January 6, 2022 • 26 mins
Original Air Date: October 07, 1956
Host: Andrew Rhynes
Show: Fort Laramie
Phone: (707) 98 OTRDW (6-8739)
Stars:
• Raymond Burr (Captain Lee Quince)
• Vic Perrin (Sgt. Goerss)
• Jack Moyles (Major Daggett)
• Harry Bartel (Lt. Siberts)
Special Guests:
• Lawrence Dobkin
• Parley Baer
• Frank Katie
• Paul Dubov
Writers:
• Kathleen Hite
Producer:
• Norman Macdonnell
Music:
• Amerigo Moreno
Exit music from: Roundup on the Prairie by Aaron Kenny https://bit.ly/3kTj0kK
Host: Andrew Rhynes
Show: Fort Laramie
Phone: (707) 98 OTRDW (6-8739)
Stars:
• Raymond Burr (Captain Lee Quince)
• Vic Perrin (Sgt. Goerss)
• Jack Moyles (Major Daggett)
• Harry Bartel (Lt. Siberts)
Special Guests:
• Lawrence Dobkin
• Parley Baer
• Frank Katie
• Paul Dubov
Writers:
• Kathleen Hite
Producer:
• Norman Macdonnell
Music:
• Amerigo Moreno
Exit music from: Roundup on the Prairie by Aaron Kenny https://bit.ly/3kTj0kK
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M h. Welcome to the oldtime radio Westerns. I'm your host Andrew
Ryans, and let's get into thisepisode. This episode is gonna be Fort
Laramie. Original ardate is October seventh, nineteen fifty six, and the title
(00:24):
is Galvanized Yankee. Hope you enjoyand again thanks for listening, Oh,
(01:03):
Fort Laramie. Fort Laramie, starringRaymond Burr as Captain lee Quince, specially
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transcribed tales of the dark and tragicground of the wild Frontier, the saga
of fighting men who rode the rimof Empire, and the dramatic story of
lee Quince, Captain of Cavalry.Looks like the freights at the farm to
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the train gars. I expect itis, Captain, because I took care
to see the wagons was up fronthere to make the load knee easy.
I don't see they moved to thebag. Yes you got the list,
Captain. Yeah, two men unloading. Not to be enough, nothing real
heavy. They are rifles, carbeams, revolvers, sabers. What says
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infantry equipments here? Well? Youdon't suppose they tucked in a few Howitzeris
we only brought the two wagons andthen then we can't haul back. We'll
leave let Ordnance do its own work. Rest of it looks like ours.
Bridles, haulers and straps, saddles, nosed bags. I'll see to the
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unloading. Captain. Right, guys, you're there, Heavin. Yes,
you're from Fort Laramie. That's right. I'm glad to hear that. I'm
station master here. You better comeinto my office and get this business teared
up. The sergeant's got the billingon the army equipment we're unloading. That's
not what I'm talking about. Nowyou're here. I just want you to
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get them out on my station.I'm running a guard house, you know.
I'd give a little to know whatyou are talking about, mister.
Them two soldiers chained together in therein the guard with him, they say
they're bound for Fort Laramie, PrivateMedford and private Stringer. That all right,
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that's right, sir. The littleone Stringer, he doesn't say much,
tall blonde one. He's Medford andyou're a corporal Benjamin. Yes,
sir, I don't the order tosay Fort Laramie, Clarino. You gotta
order this, corporal, Yes,sir, Fort Bridger, Sir from Fort
Leavenworth transfer, Sir, I wasthe escort Medford and Springer this far,
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sir, and contact Fort Laramie tosecure him from here. Well you made
contact, corporal, we'll take overhim. I don't understand, sir.
Fort Laramie's forty miles from here.I only telegraphed ten minutes ago. Sir.
We had a good wind behind uson the way down. Beg your
pardon, sir. We came topick up a consignment of equipment left Fort
Laramie yesterday. Oh well, thenwhat you sit about? The wind behind
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was a bold faced like corporal,Yes, sir. The captain displays a
fine touch of huer. He mustn'tencourage me, corporal, Are you better
arranged for your transportation to Fort Bridgeham? Good luck thike you, sir.
Good luck to you, sir.All right on your feet? Private Stringer?
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Yeah, how's that? That's meStringer? You stationed at Fort Leavenworth.
I was took there. They gaveme this uniform is tall and next
to me a length of chain,and they put me on the railroad.
You're a recruit, then if thatmeans did I join up of my own
free will? No? You've beenin the army before. For mostly I've
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been in jail. Don't it sayon them papers about me? If it
did, I wouldn't be asking.I've been in the army six days.
I heard Tuck you could make thearrangement on account enlistments being slow. I
could get out of jail if Isigned I joined the army. Stand up
straight now you get this, stringer. There's not the time to tell you
how much learning you got ahead ofyou, but you will learn starting now.
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Understand. Yeah, yes, sir, yes, sir? All right,
I guess we can take those chainsoff now. Is any reason you
ain't asking questions of me, sir? I don't have to, Medford says
about you in your papers. Wellmaybe it don't say it all in them
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papers, Captain says, enough damnright back to Fort Lair. I mean
the wagons, the equipment. Wedon't have horses for you. We ride
free of these chains, Captain,free of the chains. Man alone might
jump off of one of them wagonsmight, But that ain't your worry,
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sir. That's your worry, Medford. Jumping the wagon is desertion. If
you walk away, you'll be caught. If you run, you'll be shot.
All right, sergeant, this misshim? Yes, sir, what
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do yes? Miss uh? Captain, Yes, sergeant, I'll see the
wagons. It's unloaded. Pick whatmen you need, then take the wagons
to the wheel ride. Tell himif he can't fix them proper, to
burn him, right, Captain,About the new men, what about them?
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Are they assigned to beat company?Sir, Andy, i'd assigned anywhere
yet, Gors. We could sureuse him, Captain, starting right now
with the unloading of the equipment.They'll have to be assigned first. Well,
that'll take most of the rest ofthe day, Captain. There ain't
morenan hour's work. Get someone elseto do it. Gores, Yes,
sir, But there's a reason,Captain, you don't want Stringer in Medford
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to help. Yeah, reasons likeyou'll be unloading rifles and car beans and
fifty thousand rounds of ammunition. Iguess when you want to tell me the
rest of that story, you will, and there'll be a right time.
Gores, Yes, sir, allright't you too? Falling behind me,
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you'll report the headquarters come for assendment. All right. If I asked a
question, mister captain, what isit? Well, now I'm brand new
to this life. I told youthat I don't even know where this headquarters
companies at, and all like that. I'll see you get there, Stringer.
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Any more questions, I got one, Sir Well Medford. When do
the outfitist proper? Proper? Medford? I mean, I got this brand
new blue uniform. When't they gonnagive me? Are they're gonna give me
my rifle and side arms? Whenyou're assigned? They mean I should have
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them firearms and just like anyone else, just like anyone else, Medford.
Captain Quince, Yes, Lieutenant,are these the transferser, Private Stringer and
Medford. The Major sent me tosee if they're assigned and quartering. He's
anxious to see it. Yeah,thank you, mister. Sabbat's Corporal Benjamin's
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telegram wasn't quite clear, Captain,something about respectfully urging that we pick up
two prisoners from Fort eleven Worth.You get my telegram all right, saying
you were bringing two transfers from Forteleven Worth? Which are they? Prisoners?
Are transfers a little of both?I guess if Fort Laramie's to become
a military prison, I'd like tohear it from someone other than a corporal,
and these men aren't prisoners anymore.Made Jim for some reason. They
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sent him as far as Cheyenne underCorporal Benjamin's guard. He got their papers
at headquarters company, but I readhim stringer. They let him out of
a civilian jail if he'd promised he'djoined the army under that plan to make
up for slow enlistments. I readabout it when the order came through a
couple of months ago. He decidedto face that problem when it came up.
It's come up. May Jim theidea when he was serving time for
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Oh, he gave me the ideas, made a career for himself being in
prison. I didn't ask about specificcrimes. I know this, he's never
been in the Army and we canfix that part. The other one he
from prison too, Yeah, CampButler first, then Camp Douglas. You're
talking about military prisons. Captain UnionArmy prisons for Confederate captives. Private Lacy
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Medford. He's our first galvanized Yankee. Major he alvanized Yankee. Never heard
that term has something to do withiron. When it's galvanized, it turns
color men like Medford. They werecaptured in gray and Weston Blue. Well,
like you say, Lee, thisis a new problem for us.
It might not be a problem.Oh but it seems likely enough. Most
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of your men fought in the UnionArmy. That war was long over.
Nothing. Men's minds lead for somemen on both sides, it'll never be
over. Major and b Company alone. We got Irish and English bunking side
by side, same with Germans andFrench. We can't put a Yankee in
a rebel side by side. We'vegot more trouble and just Indians. I'm
glad you don't consider it a problem. I said it might not be one
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when it is. If it is, I'll treat it as a problem.
Fair enough, fair enough where you'retalking. You've made up your mind to
give me Stringer in Medford him beatcompany's got fewer men than the rest.
Any objections, No, not fromme. You like challenges, don't you
leave? You keep telling me Ido. I hope Medford won't be a
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problem, but if he is,I'll feel better knowing he's your problem.
Thanks. What's your impression of him? Right off? Right off? I'd
say he's awful, anxious to gethis own rifle and side arms, so
I know better. I'm going tofigure he's itching to get himself an Indian.
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I tell you a string of theseprivate riding lessons ain't going on forever.
Well I got nighty. I couldride just fine if I ever once
got on before. When you're noyoung, and how you been getting around
without learning the first thing about mountain? I ain't been getting around. I'm
sergeant. There's been no call forit. Will you just sit where you
come from? Sit or laid down? You don't know nothing about me,
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I mean before, don't know anddon't care. But you're sure looking more
like infantry than me every minute.You mean that captain ain't told you about
me. Captain Quinn got important thingsto think about, Yeah, he sure
has. That Medford I was captain, I'd think about him a lot.
Never mind about Medford. You canmountain ride and dismount with the best of
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them. He gotta. He wasin the dirty yellow rebel cavalry. Stand
a horse. You don't care aboutthat. You want a thinking rebel in
your army? Now you listen goodto me, Stringer. I got a
guard house with a fine view ofthe Laramie River down there. Anymore talk
out of you sending you right there. I feel a sight safer in the
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Guard house. I ain't been amonth out of jail since I was ten.
Well, you just talked yourself rightback in again, Stringer, All
right, fine, can I talkfor you about Medford? Now? You
got anything to say? You sayit to me and nobody else. You
understand, Well, you ain't thinkingthis is no secret about him being a
lousy rebel, But he tells everybodyan earshot. You know he's proud of
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it, right, proud that's hisbusiness. You fought in that war,
shargn't. How can you stand thethought of him being one of you?
Now? Maybe because I thought inthat war, Stringer, what jail was
you sitting it out in? Thenyou think more of him than me.
You're in for a lot of thingsyou won't understand, Stringer. You can
think of over in the guardhouse.I ain't gonna think nothing over. But
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here's something you can think over.A sergeant that yellow rebels got himself a
lot of guns, all kinds,rifles to pistols and back again. Think
it over, see if you resteasy on it. Medford's outside, captain,
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you want I should send him innow in a minute, Gores,
how far is all this gone?Can you tell him it's all over about
him being in the Confederate Cavalry,about how he was took prisoner sent out
here. Now this thing about theguns, I hear that all through the
quarters too. You see in thegun, No, sir, I checked
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ordinance and stores. Everything's accounted for, ammunition, rifles, carbans, revolvers.
Well, he claims he brought themall in with him. Men say
that in a haversack and saddle bag. I'm just telling you what the men
say. Captain. You said wewas going out in a few days.
Are you're figuring to take him along? That'll be up to him, Gours.
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Yes, you can send him innow, right, captain. Man
for captain, Quins will see you. Now, sit down, Medford,
I prefer to stand, sir,sit down. You've got any complaints in
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your treatment here? I want tohear about him now. I gott a
complaint. I'm here. I can'tdo much about that, man, neither
can. I want free to choose? If you were free, what would
you do? Go back home?They ain't no home, They ain't nobody.
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Men like you saw that. Supposeyou could get out maybe stick could
claim, maybe get a little farmstore. It's all took out of me.
I don't want none of that.I don't want anything safe to be.
Let be. Oh, it's notall out of you. The hate's
still there, you bet it is. I get all the strength I got
from hating. Sure, you're feedingit all the time. Well, there's
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a lot to hate. It's here, blue uniform. You can start there.
That spencer rifle, yeas you wouldn'tmeet it. You're gonna let me
talk free. You're talking right free, go ahead. Well that's spencer.
I never seen one. I justhear the man about him. We used
to figure you Yankee spent one daya week just loading of them. The
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rest of the week. Fire nomatters. We didn't have that, Like,
no, you didn't. So nowyou got one. It'll fire eight
shots. Only they're aren't the Yankeesleft to kill? They ain't nothing but
Yankees. You better get over thatfeeling. Medford, I'm gonna die with
it. You don't want to die, you know that, dude. You
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had a lot of chances to die. You could have died in prison if
you'd made up your mind to it. You could have died any day out
here, starting from the first dayyou rode in on the wagon. Oh
you figure that you could have jumpedthe wagon. I'd have killed you.
I told you that. And sinceyou're here, you're on the rifle range
real regular. The way you've beentalking, you could go to man into
killing you. And then they've beenreporting to you right along. You've been
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talking your hate right free. I'lltell you about my guns. Did they
got a lot of guns? Haveyou? Medford? You ain't searched,
real good, captain, I haven'tsearched at all. I'm not going to.
If I've got guns, you'd havecause to be fearful. Maybe got
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any more complaints? Kind of aman are you? I told you I
hate your uniform, everything about you. Watch your fan fall. I'm this
kind of man, Medford. Igot a cavalry company that short of men.
We're moving out in a couple ofdays now. Maybe we don't like
the same things or hate the samethings, but we're stuck with each other.
Medford, you're taking me on anengagement, taking me to fight engines
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under your flag. You scared ofIndians? Medford. It's not that I'm
taking you. You got something You'reliving for I want to find out what
it is we're strung out about assoon as we can be, Captain.
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You know, the longer they thinkwe can hold them down there, the
better. I don't think we'll beable to fool along. Got us out
and numbered two to one anyway.Sure, have mister Sabbats our horses still
secure behind the top of the rise. Yes, those Indians are smart.
They'll circle us. There's enough ofthem to do it. Have you thought
about retreat, Captain? I thoughthim something else since we got boxed in.
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We'll retreat when we can, misterSeyberts if we can, Captain,
Sir Medfood Kevin. Can you seetheir horses from here? There must be
a couple hundred of them. Wednesdaystole caught in the ravine down there,
Yes, what about him? Westampeded those horses him. Engines are clear
out of here in no time.We'd have to ride a charge down there
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to stampede him. That suicide,Midford. I pick us off one by
one as we rode. That onlychance Captain getting killed, not the chance
we're looking for. It's no backof your physician, Medford. Now,
yes, sir, hold your fireman, hold you fire. I brought your
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mouth. Captain. You saw whathe did? Yeah, m yeah,
I'm going down the Amster Sammons.You might still be alive. M And
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was a full thing you did,Medford, I told you stampede run them
off, and I told you itwas suicide. We was both right.
Cap You're gonna caught marshal meat forbreaking orders. I was saving our lives.
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My rifle, he's a close by. You want to use it,
Medford, Just you look at it, Kevin brand smiling, you're old enfielding.
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I carried that at Branda Station,along with old flint lock and a
German musket. Good rifle infield.I got shot with one at bull Run.
I had to kill something with it. Kevin, you said I had
something I was living for. Youremember, I remember one decent thing.
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I was captured after Brandon Station,Captain. They caught me running away deserted.
I had to do one decent thing. Yeah, well you he Dandeson,
medfid that's sympthing. Fort Laramie isproduced and directed by Norman McDonnell and
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stars Raymond Burr as Lee Quinns,Captain of Cavalry, with Vic Perrin as
sergeant Gorse. The script was speciallywritten for Fort Laramie by Kathleen Hyte,
with sound patterns by Bill James andTom Henley, musical supervision by Amargo Marino.
Featured in the cast were Lawrence Dobkin, Parley Bear, Frank Katie and
Paul Dubov. Jack Moyles is MajorDygett and Harry Bartel is Lieutenant Seibert's company
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M h. Welcome to the oldtime radio Westerns. I'm your host Andrew
Ryans, and let's get into thisepisode. This episode is gonna be Fort
Laramie. Original ardate is October seventh, nineteen fifty six, and the title
(00:24):
is Galvanized Yankee. Hope you enjoyand again thanks for listening, Oh,
(01:03):
Fort Laramie. Fort Laramie, starringRaymond Burr as Captain lee Quince, specially
(01:23):
transcribed tales of the dark and tragicground of the wild Frontier, the saga
of fighting men who rode the rimof Empire, and the dramatic story of
lee Quince, Captain of Cavalry.Looks like the freights at the farm to
(01:53):
the train gars. I expect itis, Captain, because I took care
to see the wagons was up fronthere to make the load knee easy.
I don't see they moved to thebag. Yes you got the list,
Captain. Yeah, two men unloading. Not to be enough, nothing real
heavy. They are rifles, carbeams, revolvers, sabers. What says
(02:16):
infantry equipments here? Well? Youdon't suppose they tucked in a few Howitzeris
we only brought the two wagons andthen then we can't haul back. We'll
leave let Ordnance do its own work. Rest of it looks like ours.
Bridles, haulers and straps, saddles, nosed bags. I'll see to the
(02:37):
unloading. Captain. Right, guys, you're there, Heavin. Yes,
you're from Fort Laramie. That's right. I'm glad to hear that. I'm
station master here. You better comeinto my office and get this business teared
up. The sergeant's got the billingon the army equipment we're unloading. That's
not what I'm talking about. Nowyou're here. I just want you to
(02:59):
get them out on my station.I'm running a guard house, you know.
I'd give a little to know whatyou are talking about, mister.
Them two soldiers chained together in therein the guard with him, they say
they're bound for Fort Laramie, PrivateMedford and private Stringer. That all right,
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that's right, sir. The littleone Stringer, he doesn't say much,
tall blonde one. He's Medford andyou're a corporal Benjamin. Yes,
sir, I don't the order tosay Fort Laramie, Clarino. You gotta
order this, corporal, Yes,sir, Fort Bridger, Sir from Fort
Leavenworth transfer, Sir, I wasthe escort Medford and Springer this far,
(03:44):
sir, and contact Fort Laramie tosecure him from here. Well you made
contact, corporal, we'll take overhim. I don't understand, sir.
Fort Laramie's forty miles from here.I only telegraphed ten minutes ago. Sir.
We had a good wind behind uson the way down. Beg your
pardon, sir. We came topick up a consignment of equipment left Fort
Laramie yesterday. Oh well, thenwhat you sit about? The wind behind
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was a bold faced like corporal,Yes, sir. The captain displays a
fine touch of huer. He mustn'tencourage me, corporal, Are you better
arranged for your transportation to Fort Bridgeham? Good luck thike you, sir.
Good luck to you, sir.All right on your feet? Private Stringer?
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Yeah, how's that? That's meStringer? You stationed at Fort Leavenworth.
I was took there. They gaveme this uniform is tall and next
to me a length of chain,and they put me on the railroad.
You're a recruit, then if thatmeans did I join up of my own
free will? No? You've beenin the army before. For mostly I've
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been in jail. Don't it sayon them papers about me? If it
did, I wouldn't be asking.I've been in the army six days.
I heard Tuck you could make thearrangement on account enlistments being slow. I
could get out of jail if Isigned I joined the army. Stand up
straight now you get this, stringer. There's not the time to tell you
how much learning you got ahead ofyou, but you will learn starting now.
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Understand. Yeah, yes, sir, yes, sir? All right,
I guess we can take those chainsoff now. Is any reason you
ain't asking questions of me, sir? I don't have to, Medford says
about you in your papers. Wellmaybe it don't say it all in them
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papers, Captain says, enough damnright back to Fort Lair. I mean
the wagons, the equipment. Wedon't have horses for you. We ride
free of these chains, Captain,free of the chains. Man alone might
jump off of one of them wagonsmight, But that ain't your worry,
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sir. That's your worry, Medford. Jumping the wagon is desertion. If
you walk away, you'll be caught. If you run, you'll be shot.
All right, sergeant, this misshim? Yes, sir, what
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do yes? Miss uh? Captain, Yes, sergeant, I'll see the
wagons. It's unloaded. Pick whatmen you need, then take the wagons
to the wheel ride. Tell himif he can't fix them proper, to
burn him, right, Captain,About the new men, what about them?
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Are they assigned to beat company?Sir, Andy, i'd assigned anywhere
yet, Gors. We could sureuse him, Captain, starting right now
with the unloading of the equipment.They'll have to be assigned first. Well,
that'll take most of the rest ofthe day, Captain. There ain't
morenan hour's work. Get someone elseto do it. Gores, Yes,
sir, But there's a reason,Captain, you don't want Stringer in Medford
(07:32):
to help. Yeah, reasons likeyou'll be unloading rifles and car beans and
fifty thousand rounds of ammunition. Iguess when you want to tell me the
rest of that story, you will, and there'll be a right time.
Gores, Yes, sir, allright't you too? Falling behind me,
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you'll report the headquarters come for assendment. All right. If I asked a
question, mister captain, what isit? Well, now I'm brand new
to this life. I told youthat I don't even know where this headquarters
companies at, and all like that. I'll see you get there, Stringer.
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Any more questions, I got one, Sir Well Medford. When do
the outfitist proper? Proper? Medford? I mean, I got this brand
new blue uniform. When't they gonnagive me? Are they're gonna give me
my rifle and side arms? Whenyou're assigned? They mean I should have
(08:39):
them firearms and just like anyone else, just like anyone else, Medford.
Captain Quince, Yes, Lieutenant,are these the transferser, Private Stringer and
Medford. The Major sent me tosee if they're assigned and quartering. He's
anxious to see it. Yeah,thank you, mister. Sabbat's Corporal Benjamin's
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telegram wasn't quite clear, Captain,something about respectfully urging that we pick up
two prisoners from Fort eleven Worth.You get my telegram all right, saying
you were bringing two transfers from Forteleven Worth? Which are they? Prisoners?
Are transfers a little of both?I guess if Fort Laramie's to become
a military prison, I'd like tohear it from someone other than a corporal,
and these men aren't prisoners anymore.Made Jim for some reason. They
(09:37):
sent him as far as Cheyenne underCorporal Benjamin's guard. He got their papers
at headquarters company, but I readhim stringer. They let him out of
a civilian jail if he'd promised he'djoined the army under that plan to make
up for slow enlistments. I readabout it when the order came through a
couple of months ago. He decidedto face that problem when it came up.
It's come up. May Jim theidea when he was serving time for
(10:01):
Oh, he gave me the ideas, made a career for himself being in
prison. I didn't ask about specificcrimes. I know this, he's never
been in the Army and we canfix that part. The other one he
from prison too, Yeah, CampButler first, then Camp Douglas. You're
talking about military prisons. Captain UnionArmy prisons for Confederate captives. Private Lacy
(10:26):
Medford. He's our first galvanized Yankee. Major he alvanized Yankee. Never heard
that term has something to do withiron. When it's galvanized, it turns
color men like Medford. They werecaptured in gray and Weston Blue. Well,
like you say, Lee, thisis a new problem for us.
It might not be a problem.Oh but it seems likely enough. Most
(10:48):
of your men fought in the UnionArmy. That war was long over.
Nothing. Men's minds lead for somemen on both sides, it'll never be
over. Major and b Company alone. We got Irish and English bunking side
by side, same with Germans andFrench. We can't put a Yankee in
a rebel side by side. We'vegot more trouble and just Indians. I'm
glad you don't consider it a problem. I said it might not be one
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when it is. If it is, I'll treat it as a problem.
Fair enough, fair enough where you'retalking. You've made up your mind to
give me Stringer in Medford him beatcompany's got fewer men than the rest.
Any objections, No, not fromme. You like challenges, don't you
leave? You keep telling me Ido. I hope Medford won't be a
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problem, but if he is,I'll feel better knowing he's your problem.
Thanks. What's your impression of him? Right off? Right off? I'd
say he's awful, anxious to gethis own rifle and side arms, so
I know better. I'm going tofigure he's itching to get himself an Indian.
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I tell you a string of theseprivate riding lessons ain't going on forever.
Well I got nighty. I couldride just fine if I ever once
got on before. When you're noyoung, and how you been getting around
without learning the first thing about mountain? I ain't been getting around. I'm
sergeant. There's been no call forit. Will you just sit where you
come from? Sit or laid down? You don't know nothing about me,
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I mean before, don't know anddon't care. But you're sure looking more
like infantry than me every minute.You mean that captain ain't told you about
me. Captain Quinn got important thingsto think about, Yeah, he sure
has. That Medford I was captain, I'd think about him a lot.
Never mind about Medford. You canmountain ride and dismount with the best of
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them. He gotta. He wasin the dirty yellow rebel cavalry. Stand
a horse. You don't care aboutthat. You want a thinking rebel in
your army? Now you listen goodto me, Stringer. I got a
guard house with a fine view ofthe Laramie River down there. Anymore talk
out of you sending you right there. I feel a sight safer in the
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Guard house. I ain't been amonth out of jail since I was ten.
Well, you just talked yourself rightback in again, Stringer, All
right, fine, can I talkfor you about Medford? Now? You
got anything to say? You sayit to me and nobody else. You
understand, Well, you ain't thinkingthis is no secret about him being a
lousy rebel, But he tells everybodyan earshot. You know he's proud of
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it, right, proud that's hisbusiness. You fought in that war,
shargn't. How can you stand thethought of him being one of you?
Now? Maybe because I thought inthat war, Stringer, what jail was
you sitting it out in? Thenyou think more of him than me.
You're in for a lot of thingsyou won't understand, Stringer. You can
think of over in the guardhouse.I ain't gonna think nothing over. But
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here's something you can think over.A sergeant that yellow rebels got himself a
lot of guns, all kinds,rifles to pistols and back again. Think
it over, see if you resteasy on it. Medford's outside, captain,
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you want I should send him innow in a minute, Gores,
how far is all this gone?Can you tell him it's all over about
him being in the Confederate Cavalry,about how he was took prisoner sent out
here. Now this thing about theguns, I hear that all through the
quarters too. You see in thegun, No, sir, I checked
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ordinance and stores. Everything's accounted for, ammunition, rifles, carbans, revolvers.
Well, he claims he brought themall in with him. Men say
that in a haversack and saddle bag. I'm just telling you what the men
say. Captain. You said wewas going out in a few days.
Are you're figuring to take him along? That'll be up to him, Gours.
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Yes, you can send him innow, right, captain. Man
for captain, Quins will see you. Now, sit down, Medford,
I prefer to stand, sir,sit down. You've got any complaints in
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your treatment here? I want tohear about him now. I gott a
complaint. I'm here. I can'tdo much about that, man, neither
can. I want free to choose? If you were free, what would
you do? Go back home?They ain't no home, They ain't nobody.
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Men like you saw that. Supposeyou could get out maybe stick could
claim, maybe get a little farmstore. It's all took out of me.
I don't want none of that.I don't want anything safe to be.
Let be. Oh, it's notall out of you. The hate's
still there, you bet it is. I get all the strength I got
from hating. Sure, you're feedingit all the time. Well, there's
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a lot to hate. It's here, blue uniform. You can start there.
That spencer rifle, yeas you wouldn'tmeet it. You're gonna let me
talk free. You're talking right free, go ahead. Well that's spencer.
I never seen one. I justhear the man about him. We used
to figure you Yankee spent one daya week just loading of them. The
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rest of the week. Fire nomatters. We didn't have that, Like,
no, you didn't. So nowyou got one. It'll fire eight
shots. Only they're aren't the Yankeesleft to kill? They ain't nothing but
Yankees. You better get over thatfeeling. Medford, I'm gonna die with
it. You don't want to die, you know that, dude. You
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had a lot of chances to die. You could have died in prison if
you'd made up your mind to it. You could have died any day out
here, starting from the first dayyou rode in on the wagon. Oh
you figure that you could have jumpedthe wagon. I'd have killed you.
I told you that. And sinceyou're here, you're on the rifle range
real regular. The way you've beentalking, you could go to man into
killing you. And then they've beenreporting to you right along. You've been
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talking your hate right free. I'lltell you about my guns. Did they
got a lot of guns? Haveyou? Medford? You ain't searched,
real good, captain, I haven'tsearched at all. I'm not going to.
If I've got guns, you'd havecause to be fearful. Maybe got
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any more complaints? Kind of aman are you? I told you I
hate your uniform, everything about you. Watch your fan fall. I'm this
kind of man, Medford. Igot a cavalry company that short of men.
We're moving out in a couple ofdays now. Maybe we don't like
the same things or hate the samethings, but we're stuck with each other.
Medford, you're taking me on anengagement, taking me to fight engines
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under your flag. You scared ofIndians? Medford. It's not that I'm
taking you. You got something You'reliving for I want to find out what
it is we're strung out about assoon as we can be, Captain.
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You know, the longer they thinkwe can hold them down there, the
better. I don't think we'll beable to fool along. Got us out
and numbered two to one anyway.Sure, have mister Sabbats our horses still
secure behind the top of the rise. Yes, those Indians are smart.
They'll circle us. There's enough ofthem to do it. Have you thought
about retreat, Captain? I thoughthim something else since we got boxed in.
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We'll retreat when we can, misterSeyberts if we can, Captain,
Sir Medfood Kevin. Can you seetheir horses from here? There must be
a couple hundred of them. Wednesdaystole caught in the ravine down there,
Yes, what about him? Westampeded those horses him. Engines are clear
out of here in no time.We'd have to ride a charge down there
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to stampede him. That suicide,Midford. I pick us off one by
one as we rode. That onlychance Captain getting killed, not the chance
we're looking for. It's no backof your physician, Medford. Now,
yes, sir, hold your fireman, hold you fire. I brought your
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mouth. Captain. You saw whathe did? Yeah, m yeah,
I'm going down the Amster Sammons.You might still be alive. M And
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was a full thing you did,Medford, I told you stampede run them
off, and I told you itwas suicide. We was both right.
Cap You're gonna caught marshal meat forbreaking orders. I was saving our lives.
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My rifle, he's a close by. You want to use it,
Medford, Just you look at it, Kevin brand smiling, you're old enfielding.
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I carried that at Branda Station,along with old flint lock and a
German musket. Good rifle infield.I got shot with one at bull Run.
I had to kill something with it. Kevin, you said I had
something I was living for. Youremember, I remember one decent thing.
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I was captured after Brandon Station,Captain. They caught me running away deserted.
I had to do one decent thing. Yeah, well you he Dandeson,
medfid that's sympthing. Fort Laramie isproduced and directed by Norman McDonnell and
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stars Raymond Burr as Lee Quinns,Captain of Cavalry, with Vic Perrin as
sergeant Gorse. The script was speciallywritten for Fort Laramie by Kathleen Hyte,
with sound patterns by Bill James andTom Henley, musical supervision by Amargo Marino.
Featured in the cast were Lawrence Dobkin, Parley Bear, Frank Katie and
Paul Dubov. Jack Moyles is MajorDygett and Harry Bartel is Lieutenant Seibert's company
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Tensons Miss next Week another transcribe storyof the Northwest Frontier and the troopers who
fought under Lee Quins, Captain ofCavalry. The thought of approaching footsteps in
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