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Beard Contest Winners Listed
Camp White - The beard
growing marathon which
started in February with at
least 100 found- only nine vet
erans at the finish Monday
night when the Veterans of
Foreign Wars auxiliary held
its Centennial dance at the
VA domiciliary.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Birch
were in charge of the festiv
ties which included contests
for best dancers and best cos
tumes among the participants.
At least 50 auxiliary women
appeared in pioneer regalia.
Minnie Barron of the Ask
land auxiliary wore a black
shawl worn in 1851 by Betty
Walker, grandmother of her
disband.
Laurene .Kell, retiring pres
ident of the VFW auxiliary,
department of Oregon, spon
soring the event, was among
the patrons of the Centennial
celebration.
Music was furnished by the
Vic Flood orchestra, of Rogue
River, and Vic David, chair
man of the Veterans Allied
C6uncil, was present to judge
the beard growing contest.
lne nine bearded winners
of prizes were Fred Kemnikz,
Ira Pollard, Wilmer Coats,
Lester Farlinger, Roy Swelly,
Charles Munson, M. T. Jack
son, Thomas W. Simpson, and
Haven Roper.
The beards were judged for
the best Van Dyke, mutton
chops, Lincoln and the sorri
est trims.
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2nd SECTION
MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 17, 1959
Pages 1-6
83 Years Fail To Dim Controversy Over
Custer's Stand Against Indian Warriors
303 SO. FROU? ST. Ph. SP 2-5595
Br ROBERT J. SERLING
United Press International
UPI Correspondent
Washington-flJPD - June 25
marks the anniversary of the
most humiliating defeat ever
suffered by the United States
Army.
On that date in 1876, Gen.
George Armstrong Custer and
211 men were massacred in
the battle of the kittle Big
Horn.
The 83 years since then
have failed to dim the CuSter
legend, or the controversy
that exploded the moment the
212 bodies were found on a
lonely Montana ridge. There
have been as many books writ
ten about this comparatively
minor Indian skirmish as on
the battle of Gettysburg.
At least a dozen movies
have been made around the
Last Stand. More than 100
paintings depicting Custer's
death have graced the walls
of every kind of establishment
from Bowery saloons to swan
ky museums.
Up to a point, the facts of
the battle are simple
Custer and 10 troops of the
Seventh Cavalry, about 400
men, were ordered down the
Rosebud river as part of an
over-all plan to box in an
estimated 8,000 Indians.
Changed Course
Custer started out as order
ed, but ran across a fresh
Indian trail. There was evi
dence the Indians were aware
of his presence, but he chang
ed course and followed the
trail.
On the afternoon of June
25, 1876, Custer found a large
Indian village and spotted
hordes of braves moving out
of the village and away from
his advancing cavalry
Custer, apparently thinking
this was the main body of
Indians, made his fatal mis
take. He sent Capt. Benteen
and two troops along the
bluffs on one side of the river.
Maj. Marcus Reno was order
ed to attack the village with
another three troops. And
Custer " continued along the
ridge after the: supposedly
fleeing Indians.
Hemmed In
But the "fleeing Indians"
were mainly squaws and chil
dren. Reno's charge on the
village splintered against hun
dreds of screaming braves.
He retreated to a bluff where
he was hemmed in on three
, Custer was far up the river
in more ways than one. In
following what he thought was
the main Indian force, he ran
into an ambush. Reno's com
mand heard heavy firing. The
shots grew fainter and finally
died away. Benteen finally re
joined Reno's troops and their
combined forces managed to
stave off all attacks until the
next day when reinforcements
arrived.
That briefly, was the Custer j
Massacre.
Of Custer's immediate com
mand, there were no survivors
except for a horse named Co
manche belonging to one of
his officers. There also was
supposed to have been an In
dian scout serving Custer who
got away -by putting on a
Sioux blanket and riding off
unnoticed.
Wore Loin Cloths
This legend survived for
years, until research disclosed
that June 25, 1876, in Mon
tana was an extremely hot
day. The attacking Indians
wore only loin cloths and any
one trying to escape in a
blanket might as well have
been wearing a tuxedo.
The humiliating defeat re
sulted in loud demands for a
congressional 1 n v e s tigation.
Reno in particular was con
demned for failing to come
to Custer's help when he heard
the firing, but he insisted it
would have been suicide to
leave his bluff and try to
break through the Indians at
tacking his own command.
But Benteen, who regarded
Reno with unvarnished con
tempt, claimed Reno over-estimated
the force attacking him
and could have come to the
rescue.
At any rate, the House Mili
tary Affairs Committee re
fused to initiate a probe. Reno
himself asked for a Court of
Inquiry by the War Depart
ment. The Court convened in
Chicago three years after the
massacre, and exonerated Re
no of cowardice.
No Formal Verdict
There never was a formal
verdict on Custer's own part
in the battle. To this day,
military experts and historians
disagree on whether Custer
was merely a victim of bad
luck and too many Indians, or
whether he violated orders,
made matters worse by divid
ing his already tiny force into
three hopelessly inadequate
columns and then blundered
Into an ambush.-
Regardless of his wisdom,
there never was any doubt on
the, gallantry of the Last
Stand. The general was found
with one bullet through his
heart and another through his
brain. Boh his pistols were
empty.
Some of the "Last Stand"
paintings depict Custer as a
well-groomed, dashing cavalry
officer with flowing blond
hair the locks which had
caused the Indians to nick
name him "Yellow Hair." Ac
tually, his hair had been close
ly cropped before leaving-Ft.
Lincoln on the last campaign.
He hadn't shaved' for five
weeks before the battle.
And when he went down,
he was no dashing, debonair,
cavalry leader but rather a
tired, dirty, bedragged old
soldier who knew death was
near when he led his 211
troopers into a trap sprung
by the finest light cavalry in
the .world.
Last To Die
Some months after the bat
tle, Indians who had taken
part told Army officials Cus
ter was the last to die. One
brave said, in the simple yet
beautiful description' so typ
ical of the Indians, "Yellow
Hair stood like a sheaf of corn
with all the ears fallen around
him." - '
Thus died George Armstrong
Custer and thus was born the
Custer Legand.
There are those who say he
was more of a bad general
than a martyred hero. But
there also are those who put
the blame for the Custer Mas
sacre not on the man who died,
but on Washington for send
ing a poorly-equipped vastly
outnumbered force to do an
impossible job. ,
The total infantry and cav
alry units fighting in the In
dian Wars numbered less than
2,7000 men. They had to face
more than 300,000 Indians.
Enthusiasm for YCC Said To Be High in Oregon
Washington - Legislation
authorizing establishment of
a Youth Conservation Corps
has stirred enthusiasm among
Oregon residents . who recall
President Franklin Roose
velt's Civilian Conservation
Corps, Sen. Richard L. Neu
barger told the Senate Tues
day. The Oregon Democrat is a
co-sponsor of the YCC bill in
troduced by Sen. Hubert
Humphrey of Minnesota. The
bill has been passed by a spe
cial subcommittee of the Sen
ate Labor and Public Welfare
Committee after five days of
public hearings and is now
being considered by the full
Labor Committee.
Neuberger said in a Senate
speech that the new youth
corps idea has prompted edi
torials, resolutions and letters
from Oregonians who remem-
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