| 357Journal Aug 26th
Soldiers See the Mimic Battle
Soldiers past, present and future filled
the best seats in Buffalo Bill's arena this
afternoon. As an extraordinary favor the
West Point cadets were permitted by their
commanding officers to accept Colonel
Cody's invitation to be present at the performance,
and they attended en masse. It
was such an invitation as they may often
receive, but rarely accept. General Miles
was there, too, and nearly every army
officer in the city. The veterans of the
Seventh Cavalry, who fought at Wounded
Knee, came over from Fort Sheridan and
met again many of the men whom they
fought with and against on the Western
plains. It was a notable military reunion,
and the mock battle went with no less vim
on account of the presence of so many
critics on the benches. It the morning
Cody's men paraded on the Fair grounds. | 357Journal Aug 26th
Soldiers See the Mimic Battle
Soldiers past, present and future filled
the best seats in Buffalo Bill's arena this
afternoon. As an extraordinary favor the
West Point cadets were permitted by their
commanding officers to accept Colonel
Cody's invitation to be present at the performance,
and they attended en masse. It
was such an invitation as they may often
receive, but rarely accept. General Miles
was there, too, and nearly every army
officer in the city. The veterans of the
Seventh Cavalry, who fought at Wounded
Knee, came over from Fort Sheridan and
met again many of the men whom they
fought with and against on the Western
plains. It was a notable military reunion,
and the mock battle went with no less vim
on account of the presence of so many
critics on the benches. It the morning
Cody's men paraded on the Fair grounds. |
