--"let George do it" fighters--coming down to the secret renegades--traitors, and Bolshevist anarchists and bomb throwers-- They have always been the curse of this Nation--the natural result,--as a rule--of the "Melting Pot" that does not melt--breeding a lot of mongrel curs and hybrids that should no longer be a part of our American life.

a specialized division of a large organization

From this reading The year of 1871 had been so full of incidents and far reaching results for the Fourth Cavalry and its new Colonel, Ranald S. Mackenzie, that it is somewhat difficult to go back into the dim vistas of that period and select the one incident, or absorbing event which would be either of greatest magnitude or afford the most thrilling interest-- This capture of ten deserters, however, under circumstances of more than ordinary importance, since it is believed to be the record capture ever made in the Military Department of Texas, or, perhaps for that matter, of any Military Department in the United States--came about as closely in touch with the writer's life as almost any other experience he ever had while serving as an officer of that regiment--including, as it did, terrible exposure, and unavoidable hardships and privations-- Like all of the other Cavalry regiments in our Army, which were then doing about three fourths of all the active, effective work--the work that disables or kills--in the subjugation of the savage tribes in the United States, driving them into Indian reservations, and rendering it possible for the frontier border to be settled, and civilization to be advanced to a point where it could feel safe from raids and bloody incursions, the Fourth U. S. Cavalry, notwithstanding its high morale and almost perfect state of discipline--had its share of desertions-- Was Mackenzie a "Martinet" Mackenzie was not a West Point "martinet", as that term is generally understood in our Army--but, from four wounds he had received, three in the Civil War, and one that year in the campaign against Quan-ah Parker, the Una-ha-da Comanche Chief--and almost criminal neglect of his own health, in his intensity of nature and purpose in prosecuting these arduous Indian campaigns--he had become more or less irritable, irascible, exacting--sometimes erratic, and frequently explosive-- This much may be said, however, it is certain that notwithstanding his physical condition, and his mental temperament resulting therefrom, he never sought to inflict an injury or punishment upon anybody unnecessarily--never became a petty or malicious persecutor, hounding a man into his grave--and when it became evident to him as well as to others that he had done any of his officers or men an act of injustice, nobody could have been more open, free and frank in his disavowal of that act, or quicker to apologize and render all the reparation possible in his power-- This applied to any and all down to the last Second Lieutenant and private soldier in the regiment-- One man never knows another so well, even intimately--as when he is thrown closely in contact with or lives and sleeps and eats with him-- The writer had done all with Mackenzie during a greater part of this period of 1871--having been his Post Adjutant twice--during Gen. Sherman's inspection in May, at the time of the massacre of Salt Creek Prairie, and prior to our Expedition of that year, and his Field Adjutant on his entire campaign in his abortive attempt to strike Kicking Bird's band of Ki-o-was before he could be stampeded into the Fort Sill Reservation--from May 1st until Oct.

relying on or requiring a person or thing for support, supply, or what is needed

From this reading 3--I had got to know him very well-- Causes for Desertion Both officers and men had been under a terrific high-keyed pressure--a very great mental and physical strain, almost to the breaking point; were tired and dispirited because the results and the hard work performed, had not justified their expectations and because they could not then see any immediate relief from the performance of such exacting duty-- The pace had been a little too fast even for the Fourth Cavalry-- Much of the spirit and enthusiasm for such unremunerative work was at a very low ebb-- While it had not yet approached a complete discouragement, it was a condition of supreme disgust and contempt at the methods employed-- They felt that with the Government at Washington nullifying and rendering most of their hard labor abortive, that success in those long, weary and extremely exhausting Indian campaigns was not so much dependent upon their absolute loyalty to duty and perfect willingness to sacrifice themselves when necessary in achieving results, as upon the paralyzing acts and influence of the "Indian Ring" in Washington and the ever changing political cesspools of a politically ridden country-- They wanted to see the tangible results or fruits of such terribly hard service and to feel that such hardships, privations and sacrifices as they had experienced, had not been in vain or wasted by a gang of cold blooded, unscrupulous plunderers and grafters remote from the scene of these border activities.

plural of “deserter” — a disloyal person who betrays or deserts his cause or religion or political party or friend etc.

From this reading _By_ Captain Robert Goldthwaite Carter U. S. ARMY On The Trail of Deserters.

withdrawing support or help despite allegiance or responsibility

From this reading 3--I had got to know him very well-- Causes for Desertion Both officers and men had been under a terrific high-keyed pressure--a very great mental and physical strain, almost to the breaking point; were tired and dispirited because the results and the hard work performed, had not justified their expectations and because they could not then see any immediate relief from the performance of such exacting duty-- The pace had been a little too fast even for the Fourth Cavalry-- Much of the spirit and enthusiasm for such unremunerative work was at a very low ebb-- While it had not yet approached a complete discouragement, it was a condition of supreme disgust and contempt at the methods employed-- They felt that with the Government at Washington nullifying and rendering most of their hard labor abortive, that success in those long, weary and extremely exhausting Indian campaigns was not so much dependent upon their absolute loyalty to duty and perfect willingness to sacrifice themselves when necessary in achieving results, as upon the paralyzing acts and influence of the "Indian Ring" in Washington and the ever changing political cesspools of a politically ridden country-- They wanted to see the tangible results or fruits of such terribly hard service and to feel that such hardships, privations and sacrifices as they had experienced, had not been in vain or wasted by a gang of cold blooded, unscrupulous plunderers and grafters remote from the scene of these border activities.

plural of “desertion” — withdrawing support or help despite allegiance or responsibility

From this reading The year of 1871 had been so full of incidents and far reaching results for the Fourth Cavalry and its new Colonel, Ranald S. Mackenzie, that it is somewhat difficult to go back into the dim vistas of that period and select the one incident, or absorbing event which would be either of greatest magnitude or afford the most thrilling interest-- This capture of ten deserters, however, under circumstances of more than ordinary importance, since it is believed to be the record capture ever made in the Military Department of Texas, or, perhaps for that matter, of any Military Department in the United States--came about as closely in touch with the writer's life as almost any other experience he ever had while serving as an officer of that regiment--including, as it did, terrible exposure, and unavoidable hardships and privations-- Like all of the other Cavalry regiments in our Army, which were then doing about three fourths of all the active, effective work--the work that disables or kills--in the subjugation of the savage tribes in the United States, driving them into Indian reservations, and rendering it possible for the frontier border to be settled, and civilization to be advanced to a point where it could feel safe from raids and bloody incursions, the Fourth U. S. Cavalry, notwithstanding its high morale and almost perfect state of discipline--had its share of desertions-- Was Mackenzie a "Martinet" Mackenzie was not a West Point "martinet", as that term is generally understood in our Army--but, from four wounds he had received, three in the Civil War, and one that year in the campaign against Quan-ah Parker, the Una-ha-da Comanche Chief--and almost criminal neglect of his own health, in his intensity of nature and purpose in prosecuting these arduous Indian campaigns--he had become more or less irritable, irascible, exacting--sometimes erratic, and frequently explosive-- This much may be said, however, it is certain that notwithstanding his physical condition, and his mental temperament resulting therefrom, he never sought to inflict an injury or punishment upon anybody unnecessarily--never became a petty or malicious persecutor, hounding a man into his grave--and when it became evident to him as well as to others that he had done any of his officers or men an act of injustice, nobody could have been more open, free and frank in his disavowal of that act, or quicker to apologize and render all the reparation possible in his power-- This applied to any and all down to the last Second Lieutenant and private soldier in the regiment-- One man never knows another so well, even intimately--as when he is thrown closely in contact with or lives and sleeps and eats with him-- The writer had done all with Mackenzie during a greater part of this period of 1871--having been his Post Adjutant twice--during Gen. Sherman's inspection in May, at the time of the massacre of Salt Creek Prairie, and prior to our Expedition of that year, and his Field Adjutant on his entire campaign in his abortive attempt to strike Kicking Bird's band of Ki-o-was before he could be stampeded into the Fort Sill Reservation--from May 1st until Oct.

the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives

From this reading The year of 1871 had been so full of incidents and far reaching results for the Fourth Cavalry and its new Colonel, Ranald S. Mackenzie, that it is somewhat difficult to go back into the dim vistas of that period and select the one incident, or absorbing event which would be either of greatest magnitude or afford the most thrilling interest-- This capture of ten deserters, however, under circumstances of more than ordinary importance, since it is believed to be the record capture ever made in the Military Department of Texas, or, perhaps for that matter, of any Military Department in the United States--came about as closely in touch with the writer's life as almost any other experience he ever had while serving as an officer of that regiment--including, as it did, terrible exposure, and unavoidable hardships and privations-- Like all of the other Cavalry regiments in our Army, which were then doing about three fourths of all the active, effective work--the work that disables or kills--in the subjugation of the savage tribes in the United States, driving them into Indian reservations, and rendering it possible for the frontier border to be settled, and civilization to be advanced to a point where it could feel safe from raids and bloody incursions, the Fourth U. S. Cavalry, notwithstanding its high morale and almost perfect state of discipline--had its share of desertions-- Was Mackenzie a "Martinet" Mackenzie was not a West Point "martinet", as that term is generally understood in our Army--but, from four wounds he had received, three in the Civil War, and one that year in the campaign against Quan-ah Parker, the Una-ha-da Comanche Chief--and almost criminal neglect of his own health, in his intensity of nature and purpose in prosecuting these arduous Indian campaigns--he had become more or less irritable, irascible, exacting--sometimes erratic, and frequently explosive-- This much may be said, however, it is certain that notwithstanding his physical condition, and his mental temperament resulting therefrom, he never sought to inflict an injury or punishment upon anybody unnecessarily--never became a petty or malicious persecutor, hounding a man into his grave--and when it became evident to him as well as to others that he had done any of his officers or men an act of injustice, nobody could have been more open, free and frank in his disavowal of that act, or quicker to apologize and render all the reparation possible in his power-- This applied to any and all down to the last Second Lieutenant and private soldier in the regiment-- One man never knows another so well, even intimately--as when he is thrown closely in contact with or lives and sleeps and eats with him-- The writer had done all with Mackenzie during a greater part of this period of 1871--having been his Post Adjutant twice--during Gen. Sherman's inspection in May, at the time of the massacre of Salt Creek Prairie, and prior to our Expedition of that year, and his Field Adjutant on his entire campaign in his abortive attempt to strike Kicking Bird's band of Ki-o-was before he could be stampeded into the Fort Sill Reservation--from May 1st until Oct.

not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure

From this reading The year of 1871 had been so full of incidents and far reaching results for the Fourth Cavalry and its new Colonel, Ranald S. Mackenzie, that it is somewhat difficult to go back into the dim vistas of that period and select the one incident, or absorbing event which would be either of greatest magnitude or afford the most thrilling interest-- This capture of ten deserters, however, under circumstances of more than ordinary importance, since it is believed to be the record capture ever made in the Military Department of Texas, or, perhaps for that matter, of any Military Department in the United States--came about as closely in touch with the writer's life as almost any other experience he ever had while serving as an officer of that regiment--including, as it did, terrible exposure, and unavoidable hardships and privations-- Like all of the other Cavalry regiments in our Army, which were then doing about three fourths of all the active, effective work--the work that disables or kills--in the subjugation of the savage tribes in the United States, driving them into Indian reservations, and rendering it possible for the frontier border to be settled, and civilization to be advanced to a point where it could feel safe from raids and bloody incursions, the Fourth U. S. Cavalry, notwithstanding its high morale and almost perfect state of discipline--had its share of desertions-- Was Mackenzie a "Martinet" Mackenzie was not a West Point "martinet", as that term is generally understood in our Army--but, from four wounds he had received, three in the Civil War, and one that year in the campaign against Quan-ah Parker, the Una-ha-da Comanche Chief--and almost criminal neglect of his own health, in his intensity of nature and purpose in prosecuting these arduous Indian campaigns--he had become more or less irritable, irascible, exacting--sometimes erratic, and frequently explosive-- This much may be said, however, it is certain that notwithstanding his physical condition, and his mental temperament resulting therefrom, he never sought to inflict an injury or punishment upon anybody unnecessarily--never became a petty or malicious persecutor, hounding a man into his grave--and when it became evident to him as well as to others that he had done any of his officers or men an act of injustice, nobody could have been more open, free and frank in his disavowal of that act, or quicker to apologize and render all the reparation possible in his power-- This applied to any and all down to the last Second Lieutenant and private soldier in the regiment-- One man never knows another so well, even intimately--as when he is thrown closely in contact with or lives and sleeps and eats with him-- The writer had done all with Mackenzie during a greater part of this period of 1871--having been his Post Adjutant twice--during Gen. Sherman's inspection in May, at the time of the massacre of Salt Creek Prairie, and prior to our Expedition of that year, and his Field Adjutant on his entire campaign in his abortive attempt to strike Kicking Bird's band of Ki-o-was before he could be stampeded into the Fort Sill Reservation--from May 1st until Oct.

lacking in light; not bright or harsh

From this reading The year of 1871 had been so full of incidents and far reaching results for the Fourth Cavalry and its new Colonel, Ranald S. Mackenzie, that it is somewhat difficult to go back into the dim vistas of that period and select the one incident, or absorbing event which would be either of greatest magnitude or afford the most thrilling interest-- This capture of ten deserters, however, under circumstances of more than ordinary importance, since it is believed to be the record capture ever made in the Military Department of Texas, or, perhaps for that matter, of any Military Department in the United States--came about as closely in touch with the writer's life as almost any other experience he ever had while serving as an officer of that regiment--including, as it did, terrible exposure, and unavoidable hardships and privations-- Like all of the other Cavalry regiments in our Army, which were then doing about three fourths of all the active, effective work--the work that disables or kills--in the subjugation of the savage tribes in the United States, driving them into Indian reservations, and rendering it possible for the frontier border to be settled, and civilization to be advanced to a point where it could feel safe from raids and bloody incursions, the Fourth U. S. Cavalry, notwithstanding its high morale and almost perfect state of discipline--had its share of desertions-- Was Mackenzie a "Martinet" Mackenzie was not a West Point "martinet", as that term is generally understood in our Army--but, from four wounds he had received, three in the Civil War, and one that year in the campaign against Quan-ah Parker, the Una-ha-da Comanche Chief--and almost criminal neglect of his own health, in his intensity of nature and purpose in prosecuting these arduous Indian campaigns--he had become more or less irritable, irascible, exacting--sometimes erratic, and frequently explosive-- This much may be said, however, it is certain that notwithstanding his physical condition, and his mental temperament resulting therefrom, he never sought to inflict an injury or punishment upon anybody unnecessarily--never became a petty or malicious persecutor, hounding a man into his grave--and when it became evident to him as well as to others that he had done any of his officers or men an act of injustice, nobody could have been more open, free and frank in his disavowal of that act, or quicker to apologize and render all the reparation possible in his power-- This applied to any and all down to the last Second Lieutenant and private soldier in the regiment-- One man never knows another so well, even intimately--as when he is thrown closely in contact with or lives and sleeps and eats with him-- The writer had done all with Mackenzie during a greater part of this period of 1871--having been his Post Adjutant twice--during Gen. Sherman's inspection in May, at the time of the massacre of Salt Creek Prairie, and prior to our Expedition of that year, and his Field Adjutant on his entire campaign in his abortive attempt to strike Kicking Bird's band of Ki-o-was before he could be stampeded into the Fort Sill Reservation--from May 1st until Oct.

third-person singular of “disable” — make unable to perform a certain action

From this reading The year of 1871 had been so full of incidents and far reaching results for the Fourth Cavalry and its new Colonel, Ranald S. Mackenzie, that it is somewhat difficult to go back into the dim vistas of that period and select the one incident, or absorbing event which would be either of greatest magnitude or afford the most thrilling interest-- This capture of ten deserters, however, under circumstances of more than ordinary importance, since it is believed to be the record capture ever made in the Military Department of Texas, or, perhaps for that matter, of any Military Department in the United States--came about as closely in touch with the writer's life as almost any other experience he ever had while serving as an officer of that regiment--including, as it did, terrible exposure, and unavoidable hardships and privations-- Like all of the other Cavalry regiments in our Army, which were then doing about three fourths of all the active, effective work--the work that disables or kills--in the subjugation of the savage tribes in the United States, driving them into Indian reservations, and rendering it possible for the frontier border to be settled, and civilization to be advanced to a point where it could feel safe from raids and bloody incursions, the Fourth U. S. Cavalry, notwithstanding its high morale and almost perfect state of discipline--had its share of desertions-- Was Mackenzie a "Martinet" Mackenzie was not a West Point "martinet", as that term is generally understood in our Army--but, from four wounds he had received, three in the Civil War, and one that year in the campaign against Quan-ah Parker, the Una-ha-da Comanche Chief--and almost criminal neglect of his own health, in his intensity of nature and purpose in prosecuting these arduous Indian campaigns--he had become more or less irritable, irascible, exacting--sometimes erratic, and frequently explosive-- This much may be said, however, it is certain that notwithstanding his physical condition, and his mental temperament resulting therefrom, he never sought to inflict an injury or punishment upon anybody unnecessarily--never became a petty or malicious persecutor, hounding a man into his grave--and when it became evident to him as well as to others that he had done any of his officers or men an act of injustice, nobody could have been more open, free and frank in his disavowal of that act, or quicker to apologize and render all the reparation possible in his power-- This applied to any and all down to the last Second Lieutenant and private soldier in the regiment-- One man never knows another so well, even intimately--as when he is thrown closely in contact with or lives and sleeps and eats with him-- The writer had done all with Mackenzie during a greater part of this period of 1871--having been his Post Adjutant twice--during Gen. Sherman's inspection in May, at the time of the massacre of Salt Creek Prairie, and prior to our Expedition of that year, and his Field Adjutant on his entire campaign in his abortive attempt to strike Kicking Bird's band of Ki-o-was before he could be stampeded into the Fort Sill Reservation--from May 1st until Oct.

denial of any connection with or knowledge of

From this reading The year of 1871 had been so full of incidents and far reaching results for the Fourth Cavalry and its new Colonel, Ranald S. Mackenzie, that it is somewhat difficult to go back into the dim vistas of that period and select the one incident, or absorbing event which would be either of greatest magnitude or afford the most thrilling interest-- This capture of ten deserters, however, under circumstances of more than ordinary importance, since it is believed to be the record capture ever made in the Military Department of Texas, or, perhaps for that matter, of any Military Department in the United States--came about as closely in touch with the writer's life as almost any other experience he ever had while serving as an officer of that regiment--including, as it did, terrible exposure, and unavoidable hardships and privations-- Like all of the other Cavalry regiments in our Army, which were then doing about three fourths of all the active, effective work--the work that disables or kills--in the subjugation of the savage tribes in the United States, driving them into Indian reservations, and rendering it possible for the frontier border to be settled, and civilization to be advanced to a point where it could feel safe from raids and bloody incursions, the Fourth U. S. Cavalry, notwithstanding its high morale and almost perfect state of discipline--had its share of desertions-- Was Mackenzie a "Martinet" Mackenzie was not a West Point "martinet", as that term is generally understood in our Army--but, from four wounds he had received, three in the Civil War, and one that year in the campaign against Quan-ah Parker, the Una-ha-da Comanche Chief--and almost criminal neglect of his own health, in his intensity of nature and purpose in prosecuting these arduous Indian campaigns--he had become more or less irritable, irascible, exacting--sometimes erratic, and frequently explosive-- This much may be said, however, it is certain that notwithstanding his physical condition, and his mental temperament resulting therefrom, he never sought to inflict an injury or punishment upon anybody unnecessarily--never became a petty or malicious persecutor, hounding a man into his grave--and when it became evident to him as well as to others that he had done any of his officers or men an act of injustice, nobody could have been more open, free and frank in his disavowal of that act, or quicker to apologize and render all the reparation possible in his power-- This applied to any and all down to the last Second Lieutenant and private soldier in the regiment-- One man never knows another so well, even intimately--as when he is thrown closely in contact with or lives and sleeps and eats with him-- The writer had done all with Mackenzie during a greater part of this period of 1871--having been his Post Adjutant twice--during Gen. Sherman's inspection in May, at the time of the massacre of Salt Creek Prairie, and prior to our Expedition of that year, and his Field Adjutant on his entire campaign in his abortive attempt to strike Kicking Bird's band of Ki-o-was before he could be stampeded into the Fort Sill Reservation--from May 1st until Oct.

a branch of knowledge

From this reading The year of 1871 had been so full of incidents and far reaching results for the Fourth Cavalry and its new Colonel, Ranald S. Mackenzie, that it is somewhat difficult to go back into the dim vistas of that period and select the one incident, or absorbing event which would be either of greatest magnitude or afford the most thrilling interest-- This capture of ten deserters, however, under circumstances of more than ordinary importance, since it is believed to be the record capture ever made in the Military Department of Texas, or, perhaps for that matter, of any Military Department in the United States--came about as closely in touch with the writer's life as almost any other experience he ever had while serving as an officer of that regiment--including, as it did, terrible exposure, and unavoidable hardships and privations-- Like all of the other Cavalry regiments in our Army, which were then doing about three fourths of all the active, effective work--the work that disables or kills--in the subjugation of the savage tribes in the United States, driving them into Indian reservations, and rendering it possible for the frontier border to be settled, and civilization to be advanced to a point where it could feel safe from raids and bloody incursions, the Fourth U. S. Cavalry, notwithstanding its high morale and almost perfect state of discipline--had its share of desertions-- Was Mackenzie a "Martinet" Mackenzie was not a West Point "martinet", as that term is generally understood in our Army--but, from four wounds he had received, three in the Civil War, and one that year in the campaign against Quan-ah Parker, the Una-ha-da Comanche Chief--and almost criminal neglect of his own health, in his intensity of nature and purpose in prosecuting these arduous Indian campaigns--he had become more or less irritable, irascible, exacting--sometimes erratic, and frequently explosive-- This much may be said, however, it is certain that notwithstanding his physical condition, and his mental temperament resulting therefrom, he never sought to inflict an injury or punishment upon anybody unnecessarily--never became a petty or malicious persecutor, hounding a man into his grave--and when it became evident to him as well as to others that he had done any of his officers or men an act of injustice, nobody could have been more open, free and frank in his disavowal of that act, or quicker to apologize and render all the reparation possible in his power-- This applied to any and all down to the last Second Lieutenant and private soldier in the regiment-- One man never knows another so well, even intimately--as when he is thrown closely in contact with or lives and sleeps and eats with him-- The writer had done all with Mackenzie during a greater part of this period of 1871--having been his Post Adjutant twice--during Gen. Sherman's inspection in May, at the time of the massacre of Salt Creek Prairie, and prior to our Expedition of that year, and his Field Adjutant on his entire campaign in his abortive attempt to strike Kicking Bird's band of Ki-o-was before he could be stampeded into the Fort Sill Reservation--from May 1st until Oct.

the feeling of despair in the face of obstacles

From this reading 3--I had got to know him very well-- Causes for Desertion Both officers and men had been under a terrific high-keyed pressure--a very great mental and physical strain, almost to the breaking point; were tired and dispirited because the results and the hard work performed, had not justified their expectations and because they could not then see any immediate relief from the performance of such exacting duty-- The pace had been a little too fast even for the Fourth Cavalry-- Much of the spirit and enthusiasm for such unremunerative work was at a very low ebb-- While it had not yet approached a complete discouragement, it was a condition of supreme disgust and contempt at the methods employed-- They felt that with the Government at Washington nullifying and rendering most of their hard labor abortive, that success in those long, weary and extremely exhausting Indian campaigns was not so much dependent upon their absolute loyalty to duty and perfect willingness to sacrifice themselves when necessary in achieving results, as upon the paralyzing acts and influence of the "Indian Ring" in Washington and the ever changing political cesspools of a politically ridden country-- They wanted to see the tangible results or fruits of such terribly hard service and to feel that such hardships, privations and sacrifices as they had experienced, had not been in vain or wasted by a gang of cold blooded, unscrupulous plunderers and grafters remote from the scene of these border activities.

fill with distaste

From this reading 3--I had got to know him very well-- Causes for Desertion Both officers and men had been under a terrific high-keyed pressure--a very great mental and physical strain, almost to the breaking point; were tired and dispirited because the results and the hard work performed, had not justified their expectations and because they could not then see any immediate relief from the performance of such exacting duty-- The pace had been a little too fast even for the Fourth Cavalry-- Much of the spirit and enthusiasm for such unremunerative work was at a very low ebb-- While it had not yet approached a complete discouragement, it was a condition of supreme disgust and contempt at the methods employed-- They felt that with the Government at Washington nullifying and rendering most of their hard labor abortive, that success in those long, weary and extremely exhausting Indian campaigns was not so much dependent upon their absolute loyalty to duty and perfect willingness to sacrifice themselves when necessary in achieving results, as upon the paralyzing acts and influence of the "Indian Ring" in Washington and the ever changing political cesspools of a politically ridden country-- They wanted to see the tangible results or fruits of such terribly hard service and to feel that such hardships, privations and sacrifices as they had experienced, had not been in vain or wasted by a gang of cold blooded, unscrupulous plunderers and grafters remote from the scene of these border activities.

marked by low spirits; showing no enthusiasm

From this reading 3--I had got to know him very well-- Causes for Desertion Both officers and men had been under a terrific high-keyed pressure--a very great mental and physical strain, almost to the breaking point; were tired and dispirited because the results and the hard work performed, had not justified their expectations and because they could not then see any immediate relief from the performance of such exacting duty-- The pace had been a little too fast even for the Fourth Cavalry-- Much of the spirit and enthusiasm for such unremunerative work was at a very low ebb-- While it had not yet approached a complete discouragement, it was a condition of supreme disgust and contempt at the methods employed-- They felt that with the Government at Washington nullifying and rendering most of their hard labor abortive, that success in those long, weary and extremely exhausting Indian campaigns was not so much dependent upon their absolute loyalty to duty and perfect willingness to sacrifice themselves when necessary in achieving results, as upon the paralyzing acts and influence of the "Indian Ring" in Washington and the ever changing political cesspools of a politically ridden country-- They wanted to see the tangible results or fruits of such terribly hard service and to feel that such hardships, privations and sacrifices as they had experienced, had not been in vain or wasted by a gang of cold blooded, unscrupulous plunderers and grafters remote from the scene of these border activities.

used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis

From this reading Like "_death_ and _Taxes_," we have them with us always, especially in time of wars-- It is then the vultures abound-- It is then we have the jelly-fish, spineless slackers, the pussy-foot pacifists--conscientious objectors, chicken hearted shirkers--and--"let George do it" fighters--coming down to the secret renegades--traitors, and Bolshevist anarchists and bomb throwers-- They have always been the curse of this Nation--the natural result,--as a rule--of the "Melting Pot" that does not melt--breeding a lot of mongrel curs and hybrids that should no longer be a part of our American life.

the form of “do” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading Like "_death_ and _Taxes_," we have them with us always, especially in time of wars-- It is then the vultures abound-- It is then we have the jelly-fish, spineless slackers, the pussy-foot pacifists--conscientious objectors, chicken hearted shirkers--and--"let George do it" fighters--coming down to the secret renegades--traitors, and Bolshevist anarchists and bomb throwers-- They have always been the curse of this Nation--the natural result,--as a rule--of the "Melting Pot" that does not melt--breeding a lot of mongrel curs and hybrids that should no longer be a part of our American life.

-ing form of “do” — engage in

From this reading The year of 1871 had been so full of incidents and far reaching results for the Fourth Cavalry and its new Colonel, Ranald S. Mackenzie, that it is somewhat difficult to go back into the dim vistas of that period and select the one incident, or absorbing event which would be either of greatest magnitude or afford the most thrilling interest-- This capture of ten deserters, however, under circumstances of more than ordinary importance, since it is believed to be the record capture ever made in the Military Department of Texas, or, perhaps for that matter, of any Military Department in the United States--came about as closely in touch with the writer's life as almost any other experience he ever had while serving as an officer of that regiment--including, as it did, terrible exposure, and unavoidable hardships and privations-- Like all of the other Cavalry regiments in our Army, which were then doing about three fourths of all the active, effective work--the work that disables or kills--in the subjugation of the savage tribes in the United States, driving them into Indian reservations, and rendering it possible for the frontier border to be settled, and civilization to be advanced to a point where it could feel safe from raids and bloody incursions, the Fourth U. S. Cavalry, notwithstanding its high morale and almost perfect state of discipline--had its share of desertions-- Was Mackenzie a "Martinet" Mackenzie was not a West Point "martinet", as that term is generally understood in our Army--but, from four wounds he had received, three in the Civil War, and one that year in the campaign against Quan-ah Parker, the Una-ha-da Comanche Chief--and almost criminal neglect of his own health, in his intensity of nature and purpose in prosecuting these arduous Indian campaigns--he had become more or less irritable, irascible, exacting--sometimes erratic, and frequently explosive-- This much may be said, however, it is certain that notwithstanding his physical condition, and his mental temperament resulting therefrom, he never sought to inflict an injury or punishment upon anybody unnecessarily--never became a petty or malicious persecutor, hounding a man into his grave--and when it became evident to him as well as to others that he had done any of his officers or men an act of injustice, nobody could have been more open, free and frank in his disavowal of that act, or quicker to apologize and render all the reparation possible in his power-- This applied to any and all down to the last Second Lieutenant and private soldier in the regiment-- One man never knows another so well, even intimately--as when he is thrown closely in contact with or lives and sleeps and eats with him-- The writer had done all with Mackenzie during a greater part of this period of 1871--having been his Post Adjutant twice--during Gen. Sherman's inspection in May, at the time of the massacre of Salt Creek Prairie, and prior to our Expedition of that year, and his Field Adjutant on his entire campaign in his abortive attempt to strike Kicking Bird's band of Ki-o-was before he could be stampeded into the Fort Sill Reservation--from May 1st until Oct.

having finished or arrived at completion

From this reading The year of 1871 had been so full of incidents and far reaching results for the Fourth Cavalry and its new Colonel, Ranald S. Mackenzie, that it is somewhat difficult to go back into the dim vistas of that period and select the one incident, or absorbing event which would be either of greatest magnitude or afford the most thrilling interest-- This capture of ten deserters, however, under circumstances of more than ordinary importance, since it is believed to be the record capture ever made in the Military Department of Texas, or, perhaps for that matter, of any Military Department in the United States--came about as closely in touch with the writer's life as almost any other experience he ever had while serving as an officer of that regiment--including, as it did, terrible exposure, and unavoidable hardships and privations-- Like all of the other Cavalry regiments in our Army, which were then doing about three fourths of all the active, effective work--the work that disables or kills--in the subjugation of the savage tribes in the United States, driving them into Indian reservations, and rendering it possible for the frontier border to be settled, and civilization to be advanced to a point where it could feel safe from raids and bloody incursions, the Fourth U. S. Cavalry, notwithstanding its high morale and almost perfect state of discipline--had its share of desertions-- Was Mackenzie a "Martinet" Mackenzie was not a West Point "martinet", as that term is generally understood in our Army--but, from four wounds he had received, three in the Civil War, and one that year in the campaign against Quan-ah Parker, the Una-ha-da Comanche Chief--and almost criminal neglect of his own health, in his intensity of nature and purpose in prosecuting these arduous Indian campaigns--he had become more or less irritable, irascible, exacting--sometimes erratic, and frequently explosive-- This much may be said, however, it is certain that notwithstanding his physical condition, and his mental temperament resulting therefrom, he never sought to inflict an injury or punishment upon anybody unnecessarily--never became a petty or malicious persecutor, hounding a man into his grave--and when it became evident to him as well as to others that he had done any of his officers or men an act of injustice, nobody could have been more open, free and frank in his disavowal of that act, or quicker to apologize and render all the reparation possible in his power-- This applied to any and all down to the last Second Lieutenant and private soldier in the regiment-- One man never knows another so well, even intimately--as when he is thrown closely in contact with or lives and sleeps and eats with him-- The writer had done all with Mackenzie during a greater part of this period of 1871--having been his Post Adjutant twice--during Gen. Sherman's inspection in May, at the time of the massacre of Salt Creek Prairie, and prior to our Expedition of that year, and his Field Adjutant on his entire campaign in his abortive attempt to strike Kicking Bird's band of Ki-o-was before he could be stampeded into the Fort Sill Reservation--from May 1st until Oct.

being or moving lower in position or less in some value

From this reading The year of 1871 had been so full of incidents and far reaching results for the Fourth Cavalry and its new Colonel, Ranald S. Mackenzie, that it is somewhat difficult to go back into the dim vistas of that period and select the one incident, or absorbing event which would be either of greatest magnitude or afford the most thrilling interest-- This capture of ten deserters, however, under circumstances of more than ordinary importance, since it is believed to be the record capture ever made in the Military Department of Texas, or, perhaps for that matter, of any Military Department in the United States--came about as closely in touch with the writer's life as almost any other experience he ever had while serving as an officer of that regiment--including, as it did, terrible exposure, and unavoidable hardships and privations-- Like all of the other Cavalry regiments in our Army, which were then doing about three fourths of all the active, effective work--the work that disables or kills--in the subjugation of the savage tribes in the United States, driving them into Indian reservations, and rendering it possible for the frontier border to be settled, and civilization to be advanced to a point where it could feel safe from raids and bloody incursions, the Fourth U. S. Cavalry, notwithstanding its high morale and almost perfect state of discipline--had its share of desertions-- Was Mackenzie a "Martinet" Mackenzie was not a West Point "martinet", as that term is generally understood in our Army--but, from four wounds he had received, three in the Civil War, and one that year in the campaign against Quan-ah Parker, the Una-ha-da Comanche Chief--and almost criminal neglect of his own health, in his intensity of nature and purpose in prosecuting these arduous Indian campaigns--he had become more or less irritable, irascible, exacting--sometimes erratic, and frequently explosive-- This much may be said, however, it is certain that notwithstanding his physical condition, and his mental temperament resulting therefrom, he never sought to inflict an injury or punishment upon anybody unnecessarily--never became a petty or malicious persecutor, hounding a man into his grave--and when it became evident to him as well as to others that he had done any of his officers or men an act of injustice, nobody could have been more open, free and frank in his disavowal of that act, or quicker to apologize and render all the reparation possible in his power-- This applied to any and all down to the last Second Lieutenant and private soldier in the regiment-- One man never knows another so well, even intimately--as when he is thrown closely in contact with or lives and sleeps and eats with him-- The writer had done all with Mackenzie during a greater part of this period of 1871--having been his Post Adjutant twice--during Gen. Sherman's inspection in May, at the time of the massacre of Salt Creek Prairie, and prior to our Expedition of that year, and his Field Adjutant on his entire campaign in his abortive attempt to strike Kicking Bird's band of Ki-o-was before he could be stampeded into the Fort Sill Reservation--from May 1st until Oct.

having the power of driving or impelling

From this reading The year of 1871 had been so full of incidents and far reaching results for the Fourth Cavalry and its new Colonel, Ranald S. Mackenzie, that it is somewhat difficult to go back into the dim vistas of that period and select the one incident, or absorbing event which would be either of greatest magnitude or afford the most thrilling interest-- This capture of ten deserters, however, under circumstances of more than ordinary importance, since it is believed to be the record capture ever made in the Military Department of Texas, or, perhaps for that matter, of any Military Department in the United States--came about as closely in touch with the writer's life as almost any other experience he ever had while serving as an officer of that regiment--including, as it did, terrible exposure, and unavoidable hardships and privations-- Like all of the other Cavalry regiments in our Army, which were then doing about three fourths of all the active, effective work--the work that disables or kills--in the subjugation of the savage tribes in the United States, driving them into Indian reservations, and rendering it possible for the frontier border to be settled, and civilization to be advanced to a point where it could feel safe from raids and bloody incursions, the Fourth U. S. Cavalry, notwithstanding its high morale and almost perfect state of discipline--had its share of desertions-- Was Mackenzie a "Martinet" Mackenzie was not a West Point "martinet", as that term is generally understood in our Army--but, from four wounds he had received, three in the Civil War, and one that year in the campaign against Quan-ah Parker, the Una-ha-da Comanche Chief--and almost criminal neglect of his own health, in his intensity of nature and purpose in prosecuting these arduous Indian campaigns--he had become more or less irritable, irascible, exacting--sometimes erratic, and frequently explosive-- This much may be said, however, it is certain that notwithstanding his physical condition, and his mental temperament resulting therefrom, he never sought to inflict an injury or punishment upon anybody unnecessarily--never became a petty or malicious persecutor, hounding a man into his grave--and when it became evident to him as well as to others that he had done any of his officers or men an act of injustice, nobody could have been more open, free and frank in his disavowal of that act, or quicker to apologize and render all the reparation possible in his power-- This applied to any and all down to the last Second Lieutenant and private soldier in the regiment-- One man never knows another so well, even intimately--as when he is thrown closely in contact with or lives and sleeps and eats with him-- The writer had done all with Mackenzie during a greater part of this period of 1871--having been his Post Adjutant twice--during Gen. Sherman's inspection in May, at the time of the massacre of Salt Creek Prairie, and prior to our Expedition of that year, and his Field Adjutant on his entire campaign in his abortive attempt to strike Kicking Bird's band of Ki-o-was before he could be stampeded into the Fort Sill Reservation--from May 1st until Oct.

all through a period, or at some point within it

From this reading The year of 1871 had been so full of incidents and far reaching results for the Fourth Cavalry and its new Colonel, Ranald S. Mackenzie, that it is somewhat difficult to go back into the dim vistas of that period and select the one incident, or absorbing event which would be either of greatest magnitude or afford the most thrilling interest-- This capture of ten deserters, however, under circumstances of more than ordinary importance, since it is believed to be the record capture ever made in the Military Department of Texas, or, perhaps for that matter, of any Military Department in the United States--came about as closely in touch with the writer's life as almost any other experience he ever had while serving as an officer of that regiment--including, as it did, terrible exposure, and unavoidable hardships and privations-- Like all of the other Cavalry regiments in our Army, which were then doing about three fourths of all the active, effective work--the work that disables or kills--in the subjugation of the savage tribes in the United States, driving them into Indian reservations, and rendering it possible for the frontier border to be settled, and civilization to be advanced to a point where it could feel safe from raids and bloody incursions, the Fourth U. S. Cavalry, notwithstanding its high morale and almost perfect state of discipline--had its share of desertions-- Was Mackenzie a "Martinet" Mackenzie was not a West Point "martinet", as that term is generally understood in our Army--but, from four wounds he had received, three in the Civil War, and one that year in the campaign against Quan-ah Parker, the Una-ha-da Comanche Chief--and almost criminal neglect of his own health, in his intensity of nature and purpose in prosecuting these arduous Indian campaigns--he had become more or less irritable, irascible, exacting--sometimes erratic, and frequently explosive-- This much may be said, however, it is certain that notwithstanding his physical condition, and his mental temperament resulting therefrom, he never sought to inflict an injury or punishment upon anybody unnecessarily--never became a petty or malicious persecutor, hounding a man into his grave--and when it became evident to him as well as to others that he had done any of his officers or men an act of injustice, nobody could have been more open, free and frank in his disavowal of that act, or quicker to apologize and render all the reparation possible in his power-- This applied to any and all down to the last Second Lieutenant and private soldier in the regiment-- One man never knows another so well, even intimately--as when he is thrown closely in contact with or lives and sleeps and eats with him-- The writer had done all with Mackenzie during a greater part of this period of 1871--having been his Post Adjutant twice--during Gen. Sherman's inspection in May, at the time of the massacre of Salt Creek Prairie, and prior to our Expedition of that year, and his Field Adjutant on his entire campaign in his abortive attempt to strike Kicking Bird's band of Ki-o-was before he could be stampeded into the Fort Sill Reservation--from May 1st until Oct.

the social force that binds you to the courses of action demanded by that force

From this reading 3--I had got to know him very well-- Causes for Desertion Both officers and men had been under a terrific high-keyed pressure--a very great mental and physical strain, almost to the breaking point; were tired and dispirited because the results and the hard work performed, had not justified their expectations and because they could not then see any immediate relief from the performance of such exacting duty-- The pace had been a little too fast even for the Fourth Cavalry-- Much of the spirit and enthusiasm for such unremunerative work was at a very low ebb-- While it had not yet approached a complete discouragement, it was a condition of supreme disgust and contempt at the methods employed-- They felt that with the Government at Washington nullifying and rendering most of their hard labor abortive, that success in those long, weary and extremely exhausting Indian campaigns was not so much dependent upon their absolute loyalty to duty and perfect willingness to sacrifice themselves when necessary in achieving results, as upon the paralyzing acts and influence of the "Indian Ring" in Washington and the ever changing political cesspools of a politically ridden country-- They wanted to see the tangible results or fruits of such terribly hard service and to feel that such hardships, privations and sacrifices as they had experienced, had not been in vain or wasted by a gang of cold blooded, unscrupulous plunderers and grafters remote from the scene of these border activities.

informal terms for a meal

From this reading The year of 1871 had been so full of incidents and far reaching results for the Fourth Cavalry and its new Colonel, Ranald S. Mackenzie, that it is somewhat difficult to go back into the dim vistas of that period and select the one incident, or absorbing event which would be either of greatest magnitude or afford the most thrilling interest-- This capture of ten deserters, however, under circumstances of more than ordinary importance, since it is believed to be the record capture ever made in the Military Department of Texas, or, perhaps for that matter, of any Military Department in the United States--came about as closely in touch with the writer's life as almost any other experience he ever had while serving as an officer of that regiment--including, as it did, terrible exposure, and unavoidable hardships and privations-- Like all of the other Cavalry regiments in our Army, which were then doing about three fourths of all the active, effective work--the work that disables or kills--in the subjugation of the savage tribes in the United States, driving them into Indian reservations, and rendering it possible for the frontier border to be settled, and civilization to be advanced to a point where it could feel safe from raids and bloody incursions, the Fourth U. S. Cavalry, notwithstanding its high morale and almost perfect state of discipline--had its share of desertions-- Was Mackenzie a "Martinet" Mackenzie was not a West Point "martinet", as that term is generally understood in our Army--but, from four wounds he had received, three in the Civil War, and one that year in the campaign against Quan-ah Parker, the Una-ha-da Comanche Chief--and almost criminal neglect of his own health, in his intensity of nature and purpose in prosecuting these arduous Indian campaigns--he had become more or less irritable, irascible, exacting--sometimes erratic, and frequently explosive-- This much may be said, however, it is certain that notwithstanding his physical condition, and his mental temperament resulting therefrom, he never sought to inflict an injury or punishment upon anybody unnecessarily--never became a petty or malicious persecutor, hounding a man into his grave--and when it became evident to him as well as to others that he had done any of his officers or men an act of injustice, nobody could have been more open, free and frank in his disavowal of that act, or quicker to apologize and render all the reparation possible in his power-- This applied to any and all down to the last Second Lieutenant and private soldier in the regiment-- One man never knows another so well, even intimately--as when he is thrown closely in contact with or lives and sleeps and eats with him-- The writer had done all with Mackenzie during a greater part of this period of 1871--having been his Post Adjutant twice--during Gen. Sherman's inspection in May, at the time of the massacre of Salt Creek Prairie, and prior to our Expedition of that year, and his Field Adjutant on his entire campaign in his abortive attempt to strike Kicking Bird's band of Ki-o-was before he could be stampeded into the Fort Sill Reservation--from May 1st until Oct.

flow back or recede

From this reading 3--I had got to know him very well-- Causes for Desertion Both officers and men had been under a terrific high-keyed pressure--a very great mental and physical strain, almost to the breaking point; were tired and dispirited because the results and the hard work performed, had not justified their expectations and because they could not then see any immediate relief from the performance of such exacting duty-- The pace had been a little too fast even for the Fourth Cavalry-- Much of the spirit and enthusiasm for such unremunerative work was at a very low ebb-- While it had not yet approached a complete discouragement, it was a condition of supreme disgust and contempt at the methods employed-- They felt that with the Government at Washington nullifying and rendering most of their hard labor abortive, that success in those long, weary and extremely exhausting Indian campaigns was not so much dependent upon their absolute loyalty to duty and perfect willingness to sacrifice themselves when necessary in achieving results, as upon the paralyzing acts and influence of the "Indian Ring" in Washington and the ever changing political cesspools of a politically ridden country-- They wanted to see the tangible results or fruits of such terribly hard service and to feel that such hardships, privations and sacrifices as they had experienced, had not been in vain or wasted by a gang of cold blooded, unscrupulous plunderers and grafters remote from the scene of these border activities.

producing or capable of producing an intended result or having a striking effect

From this reading The year of 1871 had been so full of incidents and far reaching results for the Fourth Cavalry and its new Colonel, Ranald S. Mackenzie, that it is somewhat difficult to go back into the dim vistas of that period and select the one incident, or absorbing event which would be either of greatest magnitude or afford the most thrilling interest-- This capture of ten deserters, however, under circumstances of more than ordinary importance, since it is believed to be the record capture ever made in the Military Department of Texas, or, perhaps for that matter, of any Military Department in the United States--came about as closely in touch with the writer's life as almost any other experience he ever had while serving as an officer of that regiment--including, as it did, terrible exposure, and unavoidable hardships and privations-- Like all of the other Cavalry regiments in our Army, which were then doing about three fourths of all the active, effective work--the work that disables or kills--in the subjugation of the savage tribes in the United States, driving them into Indian reservations, and rendering it possible for the frontier border to be settled, and civilization to be advanced to a point where it could feel safe from raids and bloody incursions, the Fourth U. S. Cavalry, notwithstanding its high morale and almost perfect state of discipline--had its share of desertions-- Was Mackenzie a "Martinet" Mackenzie was not a West Point "martinet", as that term is generally understood in our Army--but, from four wounds he had received, three in the Civil War, and one that year in the campaign against Quan-ah Parker, the Una-ha-da Comanche Chief--and almost criminal neglect of his own health, in his intensity of nature and purpose in prosecuting these arduous Indian campaigns--he had become more or less irritable, irascible, exacting--sometimes erratic, and frequently explosive-- This much may be said, however, it is certain that notwithstanding his physical condition, and his mental temperament resulting therefrom, he never sought to inflict an injury or punishment upon anybody unnecessarily--never became a petty or malicious persecutor, hounding a man into his grave--and when it became evident to him as well as to others that he had done any of his officers or men an act of injustice, nobody could have been more open, free and frank in his disavowal of that act, or quicker to apologize and render all the reparation possible in his power-- This applied to any and all down to the last Second Lieutenant and private soldier in the regiment-- One man never knows another so well, even intimately--as when he is thrown closely in contact with or lives and sleeps and eats with him-- The writer had done all with Mackenzie during a greater part of this period of 1871--having been his Post Adjutant twice--during Gen. Sherman's inspection in May, at the time of the massacre of Salt Creek Prairie, and prior to our Expedition of that year, and his Field Adjutant on his entire campaign in his abortive attempt to strike Kicking Bird's band of Ki-o-was before he could be stampeded into the Fort Sill Reservation--from May 1st until Oct.

one or the other of two

From this reading The year of 1871 had been so full of incidents and far reaching results for the Fourth Cavalry and its new Colonel, Ranald S. Mackenzie, that it is somewhat difficult to go back into the dim vistas of that period and select the one incident, or absorbing event which would be either of greatest magnitude or afford the most thrilling interest-- This capture of ten deserters, however, under circumstances of more than ordinary importance, since it is believed to be the record capture ever made in the Military Department of Texas, or, perhaps for that matter, of any Military Department in the United States--came about as closely in touch with the writer's life as almost any other experience he ever had while serving as an officer of that regiment--including, as it did, terrible exposure, and unavoidable hardships and privations-- Like all of the other Cavalry regiments in our Army, which were then doing about three fourths of all the active, effective work--the work that disables or kills--in the subjugation of the savage tribes in the United States, driving them into Indian reservations, and rendering it possible for the frontier border to be settled, and civilization to be advanced to a point where it could feel safe from raids and bloody incursions, the Fourth U. S. Cavalry, notwithstanding its high morale and almost perfect state of discipline--had its share of desertions-- Was Mackenzie a "Martinet" Mackenzie was not a West Point "martinet", as that term is generally understood in our Army--but, from four wounds he had received, three in the Civil War, and one that year in the campaign against Quan-ah Parker, the Una-ha-da Comanche Chief--and almost criminal neglect of his own health, in his intensity of nature and purpose in prosecuting these arduous Indian campaigns--he had become more or less irritable, irascible, exacting--sometimes erratic, and frequently explosive-- This much may be said, however, it is certain that notwithstanding his physical condition, and his mental temperament resulting therefrom, he never sought to inflict an injury or punishment upon anybody unnecessarily--never became a petty or malicious persecutor, hounding a man into his grave--and when it became evident to him as well as to others that he had done any of his officers or men an act of injustice, nobody could have been more open, free and frank in his disavowal of that act, or quicker to apologize and render all the reparation possible in his power-- This applied to any and all down to the last Second Lieutenant and private soldier in the regiment-- One man never knows another so well, even intimately--as when he is thrown closely in contact with or lives and sleeps and eats with him-- The writer had done all with Mackenzie during a greater part of this period of 1871--having been his Post Adjutant twice--during Gen. Sherman's inspection in May, at the time of the massacre of Salt Creek Prairie, and prior to our Expedition of that year, and his Field Adjutant on his entire campaign in his abortive attempt to strike Kicking Bird's band of Ki-o-was before he could be stampeded into the Fort Sill Reservation--from May 1st until Oct.

having your services engaged for; or having a job especially one that pays wages or a salary

From this reading 3--I had got to know him very well-- Causes for Desertion Both officers and men had been under a terrific high-keyed pressure--a very great mental and physical strain, almost to the breaking point; were tired and dispirited because the results and the hard work performed, had not justified their expectations and because they could not then see any immediate relief from the performance of such exacting duty-- The pace had been a little too fast even for the Fourth Cavalry-- Much of the spirit and enthusiasm for such unremunerative work was at a very low ebb-- While it had not yet approached a complete discouragement, it was a condition of supreme disgust and contempt at the methods employed-- They felt that with the Government at Washington nullifying and rendering most of their hard labor abortive, that success in those long, weary and extremely exhausting Indian campaigns was not so much dependent upon their absolute loyalty to duty and perfect willingness to sacrifice themselves when necessary in achieving results, as upon the paralyzing acts and influence of the "Indian Ring" in Washington and the ever changing political cesspools of a politically ridden country-- They wanted to see the tangible results or fruits of such terribly hard service and to feel that such hardships, privations and sacrifices as they had experienced, had not been in vain or wasted by a gang of cold blooded, unscrupulous plunderers and grafters remote from the scene of these border activities.

a feeling of excitement

From this reading 3--I had got to know him very well-- Causes for Desertion Both officers and men had been under a terrific high-keyed pressure--a very great mental and physical strain, almost to the breaking point; were tired and dispirited because the results and the hard work performed, had not justified their expectations and because they could not then see any immediate relief from the performance of such exacting duty-- The pace had been a little too fast even for the Fourth Cavalry-- Much of the spirit and enthusiasm for such unremunerative work was at a very low ebb-- While it had not yet approached a complete discouragement, it was a condition of supreme disgust and contempt at the methods employed-- They felt that with the Government at Washington nullifying and rendering most of their hard labor abortive, that success in those long, weary and extremely exhausting Indian campaigns was not so much dependent upon their absolute loyalty to duty and perfect willingness to sacrifice themselves when necessary in achieving results, as upon the paralyzing acts and influence of the "Indian Ring" in Washington and the ever changing political cesspools of a politically ridden country-- They wanted to see the tangible results or fruits of such terribly hard service and to feel that such hardships, privations and sacrifices as they had experienced, had not been in vain or wasted by a gang of cold blooded, unscrupulous plunderers and grafters remote from the scene of these border activities.

constituting the full quantity or extent; complete

From this reading The year of 1871 had been so full of incidents and far reaching results for the Fourth Cavalry and its new Colonel, Ranald S. Mackenzie, that it is somewhat difficult to go back into the dim vistas of that period and select the one incident, or absorbing event which would be either of greatest magnitude or afford the most thrilling interest-- This capture of ten deserters, however, under circumstances of more than ordinary importance, since it is believed to be the record capture ever made in the Military Department of Texas, or, perhaps for that matter, of any Military Department in the United States--came about as closely in touch with the writer's life as almost any other experience he ever had while serving as an officer of that regiment--including, as it did, terrible exposure, and unavoidable hardships and privations-- Like all of the other Cavalry regiments in our Army, which were then doing about three fourths of all the active, effective work--the work that disables or kills--in the subjugation of the savage tribes in the United States, driving them into Indian reservations, and rendering it possible for the frontier border to be settled, and civilization to be advanced to a point where it could feel safe from raids and bloody incursions, the Fourth U. S. Cavalry, notwithstanding its high morale and almost perfect state of discipline--had its share of desertions-- Was Mackenzie a "Martinet" Mackenzie was not a West Point "martinet", as that term is generally understood in our Army--but, from four wounds he had received, three in the Civil War, and one that year in the campaign against Quan-ah Parker, the Una-ha-da Comanche Chief--and almost criminal neglect of his own health, in his intensity of nature and purpose in prosecuting these arduous Indian campaigns--he had become more or less irritable, irascible, exacting--sometimes erratic, and frequently explosive-- This much may be said, however, it is certain that notwithstanding his physical condition, and his mental temperament resulting therefrom, he never sought to inflict an injury or punishment upon anybody unnecessarily--never became a petty or malicious persecutor, hounding a man into his grave--and when it became evident to him as well as to others that he had done any of his officers or men an act of injustice, nobody could have been more open, free and frank in his disavowal of that act, or quicker to apologize and render all the reparation possible in his power-- This applied to any and all down to the last Second Lieutenant and private soldier in the regiment-- One man never knows another so well, even intimately--as when he is thrown closely in contact with or lives and sleeps and eats with him-- The writer had done all with Mackenzie during a greater part of this period of 1871--having been his Post Adjutant twice--during Gen. Sherman's inspection in May, at the time of the massacre of Salt Creek Prairie, and prior to our Expedition of that year, and his Field Adjutant on his entire campaign in his abortive attempt to strike Kicking Bird's band of Ki-o-was before he could be stampeded into the Fort Sill Reservation--from May 1st until Oct.

liable to sudden unpredictable change

From this reading The year of 1871 had been so full of incidents and far reaching results for the Fourth Cavalry and its new Colonel, Ranald S. Mackenzie, that it is somewhat difficult to go back into the dim vistas of that period and select the one incident, or absorbing event which would be either of greatest magnitude or afford the most thrilling interest-- This capture of ten deserters, however, under circumstances of more than ordinary importance, since it is believed to be the record capture ever made in the Military Department of Texas, or, perhaps for that matter, of any Military Department in the United States--came about as closely in touch with the writer's life as almost any other experience he ever had while serving as an officer of that regiment--including, as it did, terrible exposure, and unavoidable hardships and privations-- Like all of the other Cavalry regiments in our Army, which were then doing about three fourths of all the active, effective work--the work that disables or kills--in the subjugation of the savage tribes in the United States, driving them into Indian reservations, and rendering it possible for the frontier border to be settled, and civilization to be advanced to a point where it could feel safe from raids and bloody incursions, the Fourth U. S. Cavalry, notwithstanding its high morale and almost perfect state of discipline--had its share of desertions-- Was Mackenzie a "Martinet" Mackenzie was not a West Point "martinet", as that term is generally understood in our Army--but, from four wounds he had received, three in the Civil War, and one that year in the campaign against Quan-ah Parker, the Una-ha-da Comanche Chief--and almost criminal neglect of his own health, in his intensity of nature and purpose in prosecuting these arduous Indian campaigns--he had become more or less irritable, irascible, exacting--sometimes erratic, and frequently explosive-- This much may be said, however, it is certain that notwithstanding his physical condition, and his mental temperament resulting therefrom, he never sought to inflict an injury or punishment upon anybody unnecessarily--never became a petty or malicious persecutor, hounding a man into his grave--and when it became evident to him as well as to others that he had done any of his officers or men an act of injustice, nobody could have been more open, free and frank in his disavowal of that act, or quicker to apologize and render all the reparation possible in his power-- This applied to any and all down to the last Second Lieutenant and private soldier in the regiment-- One man never knows another so well, even intimately--as when he is thrown closely in contact with or lives and sleeps and eats with him-- The writer had done all with Mackenzie during a greater part of this period of 1871--having been his Post Adjutant twice--during Gen. Sherman's inspection in May, at the time of the massacre of Salt Creek Prairie, and prior to our Expedition of that year, and his Field Adjutant on his entire campaign in his abortive attempt to strike Kicking Bird's band of Ki-o-was before he could be stampeded into the Fort Sill Reservation--from May 1st until Oct.

to a distinctly greater extent or degree than is common

From this reading Like "_death_ and _Taxes_," we have them with us always, especially in time of wars-- It is then the vultures abound-- It is then we have the jelly-fish, spineless slackers, the pussy-foot pacifists--conscientious objectors, chicken hearted shirkers--and--"let George do it" fighters--coming down to the secret renegades--traitors, and Bolshevist anarchists and bomb throwers-- They have always been the curse of this Nation--the natural result,--as a rule--of the "Melting Pot" that does not melt--breeding a lot of mongrel curs and hybrids that should no longer be a part of our American life.

divisible by two

From this reading The year of 1871 had been so full of incidents and far reaching results for the Fourth Cavalry and its new Colonel, Ranald S. Mackenzie, that it is somewhat difficult to go back into the dim vistas of that period and select the one incident, or absorbing event which would be either of greatest magnitude or afford the most thrilling interest-- This capture of ten deserters, however, under circumstances of more than ordinary importance, since it is believed to be the record capture ever made in the Military Department of Texas, or, perhaps for that matter, of any Military Department in the United States--came about as closely in touch with the writer's life as almost any other experience he ever had while serving as an officer of that regiment--including, as it did, terrible exposure, and unavoidable hardships and privations-- Like all of the other Cavalry regiments in our Army, which were then doing about three fourths of all the active, effective work--the work that disables or kills--in the subjugation of the savage tribes in the United States, driving them into Indian reservations, and rendering it possible for the frontier border to be settled, and civilization to be advanced to a point where it could feel safe from raids and bloody incursions, the Fourth U. S. Cavalry, notwithstanding its high morale and almost perfect state of discipline--had its share of desertions-- Was Mackenzie a "Martinet" Mackenzie was not a West Point "martinet", as that term is generally understood in our Army--but, from four wounds he had received, three in the Civil War, and one that year in the campaign against Quan-ah Parker, the Una-ha-da Comanche Chief--and almost criminal neglect of his own health, in his intensity of nature and purpose in prosecuting these arduous Indian campaigns--he had become more or less irritable, irascible, exacting--sometimes erratic, and frequently explosive-- This much may be said, however, it is certain that notwithstanding his physical condition, and his mental temperament resulting therefrom, he never sought to inflict an injury or punishment upon anybody unnecessarily--never became a petty or malicious persecutor, hounding a man into his grave--and when it became evident to him as well as to others that he had done any of his officers or men an act of injustice, nobody could have been more open, free and frank in his disavowal of that act, or quicker to apologize and render all the reparation possible in his power-- This applied to any and all down to the last Second Lieutenant and private soldier in the regiment-- One man never knows another so well, even intimately--as when he is thrown closely in contact with or lives and sleeps and eats with him-- The writer had done all with Mackenzie during a greater part of this period of 1871--having been his Post Adjutant twice--during Gen. Sherman's inspection in May, at the time of the massacre of Salt Creek Prairie, and prior to our Expedition of that year, and his Field Adjutant on his entire campaign in his abortive attempt to strike Kicking Bird's band of Ki-o-was before he could be stampeded into the Fort Sill Reservation--from May 1st until Oct.

something that happens at a given place and time

From this reading The year of 1871 had been so full of incidents and far reaching results for the Fourth Cavalry and its new Colonel, Ranald S. Mackenzie, that it is somewhat difficult to go back into the dim vistas of that period and select the one incident, or absorbing event which would be either of greatest magnitude or afford the most thrilling interest-- This capture of ten deserters, however, under circumstances of more than ordinary importance, since it is believed to be the record capture ever made in the Military Department of Texas, or, perhaps for that matter, of any Military Department in the United States--came about as closely in touch with the writer's life as almost any other experience he ever had while serving as an officer of that regiment--including, as it did, terrible exposure, and unavoidable hardships and privations-- Like all of the other Cavalry regiments in our Army, which were then doing about three fourths of all the active, effective work--the work that disables or kills--in the subjugation of the savage tribes in the United States, driving them into Indian reservations, and rendering it possible for the frontier border to be settled, and civilization to be advanced to a point where it could feel safe from raids and bloody incursions, the Fourth U. S. Cavalry, notwithstanding its high morale and almost perfect state of discipline--had its share of desertions-- Was Mackenzie a "Martinet" Mackenzie was not a West Point "martinet", as that term is generally understood in our Army--but, from four wounds he had received, three in the Civil War, and one that year in the campaign against Quan-ah Parker, the Una-ha-da Comanche Chief--and almost criminal neglect of his own health, in his intensity of nature and purpose in prosecuting these arduous Indian campaigns--he had become more or less irritable, irascible, exacting--sometimes erratic, and frequently explosive-- This much may be said, however, it is certain that notwithstanding his physical condition, and his mental temperament resulting therefrom, he never sought to inflict an injury or punishment upon anybody unnecessarily--never became a petty or malicious persecutor, hounding a man into his grave--and when it became evident to him as well as to others that he had done any of his officers or men an act of injustice, nobody could have been more open, free and frank in his disavowal of that act, or quicker to apologize and render all the reparation possible in his power-- This applied to any and all down to the last Second Lieutenant and private soldier in the regiment-- One man never knows another so well, even intimately--as when he is thrown closely in contact with or lives and sleeps and eats with him-- The writer had done all with Mackenzie during a greater part of this period of 1871--having been his Post Adjutant twice--during Gen. Sherman's inspection in May, at the time of the massacre of Salt Creek Prairie, and prior to our Expedition of that year, and his Field Adjutant on his entire campaign in his abortive attempt to strike Kicking Bird's band of Ki-o-was before he could be stampeded into the Fort Sill Reservation--from May 1st until Oct.

at any time

From this reading The year of 1871 had been so full of incidents and far reaching results for the Fourth Cavalry and its new Colonel, Ranald S. Mackenzie, that it is somewhat difficult to go back into the dim vistas of that period and select the one incident, or absorbing event which would be either of greatest magnitude or afford the most thrilling interest-- This capture of ten deserters, however, under circumstances of more than ordinary importance, since it is believed to be the record capture ever made in the Military Department of Texas, or, perhaps for that matter, of any Military Department in the United States--came about as closely in touch with the writer's life as almost any other experience he ever had while serving as an officer of that regiment--including, as it did, terrible exposure, and unavoidable hardships and privations-- Like all of the other Cavalry regiments in our Army, which were then doing about three fourths of all the active, effective work--the work that disables or kills--in the subjugation of the savage tribes in the United States, driving them into Indian reservations, and rendering it possible for the frontier border to be settled, and civilization to be advanced to a point where it could feel safe from raids and bloody incursions, the Fourth U. S. Cavalry, notwithstanding its high morale and almost perfect state of discipline--had its share of desertions-- Was Mackenzie a "Martinet" Mackenzie was not a West Point "martinet", as that term is generally understood in our Army--but, from four wounds he had received, three in the Civil War, and one that year in the campaign against Quan-ah Parker, the Una-ha-da Comanche Chief--and almost criminal neglect of his own health, in his intensity of nature and purpose in prosecuting these arduous Indian campaigns--he had become more or less irritable, irascible, exacting--sometimes erratic, and frequently explosive-- This much may be said, however, it is certain that notwithstanding his physical condition, and his mental temperament resulting therefrom, he never sought to inflict an injury or punishment upon anybody unnecessarily--never became a petty or malicious persecutor, hounding a man into his grave--and when it became evident to him as well as to others that he had done any of his officers or men an act of injustice, nobody could have been more open, free and frank in his disavowal of that act, or quicker to apologize and render all the reparation possible in his power-- This applied to any and all down to the last Second Lieutenant and private soldier in the regiment-- One man never knows another so well, even intimately--as when he is thrown closely in contact with or lives and sleeps and eats with him-- The writer had done all with Mackenzie during a greater part of this period of 1871--having been his Post Adjutant twice--during Gen. Sherman's inspection in May, at the time of the massacre of Salt Creek Prairie, and prior to our Expedition of that year, and his Field Adjutant on his entire campaign in his abortive attempt to strike Kicking Bird's band of Ki-o-was before he could be stampeded into the Fort Sill Reservation--from May 1st until Oct.

clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment

From this reading The year of 1871 had been so full of incidents and far reaching results for the Fourth Cavalry and its new Colonel, Ranald S. Mackenzie, that it is somewhat difficult to go back into the dim vistas of that period and select the one incident, or absorbing event which would be either of greatest magnitude or afford the most thrilling interest-- This capture of ten deserters, however, under circumstances of more than ordinary importance, since it is believed to be the record capture ever made in the Military Department of Texas, or, perhaps for that matter, of any Military Department in the United States--came about as closely in touch with the writer's life as almost any other experience he ever had while serving as an officer of that regiment--including, as it did, terrible exposure, and unavoidable hardships and privations-- Like all of the other Cavalry regiments in our Army, which were then doing about three fourths of all the active, effective work--the work that disables or kills--in the subjugation of the savage tribes in the United States, driving them into Indian reservations, and rendering it possible for the frontier border to be settled, and civilization to be advanced to a point where it could feel safe from raids and bloody incursions, the Fourth U. S. Cavalry, notwithstanding its high morale and almost perfect state of discipline--had its share of desertions-- Was Mackenzie a "Martinet" Mackenzie was not a West Point "martinet", as that term is generally understood in our Army--but, from four wounds he had received, three in the Civil War, and one that year in the campaign against Quan-ah Parker, the Una-ha-da Comanche Chief--and almost criminal neglect of his own health, in his intensity of nature and purpose in prosecuting these arduous Indian campaigns--he had become more or less irritable, irascible, exacting--sometimes erratic, and frequently explosive-- This much may be said, however, it is certain that notwithstanding his physical condition, and his mental temperament resulting therefrom, he never sought to inflict an injury or punishment upon anybody unnecessarily--never became a petty or malicious persecutor, hounding a man into his grave--and when it became evident to him as well as to others that he had done any of his officers or men an act of injustice, nobody could have been more open, free and frank in his disavowal of that act, or quicker to apologize and render all the reparation possible in his power-- This applied to any and all down to the last Second Lieutenant and private soldier in the regiment-- One man never knows another so well, even intimately--as when he is thrown closely in contact with or lives and sleeps and eats with him-- The writer had done all with Mackenzie during a greater part of this period of 1871--having been his Post Adjutant twice--during Gen. Sherman's inspection in May, at the time of the massacre of Salt Creek Prairie, and prior to our Expedition of that year, and his Field Adjutant on his entire campaign in his abortive attempt to strike Kicking Bird's band of Ki-o-was before he could be stampeded into the Fort Sill Reservation--from May 1st until Oct.

having complicated nutritional requirements; especially growing only in special artificial cultures

From this reading The year of 1871 had been so full of incidents and far reaching results for the Fourth Cavalry and its new Colonel, Ranald S. Mackenzie, that it is somewhat difficult to go back into the dim vistas of that period and select the one incident, or absorbing event which would be either of greatest magnitude or afford the most thrilling interest-- This capture of ten deserters, however, under circumstances of more than ordinary importance, since it is believed to be the record capture ever made in the Military Department of Texas, or, perhaps for that matter, of any Military Department in the United States--came about as closely in touch with the writer's life as almost any other experience he ever had while serving as an officer of that regiment--including, as it did, terrible exposure, and unavoidable hardships and privations-- Like all of the other Cavalry regiments in our Army, which were then doing about three fourths of all the active, effective work--the work that disables or kills--in the subjugation of the savage tribes in the United States, driving them into Indian reservations, and rendering it possible for the frontier border to be settled, and civilization to be advanced to a point where it could feel safe from raids and bloody incursions, the Fourth U. S. Cavalry, notwithstanding its high morale and almost perfect state of discipline--had its share of desertions-- Was Mackenzie a "Martinet" Mackenzie was not a West Point "martinet", as that term is generally understood in our Army--but, from four wounds he had received, three in the Civil War, and one that year in the campaign against Quan-ah Parker, the Una-ha-da Comanche Chief--and almost criminal neglect of his own health, in his intensity of nature and purpose in prosecuting these arduous Indian campaigns--he had become more or less irritable, irascible, exacting--sometimes erratic, and frequently explosive-- This much may be said, however, it is certain that notwithstanding his physical condition, and his mental temperament resulting therefrom, he never sought to inflict an injury or punishment upon anybody unnecessarily--never became a petty or malicious persecutor, hounding a man into his grave--and when it became evident to him as well as to others that he had done any of his officers or men an act of injustice, nobody could have been more open, free and frank in his disavowal of that act, or quicker to apologize and render all the reparation possible in his power-- This applied to any and all down to the last Second Lieutenant and private soldier in the regiment-- One man never knows another so well, even intimately--as when he is thrown closely in contact with or lives and sleeps and eats with him-- The writer had done all with Mackenzie during a greater part of this period of 1871--having been his Post Adjutant twice--during Gen. Sherman's inspection in May, at the time of the massacre of Salt Creek Prairie, and prior to our Expedition of that year, and his Field Adjutant on his entire campaign in his abortive attempt to strike Kicking Bird's band of Ki-o-was before he could be stampeded into the Fort Sill Reservation--from May 1st until Oct.

having a debilitating effect

From this reading 3--I had got to know him very well-- Causes for Desertion Both officers and men had been under a terrific high-keyed pressure--a very great mental and physical strain, almost to the breaking point; were tired and dispirited because the results and the hard work performed, had not justified their expectations and because they could not then see any immediate relief from the performance of such exacting duty-- The pace had been a little too fast even for the Fourth Cavalry-- Much of the spirit and enthusiasm for such unremunerative work was at a very low ebb-- While it had not yet approached a complete discouragement, it was a condition of supreme disgust and contempt at the methods employed-- They felt that with the Government at Washington nullifying and rendering most of their hard labor abortive, that success in those long, weary and extremely exhausting Indian campaigns was not so much dependent upon their absolute loyalty to duty and perfect willingness to sacrifice themselves when necessary in achieving results, as upon the paralyzing acts and influence of the "Indian Ring" in Washington and the ever changing political cesspools of a politically ridden country-- They wanted to see the tangible results or fruits of such terribly hard service and to feel that such hardships, privations and sacrifices as they had experienced, had not been in vain or wasted by a gang of cold blooded, unscrupulous plunderers and grafters remote from the scene of these border activities.

plural of “expectation” — belief about (or mental picture of) the future

From this reading 3--I had got to know him very well-- Causes for Desertion Both officers and men had been under a terrific high-keyed pressure--a very great mental and physical strain, almost to the breaking point; were tired and dispirited because the results and the hard work performed, had not justified their expectations and because they could not then see any immediate relief from the performance of such exacting duty-- The pace had been a little too fast even for the Fourth Cavalry-- Much of the spirit and enthusiasm for such unremunerative work was at a very low ebb-- While it had not yet approached a complete discouragement, it was a condition of supreme disgust and contempt at the methods employed-- They felt that with the Government at Washington nullifying and rendering most of their hard labor abortive, that success in those long, weary and extremely exhausting Indian campaigns was not so much dependent upon their absolute loyalty to duty and perfect willingness to sacrifice themselves when necessary in achieving results, as upon the paralyzing acts and influence of the "Indian Ring" in Washington and the ever changing political cesspools of a politically ridden country-- They wanted to see the tangible results or fruits of such terribly hard service and to feel that such hardships, privations and sacrifices as they had experienced, had not been in vain or wasted by a gang of cold blooded, unscrupulous plunderers and grafters remote from the scene of these border activities.

a military campaign designed to achieve a specific objective in a foreign country

From this reading The year of 1871 had been so full of incidents and far reaching results for the Fourth Cavalry and its new Colonel, Ranald S. Mackenzie, that it is somewhat difficult to go back into the dim vistas of that period and select the one incident, or absorbing event which would be either of greatest magnitude or afford the most thrilling interest-- This capture of ten deserters, however, under circumstances of more than ordinary importance, since it is believed to be the record capture ever made in the Military Department of Texas, or, perhaps for that matter, of any Military Department in the United States--came about as closely in touch with the writer's life as almost any other experience he ever had while serving as an officer of that regiment--including, as it did, terrible exposure, and unavoidable hardships and privations-- Like all of the other Cavalry regiments in our Army, which were then doing about three fourths of all the active, effective work--the work that disables or kills--in the subjugation of the savage tribes in the United States, driving them into Indian reservations, and rendering it possible for the frontier border to be settled, and civilization to be advanced to a point where it could feel safe from raids and bloody incursions, the Fourth U. S. Cavalry, notwithstanding its high morale and almost perfect state of discipline--had its share of desertions-- Was Mackenzie a "Martinet" Mackenzie was not a West Point "martinet", as that term is generally understood in our Army--but, from four wounds he had received, three in the Civil War, and one that year in the campaign against Quan-ah Parker, the Una-ha-da Comanche Chief--and almost criminal neglect of his own health, in his intensity of nature and purpose in prosecuting these arduous Indian campaigns--he had become more or less irritable, irascible, exacting--sometimes erratic, and frequently explosive-- This much may be said, however, it is certain that notwithstanding his physical condition, and his mental temperament resulting therefrom, he never sought to inflict an injury or punishment upon anybody unnecessarily--never became a petty or malicious persecutor, hounding a man into his grave--and when it became evident to him as well as to others that he had done any of his officers or men an act of injustice, nobody could have been more open, free and frank in his disavowal of that act, or quicker to apologize and render all the reparation possible in his power-- This applied to any and all down to the last Second Lieutenant and private soldier in the regiment-- One man never knows another so well, even intimately--as when he is thrown closely in contact with or lives and sleeps and eats with him-- The writer had done all with Mackenzie during a greater part of this period of 1871--having been his Post Adjutant twice--during Gen. Sherman's inspection in May, at the time of the massacre of Salt Creek Prairie, and prior to our Expedition of that year, and his Field Adjutant on his entire campaign in his abortive attempt to strike Kicking Bird's band of Ki-o-was before he could be stampeded into the Fort Sill Reservation--from May 1st until Oct.

undergo or live through a difficult experience

From this reading The year of 1871 had been so full of incidents and far reaching results for the Fourth Cavalry and its new Colonel, Ranald S. Mackenzie, that it is somewhat difficult to go back into the dim vistas of that period and select the one incident, or absorbing event which would be either of greatest magnitude or afford the most thrilling interest-- This capture of ten deserters, however, under circumstances of more than ordinary importance, since it is believed to be the record capture ever made in the Military Department of Texas, or, perhaps for that matter, of any Military Department in the United States--came about as closely in touch with the writer's life as almost any other experience he ever had while serving as an officer of that regiment--including, as it did, terrible exposure, and unavoidable hardships and privations-- Like all of the other Cavalry regiments in our Army, which were then doing about three fourths of all the active, effective work--the work that disables or kills--in the subjugation of the savage tribes in the United States, driving them into Indian reservations, and rendering it possible for the frontier border to be settled, and civilization to be advanced to a point where it could feel safe from raids and bloody incursions, the Fourth U. S. Cavalry, notwithstanding its high morale and almost perfect state of discipline--had its share of desertions-- Was Mackenzie a "Martinet" Mackenzie was not a West Point "martinet", as that term is generally understood in our Army--but, from four wounds he had received, three in the Civil War, and one that year in the campaign against Quan-ah Parker, the Una-ha-da Comanche Chief--and almost criminal neglect of his own health, in his intensity of nature and purpose in prosecuting these arduous Indian campaigns--he had become more or less irritable, irascible, exacting--sometimes erratic, and frequently explosive-- This much may be said, however, it is certain that notwithstanding his physical condition, and his mental temperament resulting therefrom, he never sought to inflict an injury or punishment upon anybody unnecessarily--never became a petty or malicious persecutor, hounding a man into his grave--and when it became evident to him as well as to others that he had done any of his officers or men an act of injustice, nobody could have been more open, free and frank in his disavowal of that act, or quicker to apologize and render all the reparation possible in his power-- This applied to any and all down to the last Second Lieutenant and private soldier in the regiment-- One man never knows another so well, even intimately--as when he is thrown closely in contact with or lives and sleeps and eats with him-- The writer had done all with Mackenzie during a greater part of this period of 1871--having been his Post Adjutant twice--during Gen. Sherman's inspection in May, at the time of the massacre of Salt Creek Prairie, and prior to our Expedition of that year, and his Field Adjutant on his entire campaign in his abortive attempt to strike Kicking Bird's band of Ki-o-was before he could be stampeded into the Fort Sill Reservation--from May 1st until Oct.

having experience; having knowledge or skill from observation or participation

From this reading 3--I had got to know him very well-- Causes for Desertion Both officers and men had been under a terrific high-keyed pressure--a very great mental and physical strain, almost to the breaking point; were tired and dispirited because the results and the hard work performed, had not justified their expectations and because they could not then see any immediate relief from the performance of such exacting duty-- The pace had been a little too fast even for the Fourth Cavalry-- Much of the spirit and enthusiasm for such unremunerative work was at a very low ebb-- While it had not yet approached a complete discouragement, it was a condition of supreme disgust and contempt at the methods employed-- They felt that with the Government at Washington nullifying and rendering most of their hard labor abortive, that success in those long, weary and extremely exhausting Indian campaigns was not so much dependent upon their absolute loyalty to duty and perfect willingness to sacrifice themselves when necessary in achieving results, as upon the paralyzing acts and influence of the "Indian Ring" in Washington and the ever changing political cesspools of a politically ridden country-- They wanted to see the tangible results or fruits of such terribly hard service and to feel that such hardships, privations and sacrifices as they had experienced, had not been in vain or wasted by a gang of cold blooded, unscrupulous plunderers and grafters remote from the scene of these border activities.

serving to explode or characterized by explosion or sudden outburst

From this reading The year of 1871 had been so full of incidents and far reaching results for the Fourth Cavalry and its new Colonel, Ranald S. Mackenzie, that it is somewhat difficult to go back into the dim vistas of that period and select the one incident, or absorbing event which would be either of greatest magnitude or afford the most thrilling interest-- This capture of ten deserters, however, under circumstances of more than ordinary importance, since it is believed to be the record capture ever made in the Military Department of Texas, or, perhaps for that matter, of any Military Department in the United States--came about as closely in touch with the writer's life as almost any other experience he ever had while serving as an officer of that regiment--including, as it did, terrible exposure, and unavoidable hardships and privations-- Like all of the other Cavalry regiments in our Army, which were then doing about three fourths of all the active, effective work--the work that disables or kills--in the subjugation of the savage tribes in the United States, driving them into Indian reservations, and rendering it possible for the frontier border to be settled, and civilization to be advanced to a point where it could feel safe from raids and bloody incursions, the Fourth U. S. Cavalry, notwithstanding its high morale and almost perfect state of discipline--had its share of desertions-- Was Mackenzie a "Martinet" Mackenzie was not a West Point "martinet", as that term is generally understood in our Army--but, from four wounds he had received, three in the Civil War, and one that year in the campaign against Quan-ah Parker, the Una-ha-da Comanche Chief--and almost criminal neglect of his own health, in his intensity of nature and purpose in prosecuting these arduous Indian campaigns--he had become more or less irritable, irascible, exacting--sometimes erratic, and frequently explosive-- This much may be said, however, it is certain that notwithstanding his physical condition, and his mental temperament resulting therefrom, he never sought to inflict an injury or punishment upon anybody unnecessarily--never became a petty or malicious persecutor, hounding a man into his grave--and when it became evident to him as well as to others that he had done any of his officers or men an act of injustice, nobody could have been more open, free and frank in his disavowal of that act, or quicker to apologize and render all the reparation possible in his power-- This applied to any and all down to the last Second Lieutenant and private soldier in the regiment-- One man never knows another so well, even intimately--as when he is thrown closely in contact with or lives and sleeps and eats with him-- The writer had done all with Mackenzie during a greater part of this period of 1871--having been his Post Adjutant twice--during Gen. Sherman's inspection in May, at the time of the massacre of Salt Creek Prairie, and prior to our Expedition of that year, and his Field Adjutant on his entire campaign in his abortive attempt to strike Kicking Bird's band of Ki-o-was before he could be stampeded into the Fort Sill Reservation--from May 1st until Oct.

vulnerability to the elements; to the action of heat or cold or wind or rain

From this reading The year of 1871 had been so full of incidents and far reaching results for the Fourth Cavalry and its new Colonel, Ranald S. Mackenzie, that it is somewhat difficult to go back into the dim vistas of that period and select the one incident, or absorbing event which would be either of greatest magnitude or afford the most thrilling interest-- This capture of ten deserters, however, under circumstances of more than ordinary importance, since it is believed to be the record capture ever made in the Military Department of Texas, or, perhaps for that matter, of any Military Department in the United States--came about as closely in touch with the writer's life as almost any other experience he ever had while serving as an officer of that regiment--including, as it did, terrible exposure, and unavoidable hardships and privations-- Like all of the other Cavalry regiments in our Army, which were then doing about three fourths of all the active, effective work--the work that disables or kills--in the subjugation of the savage tribes in the United States, driving them into Indian reservations, and rendering it possible for the frontier border to be settled, and civilization to be advanced to a point where it could feel safe from raids and bloody incursions, the Fourth U. S. Cavalry, notwithstanding its high morale and almost perfect state of discipline--had its share of desertions-- Was Mackenzie a "Martinet" Mackenzie was not a West Point "martinet", as that term is generally understood in our Army--but, from four wounds he had received, three in the Civil War, and one that year in the campaign against Quan-ah Parker, the Una-ha-da Comanche Chief--and almost criminal neglect of his own health, in his intensity of nature and purpose in prosecuting these arduous Indian campaigns--he had become more or less irritable, irascible, exacting--sometimes erratic, and frequently explosive-- This much may be said, however, it is certain that notwithstanding his physical condition, and his mental temperament resulting therefrom, he never sought to inflict an injury or punishment upon anybody unnecessarily--never became a petty or malicious persecutor, hounding a man into his grave--and when it became evident to him as well as to others that he had done any of his officers or men an act of injustice, nobody could have been more open, free and frank in his disavowal of that act, or quicker to apologize and render all the reparation possible in his power-- This applied to any and all down to the last Second Lieutenant and private soldier in the regiment-- One man never knows another so well, even intimately--as when he is thrown closely in contact with or lives and sleeps and eats with him-- The writer had done all with Mackenzie during a greater part of this period of 1871--having been his Post Adjutant twice--during Gen. Sherman's inspection in May, at the time of the massacre of Salt Creek Prairie, and prior to our Expedition of that year, and his Field Adjutant on his entire campaign in his abortive attempt to strike Kicking Bird's band of Ki-o-was before he could be stampeded into the Fort Sill Reservation--from May 1st until Oct.

to a high degree or extent; favorably or with much respect

From this reading 3--I had got to know him very well-- Causes for Desertion Both officers and men had been under a terrific high-keyed pressure--a very great mental and physical strain, almost to the breaking point; were tired and dispirited because the results and the hard work performed, had not justified their expectations and because they could not then see any immediate relief from the performance of such exacting duty-- The pace had been a little too fast even for the Fourth Cavalry-- Much of the spirit and enthusiasm for such unremunerative work was at a very low ebb-- While it had not yet approached a complete discouragement, it was a condition of supreme disgust and contempt at the methods employed-- They felt that with the Government at Washington nullifying and rendering most of their hard labor abortive, that success in those long, weary and extremely exhausting Indian campaigns was not so much dependent upon their absolute loyalty to duty and perfect willingness to sacrifice themselves when necessary in achieving results, as upon the paralyzing acts and influence of the "Indian Ring" in Washington and the ever changing political cesspools of a politically ridden country-- They wanted to see the tangible results or fruits of such terribly hard service and to feel that such hardships, privations and sacrifices as they had experienced, had not been in vain or wasted by a gang of cold blooded, unscrupulous plunderers and grafters remote from the scene of these border activities.

a piece of information about circumstances that exist or events that have occurred

From this reading We have but recently passed through a similar experience with the same class--in fact are doing it now.

to a considerable degree; very much

From this reading The year of 1871 had been so full of incidents and far reaching results for the Fourth Cavalry and its new Colonel, Ranald S. Mackenzie, that it is somewhat difficult to go back into the dim vistas of that period and select the one incident, or absorbing event which would be either of greatest magnitude or afford the most thrilling interest-- This capture of ten deserters, however, under circumstances of more than ordinary importance, since it is believed to be the record capture ever made in the Military Department of Texas, or, perhaps for that matter, of any Military Department in the United States--came about as closely in touch with the writer's life as almost any other experience he ever had while serving as an officer of that regiment--including, as it did, terrible exposure, and unavoidable hardships and privations-- Like all of the other Cavalry regiments in our Army, which were then doing about three fourths of all the active, effective work--the work that disables or kills--in the subjugation of the savage tribes in the United States, driving them into Indian reservations, and rendering it possible for the frontier border to be settled, and civilization to be advanced to a point where it could feel safe from raids and bloody incursions, the Fourth U. S. Cavalry, notwithstanding its high morale and almost perfect state of discipline--had its share of desertions-- Was Mackenzie a "Martinet" Mackenzie was not a West Point "martinet", as that term is generally understood in our Army--but, from four wounds he had received, three in the Civil War, and one that year in the campaign against Quan-ah Parker, the Una-ha-da Comanche Chief--and almost criminal neglect of his own health, in his intensity of nature and purpose in prosecuting these arduous Indian campaigns--he had become more or less irritable, irascible, exacting--sometimes erratic, and frequently explosive-- This much may be said, however, it is certain that notwithstanding his physical condition, and his mental temperament resulting therefrom, he never sought to inflict an injury or punishment upon anybody unnecessarily--never became a petty or malicious persecutor, hounding a man into his grave--and when it became evident to him as well as to others that he had done any of his officers or men an act of injustice, nobody could have been more open, free and frank in his disavowal of that act, or quicker to apologize and render all the reparation possible in his power-- This applied to any and all down to the last Second Lieutenant and private soldier in the regiment-- One man never knows another so well, even intimately--as when he is thrown closely in contact with or lives and sleeps and eats with him-- The writer had done all with Mackenzie during a greater part of this period of 1871--having been his Post Adjutant twice--during Gen. Sherman's inspection in May, at the time of the massacre of Salt Creek Prairie, and prior to our Expedition of that year, and his Field Adjutant on his entire campaign in his abortive attempt to strike Kicking Bird's band of Ki-o-was before he could be stampeded into the Fort Sill Reservation--from May 1st until Oct.

quickly or rapidly (often used as a combining form)

From this reading 3--I had got to know him very well-- Causes for Desertion Both officers and men had been under a terrific high-keyed pressure--a very great mental and physical strain, almost to the breaking point; were tired and dispirited because the results and the hard work performed, had not justified their expectations and because they could not then see any immediate relief from the performance of such exacting duty-- The pace had been a little too fast even for the Fourth Cavalry-- Much of the spirit and enthusiasm for such unremunerative work was at a very low ebb-- While it had not yet approached a complete discouragement, it was a condition of supreme disgust and contempt at the methods employed-- They felt that with the Government at Washington nullifying and rendering most of their hard labor abortive, that success in those long, weary and extremely exhausting Indian campaigns was not so much dependent upon their absolute loyalty to duty and perfect willingness to sacrifice themselves when necessary in achieving results, as upon the paralyzing acts and influence of the "Indian Ring" in Washington and the ever changing political cesspools of a politically ridden country-- They wanted to see the tangible results or fruits of such terribly hard service and to feel that such hardships, privations and sacrifices as they had experienced, had not been in vain or wasted by a gang of cold blooded, unscrupulous plunderers and grafters remote from the scene of these border activities.

undergo an emotional sensation or be in a particular state of mind

From this reading The year of 1871 had been so full of incidents and far reaching results for the Fourth Cavalry and its new Colonel, Ranald S. Mackenzie, that it is somewhat difficult to go back into the dim vistas of that period and select the one incident, or absorbing event which would be either of greatest magnitude or afford the most thrilling interest-- This capture of ten deserters, however, under circumstances of more than ordinary importance, since it is believed to be the record capture ever made in the Military Department of Texas, or, perhaps for that matter, of any Military Department in the United States--came about as closely in touch with the writer's life as almost any other experience he ever had while serving as an officer of that regiment--including, as it did, terrible exposure, and unavoidable hardships and privations-- Like all of the other Cavalry regiments in our Army, which were then doing about three fourths of all the active, effective work--the work that disables or kills--in the subjugation of the savage tribes in the United States, driving them into Indian reservations, and rendering it possible for the frontier border to be settled, and civilization to be advanced to a point where it could feel safe from raids and bloody incursions, the Fourth U. S. Cavalry, notwithstanding its high morale and almost perfect state of discipline--had its share of desertions-- Was Mackenzie a "Martinet" Mackenzie was not a West Point "martinet", as that term is generally understood in our Army--but, from four wounds he had received, three in the Civil War, and one that year in the campaign against Quan-ah Parker, the Una-ha-da Comanche Chief--and almost criminal neglect of his own health, in his intensity of nature and purpose in prosecuting these arduous Indian campaigns--he had become more or less irritable, irascible, exacting--sometimes erratic, and frequently explosive-- This much may be said, however, it is certain that notwithstanding his physical condition, and his mental temperament resulting therefrom, he never sought to inflict an injury or punishment upon anybody unnecessarily--never became a petty or malicious persecutor, hounding a man into his grave--and when it became evident to him as well as to others that he had done any of his officers or men an act of injustice, nobody could have been more open, free and frank in his disavowal of that act, or quicker to apologize and render all the reparation possible in his power-- This applied to any and all down to the last Second Lieutenant and private soldier in the regiment-- One man never knows another so well, even intimately--as when he is thrown closely in contact with or lives and sleeps and eats with him-- The writer had done all with Mackenzie during a greater part of this period of 1871--having been his Post Adjutant twice--during Gen. Sherman's inspection in May, at the time of the massacre of Salt Creek Prairie, and prior to our Expedition of that year, and his Field Adjutant on his entire campaign in his abortive attempt to strike Kicking Bird's band of Ki-o-was before he could be stampeded into the Fort Sill Reservation--from May 1st until Oct.

mat together and make felt-like

From this reading 3--I had got to know him very well-- Causes for Desertion Both officers and men had been under a terrific high-keyed pressure--a very great mental and physical strain, almost to the breaking point; were tired and dispirited because the results and the hard work performed, had not justified their expectations and because they could not then see any immediate relief from the performance of such exacting duty-- The pace had been a little too fast even for the Fourth Cavalry-- Much of the spirit and enthusiasm for such unremunerative work was at a very low ebb-- While it had not yet approached a complete discouragement, it was a condition of supreme disgust and contempt at the methods employed-- They felt that with the Government at Washington nullifying and rendering most of their hard labor abortive, that success in those long, weary and extremely exhausting Indian campaigns was not so much dependent upon their absolute loyalty to duty and perfect willingness to sacrifice themselves when necessary in achieving results, as upon the paralyzing acts and influence of the "Indian Ring" in Washington and the ever changing political cesspools of a politically ridden country-- They wanted to see the tangible results or fruits of such terribly hard service and to feel that such hardships, privations and sacrifices as they had experienced, had not been in vain or wasted by a gang of cold blooded, unscrupulous plunderers and grafters remote from the scene of these border activities.

a piece of land cleared of trees and usually enclosed

From this reading The year of 1871 had been so full of incidents and far reaching results for the Fourth Cavalry and its new Colonel, Ranald S. Mackenzie, that it is somewhat difficult to go back into the dim vistas of that period and select the one incident, or absorbing event which would be either of greatest magnitude or afford the most thrilling interest-- This capture of ten deserters, however, under circumstances of more than ordinary importance, since it is believed to be the record capture ever made in the Military Department of Texas, or, perhaps for that matter, of any Military Department in the United States--came about as closely in touch with the writer's life as almost any other experience he ever had while serving as an officer of that regiment--including, as it did, terrible exposure, and unavoidable hardships and privations-- Like all of the other Cavalry regiments in our Army, which were then doing about three fourths of all the active, effective work--the work that disables or kills--in the subjugation of the savage tribes in the United States, driving them into Indian reservations, and rendering it possible for the frontier border to be settled, and civilization to be advanced to a point where it could feel safe from raids and bloody incursions, the Fourth U. S. Cavalry, notwithstanding its high morale and almost perfect state of discipline--had its share of desertions-- Was Mackenzie a "Martinet" Mackenzie was not a West Point "martinet", as that term is generally understood in our Army--but, from four wounds he had received, three in the Civil War, and one that year in the campaign against Quan-ah Parker, the Una-ha-da Comanche Chief--and almost criminal neglect of his own health, in his intensity of nature and purpose in prosecuting these arduous Indian campaigns--he had become more or less irritable, irascible, exacting--sometimes erratic, and frequently explosive-- This much may be said, however, it is certain that notwithstanding his physical condition, and his mental temperament resulting therefrom, he never sought to inflict an injury or punishment upon anybody unnecessarily--never became a petty or malicious persecutor, hounding a man into his grave--and when it became evident to him as well as to others that he had done any of his officers or men an act of injustice, nobody could have been more open, free and frank in his disavowal of that act, or quicker to apologize and render all the reparation possible in his power-- This applied to any and all down to the last Second Lieutenant and private soldier in the regiment-- One man never knows another so well, even intimately--as when he is thrown closely in contact with or lives and sleeps and eats with him-- The writer had done all with Mackenzie during a greater part of this period of 1871--having been his Post Adjutant twice--during Gen. Sherman's inspection in May, at the time of the massacre of Salt Creek Prairie, and prior to our Expedition of that year, and his Field Adjutant on his entire campaign in his abortive attempt to strike Kicking Bird's band of Ki-o-was before he could be stampeded into the Fort Sill Reservation--from May 1st until Oct.

plural of “fighter” — someone who fights (or is fighting)

From this reading Like "_death_ and _Taxes_," we have them with us always, especially in time of wars-- It is then the vultures abound-- It is then we have the jelly-fish, spineless slackers, the pussy-foot pacifists--conscientious objectors, chicken hearted shirkers--and--"let George do it" fighters--coming down to the secret renegades--traitors, and Bolshevist anarchists and bomb throwers-- They have always been the curse of this Nation--the natural result,--as a rule--of the "Melting Pot" that does not melt--breeding a lot of mongrel curs and hybrids that should no longer be a part of our American life.

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading The year of 1871 had been so full of incidents and far reaching results for the Fourth Cavalry and its new Colonel, Ranald S. Mackenzie, that it is somewhat difficult to go back into the dim vistas of that period and select the one incident, or absorbing event which would be either of greatest magnitude or afford the most thrilling interest-- This capture of ten deserters, however, under circumstances of more than ordinary importance, since it is believed to be the record capture ever made in the Military Department of Texas, or, perhaps for that matter, of any Military Department in the United States--came about as closely in touch with the writer's life as almost any other experience he ever had while serving as an officer of that regiment--including, as it did, terrible exposure, and unavoidable hardships and privations-- Like all of the other Cavalry regiments in our Army, which were then doing about three fourths of all the active, effective work--the work that disables or kills--in the subjugation of the savage tribes in the United States, driving them into Indian reservations, and rendering it possible for the frontier border to be settled, and civilization to be advanced to a point where it could feel safe from raids and bloody incursions, the Fourth U. S. Cavalry, notwithstanding its high morale and almost perfect state of discipline--had its share of desertions-- Was Mackenzie a "Martinet" Mackenzie was not a West Point "martinet", as that term is generally understood in our Army--but, from four wounds he had received, three in the Civil War, and one that year in the campaign against Quan-ah Parker, the Una-ha-da Comanche Chief--and almost criminal neglect of his own health, in his intensity of nature and purpose in prosecuting these arduous Indian campaigns--he had become more or less irritable, irascible, exacting--sometimes erratic, and frequently explosive-- This much may be said, however, it is certain that notwithstanding his physical condition, and his mental temperament resulting therefrom, he never sought to inflict an injury or punishment upon anybody unnecessarily--never became a petty or malicious persecutor, hounding a man into his grave--and when it became evident to him as well as to others that he had done any of his officers or men an act of injustice, nobody could have been more open, free and frank in his disavowal of that act, or quicker to apologize and render all the reparation possible in his power-- This applied to any and all down to the last Second Lieutenant and private soldier in the regiment-- One man never knows another so well, even intimately--as when he is thrown closely in contact with or lives and sleeps and eats with him-- The writer had done all with Mackenzie during a greater part of this period of 1871--having been his Post Adjutant twice--during Gen. Sherman's inspection in May, at the time of the massacre of Salt Creek Prairie, and prior to our Expedition of that year, and his Field Adjutant on his entire campaign in his abortive attempt to strike Kicking Bird's band of Ki-o-was before he could be stampeded into the Fort Sill Reservation--from May 1st until Oct.

a fortified military post where troops are stationed

From this reading The year of 1871 had been so full of incidents and far reaching results for the Fourth Cavalry and its new Colonel, Ranald S. Mackenzie, that it is somewhat difficult to go back into the dim vistas of that period and select the one incident, or absorbing event which would be either of greatest magnitude or afford the most thrilling interest-- This capture of ten deserters, however, under circumstances of more than ordinary importance, since it is believed to be the record capture ever made in the Military Department of Texas, or, perhaps for that matter, of any Military Department in the United States--came about as closely in touch with the writer's life as almost any other experience he ever had while serving as an officer of that regiment--including, as it did, terrible exposure, and unavoidable hardships and privations-- Like all of the other Cavalry regiments in our Army, which were then doing about three fourths of all the active, effective work--the work that disables or kills--in the subjugation of the savage tribes in the United States, driving them into Indian reservations, and rendering it possible for the frontier border to be settled, and civilization to be advanced to a point where it could feel safe from raids and bloody incursions, the Fourth U. S. Cavalry, notwithstanding its high morale and almost perfect state of discipline--had its share of desertions-- Was Mackenzie a "Martinet" Mackenzie was not a West Point "martinet", as that term is generally understood in our Army--but, from four wounds he had received, three in the Civil War, and one that year in the campaign against Quan-ah Parker, the Una-ha-da Comanche Chief--and almost criminal neglect of his own health, in his intensity of nature and purpose in prosecuting these arduous Indian campaigns--he had become more or less irritable, irascible, exacting--sometimes erratic, and frequently explosive-- This much may be said, however, it is certain that notwithstanding his physical condition, and his mental temperament resulting therefrom, he never sought to inflict an injury or punishment upon anybody unnecessarily--never became a petty or malicious persecutor, hounding a man into his grave--and when it became evident to him as well as to others that he had done any of his officers or men an act of injustice, nobody could have been more open, free and frank in his disavowal of that act, or quicker to apologize and render all the reparation possible in his power-- This applied to any and all down to the last Second Lieutenant and private soldier in the regiment-- One man never knows another so well, even intimately--as when he is thrown closely in contact with or lives and sleeps and eats with him-- The writer had done all with Mackenzie during a greater part of this period of 1871--having been his Post Adjutant twice--during Gen. Sherman's inspection in May, at the time of the massacre of Salt Creek Prairie, and prior to our Expedition of that year, and his Field Adjutant on his entire campaign in his abortive attempt to strike Kicking Bird's band of Ki-o-was before he could be stampeded into the Fort Sill Reservation--from May 1st until Oct.

the cardinal number that is the sum of three and one

From this reading The year of 1871 had been so full of incidents and far reaching results for the Fourth Cavalry and its new Colonel, Ranald S. Mackenzie, that it is somewhat difficult to go back into the dim vistas of that period and select the one incident, or absorbing event which would be either of greatest magnitude or afford the most thrilling interest-- This capture of ten deserters, however, under circumstances of more than ordinary importance, since it is believed to be the record capture ever made in the Military Department of Texas, or, perhaps for that matter, of any Military Department in the United States--came about as closely in touch with the writer's life as almost any other experience he ever had while serving as an officer of that regiment--including, as it did, terrible exposure, and unavoidable hardships and privations-- Like all of the other Cavalry regiments in our Army, which were then doing about three fourths of all the active, effective work--the work that disables or kills--in the subjugation of the savage tribes in the United States, driving them into Indian reservations, and rendering it possible for the frontier border to be settled, and civilization to be advanced to a point where it could feel safe from raids and bloody incursions, the Fourth U. S. Cavalry, notwithstanding its high morale and almost perfect state of discipline--had its share of desertions-- Was Mackenzie a "Martinet" Mackenzie was not a West Point "martinet", as that term is generally understood in our Army--but, from four wounds he had received, three in the Civil War, and one that year in the campaign against Quan-ah Parker, the Una-ha-da Comanche Chief--and almost criminal neglect of his own health, in his intensity of nature and purpose in prosecuting these arduous Indian campaigns--he had become more or less irritable, irascible, exacting--sometimes erratic, and frequently explosive-- This much may be said, however, it is certain that notwithstanding his physical condition, and his mental temperament resulting therefrom, he never sought to inflict an injury or punishment upon anybody unnecessarily--never became a petty or malicious persecutor, hounding a man into his grave--and when it became evident to him as well as to others that he had done any of his officers or men an act of injustice, nobody could have been more open, free and frank in his disavowal of that act, or quicker to apologize and render all the reparation possible in his power-- This applied to any and all down to the last Second Lieutenant and private soldier in the regiment-- One man never knows another so well, even intimately--as when he is thrown closely in contact with or lives and sleeps and eats with him-- The writer had done all with Mackenzie during a greater part of this period of 1871--having been his Post Adjutant twice--during Gen. Sherman's inspection in May, at the time of the massacre of Salt Creek Prairie, and prior to our Expedition of that year, and his Field Adjutant on his entire campaign in his abortive attempt to strike Kicking Bird's band of Ki-o-was before he could be stampeded into the Fort Sill Reservation--from May 1st until Oct.

following the third position; number four in a countable series

From this reading The year of 1871 had been so full of incidents and far reaching results for the Fourth Cavalry and its new Colonel, Ranald S. Mackenzie, that it is somewhat difficult to go back into the dim vistas of that period and select the one incident, or absorbing event which would be either of greatest magnitude or afford the most thrilling interest-- This capture of ten deserters, however, under circumstances of more than ordinary importance, since it is believed to be the record capture ever made in the Military Department of Texas, or, perhaps for that matter, of any Military Department in the United States--came about as closely in touch with the writer's life as almost any other experience he ever had while serving as an officer of that regiment--including, as it did, terrible exposure, and unavoidable hardships and privations-- Like all of the other Cavalry regiments in our Army, which were then doing about three fourths of all the active, effective work--the work that disables or kills--in the subjugation of the savage tribes in the United States, driving them into Indian reservations, and rendering it possible for the frontier border to be settled, and civilization to be advanced to a point where it could feel safe from raids and bloody incursions, the Fourth U. S. Cavalry, notwithstanding its high morale and almost perfect state of discipline--had its share of desertions-- Was Mackenzie a "Martinet" Mackenzie was not a West Point "martinet", as that term is generally understood in our Army--but, from four wounds he had received, three in the Civil War, and one that year in the campaign against Quan-ah Parker, the Una-ha-da Comanche Chief--and almost criminal neglect of his own health, in his intensity of nature and purpose in prosecuting these arduous Indian campaigns--he had become more or less irritable, irascible, exacting--sometimes erratic, and frequently explosive-- This much may be said, however, it is certain that notwithstanding his physical condition, and his mental temperament resulting therefrom, he never sought to inflict an injury or punishment upon anybody unnecessarily--never became a petty or malicious persecutor, hounding a man into his grave--and when it became evident to him as well as to others that he had done any of his officers or men an act of injustice, nobody could have been more open, free and frank in his disavowal of that act, or quicker to apologize and render all the reparation possible in his power-- This applied to any and all down to the last Second Lieutenant and private soldier in the regiment-- One man never knows another so well, even intimately--as when he is thrown closely in contact with or lives and sleeps and eats with him-- The writer had done all with Mackenzie during a greater part of this period of 1871--having been his Post Adjutant twice--during Gen. Sherman's inspection in May, at the time of the massacre of Salt Creek Prairie, and prior to our Expedition of that year, and his Field Adjutant on his entire campaign in his abortive attempt to strike Kicking Bird's band of Ki-o-was before he could be stampeded into the Fort Sill Reservation--from May 1st until Oct.

plural of “fourth” — following the third position; number four in a countable series

From this reading The year of 1871 had been so full of incidents and far reaching results for the Fourth Cavalry and its new Colonel, Ranald S. Mackenzie, that it is somewhat difficult to go back into the dim vistas of that period and select the one incident, or absorbing event which would be either of greatest magnitude or afford the most thrilling interest-- This capture of ten deserters, however, under circumstances of more than ordinary importance, since it is believed to be the record capture ever made in the Military Department of Texas, or, perhaps for that matter, of any Military Department in the United States--came about as closely in touch with the writer's life as almost any other experience he ever had while serving as an officer of that regiment--including, as it did, terrible exposure, and unavoidable hardships and privations-- Like all of the other Cavalry regiments in our Army, which were then doing about three fourths of all the active, effective work--the work that disables or kills--in the subjugation of the savage tribes in the United States, driving them into Indian reservations, and rendering it possible for the frontier border to be settled, and civilization to be advanced to a point where it could feel safe from raids and bloody incursions, the Fourth U. S. Cavalry, notwithstanding its high morale and almost perfect state of discipline--had its share of desertions-- Was Mackenzie a "Martinet" Mackenzie was not a West Point "martinet", as that term is generally understood in our Army--but, from four wounds he had received, three in the Civil War, and one that year in the campaign against Quan-ah Parker, the Una-ha-da Comanche Chief--and almost criminal neglect of his own health, in his intensity of nature and purpose in prosecuting these arduous Indian campaigns--he had become more or less irritable, irascible, exacting--sometimes erratic, and frequently explosive-- This much may be said, however, it is certain that notwithstanding his physical condition, and his mental temperament resulting therefrom, he never sought to inflict an injury or punishment upon anybody unnecessarily--never became a petty or malicious persecutor, hounding a man into his grave--and when it became evident to him as well as to others that he had done any of his officers or men an act of injustice, nobody could have been more open, free and frank in his disavowal of that act, or quicker to apologize and render all the reparation possible in his power-- This applied to any and all down to the last Second Lieutenant and private soldier in the regiment-- One man never knows another so well, even intimately--as when he is thrown closely in contact with or lives and sleeps and eats with him-- The writer had done all with Mackenzie during a greater part of this period of 1871--having been his Post Adjutant twice--during Gen. Sherman's inspection in May, at the time of the massacre of Salt Creek Prairie, and prior to our Expedition of that year, and his Field Adjutant on his entire campaign in his abortive attempt to strike Kicking Bird's band of Ki-o-was before he could be stampeded into the Fort Sill Reservation--from May 1st until Oct.

characterized by directness in manner or speech; without subtlety or evasion

From this reading The year of 1871 had been so full of incidents and far reaching results for the Fourth Cavalry and its new Colonel, Ranald S. Mackenzie, that it is somewhat difficult to go back into the dim vistas of that period and select the one incident, or absorbing event which would be either of greatest magnitude or afford the most thrilling interest-- This capture of ten deserters, however, under circumstances of more than ordinary importance, since it is believed to be the record capture ever made in the Military Department of Texas, or, perhaps for that matter, of any Military Department in the United States--came about as closely in touch with the writer's life as almost any other experience he ever had while serving as an officer of that regiment--including, as it did, terrible exposure, and unavoidable hardships and privations-- Like all of the other Cavalry regiments in our Army, which were then doing about three fourths of all the active, effective work--the work that disables or kills--in the subjugation of the savage tribes in the United States, driving them into Indian reservations, and rendering it possible for the frontier border to be settled, and civilization to be advanced to a point where it could feel safe from raids and bloody incursions, the Fourth U. S. Cavalry, notwithstanding its high morale and almost perfect state of discipline--had its share of desertions-- Was Mackenzie a "Martinet" Mackenzie was not a West Point "martinet", as that term is generally understood in our Army--but, from four wounds he had received, three in the Civil War, and one that year in the campaign against Quan-ah Parker, the Una-ha-da Comanche Chief--and almost criminal neglect of his own health, in his intensity of nature and purpose in prosecuting these arduous Indian campaigns--he had become more or less irritable, irascible, exacting--sometimes erratic, and frequently explosive-- This much may be said, however, it is certain that notwithstanding his physical condition, and his mental temperament resulting therefrom, he never sought to inflict an injury or punishment upon anybody unnecessarily--never became a petty or malicious persecutor, hounding a man into his grave--and when it became evident to him as well as to others that he had done any of his officers or men an act of injustice, nobody could have been more open, free and frank in his disavowal of that act, or quicker to apologize and render all the reparation possible in his power-- This applied to any and all down to the last Second Lieutenant and private soldier in the regiment-- One man never knows another so well, even intimately--as when he is thrown closely in contact with or lives and sleeps and eats with him-- The writer had done all with Mackenzie during a greater part of this period of 1871--having been his Post Adjutant twice--during Gen. Sherman's inspection in May, at the time of the massacre of Salt Creek Prairie, and prior to our Expedition of that year, and his Field Adjutant on his entire campaign in his abortive attempt to strike Kicking Bird's band of Ki-o-was before he could be stampeded into the Fort Sill Reservation--from May 1st until Oct.

grant freedom to; free from confinement

From this reading The year of 1871 had been so full of incidents and far reaching results for the Fourth Cavalry and its new Colonel, Ranald S. Mackenzie, that it is somewhat difficult to go back into the dim vistas of that period and select the one incident, or absorbing event which would be either of greatest magnitude or afford the most thrilling interest-- This capture of ten deserters, however, under circumstances of more than ordinary importance, since it is believed to be the record capture ever made in the Military Department of Texas, or, perhaps for that matter, of any Military Department in the United States--came about as closely in touch with the writer's life as almost any other experience he ever had while serving as an officer of that regiment--including, as it did, terrible exposure, and unavoidable hardships and privations-- Like all of the other Cavalry regiments in our Army, which were then doing about three fourths of all the active, effective work--the work that disables or kills--in the subjugation of the savage tribes in the United States, driving them into Indian reservations, and rendering it possible for the frontier border to be settled, and civilization to be advanced to a point where it could feel safe from raids and bloody incursions, the Fourth U. S. Cavalry, notwithstanding its high morale and almost perfect state of discipline--had its share of desertions-- Was Mackenzie a "Martinet" Mackenzie was not a West Point "martinet", as that term is generally understood in our Army--but, from four wounds he had received, three in the Civil War, and one that year in the campaign against Quan-ah Parker, the Una-ha-da Comanche Chief--and almost criminal neglect of his own health, in his intensity of nature and purpose in prosecuting these arduous Indian campaigns--he had become more or less irritable, irascible, exacting--sometimes erratic, and frequently explosive-- This much may be said, however, it is certain that notwithstanding his physical condition, and his mental temperament resulting therefrom, he never sought to inflict an injury or punishment upon anybody unnecessarily--never became a petty or malicious persecutor, hounding a man into his grave--and when it became evident to him as well as to others that he had done any of his officers or men an act of injustice, nobody could have been more open, free and frank in his disavowal of that act, or quicker to apologize and render all the reparation possible in his power-- This applied to any and all down to the last Second Lieutenant and private soldier in the regiment-- One man never knows another so well, even intimately--as when he is thrown closely in contact with or lives and sleeps and eats with him-- The writer had done all with Mackenzie during a greater part of this period of 1871--having been his Post Adjutant twice--during Gen. Sherman's inspection in May, at the time of the massacre of Salt Creek Prairie, and prior to our Expedition of that year, and his Field Adjutant on his entire campaign in his abortive attempt to strike Kicking Bird's band of Ki-o-was before he could be stampeded into the Fort Sill Reservation--from May 1st until Oct.

many times at short intervals

From this reading The year of 1871 had been so full of incidents and far reaching results for the Fourth Cavalry and its new Colonel, Ranald S. Mackenzie, that it is somewhat difficult to go back into the dim vistas of that period and select the one incident, or absorbing event which would be either of greatest magnitude or afford the most thrilling interest-- This capture of ten deserters, however, under circumstances of more than ordinary importance, since it is believed to be the record capture ever made in the Military Department of Texas, or, perhaps for that matter, of any Military Department in the United States--came about as closely in touch with the writer's life as almost any other experience he ever had while serving as an officer of that regiment--including, as it did, terrible exposure, and unavoidable hardships and privations-- Like all of the other Cavalry regiments in our Army, which were then doing about three fourths of all the active, effective work--the work that disables or kills--in the subjugation of the savage tribes in the United States, driving them into Indian reservations, and rendering it possible for the frontier border to be settled, and civilization to be advanced to a point where it could feel safe from raids and bloody incursions, the Fourth U. S. Cavalry, notwithstanding its high morale and almost perfect state of discipline--had its share of desertions-- Was Mackenzie a "Martinet" Mackenzie was not a West Point "martinet", as that term is generally understood in our Army--but, from four wounds he had received, three in the Civil War, and one that year in the campaign against Quan-ah Parker, the Una-ha-da Comanche Chief--and almost criminal neglect of his own health, in his intensity of nature and purpose in prosecuting these arduous Indian campaigns--he had become more or less irritable, irascible, exacting--sometimes erratic, and frequently explosive-- This much may be said, however, it is certain that notwithstanding his physical condition, and his mental temperament resulting therefrom, he never sought to inflict an injury or punishment upon anybody unnecessarily--never became a petty or malicious persecutor, hounding a man into his grave--and when it became evident to him as well as to others that he had done any of his officers or men an act of injustice, nobody could have been more open, free and frank in his disavowal of that act, or quicker to apologize and render all the reparation possible in his power-- This applied to any and all down to the last Second Lieutenant and private soldier in the regiment-- One man never knows another so well, even intimately--as when he is thrown closely in contact with or lives and sleeps and eats with him-- The writer had done all with Mackenzie during a greater part of this period of 1871--having been his Post Adjutant twice--during Gen. Sherman's inspection in May, at the time of the massacre of Salt Creek Prairie, and prior to our Expedition of that year, and his Field Adjutant on his entire campaign in his abortive attempt to strike Kicking Bird's band of Ki-o-was before he could be stampeded into the Fort Sill Reservation--from May 1st until Oct.

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading The year of 1871 had been so full of incidents and far reaching results for the Fourth Cavalry and its new Colonel, Ranald S. Mackenzie, that it is somewhat difficult to go back into the dim vistas of that period and select the one incident, or absorbing event which would be either of greatest magnitude or afford the most thrilling interest-- This capture of ten deserters, however, under circumstances of more than ordinary importance, since it is believed to be the record capture ever made in the Military Department of Texas, or, perhaps for that matter, of any Military Department in the United States--came about as closely in touch with the writer's life as almost any other experience he ever had while serving as an officer of that regiment--including, as it did, terrible exposure, and unavoidable hardships and privations-- Like all of the other Cavalry regiments in our Army, which were then doing about three fourths of all the active, effective work--the work that disables or kills--in the subjugation of the savage tribes in the United States, driving them into Indian reservations, and rendering it possible for the frontier border to be settled, and civilization to be advanced to a point where it could feel safe from raids and bloody incursions, the Fourth U. S. Cavalry, notwithstanding its high morale and almost perfect state of discipline--had its share of desertions-- Was Mackenzie a "Martinet" Mackenzie was not a West Point "martinet", as that term is generally understood in our Army--but, from four wounds he had received, three in the Civil War, and one that year in the campaign against Quan-ah Parker, the Una-ha-da Comanche Chief--and almost criminal neglect of his own health, in his intensity of nature and purpose in prosecuting these arduous Indian campaigns--he had become more or less irritable, irascible, exacting--sometimes erratic, and frequently explosive-- This much may be said, however, it is certain that notwithstanding his physical condition, and his mental temperament resulting therefrom, he never sought to inflict an injury or punishment upon anybody unnecessarily--never became a petty or malicious persecutor, hounding a man into his grave--and when it became evident to him as well as to others that he had done any of his officers or men an act of injustice, nobody could have been more open, free and frank in his disavowal of that act, or quicker to apologize and render all the reparation possible in his power-- This applied to any and all down to the last Second Lieutenant and private soldier in the regiment-- One man never knows another so well, even intimately--as when he is thrown closely in contact with or lives and sleeps and eats with him-- The writer had done all with Mackenzie during a greater part of this period of 1871--having been his Post Adjutant twice--during Gen. Sherman's inspection in May, at the time of the massacre of Salt Creek Prairie, and prior to our Expedition of that year, and his Field Adjutant on his entire campaign in his abortive attempt to strike Kicking Bird's band of Ki-o-was before he could be stampeded into the Fort Sill Reservation--from May 1st until Oct.

a wilderness at the edge of a settled area of a country

From this reading The year of 1871 had been so full of incidents and far reaching results for the Fourth Cavalry and its new Colonel, Ranald S. Mackenzie, that it is somewhat difficult to go back into the dim vistas of that period and select the one incident, or absorbing event which would be either of greatest magnitude or afford the most thrilling interest-- This capture of ten deserters, however, under circumstances of more than ordinary importance, since it is believed to be the record capture ever made in the Military Department of Texas, or, perhaps for that matter, of any Military Department in the United States--came about as closely in touch with the writer's life as almost any other experience he ever had while serving as an officer of that regiment--including, as it did, terrible exposure, and unavoidable hardships and privations-- Like all of the other Cavalry regiments in our Army, which were then doing about three fourths of all the active, effective work--the work that disables or kills--in the subjugation of the savage tribes in the United States, driving them into Indian reservations, and rendering it possible for the frontier border to be settled, and civilization to be advanced to a point where it could feel safe from raids and bloody incursions, the Fourth U. S. Cavalry, notwithstanding its high morale and almost perfect state of discipline--had its share of desertions-- Was Mackenzie a "Martinet" Mackenzie was not a West Point "martinet", as that term is generally understood in our Army--but, from four wounds he had received, three in the Civil War, and one that year in the campaign against Quan-ah Parker, the Una-ha-da Comanche Chief--and almost criminal neglect of his own health, in his intensity of nature and purpose in prosecuting these arduous Indian campaigns--he had become more or less irritable, irascible, exacting--sometimes erratic, and frequently explosive-- This much may be said, however, it is certain that notwithstanding his physical condition, and his mental temperament resulting therefrom, he never sought to inflict an injury or punishment upon anybody unnecessarily--never became a petty or malicious persecutor, hounding a man into his grave--and when it became evident to him as well as to others that he had done any of his officers or men an act of injustice, nobody could have been more open, free and frank in his disavowal of that act, or quicker to apologize and render all the reparation possible in his power-- This applied to any and all down to the last Second Lieutenant and private soldier in the regiment-- One man never knows another so well, even intimately--as when he is thrown closely in contact with or lives and sleeps and eats with him-- The writer had done all with Mackenzie during a greater part of this period of 1871--having been his Post Adjutant twice--during Gen. Sherman's inspection in May, at the time of the massacre of Salt Creek Prairie, and prior to our Expedition of that year, and his Field Adjutant on his entire campaign in his abortive attempt to strike Kicking Bird's band of Ki-o-was before he could be stampeded into the Fort Sill Reservation--from May 1st until Oct.

plural of “fruit” — the ripened reproductive body of a seed plant

From this reading 3--I had got to know him very well-- Causes for Desertion Both officers and men had been under a terrific high-keyed pressure--a very great mental and physical strain, almost to the breaking point; were tired and dispirited because the results and the hard work performed, had not justified their expectations and because they could not then see any immediate relief from the performance of such exacting duty-- The pace had been a little too fast even for the Fourth Cavalry-- Much of the spirit and enthusiasm for such unremunerative work was at a very low ebb-- While it had not yet approached a complete discouragement, it was a condition of supreme disgust and contempt at the methods employed-- They felt that with the Government at Washington nullifying and rendering most of their hard labor abortive, that success in those long, weary and extremely exhausting Indian campaigns was not so much dependent upon their absolute loyalty to duty and perfect willingness to sacrifice themselves when necessary in achieving results, as upon the paralyzing acts and influence of the "Indian Ring" in Washington and the ever changing political cesspools of a politically ridden country-- They wanted to see the tangible results or fruits of such terribly hard service and to feel that such hardships, privations and sacrifices as they had experienced, had not been in vain or wasted by a gang of cold blooded, unscrupulous plunderers and grafters remote from the scene of these border activities.

containing as much or as many as is possible or normal

From this reading The year of 1871 had been so full of incidents and far reaching results for the Fourth Cavalry and its new Colonel, Ranald S. Mackenzie, that it is somewhat difficult to go back into the dim vistas of that period and select the one incident, or absorbing event which would be either of greatest magnitude or afford the most thrilling interest-- This capture of ten deserters, however, under circumstances of more than ordinary importance, since it is believed to be the record capture ever made in the Military Department of Texas, or, perhaps for that matter, of any Military Department in the United States--came about as closely in touch with the writer's life as almost any other experience he ever had while serving as an officer of that regiment--including, as it did, terrible exposure, and unavoidable hardships and privations-- Like all of the other Cavalry regiments in our Army, which were then doing about three fourths of all the active, effective work--the work that disables or kills--in the subjugation of the savage tribes in the United States, driving them into Indian reservations, and rendering it possible for the frontier border to be settled, and civilization to be advanced to a point where it could feel safe from raids and bloody incursions, the Fourth U. S. Cavalry, notwithstanding its high morale and almost perfect state of discipline--had its share of desertions-- Was Mackenzie a "Martinet" Mackenzie was not a West Point "martinet", as that term is generally understood in our Army--but, from four wounds he had received, three in the Civil War, and one that year in the campaign against Quan-ah Parker, the Una-ha-da Comanche Chief--and almost criminal neglect of his own health, in his intensity of nature and purpose in prosecuting these arduous Indian campaigns--he had become more or less irritable, irascible, exacting--sometimes erratic, and frequently explosive-- This much may be said, however, it is certain that notwithstanding his physical condition, and his mental temperament resulting therefrom, he never sought to inflict an injury or punishment upon anybody unnecessarily--never became a petty or malicious persecutor, hounding a man into his grave--and when it became evident to him as well as to others that he had done any of his officers or men an act of injustice, nobody could have been more open, free and frank in his disavowal of that act, or quicker to apologize and render all the reparation possible in his power-- This applied to any and all down to the last Second Lieutenant and private soldier in the regiment-- One man never knows another so well, even intimately--as when he is thrown closely in contact with or lives and sleeps and eats with him-- The writer had done all with Mackenzie during a greater part of this period of 1871--having been his Post Adjutant twice--during Gen. Sherman's inspection in May, at the time of the massacre of Salt Creek Prairie, and prior to our Expedition of that year, and his Field Adjutant on his entire campaign in his abortive attempt to strike Kicking Bird's band of Ki-o-was before he could be stampeded into the Fort Sill Reservation--from May 1st until Oct.

an association of criminals

From this reading 3--I had got to know him very well-- Causes for Desertion Both officers and men had been under a terrific high-keyed pressure--a very great mental and physical strain, almost to the breaking point; were tired and dispirited because the results and the hard work performed, had not justified their expectations and because they could not then see any immediate relief from the performance of such exacting duty-- The pace had been a little too fast even for the Fourth Cavalry-- Much of the spirit and enthusiasm for such unremunerative work was at a very low ebb-- While it had not yet approached a complete discouragement, it was a condition of supreme disgust and contempt at the methods employed-- They felt that with the Government at Washington nullifying and rendering most of their hard labor abortive, that success in those long, weary and extremely exhausting Indian campaigns was not so much dependent upon their absolute loyalty to duty and perfect willingness to sacrifice themselves when necessary in achieving results, as upon the paralyzing acts and influence of the "Indian Ring" in Washington and the ever changing political cesspools of a politically ridden country-- They wanted to see the tangible results or fruits of such terribly hard service and to feel that such hardships, privations and sacrifices as they had experienced, had not been in vain or wasted by a gang of cold blooded, unscrupulous plunderers and grafters remote from the scene of these border activities.

informal term for information

From this reading The year of 1871 had been so full of incidents and far reaching results for the Fourth Cavalry and its new Colonel, Ranald S. Mackenzie, that it is somewhat difficult to go back into the dim vistas of that period and select the one incident, or absorbing event which would be either of greatest magnitude or afford the most thrilling interest-- This capture of ten deserters, however, under circumstances of more than ordinary importance, since it is believed to be the record capture ever made in the Military Department of Texas, or, perhaps for that matter, of any Military Department in the United States--came about as closely in touch with the writer's life as almost any other experience he ever had while serving as an officer of that regiment--including, as it did, terrible exposure, and unavoidable hardships and privations-- Like all of the other Cavalry regiments in our Army, which were then doing about three fourths of all the active, effective work--the work that disables or kills--in the subjugation of the savage tribes in the United States, driving them into Indian reservations, and rendering it possible for the frontier border to be settled, and civilization to be advanced to a point where it could feel safe from raids and bloody incursions, the Fourth U. S. Cavalry, notwithstanding its high morale and almost perfect state of discipline--had its share of desertions-- Was Mackenzie a "Martinet" Mackenzie was not a West Point "martinet", as that term is generally understood in our Army--but, from four wounds he had received, three in the Civil War, and one that year in the campaign against Quan-ah Parker, the Una-ha-da Comanche Chief--and almost criminal neglect of his own health, in his intensity of nature and purpose in prosecuting these arduous Indian campaigns--he had become more or less irritable, irascible, exacting--sometimes erratic, and frequently explosive-- This much may be said, however, it is certain that notwithstanding his physical condition, and his mental temperament resulting therefrom, he never sought to inflict an injury or punishment upon anybody unnecessarily--never became a petty or malicious persecutor, hounding a man into his grave--and when it became evident to him as well as to others that he had done any of his officers or men an act of injustice, nobody could have been more open, free and frank in his disavowal of that act, or quicker to apologize and render all the reparation possible in his power-- This applied to any and all down to the last Second Lieutenant and private soldier in the regiment-- One man never knows another so well, even intimately--as when he is thrown closely in contact with or lives and sleeps and eats with him-- The writer had done all with Mackenzie during a greater part of this period of 1871--having been his Post Adjutant twice--during Gen. Sherman's inspection in May, at the time of the massacre of Salt Creek Prairie, and prior to our Expedition of that year, and his Field Adjutant on his entire campaign in his abortive attempt to strike Kicking Bird's band of Ki-o-was before he could be stampeded into the Fort Sill Reservation--from May 1st until Oct.

usually; as a rule

From this reading The year of 1871 had been so full of incidents and far reaching results for the Fourth Cavalry and its new Colonel, Ranald S. Mackenzie, that it is somewhat difficult to go back into the dim vistas of that period and select the one incident, or absorbing event which would be either of greatest magnitude or afford the most thrilling interest-- This capture of ten deserters, however, under circumstances of more than ordinary importance, since it is believed to be the record capture ever made in the Military Department of Texas, or, perhaps for that matter, of any Military Department in the United States--came about as closely in touch with the writer's life as almost any other experience he ever had while serving as an officer of that regiment--including, as it did, terrible exposure, and unavoidable hardships and privations-- Like all of the other Cavalry regiments in our Army, which were then doing about three fourths of all the active, effective work--the work that disables or kills--in the subjugation of the savage tribes in the United States, driving them into Indian reservations, and rendering it possible for the frontier border to be settled, and civilization to be advanced to a point where it could feel safe from raids and bloody incursions, the Fourth U. S. Cavalry, notwithstanding its high morale and almost perfect state of discipline--had its share of desertions-- Was Mackenzie a "Martinet" Mackenzie was not a West Point "martinet", as that term is generally understood in our Army--but, from four wounds he had received, three in the Civil War, and one that year in the campaign against Quan-ah Parker, the Una-ha-da Comanche Chief--and almost criminal neglect of his own health, in his intensity of nature and purpose in prosecuting these arduous Indian campaigns--he had become more or less irritable, irascible, exacting--sometimes erratic, and frequently explosive-- This much may be said, however, it is certain that notwithstanding his physical condition, and his mental temperament resulting therefrom, he never sought to inflict an injury or punishment upon anybody unnecessarily--never became a petty or malicious persecutor, hounding a man into his grave--and when it became evident to him as well as to others that he had done any of his officers or men an act of injustice, nobody could have been more open, free and frank in his disavowal of that act, or quicker to apologize and render all the reparation possible in his power-- This applied to any and all down to the last Second Lieutenant and private soldier in the regiment-- One man never knows another so well, even intimately--as when he is thrown closely in contact with or lives and sleeps and eats with him-- The writer had done all with Mackenzie during a greater part of this period of 1871--having been his Post Adjutant twice--during Gen. Sherman's inspection in May, at the time of the massacre of Salt Creek Prairie, and prior to our Expedition of that year, and his Field Adjutant on his entire campaign in his abortive attempt to strike Kicking Bird's band of Ki-o-was before he could be stampeded into the Fort Sill Reservation--from May 1st until Oct.

Christian martyr; patron saint of England; hero of the legend of Saint George and the Dragon in which he slew a dragon and saved a princess (?-303)

From this reading Like "_death_ and _Taxes_," we have them with us always, especially in time of wars-- It is then the vultures abound-- It is then we have the jelly-fish, spineless slackers, the pussy-foot pacifists--conscientious objectors, chicken hearted shirkers--and--"let George do it" fighters--coming down to the secret renegades--traitors, and Bolshevist anarchists and bomb throwers-- They have always been the curse of this Nation--the natural result,--as a rule--of the "Melting Pot" that does not melt--breeding a lot of mongrel curs and hybrids that should no longer be a part of our American life.

change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically

From this reading The year of 1871 had been so full of incidents and far reaching results for the Fourth Cavalry and its new Colonel, Ranald S. Mackenzie, that it is somewhat difficult to go back into the dim vistas of that period and select the one incident, or absorbing event which would be either of greatest magnitude or afford the most thrilling interest-- This capture of ten deserters, however, under circumstances of more than ordinary importance, since it is believed to be the record capture ever made in the Military Department of Texas, or, perhaps for that matter, of any Military Department in the United States--came about as closely in touch with the writer's life as almost any other experience he ever had while serving as an officer of that regiment--including, as it did, terrible exposure, and unavoidable hardships and privations-- Like all of the other Cavalry regiments in our Army, which were then doing about three fourths of all the active, effective work--the work that disables or kills--in the subjugation of the savage tribes in the United States, driving them into Indian reservations, and rendering it possible for the frontier border to be settled, and civilization to be advanced to a point where it could feel safe from raids and bloody incursions, the Fourth U. S. Cavalry, notwithstanding its high morale and almost perfect state of discipline--had its share of desertions-- Was Mackenzie a "Martinet" Mackenzie was not a West Point "martinet", as that term is generally understood in our Army--but, from four wounds he had received, three in the Civil War, and one that year in the campaign against Quan-ah Parker, the Una-ha-da Comanche Chief--and almost criminal neglect of his own health, in his intensity of nature and purpose in prosecuting these arduous Indian campaigns--he had become more or less irritable, irascible, exacting--sometimes erratic, and frequently explosive-- This much may be said, however, it is certain that notwithstanding his physical condition, and his mental temperament resulting therefrom, he never sought to inflict an injury or punishment upon anybody unnecessarily--never became a petty or malicious persecutor, hounding a man into his grave--and when it became evident to him as well as to others that he had done any of his officers or men an act of injustice, nobody could have been more open, free and frank in his disavowal of that act, or quicker to apologize and render all the reparation possible in his power-- This applied to any and all down to the last Second Lieutenant and private soldier in the regiment-- One man never knows another so well, even intimately--as when he is thrown closely in contact with or lives and sleeps and eats with him-- The writer had done all with Mackenzie during a greater part of this period of 1871--having been his Post Adjutant twice--during Gen. Sherman's inspection in May, at the time of the massacre of Salt Creek Prairie, and prior to our Expedition of that year, and his Field Adjutant on his entire campaign in his abortive attempt to strike Kicking Bird's band of Ki-o-was before he could be stampeded into the Fort Sill Reservation--from May 1st until Oct.

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From this reading _By_ Captain Robert Goldthwaite Carter U. S. ARMY On The Trail of Deserters.

inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract

From this reading 3--I had got to know him very well-- Causes for Desertion Both officers and men had been under a terrific high-keyed pressure--a very great mental and physical strain, almost to the breaking point; were tired and dispirited because the results and the hard work performed, had not justified their expectations and because they could not then see any immediate relief from the performance of such exacting duty-- The pace had been a little too fast even for the Fourth Cavalry-- Much of the spirit and enthusiasm for such unremunerative work was at a very low ebb-- While it had not yet approached a complete discouragement, it was a condition of supreme disgust and contempt at the methods employed-- They felt that with the Government at Washington nullifying and rendering most of their hard labor abortive, that success in those long, weary and extremely exhausting Indian campaigns was not so much dependent upon their absolute loyalty to duty and perfect willingness to sacrifice themselves when necessary in achieving results, as upon the paralyzing acts and influence of the "Indian Ring" in Washington and the ever changing political cesspools of a politically ridden country-- They wanted to see the tangible results or fruits of such terribly hard service and to feel that such hardships, privations and sacrifices as they had experienced, had not been in vain or wasted by a gang of cold blooded, unscrupulous plunderers and grafters remote from the scene of these border activities.

the organization that is the governing authority of a political unit

From this reading 3--I had got to know him very well-- Causes for Desertion Both officers and men had been under a terrific high-keyed pressure--a very great mental and physical strain, almost to the breaking point; were tired and dispirited because the results and the hard work performed, had not justified their expectations and because they could not then see any immediate relief from the performance of such exacting duty-- The pace had been a little too fast even for the Fourth Cavalry-- Much of the spirit and enthusiasm for such unremunerative work was at a very low ebb-- While it had not yet approached a complete discouragement, it was a condition of supreme disgust and contempt at the methods employed-- They felt that with the Government at Washington nullifying and rendering most of their hard labor abortive, that success in those long, weary and extremely exhausting Indian campaigns was not so much dependent upon their absolute loyalty to duty and perfect willingness to sacrifice themselves when necessary in achieving results, as upon the paralyzing acts and influence of the "Indian Ring" in Washington and the ever changing political cesspools of a politically ridden country-- They wanted to see the tangible results or fruits of such terribly hard service and to feel that such hardships, privations and sacrifices as they had experienced, had not been in vain or wasted by a gang of cold blooded, unscrupulous plunderers and grafters remote from the scene of these border activities.

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From this reading 3--I had got to know him very well-- Causes for Desertion Both officers and men had been under a terrific high-keyed pressure--a very great mental and physical strain, almost to the breaking point; were tired and dispirited because the results and the hard work performed, had not justified their expectations and because they could not then see any immediate relief from the performance of such exacting duty-- The pace had been a little too fast even for the Fourth Cavalry-- Much of the spirit and enthusiasm for such unremunerative work was at a very low ebb-- While it had not yet approached a complete discouragement, it was a condition of supreme disgust and contempt at the methods employed-- They felt that with the Government at Washington nullifying and rendering most of their hard labor abortive, that success in those long, weary and extremely exhausting Indian campaigns was not so much dependent upon their absolute loyalty to duty and perfect willingness to sacrifice themselves when necessary in achieving results, as upon the paralyzing acts and influence of the "Indian Ring" in Washington and the ever changing political cesspools of a politically ridden country-- They wanted to see the tangible results or fruits of such terribly hard service and to feel that such hardships, privations and sacrifices as they had experienced, had not been in vain or wasted by a gang of cold blooded, unscrupulous plunderers and grafters remote from the scene of these border activities.

death of a person

From this reading The year of 1871 had been so full of incidents and far reaching results for the Fourth Cavalry and its new Colonel, Ranald S. Mackenzie, that it is somewhat difficult to go back into the dim vistas of that period and select the one incident, or absorbing event which would be either of greatest magnitude or afford the most thrilling interest-- This capture of ten deserters, however, under circumstances of more than ordinary importance, since it is believed to be the record capture ever made in the Military Department of Texas, or, perhaps for that matter, of any Military Department in the United States--came about as closely in touch with the writer's life as almost any other experience he ever had while serving as an officer of that regiment--including, as it did, terrible exposure, and unavoidable hardships and privations-- Like all of the other Cavalry regiments in our Army, which were then doing about three fourths of all the active, effective work--the work that disables or kills--in the subjugation of the savage tribes in the United States, driving them into Indian reservations, and rendering it possible for the frontier border to be settled, and civilization to be advanced to a point where it could feel safe from raids and bloody incursions, the Fourth U. S. Cavalry, notwithstanding its high morale and almost perfect state of discipline--had its share of desertions-- Was Mackenzie a "Martinet" Mackenzie was not a West Point "martinet", as that term is generally understood in our Army--but, from four wounds he had received, three in the Civil War, and one that year in the campaign against Quan-ah Parker, the Una-ha-da Comanche Chief--and almost criminal neglect of his own health, in his intensity of nature and purpose in prosecuting these arduous Indian campaigns--he had become more or less irritable, irascible, exacting--sometimes erratic, and frequently explosive-- This much may be said, however, it is certain that notwithstanding his physical condition, and his mental temperament resulting therefrom, he never sought to inflict an injury or punishment upon anybody unnecessarily--never became a petty or malicious persecutor, hounding a man into his grave--and when it became evident to him as well as to others that he had done any of his officers or men an act of injustice, nobody could have been more open, free and frank in his disavowal of that act, or quicker to apologize and render all the reparation possible in his power-- This applied to any and all down to the last Second Lieutenant and private soldier in the regiment-- One man never knows another so well, even intimately--as when he is thrown closely in contact with or lives and sleeps and eats with him-- The writer had done all with Mackenzie during a greater part of this period of 1871--having been his Post Adjutant twice--during Gen. Sherman's inspection in May, at the time of the massacre of Salt Creek Prairie, and prior to our Expedition of that year, and his Field Adjutant on his entire campaign in his abortive attempt to strike Kicking Bird's band of Ki-o-was before he could be stampeded into the Fort Sill Reservation--from May 1st until Oct.

relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind

From this reading 3--I had got to know him very well-- Causes for Desertion Both officers and men had been under a terrific high-keyed pressure--a very great mental and physical strain, almost to the breaking point; were tired and dispirited because the results and the hard work performed, had not justified their expectations and because they could not then see any immediate relief from the performance of such exacting duty-- The pace had been a little too fast even for the Fourth Cavalry-- Much of the spirit and enthusiasm for such unremunerative work was at a very low ebb-- While it had not yet approached a complete discouragement, it was a condition of supreme disgust and contempt at the methods employed-- They felt that with the Government at Washington nullifying and rendering most of their hard labor abortive, that success in those long, weary and extremely exhausting Indian campaigns was not so much dependent upon their absolute loyalty to duty and perfect willingness to sacrifice themselves when necessary in achieving results, as upon the paralyzing acts and influence of the "Indian Ring" in Washington and the ever changing political cesspools of a politically ridden country-- They wanted to see the tangible results or fruits of such terribly hard service and to feel that such hardships, privations and sacrifices as they had experienced, had not been in vain or wasted by a gang of cold blooded, unscrupulous plunderers and grafters remote from the scene of these border activities.

greater in size or importance or degree

From this reading The year of 1871 had been so full of incidents and far reaching results for the Fourth Cavalry and its new Colonel, Ranald S. Mackenzie, that it is somewhat difficult to go back into the dim vistas of that period and select the one incident, or absorbing event which would be either of greatest magnitude or afford the most thrilling interest-- This capture of ten deserters, however, under circumstances of more than ordinary importance, since it is believed to be the record capture ever made in the Military Department of Texas, or, perhaps for that matter, of any Military Department in the United States--came about as closely in touch with the writer's life as almost any other experience he ever had while serving as an officer of that regiment--including, as it did, terrible exposure, and unavoidable hardships and privations-- Like all of the other Cavalry regiments in our Army, which were then doing about three fourths of all the active, effective work--the work that disables or kills--in the subjugation of the savage tribes in the United States, driving them into Indian reservations, and rendering it possible for the frontier border to be settled, and civilization to be advanced to a point where it could feel safe from raids and bloody incursions, the Fourth U. S. Cavalry, notwithstanding its high morale and almost perfect state of discipline--had its share of desertions-- Was Mackenzie a "Martinet" Mackenzie was not a West Point "martinet", as that term is generally understood in our Army--but, from four wounds he had received, three in the Civil War, and one that year in the campaign against Quan-ah Parker, the Una-ha-da Comanche Chief--and almost criminal neglect of his own health, in his intensity of nature and purpose in prosecuting these arduous Indian campaigns--he had become more or less irritable, irascible, exacting--sometimes erratic, and frequently explosive-- This much may be said, however, it is certain that notwithstanding his physical condition, and his mental temperament resulting therefrom, he never sought to inflict an injury or punishment upon anybody unnecessarily--never became a petty or malicious persecutor, hounding a man into his grave--and when it became evident to him as well as to others that he had done any of his officers or men an act of injustice, nobody could have been more open, free and frank in his disavowal of that act, or quicker to apologize and render all the reparation possible in his power-- This applied to any and all down to the last Second Lieutenant and private soldier in the regiment-- One man never knows another so well, even intimately--as when he is thrown closely in contact with or lives and sleeps and eats with him-- The writer had done all with Mackenzie during a greater part of this period of 1871--having been his Post Adjutant twice--during Gen. Sherman's inspection in May, at the time of the massacre of Salt Creek Prairie, and prior to our Expedition of that year, and his Field Adjutant on his entire campaign in his abortive attempt to strike Kicking Bird's band of Ki-o-was before he could be stampeded into the Fort Sill Reservation--from May 1st until Oct.

highest in quality

From this reading The year of 1871 had been so full of incidents and far reaching results for the Fourth Cavalry and its new Colonel, Ranald S. Mackenzie, that it is somewhat difficult to go back into the dim vistas of that period and select the one incident, or absorbing event which would be either of greatest magnitude or afford the most thrilling interest-- This capture of ten deserters, however, under circumstances of more than ordinary importance, since it is believed to be the record capture ever made in the Military Department of Texas, or, perhaps for that matter, of any Military Department in the United States--came about as closely in touch with the writer's life as almost any other experience he ever had while serving as an officer of that regiment--including, as it did, terrible exposure, and unavoidable hardships and privations-- Like all of the other Cavalry regiments in our Army, which were then doing about three fourths of all the active, effective work--the work that disables or kills--in the subjugation of the savage tribes in the United States, driving them into Indian reservations, and rendering it possible for the frontier border to be settled, and civilization to be advanced to a point where it could feel safe from raids and bloody incursions, the Fourth U. S. Cavalry, notwithstanding its high morale and almost perfect state of discipline--had its share of desertions-- Was Mackenzie a "Martinet" Mackenzie was not a West Point "martinet", as that term is generally understood in our Army--but, from four wounds he had received, three in the Civil War, and one that year in the campaign against Quan-ah Parker, the Una-ha-da Comanche Chief--and almost criminal neglect of his own health, in his intensity of nature and purpose in prosecuting these arduous Indian campaigns--he had become more or less irritable, irascible, exacting--sometimes erratic, and frequently explosive-- This much may be said, however, it is certain that notwithstanding his physical condition, and his mental temperament resulting therefrom, he never sought to inflict an injury or punishment upon anybody unnecessarily--never became a petty or malicious persecutor, hounding a man into his grave--and when it became evident to him as well as to others that he had done any of his officers or men an act of injustice, nobody could have been more open, free and frank in his disavowal of that act, or quicker to apologize and render all the reparation possible in his power-- This applied to any and all down to the last Second Lieutenant and private soldier in the regiment-- One man never knows another so well, even intimately--as when he is thrown closely in contact with or lives and sleeps and eats with him-- The writer had done all with Mackenzie during a greater part of this period of 1871--having been his Post Adjutant twice--during Gen. Sherman's inspection in May, at the time of the massacre of Salt Creek Prairie, and prior to our Expedition of that year, and his Field Adjutant on his entire campaign in his abortive attempt to strike Kicking Bird's band of Ki-o-was before he could be stampeded into the Fort Sill Reservation--from May 1st until Oct.

the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect

From this reading The year of 1871 had been so full of incidents and far reaching results for the Fourth Cavalry and its new Colonel, Ranald S. Mackenzie, that it is somewhat difficult to go back into the dim vistas of that period and select the one incident, or absorbing event which would be either of greatest magnitude or afford the most thrilling interest-- This capture of ten deserters, however, under circumstances of more than ordinary importance, since it is believed to be the record capture ever made in the Military Department of Texas, or, perhaps for that matter, of any Military Department in the United States--came about as closely in touch with the writer's life as almost any other experience he ever had while serving as an officer of that regiment--including, as it did, terrible exposure, and unavoidable hardships and privations-- Like all of the other Cavalry regiments in our Army, which were then doing about three fourths of all the active, effective work--the work that disables or kills--in the subjugation of the savage tribes in the United States, driving them into Indian reservations, and rendering it possible for the frontier border to be settled, and civilization to be advanced to a point where it could feel safe from raids and bloody incursions, the Fourth U. S. Cavalry, notwithstanding its high morale and almost perfect state of discipline--had its share of desertions-- Was Mackenzie a "Martinet" Mackenzie was not a West Point "martinet", as that term is generally understood in our Army--but, from four wounds he had received, three in the Civil War, and one that year in the campaign against Quan-ah Parker, the Una-ha-da Comanche Chief--and almost criminal neglect of his own health, in his intensity of nature and purpose in prosecuting these arduous Indian campaigns--he had become more or less irritable, irascible, exacting--sometimes erratic, and frequently explosive-- This much may be said, however, it is certain that notwithstanding his physical condition, and his mental temperament resulting therefrom, he never sought to inflict an injury or punishment upon anybody unnecessarily--never became a petty or malicious persecutor, hounding a man into his grave--and when it became evident to him as well as to others that he had done any of his officers or men an act of injustice, nobody could have been more open, free and frank in his disavowal of that act, or quicker to apologize and render all the reparation possible in his power-- This applied to any and all down to the last Second Lieutenant and private soldier in the regiment-- One man never knows another so well, even intimately--as when he is thrown closely in contact with or lives and sleeps and eats with him-- The writer had done all with Mackenzie during a greater part of this period of 1871--having been his Post Adjutant twice--during Gen. Sherman's inspection in May, at the time of the massacre of Salt Creek Prairie, and prior to our Expedition of that year, and his Field Adjutant on his entire campaign in his abortive attempt to strike Kicking Bird's band of Ki-o-was before he could be stampeded into the Fort Sill Reservation--from May 1st until Oct.

not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure

From this reading 3--I had got to know him very well-- Causes for Desertion Both officers and men had been under a terrific high-keyed pressure--a very great mental and physical strain, almost to the breaking point; were tired and dispirited because the results and the hard work performed, had not justified their expectations and because they could not then see any immediate relief from the performance of such exacting duty-- The pace had been a little too fast even for the Fourth Cavalry-- Much of the spirit and enthusiasm for such unremunerative work was at a very low ebb-- While it had not yet approached a complete discouragement, it was a condition of supreme disgust and contempt at the methods employed-- They felt that with the Government at Washington nullifying and rendering most of their hard labor abortive, that success in those long, weary and extremely exhausting Indian campaigns was not so much dependent upon their absolute loyalty to duty and perfect willingness to sacrifice themselves when necessary in achieving results, as upon the paralyzing acts and influence of the "Indian Ring" in Washington and the ever changing political cesspools of a politically ridden country-- They wanted to see the tangible results or fruits of such terribly hard service and to feel that such hardships, privations and sacrifices as they had experienced, had not been in vain or wasted by a gang of cold blooded, unscrupulous plunderers and grafters remote from the scene of these border activities.

plural of “hardship” — a state of misfortune or affliction

From this reading The year of 1871 had been so full of incidents and far reaching results for the Fourth Cavalry and its new Colonel, Ranald S. Mackenzie, that it is somewhat difficult to go back into the dim vistas of that period and select the one incident, or absorbing event which would be either of greatest magnitude or afford the most thrilling interest-- This capture of ten deserters, however, under circumstances of more than ordinary importance, since it is believed to be the record capture ever made in the Military Department of Texas, or, perhaps for that matter, of any Military Department in the United States--came about as closely in touch with the writer's life as almost any other experience he ever had while serving as an officer of that regiment--including, as it did, terrible exposure, and unavoidable hardships and privations-- Like all of the other Cavalry regiments in our Army, which were then doing about three fourths of all the active, effective work--the work that disables or kills--in the subjugation of the savage tribes in the United States, driving them into Indian reservations, and rendering it possible for the frontier border to be settled, and civilization to be advanced to a point where it could feel safe from raids and bloody incursions, the Fourth U. S. Cavalry, notwithstanding its high morale and almost perfect state of discipline--had its share of desertions-- Was Mackenzie a "Martinet" Mackenzie was not a West Point "martinet", as that term is generally understood in our Army--but, from four wounds he had received, three in the Civil War, and one that year in the campaign against Quan-ah Parker, the Una-ha-da Comanche Chief--and almost criminal neglect of his own health, in his intensity of nature and purpose in prosecuting these arduous Indian campaigns--he had become more or less irritable, irascible, exacting--sometimes erratic, and frequently explosive-- This much may be said, however, it is certain that notwithstanding his physical condition, and his mental temperament resulting therefrom, he never sought to inflict an injury or punishment upon anybody unnecessarily--never became a petty or malicious persecutor, hounding a man into his grave--and when it became evident to him as well as to others that he had done any of his officers or men an act of injustice, nobody could have been more open, free and frank in his disavowal of that act, or quicker to apologize and render all the reparation possible in his power-- This applied to any and all down to the last Second Lieutenant and private soldier in the regiment-- One man never knows another so well, even intimately--as when he is thrown closely in contact with or lives and sleeps and eats with him-- The writer had done all with Mackenzie during a greater part of this period of 1871--having been his Post Adjutant twice--during Gen. Sherman's inspection in May, at the time of the massacre of Salt Creek Prairie, and prior to our Expedition of that year, and his Field Adjutant on his entire campaign in his abortive attempt to strike Kicking Bird's band of Ki-o-was before he could be stampeded into the Fort Sill Reservation--from May 1st until Oct.

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading The year of 1871 had been so full of incidents and far reaching results for the Fourth Cavalry and its new Colonel, Ranald S. Mackenzie, that it is somewhat difficult to go back into the dim vistas of that period and select the one incident, or absorbing event which would be either of greatest magnitude or afford the most thrilling interest-- This capture of ten deserters, however, under circumstances of more than ordinary importance, since it is believed to be the record capture ever made in the Military Department of Texas, or, perhaps for that matter, of any Military Department in the United States--came about as closely in touch with the writer's life as almost any other experience he ever had while serving as an officer of that regiment--including, as it did, terrible exposure, and unavoidable hardships and privations-- Like all of the other Cavalry regiments in our Army, which were then doing about three fourths of all the active, effective work--the work that disables or kills--in the subjugation of the savage tribes in the United States, driving them into Indian reservations, and rendering it possible for the frontier border to be settled, and civilization to be advanced to a point where it could feel safe from raids and bloody incursions, the Fourth U. S. Cavalry, notwithstanding its high morale and almost perfect state of discipline--had its share of desertions-- Was Mackenzie a "Martinet" Mackenzie was not a West Point "martinet", as that term is generally understood in our Army--but, from four wounds he had received, three in the Civil War, and one that year in the campaign against Quan-ah Parker, the Una-ha-da Comanche Chief--and almost criminal neglect of his own health, in his intensity of nature and purpose in prosecuting these arduous Indian campaigns--he had become more or less irritable, irascible, exacting--sometimes erratic, and frequently explosive-- This much may be said, however, it is certain that notwithstanding his physical condition, and his mental temperament resulting therefrom, he never sought to inflict an injury or punishment upon anybody unnecessarily--never became a petty or malicious persecutor, hounding a man into his grave--and when it became evident to him as well as to others that he had done any of his officers or men an act of injustice, nobody could have been more open, free and frank in his disavowal of that act, or quicker to apologize and render all the reparation possible in his power-- This applied to any and all down to the last Second Lieutenant and private soldier in the regiment-- One man never knows another so well, even intimately--as when he is thrown closely in contact with or lives and sleeps and eats with him-- The writer had done all with Mackenzie during a greater part of this period of 1871--having been his Post Adjutant twice--during Gen. Sherman's inspection in May, at the time of the massacre of Salt Creek Prairie, and prior to our Expedition of that year, and his Field Adjutant on his entire campaign in his abortive attempt to strike Kicking Bird's band of Ki-o-was before he could be stampeded into the Fort Sill Reservation--from May 1st until Oct.

the -ing form of “have”

From this reading The year of 1871 had been so full of incidents and far reaching results for the Fourth Cavalry and its new Colonel, Ranald S. Mackenzie, that it is somewhat difficult to go back into the dim vistas of that period and select the one incident, or absorbing event which would be either of greatest magnitude or afford the most thrilling interest-- This capture of ten deserters, however, under circumstances of more than ordinary importance, since it is believed to be the record capture ever made in the Military Department of Texas, or, perhaps for that matter, of any Military Department in the United States--came about as closely in touch with the writer's life as almost any other experience he ever had while serving as an officer of that regiment--including, as it did, terrible exposure, and unavoidable hardships and privations-- Like all of the other Cavalry regiments in our Army, which were then doing about three fourths of all the active, effective work--the work that disables or kills--in the subjugation of the savage tribes in the United States, driving them into Indian reservations, and rendering it possible for the frontier border to be settled, and civilization to be advanced to a point where it could feel safe from raids and bloody incursions, the Fourth U. S. Cavalry, notwithstanding its high morale and almost perfect state of discipline--had its share of desertions-- Was Mackenzie a "Martinet" Mackenzie was not a West Point "martinet", as that term is generally understood in our Army--but, from four wounds he had received, three in the Civil War, and one that year in the campaign against Quan-ah Parker, the Una-ha-da Comanche Chief--and almost criminal neglect of his own health, in his intensity of nature and purpose in prosecuting these arduous Indian campaigns--he had become more or less irritable, irascible, exacting--sometimes erratic, and frequently explosive-- This much may be said, however, it is certain that notwithstanding his physical condition, and his mental temperament resulting therefrom, he never sought to inflict an injury or punishment upon anybody unnecessarily--never became a petty or malicious persecutor, hounding a man into his grave--and when it became evident to him as well as to others that he had done any of his officers or men an act of injustice, nobody could have been more open, free and frank in his disavowal of that act, or quicker to apologize and render all the reparation possible in his power-- This applied to any and all down to the last Second Lieutenant and private soldier in the regiment-- One man never knows another so well, even intimately--as when he is thrown closely in contact with or lives and sleeps and eats with him-- The writer had done all with Mackenzie during a greater part of this period of 1871--having been his Post Adjutant twice--during Gen. Sherman's inspection in May, at the time of the massacre of Salt Creek Prairie, and prior to our Expedition of that year, and his Field Adjutant on his entire campaign in his abortive attempt to strike Kicking Bird's band of Ki-o-was before he could be stampeded into the Fort Sill Reservation--from May 1st until Oct.

a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading The year of 1871 had been so full of incidents and far reaching results for the Fourth Cavalry and its new Colonel, Ranald S. Mackenzie, that it is somewhat difficult to go back into the dim vistas of that period and select the one incident, or absorbing event which would be either of greatest magnitude or afford the most thrilling interest-- This capture of ten deserters, however, under circumstances of more than ordinary importance, since it is believed to be the record capture ever made in the Military Department of Texas, or, perhaps for that matter, of any Military Department in the United States--came about as closely in touch with the writer's life as almost any other experience he ever had while serving as an officer of that regiment--including, as it did, terrible exposure, and unavoidable hardships and privations-- Like all of the other Cavalry regiments in our Army, which were then doing about three fourths of all the active, effective work--the work that disables or kills--in the subjugation of the savage tribes in the United States, driving them into Indian reservations, and rendering it possible for the frontier border to be settled, and civilization to be advanced to a point where it could feel safe from raids and bloody incursions, the Fourth U. S. Cavalry, notwithstanding its high morale and almost perfect state of discipline--had its share of desertions-- Was Mackenzie a "Martinet" Mackenzie was not a West Point "martinet", as that term is generally understood in our Army--but, from four wounds he had received, three in the Civil War, and one that year in the campaign against Quan-ah Parker, the Una-ha-da Comanche Chief--and almost criminal neglect of his own health, in his intensity of nature and purpose in prosecuting these arduous Indian campaigns--he had become more or less irritable, irascible, exacting--sometimes erratic, and frequently explosive-- This much may be said, however, it is certain that notwithstanding his physical condition, and his mental temperament resulting therefrom, he never sought to inflict an injury or punishment upon anybody unnecessarily--never became a petty or malicious persecutor, hounding a man into his grave--and when it became evident to him as well as to others that he had done any of his officers or men an act of injustice, nobody could have been more open, free and frank in his disavowal of that act, or quicker to apologize and render all the reparation possible in his power-- This applied to any and all down to the last Second Lieutenant and private soldier in the regiment-- One man never knows another so well, even intimately--as when he is thrown closely in contact with or lives and sleeps and eats with him-- The writer had done all with Mackenzie during a greater part of this period of 1871--having been his Post Adjutant twice--during Gen. Sherman's inspection in May, at the time of the massacre of Salt Creek Prairie, and prior to our Expedition of that year, and his Field Adjutant on his entire campaign in his abortive attempt to strike Kicking Bird's band of Ki-o-was before he could be stampeded into the Fort Sill Reservation--from May 1st until Oct.

a healthy state of wellbeing free from disease

From this reading The year of 1871 had been so full of incidents and far reaching results for the Fourth Cavalry and its new Colonel, Ranald S. Mackenzie, that it is somewhat difficult to go back into the dim vistas of that period and select the one incident, or absorbing event which would be either of greatest magnitude or afford the most thrilling interest-- This capture of ten deserters, however, under circumstances of more than ordinary importance, since it is believed to be the record capture ever made in the Military Department of Texas, or, perhaps for that matter, of any Military Department in the United States--came about as closely in touch with the writer's life as almost any other experience he ever had while serving as an officer of that regiment--including, as it did, terrible exposure, and unavoidable hardships and privations-- Like all of the other Cavalry regiments in our Army, which were then doing about three fourths of all the active, effective work--the work that disables or kills--in the subjugation of the savage tribes in the United States, driving them into Indian reservations, and rendering it possible for the frontier border to be settled, and civilization to be advanced to a point where it could feel safe from raids and bloody incursions, the Fourth U. S. Cavalry, notwithstanding its high morale and almost perfect state of discipline--had its share of desertions-- Was Mackenzie a "Martinet" Mackenzie was not a West Point "martinet", as that term is generally understood in our Army--but, from four wounds he had received, three in the Civil War, and one that year in the campaign against Quan-ah Parker, the Una-ha-da Comanche Chief--and almost criminal neglect of his own health, in his intensity of nature and purpose in prosecuting these arduous Indian campaigns--he had become more or less irritable, irascible, exacting--sometimes erratic, and frequently explosive-- This much may be said, however, it is certain that notwithstanding his physical condition, and his mental temperament resulting therefrom, he never sought to inflict an injury or punishment upon anybody unnecessarily--never became a petty or malicious persecutor, hounding a man into his grave--and when it became evident to him as well as to others that he had done any of his officers or men an act of injustice, nobody could have been more open, free and frank in his disavowal of that act, or quicker to apologize and render all the reparation possible in his power-- This applied to any and all down to the last Second Lieutenant and private soldier in the regiment-- One man never knows another so well, even intimately--as when he is thrown closely in contact with or lives and sleeps and eats with him-- The writer had done all with Mackenzie during a greater part of this period of 1871--having been his Post Adjutant twice--during Gen. Sherman's inspection in May, at the time of the massacre of Salt Creek Prairie, and prior to our Expedition of that year, and his Field Adjutant on his entire campaign in his abortive attempt to strike Kicking Bird's band of Ki-o-was before he could be stampeded into the Fort Sill Reservation--from May 1st until Oct.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Like "_death_ and _Taxes_," we have them with us always, especially in time of wars-- It is then the vultures abound-- It is then we have the jelly-fish, spineless slackers, the pussy-foot pacifists--conscientious objectors, chicken hearted shirkers--and--"let George do it" fighters--coming down to the secret renegades--traitors, and Bolshevist anarchists and bomb throwers-- They have always been the curse of this Nation--the natural result,--as a rule--of the "Melting Pot" that does not melt--breeding a lot of mongrel curs and hybrids that should no longer be a part of our American life.

greater than normal in degree or intensity or amount

From this reading The year of 1871 had been so full of incidents and far reaching results for the Fourth Cavalry and its new Colonel, Ranald S. Mackenzie, that it is somewhat difficult to go back into the dim vistas of that period and select the one incident, or absorbing event which would be either of greatest magnitude or afford the most thrilling interest-- This capture of ten deserters, however, under circumstances of more than ordinary importance, since it is believed to be the record capture ever made in the Military Department of Texas, or, perhaps for that matter, of any Military Department in the United States--came about as closely in touch with the writer's life as almost any other experience he ever had while serving as an officer of that regiment--including, as it did, terrible exposure, and unavoidable hardships and privations-- Like all of the other Cavalry regiments in our Army, which were then doing about three fourths of all the active, effective work--the work that disables or kills--in the subjugation of the savage tribes in the United States, driving them into Indian reservations, and rendering it possible for the frontier border to be settled, and civilization to be advanced to a point where it could feel safe from raids and bloody incursions, the Fourth U. S. Cavalry, notwithstanding its high morale and almost perfect state of discipline--had its share of desertions-- Was Mackenzie a "Martinet" Mackenzie was not a West Point "martinet", as that term is generally understood in our Army--but, from four wounds he had received, three in the Civil War, and one that year in the campaign against Quan-ah Parker, the Una-ha-da Comanche Chief--and almost criminal neglect of his own health, in his intensity of nature and purpose in prosecuting these arduous Indian campaigns--he had become more or less irritable, irascible, exacting--sometimes erratic, and frequently explosive-- This much may be said, however, it is certain that notwithstanding his physical condition, and his mental temperament resulting therefrom, he never sought to inflict an injury or punishment upon anybody unnecessarily--never became a petty or malicious persecutor, hounding a man into his grave--and when it became evident to him as well as to others that he had done any of his officers or men an act of injustice, nobody could have been more open, free and frank in his disavowal of that act, or quicker to apologize and render all the reparation possible in his power-- This applied to any and all down to the last Second Lieutenant and private soldier in the regiment-- One man never knows another so well, even intimately--as when he is thrown closely in contact with or lives and sleeps and eats with him-- The writer had done all with Mackenzie during a greater part of this period of 1871--having been his Post Adjutant twice--during Gen. Sherman's inspection in May, at the time of the massacre of Salt Creek Prairie, and prior to our Expedition of that year, and his Field Adjutant on his entire campaign in his abortive attempt to strike Kicking Bird's band of Ki-o-was before he could be stampeded into the Fort Sill Reservation--from May 1st until Oct.

(of persons) excitable

From this reading 3--I had got to know him very well-- Causes for Desertion Both officers and men had been under a terrific high-keyed pressure--a very great mental and physical strain, almost to the breaking point; were tired and dispirited because the results and the hard work performed, had not justified their expectations and because they could not then see any immediate relief from the performance of such exacting duty-- The pace had been a little too fast even for the Fourth Cavalry-- Much of the spirit and enthusiasm for such unremunerative work was at a very low ebb-- While it had not yet approached a complete discouragement, it was a condition of supreme disgust and contempt at the methods employed-- They felt that with the Government at Washington nullifying and rendering most of their hard labor abortive, that success in those long, weary and extremely exhausting Indian campaigns was not so much dependent upon their absolute loyalty to duty and perfect willingness to sacrifice themselves when necessary in achieving results, as upon the paralyzing acts and influence of the "Indian Ring" in Washington and the ever changing political cesspools of a politically ridden country-- They wanted to see the tangible results or fruits of such terribly hard service and to feel that such hardships, privations and sacrifices as they had experienced, had not been in vain or wasted by a gang of cold blooded, unscrupulous plunderers and grafters remote from the scene of these border activities.

the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading The year of 1871 had been so full of incidents and far reaching results for the Fourth Cavalry and its new Colonel, Ranald S. Mackenzie, that it is somewhat difficult to go back into the dim vistas of that period and select the one incident, or absorbing event which would be either of greatest magnitude or afford the most thrilling interest-- This capture of ten deserters, however, under circumstances of more than ordinary importance, since it is believed to be the record capture ever made in the Military Department of Texas, or, perhaps for that matter, of any Military Department in the United States--came about as closely in touch with the writer's life as almost any other experience he ever had while serving as an officer of that regiment--including, as it did, terrible exposure, and unavoidable hardships and privations-- Like all of the other Cavalry regiments in our Army, which were then doing about three fourths of all the active, effective work--the work that disables or kills--in the subjugation of the savage tribes in the United States, driving them into Indian reservations, and rendering it possible for the frontier border to be settled, and civilization to be advanced to a point where it could feel safe from raids and bloody incursions, the Fourth U. S. Cavalry, notwithstanding its high morale and almost perfect state of discipline--had its share of desertions-- Was Mackenzie a "Martinet" Mackenzie was not a West Point "martinet", as that term is generally understood in our Army--but, from four wounds he had received, three in the Civil War, and one that year in the campaign against Quan-ah Parker, the Una-ha-da Comanche Chief--and almost criminal neglect of his own health, in his intensity of nature and purpose in prosecuting these arduous Indian campaigns--he had become more or less irritable, irascible, exacting--sometimes erratic, and frequently explosive-- This much may be said, however, it is certain that notwithstanding his physical condition, and his mental temperament resulting therefrom, he never sought to inflict an injury or punishment upon anybody unnecessarily--never became a petty or malicious persecutor, hounding a man into his grave--and when it became evident to him as well as to others that he had done any of his officers or men an act of injustice, nobody could have been more open, free and frank in his disavowal of that act, or quicker to apologize and render all the reparation possible in his power-- This applied to any and all down to the last Second Lieutenant and private soldier in the regiment-- One man never knows another so well, even intimately--as when he is thrown closely in contact with or lives and sleeps and eats with him-- The writer had done all with Mackenzie during a greater part of this period of 1871--having been his Post Adjutant twice--during Gen. Sherman's inspection in May, at the time of the massacre of Salt Creek Prairie, and prior to our Expedition of that year, and his Field Adjutant on his entire campaign in his abortive attempt to strike Kicking Bird's band of Ki-o-was before he could be stampeded into the Fort Sill Reservation--from May 1st until Oct.

belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned

From this reading The year of 1871 had been so full of incidents and far reaching results for the Fourth Cavalry and its new Colonel, Ranald S. Mackenzie, that it is somewhat difficult to go back into the dim vistas of that period and select the one incident, or absorbing event which would be either of greatest magnitude or afford the most thrilling interest-- This capture of ten deserters, however, under circumstances of more than ordinary importance, since it is believed to be the record capture ever made in the Military Department of Texas, or, perhaps for that matter, of any Military Department in the United States--came about as closely in touch with the writer's life as almost any other experience he ever had while serving as an officer of that regiment--including, as it did, terrible exposure, and unavoidable hardships and privations-- Like all of the other Cavalry regiments in our Army, which were then doing about three fourths of all the active, effective work--the work that disables or kills--in the subjugation of the savage tribes in the United States, driving them into Indian reservations, and rendering it possible for the frontier border to be settled, and civilization to be advanced to a point where it could feel safe from raids and bloody incursions, the Fourth U. S. Cavalry, notwithstanding its high morale and almost perfect state of discipline--had its share of desertions-- Was Mackenzie a "Martinet" Mackenzie was not a West Point "martinet", as that term is generally understood in our Army--but, from four wounds he had received, three in the Civil War, and one that year in the campaign against Quan-ah Parker, the Una-ha-da Comanche Chief--and almost criminal neglect of his own health, in his intensity of nature and purpose in prosecuting these arduous Indian campaigns--he had become more or less irritable, irascible, exacting--sometimes erratic, and frequently explosive-- This much may be said, however, it is certain that notwithstanding his physical condition, and his mental temperament resulting therefrom, he never sought to inflict an injury or punishment upon anybody unnecessarily--never became a petty or malicious persecutor, hounding a man into his grave--and when it became evident to him as well as to others that he had done any of his officers or men an act of injustice, nobody could have been more open, free and frank in his disavowal of that act, or quicker to apologize and render all the reparation possible in his power-- This applied to any and all down to the last Second Lieutenant and private soldier in the regiment-- One man never knows another so well, even intimately--as when he is thrown closely in contact with or lives and sleeps and eats with him-- The writer had done all with Mackenzie during a greater part of this period of 1871--having been his Post Adjutant twice--during Gen. Sherman's inspection in May, at the time of the massacre of Salt Creek Prairie, and prior to our Expedition of that year, and his Field Adjutant on his entire campaign in his abortive attempt to strike Kicking Bird's band of Ki-o-was before he could be stampeded into the Fort Sill Reservation--from May 1st until Oct.

-ing form of “hound” — pursue or chase relentlessly

From this reading The year of 1871 had been so full of incidents and far reaching results for the Fourth Cavalry and its new Colonel, Ranald S. Mackenzie, that it is somewhat difficult to go back into the dim vistas of that period and select the one incident, or absorbing event which would be either of greatest magnitude or afford the most thrilling interest-- This capture of ten deserters, however, under circumstances of more than ordinary importance, since it is believed to be the record capture ever made in the Military Department of Texas, or, perhaps for that matter, of any Military Department in the United States--came about as closely in touch with the writer's life as almost any other experience he ever had while serving as an officer of that regiment--including, as it did, terrible exposure, and unavoidable hardships and privations-- Like all of the other Cavalry regiments in our Army, which were then doing about three fourths of all the active, effective work--the work that disables or kills--in the subjugation of the savage tribes in the United States, driving them into Indian reservations, and rendering it possible for the frontier border to be settled, and civilization to be advanced to a point where it could feel safe from raids and bloody incursions, the Fourth U. S. Cavalry, notwithstanding its high morale and almost perfect state of discipline--had its share of desertions-- Was Mackenzie a "Martinet" Mackenzie was not a West Point "martinet", as that term is generally understood in our Army--but, from four wounds he had received, three in the Civil War, and one that year in the campaign against Quan-ah Parker, the Una-ha-da Comanche Chief--and almost criminal neglect of his own health, in his intensity of nature and purpose in prosecuting these arduous Indian campaigns--he had become more or less irritable, irascible, exacting--sometimes erratic, and frequently explosive-- This much may be said, however, it is certain that notwithstanding his physical condition, and his mental temperament resulting therefrom, he never sought to inflict an injury or punishment upon anybody unnecessarily--never became a petty or malicious persecutor, hounding a man into his grave--and when it became evident to him as well as to others that he had done any of his officers or men an act of injustice, nobody could have been more open, free and frank in his disavowal of that act, or quicker to apologize and render all the reparation possible in his power-- This applied to any and all down to the last Second Lieutenant and private soldier in the regiment-- One man never knows another so well, even intimately--as when he is thrown closely in contact with or lives and sleeps and eats with him-- The writer had done all with Mackenzie during a greater part of this period of 1871--having been his Post Adjutant twice--during Gen. Sherman's inspection in May, at the time of the massacre of Salt Creek Prairie, and prior to our Expedition of that year, and his Field Adjutant on his entire campaign in his abortive attempt to strike Kicking Bird's band of Ki-o-was before he could be stampeded into the Fort Sill Reservation--from May 1st until Oct.

used to add a contrasting statement

From this reading The year of 1871 had been so full of incidents and far reaching results for the Fourth Cavalry and its new Colonel, Ranald S. Mackenzie, that it is somewhat difficult to go back into the dim vistas of that period and select the one incident, or absorbing event which would be either of greatest magnitude or afford the most thrilling interest-- This capture of ten deserters, however, under circumstances of more than ordinary importance, since it is believed to be the record capture ever made in the Military Department of Texas, or, perhaps for that matter, of any Military Department in the United States--came about as closely in touch with the writer's life as almost any other experience he ever had while serving as an officer of that regiment--including, as it did, terrible exposure, and unavoidable hardships and privations-- Like all of the other Cavalry regiments in our Army, which were then doing about three fourths of all the active, effective work--the work that disables or kills--in the subjugation of the savage tribes in the United States, driving them into Indian reservations, and rendering it possible for the frontier border to be settled, and civilization to be advanced to a point where it could feel safe from raids and bloody incursions, the Fourth U. S. Cavalry, notwithstanding its high morale and almost perfect state of discipline--had its share of desertions-- Was Mackenzie a "Martinet" Mackenzie was not a West Point "martinet", as that term is generally understood in our Army--but, from four wounds he had received, three in the Civil War, and one that year in the campaign against Quan-ah Parker, the Una-ha-da Comanche Chief--and almost criminal neglect of his own health, in his intensity of nature and purpose in prosecuting these arduous Indian campaigns--he had become more or less irritable, irascible, exacting--sometimes erratic, and frequently explosive-- This much may be said, however, it is certain that notwithstanding his physical condition, and his mental temperament resulting therefrom, he never sought to inflict an injury or punishment upon anybody unnecessarily--never became a petty or malicious persecutor, hounding a man into his grave--and when it became evident to him as well as to others that he had done any of his officers or men an act of injustice, nobody could have been more open, free and frank in his disavowal of that act, or quicker to apologize and render all the reparation possible in his power-- This applied to any and all down to the last Second Lieutenant and private soldier in the regiment-- One man never knows another so well, even intimately--as when he is thrown closely in contact with or lives and sleeps and eats with him-- The writer had done all with Mackenzie during a greater part of this period of 1871--having been his Post Adjutant twice--during Gen. Sherman's inspection in May, at the time of the massacre of Salt Creek Prairie, and prior to our Expedition of that year, and his Field Adjutant on his entire campaign in his abortive attempt to strike Kicking Bird's band of Ki-o-was before he could be stampeded into the Fort Sill Reservation--from May 1st until Oct.

plural of “hybrid” — a word that is composed of parts from different languages (e.g., “monolingual” has a Greek prefix and a Latin root)

From this reading Like "_death_ and _Taxes_," we have them with us always, especially in time of wars-- It is then the vultures abound-- It is then we have the jelly-fish, spineless slackers, the pussy-foot pacifists--conscientious objectors, chicken hearted shirkers--and--"let George do it" fighters--coming down to the secret renegades--traitors, and Bolshevist anarchists and bomb throwers-- They have always been the curse of this Nation--the natural result,--as a rule--of the "Melting Pot" that does not melt--breeding a lot of mongrel curs and hybrids that should no longer be a part of our American life.

the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb

From this reading 3--I had got to know him very well-- Causes for Desertion Both officers and men had been under a terrific high-keyed pressure--a very great mental and physical strain, almost to the breaking point; were tired and dispirited because the results and the hard work performed, had not justified their expectations and because they could not then see any immediate relief from the performance of such exacting duty-- The pace had been a little too fast even for the Fourth Cavalry-- Much of the spirit and enthusiasm for such unremunerative work was at a very low ebb-- While it had not yet approached a complete discouragement, it was a condition of supreme disgust and contempt at the methods employed-- They felt that with the Government at Washington nullifying and rendering most of their hard labor abortive, that success in those long, weary and extremely exhausting Indian campaigns was not so much dependent upon their absolute loyalty to duty and perfect willingness to sacrifice themselves when necessary in achieving results, as upon the paralyzing acts and influence of the "Indian Ring" in Washington and the ever changing political cesspools of a politically ridden country-- They wanted to see the tangible results or fruits of such terribly hard service and to feel that such hardships, privations and sacrifices as they had experienced, had not been in vain or wasted by a gang of cold blooded, unscrupulous plunderers and grafters remote from the scene of these border activities.

of the present time and place

From this reading 3--I had got to know him very well-- Causes for Desertion Both officers and men had been under a terrific high-keyed pressure--a very great mental and physical strain, almost to the breaking point; were tired and dispirited because the results and the hard work performed, had not justified their expectations and because they could not then see any immediate relief from the performance of such exacting duty-- The pace had been a little too fast even for the Fourth Cavalry-- Much of the spirit and enthusiasm for such unremunerative work was at a very low ebb-- While it had not yet approached a complete discouragement, it was a condition of supreme disgust and contempt at the methods employed-- They felt that with the Government at Washington nullifying and rendering most of their hard labor abortive, that success in those long, weary and extremely exhausting Indian campaigns was not so much dependent upon their absolute loyalty to duty and perfect willingness to sacrifice themselves when necessary in achieving results, as upon the paralyzing acts and influence of the "Indian Ring" in Washington and the ever changing political cesspools of a politically ridden country-- They wanted to see the tangible results or fruits of such terribly hard service and to feel that such hardships, privations and sacrifices as they had experienced, had not been in vain or wasted by a gang of cold blooded, unscrupulous plunderers and grafters remote from the scene of these border activities.

the quality of being important and worthy of note

From this reading The year of 1871 had been so full of incidents and far reaching results for the Fourth Cavalry and its new Colonel, Ranald S. Mackenzie, that it is somewhat difficult to go back into the dim vistas of that period and select the one incident, or absorbing event which would be either of greatest magnitude or afford the most thrilling interest-- This capture of ten deserters, however, under circumstances of more than ordinary importance, since it is believed to be the record capture ever made in the Military Department of Texas, or, perhaps for that matter, of any Military Department in the United States--came about as closely in touch with the writer's life as almost any other experience he ever had while serving as an officer of that regiment--including, as it did, terrible exposure, and unavoidable hardships and privations-- Like all of the other Cavalry regiments in our Army, which were then doing about three fourths of all the active, effective work--the work that disables or kills--in the subjugation of the savage tribes in the United States, driving them into Indian reservations, and rendering it possible for the frontier border to be settled, and civilization to be advanced to a point where it could feel safe from raids and bloody incursions, the Fourth U. S. Cavalry, notwithstanding its high morale and almost perfect state of discipline--had its share of desertions-- Was Mackenzie a "Martinet" Mackenzie was not a West Point "martinet", as that term is generally understood in our Army--but, from four wounds he had received, three in the Civil War, and one that year in the campaign against Quan-ah Parker, the Una-ha-da Comanche Chief--and almost criminal neglect of his own health, in his intensity of nature and purpose in prosecuting these arduous Indian campaigns--he had become more or less irritable, irascible, exacting--sometimes erratic, and frequently explosive-- This much may be said, however, it is certain that notwithstanding his physical condition, and his mental temperament resulting therefrom, he never sought to inflict an injury or punishment upon anybody unnecessarily--never became a petty or malicious persecutor, hounding a man into his grave--and when it became evident to him as well as to others that he had done any of his officers or men an act of injustice, nobody could have been more open, free and frank in his disavowal of that act, or quicker to apologize and render all the reparation possible in his power-- This applied to any and all down to the last Second Lieutenant and private soldier in the regiment-- One man never knows another so well, even intimately--as when he is thrown closely in contact with or lives and sleeps and eats with him-- The writer had done all with Mackenzie during a greater part of this period of 1871--having been his Post Adjutant twice--during Gen. Sherman's inspection in May, at the time of the massacre of Salt Creek Prairie, and prior to our Expedition of that year, and his Field Adjutant on his entire campaign in his abortive attempt to strike Kicking Bird's band of Ki-o-was before he could be stampeded into the Fort Sill Reservation--from May 1st until Oct.

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

From this reading The year of 1871 had been so full of incidents and far reaching results for the Fourth Cavalry and its new Colonel, Ranald S. Mackenzie, that it is somewhat difficult to go back into the dim vistas of that period and select the one incident, or absorbing event which would be either of greatest magnitude or afford the most thrilling interest-- This capture of ten deserters, however, under circumstances of more than ordinary importance, since it is believed to be the record capture ever made in the Military Department of Texas, or, perhaps for that matter, of any Military Department in the United States--came about as closely in touch with the writer's life as almost any other experience he ever had while serving as an officer of that regiment--including, as it did, terrible exposure, and unavoidable hardships and privations-- Like all of the other Cavalry regiments in our Army, which were then doing about three fourths of all the active, effective work--the work that disables or kills--in the subjugation of the savage tribes in the United States, driving them into Indian reservations, and rendering it possible for the frontier border to be settled, and civilization to be advanced to a point where it could feel safe from raids and bloody incursions, the Fourth U. S. Cavalry, notwithstanding its high morale and almost perfect state of discipline--had its share of desertions-- Was Mackenzie a "Martinet" Mackenzie was not a West Point "martinet", as that term is generally understood in our Army--but, from four wounds he had received, three in the Civil War, and one that year in the campaign against Quan-ah Parker, the Una-ha-da Comanche Chief--and almost criminal neglect of his own health, in his intensity of nature and purpose in prosecuting these arduous Indian campaigns--he had become more or less irritable, irascible, exacting--sometimes erratic, and frequently explosive-- This much may be said, however, it is certain that notwithstanding his physical condition, and his mental temperament resulting therefrom, he never sought to inflict an injury or punishment upon anybody unnecessarily--never became a petty or malicious persecutor, hounding a man into his grave--and when it became evident to him as well as to others that he had done any of his officers or men an act of injustice, nobody could have been more open, free and frank in his disavowal of that act, or quicker to apologize and render all the reparation possible in his power-- This applied to any and all down to the last Second Lieutenant and private soldier in the regiment-- One man never knows another so well, even intimately--as when he is thrown closely in contact with or lives and sleeps and eats with him-- The writer had done all with Mackenzie during a greater part of this period of 1871--having been his Post Adjutant twice--during Gen. Sherman's inspection in May, at the time of the massacre of Salt Creek Prairie, and prior to our Expedition of that year, and his Field Adjutant on his entire campaign in his abortive attempt to strike Kicking Bird's band of Ki-o-was before he could be stampeded into the Fort Sill Reservation--from May 1st until Oct.

a single distinct event

From this reading The year of 1871 had been so full of incidents and far reaching results for the Fourth Cavalry and its new Colonel, Ranald S. Mackenzie, that it is somewhat difficult to go back into the dim vistas of that period and select the one incident, or absorbing event which would be either of greatest magnitude or afford the most thrilling interest-- This capture of ten deserters, however, under circumstances of more than ordinary importance, since it is believed to be the record capture ever made in the Military Department of Texas, or, perhaps for that matter, of any Military Department in the United States--came about as closely in touch with the writer's life as almost any other experience he ever had while serving as an officer of that regiment--including, as it did, terrible exposure, and unavoidable hardships and privations-- Like all of the other Cavalry regiments in our Army, which were then doing about three fourths of all the active, effective work--the work that disables or kills--in the subjugation of the savage tribes in the United States, driving them into Indian reservations, and rendering it possible for the frontier border to be settled, and civilization to be advanced to a point where it could feel safe from raids and bloody incursions, the Fourth U. S. Cavalry, notwithstanding its high morale and almost perfect state of discipline--had its share of desertions-- Was Mackenzie a "Martinet" Mackenzie was not a West Point "martinet", as that term is generally understood in our Army--but, from four wounds he had received, three in the Civil War, and one that year in the campaign against Quan-ah Parker, the Una-ha-da Comanche Chief--and almost criminal neglect of his own health, in his intensity of nature and purpose in prosecuting these arduous Indian campaigns--he had become more or less irritable, irascible, exacting--sometimes erratic, and frequently explosive-- This much may be said, however, it is certain that notwithstanding his physical condition, and his mental temperament resulting therefrom, he never sought to inflict an injury or punishment upon anybody unnecessarily--never became a petty or malicious persecutor, hounding a man into his grave--and when it became evident to him as well as to others that he had done any of his officers or men an act of injustice, nobody could have been more open, free and frank in his disavowal of that act, or quicker to apologize and render all the reparation possible in his power-- This applied to any and all down to the last Second Lieutenant and private soldier in the regiment-- One man never knows another so well, even intimately--as when he is thrown closely in contact with or lives and sleeps and eats with him-- The writer had done all with Mackenzie during a greater part of this period of 1871--having been his Post Adjutant twice--during Gen. Sherman's inspection in May, at the time of the massacre of Salt Creek Prairie, and prior to our Expedition of that year, and his Field Adjutant on his entire campaign in his abortive attempt to strike Kicking Bird's band of Ki-o-was before he could be stampeded into the Fort Sill Reservation--from May 1st until Oct.

plural of “incident” — a single distinct event

From this reading The year of 1871 had been so full of incidents and far reaching results for the Fourth Cavalry and its new Colonel, Ranald S. Mackenzie, that it is somewhat difficult to go back into the dim vistas of that period and select the one incident, or absorbing event which would be either of greatest magnitude or afford the most thrilling interest-- This capture of ten deserters, however, under circumstances of more than ordinary importance, since it is believed to be the record capture ever made in the Military Department of Texas, or, perhaps for that matter, of any Military Department in the United States--came about as closely in touch with the writer's life as almost any other experience he ever had while serving as an officer of that regiment--including, as it did, terrible exposure, and unavoidable hardships and privations-- Like all of the other Cavalry regiments in our Army, which were then doing about three fourths of all the active, effective work--the work that disables or kills--in the subjugation of the savage tribes in the United States, driving them into Indian reservations, and rendering it possible for the frontier border to be settled, and civilization to be advanced to a point where it could feel safe from raids and bloody incursions, the Fourth U. S. Cavalry, notwithstanding its high morale and almost perfect state of discipline--had its share of desertions-- Was Mackenzie a "Martinet" Mackenzie was not a West Point "martinet", as that term is generally understood in our Army--but, from four wounds he had received, three in the Civil War, and one that year in the campaign against Quan-ah Parker, the Una-ha-da Comanche Chief--and almost criminal neglect of his own health, in his intensity of nature and purpose in prosecuting these arduous Indian campaigns--he had become more or less irritable, irascible, exacting--sometimes erratic, and frequently explosive-- This much may be said, however, it is certain that notwithstanding his physical condition, and his mental temperament resulting therefrom, he never sought to inflict an injury or punishment upon anybody unnecessarily--never became a petty or malicious persecutor, hounding a man into his grave--and when it became evident to him as well as to others that he had done any of his officers or men an act of injustice, nobody could have been more open, free and frank in his disavowal of that act, or quicker to apologize and render all the reparation possible in his power-- This applied to any and all down to the last Second Lieutenant and private soldier in the regiment-- One man never knows another so well, even intimately--as when he is thrown closely in contact with or lives and sleeps and eats with him-- The writer had done all with Mackenzie during a greater part of this period of 1871--having been his Post Adjutant twice--during Gen. Sherman's inspection in May, at the time of the massacre of Salt Creek Prairie, and prior to our Expedition of that year, and his Field Adjutant on his entire campaign in his abortive attempt to strike Kicking Bird's band of Ki-o-was before he could be stampeded into the Fort Sill Reservation--from May 1st until Oct.

-ing form of “include” — have as a part, be made up out of

From this reading The year of 1871 had been so full of incidents and far reaching results for the Fourth Cavalry and its new Colonel, Ranald S. Mackenzie, that it is somewhat difficult to go back into the dim vistas of that period and select the one incident, or absorbing event which would be either of greatest magnitude or afford the most thrilling interest-- This capture of ten deserters, however, under circumstances of more than ordinary importance, since it is believed to be the record capture ever made in the Military Department of Texas, or, perhaps for that matter, of any Military Department in the United States--came about as closely in touch with the writer's life as almost any other experience he ever had while serving as an officer of that regiment--including, as it did, terrible exposure, and unavoidable hardships and privations-- Like all of the other Cavalry regiments in our Army, which were then doing about three fourths of all the active, effective work--the work that disables or kills--in the subjugation of the savage tribes in the United States, driving them into Indian reservations, and rendering it possible for the frontier border to be settled, and civilization to be advanced to a point where it could feel safe from raids and bloody incursions, the Fourth U. S. Cavalry, notwithstanding its high morale and almost perfect state of discipline--had its share of desertions-- Was Mackenzie a "Martinet" Mackenzie was not a West Point "martinet", as that term is generally understood in our Army--but, from four wounds he had received, three in the Civil War, and one that year in the campaign against Quan-ah Parker, the Una-ha-da Comanche Chief--and almost criminal neglect of his own health, in his intensity of nature and purpose in prosecuting these arduous Indian campaigns--he had become more or less irritable, irascible, exacting--sometimes erratic, and frequently explosive-- This much may be said, however, it is certain that notwithstanding his physical condition, and his mental temperament resulting therefrom, he never sought to inflict an injury or punishment upon anybody unnecessarily--never became a petty or malicious persecutor, hounding a man into his grave--and when it became evident to him as well as to others that he had done any of his officers or men an act of injustice, nobody could have been more open, free and frank in his disavowal of that act, or quicker to apologize and render all the reparation possible in his power-- This applied to any and all down to the last Second Lieutenant and private soldier in the regiment-- One man never knows another so well, even intimately--as when he is thrown closely in contact with or lives and sleeps and eats with him-- The writer had done all with Mackenzie during a greater part of this period of 1871--having been his Post Adjutant twice--during Gen. Sherman's inspection in May, at the time of the massacre of Salt Creek Prairie, and prior to our Expedition of that year, and his Field Adjutant on his entire campaign in his abortive attempt to strike Kicking Bird's band of Ki-o-was before he could be stampeded into the Fort Sill Reservation--from May 1st until Oct.

plural of “incursion” — the act of entering some territory or domain (often in large numbers)

From this reading The year of 1871 had been so full of incidents and far reaching results for the Fourth Cavalry and its new Colonel, Ranald S. Mackenzie, that it is somewhat difficult to go back into the dim vistas of that period and select the one incident, or absorbing event which would be either of greatest magnitude or afford the most thrilling interest-- This capture of ten deserters, however, under circumstances of more than ordinary importance, since it is believed to be the record capture ever made in the Military Department of Texas, or, perhaps for that matter, of any Military Department in the United States--came about as closely in touch with the writer's life as almost any other experience he ever had while serving as an officer of that regiment--including, as it did, terrible exposure, and unavoidable hardships and privations-- Like all of the other Cavalry regiments in our Army, which were then doing about three fourths of all the active, effective work--the work that disables or kills--in the subjugation of the savage tribes in the United States, driving them into Indian reservations, and rendering it possible for the frontier border to be settled, and civilization to be advanced to a point where it could feel safe from raids and bloody incursions, the Fourth U. S. Cavalry, notwithstanding its high morale and almost perfect state of discipline--had its share of desertions-- Was Mackenzie a "Martinet" Mackenzie was not a West Point "martinet", as that term is generally understood in our Army--but, from four wounds he had received, three in the Civil War, and one that year in the campaign against Quan-ah Parker, the Una-ha-da Comanche Chief--and almost criminal neglect of his own health, in his intensity of nature and purpose in prosecuting these arduous Indian campaigns--he had become more or less irritable, irascible, exacting--sometimes erratic, and frequently explosive-- This much may be said, however, it is certain that notwithstanding his physical condition, and his mental temperament resulting therefrom, he never sought to inflict an injury or punishment upon anybody unnecessarily--never became a petty or malicious persecutor, hounding a man into his grave--and when it became evident to him as well as to others that he had done any of his officers or men an act of injustice, nobody could have been more open, free and frank in his disavowal of that act, or quicker to apologize and render all the reparation possible in his power-- This applied to any and all down to the last Second Lieutenant and private soldier in the regiment-- One man never knows another so well, even intimately--as when he is thrown closely in contact with or lives and sleeps and eats with him-- The writer had done all with Mackenzie during a greater part of this period of 1871--having been his Post Adjutant twice--during Gen. Sherman's inspection in May, at the time of the massacre of Salt Creek Prairie, and prior to our Expedition of that year, and his Field Adjutant on his entire campaign in his abortive attempt to strike Kicking Bird's band of Ki-o-was before he could be stampeded into the Fort Sill Reservation--from May 1st until Oct.

of or relating to or characteristic of India or the East Indies or their peoples or languages or cultures

From this reading The year of 1871 had been so full of incidents and far reaching results for the Fourth Cavalry and its new Colonel, Ranald S. Mackenzie, that it is somewhat difficult to go back into the dim vistas of that period and select the one incident, or absorbing event which would be either of greatest magnitude or afford the most thrilling interest-- This capture of ten deserters, however, under circumstances of more than ordinary importance, since it is believed to be the record capture ever made in the Military Department of Texas, or, perhaps for that matter, of any Military Department in the United States--came about as closely in touch with the writer's life as almost any other experience he ever had while serving as an officer of that regiment--including, as it did, terrible exposure, and unavoidable hardships and privations-- Like all of the other Cavalry regiments in our Army, which were then doing about three fourths of all the active, effective work--the work that disables or kills--in the subjugation of the savage tribes in the United States, driving them into Indian reservations, and rendering it possible for the frontier border to be settled, and civilization to be advanced to a point where it could feel safe from raids and bloody incursions, the Fourth U. S. Cavalry, notwithstanding its high morale and almost perfect state of discipline--had its share of desertions-- Was Mackenzie a "Martinet" Mackenzie was not a West Point "martinet", as that term is generally understood in our Army--but, from four wounds he had received, three in the Civil War, and one that year in the campaign against Quan-ah Parker, the Una-ha-da Comanche Chief--and almost criminal neglect of his own health, in his intensity of nature and purpose in prosecuting these arduous Indian campaigns--he had become more or less irritable, irascible, exacting--sometimes erratic, and frequently explosive-- This much may be said, however, it is certain that notwithstanding his physical condition, and his mental temperament resulting therefrom, he never sought to inflict an injury or punishment upon anybody unnecessarily--never became a petty or malicious persecutor, hounding a man into his grave--and when it became evident to him as well as to others that he had done any of his officers or men an act of injustice, nobody could have been more open, free and frank in his disavowal of that act, or quicker to apologize and render all the reparation possible in his power-- This applied to any and all down to the last Second Lieutenant and private soldier in the regiment-- One man never knows another so well, even intimately--as when he is thrown closely in contact with or lives and sleeps and eats with him-- The writer had done all with Mackenzie during a greater part of this period of 1871--having been his Post Adjutant twice--during Gen. Sherman's inspection in May, at the time of the massacre of Salt Creek Prairie, and prior to our Expedition of that year, and his Field Adjutant on his entire campaign in his abortive attempt to strike Kicking Bird's band of Ki-o-was before he could be stampeded into the Fort Sill Reservation--from May 1st until Oct.

impose something unpleasant

From this reading The year of 1871 had been so full of incidents and far reaching results for the Fourth Cavalry and its new Colonel, Ranald S. Mackenzie, that it is somewhat difficult to go back into the dim vistas of that period and select the one incident, or absorbing event which would be either of greatest magnitude or afford the most thrilling interest-- This capture of ten deserters, however, under circumstances of more than ordinary importance, since it is believed to be the record capture ever made in the Military Department of Texas, or, perhaps for that matter, of any Military Department in the United States--came about as closely in touch with the writer's life as almost any other experience he ever had while serving as an officer of that regiment--including, as it did, terrible exposure, and unavoidable hardships and privations-- Like all of the other Cavalry regiments in our Army, which were then doing about three fourths of all the active, effective work--the work that disables or kills--in the subjugation of the savage tribes in the United States, driving them into Indian reservations, and rendering it possible for the frontier border to be settled, and civilization to be advanced to a point where it could feel safe from raids and bloody incursions, the Fourth U. S. Cavalry, notwithstanding its high morale and almost perfect state of discipline--had its share of desertions-- Was Mackenzie a "Martinet" Mackenzie was not a West Point "martinet", as that term is generally understood in our Army--but, from four wounds he had received, three in the Civil War, and one that year in the campaign against Quan-ah Parker, the Una-ha-da Comanche Chief--and almost criminal neglect of his own health, in his intensity of nature and purpose in prosecuting these arduous Indian campaigns--he had become more or less irritable, irascible, exacting--sometimes erratic, and frequently explosive-- This much may be said, however, it is certain that notwithstanding his physical condition, and his mental temperament resulting therefrom, he never sought to inflict an injury or punishment upon anybody unnecessarily--never became a petty or malicious persecutor, hounding a man into his grave--and when it became evident to him as well as to others that he had done any of his officers or men an act of injustice, nobody could have been more open, free and frank in his disavowal of that act, or quicker to apologize and render all the reparation possible in his power-- This applied to any and all down to the last Second Lieutenant and private soldier in the regiment-- One man never knows another so well, even intimately--as when he is thrown closely in contact with or lives and sleeps and eats with him-- The writer had done all with Mackenzie during a greater part of this period of 1871--having been his Post Adjutant twice--during Gen. Sherman's inspection in May, at the time of the massacre of Salt Creek Prairie, and prior to our Expedition of that year, and his Field Adjutant on his entire campaign in his abortive attempt to strike Kicking Bird's band of Ki-o-was before he could be stampeded into the Fort Sill Reservation--from May 1st until Oct.

a power to affect persons or events especially power based on prestige etc

From this reading 3--I had got to know him very well-- Causes for Desertion Both officers and men had been under a terrific high-keyed pressure--a very great mental and physical strain, almost to the breaking point; were tired and dispirited because the results and the hard work performed, had not justified their expectations and because they could not then see any immediate relief from the performance of such exacting duty-- The pace had been a little too fast even for the Fourth Cavalry-- Much of the spirit and enthusiasm for such unremunerative work was at a very low ebb-- While it had not yet approached a complete discouragement, it was a condition of supreme disgust and contempt at the methods employed-- They felt that with the Government at Washington nullifying and rendering most of their hard labor abortive, that success in those long, weary and extremely exhausting Indian campaigns was not so much dependent upon their absolute loyalty to duty and perfect willingness to sacrifice themselves when necessary in achieving results, as upon the paralyzing acts and influence of the "Indian Ring" in Washington and the ever changing political cesspools of a politically ridden country-- They wanted to see the tangible results or fruits of such terribly hard service and to feel that such hardships, privations and sacrifices as they had experienced, had not been in vain or wasted by a gang of cold blooded, unscrupulous plunderers and grafters remote from the scene of these border activities.

any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc.

From this reading The year of 1871 had been so full of incidents and far reaching results for the Fourth Cavalry and its new Colonel, Ranald S. Mackenzie, that it is somewhat difficult to go back into the dim vistas of that period and select the one incident, or absorbing event which would be either of greatest magnitude or afford the most thrilling interest-- This capture of ten deserters, however, under circumstances of more than ordinary importance, since it is believed to be the record capture ever made in the Military Department of Texas, or, perhaps for that matter, of any Military Department in the United States--came about as closely in touch with the writer's life as almost any other experience he ever had while serving as an officer of that regiment--including, as it did, terrible exposure, and unavoidable hardships and privations-- Like all of the other Cavalry regiments in our Army, which were then doing about three fourths of all the active, effective work--the work that disables or kills--in the subjugation of the savage tribes in the United States, driving them into Indian reservations, and rendering it possible for the frontier border to be settled, and civilization to be advanced to a point where it could feel safe from raids and bloody incursions, the Fourth U. S. Cavalry, notwithstanding its high morale and almost perfect state of discipline--had its share of desertions-- Was Mackenzie a "Martinet" Mackenzie was not a West Point "martinet", as that term is generally understood in our Army--but, from four wounds he had received, three in the Civil War, and one that year in the campaign against Quan-ah Parker, the Una-ha-da Comanche Chief--and almost criminal neglect of his own health, in his intensity of nature and purpose in prosecuting these arduous Indian campaigns--he had become more or less irritable, irascible, exacting--sometimes erratic, and frequently explosive-- This much may be said, however, it is certain that notwithstanding his physical condition, and his mental temperament resulting therefrom, he never sought to inflict an injury or punishment upon anybody unnecessarily--never became a petty or malicious persecutor, hounding a man into his grave--and when it became evident to him as well as to others that he had done any of his officers or men an act of injustice, nobody could have been more open, free and frank in his disavowal of that act, or quicker to apologize and render all the reparation possible in his power-- This applied to any and all down to the last Second Lieutenant and private soldier in the regiment-- One man never knows another so well, even intimately--as when he is thrown closely in contact with or lives and sleeps and eats with him-- The writer had done all with Mackenzie during a greater part of this period of 1871--having been his Post Adjutant twice--during Gen. Sherman's inspection in May, at the time of the massacre of Salt Creek Prairie, and prior to our Expedition of that year, and his Field Adjutant on his entire campaign in his abortive attempt to strike Kicking Bird's band of Ki-o-was before he could be stampeded into the Fort Sill Reservation--from May 1st until Oct.

an unjust act

From this reading The year of 1871 had been so full of incidents and far reaching results for the Fourth Cavalry and its new Colonel, Ranald S. Mackenzie, that it is somewhat difficult to go back into the dim vistas of that period and select the one incident, or absorbing event which would be either of greatest magnitude or afford the most thrilling interest-- This capture of ten deserters, however, under circumstances of more than ordinary importance, since it is believed to be the record capture ever made in the Military Department of Texas, or, perhaps for that matter, of any Military Department in the United States--came about as closely in touch with the writer's life as almost any other experience he ever had while serving as an officer of that regiment--including, as it did, terrible exposure, and unavoidable hardships and privations-- Like all of the other Cavalry regiments in our Army, which were then doing about three fourths of all the active, effective work--the work that disables or kills--in the subjugation of the savage tribes in the United States, driving them into Indian reservations, and rendering it possible for the frontier border to be settled, and civilization to be advanced to a point where it could feel safe from raids and bloody incursions, the Fourth U. S. Cavalry, notwithstanding its high morale and almost perfect state of discipline--had its share of desertions-- Was Mackenzie a "Martinet" Mackenzie was not a West Point "martinet", as that term is generally understood in our Army--but, from four wounds he had received, three in the Civil War, and one that year in the campaign against Quan-ah Parker, the Una-ha-da Comanche Chief--and almost criminal neglect of his own health, in his intensity of nature and purpose in prosecuting these arduous Indian campaigns--he had become more or less irritable, irascible, exacting--sometimes erratic, and frequently explosive-- This much may be said, however, it is certain that notwithstanding his physical condition, and his mental temperament resulting therefrom, he never sought to inflict an injury or punishment upon anybody unnecessarily--never became a petty or malicious persecutor, hounding a man into his grave--and when it became evident to him as well as to others that he had done any of his officers or men an act of injustice, nobody could have been more open, free and frank in his disavowal of that act, or quicker to apologize and render all the reparation possible in his power-- This applied to any and all down to the last Second Lieutenant and private soldier in the regiment-- One man never knows another so well, even intimately--as when he is thrown closely in contact with or lives and sleeps and eats with him-- The writer had done all with Mackenzie during a greater part of this period of 1871--having been his Post Adjutant twice--during Gen. Sherman's inspection in May, at the time of the massacre of Salt Creek Prairie, and prior to our Expedition of that year, and his Field Adjutant on his entire campaign in his abortive attempt to strike Kicking Bird's band of Ki-o-was before he could be stampeded into the Fort Sill Reservation--from May 1st until Oct.

a formal or official examination

From this reading The year of 1871 had been so full of incidents and far reaching results for the Fourth Cavalry and its new Colonel, Ranald S. Mackenzie, that it is somewhat difficult to go back into the dim vistas of that period and select the one incident, or absorbing event which would be either of greatest magnitude or afford the most thrilling interest-- This capture of ten deserters, however, under circumstances of more than ordinary importance, since it is believed to be the record capture ever made in the Military Department of Texas, or, perhaps for that matter, of any Military Department in the United States--came about as closely in touch with the writer's life as almost any other experience he ever had while serving as an officer of that regiment--including, as it did, terrible exposure, and unavoidable hardships and privations-- Like all of the other Cavalry regiments in our Army, which were then doing about three fourths of all the active, effective work--the work that disables or kills--in the subjugation of the savage tribes in the United States, driving them into Indian reservations, and rendering it possible for the frontier border to be settled, and civilization to be advanced to a point where it could feel safe from raids and bloody incursions, the Fourth U. S. Cavalry, notwithstanding its high morale and almost perfect state of discipline--had its share of desertions-- Was Mackenzie a "Martinet" Mackenzie was not a West Point "martinet", as that term is generally understood in our Army--but, from four wounds he had received, three in the Civil War, and one that year in the campaign against Quan-ah Parker, the Una-ha-da Comanche Chief--and almost criminal neglect of his own health, in his intensity of nature and purpose in prosecuting these arduous Indian campaigns--he had become more or less irritable, irascible, exacting--sometimes erratic, and frequently explosive-- This much may be said, however, it is certain that notwithstanding his physical condition, and his mental temperament resulting therefrom, he never sought to inflict an injury or punishment upon anybody unnecessarily--never became a petty or malicious persecutor, hounding a man into his grave--and when it became evident to him as well as to others that he had done any of his officers or men an act of injustice, nobody could have been more open, free and frank in his disavowal of that act, or quicker to apologize and render all the reparation possible in his power-- This applied to any and all down to the last Second Lieutenant and private soldier in the regiment-- One man never knows another so well, even intimately--as when he is thrown closely in contact with or lives and sleeps and eats with him-- The writer had done all with Mackenzie during a greater part of this period of 1871--having been his Post Adjutant twice--during Gen. Sherman's inspection in May, at the time of the massacre of Salt Creek Prairie, and prior to our Expedition of that year, and his Field Adjutant on his entire campaign in his abortive attempt to strike Kicking Bird's band of Ki-o-was before he could be stampeded into the Fort Sill Reservation--from May 1st until Oct.

the amount of energy transmitted (as by acoustic or electromagnetic radiation)

From this reading The year of 1871 had been so full of incidents and far reaching results for the Fourth Cavalry and its new Colonel, Ranald S. Mackenzie, that it is somewhat difficult to go back into the dim vistas of that period and select the one incident, or absorbing event which would be either of greatest magnitude or afford the most thrilling interest-- This capture of ten deserters, however, under circumstances of more than ordinary importance, since it is believed to be the record capture ever made in the Military Department of Texas, or, perhaps for that matter, of any Military Department in the United States--came about as closely in touch with the writer's life as almost any other experience he ever had while serving as an officer of that regiment--including, as it did, terrible exposure, and unavoidable hardships and privations-- Like all of the other Cavalry regiments in our Army, which were then doing about three fourths of all the active, effective work--the work that disables or kills--in the subjugation of the savage tribes in the United States, driving them into Indian reservations, and rendering it possible for the frontier border to be settled, and civilization to be advanced to a point where it could feel safe from raids and bloody incursions, the Fourth U. S. Cavalry, notwithstanding its high morale and almost perfect state of discipline--had its share of desertions-- Was Mackenzie a "Martinet" Mackenzie was not a West Point "martinet", as that term is generally understood in our Army--but, from four wounds he had received, three in the Civil War, and one that year in the campaign against Quan-ah Parker, the Una-ha-da Comanche Chief--and almost criminal neglect of his own health, in his intensity of nature and purpose in prosecuting these arduous Indian campaigns--he had become more or less irritable, irascible, exacting--sometimes erratic, and frequently explosive-- This much may be said, however, it is certain that notwithstanding his physical condition, and his mental temperament resulting therefrom, he never sought to inflict an injury or punishment upon anybody unnecessarily--never became a petty or malicious persecutor, hounding a man into his grave--and when it became evident to him as well as to others that he had done any of his officers or men an act of injustice, nobody could have been more open, free and frank in his disavowal of that act, or quicker to apologize and render all the reparation possible in his power-- This applied to any and all down to the last Second Lieutenant and private soldier in the regiment-- One man never knows another so well, even intimately--as when he is thrown closely in contact with or lives and sleeps and eats with him-- The writer had done all with Mackenzie during a greater part of this period of 1871--having been his Post Adjutant twice--during Gen. Sherman's inspection in May, at the time of the massacre of Salt Creek Prairie, and prior to our Expedition of that year, and his Field Adjutant on his entire campaign in his abortive attempt to strike Kicking Bird's band of Ki-o-was before he could be stampeded into the Fort Sill Reservation--from May 1st until Oct.

a sense of concern with and curiosity about someone or something

From this reading The year of 1871 had been so full of incidents and far reaching results for the Fourth Cavalry and its new Colonel, Ranald S. Mackenzie, that it is somewhat difficult to go back into the dim vistas of that period and select the one incident, or absorbing event which would be either of greatest magnitude or afford the most thrilling interest-- This capture of ten deserters, however, under circumstances of more than ordinary importance, since it is believed to be the record capture ever made in the Military Department of Texas, or, perhaps for that matter, of any Military Department in the United States--came about as closely in touch with the writer's life as almost any other experience he ever had while serving as an officer of that regiment--including, as it did, terrible exposure, and unavoidable hardships and privations-- Like all of the other Cavalry regiments in our Army, which were then doing about three fourths of all the active, effective work--the work that disables or kills--in the subjugation of the savage tribes in the United States, driving them into Indian reservations, and rendering it possible for the frontier border to be settled, and civilization to be advanced to a point where it could feel safe from raids and bloody incursions, the Fourth U. S. Cavalry, notwithstanding its high morale and almost perfect state of discipline--had its share of desertions-- Was Mackenzie a "Martinet" Mackenzie was not a West Point "martinet", as that term is generally understood in our Army--but, from four wounds he had received, three in the Civil War, and one that year in the campaign against Quan-ah Parker, the Una-ha-da Comanche Chief--and almost criminal neglect of his own health, in his intensity of nature and purpose in prosecuting these arduous Indian campaigns--he had become more or less irritable, irascible, exacting--sometimes erratic, and frequently explosive-- This much may be said, however, it is certain that notwithstanding his physical condition, and his mental temperament resulting therefrom, he never sought to inflict an injury or punishment upon anybody unnecessarily--never became a petty or malicious persecutor, hounding a man into his grave--and when it became evident to him as well as to others that he had done any of his officers or men an act of injustice, nobody could have been more open, free and frank in his disavowal of that act, or quicker to apologize and render all the reparation possible in his power-- This applied to any and all down to the last Second Lieutenant and private soldier in the regiment-- One man never knows another so well, even intimately--as when he is thrown closely in contact with or lives and sleeps and eats with him-- The writer had done all with Mackenzie during a greater part of this period of 1871--having been his Post Adjutant twice--during Gen. Sherman's inspection in May, at the time of the massacre of Salt Creek Prairie, and prior to our Expedition of that year, and his Field Adjutant on his entire campaign in his abortive attempt to strike Kicking Bird's band of Ki-o-was before he could be stampeded into the Fort Sill Reservation--from May 1st until Oct.

in a close manner

From this reading The year of 1871 had been so full of incidents and far reaching results for the Fourth Cavalry and its new Colonel, Ranald S. Mackenzie, that it is somewhat difficult to go back into the dim vistas of that period and select the one incident, or absorbing event which would be either of greatest magnitude or afford the most thrilling interest-- This capture of ten deserters, however, under circumstances of more than ordinary importance, since it is believed to be the record capture ever made in the Military Department of Texas, or, perhaps for that matter, of any Military Department in the United States--came about as closely in touch with the writer's life as almost any other experience he ever had while serving as an officer of that regiment--including, as it did, terrible exposure, and unavoidable hardships and privations-- Like all of the other Cavalry regiments in our Army, which were then doing about three fourths of all the active, effective work--the work that disables or kills--in the subjugation of the savage tribes in the United States, driving them into Indian reservations, and rendering it possible for the frontier border to be settled, and civilization to be advanced to a point where it could feel safe from raids and bloody incursions, the Fourth U. S. Cavalry, notwithstanding its high morale and almost perfect state of discipline--had its share of desertions-- Was Mackenzie a "Martinet" Mackenzie was not a West Point "martinet", as that term is generally understood in our Army--but, from four wounds he had received, three in the Civil War, and one that year in the campaign against Quan-ah Parker, the Una-ha-da Comanche Chief--and almost criminal neglect of his own health, in his intensity of nature and purpose in prosecuting these arduous Indian campaigns--he had become more or less irritable, irascible, exacting--sometimes erratic, and frequently explosive-- This much may be said, however, it is certain that notwithstanding his physical condition, and his mental temperament resulting therefrom, he never sought to inflict an injury or punishment upon anybody unnecessarily--never became a petty or malicious persecutor, hounding a man into his grave--and when it became evident to him as well as to others that he had done any of his officers or men an act of injustice, nobody could have been more open, free and frank in his disavowal of that act, or quicker to apologize and render all the reparation possible in his power-- This applied to any and all down to the last Second Lieutenant and private soldier in the regiment-- One man never knows another so well, even intimately--as when he is thrown closely in contact with or lives and sleeps and eats with him-- The writer had done all with Mackenzie during a greater part of this period of 1871--having been his Post Adjutant twice--during Gen. Sherman's inspection in May, at the time of the massacre of Salt Creek Prairie, and prior to our Expedition of that year, and his Field Adjutant on his entire campaign in his abortive attempt to strike Kicking Bird's band of Ki-o-was before he could be stampeded into the Fort Sill Reservation--from May 1st until Oct.

moving to the inside of something

From this reading The year of 1871 had been so full of incidents and far reaching results for the Fourth Cavalry and its new Colonel, Ranald S. Mackenzie, that it is somewhat difficult to go back into the dim vistas of that period and select the one incident, or absorbing event which would be either of greatest magnitude or afford the most thrilling interest-- This capture of ten deserters, however, under circumstances of more than ordinary importance, since it is believed to be the record capture ever made in the Military Department of Texas, or, perhaps for that matter, of any Military Department in the United States--came about as closely in touch with the writer's life as almost any other experience he ever had while serving as an officer of that regiment--including, as it did, terrible exposure, and unavoidable hardships and privations-- Like all of the other Cavalry regiments in our Army, which were then doing about three fourths of all the active, effective work--the work that disables or kills--in the subjugation of the savage tribes in the United States, driving them into Indian reservations, and rendering it possible for the frontier border to be settled, and civilization to be advanced to a point where it could feel safe from raids and bloody incursions, the Fourth U. S. Cavalry, notwithstanding its high morale and almost perfect state of discipline--had its share of desertions-- Was Mackenzie a "Martinet" Mackenzie was not a West Point "martinet", as that term is generally understood in our Army--but, from four wounds he had received, three in the Civil War, and one that year in the campaign against Quan-ah Parker, the Una-ha-da Comanche Chief--and almost criminal neglect of his own health, in his intensity of nature and purpose in prosecuting these arduous Indian campaigns--he had become more or less irritable, irascible, exacting--sometimes erratic, and frequently explosive-- This much may be said, however, it is certain that notwithstanding his physical condition, and his mental temperament resulting therefrom, he never sought to inflict an injury or punishment upon anybody unnecessarily--never became a petty or malicious persecutor, hounding a man into his grave--and when it became evident to him as well as to others that he had done any of his officers or men an act of injustice, nobody could have been more open, free and frank in his disavowal of that act, or quicker to apologize and render all the reparation possible in his power-- This applied to any and all down to the last Second Lieutenant and private soldier in the regiment-- One man never knows another so well, even intimately--as when he is thrown closely in contact with or lives and sleeps and eats with him-- The writer had done all with Mackenzie during a greater part of this period of 1871--having been his Post Adjutant twice--during Gen. Sherman's inspection in May, at the time of the massacre of Salt Creek Prairie, and prior to our Expedition of that year, and his Field Adjutant on his entire campaign in his abortive attempt to strike Kicking Bird's band of Ki-o-was before he could be stampeded into the Fort Sill Reservation--from May 1st until Oct.

quickly aroused to anger

From this reading The year of 1871 had been so full of incidents and far reaching results for the Fourth Cavalry and its new Colonel, Ranald S. Mackenzie, that it is somewhat difficult to go back into the dim vistas of that period and select the one incident, or absorbing event which would be either of greatest magnitude or afford the most thrilling interest-- This capture of ten deserters, however, under circumstances of more than ordinary importance, since it is believed to be the record capture ever made in the Military Department of Texas, or, perhaps for that matter, of any Military Department in the United States--came about as closely in touch with the writer's life as almost any other experience he ever had while serving as an officer of that regiment--including, as it did, terrible exposure, and unavoidable hardships and privations-- Like all of the other Cavalry regiments in our Army, which were then doing about three fourths of all the active, effective work--the work that disables or kills--in the subjugation of the savage tribes in the United States, driving them into Indian reservations, and rendering it possible for the frontier border to be settled, and civilization to be advanced to a point where it could feel safe from raids and bloody incursions, the Fourth U. S. Cavalry, notwithstanding its high morale and almost perfect state of discipline--had its share of desertions-- Was Mackenzie a "Martinet" Mackenzie was not a West Point "martinet", as that term is generally understood in our Army--but, from four wounds he had received, three in the Civil War, and one that year in the campaign against Quan-ah Parker, the Una-ha-da Comanche Chief--and almost criminal neglect of his own health, in his intensity of nature and purpose in prosecuting these arduous Indian campaigns--he had become more or less irritable, irascible, exacting--sometimes erratic, and frequently explosive-- This much may be said, however, it is certain that notwithstanding his physical condition, and his mental temperament resulting therefrom, he never sought to inflict an injury or punishment upon anybody unnecessarily--never became a petty or malicious persecutor, hounding a man into his grave--and when it became evident to him as well as to others that he had done any of his officers or men an act of injustice, nobody could have been more open, free and frank in his disavowal of that act, or quicker to apologize and render all the reparation possible in his power-- This applied to any and all down to the last Second Lieutenant and private soldier in the regiment-- One man never knows another so well, even intimately--as when he is thrown closely in contact with or lives and sleeps and eats with him-- The writer had done all with Mackenzie during a greater part of this period of 1871--having been his Post Adjutant twice--during Gen. Sherman's inspection in May, at the time of the massacre of Salt Creek Prairie, and prior to our Expedition of that year, and his Field Adjutant on his entire campaign in his abortive attempt to strike Kicking Bird's band of Ki-o-was before he could be stampeded into the Fort Sill Reservation--from May 1st until Oct.

easily irritated or annoyed

From this reading The year of 1871 had been so full of incidents and far reaching results for the Fourth Cavalry and its new Colonel, Ranald S. Mackenzie, that it is somewhat difficult to go back into the dim vistas of that period and select the one incident, or absorbing event which would be either of greatest magnitude or afford the most thrilling interest-- This capture of ten deserters, however, under circumstances of more than ordinary importance, since it is believed to be the record capture ever made in the Military Department of Texas, or, perhaps for that matter, of any Military Department in the United States--came about as closely in touch with the writer's life as almost any other experience he ever had while serving as an officer of that regiment--including, as it did, terrible exposure, and unavoidable hardships and privations-- Like all of the other Cavalry regiments in our Army, which were then doing about three fourths of all the active, effective work--the work that disables or kills--in the subjugation of the savage tribes in the United States, driving them into Indian reservations, and rendering it possible for the frontier border to be settled, and civilization to be advanced to a point where it could feel safe from raids and bloody incursions, the Fourth U. S. Cavalry, notwithstanding its high morale and almost perfect state of discipline--had its share of desertions-- Was Mackenzie a "Martinet" Mackenzie was not a West Point "martinet", as that term is generally understood in our Army--but, from four wounds he had received, three in the Civil War, and one that year in the campaign against Quan-ah Parker, the Una-ha-da Comanche Chief--and almost criminal neglect of his own health, in his intensity of nature and purpose in prosecuting these arduous Indian campaigns--he had become more or less irritable, irascible, exacting--sometimes erratic, and frequently explosive-- This much may be said, however, it is certain that notwithstanding his physical condition, and his mental temperament resulting therefrom, he never sought to inflict an injury or punishment upon anybody unnecessarily--never became a petty or malicious persecutor, hounding a man into his grave--and when it became evident to him as well as to others that he had done any of his officers or men an act of injustice, nobody could have been more open, free and frank in his disavowal of that act, or quicker to apologize and render all the reparation possible in his power-- This applied to any and all down to the last Second Lieutenant and private soldier in the regiment-- One man never knows another so well, even intimately--as when he is thrown closely in contact with or lives and sleeps and eats with him-- The writer had done all with Mackenzie during a greater part of this period of 1871--having been his Post Adjutant twice--during Gen. Sherman's inspection in May, at the time of the massacre of Salt Creek Prairie, and prior to our Expedition of that year, and his Field Adjutant on his entire campaign in his abortive attempt to strike Kicking Bird's band of Ki-o-was before he could be stampeded into the Fort Sill Reservation--from May 1st until Oct.

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From this reading The year of 1871 had been so full of incidents and far reaching results for the Fourth Cavalry and its new Colonel, Ranald S. Mackenzie, that it is somewhat difficult to go back into the dim vistas of that period and select the one incident, or absorbing event which would be either of greatest magnitude or afford the most thrilling interest-- This capture of ten deserters, however, under circumstances of more than ordinary importance, since it is believed to be the record capture ever made in the Military Department of Texas, or, perhaps for that matter, of any Military Department in the United States--came about as closely in touch with the writer's life as almost any other experience he ever had while serving as an officer of that regiment--including, as it did, terrible exposure, and unavoidable hardships and privations-- Like all of the other Cavalry regiments in our Army, which were then doing about three fourths of all the active, effective work--the work that disables or kills--in the subjugation of the savage tribes in the United States, driving them into Indian reservations, and rendering it possible for the frontier border to be settled, and civilization to be advanced to a point where it could feel safe from raids and bloody incursions, the Fourth U. S. Cavalry, notwithstanding its high morale and almost perfect state of discipline--had its share of desertions-- Was Mackenzie a "Martinet" Mackenzie was not a West Point "martinet", as that term is generally understood in our Army--but, from four wounds he had received, three in the Civil War, and one that year in the campaign against Quan-ah Parker, the Una-ha-da Comanche Chief--and almost criminal neglect of his own health, in his intensity of nature and purpose in prosecuting these arduous Indian campaigns--he had become more or less irritable, irascible, exacting--sometimes erratic, and frequently explosive-- This much may be said, however, it is certain that notwithstanding his physical condition, and his mental temperament resulting therefrom, he never sought to inflict an injury or punishment upon anybody unnecessarily--never became a petty or malicious persecutor, hounding a man into his grave--and when it became evident to him as well as to others that he had done any of his officers or men an act of injustice, nobody could have been more open, free and frank in his disavowal of that act, or quicker to apologize and render all the reparation possible in his power-- This applied to any and all down to the last Second Lieutenant and private soldier in the regiment-- One man never knows another so well, even intimately--as when he is thrown closely in contact with or lives and sleeps and eats with him-- The writer had done all with Mackenzie during a greater part of this period of 1871--having been his Post Adjutant twice--during Gen. Sherman's inspection in May, at the time of the massacre of Salt Creek Prairie, and prior to our Expedition of that year, and his Field Adjutant on his entire campaign in his abortive attempt to strike Kicking Bird's band of Ki-o-was before he could be stampeded into the Fort Sill Reservation--from May 1st until Oct.

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading The year of 1871 had been so full of incidents and far reaching results for the Fourth Cavalry and its new Colonel, Ranald S. Mackenzie, that it is somewhat difficult to go back into the dim vistas of that period and select the one incident, or absorbing event which would be either of greatest magnitude or afford the most thrilling interest-- This capture of ten deserters, however, under circumstances of more than ordinary importance, since it is believed to be the record capture ever made in the Military Department of Texas, or, perhaps for that matter, of any Military Department in the United States--came about as closely in touch with the writer's life as almost any other experience he ever had while serving as an officer of that regiment--including, as it did, terrible exposure, and unavoidable hardships and privations-- Like all of the other Cavalry regiments in our Army, which were then doing about three fourths of all the active, effective work--the work that disables or kills--in the subjugation of the savage tribes in the United States, driving them into Indian reservations, and rendering it possible for the frontier border to be settled, and civilization to be advanced to a point where it could feel safe from raids and bloody incursions, the Fourth U. S. Cavalry, notwithstanding its high morale and almost perfect state of discipline--had its share of desertions-- Was Mackenzie a "Martinet" Mackenzie was not a West Point "martinet", as that term is generally understood in our Army--but, from four wounds he had received, three in the Civil War, and one that year in the campaign against Quan-ah Parker, the Una-ha-da Comanche Chief--and almost criminal neglect of his own health, in his intensity of nature and purpose in prosecuting these arduous Indian campaigns--he had become more or less irritable, irascible, exacting--sometimes erratic, and frequently explosive-- This much may be said, however, it is certain that notwithstanding his physical condition, and his mental temperament resulting therefrom, he never sought to inflict an injury or punishment upon anybody unnecessarily--never became a petty or malicious persecutor, hounding a man into his grave--and when it became evident to him as well as to others that he had done any of his officers or men an act of injustice, nobody could have been more open, free and frank in his disavowal of that act, or quicker to apologize and render all the reparation possible in his power-- This applied to any and all down to the last Second Lieutenant and private soldier in the regiment-- One man never knows another so well, even intimately--as when he is thrown closely in contact with or lives and sleeps and eats with him-- The writer had done all with Mackenzie during a greater part of this period of 1871--having been his Post Adjutant twice--during Gen. Sherman's inspection in May, at the time of the massacre of Salt Creek Prairie, and prior to our Expedition of that year, and his Field Adjutant on his entire campaign in his abortive attempt to strike Kicking Bird's band of Ki-o-was before he could be stampeded into the Fort Sill Reservation--from May 1st until Oct.

belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned

From this reading The year of 1871 had been so full of incidents and far reaching results for the Fourth Cavalry and its new Colonel, Ranald S. Mackenzie, that it is somewhat difficult to go back into the dim vistas of that period and select the one incident, or absorbing event which would be either of greatest magnitude or afford the most thrilling interest-- This capture of ten deserters, however, under circumstances of more than ordinary importance, since it is believed to be the record capture ever made in the Military Department of Texas, or, perhaps for that matter, of any Military Department in the United States--came about as closely in touch with the writer's life as almost any other experience he ever had while serving as an officer of that regiment--including, as it did, terrible exposure, and unavoidable hardships and privations-- Like all of the other Cavalry regiments in our Army, which were then doing about three fourths of all the active, effective work--the work that disables or kills--in the subjugation of the savage tribes in the United States, driving them into Indian reservations, and rendering it possible for the frontier border to be settled, and civilization to be advanced to a point where it could feel safe from raids and bloody incursions, the Fourth U. S. Cavalry, notwithstanding its high morale and almost perfect state of discipline--had its share of desertions-- Was Mackenzie a "Martinet" Mackenzie was not a West Point "martinet", as that term is generally understood in our Army--but, from four wounds he had received, three in the Civil War, and one that year in the campaign against Quan-ah Parker, the Una-ha-da Comanche Chief--and almost criminal neglect of his own health, in his intensity of nature and purpose in prosecuting these arduous Indian campaigns--he had become more or less irritable, irascible, exacting--sometimes erratic, and frequently explosive-- This much may be said, however, it is certain that notwithstanding his physical condition, and his mental temperament resulting therefrom, he never sought to inflict an injury or punishment upon anybody unnecessarily--never became a petty or malicious persecutor, hounding a man into his grave--and when it became evident to him as well as to others that he had done any of his officers or men an act of injustice, nobody could have been more open, free and frank in his disavowal of that act, or quicker to apologize and render all the reparation possible in his power-- This applied to any and all down to the last Second Lieutenant and private soldier in the regiment-- One man never knows another so well, even intimately--as when he is thrown closely in contact with or lives and sleeps and eats with him-- The writer had done all with Mackenzie during a greater part of this period of 1871--having been his Post Adjutant twice--during Gen. Sherman's inspection in May, at the time of the massacre of Salt Creek Prairie, and prior to our Expedition of that year, and his Field Adjutant on his entire campaign in his abortive attempt to strike Kicking Bird's band of Ki-o-was before he could be stampeded into the Fort Sill Reservation--from May 1st until Oct.

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From this reading Like "_death_ and _Taxes_," we have them with us always, especially in time of wars-- It is then the vultures abound-- It is then we have the jelly-fish, spineless slackers, the pussy-foot pacifists--conscientious objectors, chicken hearted shirkers--and--"let George do it" fighters--coming down to the secret renegades--traitors, and Bolshevist anarchists and bomb throwers-- They have always been the curse of this Nation--the natural result,--as a rule--of the "Melting Pot" that does not melt--breeding a lot of mongrel curs and hybrids that should no longer be a part of our American life.

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From this reading 3--I had got to know him very well-- Causes for Desertion Both officers and men had been under a terrific high-keyed pressure--a very great mental and physical strain, almost to the breaking point; were tired and dispirited because the results and the hard work performed, had not justified their expectations and because they could not then see any immediate relief from the performance of such exacting duty-- The pace had been a little too fast even for the Fourth Cavalry-- Much of the spirit and enthusiasm for such unremunerative work was at a very low ebb-- While it had not yet approached a complete discouragement, it was a condition of supreme disgust and contempt at the methods employed-- They felt that with the Government at Washington nullifying and rendering most of their hard labor abortive, that success in those long, weary and extremely exhausting Indian campaigns was not so much dependent upon their absolute loyalty to duty and perfect willingness to sacrifice themselves when necessary in achieving results, as upon the paralyzing acts and influence of the "Indian Ring" in Washington and the ever changing political cesspools of a politically ridden country-- They wanted to see the tangible results or fruits of such terribly hard service and to feel that such hardships, privations and sacrifices as they had experienced, had not been in vain or wasted by a gang of cold blooded, unscrupulous plunderers and grafters remote from the scene of these border activities.

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From this reading The year of 1871 had been so full of incidents and far reaching results for the Fourth Cavalry and its new Colonel, Ranald S. Mackenzie, that it is somewhat difficult to go back into the dim vistas of that period and select the one incident, or absorbing event which would be either of greatest magnitude or afford the most thrilling interest-- This capture of ten deserters, however, under circumstances of more than ordinary importance, since it is believed to be the record capture ever made in the Military Department of Texas, or, perhaps for that matter, of any Military Department in the United States--came about as closely in touch with the writer's life as almost any other experience he ever had while serving as an officer of that regiment--including, as it did, terrible exposure, and unavoidable hardships and privations-- Like all of the other Cavalry regiments in our Army, which were then doing about three fourths of all the active, effective work--the work that disables or kills--in the subjugation of the savage tribes in the United States, driving them into Indian reservations, and rendering it possible for the frontier border to be settled, and civilization to be advanced to a point where it could feel safe from raids and bloody incursions, the Fourth U. S. Cavalry, notwithstanding its high morale and almost perfect state of discipline--had its share of desertions-- Was Mackenzie a "Martinet" Mackenzie was not a West Point "martinet", as that term is generally understood in our Army--but, from four wounds he had received, three in the Civil War, and one that year in the campaign against Quan-ah Parker, the Una-ha-da Comanche Chief--and almost criminal neglect of his own health, in his intensity of nature and purpose in prosecuting these arduous Indian campaigns--he had become more or less irritable, irascible, exacting--sometimes erratic, and frequently explosive-- This much may be said, however, it is certain that notwithstanding his physical condition, and his mental temperament resulting therefrom, he never sought to inflict an injury or punishment upon anybody unnecessarily--never became a petty or malicious persecutor, hounding a man into his grave--and when it became evident to him as well as to others that he had done any of his officers or men an act of injustice, nobody could have been more open, free and frank in his disavowal of that act, or quicker to apologize and render all the reparation possible in his power-- This applied to any and all down to the last Second Lieutenant and private soldier in the regiment-- One man never knows another so well, even intimately--as when he is thrown closely in contact with or lives and sleeps and eats with him-- The writer had done all with Mackenzie during a greater part of this period of 1871--having been his Post Adjutant twice--during Gen. Sherman's inspection in May, at the time of the massacre of Salt Creek Prairie, and prior to our Expedition of that year, and his Field Adjutant on his entire campaign in his abortive attempt to strike Kicking Bird's band of Ki-o-was before he could be stampeded into the Fort Sill Reservation--from May 1st until Oct.

a rhythmic thrusting movement of the legs as in swimming or calisthenics

From this reading The year of 1871 had been so full of incidents and far reaching results for the Fourth Cavalry and its new Colonel, Ranald S. Mackenzie, that it is somewhat difficult to go back into the dim vistas of that period and select the one incident, or absorbing event which would be either of greatest magnitude or afford the most thrilling interest-- This capture of ten deserters, however, under circumstances of more than ordinary importance, since it is believed to be the record capture ever made in the Military Department of Texas, or, perhaps for that matter, of any Military Department in the United States--came about as closely in touch with the writer's life as almost any other experience he ever had while serving as an officer of that regiment--including, as it did, terrible exposure, and unavoidable hardships and privations-- Like all of the other Cavalry regiments in our Army, which were then doing about three fourths of all the active, effective work--the work that disables or kills--in the subjugation of the savage tribes in the United States, driving them into Indian reservations, and rendering it possible for the frontier border to be settled, and civilization to be advanced to a point where it could feel safe from raids and bloody incursions, the Fourth U. S. Cavalry, notwithstanding its high morale and almost perfect state of discipline--had its share of desertions-- Was Mackenzie a "Martinet" Mackenzie was not a West Point "martinet", as that term is generally understood in our Army--but, from four wounds he had received, three in the Civil War, and one that year in the campaign against Quan-ah Parker, the Una-ha-da Comanche Chief--and almost criminal neglect of his own health, in his intensity of nature and purpose in prosecuting these arduous Indian campaigns--he had become more or less irritable, irascible, exacting--sometimes erratic, and frequently explosive-- This much may be said, however, it is certain that notwithstanding his physical condition, and his mental temperament resulting therefrom, he never sought to inflict an injury or punishment upon anybody unnecessarily--never became a petty or malicious persecutor, hounding a man into his grave--and when it became evident to him as well as to others that he had done any of his officers or men an act of injustice, nobody could have been more open, free and frank in his disavowal of that act, or quicker to apologize and render all the reparation possible in his power-- This applied to any and all down to the last Second Lieutenant and private soldier in the regiment-- One man never knows another so well, even intimately--as when he is thrown closely in contact with or lives and sleeps and eats with him-- The writer had done all with Mackenzie during a greater part of this period of 1871--having been his Post Adjutant twice--during Gen. Sherman's inspection in May, at the time of the massacre of Salt Creek Prairie, and prior to our Expedition of that year, and his Field Adjutant on his entire campaign in his abortive attempt to strike Kicking Bird's band of Ki-o-was before he could be stampeded into the Fort Sill Reservation--from May 1st until Oct.

plural of “kill” — the act of terminating a life

From this reading The year of 1871 had been so full of incidents and far reaching results for the Fourth Cavalry and its new Colonel, Ranald S. Mackenzie, that it is somewhat difficult to go back into the dim vistas of that period and select the one incident, or absorbing event which would be either of greatest magnitude or afford the most thrilling interest-- This capture of ten deserters, however, under circumstances of more than ordinary importance, since it is believed to be the record capture ever made in the Military Department of Texas, or, perhaps for that matter, of any Military Department in the United States--came about as closely in touch with the writer's life as almost any other experience he ever had while serving as an officer of that regiment--including, as it did, terrible exposure, and unavoidable hardships and privations-- Like all of the other Cavalry regiments in our Army, which were then doing about three fourths of all the active, effective work--the work that disables or kills--in the subjugation of the savage tribes in the United States, driving them into Indian reservations, and rendering it possible for the frontier border to be settled, and civilization to be advanced to a point where it could feel safe from raids and bloody incursions, the Fourth U. S. Cavalry, notwithstanding its high morale and almost perfect state of discipline--had its share of desertions-- Was Mackenzie a "Martinet" Mackenzie was not a West Point "martinet", as that term is generally understood in our Army--but, from four wounds he had received, three in the Civil War, and one that year in the campaign against Quan-ah Parker, the Una-ha-da Comanche Chief--and almost criminal neglect of his own health, in his intensity of nature and purpose in prosecuting these arduous Indian campaigns--he had become more or less irritable, irascible, exacting--sometimes erratic, and frequently explosive-- This much may be said, however, it is certain that notwithstanding his physical condition, and his mental temperament resulting therefrom, he never sought to inflict an injury or punishment upon anybody unnecessarily--never became a petty or malicious persecutor, hounding a man into his grave--and when it became evident to him as well as to others that he had done any of his officers or men an act of injustice, nobody could have been more open, free and frank in his disavowal of that act, or quicker to apologize and render all the reparation possible in his power-- This applied to any and all down to the last Second Lieutenant and private soldier in the regiment-- One man never knows another so well, even intimately--as when he is thrown closely in contact with or lives and sleeps and eats with him-- The writer had done all with Mackenzie during a greater part of this period of 1871--having been his Post Adjutant twice--during Gen. Sherman's inspection in May, at the time of the massacre of Salt Creek Prairie, and prior to our Expedition of that year, and his Field Adjutant on his entire campaign in his abortive attempt to strike Kicking Bird's band of Ki-o-was before he could be stampeded into the Fort Sill Reservation--from May 1st until Oct.

be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about

From this reading 3--I had got to know him very well-- Causes for Desertion Both officers and men had been under a terrific high-keyed pressure--a very great mental and physical strain, almost to the breaking point; were tired and dispirited because the results and the hard work performed, had not justified their expectations and because they could not then see any immediate relief from the performance of such exacting duty-- The pace had been a little too fast even for the Fourth Cavalry-- Much of the spirit and enthusiasm for such unremunerative work was at a very low ebb-- While it had not yet approached a complete discouragement, it was a condition of supreme disgust and contempt at the methods employed-- They felt that with the Government at Washington nullifying and rendering most of their hard labor abortive, that success in those long, weary and extremely exhausting Indian campaigns was not so much dependent upon their absolute loyalty to duty and perfect willingness to sacrifice themselves when necessary in achieving results, as upon the paralyzing acts and influence of the "Indian Ring" in Washington and the ever changing political cesspools of a politically ridden country-- They wanted to see the tangible results or fruits of such terribly hard service and to feel that such hardships, privations and sacrifices as they had experienced, had not been in vain or wasted by a gang of cold blooded, unscrupulous plunderers and grafters remote from the scene of these border activities.

plural of “know” — the fact of being aware of information that is known to few people

From this reading The year of 1871 had been so full of incidents and far reaching results for the Fourth Cavalry and its new Colonel, Ranald S. Mackenzie, that it is somewhat difficult to go back into the dim vistas of that period and select the one incident, or absorbing event which would be either of greatest magnitude or afford the most thrilling interest-- This capture of ten deserters, however, under circumstances of more than ordinary importance, since it is believed to be the record capture ever made in the Military Department of Texas, or, perhaps for that matter, of any Military Department in the United States--came about as closely in touch with the writer's life as almost any other experience he ever had while serving as an officer of that regiment--including, as it did, terrible exposure, and unavoidable hardships and privations-- Like all of the other Cavalry regiments in our Army, which were then doing about three fourths of all the active, effective work--the work that disables or kills--in the subjugation of the savage tribes in the United States, driving them into Indian reservations, and rendering it possible for the frontier border to be settled, and civilization to be advanced to a point where it could feel safe from raids and bloody incursions, the Fourth U. S. Cavalry, notwithstanding its high morale and almost perfect state of discipline--had its share of desertions-- Was Mackenzie a "Martinet" Mackenzie was not a West Point "martinet", as that term is generally understood in our Army--but, from four wounds he had received, three in the Civil War, and one that year in the campaign against Quan-ah Parker, the Una-ha-da Comanche Chief--and almost criminal neglect of his own health, in his intensity of nature and purpose in prosecuting these arduous Indian campaigns--he had become more or less irritable, irascible, exacting--sometimes erratic, and frequently explosive-- This much may be said, however, it is certain that notwithstanding his physical condition, and his mental temperament resulting therefrom, he never sought to inflict an injury or punishment upon anybody unnecessarily--never became a petty or malicious persecutor, hounding a man into his grave--and when it became evident to him as well as to others that he had done any of his officers or men an act of injustice, nobody could have been more open, free and frank in his disavowal of that act, or quicker to apologize and render all the reparation possible in his power-- This applied to any and all down to the last Second Lieutenant and private soldier in the regiment-- One man never knows another so well, even intimately--as when he is thrown closely in contact with or lives and sleeps and eats with him-- The writer had done all with Mackenzie during a greater part of this period of 1871--having been his Post Adjutant twice--during Gen. Sherman's inspection in May, at the time of the massacre of Salt Creek Prairie, and prior to our Expedition of that year, and his Field Adjutant on his entire campaign in his abortive attempt to strike Kicking Bird's band of Ki-o-was before he could be stampeded into the Fort Sill Reservation--from May 1st until Oct.

a social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages

From this reading 3--I had got to know him very well-- Causes for Desertion Both officers and men had been under a terrific high-keyed pressure--a very great mental and physical strain, almost to the breaking point; were tired and dispirited because the results and the hard work performed, had not justified their expectations and because they could not then see any immediate relief from the performance of such exacting duty-- The pace had been a little too fast even for the Fourth Cavalry-- Much of the spirit and enthusiasm for such unremunerative work was at a very low ebb-- While it had not yet approached a complete discouragement, it was a condition of supreme disgust and contempt at the methods employed-- They felt that with the Government at Washington nullifying and rendering most of their hard labor abortive, that success in those long, weary and extremely exhausting Indian campaigns was not so much dependent upon their absolute loyalty to duty and perfect willingness to sacrifice themselves when necessary in achieving results, as upon the paralyzing acts and influence of the "Indian Ring" in Washington and the ever changing political cesspools of a politically ridden country-- They wanted to see the tangible results or fruits of such terribly hard service and to feel that such hardships, privations and sacrifices as they had experienced, had not been in vain or wasted by a gang of cold blooded, unscrupulous plunderers and grafters remote from the scene of these border activities.

immediately past

From this reading The year of 1871 had been so full of incidents and far reaching results for the Fourth Cavalry and its new Colonel, Ranald S. Mackenzie, that it is somewhat difficult to go back into the dim vistas of that period and select the one incident, or absorbing event which would be either of greatest magnitude or afford the most thrilling interest-- This capture of ten deserters, however, under circumstances of more than ordinary importance, since it is believed to be the record capture ever made in the Military Department of Texas, or, perhaps for that matter, of any Military Department in the United States--came about as closely in touch with the writer's life as almost any other experience he ever had while serving as an officer of that regiment--including, as it did, terrible exposure, and unavoidable hardships and privations-- Like all of the other Cavalry regiments in our Army, which were then doing about three fourths of all the active, effective work--the work that disables or kills--in the subjugation of the savage tribes in the United States, driving them into Indian reservations, and rendering it possible for the frontier border to be settled, and civilization to be advanced to a point where it could feel safe from raids and bloody incursions, the Fourth U. S. Cavalry, notwithstanding its high morale and almost perfect state of discipline--had its share of desertions-- Was Mackenzie a "Martinet" Mackenzie was not a West Point "martinet", as that term is generally understood in our Army--but, from four wounds he had received, three in the Civil War, and one that year in the campaign against Quan-ah Parker, the Una-ha-da Comanche Chief--and almost criminal neglect of his own health, in his intensity of nature and purpose in prosecuting these arduous Indian campaigns--he had become more or less irritable, irascible, exacting--sometimes erratic, and frequently explosive-- This much may be said, however, it is certain that notwithstanding his physical condition, and his mental temperament resulting therefrom, he never sought to inflict an injury or punishment upon anybody unnecessarily--never became a petty or malicious persecutor, hounding a man into his grave--and when it became evident to him as well as to others that he had done any of his officers or men an act of injustice, nobody could have been more open, free and frank in his disavowal of that act, or quicker to apologize and render all the reparation possible in his power-- This applied to any and all down to the last Second Lieutenant and private soldier in the regiment-- One man never knows another so well, even intimately--as when he is thrown closely in contact with or lives and sleeps and eats with him-- The writer had done all with Mackenzie during a greater part of this period of 1871--having been his Post Adjutant twice--during Gen. Sherman's inspection in May, at the time of the massacre of Salt Creek Prairie, and prior to our Expedition of that year, and his Field Adjutant on his entire campaign in his abortive attempt to strike Kicking Bird's band of Ki-o-was before he could be stampeded into the Fort Sill Reservation--from May 1st until Oct.

used to form the comparative of some adjectives and adverbs

From this reading The year of 1871 had been so full of incidents and far reaching results for the Fourth Cavalry and its new Colonel, Ranald S. Mackenzie, that it is somewhat difficult to go back into the dim vistas of that period and select the one incident, or absorbing event which would be either of greatest magnitude or afford the most thrilling interest-- This capture of ten deserters, however, under circumstances of more than ordinary importance, since it is believed to be the record capture ever made in the Military Department of Texas, or, perhaps for that matter, of any Military Department in the United States--came about as closely in touch with the writer's life as almost any other experience he ever had while serving as an officer of that regiment--including, as it did, terrible exposure, and unavoidable hardships and privations-- Like all of the other Cavalry regiments in our Army, which were then doing about three fourths of all the active, effective work--the work that disables or kills--in the subjugation of the savage tribes in the United States, driving them into Indian reservations, and rendering it possible for the frontier border to be settled, and civilization to be advanced to a point where it could feel safe from raids and bloody incursions, the Fourth U. S. Cavalry, notwithstanding its high morale and almost perfect state of discipline--had its share of desertions-- Was Mackenzie a "Martinet" Mackenzie was not a West Point "martinet", as that term is generally understood in our Army--but, from four wounds he had received, three in the Civil War, and one that year in the campaign against Quan-ah Parker, the Una-ha-da Comanche Chief--and almost criminal neglect of his own health, in his intensity of nature and purpose in prosecuting these arduous Indian campaigns--he had become more or less irritable, irascible, exacting--sometimes erratic, and frequently explosive-- This much may be said, however, it is certain that notwithstanding his physical condition, and his mental temperament resulting therefrom, he never sought to inflict an injury or punishment upon anybody unnecessarily--never became a petty or malicious persecutor, hounding a man into his grave--and when it became evident to him as well as to others that he had done any of his officers or men an act of injustice, nobody could have been more open, free and frank in his disavowal of that act, or quicker to apologize and render all the reparation possible in his power-- This applied to any and all down to the last Second Lieutenant and private soldier in the regiment-- One man never knows another so well, even intimately--as when he is thrown closely in contact with or lives and sleeps and eats with him-- The writer had done all with Mackenzie during a greater part of this period of 1871--having been his Post Adjutant twice--during Gen. Sherman's inspection in May, at the time of the massacre of Salt Creek Prairie, and prior to our Expedition of that year, and his Field Adjutant on his entire campaign in his abortive attempt to strike Kicking Bird's band of Ki-o-was before he could be stampeded into the Fort Sill Reservation--from May 1st until Oct.

used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker

From this reading Like "_death_ and _Taxes_," we have them with us always, especially in time of wars-- It is then the vultures abound-- It is then we have the jelly-fish, spineless slackers, the pussy-foot pacifists--conscientious objectors, chicken hearted shirkers--and--"let George do it" fighters--coming down to the secret renegades--traitors, and Bolshevist anarchists and bomb throwers-- They have always been the curse of this Nation--the natural result,--as a rule--of the "Melting Pot" that does not melt--breeding a lot of mongrel curs and hybrids that should no longer be a part of our American life.

a commissioned military officer

From this reading The year of 1871 had been so full of incidents and far reaching results for the Fourth Cavalry and its new Colonel, Ranald S. Mackenzie, that it is somewhat difficult to go back into the dim vistas of that period and select the one incident, or absorbing event which would be either of greatest magnitude or afford the most thrilling interest-- This capture of ten deserters, however, under circumstances of more than ordinary importance, since it is believed to be the record capture ever made in the Military Department of Texas, or, perhaps for that matter, of any Military Department in the United States--came about as closely in touch with the writer's life as almost any other experience he ever had while serving as an officer of that regiment--including, as it did, terrible exposure, and unavoidable hardships and privations-- Like all of the other Cavalry regiments in our Army, which were then doing about three fourths of all the active, effective work--the work that disables or kills--in the subjugation of the savage tribes in the United States, driving them into Indian reservations, and rendering it possible for the frontier border to be settled, and civilization to be advanced to a point where it could feel safe from raids and bloody incursions, the Fourth U. S. Cavalry, notwithstanding its high morale and almost perfect state of discipline--had its share of desertions-- Was Mackenzie a "Martinet" Mackenzie was not a West Point "martinet", as that term is generally understood in our Army--but, from four wounds he had received, three in the Civil War, and one that year in the campaign against Quan-ah Parker, the Una-ha-da Comanche Chief--and almost criminal neglect of his own health, in his intensity of nature and purpose in prosecuting these arduous Indian campaigns--he had become more or less irritable, irascible, exacting--sometimes erratic, and frequently explosive-- This much may be said, however, it is certain that notwithstanding his physical condition, and his mental temperament resulting therefrom, he never sought to inflict an injury or punishment upon anybody unnecessarily--never became a petty or malicious persecutor, hounding a man into his grave--and when it became evident to him as well as to others that he had done any of his officers or men an act of injustice, nobody could have been more open, free and frank in his disavowal of that act, or quicker to apologize and render all the reparation possible in his power-- This applied to any and all down to the last Second Lieutenant and private soldier in the regiment-- One man never knows another so well, even intimately--as when he is thrown closely in contact with or lives and sleeps and eats with him-- The writer had done all with Mackenzie during a greater part of this period of 1871--having been his Post Adjutant twice--during Gen. Sherman's inspection in May, at the time of the massacre of Salt Creek Prairie, and prior to our Expedition of that year, and his Field Adjutant on his entire campaign in his abortive attempt to strike Kicking Bird's band of Ki-o-was before he could be stampeded into the Fort Sill Reservation--from May 1st until Oct.

a characteristic state or mode of living

From this reading The year of 1871 had been so full of incidents and far reaching results for the Fourth Cavalry and its new Colonel, Ranald S. Mackenzie, that it is somewhat difficult to go back into the dim vistas of that period and select the one incident, or absorbing event which would be either of greatest magnitude or afford the most thrilling interest-- This capture of ten deserters, however, under circumstances of more than ordinary importance, since it is believed to be the record capture ever made in the Military Department of Texas, or, perhaps for that matter, of any Military Department in the United States--came about as closely in touch with the writer's life as almost any other experience he ever had while serving as an officer of that regiment--including, as it did, terrible exposure, and unavoidable hardships and privations-- Like all of the other Cavalry regiments in our Army, which were then doing about three fourths of all the active, effective work--the work that disables or kills--in the subjugation of the savage tribes in the United States, driving them into Indian reservations, and rendering it possible for the frontier border to be settled, and civilization to be advanced to a point where it could feel safe from raids and bloody incursions, the Fourth U. S. Cavalry, notwithstanding its high morale and almost perfect state of discipline--had its share of desertions-- Was Mackenzie a "Martinet" Mackenzie was not a West Point "martinet", as that term is generally understood in our Army--but, from four wounds he had received, three in the Civil War, and one that year in the campaign against Quan-ah Parker, the Una-ha-da Comanche Chief--and almost criminal neglect of his own health, in his intensity of nature and purpose in prosecuting these arduous Indian campaigns--he had become more or less irritable, irascible, exacting--sometimes erratic, and frequently explosive-- This much may be said, however, it is certain that notwithstanding his physical condition, and his mental temperament resulting therefrom, he never sought to inflict an injury or punishment upon anybody unnecessarily--never became a petty or malicious persecutor, hounding a man into his grave--and when it became evident to him as well as to others that he had done any of his officers or men an act of injustice, nobody could have been more open, free and frank in his disavowal of that act, or quicker to apologize and render all the reparation possible in his power-- This applied to any and all down to the last Second Lieutenant and private soldier in the regiment-- One man never knows another so well, even intimately--as when he is thrown closely in contact with or lives and sleeps and eats with him-- The writer had done all with Mackenzie during a greater part of this period of 1871--having been his Post Adjutant twice--during Gen. Sherman's inspection in May, at the time of the massacre of Salt Creek Prairie, and prior to our Expedition of that year, and his Field Adjutant on his entire campaign in his abortive attempt to strike Kicking Bird's band of Ki-o-was before he could be stampeded into the Fort Sill Reservation--from May 1st until Oct.

prefer or wish to do something

From this reading The year of 1871 had been so full of incidents and far reaching results for the Fourth Cavalry and its new Colonel, Ranald S. Mackenzie, that it is somewhat difficult to go back into the dim vistas of that period and select the one incident, or absorbing event which would be either of greatest magnitude or afford the most thrilling interest-- This capture of ten deserters, however, under circumstances of more than ordinary importance, since it is believed to be the record capture ever made in the Military Department of Texas, or, perhaps for that matter, of any Military Department in the United States--came about as closely in touch with the writer's life as almost any other experience he ever had while serving as an officer of that regiment--including, as it did, terrible exposure, and unavoidable hardships and privations-- Like all of the other Cavalry regiments in our Army, which were then doing about three fourths of all the active, effective work--the work that disables or kills--in the subjugation of the savage tribes in the United States, driving them into Indian reservations, and rendering it possible for the frontier border to be settled, and civilization to be advanced to a point where it could feel safe from raids and bloody incursions, the Fourth U. S. Cavalry, notwithstanding its high morale and almost perfect state of discipline--had its share of desertions-- Was Mackenzie a "Martinet" Mackenzie was not a West Point "martinet", as that term is generally understood in our Army--but, from four wounds he had received, three in the Civil War, and one that year in the campaign against Quan-ah Parker, the Una-ha-da Comanche Chief--and almost criminal neglect of his own health, in his intensity of nature and purpose in prosecuting these arduous Indian campaigns--he had become more or less irritable, irascible, exacting--sometimes erratic, and frequently explosive-- This much may be said, however, it is certain that notwithstanding his physical condition, and his mental temperament resulting therefrom, he never sought to inflict an injury or punishment upon anybody unnecessarily--never became a petty or malicious persecutor, hounding a man into his grave--and when it became evident to him as well as to others that he had done any of his officers or men an act of injustice, nobody could have been more open, free and frank in his disavowal of that act, or quicker to apologize and render all the reparation possible in his power-- This applied to any and all down to the last Second Lieutenant and private soldier in the regiment-- One man never knows another so well, even intimately--as when he is thrown closely in contact with or lives and sleeps and eats with him-- The writer had done all with Mackenzie during a greater part of this period of 1871--having been his Post Adjutant twice--during Gen. Sherman's inspection in May, at the time of the massacre of Salt Creek Prairie, and prior to our Expedition of that year, and his Field Adjutant on his entire campaign in his abortive attempt to strike Kicking Bird's band of Ki-o-was before he could be stampeded into the Fort Sill Reservation--from May 1st until Oct.

limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent

From this reading 3--I had got to know him very well-- Causes for Desertion Both officers and men had been under a terrific high-keyed pressure--a very great mental and physical strain, almost to the breaking point; were tired and dispirited because the results and the hard work performed, had not justified their expectations and because they could not then see any immediate relief from the performance of such exacting duty-- The pace had been a little too fast even for the Fourth Cavalry-- Much of the spirit and enthusiasm for such unremunerative work was at a very low ebb-- While it had not yet approached a complete discouragement, it was a condition of supreme disgust and contempt at the methods employed-- They felt that with the Government at Washington nullifying and rendering most of their hard labor abortive, that success in those long, weary and extremely exhausting Indian campaigns was not so much dependent upon their absolute loyalty to duty and perfect willingness to sacrifice themselves when necessary in achieving results, as upon the paralyzing acts and influence of the "Indian Ring" in Washington and the ever changing political cesspools of a politically ridden country-- They wanted to see the tangible results or fruits of such terribly hard service and to feel that such hardships, privations and sacrifices as they had experienced, had not been in vain or wasted by a gang of cold blooded, unscrupulous plunderers and grafters remote from the scene of these border activities.

plural of “life” — a characteristic state or mode of living

From this reading The year of 1871 had been so full of incidents and far reaching results for the Fourth Cavalry and its new Colonel, Ranald S. Mackenzie, that it is somewhat difficult to go back into the dim vistas of that period and select the one incident, or absorbing event which would be either of greatest magnitude or afford the most thrilling interest-- This capture of ten deserters, however, under circumstances of more than ordinary importance, since it is believed to be the record capture ever made in the Military Department of Texas, or, perhaps for that matter, of any Military Department in the United States--came about as closely in touch with the writer's life as almost any other experience he ever had while serving as an officer of that regiment--including, as it did, terrible exposure, and unavoidable hardships and privations-- Like all of the other Cavalry regiments in our Army, which were then doing about three fourths of all the active, effective work--the work that disables or kills--in the subjugation of the savage tribes in the United States, driving them into Indian reservations, and rendering it possible for the frontier border to be settled, and civilization to be advanced to a point where it could feel safe from raids and bloody incursions, the Fourth U. S. Cavalry, notwithstanding its high morale and almost perfect state of discipline--had its share of desertions-- Was Mackenzie a "Martinet" Mackenzie was not a West Point "martinet", as that term is generally understood in our Army--but, from four wounds he had received, three in the Civil War, and one that year in the campaign against Quan-ah Parker, the Una-ha-da Comanche Chief--and almost criminal neglect of his own health, in his intensity of nature and purpose in prosecuting these arduous Indian campaigns--he had become more or less irritable, irascible, exacting--sometimes erratic, and frequently explosive-- This much may be said, however, it is certain that notwithstanding his physical condition, and his mental temperament resulting therefrom, he never sought to inflict an injury or punishment upon anybody unnecessarily--never became a petty or malicious persecutor, hounding a man into his grave--and when it became evident to him as well as to others that he had done any of his officers or men an act of injustice, nobody could have been more open, free and frank in his disavowal of that act, or quicker to apologize and render all the reparation possible in his power-- This applied to any and all down to the last Second Lieutenant and private soldier in the regiment-- One man never knows another so well, even intimately--as when he is thrown closely in contact with or lives and sleeps and eats with him-- The writer had done all with Mackenzie during a greater part of this period of 1871--having been his Post Adjutant twice--during Gen. Sherman's inspection in May, at the time of the massacre of Salt Creek Prairie, and prior to our Expedition of that year, and his Field Adjutant on his entire campaign in his abortive attempt to strike Kicking Bird's band of Ki-o-was before he could be stampeded into the Fort Sill Reservation--from May 1st until Oct.

primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified

From this reading 3--I had got to know him very well-- Causes for Desertion Both officers and men had been under a terrific high-keyed pressure--a very great mental and physical strain, almost to the breaking point; were tired and dispirited because the results and the hard work performed, had not justified their expectations and because they could not then see any immediate relief from the performance of such exacting duty-- The pace had been a little too fast even for the Fourth Cavalry-- Much of the spirit and enthusiasm for such unremunerative work was at a very low ebb-- While it had not yet approached a complete discouragement, it was a condition of supreme disgust and contempt at the methods employed-- They felt that with the Government at Washington nullifying and rendering most of their hard labor abortive, that success in those long, weary and extremely exhausting Indian campaigns was not so much dependent upon their absolute loyalty to duty and perfect willingness to sacrifice themselves when necessary in achieving results, as upon the paralyzing acts and influence of the "Indian Ring" in Washington and the ever changing political cesspools of a politically ridden country-- They wanted to see the tangible results or fruits of such terribly hard service and to feel that such hardships, privations and sacrifices as they had experienced, had not been in vain or wasted by a gang of cold blooded, unscrupulous plunderers and grafters remote from the scene of these border activities.

for more time

From this reading Like "_death_ and _Taxes_," we have them with us always, especially in time of wars-- It is then the vultures abound-- It is then we have the jelly-fish, spineless slackers, the pussy-foot pacifists--conscientious objectors, chicken hearted shirkers--and--"let George do it" fighters--coming down to the secret renegades--traitors, and Bolshevist anarchists and bomb throwers-- They have always been the curse of this Nation--the natural result,--as a rule--of the "Melting Pot" that does not melt--breeding a lot of mongrel curs and hybrids that should no longer be a part of our American life.

(often followed by “of”) a large number or amount or extent

From this reading Like "_death_ and _Taxes_," we have them with us always, especially in time of wars-- It is then the vultures abound-- It is then we have the jelly-fish, spineless slackers, the pussy-foot pacifists--conscientious objectors, chicken hearted shirkers--and--"let George do it" fighters--coming down to the secret renegades--traitors, and Bolshevist anarchists and bomb throwers-- They have always been the curse of this Nation--the natural result,--as a rule--of the "Melting Pot" that does not melt--breeding a lot of mongrel curs and hybrids that should no longer be a part of our American life.

less than normal in degree or intensity or amount

From this reading 3--I had got to know him very well-- Causes for Desertion Both officers and men had been under a terrific high-keyed pressure--a very great mental and physical strain, almost to the breaking point; were tired and dispirited because the results and the hard work performed, had not justified their expectations and because they could not then see any immediate relief from the performance of such exacting duty-- The pace had been a little too fast even for the Fourth Cavalry-- Much of the spirit and enthusiasm for such unremunerative work was at a very low ebb-- While it had not yet approached a complete discouragement, it was a condition of supreme disgust and contempt at the methods employed-- They felt that with the Government at Washington nullifying and rendering most of their hard labor abortive, that success in those long, weary and extremely exhausting Indian campaigns was not so much dependent upon their absolute loyalty to duty and perfect willingness to sacrifice themselves when necessary in achieving results, as upon the paralyzing acts and influence of the "Indian Ring" in Washington and the ever changing political cesspools of a politically ridden country-- They wanted to see the tangible results or fruits of such terribly hard service and to feel that such hardships, privations and sacrifices as they had experienced, had not been in vain or wasted by a gang of cold blooded, unscrupulous plunderers and grafters remote from the scene of these border activities.

the quality of being loyal

From this reading 3--I had got to know him very well-- Causes for Desertion Both officers and men had been under a terrific high-keyed pressure--a very great mental and physical strain, almost to the breaking point; were tired and dispirited because the results and the hard work performed, had not justified their expectations and because they could not then see any immediate relief from the performance of such exacting duty-- The pace had been a little too fast even for the Fourth Cavalry-- Much of the spirit and enthusiasm for such unremunerative work was at a very low ebb-- While it had not yet approached a complete discouragement, it was a condition of supreme disgust and contempt at the methods employed-- They felt that with the Government at Washington nullifying and rendering most of their hard labor abortive, that success in those long, weary and extremely exhausting Indian campaigns was not so much dependent upon their absolute loyalty to duty and perfect willingness to sacrifice themselves when necessary in achieving results, as upon the paralyzing acts and influence of the "Indian Ring" in Washington and the ever changing political cesspools of a politically ridden country-- They wanted to see the tangible results or fruits of such terribly hard service and to feel that such hardships, privations and sacrifices as they had experienced, had not been in vain or wasted by a gang of cold blooded, unscrupulous plunderers and grafters remote from the scene of these border activities.

Canadian explorer (born in England) who explored the Mackenzie River and who was first to cross North America by land north of Mexico (1764-1820)

From this reading The year of 1871 had been so full of incidents and far reaching results for the Fourth Cavalry and its new Colonel, Ranald S. Mackenzie, that it is somewhat difficult to go back into the dim vistas of that period and select the one incident, or absorbing event which would be either of greatest magnitude or afford the most thrilling interest-- This capture of ten deserters, however, under circumstances of more than ordinary importance, since it is believed to be the record capture ever made in the Military Department of Texas, or, perhaps for that matter, of any Military Department in the United States--came about as closely in touch with the writer's life as almost any other experience he ever had while serving as an officer of that regiment--including, as it did, terrible exposure, and unavoidable hardships and privations-- Like all of the other Cavalry regiments in our Army, which were then doing about three fourths of all the active, effective work--the work that disables or kills--in the subjugation of the savage tribes in the United States, driving them into Indian reservations, and rendering it possible for the frontier border to be settled, and civilization to be advanced to a point where it could feel safe from raids and bloody incursions, the Fourth U. S. Cavalry, notwithstanding its high morale and almost perfect state of discipline--had its share of desertions-- Was Mackenzie a "Martinet" Mackenzie was not a West Point "martinet", as that term is generally understood in our Army--but, from four wounds he had received, three in the Civil War, and one that year in the campaign against Quan-ah Parker, the Una-ha-da Comanche Chief--and almost criminal neglect of his own health, in his intensity of nature and purpose in prosecuting these arduous Indian campaigns--he had become more or less irritable, irascible, exacting--sometimes erratic, and frequently explosive-- This much may be said, however, it is certain that notwithstanding his physical condition, and his mental temperament resulting therefrom, he never sought to inflict an injury or punishment upon anybody unnecessarily--never became a petty or malicious persecutor, hounding a man into his grave--and when it became evident to him as well as to others that he had done any of his officers or men an act of injustice, nobody could have been more open, free and frank in his disavowal of that act, or quicker to apologize and render all the reparation possible in his power-- This applied to any and all down to the last Second Lieutenant and private soldier in the regiment-- One man never knows another so well, even intimately--as when he is thrown closely in contact with or lives and sleeps and eats with him-- The writer had done all with Mackenzie during a greater part of this period of 1871--having been his Post Adjutant twice--during Gen. Sherman's inspection in May, at the time of the massacre of Salt Creek Prairie, and prior to our Expedition of that year, and his Field Adjutant on his entire campaign in his abortive attempt to strike Kicking Bird's band of Ki-o-was before he could be stampeded into the Fort Sill Reservation--from May 1st until Oct.

produced by a manufacturing process

From this reading The year of 1871 had been so full of incidents and far reaching results for the Fourth Cavalry and its new Colonel, Ranald S. Mackenzie, that it is somewhat difficult to go back into the dim vistas of that period and select the one incident, or absorbing event which would be either of greatest magnitude or afford the most thrilling interest-- This capture of ten deserters, however, under circumstances of more than ordinary importance, since it is believed to be the record capture ever made in the Military Department of Texas, or, perhaps for that matter, of any Military Department in the United States--came about as closely in touch with the writer's life as almost any other experience he ever had while serving as an officer of that regiment--including, as it did, terrible exposure, and unavoidable hardships and privations-- Like all of the other Cavalry regiments in our Army, which were then doing about three fourths of all the active, effective work--the work that disables or kills--in the subjugation of the savage tribes in the United States, driving them into Indian reservations, and rendering it possible for the frontier border to be settled, and civilization to be advanced to a point where it could feel safe from raids and bloody incursions, the Fourth U. S. Cavalry, notwithstanding its high morale and almost perfect state of discipline--had its share of desertions-- Was Mackenzie a "Martinet" Mackenzie was not a West Point "martinet", as that term is generally understood in our Army--but, from four wounds he had received, three in the Civil War, and one that year in the campaign against Quan-ah Parker, the Una-ha-da Comanche Chief--and almost criminal neglect of his own health, in his intensity of nature and purpose in prosecuting these arduous Indian campaigns--he had become more or less irritable, irascible, exacting--sometimes erratic, and frequently explosive-- This much may be said, however, it is certain that notwithstanding his physical condition, and his mental temperament resulting therefrom, he never sought to inflict an injury or punishment upon anybody unnecessarily--never became a petty or malicious persecutor, hounding a man into his grave--and when it became evident to him as well as to others that he had done any of his officers or men an act of injustice, nobody could have been more open, free and frank in his disavowal of that act, or quicker to apologize and render all the reparation possible in his power-- This applied to any and all down to the last Second Lieutenant and private soldier in the regiment-- One man never knows another so well, even intimately--as when he is thrown closely in contact with or lives and sleeps and eats with him-- The writer had done all with Mackenzie during a greater part of this period of 1871--having been his Post Adjutant twice--during Gen. Sherman's inspection in May, at the time of the massacre of Salt Creek Prairie, and prior to our Expedition of that year, and his Field Adjutant on his entire campaign in his abortive attempt to strike Kicking Bird's band of Ki-o-was before he could be stampeded into the Fort Sill Reservation--from May 1st until Oct.

the property of relative size or extent (whether large or small)

From this reading The year of 1871 had been so full of incidents and far reaching results for the Fourth Cavalry and its new Colonel, Ranald S. Mackenzie, that it is somewhat difficult to go back into the dim vistas of that period and select the one incident, or absorbing event which would be either of greatest magnitude or afford the most thrilling interest-- This capture of ten deserters, however, under circumstances of more than ordinary importance, since it is believed to be the record capture ever made in the Military Department of Texas, or, perhaps for that matter, of any Military Department in the United States--came about as closely in touch with the writer's life as almost any other experience he ever had while serving as an officer of that regiment--including, as it did, terrible exposure, and unavoidable hardships and privations-- Like all of the other Cavalry regiments in our Army, which were then doing about three fourths of all the active, effective work--the work that disables or kills--in the subjugation of the savage tribes in the United States, driving them into Indian reservations, and rendering it possible for the frontier border to be settled, and civilization to be advanced to a point where it could feel safe from raids and bloody incursions, the Fourth U. S. Cavalry, notwithstanding its high morale and almost perfect state of discipline--had its share of desertions-- Was Mackenzie a "Martinet" Mackenzie was not a West Point "martinet", as that term is generally understood in our Army--but, from four wounds he had received, three in the Civil War, and one that year in the campaign against Quan-ah Parker, the Una-ha-da Comanche Chief--and almost criminal neglect of his own health, in his intensity of nature and purpose in prosecuting these arduous Indian campaigns--he had become more or less irritable, irascible, exacting--sometimes erratic, and frequently explosive-- This much may be said, however, it is certain that notwithstanding his physical condition, and his mental temperament resulting therefrom, he never sought to inflict an injury or punishment upon anybody unnecessarily--never became a petty or malicious persecutor, hounding a man into his grave--and when it became evident to him as well as to others that he had done any of his officers or men an act of injustice, nobody could have been more open, free and frank in his disavowal of that act, or quicker to apologize and render all the reparation possible in his power-- This applied to any and all down to the last Second Lieutenant and private soldier in the regiment-- One man never knows another so well, even intimately--as when he is thrown closely in contact with or lives and sleeps and eats with him-- The writer had done all with Mackenzie during a greater part of this period of 1871--having been his Post Adjutant twice--during Gen. Sherman's inspection in May, at the time of the massacre of Salt Creek Prairie, and prior to our Expedition of that year, and his Field Adjutant on his entire campaign in his abortive attempt to strike Kicking Bird's band of Ki-o-was before he could be stampeded into the Fort Sill Reservation--from May 1st until Oct.

having the nature of or resulting from malice

From this reading The year of 1871 had been so full of incidents and far reaching results for the Fourth Cavalry and its new Colonel, Ranald S. Mackenzie, that it is somewhat difficult to go back into the dim vistas of that period and select the one incident, or absorbing event which would be either of greatest magnitude or afford the most thrilling interest-- This capture of ten deserters, however, under circumstances of more than ordinary importance, since it is believed to be the record capture ever made in the Military Department of Texas, or, perhaps for that matter, of any Military Department in the United States--came about as closely in touch with the writer's life as almost any other experience he ever had while serving as an officer of that regiment--including, as it did, terrible exposure, and unavoidable hardships and privations-- Like all of the other Cavalry regiments in our Army, which were then doing about three fourths of all the active, effective work--the work that disables or kills--in the subjugation of the savage tribes in the United States, driving them into Indian reservations, and rendering it possible for the frontier border to be settled, and civilization to be advanced to a point where it could feel safe from raids and bloody incursions, the Fourth U. S. Cavalry, notwithstanding its high morale and almost perfect state of discipline--had its share of desertions-- Was Mackenzie a "Martinet" Mackenzie was not a West Point "martinet", as that term is generally understood in our Army--but, from four wounds he had received, three in the Civil War, and one that year in the campaign against Quan-ah Parker, the Una-ha-da Comanche Chief--and almost criminal neglect of his own health, in his intensity of nature and purpose in prosecuting these arduous Indian campaigns--he had become more or less irritable, irascible, exacting--sometimes erratic, and frequently explosive-- This much may be said, however, it is certain that notwithstanding his physical condition, and his mental temperament resulting therefrom, he never sought to inflict an injury or punishment upon anybody unnecessarily--never became a petty or malicious persecutor, hounding a man into his grave--and when it became evident to him as well as to others that he had done any of his officers or men an act of injustice, nobody could have been more open, free and frank in his disavowal of that act, or quicker to apologize and render all the reparation possible in his power-- This applied to any and all down to the last Second Lieutenant and private soldier in the regiment-- One man never knows another so well, even intimately--as when he is thrown closely in contact with or lives and sleeps and eats with him-- The writer had done all with Mackenzie during a greater part of this period of 1871--having been his Post Adjutant twice--during Gen. Sherman's inspection in May, at the time of the massacre of Salt Creek Prairie, and prior to our Expedition of that year, and his Field Adjutant on his entire campaign in his abortive attempt to strike Kicking Bird's band of Ki-o-was before he could be stampeded into the Fort Sill Reservation--from May 1st until Oct.

an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)

From this reading The year of 1871 had been so full of incidents and far reaching results for the Fourth Cavalry and its new Colonel, Ranald S. Mackenzie, that it is somewhat difficult to go back into the dim vistas of that period and select the one incident, or absorbing event which would be either of greatest magnitude or afford the most thrilling interest-- This capture of ten deserters, however, under circumstances of more than ordinary importance, since it is believed to be the record capture ever made in the Military Department of Texas, or, perhaps for that matter, of any Military Department in the United States--came about as closely in touch with the writer's life as almost any other experience he ever had while serving as an officer of that regiment--including, as it did, terrible exposure, and unavoidable hardships and privations-- Like all of the other Cavalry regiments in our Army, which were then doing about three fourths of all the active, effective work--the work that disables or kills--in the subjugation of the savage tribes in the United States, driving them into Indian reservations, and rendering it possible for the frontier border to be settled, and civilization to be advanced to a point where it could feel safe from raids and bloody incursions, the Fourth U. S. Cavalry, notwithstanding its high morale and almost perfect state of discipline--had its share of desertions-- Was Mackenzie a "Martinet" Mackenzie was not a West Point "martinet", as that term is generally understood in our Army--but, from four wounds he had received, three in the Civil War, and one that year in the campaign against Quan-ah Parker, the Una-ha-da Comanche Chief--and almost criminal neglect of his own health, in his intensity of nature and purpose in prosecuting these arduous Indian campaigns--he had become more or less irritable, irascible, exacting--sometimes erratic, and frequently explosive-- This much may be said, however, it is certain that notwithstanding his physical condition, and his mental temperament resulting therefrom, he never sought to inflict an injury or punishment upon anybody unnecessarily--never became a petty or malicious persecutor, hounding a man into his grave--and when it became evident to him as well as to others that he had done any of his officers or men an act of injustice, nobody could have been more open, free and frank in his disavowal of that act, or quicker to apologize and render all the reparation possible in his power-- This applied to any and all down to the last Second Lieutenant and private soldier in the regiment-- One man never knows another so well, even intimately--as when he is thrown closely in contact with or lives and sleeps and eats with him-- The writer had done all with Mackenzie during a greater part of this period of 1871--having been his Post Adjutant twice--during Gen. Sherman's inspection in May, at the time of the massacre of Salt Creek Prairie, and prior to our Expedition of that year, and his Field Adjutant on his entire campaign in his abortive attempt to strike Kicking Bird's band of Ki-o-was before he could be stampeded into the Fort Sill Reservation--from May 1st until Oct.

someone who demands exact conformity to rules and forms

From this reading The year of 1871 had been so full of incidents and far reaching results for the Fourth Cavalry and its new Colonel, Ranald S. Mackenzie, that it is somewhat difficult to go back into the dim vistas of that period and select the one incident, or absorbing event which would be either of greatest magnitude or afford the most thrilling interest-- This capture of ten deserters, however, under circumstances of more than ordinary importance, since it is believed to be the record capture ever made in the Military Department of Texas, or, perhaps for that matter, of any Military Department in the United States--came about as closely in touch with the writer's life as almost any other experience he ever had while serving as an officer of that regiment--including, as it did, terrible exposure, and unavoidable hardships and privations-- Like all of the other Cavalry regiments in our Army, which were then doing about three fourths of all the active, effective work--the work that disables or kills--in the subjugation of the savage tribes in the United States, driving them into Indian reservations, and rendering it possible for the frontier border to be settled, and civilization to be advanced to a point where it could feel safe from raids and bloody incursions, the Fourth U. S. Cavalry, notwithstanding its high morale and almost perfect state of discipline--had its share of desertions-- Was Mackenzie a "Martinet" Mackenzie was not a West Point "martinet", as that term is generally understood in our Army--but, from four wounds he had received, three in the Civil War, and one that year in the campaign against Quan-ah Parker, the Una-ha-da Comanche Chief--and almost criminal neglect of his own health, in his intensity of nature and purpose in prosecuting these arduous Indian campaigns--he had become more or less irritable, irascible, exacting--sometimes erratic, and frequently explosive-- This much may be said, however, it is certain that notwithstanding his physical condition, and his mental temperament resulting therefrom, he never sought to inflict an injury or punishment upon anybody unnecessarily--never became a petty or malicious persecutor, hounding a man into his grave--and when it became evident to him as well as to others that he had done any of his officers or men an act of injustice, nobody could have been more open, free and frank in his disavowal of that act, or quicker to apologize and render all the reparation possible in his power-- This applied to any and all down to the last Second Lieutenant and private soldier in the regiment-- One man never knows another so well, even intimately--as when he is thrown closely in contact with or lives and sleeps and eats with him-- The writer had done all with Mackenzie during a greater part of this period of 1871--having been his Post Adjutant twice--during Gen. Sherman's inspection in May, at the time of the massacre of Salt Creek Prairie, and prior to our Expedition of that year, and his Field Adjutant on his entire campaign in his abortive attempt to strike Kicking Bird's band of Ki-o-was before he could be stampeded into the Fort Sill Reservation--from May 1st until Oct.

kill a large number of people indiscriminately

From this reading The year of 1871 had been so full of incidents and far reaching results for the Fourth Cavalry and its new Colonel, Ranald S. Mackenzie, that it is somewhat difficult to go back into the dim vistas of that period and select the one incident, or absorbing event which would be either of greatest magnitude or afford the most thrilling interest-- This capture of ten deserters, however, under circumstances of more than ordinary importance, since it is believed to be the record capture ever made in the Military Department of Texas, or, perhaps for that matter, of any Military Department in the United States--came about as closely in touch with the writer's life as almost any other experience he ever had while serving as an officer of that regiment--including, as it did, terrible exposure, and unavoidable hardships and privations-- Like all of the other Cavalry regiments in our Army, which were then doing about three fourths of all the active, effective work--the work that disables or kills--in the subjugation of the savage tribes in the United States, driving them into Indian reservations, and rendering it possible for the frontier border to be settled, and civilization to be advanced to a point where it could feel safe from raids and bloody incursions, the Fourth U. S. Cavalry, notwithstanding its high morale and almost perfect state of discipline--had its share of desertions-- Was Mackenzie a "Martinet" Mackenzie was not a West Point "martinet", as that term is generally understood in our Army--but, from four wounds he had received, three in the Civil War, and one that year in the campaign against Quan-ah Parker, the Una-ha-da Comanche Chief--and almost criminal neglect of his own health, in his intensity of nature and purpose in prosecuting these arduous Indian campaigns--he had become more or less irritable, irascible, exacting--sometimes erratic, and frequently explosive-- This much may be said, however, it is certain that notwithstanding his physical condition, and his mental temperament resulting therefrom, he never sought to inflict an injury or punishment upon anybody unnecessarily--never became a petty or malicious persecutor, hounding a man into his grave--and when it became evident to him as well as to others that he had done any of his officers or men an act of injustice, nobody could have been more open, free and frank in his disavowal of that act, or quicker to apologize and render all the reparation possible in his power-- This applied to any and all down to the last Second Lieutenant and private soldier in the regiment-- One man never knows another so well, even intimately--as when he is thrown closely in contact with or lives and sleeps and eats with him-- The writer had done all with Mackenzie during a greater part of this period of 1871--having been his Post Adjutant twice--during Gen. Sherman's inspection in May, at the time of the massacre of Salt Creek Prairie, and prior to our Expedition of that year, and his Field Adjutant on his entire campaign in his abortive attempt to strike Kicking Bird's band of Ki-o-was before he could be stampeded into the Fort Sill Reservation--from May 1st until Oct.

a vaguely specified concern

From this reading The year of 1871 had been so full of incidents and far reaching results for the Fourth Cavalry and its new Colonel, Ranald S. Mackenzie, that it is somewhat difficult to go back into the dim vistas of that period and select the one incident, or absorbing event which would be either of greatest magnitude or afford the most thrilling interest-- This capture of ten deserters, however, under circumstances of more than ordinary importance, since it is believed to be the record capture ever made in the Military Department of Texas, or, perhaps for that matter, of any Military Department in the United States--came about as closely in touch with the writer's life as almost any other experience he ever had while serving as an officer of that regiment--including, as it did, terrible exposure, and unavoidable hardships and privations-- Like all of the other Cavalry regiments in our Army, which were then doing about three fourths of all the active, effective work--the work that disables or kills--in the subjugation of the savage tribes in the United States, driving them into Indian reservations, and rendering it possible for the frontier border to be settled, and civilization to be advanced to a point where it could feel safe from raids and bloody incursions, the Fourth U. S. Cavalry, notwithstanding its high morale and almost perfect state of discipline--had its share of desertions-- Was Mackenzie a "Martinet" Mackenzie was not a West Point "martinet", as that term is generally understood in our Army--but, from four wounds he had received, three in the Civil War, and one that year in the campaign against Quan-ah Parker, the Una-ha-da Comanche Chief--and almost criminal neglect of his own health, in his intensity of nature and purpose in prosecuting these arduous Indian campaigns--he had become more or less irritable, irascible, exacting--sometimes erratic, and frequently explosive-- This much may be said, however, it is certain that notwithstanding his physical condition, and his mental temperament resulting therefrom, he never sought to inflict an injury or punishment upon anybody unnecessarily--never became a petty or malicious persecutor, hounding a man into his grave--and when it became evident to him as well as to others that he had done any of his officers or men an act of injustice, nobody could have been more open, free and frank in his disavowal of that act, or quicker to apologize and render all the reparation possible in his power-- This applied to any and all down to the last Second Lieutenant and private soldier in the regiment-- One man never knows another so well, even intimately--as when he is thrown closely in contact with or lives and sleeps and eats with him-- The writer had done all with Mackenzie during a greater part of this period of 1871--having been his Post Adjutant twice--during Gen. Sherman's inspection in May, at the time of the massacre of Salt Creek Prairie, and prior to our Expedition of that year, and his Field Adjutant on his entire campaign in his abortive attempt to strike Kicking Bird's band of Ki-o-was before he could be stampeded into the Fort Sill Reservation--from May 1st until Oct.

used to say something is possible, or to give permission

From this reading The year of 1871 had been so full of incidents and far reaching results for the Fourth Cavalry and its new Colonel, Ranald S. Mackenzie, that it is somewhat difficult to go back into the dim vistas of that period and select the one incident, or absorbing event which would be either of greatest magnitude or afford the most thrilling interest-- This capture of ten deserters, however, under circumstances of more than ordinary importance, since it is believed to be the record capture ever made in the Military Department of Texas, or, perhaps for that matter, of any Military Department in the United States--came about as closely in touch with the writer's life as almost any other experience he ever had while serving as an officer of that regiment--including, as it did, terrible exposure, and unavoidable hardships and privations-- Like all of the other Cavalry regiments in our Army, which were then doing about three fourths of all the active, effective work--the work that disables or kills--in the subjugation of the savage tribes in the United States, driving them into Indian reservations, and rendering it possible for the frontier border to be settled, and civilization to be advanced to a point where it could feel safe from raids and bloody incursions, the Fourth U. S. Cavalry, notwithstanding its high morale and almost perfect state of discipline--had its share of desertions-- Was Mackenzie a "Martinet" Mackenzie was not a West Point "martinet", as that term is generally understood in our Army--but, from four wounds he had received, three in the Civil War, and one that year in the campaign against Quan-ah Parker, the Una-ha-da Comanche Chief--and almost criminal neglect of his own health, in his intensity of nature and purpose in prosecuting these arduous Indian campaigns--he had become more or less irritable, irascible, exacting--sometimes erratic, and frequently explosive-- This much may be said, however, it is certain that notwithstanding his physical condition, and his mental temperament resulting therefrom, he never sought to inflict an injury or punishment upon anybody unnecessarily--never became a petty or malicious persecutor, hounding a man into his grave--and when it became evident to him as well as to others that he had done any of his officers or men an act of injustice, nobody could have been more open, free and frank in his disavowal of that act, or quicker to apologize and render all the reparation possible in his power-- This applied to any and all down to the last Second Lieutenant and private soldier in the regiment-- One man never knows another so well, even intimately--as when he is thrown closely in contact with or lives and sleeps and eats with him-- The writer had done all with Mackenzie during a greater part of this period of 1871--having been his Post Adjutant twice--during Gen. Sherman's inspection in May, at the time of the massacre of Salt Creek Prairie, and prior to our Expedition of that year, and his Field Adjutant on his entire campaign in his abortive attempt to strike Kicking Bird's band of Ki-o-was before he could be stampeded into the Fort Sill Reservation--from May 1st until Oct.

reduce or cause to be reduced from a solid to a liquid state, usually by heating

From this reading Like "_death_ and _Taxes_," we have them with us always, especially in time of wars-- It is then the vultures abound-- It is then we have the jelly-fish, spineless slackers, the pussy-foot pacifists--conscientious objectors, chicken hearted shirkers--and--"let George do it" fighters--coming down to the secret renegades--traitors, and Bolshevist anarchists and bomb throwers-- They have always been the curse of this Nation--the natural result,--as a rule--of the "Melting Pot" that does not melt--breeding a lot of mongrel curs and hybrids that should no longer be a part of our American life.

the process whereby heat changes something from a solid to a liquid

From this reading Like "_death_ and _Taxes_," we have them with us always, especially in time of wars-- It is then the vultures abound-- It is then we have the jelly-fish, spineless slackers, the pussy-foot pacifists--conscientious objectors, chicken hearted shirkers--and--"let George do it" fighters--coming down to the secret renegades--traitors, and Bolshevist anarchists and bomb throwers-- They have always been the curse of this Nation--the natural result,--as a rule--of the "Melting Pot" that does not melt--breeding a lot of mongrel curs and hybrids that should no longer be a part of our American life.

the force of workers available

From this reading The year of 1871 had been so full of incidents and far reaching results for the Fourth Cavalry and its new Colonel, Ranald S. Mackenzie, that it is somewhat difficult to go back into the dim vistas of that period and select the one incident, or absorbing event which would be either of greatest magnitude or afford the most thrilling interest-- This capture of ten deserters, however, under circumstances of more than ordinary importance, since it is believed to be the record capture ever made in the Military Department of Texas, or, perhaps for that matter, of any Military Department in the United States--came about as closely in touch with the writer's life as almost any other experience he ever had while serving as an officer of that regiment--including, as it did, terrible exposure, and unavoidable hardships and privations-- Like all of the other Cavalry regiments in our Army, which were then doing about three fourths of all the active, effective work--the work that disables or kills--in the subjugation of the savage tribes in the United States, driving them into Indian reservations, and rendering it possible for the frontier border to be settled, and civilization to be advanced to a point where it could feel safe from raids and bloody incursions, the Fourth U. S. Cavalry, notwithstanding its high morale and almost perfect state of discipline--had its share of desertions-- Was Mackenzie a "Martinet" Mackenzie was not a West Point "martinet", as that term is generally understood in our Army--but, from four wounds he had received, three in the Civil War, and one that year in the campaign against Quan-ah Parker, the Una-ha-da Comanche Chief--and almost criminal neglect of his own health, in his intensity of nature and purpose in prosecuting these arduous Indian campaigns--he had become more or less irritable, irascible, exacting--sometimes erratic, and frequently explosive-- This much may be said, however, it is certain that notwithstanding his physical condition, and his mental temperament resulting therefrom, he never sought to inflict an injury or punishment upon anybody unnecessarily--never became a petty or malicious persecutor, hounding a man into his grave--and when it became evident to him as well as to others that he had done any of his officers or men an act of injustice, nobody could have been more open, free and frank in his disavowal of that act, or quicker to apologize and render all the reparation possible in his power-- This applied to any and all down to the last Second Lieutenant and private soldier in the regiment-- One man never knows another so well, even intimately--as when he is thrown closely in contact with or lives and sleeps and eats with him-- The writer had done all with Mackenzie during a greater part of this period of 1871--having been his Post Adjutant twice--during Gen. Sherman's inspection in May, at the time of the massacre of Salt Creek Prairie, and prior to our Expedition of that year, and his Field Adjutant on his entire campaign in his abortive attempt to strike Kicking Bird's band of Ki-o-was before he could be stampeded into the Fort Sill Reservation--from May 1st until Oct.

involving the mind or an intellectual process

From this reading The year of 1871 had been so full of incidents and far reaching results for the Fourth Cavalry and its new Colonel, Ranald S. Mackenzie, that it is somewhat difficult to go back into the dim vistas of that period and select the one incident, or absorbing event which would be either of greatest magnitude or afford the most thrilling interest-- This capture of ten deserters, however, under circumstances of more than ordinary importance, since it is believed to be the record capture ever made in the Military Department of Texas, or, perhaps for that matter, of any Military Department in the United States--came about as closely in touch with the writer's life as almost any other experience he ever had while serving as an officer of that regiment--including, as it did, terrible exposure, and unavoidable hardships and privations-- Like all of the other Cavalry regiments in our Army, which were then doing about three fourths of all the active, effective work--the work that disables or kills--in the subjugation of the savage tribes in the United States, driving them into Indian reservations, and rendering it possible for the frontier border to be settled, and civilization to be advanced to a point where it could feel safe from raids and bloody incursions, the Fourth U. S. Cavalry, notwithstanding its high morale and almost perfect state of discipline--had its share of desertions-- Was Mackenzie a "Martinet" Mackenzie was not a West Point "martinet", as that term is generally understood in our Army--but, from four wounds he had received, three in the Civil War, and one that year in the campaign against Quan-ah Parker, the Una-ha-da Comanche Chief--and almost criminal neglect of his own health, in his intensity of nature and purpose in prosecuting these arduous Indian campaigns--he had become more or less irritable, irascible, exacting--sometimes erratic, and frequently explosive-- This much may be said, however, it is certain that notwithstanding his physical condition, and his mental temperament resulting therefrom, he never sought to inflict an injury or punishment upon anybody unnecessarily--never became a petty or malicious persecutor, hounding a man into his grave--and when it became evident to him as well as to others that he had done any of his officers or men an act of injustice, nobody could have been more open, free and frank in his disavowal of that act, or quicker to apologize and render all the reparation possible in his power-- This applied to any and all down to the last Second Lieutenant and private soldier in the regiment-- One man never knows another so well, even intimately--as when he is thrown closely in contact with or lives and sleeps and eats with him-- The writer had done all with Mackenzie during a greater part of this period of 1871--having been his Post Adjutant twice--during Gen. Sherman's inspection in May, at the time of the massacre of Salt Creek Prairie, and prior to our Expedition of that year, and his Field Adjutant on his entire campaign in his abortive attempt to strike Kicking Bird's band of Ki-o-was before he could be stampeded into the Fort Sill Reservation--from May 1st until Oct.

plural of “method” — a way of doing something, especially a systematic way; implies an orderly logical arrangement (usually in steps)

From this reading 3--I had got to know him very well-- Causes for Desertion Both officers and men had been under a terrific high-keyed pressure--a very great mental and physical strain, almost to the breaking point; were tired and dispirited because the results and the hard work performed, had not justified their expectations and because they could not then see any immediate relief from the performance of such exacting duty-- The pace had been a little too fast even for the Fourth Cavalry-- Much of the spirit and enthusiasm for such unremunerative work was at a very low ebb-- While it had not yet approached a complete discouragement, it was a condition of supreme disgust and contempt at the methods employed-- They felt that with the Government at Washington nullifying and rendering most of their hard labor abortive, that success in those long, weary and extremely exhausting Indian campaigns was not so much dependent upon their absolute loyalty to duty and perfect willingness to sacrifice themselves when necessary in achieving results, as upon the paralyzing acts and influence of the "Indian Ring" in Washington and the ever changing political cesspools of a politically ridden country-- They wanted to see the tangible results or fruits of such terribly hard service and to feel that such hardships, privations and sacrifices as they had experienced, had not been in vain or wasted by a gang of cold blooded, unscrupulous plunderers and grafters remote from the scene of these border activities.

of or relating to the study of the principles of warfare

From this reading The year of 1871 had been so full of incidents and far reaching results for the Fourth Cavalry and its new Colonel, Ranald S. Mackenzie, that it is somewhat difficult to go back into the dim vistas of that period and select the one incident, or absorbing event which would be either of greatest magnitude or afford the most thrilling interest-- This capture of ten deserters, however, under circumstances of more than ordinary importance, since it is believed to be the record capture ever made in the Military Department of Texas, or, perhaps for that matter, of any Military Department in the United States--came about as closely in touch with the writer's life as almost any other experience he ever had while serving as an officer of that regiment--including, as it did, terrible exposure, and unavoidable hardships and privations-- Like all of the other Cavalry regiments in our Army, which were then doing about three fourths of all the active, effective work--the work that disables or kills--in the subjugation of the savage tribes in the United States, driving them into Indian reservations, and rendering it possible for the frontier border to be settled, and civilization to be advanced to a point where it could feel safe from raids and bloody incursions, the Fourth U. S. Cavalry, notwithstanding its high morale and almost perfect state of discipline--had its share of desertions-- Was Mackenzie a "Martinet" Mackenzie was not a West Point "martinet", as that term is generally understood in our Army--but, from four wounds he had received, three in the Civil War, and one that year in the campaign against Quan-ah Parker, the Una-ha-da Comanche Chief--and almost criminal neglect of his own health, in his intensity of nature and purpose in prosecuting these arduous Indian campaigns--he had become more or less irritable, irascible, exacting--sometimes erratic, and frequently explosive-- This much may be said, however, it is certain that notwithstanding his physical condition, and his mental temperament resulting therefrom, he never sought to inflict an injury or punishment upon anybody unnecessarily--never became a petty or malicious persecutor, hounding a man into his grave--and when it became evident to him as well as to others that he had done any of his officers or men an act of injustice, nobody could have been more open, free and frank in his disavowal of that act, or quicker to apologize and render all the reparation possible in his power-- This applied to any and all down to the last Second Lieutenant and private soldier in the regiment-- One man never knows another so well, even intimately--as when he is thrown closely in contact with or lives and sleeps and eats with him-- The writer had done all with Mackenzie during a greater part of this period of 1871--having been his Post Adjutant twice--during Gen. Sherman's inspection in May, at the time of the massacre of Salt Creek Prairie, and prior to our Expedition of that year, and his Field Adjutant on his entire campaign in his abortive attempt to strike Kicking Bird's band of Ki-o-was before he could be stampeded into the Fort Sill Reservation--from May 1st until Oct.

derogatory term for a variation that is not genuine; something irregular or inferior or of dubious origin

From this reading Like "_death_ and _Taxes_," we have them with us always, especially in time of wars-- It is then the vultures abound-- It is then we have the jelly-fish, spineless slackers, the pussy-foot pacifists--conscientious objectors, chicken hearted shirkers--and--"let George do it" fighters--coming down to the secret renegades--traitors, and Bolshevist anarchists and bomb throwers-- They have always been the curse of this Nation--the natural result,--as a rule--of the "Melting Pot" that does not melt--breeding a lot of mongrel curs and hybrids that should no longer be a part of our American life.

a state of individual psychological well-being based upon a sense of confidence and usefulness and purpose

From this reading The year of 1871 had been so full of incidents and far reaching results for the Fourth Cavalry and its new Colonel, Ranald S. Mackenzie, that it is somewhat difficult to go back into the dim vistas of that period and select the one incident, or absorbing event which would be either of greatest magnitude or afford the most thrilling interest-- This capture of ten deserters, however, under circumstances of more than ordinary importance, since it is believed to be the record capture ever made in the Military Department of Texas, or, perhaps for that matter, of any Military Department in the United States--came about as closely in touch with the writer's life as almost any other experience he ever had while serving as an officer of that regiment--including, as it did, terrible exposure, and unavoidable hardships and privations-- Like all of the other Cavalry regiments in our Army, which were then doing about three fourths of all the active, effective work--the work that disables or kills--in the subjugation of the savage tribes in the United States, driving them into Indian reservations, and rendering it possible for the frontier border to be settled, and civilization to be advanced to a point where it could feel safe from raids and bloody incursions, the Fourth U. S. Cavalry, notwithstanding its high morale and almost perfect state of discipline--had its share of desertions-- Was Mackenzie a "Martinet" Mackenzie was not a West Point "martinet", as that term is generally understood in our Army--but, from four wounds he had received, three in the Civil War, and one that year in the campaign against Quan-ah Parker, the Una-ha-da Comanche Chief--and almost criminal neglect of his own health, in his intensity of nature and purpose in prosecuting these arduous Indian campaigns--he had become more or less irritable, irascible, exacting--sometimes erratic, and frequently explosive-- This much may be said, however, it is certain that notwithstanding his physical condition, and his mental temperament resulting therefrom, he never sought to inflict an injury or punishment upon anybody unnecessarily--never became a petty or malicious persecutor, hounding a man into his grave--and when it became evident to him as well as to others that he had done any of his officers or men an act of injustice, nobody could have been more open, free and frank in his disavowal of that act, or quicker to apologize and render all the reparation possible in his power-- This applied to any and all down to the last Second Lieutenant and private soldier in the regiment-- One man never knows another so well, even intimately--as when he is thrown closely in contact with or lives and sleeps and eats with him-- The writer had done all with Mackenzie during a greater part of this period of 1871--having been his Post Adjutant twice--during Gen. Sherman's inspection in May, at the time of the massacre of Salt Creek Prairie, and prior to our Expedition of that year, and his Field Adjutant on his entire campaign in his abortive attempt to strike Kicking Bird's band of Ki-o-was before he could be stampeded into the Fort Sill Reservation--from May 1st until Oct.

(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree

From this reading The year of 1871 had been so full of incidents and far reaching results for the Fourth Cavalry and its new Colonel, Ranald S. Mackenzie, that it is somewhat difficult to go back into the dim vistas of that period and select the one incident, or absorbing event which would be either of greatest magnitude or afford the most thrilling interest-- This capture of ten deserters, however, under circumstances of more than ordinary importance, since it is believed to be the record capture ever made in the Military Department of Texas, or, perhaps for that matter, of any Military Department in the United States--came about as closely in touch with the writer's life as almost any other experience he ever had while serving as an officer of that regiment--including, as it did, terrible exposure, and unavoidable hardships and privations-- Like all of the other Cavalry regiments in our Army, which were then doing about three fourths of all the active, effective work--the work that disables or kills--in the subjugation of the savage tribes in the United States, driving them into Indian reservations, and rendering it possible for the frontier border to be settled, and civilization to be advanced to a point where it could feel safe from raids and bloody incursions, the Fourth U. S. Cavalry, notwithstanding its high morale and almost perfect state of discipline--had its share of desertions-- Was Mackenzie a "Martinet" Mackenzie was not a West Point "martinet", as that term is generally understood in our Army--but, from four wounds he had received, three in the Civil War, and one that year in the campaign against Quan-ah Parker, the Una-ha-da Comanche Chief--and almost criminal neglect of his own health, in his intensity of nature and purpose in prosecuting these arduous Indian campaigns--he had become more or less irritable, irascible, exacting--sometimes erratic, and frequently explosive-- This much may be said, however, it is certain that notwithstanding his physical condition, and his mental temperament resulting therefrom, he never sought to inflict an injury or punishment upon anybody unnecessarily--never became a petty or malicious persecutor, hounding a man into his grave--and when it became evident to him as well as to others that he had done any of his officers or men an act of injustice, nobody could have been more open, free and frank in his disavowal of that act, or quicker to apologize and render all the reparation possible in his power-- This applied to any and all down to the last Second Lieutenant and private soldier in the regiment-- One man never knows another so well, even intimately--as when he is thrown closely in contact with or lives and sleeps and eats with him-- The writer had done all with Mackenzie during a greater part of this period of 1871--having been his Post Adjutant twice--during Gen. Sherman's inspection in May, at the time of the massacre of Salt Creek Prairie, and prior to our Expedition of that year, and his Field Adjutant on his entire campaign in his abortive attempt to strike Kicking Bird's band of Ki-o-was before he could be stampeded into the Fort Sill Reservation--from May 1st until Oct.

used to form the superlative

From this reading The year of 1871 had been so full of incidents and far reaching results for the Fourth Cavalry and its new Colonel, Ranald S. Mackenzie, that it is somewhat difficult to go back into the dim vistas of that period and select the one incident, or absorbing event which would be either of greatest magnitude or afford the most thrilling interest-- This capture of ten deserters, however, under circumstances of more than ordinary importance, since it is believed to be the record capture ever made in the Military Department of Texas, or, perhaps for that matter, of any Military Department in the United States--came about as closely in touch with the writer's life as almost any other experience he ever had while serving as an officer of that regiment--including, as it did, terrible exposure, and unavoidable hardships and privations-- Like all of the other Cavalry regiments in our Army, which were then doing about three fourths of all the active, effective work--the work that disables or kills--in the subjugation of the savage tribes in the United States, driving them into Indian reservations, and rendering it possible for the frontier border to be settled, and civilization to be advanced to a point where it could feel safe from raids and bloody incursions, the Fourth U. S. Cavalry, notwithstanding its high morale and almost perfect state of discipline--had its share of desertions-- Was Mackenzie a "Martinet" Mackenzie was not a West Point "martinet", as that term is generally understood in our Army--but, from four wounds he had received, three in the Civil War, and one that year in the campaign against Quan-ah Parker, the Una-ha-da Comanche Chief--and almost criminal neglect of his own health, in his intensity of nature and purpose in prosecuting these arduous Indian campaigns--he had become more or less irritable, irascible, exacting--sometimes erratic, and frequently explosive-- This much may be said, however, it is certain that notwithstanding his physical condition, and his mental temperament resulting therefrom, he never sought to inflict an injury or punishment upon anybody unnecessarily--never became a petty or malicious persecutor, hounding a man into his grave--and when it became evident to him as well as to others that he had done any of his officers or men an act of injustice, nobody could have been more open, free and frank in his disavowal of that act, or quicker to apologize and render all the reparation possible in his power-- This applied to any and all down to the last Second Lieutenant and private soldier in the regiment-- One man never knows another so well, even intimately--as when he is thrown closely in contact with or lives and sleeps and eats with him-- The writer had done all with Mackenzie during a greater part of this period of 1871--having been his Post Adjutant twice--during Gen. Sherman's inspection in May, at the time of the massacre of Salt Creek Prairie, and prior to our Expedition of that year, and his Field Adjutant on his entire campaign in his abortive attempt to strike Kicking Bird's band of Ki-o-was before he could be stampeded into the Fort Sill Reservation--from May 1st until Oct.

to a great degree or extent

From this reading The year of 1871 had been so full of incidents and far reaching results for the Fourth Cavalry and its new Colonel, Ranald S. Mackenzie, that it is somewhat difficult to go back into the dim vistas of that period and select the one incident, or absorbing event which would be either of greatest magnitude or afford the most thrilling interest-- This capture of ten deserters, however, under circumstances of more than ordinary importance, since it is believed to be the record capture ever made in the Military Department of Texas, or, perhaps for that matter, of any Military Department in the United States--came about as closely in touch with the writer's life as almost any other experience he ever had while serving as an officer of that regiment--including, as it did, terrible exposure, and unavoidable hardships and privations-- Like all of the other Cavalry regiments in our Army, which were then doing about three fourths of all the active, effective work--the work that disables or kills--in the subjugation of the savage tribes in the United States, driving them into Indian reservations, and rendering it possible for the frontier border to be settled, and civilization to be advanced to a point where it could feel safe from raids and bloody incursions, the Fourth U. S. Cavalry, notwithstanding its high morale and almost perfect state of discipline--had its share of desertions-- Was Mackenzie a "Martinet" Mackenzie was not a West Point "martinet", as that term is generally understood in our Army--but, from four wounds he had received, three in the Civil War, and one that year in the campaign against Quan-ah Parker, the Una-ha-da Comanche Chief--and almost criminal neglect of his own health, in his intensity of nature and purpose in prosecuting these arduous Indian campaigns--he had become more or less irritable, irascible, exacting--sometimes erratic, and frequently explosive-- This much may be said, however, it is certain that notwithstanding his physical condition, and his mental temperament resulting therefrom, he never sought to inflict an injury or punishment upon anybody unnecessarily--never became a petty or malicious persecutor, hounding a man into his grave--and when it became evident to him as well as to others that he had done any of his officers or men an act of injustice, nobody could have been more open, free and frank in his disavowal of that act, or quicker to apologize and render all the reparation possible in his power-- This applied to any and all down to the last Second Lieutenant and private soldier in the regiment-- One man never knows another so well, even intimately--as when he is thrown closely in contact with or lives and sleeps and eats with him-- The writer had done all with Mackenzie during a greater part of this period of 1871--having been his Post Adjutant twice--during Gen. Sherman's inspection in May, at the time of the massacre of Salt Creek Prairie, and prior to our Expedition of that year, and his Field Adjutant on his entire campaign in his abortive attempt to strike Kicking Bird's band of Ki-o-was before he could be stampeded into the Fort Sill Reservation--from May 1st until Oct.

a politically organized body of people under a single government

From this reading Like "_death_ and _Taxes_," we have them with us always, especially in time of wars-- It is then the vultures abound-- It is then we have the jelly-fish, spineless slackers, the pussy-foot pacifists--conscientious objectors, chicken hearted shirkers--and--"let George do it" fighters--coming down to the secret renegades--traitors, and Bolshevist anarchists and bomb throwers-- They have always been the curse of this Nation--the natural result,--as a rule--of the "Melting Pot" that does not melt--breeding a lot of mongrel curs and hybrids that should no longer be a part of our American life.

in accordance with nature; relating to or concerning nature

From this reading Like "_death_ and _Taxes_," we have them with us always, especially in time of wars-- It is then the vultures abound-- It is then we have the jelly-fish, spineless slackers, the pussy-foot pacifists--conscientious objectors, chicken hearted shirkers--and--"let George do it" fighters--coming down to the secret renegades--traitors, and Bolshevist anarchists and bomb throwers-- They have always been the curse of this Nation--the natural result,--as a rule--of the "Melting Pot" that does not melt--breeding a lot of mongrel curs and hybrids that should no longer be a part of our American life.

the essential qualities or characteristics by which something is recognized

From this reading The year of 1871 had been so full of incidents and far reaching results for the Fourth Cavalry and its new Colonel, Ranald S. Mackenzie, that it is somewhat difficult to go back into the dim vistas of that period and select the one incident, or absorbing event which would be either of greatest magnitude or afford the most thrilling interest-- This capture of ten deserters, however, under circumstances of more than ordinary importance, since it is believed to be the record capture ever made in the Military Department of Texas, or, perhaps for that matter, of any Military Department in the United States--came about as closely in touch with the writer's life as almost any other experience he ever had while serving as an officer of that regiment--including, as it did, terrible exposure, and unavoidable hardships and privations-- Like all of the other Cavalry regiments in our Army, which were then doing about three fourths of all the active, effective work--the work that disables or kills--in the subjugation of the savage tribes in the United States, driving them into Indian reservations, and rendering it possible for the frontier border to be settled, and civilization to be advanced to a point where it could feel safe from raids and bloody incursions, the Fourth U. S. Cavalry, notwithstanding its high morale and almost perfect state of discipline--had its share of desertions-- Was Mackenzie a "Martinet" Mackenzie was not a West Point "martinet", as that term is generally understood in our Army--but, from four wounds he had received, three in the Civil War, and one that year in the campaign against Quan-ah Parker, the Una-ha-da Comanche Chief--and almost criminal neglect of his own health, in his intensity of nature and purpose in prosecuting these arduous Indian campaigns--he had become more or less irritable, irascible, exacting--sometimes erratic, and frequently explosive-- This much may be said, however, it is certain that notwithstanding his physical condition, and his mental temperament resulting therefrom, he never sought to inflict an injury or punishment upon anybody unnecessarily--never became a petty or malicious persecutor, hounding a man into his grave--and when it became evident to him as well as to others that he had done any of his officers or men an act of injustice, nobody could have been more open, free and frank in his disavowal of that act, or quicker to apologize and render all the reparation possible in his power-- This applied to any and all down to the last Second Lieutenant and private soldier in the regiment-- One man never knows another so well, even intimately--as when he is thrown closely in contact with or lives and sleeps and eats with him-- The writer had done all with Mackenzie during a greater part of this period of 1871--having been his Post Adjutant twice--during Gen. Sherman's inspection in May, at the time of the massacre of Salt Creek Prairie, and prior to our Expedition of that year, and his Field Adjutant on his entire campaign in his abortive attempt to strike Kicking Bird's band of Ki-o-was before he could be stampeded into the Fort Sill Reservation--from May 1st until Oct.

absolutely essential

From this reading 3--I had got to know him very well-- Causes for Desertion Both officers and men had been under a terrific high-keyed pressure--a very great mental and physical strain, almost to the breaking point; were tired and dispirited because the results and the hard work performed, had not justified their expectations and because they could not then see any immediate relief from the performance of such exacting duty-- The pace had been a little too fast even for the Fourth Cavalry-- Much of the spirit and enthusiasm for such unremunerative work was at a very low ebb-- While it had not yet approached a complete discouragement, it was a condition of supreme disgust and contempt at the methods employed-- They felt that with the Government at Washington nullifying and rendering most of their hard labor abortive, that success in those long, weary and extremely exhausting Indian campaigns was not so much dependent upon their absolute loyalty to duty and perfect willingness to sacrifice themselves when necessary in achieving results, as upon the paralyzing acts and influence of the "Indian Ring" in Washington and the ever changing political cesspools of a politically ridden country-- They wanted to see the tangible results or fruits of such terribly hard service and to feel that such hardships, privations and sacrifices as they had experienced, had not been in vain or wasted by a gang of cold blooded, unscrupulous plunderers and grafters remote from the scene of these border activities.

leave undone or leave out

From this reading The year of 1871 had been so full of incidents and far reaching results for the Fourth Cavalry and its new Colonel, Ranald S. Mackenzie, that it is somewhat difficult to go back into the dim vistas of that period and select the one incident, or absorbing event which would be either of greatest magnitude or afford the most thrilling interest-- This capture of ten deserters, however, under circumstances of more than ordinary importance, since it is believed to be the record capture ever made in the Military Department of Texas, or, perhaps for that matter, of any Military Department in the United States--came about as closely in touch with the writer's life as almost any other experience he ever had while serving as an officer of that regiment--including, as it did, terrible exposure, and unavoidable hardships and privations-- Like all of the other Cavalry regiments in our Army, which were then doing about three fourths of all the active, effective work--the work that disables or kills--in the subjugation of the savage tribes in the United States, driving them into Indian reservations, and rendering it possible for the frontier border to be settled, and civilization to be advanced to a point where it could feel safe from raids and bloody incursions, the Fourth U. S. Cavalry, notwithstanding its high morale and almost perfect state of discipline--had its share of desertions-- Was Mackenzie a "Martinet" Mackenzie was not a West Point "martinet", as that term is generally understood in our Army--but, from four wounds he had received, three in the Civil War, and one that year in the campaign against Quan-ah Parker, the Una-ha-da Comanche Chief--and almost criminal neglect of his own health, in his intensity of nature and purpose in prosecuting these arduous Indian campaigns--he had become more or less irritable, irascible, exacting--sometimes erratic, and frequently explosive-- This much may be said, however, it is certain that notwithstanding his physical condition, and his mental temperament resulting therefrom, he never sought to inflict an injury or punishment upon anybody unnecessarily--never became a petty or malicious persecutor, hounding a man into his grave--and when it became evident to him as well as to others that he had done any of his officers or men an act of injustice, nobody could have been more open, free and frank in his disavowal of that act, or quicker to apologize and render all the reparation possible in his power-- This applied to any and all down to the last Second Lieutenant and private soldier in the regiment-- One man never knows another so well, even intimately--as when he is thrown closely in contact with or lives and sleeps and eats with him-- The writer had done all with Mackenzie during a greater part of this period of 1871--having been his Post Adjutant twice--during Gen. Sherman's inspection in May, at the time of the massacre of Salt Creek Prairie, and prior to our Expedition of that year, and his Field Adjutant on his entire campaign in his abortive attempt to strike Kicking Bird's band of Ki-o-was before he could be stampeded into the Fort Sill Reservation--from May 1st until Oct.

not ever; at no time in the past or future

From this reading The year of 1871 had been so full of incidents and far reaching results for the Fourth Cavalry and its new Colonel, Ranald S. Mackenzie, that it is somewhat difficult to go back into the dim vistas of that period and select the one incident, or absorbing event which would be either of greatest magnitude or afford the most thrilling interest-- This capture of ten deserters, however, under circumstances of more than ordinary importance, since it is believed to be the record capture ever made in the Military Department of Texas, or, perhaps for that matter, of any Military Department in the United States--came about as closely in touch with the writer's life as almost any other experience he ever had while serving as an officer of that regiment--including, as it did, terrible exposure, and unavoidable hardships and privations-- Like all of the other Cavalry regiments in our Army, which were then doing about three fourths of all the active, effective work--the work that disables or kills--in the subjugation of the savage tribes in the United States, driving them into Indian reservations, and rendering it possible for the frontier border to be settled, and civilization to be advanced to a point where it could feel safe from raids and bloody incursions, the Fourth U. S. Cavalry, notwithstanding its high morale and almost perfect state of discipline--had its share of desertions-- Was Mackenzie a "Martinet" Mackenzie was not a West Point "martinet", as that term is generally understood in our Army--but, from four wounds he had received, three in the Civil War, and one that year in the campaign against Quan-ah Parker, the Una-ha-da Comanche Chief--and almost criminal neglect of his own health, in his intensity of nature and purpose in prosecuting these arduous Indian campaigns--he had become more or less irritable, irascible, exacting--sometimes erratic, and frequently explosive-- This much may be said, however, it is certain that notwithstanding his physical condition, and his mental temperament resulting therefrom, he never sought to inflict an injury or punishment upon anybody unnecessarily--never became a petty or malicious persecutor, hounding a man into his grave--and when it became evident to him as well as to others that he had done any of his officers or men an act of injustice, nobody could have been more open, free and frank in his disavowal of that act, or quicker to apologize and render all the reparation possible in his power-- This applied to any and all down to the last Second Lieutenant and private soldier in the regiment-- One man never knows another so well, even intimately--as when he is thrown closely in contact with or lives and sleeps and eats with him-- The writer had done all with Mackenzie during a greater part of this period of 1871--having been his Post Adjutant twice--during Gen. Sherman's inspection in May, at the time of the massacre of Salt Creek Prairie, and prior to our Expedition of that year, and his Field Adjutant on his entire campaign in his abortive attempt to strike Kicking Bird's band of Ki-o-was before he could be stampeded into the Fort Sill Reservation--from May 1st until Oct.

not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered

From this reading The year of 1871 had been so full of incidents and far reaching results for the Fourth Cavalry and its new Colonel, Ranald S. Mackenzie, that it is somewhat difficult to go back into the dim vistas of that period and select the one incident, or absorbing event which would be either of greatest magnitude or afford the most thrilling interest-- This capture of ten deserters, however, under circumstances of more than ordinary importance, since it is believed to be the record capture ever made in the Military Department of Texas, or, perhaps for that matter, of any Military Department in the United States--came about as closely in touch with the writer's life as almost any other experience he ever had while serving as an officer of that regiment--including, as it did, terrible exposure, and unavoidable hardships and privations-- Like all of the other Cavalry regiments in our Army, which were then doing about three fourths of all the active, effective work--the work that disables or kills--in the subjugation of the savage tribes in the United States, driving them into Indian reservations, and rendering it possible for the frontier border to be settled, and civilization to be advanced to a point where it could feel safe from raids and bloody incursions, the Fourth U. S. Cavalry, notwithstanding its high morale and almost perfect state of discipline--had its share of desertions-- Was Mackenzie a "Martinet" Mackenzie was not a West Point "martinet", as that term is generally understood in our Army--but, from four wounds he had received, three in the Civil War, and one that year in the campaign against Quan-ah Parker, the Una-ha-da Comanche Chief--and almost criminal neglect of his own health, in his intensity of nature and purpose in prosecuting these arduous Indian campaigns--he had become more or less irritable, irascible, exacting--sometimes erratic, and frequently explosive-- This much may be said, however, it is certain that notwithstanding his physical condition, and his mental temperament resulting therefrom, he never sought to inflict an injury or punishment upon anybody unnecessarily--never became a petty or malicious persecutor, hounding a man into his grave--and when it became evident to him as well as to others that he had done any of his officers or men an act of injustice, nobody could have been more open, free and frank in his disavowal of that act, or quicker to apologize and render all the reparation possible in his power-- This applied to any and all down to the last Second Lieutenant and private soldier in the regiment-- One man never knows another so well, even intimately--as when he is thrown closely in contact with or lives and sleeps and eats with him-- The writer had done all with Mackenzie during a greater part of this period of 1871--having been his Post Adjutant twice--during Gen. Sherman's inspection in May, at the time of the massacre of Salt Creek Prairie, and prior to our Expedition of that year, and his Field Adjutant on his entire campaign in his abortive attempt to strike Kicking Bird's band of Ki-o-was before he could be stampeded into the Fort Sill Reservation--from May 1st until Oct.

not any; not one

From this reading Like "_death_ and _Taxes_," we have them with us always, especially in time of wars-- It is then the vultures abound-- It is then we have the jelly-fish, spineless slackers, the pussy-foot pacifists--conscientious objectors, chicken hearted shirkers--and--"let George do it" fighters--coming down to the secret renegades--traitors, and Bolshevist anarchists and bomb throwers-- They have always been the curse of this Nation--the natural result,--as a rule--of the "Melting Pot" that does not melt--breeding a lot of mongrel curs and hybrids that should no longer be a part of our American life.

no person; not anyone

From this reading The year of 1871 had been so full of incidents and far reaching results for the Fourth Cavalry and its new Colonel, Ranald S. Mackenzie, that it is somewhat difficult to go back into the dim vistas of that period and select the one incident, or absorbing event which would be either of greatest magnitude or afford the most thrilling interest-- This capture of ten deserters, however, under circumstances of more than ordinary importance, since it is believed to be the record capture ever made in the Military Department of Texas, or, perhaps for that matter, of any Military Department in the United States--came about as closely in touch with the writer's life as almost any other experience he ever had while serving as an officer of that regiment--including, as it did, terrible exposure, and unavoidable hardships and privations-- Like all of the other Cavalry regiments in our Army, which were then doing about three fourths of all the active, effective work--the work that disables or kills--in the subjugation of the savage tribes in the United States, driving them into Indian reservations, and rendering it possible for the frontier border to be settled, and civilization to be advanced to a point where it could feel safe from raids and bloody incursions, the Fourth U. S. Cavalry, notwithstanding its high morale and almost perfect state of discipline--had its share of desertions-- Was Mackenzie a "Martinet" Mackenzie was not a West Point "martinet", as that term is generally understood in our Army--but, from four wounds he had received, three in the Civil War, and one that year in the campaign against Quan-ah Parker, the Una-ha-da Comanche Chief--and almost criminal neglect of his own health, in his intensity of nature and purpose in prosecuting these arduous Indian campaigns--he had become more or less irritable, irascible, exacting--sometimes erratic, and frequently explosive-- This much may be said, however, it is certain that notwithstanding his physical condition, and his mental temperament resulting therefrom, he never sought to inflict an injury or punishment upon anybody unnecessarily--never became a petty or malicious persecutor, hounding a man into his grave--and when it became evident to him as well as to others that he had done any of his officers or men an act of injustice, nobody could have been more open, free and frank in his disavowal of that act, or quicker to apologize and render all the reparation possible in his power-- This applied to any and all down to the last Second Lieutenant and private soldier in the regiment-- One man never knows another so well, even intimately--as when he is thrown closely in contact with or lives and sleeps and eats with him-- The writer had done all with Mackenzie during a greater part of this period of 1871--having been his Post Adjutant twice--during Gen. Sherman's inspection in May, at the time of the massacre of Salt Creek Prairie, and prior to our Expedition of that year, and his Field Adjutant on his entire campaign in his abortive attempt to strike Kicking Bird's band of Ki-o-was before he could be stampeded into the Fort Sill Reservation--from May 1st until Oct.

used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative

From this reading The year of 1871 had been so full of incidents and far reaching results for the Fourth Cavalry and its new Colonel, Ranald S. Mackenzie, that it is somewhat difficult to go back into the dim vistas of that period and select the one incident, or absorbing event which would be either of greatest magnitude or afford the most thrilling interest-- This capture of ten deserters, however, under circumstances of more than ordinary importance, since it is believed to be the record capture ever made in the Military Department of Texas, or, perhaps for that matter, of any Military Department in the United States--came about as closely in touch with the writer's life as almost any other experience he ever had while serving as an officer of that regiment--including, as it did, terrible exposure, and unavoidable hardships and privations-- Like all of the other Cavalry regiments in our Army, which were then doing about three fourths of all the active, effective work--the work that disables or kills--in the subjugation of the savage tribes in the United States, driving them into Indian reservations, and rendering it possible for the frontier border to be settled, and civilization to be advanced to a point where it could feel safe from raids and bloody incursions, the Fourth U. S. Cavalry, notwithstanding its high morale and almost perfect state of discipline--had its share of desertions-- Was Mackenzie a "Martinet" Mackenzie was not a West Point "martinet", as that term is generally understood in our Army--but, from four wounds he had received, three in the Civil War, and one that year in the campaign against Quan-ah Parker, the Una-ha-da Comanche Chief--and almost criminal neglect of his own health, in his intensity of nature and purpose in prosecuting these arduous Indian campaigns--he had become more or less irritable, irascible, exacting--sometimes erratic, and frequently explosive-- This much may be said, however, it is certain that notwithstanding his physical condition, and his mental temperament resulting therefrom, he never sought to inflict an injury or punishment upon anybody unnecessarily--never became a petty or malicious persecutor, hounding a man into his grave--and when it became evident to him as well as to others that he had done any of his officers or men an act of injustice, nobody could have been more open, free and frank in his disavowal of that act, or quicker to apologize and render all the reparation possible in his power-- This applied to any and all down to the last Second Lieutenant and private soldier in the regiment-- One man never knows another so well, even intimately--as when he is thrown closely in contact with or lives and sleeps and eats with him-- The writer had done all with Mackenzie during a greater part of this period of 1871--having been his Post Adjutant twice--during Gen. Sherman's inspection in May, at the time of the massacre of Salt Creek Prairie, and prior to our Expedition of that year, and his Field Adjutant on his entire campaign in his abortive attempt to strike Kicking Bird's band of Ki-o-was before he could be stampeded into the Fort Sill Reservation--from May 1st until Oct.

despite anything to the contrary (usually preceding a concession)

From this reading The year of 1871 had been so full of incidents and far reaching results for the Fourth Cavalry and its new Colonel, Ranald S. Mackenzie, that it is somewhat difficult to go back into the dim vistas of that period and select the one incident, or absorbing event which would be either of greatest magnitude or afford the most thrilling interest-- This capture of ten deserters, however, under circumstances of more than ordinary importance, since it is believed to be the record capture ever made in the Military Department of Texas, or, perhaps for that matter, of any Military Department in the United States--came about as closely in touch with the writer's life as almost any other experience he ever had while serving as an officer of that regiment--including, as it did, terrible exposure, and unavoidable hardships and privations-- Like all of the other Cavalry regiments in our Army, which were then doing about three fourths of all the active, effective work--the work that disables or kills--in the subjugation of the savage tribes in the United States, driving them into Indian reservations, and rendering it possible for the frontier border to be settled, and civilization to be advanced to a point where it could feel safe from raids and bloody incursions, the Fourth U. S. Cavalry, notwithstanding its high morale and almost perfect state of discipline--had its share of desertions-- Was Mackenzie a "Martinet" Mackenzie was not a West Point "martinet", as that term is generally understood in our Army--but, from four wounds he had received, three in the Civil War, and one that year in the campaign against Quan-ah Parker, the Una-ha-da Comanche Chief--and almost criminal neglect of his own health, in his intensity of nature and purpose in prosecuting these arduous Indian campaigns--he had become more or less irritable, irascible, exacting--sometimes erratic, and frequently explosive-- This much may be said, however, it is certain that notwithstanding his physical condition, and his mental temperament resulting therefrom, he never sought to inflict an injury or punishment upon anybody unnecessarily--never became a petty or malicious persecutor, hounding a man into his grave--and when it became evident to him as well as to others that he had done any of his officers or men an act of injustice, nobody could have been more open, free and frank in his disavowal of that act, or quicker to apologize and render all the reparation possible in his power-- This applied to any and all down to the last Second Lieutenant and private soldier in the regiment-- One man never knows another so well, even intimately--as when he is thrown closely in contact with or lives and sleeps and eats with him-- The writer had done all with Mackenzie during a greater part of this period of 1871--having been his Post Adjutant twice--during Gen. Sherman's inspection in May, at the time of the massacre of Salt Creek Prairie, and prior to our Expedition of that year, and his Field Adjutant on his entire campaign in his abortive attempt to strike Kicking Bird's band of Ki-o-was before he could be stampeded into the Fort Sill Reservation--from May 1st until Oct.

in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events

From this reading We have but recently passed through a similar experience with the same class--in fact are doing it now.

-ing form of “nullify” — declare invalid

From this reading 3--I had got to know him very well-- Causes for Desertion Both officers and men had been under a terrific high-keyed pressure--a very great mental and physical strain, almost to the breaking point; were tired and dispirited because the results and the hard work performed, had not justified their expectations and because they could not then see any immediate relief from the performance of such exacting duty-- The pace had been a little too fast even for the Fourth Cavalry-- Much of the spirit and enthusiasm for such unremunerative work was at a very low ebb-- While it had not yet approached a complete discouragement, it was a condition of supreme disgust and contempt at the methods employed-- They felt that with the Government at Washington nullifying and rendering most of their hard labor abortive, that success in those long, weary and extremely exhausting Indian campaigns was not so much dependent upon their absolute loyalty to duty and perfect willingness to sacrifice themselves when necessary in achieving results, as upon the paralyzing acts and influence of the "Indian Ring" in Washington and the ever changing political cesspools of a politically ridden country-- They wanted to see the tangible results or fruits of such terribly hard service and to feel that such hardships, privations and sacrifices as they had experienced, had not been in vain or wasted by a gang of cold blooded, unscrupulous plunderers and grafters remote from the scene of these border activities.

plural of “objector” — a person who dissents from some established policy

From this reading Like "_death_ and _Taxes_," we have them with us always, especially in time of wars-- It is then the vultures abound-- It is then we have the jelly-fish, spineless slackers, the pussy-foot pacifists--conscientious objectors, chicken hearted shirkers--and--"let George do it" fighters--coming down to the secret renegades--traitors, and Bolshevist anarchists and bomb throwers-- They have always been the curse of this Nation--the natural result,--as a rule--of the "Melting Pot" that does not melt--breeding a lot of mongrel curs and hybrids that should no longer be a part of our American life.

the month following September and preceding November

From this reading The year of 1871 had been so full of incidents and far reaching results for the Fourth Cavalry and its new Colonel, Ranald S. Mackenzie, that it is somewhat difficult to go back into the dim vistas of that period and select the one incident, or absorbing event which would be either of greatest magnitude or afford the most thrilling interest-- This capture of ten deserters, however, under circumstances of more than ordinary importance, since it is believed to be the record capture ever made in the Military Department of Texas, or, perhaps for that matter, of any Military Department in the United States--came about as closely in touch with the writer's life as almost any other experience he ever had while serving as an officer of that regiment--including, as it did, terrible exposure, and unavoidable hardships and privations-- Like all of the other Cavalry regiments in our Army, which were then doing about three fourths of all the active, effective work--the work that disables or kills--in the subjugation of the savage tribes in the United States, driving them into Indian reservations, and rendering it possible for the frontier border to be settled, and civilization to be advanced to a point where it could feel safe from raids and bloody incursions, the Fourth U. S. Cavalry, notwithstanding its high morale and almost perfect state of discipline--had its share of desertions-- Was Mackenzie a "Martinet" Mackenzie was not a West Point "martinet", as that term is generally understood in our Army--but, from four wounds he had received, three in the Civil War, and one that year in the campaign against Quan-ah Parker, the Una-ha-da Comanche Chief--and almost criminal neglect of his own health, in his intensity of nature and purpose in prosecuting these arduous Indian campaigns--he had become more or less irritable, irascible, exacting--sometimes erratic, and frequently explosive-- This much may be said, however, it is certain that notwithstanding his physical condition, and his mental temperament resulting therefrom, he never sought to inflict an injury or punishment upon anybody unnecessarily--never became a petty or malicious persecutor, hounding a man into his grave--and when it became evident to him as well as to others that he had done any of his officers or men an act of injustice, nobody could have been more open, free and frank in his disavowal of that act, or quicker to apologize and render all the reparation possible in his power-- This applied to any and all down to the last Second Lieutenant and private soldier in the regiment-- One man never knows another so well, even intimately--as when he is thrown closely in contact with or lives and sleeps and eats with him-- The writer had done all with Mackenzie during a greater part of this period of 1871--having been his Post Adjutant twice--during Gen. Sherman's inspection in May, at the time of the massacre of Salt Creek Prairie, and prior to our Expedition of that year, and his Field Adjutant on his entire campaign in his abortive attempt to strike Kicking Bird's band of Ki-o-was before he could be stampeded into the Fort Sill Reservation--from May 1st until Oct.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading _By_ Captain Robert Goldthwaite Carter U. S. ARMY On The Trail of Deserters.

any person in the armed services who holds a position of authority or command

From this reading The year of 1871 had been so full of incidents and far reaching results for the Fourth Cavalry and its new Colonel, Ranald S. Mackenzie, that it is somewhat difficult to go back into the dim vistas of that period and select the one incident, or absorbing event which would be either of greatest magnitude or afford the most thrilling interest-- This capture of ten deserters, however, under circumstances of more than ordinary importance, since it is believed to be the record capture ever made in the Military Department of Texas, or, perhaps for that matter, of any Military Department in the United States--came about as closely in touch with the writer's life as almost any other experience he ever had while serving as an officer of that regiment--including, as it did, terrible exposure, and unavoidable hardships and privations-- Like all of the other Cavalry regiments in our Army, which were then doing about three fourths of all the active, effective work--the work that disables or kills--in the subjugation of the savage tribes in the United States, driving them into Indian reservations, and rendering it possible for the frontier border to be settled, and civilization to be advanced to a point where it could feel safe from raids and bloody incursions, the Fourth U. S. Cavalry, notwithstanding its high morale and almost perfect state of discipline--had its share of desertions-- Was Mackenzie a "Martinet" Mackenzie was not a West Point "martinet", as that term is generally understood in our Army--but, from four wounds he had received, three in the Civil War, and one that year in the campaign against Quan-ah Parker, the Una-ha-da Comanche Chief--and almost criminal neglect of his own health, in his intensity of nature and purpose in prosecuting these arduous Indian campaigns--he had become more or less irritable, irascible, exacting--sometimes erratic, and frequently explosive-- This much may be said, however, it is certain that notwithstanding his physical condition, and his mental temperament resulting therefrom, he never sought to inflict an injury or punishment upon anybody unnecessarily--never became a petty or malicious persecutor, hounding a man into his grave--and when it became evident to him as well as to others that he had done any of his officers or men an act of injustice, nobody could have been more open, free and frank in his disavowal of that act, or quicker to apologize and render all the reparation possible in his power-- This applied to any and all down to the last Second Lieutenant and private soldier in the regiment-- One man never knows another so well, even intimately--as when he is thrown closely in contact with or lives and sleeps and eats with him-- The writer had done all with Mackenzie during a greater part of this period of 1871--having been his Post Adjutant twice--during Gen. Sherman's inspection in May, at the time of the massacre of Salt Creek Prairie, and prior to our Expedition of that year, and his Field Adjutant on his entire campaign in his abortive attempt to strike Kicking Bird's band of Ki-o-was before he could be stampeded into the Fort Sill Reservation--from May 1st until Oct.

plural of “officer” — any person in the armed services who holds a position of authority or command

From this reading The year of 1871 had been so full of incidents and far reaching results for the Fourth Cavalry and its new Colonel, Ranald S. Mackenzie, that it is somewhat difficult to go back into the dim vistas of that period and select the one incident, or absorbing event which would be either of greatest magnitude or afford the most thrilling interest-- This capture of ten deserters, however, under circumstances of more than ordinary importance, since it is believed to be the record capture ever made in the Military Department of Texas, or, perhaps for that matter, of any Military Department in the United States--came about as closely in touch with the writer's life as almost any other experience he ever had while serving as an officer of that regiment--including, as it did, terrible exposure, and unavoidable hardships and privations-- Like all of the other Cavalry regiments in our Army, which were then doing about three fourths of all the active, effective work--the work that disables or kills--in the subjugation of the savage tribes in the United States, driving them into Indian reservations, and rendering it possible for the frontier border to be settled, and civilization to be advanced to a point where it could feel safe from raids and bloody incursions, the Fourth U. S. Cavalry, notwithstanding its high morale and almost perfect state of discipline--had its share of desertions-- Was Mackenzie a "Martinet" Mackenzie was not a West Point "martinet", as that term is generally understood in our Army--but, from four wounds he had received, three in the Civil War, and one that year in the campaign against Quan-ah Parker, the Una-ha-da Comanche Chief--and almost criminal neglect of his own health, in his intensity of nature and purpose in prosecuting these arduous Indian campaigns--he had become more or less irritable, irascible, exacting--sometimes erratic, and frequently explosive-- This much may be said, however, it is certain that notwithstanding his physical condition, and his mental temperament resulting therefrom, he never sought to inflict an injury or punishment upon anybody unnecessarily--never became a petty or malicious persecutor, hounding a man into his grave--and when it became evident to him as well as to others that he had done any of his officers or men an act of injustice, nobody could have been more open, free and frank in his disavowal of that act, or quicker to apologize and render all the reparation possible in his power-- This applied to any and all down to the last Second Lieutenant and private soldier in the regiment-- One man never knows another so well, even intimately--as when he is thrown closely in contact with or lives and sleeps and eats with him-- The writer had done all with Mackenzie during a greater part of this period of 1871--having been his Post Adjutant twice--during Gen. Sherman's inspection in May, at the time of the massacre of Salt Creek Prairie, and prior to our Expedition of that year, and his Field Adjutant on his entire campaign in his abortive attempt to strike Kicking Bird's band of Ki-o-was before he could be stampeded into the Fort Sill Reservation--from May 1st until Oct.

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading _By_ Captain Robert Goldthwaite Carter U. S. ARMY On The Trail of Deserters.

used to mean any person in general, including the speaker

From this reading The year of 1871 had been so full of incidents and far reaching results for the Fourth Cavalry and its new Colonel, Ranald S. Mackenzie, that it is somewhat difficult to go back into the dim vistas of that period and select the one incident, or absorbing event which would be either of greatest magnitude or afford the most thrilling interest-- This capture of ten deserters, however, under circumstances of more than ordinary importance, since it is believed to be the record capture ever made in the Military Department of Texas, or, perhaps for that matter, of any Military Department in the United States--came about as closely in touch with the writer's life as almost any other experience he ever had while serving as an officer of that regiment--including, as it did, terrible exposure, and unavoidable hardships and privations-- Like all of the other Cavalry regiments in our Army, which were then doing about three fourths of all the active, effective work--the work that disables or kills--in the subjugation of the savage tribes in the United States, driving them into Indian reservations, and rendering it possible for the frontier border to be settled, and civilization to be advanced to a point where it could feel safe from raids and bloody incursions, the Fourth U. S. Cavalry, notwithstanding its high morale and almost perfect state of discipline--had its share of desertions-- Was Mackenzie a "Martinet" Mackenzie was not a West Point "martinet", as that term is generally understood in our Army--but, from four wounds he had received, three in the Civil War, and one that year in the campaign against Quan-ah Parker, the Una-ha-da Comanche Chief--and almost criminal neglect of his own health, in his intensity of nature and purpose in prosecuting these arduous Indian campaigns--he had become more or less irritable, irascible, exacting--sometimes erratic, and frequently explosive-- This much may be said, however, it is certain that notwithstanding his physical condition, and his mental temperament resulting therefrom, he never sought to inflict an injury or punishment upon anybody unnecessarily--never became a petty or malicious persecutor, hounding a man into his grave--and when it became evident to him as well as to others that he had done any of his officers or men an act of injustice, nobody could have been more open, free and frank in his disavowal of that act, or quicker to apologize and render all the reparation possible in his power-- This applied to any and all down to the last Second Lieutenant and private soldier in the regiment-- One man never knows another so well, even intimately--as when he is thrown closely in contact with or lives and sleeps and eats with him-- The writer had done all with Mackenzie during a greater part of this period of 1871--having been his Post Adjutant twice--during Gen. Sherman's inspection in May, at the time of the massacre of Salt Creek Prairie, and prior to our Expedition of that year, and his Field Adjutant on his entire campaign in his abortive attempt to strike Kicking Bird's band of Ki-o-was before he could be stampeded into the Fort Sill Reservation--from May 1st until Oct.

To move from a closed position.

From this reading The year of 1871 had been so full of incidents and far reaching results for the Fourth Cavalry and its new Colonel, Ranald S. Mackenzie, that it is somewhat difficult to go back into the dim vistas of that period and select the one incident, or absorbing event which would be either of greatest magnitude or afford the most thrilling interest-- This capture of ten deserters, however, under circumstances of more than ordinary importance, since it is believed to be the record capture ever made in the Military Department of Texas, or, perhaps for that matter, of any Military Department in the United States--came about as closely in touch with the writer's life as almost any other experience he ever had while serving as an officer of that regiment--including, as it did, terrible exposure, and unavoidable hardships and privations-- Like all of the other Cavalry regiments in our Army, which were then doing about three fourths of all the active, effective work--the work that disables or kills--in the subjugation of the savage tribes in the United States, driving them into Indian reservations, and rendering it possible for the frontier border to be settled, and civilization to be advanced to a point where it could feel safe from raids and bloody incursions, the Fourth U. S. Cavalry, notwithstanding its high morale and almost perfect state of discipline--had its share of desertions-- Was Mackenzie a "Martinet" Mackenzie was not a West Point "martinet", as that term is generally understood in our Army--but, from four wounds he had received, three in the Civil War, and one that year in the campaign against Quan-ah Parker, the Una-ha-da Comanche Chief--and almost criminal neglect of his own health, in his intensity of nature and purpose in prosecuting these arduous Indian campaigns--he had become more or less irritable, irascible, exacting--sometimes erratic, and frequently explosive-- This much may be said, however, it is certain that notwithstanding his physical condition, and his mental temperament resulting therefrom, he never sought to inflict an injury or punishment upon anybody unnecessarily--never became a petty or malicious persecutor, hounding a man into his grave--and when it became evident to him as well as to others that he had done any of his officers or men an act of injustice, nobody could have been more open, free and frank in his disavowal of that act, or quicker to apologize and render all the reparation possible in his power-- This applied to any and all down to the last Second Lieutenant and private soldier in the regiment-- One man never knows another so well, even intimately--as when he is thrown closely in contact with or lives and sleeps and eats with him-- The writer had done all with Mackenzie during a greater part of this period of 1871--having been his Post Adjutant twice--during Gen. Sherman's inspection in May, at the time of the massacre of Salt Creek Prairie, and prior to our Expedition of that year, and his Field Adjutant on his entire campaign in his abortive attempt to strike Kicking Bird's band of Ki-o-was before he could be stampeded into the Fort Sill Reservation--from May 1st until Oct.

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From this reading The year of 1871 had been so full of incidents and far reaching results for the Fourth Cavalry and its new Colonel, Ranald S. Mackenzie, that it is somewhat difficult to go back into the dim vistas of that period and select the one incident, or absorbing event which would be either of greatest magnitude or afford the most thrilling interest-- This capture of ten deserters, however, under circumstances of more than ordinary importance, since it is believed to be the record capture ever made in the Military Department of Texas, or, perhaps for that matter, of any Military Department in the United States--came about as closely in touch with the writer's life as almost any other experience he ever had while serving as an officer of that regiment--including, as it did, terrible exposure, and unavoidable hardships and privations-- Like all of the other Cavalry regiments in our Army, which were then doing about three fourths of all the active, effective work--the work that disables or kills--in the subjugation of the savage tribes in the United States, driving them into Indian reservations, and rendering it possible for the frontier border to be settled, and civilization to be advanced to a point where it could feel safe from raids and bloody incursions, the Fourth U. S. Cavalry, notwithstanding its high morale and almost perfect state of discipline--had its share of desertions-- Was Mackenzie a "Martinet" Mackenzie was not a West Point "martinet", as that term is generally understood in our Army--but, from four wounds he had received, three in the Civil War, and one that year in the campaign against Quan-ah Parker, the Una-ha-da Comanche Chief--and almost criminal neglect of his own health, in his intensity of nature and purpose in prosecuting these arduous Indian campaigns--he had become more or less irritable, irascible, exacting--sometimes erratic, and frequently explosive-- This much may be said, however, it is certain that notwithstanding his physical condition, and his mental temperament resulting therefrom, he never sought to inflict an injury or punishment upon anybody unnecessarily--never became a petty or malicious persecutor, hounding a man into his grave--and when it became evident to him as well as to others that he had done any of his officers or men an act of injustice, nobody could have been more open, free and frank in his disavowal of that act, or quicker to apologize and render all the reparation possible in his power-- This applied to any and all down to the last Second Lieutenant and private soldier in the regiment-- One man never knows another so well, even intimately--as when he is thrown closely in contact with or lives and sleeps and eats with him-- The writer had done all with Mackenzie during a greater part of this period of 1871--having been his Post Adjutant twice--during Gen. Sherman's inspection in May, at the time of the massacre of Salt Creek Prairie, and prior to our Expedition of that year, and his Field Adjutant on his entire campaign in his abortive attempt to strike Kicking Bird's band of Ki-o-was before he could be stampeded into the Fort Sill Reservation--from May 1st until Oct.

a judge of a probate court

From this reading The year of 1871 had been so full of incidents and far reaching results for the Fourth Cavalry and its new Colonel, Ranald S. Mackenzie, that it is somewhat difficult to go back into the dim vistas of that period and select the one incident, or absorbing event which would be either of greatest magnitude or afford the most thrilling interest-- This capture of ten deserters, however, under circumstances of more than ordinary importance, since it is believed to be the record capture ever made in the Military Department of Texas, or, perhaps for that matter, of any Military Department in the United States--came about as closely in touch with the writer's life as almost any other experience he ever had while serving as an officer of that regiment--including, as it did, terrible exposure, and unavoidable hardships and privations-- Like all of the other Cavalry regiments in our Army, which were then doing about three fourths of all the active, effective work--the work that disables or kills--in the subjugation of the savage tribes in the United States, driving them into Indian reservations, and rendering it possible for the frontier border to be settled, and civilization to be advanced to a point where it could feel safe from raids and bloody incursions, the Fourth U. S. Cavalry, notwithstanding its high morale and almost perfect state of discipline--had its share of desertions-- Was Mackenzie a "Martinet" Mackenzie was not a West Point "martinet", as that term is generally understood in our Army--but, from four wounds he had received, three in the Civil War, and one that year in the campaign against Quan-ah Parker, the Una-ha-da Comanche Chief--and almost criminal neglect of his own health, in his intensity of nature and purpose in prosecuting these arduous Indian campaigns--he had become more or less irritable, irascible, exacting--sometimes erratic, and frequently explosive-- This much may be said, however, it is certain that notwithstanding his physical condition, and his mental temperament resulting therefrom, he never sought to inflict an injury or punishment upon anybody unnecessarily--never became a petty or malicious persecutor, hounding a man into his grave--and when it became evident to him as well as to others that he had done any of his officers or men an act of injustice, nobody could have been more open, free and frank in his disavowal of that act, or quicker to apologize and render all the reparation possible in his power-- This applied to any and all down to the last Second Lieutenant and private soldier in the regiment-- One man never knows another so well, even intimately--as when he is thrown closely in contact with or lives and sleeps and eats with him-- The writer had done all with Mackenzie during a greater part of this period of 1871--having been his Post Adjutant twice--during Gen. Sherman's inspection in May, at the time of the massacre of Salt Creek Prairie, and prior to our Expedition of that year, and his Field Adjutant on his entire campaign in his abortive attempt to strike Kicking Bird's band of Ki-o-was before he could be stampeded into the Fort Sill Reservation--from May 1st until Oct.

not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied

From this reading The year of 1871 had been so full of incidents and far reaching results for the Fourth Cavalry and its new Colonel, Ranald S. Mackenzie, that it is somewhat difficult to go back into the dim vistas of that period and select the one incident, or absorbing event which would be either of greatest magnitude or afford the most thrilling interest-- This capture of ten deserters, however, under circumstances of more than ordinary importance, since it is believed to be the record capture ever made in the Military Department of Texas, or, perhaps for that matter, of any Military Department in the United States--came about as closely in touch with the writer's life as almost any other experience he ever had while serving as an officer of that regiment--including, as it did, terrible exposure, and unavoidable hardships and privations-- Like all of the other Cavalry regiments in our Army, which were then doing about three fourths of all the active, effective work--the work that disables or kills--in the subjugation of the savage tribes in the United States, driving them into Indian reservations, and rendering it possible for the frontier border to be settled, and civilization to be advanced to a point where it could feel safe from raids and bloody incursions, the Fourth U. S. Cavalry, notwithstanding its high morale and almost perfect state of discipline--had its share of desertions-- Was Mackenzie a "Martinet" Mackenzie was not a West Point "martinet", as that term is generally understood in our Army--but, from four wounds he had received, three in the Civil War, and one that year in the campaign against Quan-ah Parker, the Una-ha-da Comanche Chief--and almost criminal neglect of his own health, in his intensity of nature and purpose in prosecuting these arduous Indian campaigns--he had become more or less irritable, irascible, exacting--sometimes erratic, and frequently explosive-- This much may be said, however, it is certain that notwithstanding his physical condition, and his mental temperament resulting therefrom, he never sought to inflict an injury or punishment upon anybody unnecessarily--never became a petty or malicious persecutor, hounding a man into his grave--and when it became evident to him as well as to others that he had done any of his officers or men an act of injustice, nobody could have been more open, free and frank in his disavowal of that act, or quicker to apologize and render all the reparation possible in his power-- This applied to any and all down to the last Second Lieutenant and private soldier in the regiment-- One man never knows another so well, even intimately--as when he is thrown closely in contact with or lives and sleeps and eats with him-- The writer had done all with Mackenzie during a greater part of this period of 1871--having been his Post Adjutant twice--during Gen. Sherman's inspection in May, at the time of the massacre of Salt Creek Prairie, and prior to our Expedition of that year, and his Field Adjutant on his entire campaign in his abortive attempt to strike Kicking Bird's band of Ki-o-was before he could be stampeded into the Fort Sill Reservation--from May 1st until Oct.

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From this reading The year of 1871 had been so full of incidents and far reaching results for the Fourth Cavalry and its new Colonel, Ranald S. Mackenzie, that it is somewhat difficult to go back into the dim vistas of that period and select the one incident, or absorbing event which would be either of greatest magnitude or afford the most thrilling interest-- This capture of ten deserters, however, under circumstances of more than ordinary importance, since it is believed to be the record capture ever made in the Military Department of Texas, or, perhaps for that matter, of any Military Department in the United States--came about as closely in touch with the writer's life as almost any other experience he ever had while serving as an officer of that regiment--including, as it did, terrible exposure, and unavoidable hardships and privations-- Like all of the other Cavalry regiments in our Army, which were then doing about three fourths of all the active, effective work--the work that disables or kills--in the subjugation of the savage tribes in the United States, driving them into Indian reservations, and rendering it possible for the frontier border to be settled, and civilization to be advanced to a point where it could feel safe from raids and bloody incursions, the Fourth U. S. Cavalry, notwithstanding its high morale and almost perfect state of discipline--had its share of desertions-- Was Mackenzie a "Martinet" Mackenzie was not a West Point "martinet", as that term is generally understood in our Army--but, from four wounds he had received, three in the Civil War, and one that year in the campaign against Quan-ah Parker, the Una-ha-da Comanche Chief--and almost criminal neglect of his own health, in his intensity of nature and purpose in prosecuting these arduous Indian campaigns--he had become more or less irritable, irascible, exacting--sometimes erratic, and frequently explosive-- This much may be said, however, it is certain that notwithstanding his physical condition, and his mental temperament resulting therefrom, he never sought to inflict an injury or punishment upon anybody unnecessarily--never became a petty or malicious persecutor, hounding a man into his grave--and when it became evident to him as well as to others that he had done any of his officers or men an act of injustice, nobody could have been more open, free and frank in his disavowal of that act, or quicker to apologize and render all the reparation possible in his power-- This applied to any and all down to the last Second Lieutenant and private soldier in the regiment-- One man never knows another so well, even intimately--as when he is thrown closely in contact with or lives and sleeps and eats with him-- The writer had done all with Mackenzie during a greater part of this period of 1871--having been his Post Adjutant twice--during Gen. Sherman's inspection in May, at the time of the massacre of Salt Creek Prairie, and prior to our Expedition of that year, and his Field Adjutant on his entire campaign in his abortive attempt to strike Kicking Bird's band of Ki-o-was before he could be stampeded into the Fort Sill Reservation--from May 1st until Oct.

belonging to the speaker and others

From this reading The year of 1871 had been so full of incidents and far reaching results for the Fourth Cavalry and its new Colonel, Ranald S. Mackenzie, that it is somewhat difficult to go back into the dim vistas of that period and select the one incident, or absorbing event which would be either of greatest magnitude or afford the most thrilling interest-- This capture of ten deserters, however, under circumstances of more than ordinary importance, since it is believed to be the record capture ever made in the Military Department of Texas, or, perhaps for that matter, of any Military Department in the United States--came about as closely in touch with the writer's life as almost any other experience he ever had while serving as an officer of that regiment--including, as it did, terrible exposure, and unavoidable hardships and privations-- Like all of the other Cavalry regiments in our Army, which were then doing about three fourths of all the active, effective work--the work that disables or kills--in the subjugation of the savage tribes in the United States, driving them into Indian reservations, and rendering it possible for the frontier border to be settled, and civilization to be advanced to a point where it could feel safe from raids and bloody incursions, the Fourth U. S. Cavalry, notwithstanding its high morale and almost perfect state of discipline--had its share of desertions-- Was Mackenzie a "Martinet" Mackenzie was not a West Point "martinet", as that term is generally understood in our Army--but, from four wounds he had received, three in the Civil War, and one that year in the campaign against Quan-ah Parker, the Una-ha-da Comanche Chief--and almost criminal neglect of his own health, in his intensity of nature and purpose in prosecuting these arduous Indian campaigns--he had become more or less irritable, irascible, exacting--sometimes erratic, and frequently explosive-- This much may be said, however, it is certain that notwithstanding his physical condition, and his mental temperament resulting therefrom, he never sought to inflict an injury or punishment upon anybody unnecessarily--never became a petty or malicious persecutor, hounding a man into his grave--and when it became evident to him as well as to others that he had done any of his officers or men an act of injustice, nobody could have been more open, free and frank in his disavowal of that act, or quicker to apologize and render all the reparation possible in his power-- This applied to any and all down to the last Second Lieutenant and private soldier in the regiment-- One man never knows another so well, even intimately--as when he is thrown closely in contact with or lives and sleeps and eats with him-- The writer had done all with Mackenzie during a greater part of this period of 1871--having been his Post Adjutant twice--during Gen. Sherman's inspection in May, at the time of the massacre of Salt Creek Prairie, and prior to our Expedition of that year, and his Field Adjutant on his entire campaign in his abortive attempt to strike Kicking Bird's band of Ki-o-was before he could be stampeded into the Fort Sill Reservation--from May 1st until Oct.

have ownership or possession of

From this reading The year of 1871 had been so full of incidents and far reaching results for the Fourth Cavalry and its new Colonel, Ranald S. Mackenzie, that it is somewhat difficult to go back into the dim vistas of that period and select the one incident, or absorbing event which would be either of greatest magnitude or afford the most thrilling interest-- This capture of ten deserters, however, under circumstances of more than ordinary importance, since it is believed to be the record capture ever made in the Military Department of Texas, or, perhaps for that matter, of any Military Department in the United States--came about as closely in touch with the writer's life as almost any other experience he ever had while serving as an officer of that regiment--including, as it did, terrible exposure, and unavoidable hardships and privations-- Like all of the other Cavalry regiments in our Army, which were then doing about three fourths of all the active, effective work--the work that disables or kills--in the subjugation of the savage tribes in the United States, driving them into Indian reservations, and rendering it possible for the frontier border to be settled, and civilization to be advanced to a point where it could feel safe from raids and bloody incursions, the Fourth U. S. Cavalry, notwithstanding its high morale and almost perfect state of discipline--had its share of desertions-- Was Mackenzie a "Martinet" Mackenzie was not a West Point "martinet", as that term is generally understood in our Army--but, from four wounds he had received, three in the Civil War, and one that year in the campaign against Quan-ah Parker, the Una-ha-da Comanche Chief--and almost criminal neglect of his own health, in his intensity of nature and purpose in prosecuting these arduous Indian campaigns--he had become more or less irritable, irascible, exacting--sometimes erratic, and frequently explosive-- This much may be said, however, it is certain that notwithstanding his physical condition, and his mental temperament resulting therefrom, he never sought to inflict an injury or punishment upon anybody unnecessarily--never became a petty or malicious persecutor, hounding a man into his grave--and when it became evident to him as well as to others that he had done any of his officers or men an act of injustice, nobody could have been more open, free and frank in his disavowal of that act, or quicker to apologize and render all the reparation possible in his power-- This applied to any and all down to the last Second Lieutenant and private soldier in the regiment-- One man never knows another so well, even intimately--as when he is thrown closely in contact with or lives and sleeps and eats with him-- The writer had done all with Mackenzie during a greater part of this period of 1871--having been his Post Adjutant twice--during Gen. Sherman's inspection in May, at the time of the massacre of Salt Creek Prairie, and prior to our Expedition of that year, and his Field Adjutant on his entire campaign in his abortive attempt to strike Kicking Bird's band of Ki-o-was before he could be stampeded into the Fort Sill Reservation--from May 1st until Oct.

the rate of moving (especially walking or running)

From this reading 3--I had got to know him very well-- Causes for Desertion Both officers and men had been under a terrific high-keyed pressure--a very great mental and physical strain, almost to the breaking point; were tired and dispirited because the results and the hard work performed, had not justified their expectations and because they could not then see any immediate relief from the performance of such exacting duty-- The pace had been a little too fast even for the Fourth Cavalry-- Much of the spirit and enthusiasm for such unremunerative work was at a very low ebb-- While it had not yet approached a complete discouragement, it was a condition of supreme disgust and contempt at the methods employed-- They felt that with the Government at Washington nullifying and rendering most of their hard labor abortive, that success in those long, weary and extremely exhausting Indian campaigns was not so much dependent upon their absolute loyalty to duty and perfect willingness to sacrifice themselves when necessary in achieving results, as upon the paralyzing acts and influence of the "Indian Ring" in Washington and the ever changing political cesspools of a politically ridden country-- They wanted to see the tangible results or fruits of such terribly hard service and to feel that such hardships, privations and sacrifices as they had experienced, had not been in vain or wasted by a gang of cold blooded, unscrupulous plunderers and grafters remote from the scene of these border activities.

plural of “pacifist” — someone opposed to violence as a means of settling disputes

From this reading Like "_death_ and _Taxes_," we have them with us always, especially in time of wars-- It is then the vultures abound-- It is then we have the jelly-fish, spineless slackers, the pussy-foot pacifists--conscientious objectors, chicken hearted shirkers--and--"let George do it" fighters--coming down to the secret renegades--traitors, and Bolshevist anarchists and bomb throwers-- They have always been the curse of this Nation--the natural result,--as a rule--of the "Melting Pot" that does not melt--breeding a lot of mongrel curs and hybrids that should no longer be a part of our American life.

-ing form of “paralyze” — make powerless and unable to function

From this reading 3--I had got to know him very well-- Causes for Desertion Both officers and men had been under a terrific high-keyed pressure--a very great mental and physical strain, almost to the breaking point; were tired and dispirited because the results and the hard work performed, had not justified their expectations and because they could not then see any immediate relief from the performance of such exacting duty-- The pace had been a little too fast even for the Fourth Cavalry-- Much of the spirit and enthusiasm for such unremunerative work was at a very low ebb-- While it had not yet approached a complete discouragement, it was a condition of supreme disgust and contempt at the methods employed-- They felt that with the Government at Washington nullifying and rendering most of their hard labor abortive, that success in those long, weary and extremely exhausting Indian campaigns was not so much dependent upon their absolute loyalty to duty and perfect willingness to sacrifice themselves when necessary in achieving results, as upon the paralyzing acts and influence of the "Indian Ring" in Washington and the ever changing political cesspools of a politically ridden country-- They wanted to see the tangible results or fruits of such terribly hard service and to feel that such hardships, privations and sacrifices as they had experienced, had not been in vain or wasted by a gang of cold blooded, unscrupulous plunderers and grafters remote from the scene of these border activities.

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From this reading The year of 1871 had been so full of incidents and far reaching results for the Fourth Cavalry and its new Colonel, Ranald S. Mackenzie, that it is somewhat difficult to go back into the dim vistas of that period and select the one incident, or absorbing event which would be either of greatest magnitude or afford the most thrilling interest-- This capture of ten deserters, however, under circumstances of more than ordinary importance, since it is believed to be the record capture ever made in the Military Department of Texas, or, perhaps for that matter, of any Military Department in the United States--came about as closely in touch with the writer's life as almost any other experience he ever had while serving as an officer of that regiment--including, as it did, terrible exposure, and unavoidable hardships and privations-- Like all of the other Cavalry regiments in our Army, which were then doing about three fourths of all the active, effective work--the work that disables or kills--in the subjugation of the savage tribes in the United States, driving them into Indian reservations, and rendering it possible for the frontier border to be settled, and civilization to be advanced to a point where it could feel safe from raids and bloody incursions, the Fourth U. S. Cavalry, notwithstanding its high morale and almost perfect state of discipline--had its share of desertions-- Was Mackenzie a "Martinet" Mackenzie was not a West Point "martinet", as that term is generally understood in our Army--but, from four wounds he had received, three in the Civil War, and one that year in the campaign against Quan-ah Parker, the Una-ha-da Comanche Chief--and almost criminal neglect of his own health, in his intensity of nature and purpose in prosecuting these arduous Indian campaigns--he had become more or less irritable, irascible, exacting--sometimes erratic, and frequently explosive-- This much may be said, however, it is certain that notwithstanding his physical condition, and his mental temperament resulting therefrom, he never sought to inflict an injury or punishment upon anybody unnecessarily--never became a petty or malicious persecutor, hounding a man into his grave--and when it became evident to him as well as to others that he had done any of his officers or men an act of injustice, nobody could have been more open, free and frank in his disavowal of that act, or quicker to apologize and render all the reparation possible in his power-- This applied to any and all down to the last Second Lieutenant and private soldier in the regiment-- One man never knows another so well, even intimately--as when he is thrown closely in contact with or lives and sleeps and eats with him-- The writer had done all with Mackenzie during a greater part of this period of 1871--having been his Post Adjutant twice--during Gen. Sherman's inspection in May, at the time of the massacre of Salt Creek Prairie, and prior to our Expedition of that year, and his Field Adjutant on his entire campaign in his abortive attempt to strike Kicking Bird's band of Ki-o-was before he could be stampeded into the Fort Sill Reservation--from May 1st until Oct.

something determined in relation to something that includes it

From this reading The year of 1871 had been so full of incidents and far reaching results for the Fourth Cavalry and its new Colonel, Ranald S. Mackenzie, that it is somewhat difficult to go back into the dim vistas of that period and select the one incident, or absorbing event which would be either of greatest magnitude or afford the most thrilling interest-- This capture of ten deserters, however, under circumstances of more than ordinary importance, since it is believed to be the record capture ever made in the Military Department of Texas, or, perhaps for that matter, of any Military Department in the United States--came about as closely in touch with the writer's life as almost any other experience he ever had while serving as an officer of that regiment--including, as it did, terrible exposure, and unavoidable hardships and privations-- Like all of the other Cavalry regiments in our Army, which were then doing about three fourths of all the active, effective work--the work that disables or kills--in the subjugation of the savage tribes in the United States, driving them into Indian reservations, and rendering it possible for the frontier border to be settled, and civilization to be advanced to a point where it could feel safe from raids and bloody incursions, the Fourth U. S. Cavalry, notwithstanding its high morale and almost perfect state of discipline--had its share of desertions-- Was Mackenzie a "Martinet" Mackenzie was not a West Point "martinet", as that term is generally understood in our Army--but, from four wounds he had received, three in the Civil War, and one that year in the campaign against Quan-ah Parker, the Una-ha-da Comanche Chief--and almost criminal neglect of his own health, in his intensity of nature and purpose in prosecuting these arduous Indian campaigns--he had become more or less irritable, irascible, exacting--sometimes erratic, and frequently explosive-- This much may be said, however, it is certain that notwithstanding his physical condition, and his mental temperament resulting therefrom, he never sought to inflict an injury or punishment upon anybody unnecessarily--never became a petty or malicious persecutor, hounding a man into his grave--and when it became evident to him as well as to others that he had done any of his officers or men an act of injustice, nobody could have been more open, free and frank in his disavowal of that act, or quicker to apologize and render all the reparation possible in his power-- This applied to any and all down to the last Second Lieutenant and private soldier in the regiment-- One man never knows another so well, even intimately--as when he is thrown closely in contact with or lives and sleeps and eats with him-- The writer had done all with Mackenzie during a greater part of this period of 1871--having been his Post Adjutant twice--during Gen. Sherman's inspection in May, at the time of the massacre of Salt Creek Prairie, and prior to our Expedition of that year, and his Field Adjutant on his entire campaign in his abortive attempt to strike Kicking Bird's band of Ki-o-was before he could be stampeded into the Fort Sill Reservation--from May 1st until Oct.

past form of “pass” — go across or through

From this reading We have but recently passed through a similar experience with the same class--in fact are doing it now.

being complete of its kind and without defect or blemish

From this reading The year of 1871 had been so full of incidents and far reaching results for the Fourth Cavalry and its new Colonel, Ranald S. Mackenzie, that it is somewhat difficult to go back into the dim vistas of that period and select the one incident, or absorbing event which would be either of greatest magnitude or afford the most thrilling interest-- This capture of ten deserters, however, under circumstances of more than ordinary importance, since it is believed to be the record capture ever made in the Military Department of Texas, or, perhaps for that matter, of any Military Department in the United States--came about as closely in touch with the writer's life as almost any other experience he ever had while serving as an officer of that regiment--including, as it did, terrible exposure, and unavoidable hardships and privations-- Like all of the other Cavalry regiments in our Army, which were then doing about three fourths of all the active, effective work--the work that disables or kills--in the subjugation of the savage tribes in the United States, driving them into Indian reservations, and rendering it possible for the frontier border to be settled, and civilization to be advanced to a point where it could feel safe from raids and bloody incursions, the Fourth U. S. Cavalry, notwithstanding its high morale and almost perfect state of discipline--had its share of desertions-- Was Mackenzie a "Martinet" Mackenzie was not a West Point "martinet", as that term is generally understood in our Army--but, from four wounds he had received, three in the Civil War, and one that year in the campaign against Quan-ah Parker, the Una-ha-da Comanche Chief--and almost criminal neglect of his own health, in his intensity of nature and purpose in prosecuting these arduous Indian campaigns--he had become more or less irritable, irascible, exacting--sometimes erratic, and frequently explosive-- This much may be said, however, it is certain that notwithstanding his physical condition, and his mental temperament resulting therefrom, he never sought to inflict an injury or punishment upon anybody unnecessarily--never became a petty or malicious persecutor, hounding a man into his grave--and when it became evident to him as well as to others that he had done any of his officers or men an act of injustice, nobody could have been more open, free and frank in his disavowal of that act, or quicker to apologize and render all the reparation possible in his power-- This applied to any and all down to the last Second Lieutenant and private soldier in the regiment-- One man never knows another so well, even intimately--as when he is thrown closely in contact with or lives and sleeps and eats with him-- The writer had done all with Mackenzie during a greater part of this period of 1871--having been his Post Adjutant twice--during Gen. Sherman's inspection in May, at the time of the massacre of Salt Creek Prairie, and prior to our Expedition of that year, and his Field Adjutant on his entire campaign in his abortive attempt to strike Kicking Bird's band of Ki-o-was before he could be stampeded into the Fort Sill Reservation--from May 1st until Oct.

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From this reading 3--I had got to know him very well-- Causes for Desertion Both officers and men had been under a terrific high-keyed pressure--a very great mental and physical strain, almost to the breaking point; were tired and dispirited because the results and the hard work performed, had not justified their expectations and because they could not then see any immediate relief from the performance of such exacting duty-- The pace had been a little too fast even for the Fourth Cavalry-- Much of the spirit and enthusiasm for such unremunerative work was at a very low ebb-- While it had not yet approached a complete discouragement, it was a condition of supreme disgust and contempt at the methods employed-- They felt that with the Government at Washington nullifying and rendering most of their hard labor abortive, that success in those long, weary and extremely exhausting Indian campaigns was not so much dependent upon their absolute loyalty to duty and perfect willingness to sacrifice themselves when necessary in achieving results, as upon the paralyzing acts and influence of the "Indian Ring" in Washington and the ever changing political cesspools of a politically ridden country-- They wanted to see the tangible results or fruits of such terribly hard service and to feel that such hardships, privations and sacrifices as they had experienced, had not been in vain or wasted by a gang of cold blooded, unscrupulous plunderers and grafters remote from the scene of these border activities.

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From this reading 3--I had got to know him very well-- Causes for Desertion Both officers and men had been under a terrific high-keyed pressure--a very great mental and physical strain, almost to the breaking point; were tired and dispirited because the results and the hard work performed, had not justified their expectations and because they could not then see any immediate relief from the performance of such exacting duty-- The pace had been a little too fast even for the Fourth Cavalry-- Much of the spirit and enthusiasm for such unremunerative work was at a very low ebb-- While it had not yet approached a complete discouragement, it was a condition of supreme disgust and contempt at the methods employed-- They felt that with the Government at Washington nullifying and rendering most of their hard labor abortive, that success in those long, weary and extremely exhausting Indian campaigns was not so much dependent upon their absolute loyalty to duty and perfect willingness to sacrifice themselves when necessary in achieving results, as upon the paralyzing acts and influence of the "Indian Ring" in Washington and the ever changing political cesspools of a politically ridden country-- They wanted to see the tangible results or fruits of such terribly hard service and to feel that such hardships, privations and sacrifices as they had experienced, had not been in vain or wasted by a gang of cold blooded, unscrupulous plunderers and grafters remote from the scene of these border activities.

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From this reading The year of 1871 had been so full of incidents and far reaching results for the Fourth Cavalry and its new Colonel, Ranald S. Mackenzie, that it is somewhat difficult to go back into the dim vistas of that period and select the one incident, or absorbing event which would be either of greatest magnitude or afford the most thrilling interest-- This capture of ten deserters, however, under circumstances of more than ordinary importance, since it is believed to be the record capture ever made in the Military Department of Texas, or, perhaps for that matter, of any Military Department in the United States--came about as closely in touch with the writer's life as almost any other experience he ever had while serving as an officer of that regiment--including, as it did, terrible exposure, and unavoidable hardships and privations-- Like all of the other Cavalry regiments in our Army, which were then doing about three fourths of all the active, effective work--the work that disables or kills--in the subjugation of the savage tribes in the United States, driving them into Indian reservations, and rendering it possible for the frontier border to be settled, and civilization to be advanced to a point where it could feel safe from raids and bloody incursions, the Fourth U. S. Cavalry, notwithstanding its high morale and almost perfect state of discipline--had its share of desertions-- Was Mackenzie a "Martinet" Mackenzie was not a West Point "martinet", as that term is generally understood in our Army--but, from four wounds he had received, three in the Civil War, and one that year in the campaign against Quan-ah Parker, the Una-ha-da Comanche Chief--and almost criminal neglect of his own health, in his intensity of nature and purpose in prosecuting these arduous Indian campaigns--he had become more or less irritable, irascible, exacting--sometimes erratic, and frequently explosive-- This much may be said, however, it is certain that notwithstanding his physical condition, and his mental temperament resulting therefrom, he never sought to inflict an injury or punishment upon anybody unnecessarily--never became a petty or malicious persecutor, hounding a man into his grave--and when it became evident to him as well as to others that he had done any of his officers or men an act of injustice, nobody could have been more open, free and frank in his disavowal of that act, or quicker to apologize and render all the reparation possible in his power-- This applied to any and all down to the last Second Lieutenant and private soldier in the regiment-- One man never knows another so well, even intimately--as when he is thrown closely in contact with or lives and sleeps and eats with him-- The writer had done all with Mackenzie during a greater part of this period of 1871--having been his Post Adjutant twice--during Gen. Sherman's inspection in May, at the time of the massacre of Salt Creek Prairie, and prior to our Expedition of that year, and his Field Adjutant on his entire campaign in his abortive attempt to strike Kicking Bird's band of Ki-o-was before he could be stampeded into the Fort Sill Reservation--from May 1st until Oct.