This article and these comments came to the notice of Major-General Robert P. Hughes, U. S. A. (retired), then Colonel and Inspector-General. General Hughes was General Terry’s aide-de-camp during the Little Big Horn Campaign. He wrote an exhaustive criticism on Fry’s comments to Godfrey’s article, which was in effect a discussion of the main proposition that Custer disobeyed his orders and thereby precipitated the disaster, for which he was therefore responsible. This campaign was also considered in an article by Dr. E. Benjamin Andrews, president of the University of Nebraska, who was then president of Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, which appeared in _Scribner’s Magazine_ for June, 1895. A fuller reference to Dr. Andrews’ position will be made later. General Hughes’ article was offered to the _Century_, but was not accepted, and was finally published in the _Journal of the Military Service Institution_, Vol. XVIII., No. 79, January, 1896. Among the many books in which the matter has been discussed, three only call for attention. In “THE STORY OF THE SOLDIER,” by Brigadier-General George A. Forsyth, U. S. A. (retired), the following comment appears: “Under the peculiar condition of affairs, bearing in mind the only information he could possibly have had concerning Sitting Bull’s forces, was Custer justified, in a military sense and within the scope of his orders, in making the attack? “In the opinion of the writer he was within his orders, and fully justified from a military standpoint in so doing.” General Forsyth gives no reason for his decision, but it is to be presumed that he did not arrive at that decision hastily and carelessly, and as he is a very able and distinguished officer and military critic, due weight should be accorded his views. In “THE UNITED STATES IN OUR OWN TIME,” by Dr. E. Benjamin Andrews, published by Chas. Scribner’s Sons, edition of 1903, pages 190–1–2–3, there is a concise discussion of the question, based on the article in _Scribner’s Magazine_, referred to above, with some additional reflections on General Hughes’ paper. In “PERSONAL RECOLLECTIONS OF GENERAL NELSON A. MILES, U. S. A.,” chapter xv., pages 198–210, there is a further discussion by the Lieutenant-General, lately in command of the United States Army.