During the 1870s, a lackadaisical Congress failed to appropriate money for the United States Army. As a result both officers and enlisted men faced a pay-less year of service. In the west, the small but vitally important military force soon became demoralized. It was to investigate this situation that Brigadier General Campbell visited Fort Malden - a key post in the Apache Indian country - and the Colonel told him honestly, that the men were on the verge of mutiny...