Conroy's First Command — Robert Broomall

A cavalry platoon is assigned to protect a stage station in western Kansas. The station is in a quiet sector, and the company commander thinks this will be a good spot for Lt. Tom Conroy to exercise his first independent command. Tom is worried, though. He wonders if his men, especially the hard cases like Link Hayward, will obey him. Then Indians attack the station, and Tom's worries get a whole lot worse.