Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1869-04-29
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ty God bless IT, and the cordiot re-
ception they met Viths
7 sm not veteran soldier. md II !
looked ike one N nv ''nev rubher su't =
T assure You didn't feel ike one I am
only Private in the Ranks and Tery
private private at .ha' When ! wa a
novel reading ynlngster / imagined It
would be ine hing to be > soldier Ike
nv favorite heroes. Claverhous-. and
Charles O'Nailey, but as soon = I had an
opportunity, nv mother bless her mem
orv aaid 7 was several Years TOO young
TO fght for n countrv. I was good son
and thought nv mother was right. but as
soon az grim visa god war had smoothed
his wrinkled front" 7 Wishing 10 have q
good time, Coined the cavalry
Entre nous. Mr.. Editor, don't ike
firearms Of any kind AMI when Gen Der
~ only gave US swords TO play soldier
with" | was glad H0fs. ~ero. n0us q
nss msston. aud to Charles Our gallant
little Major, no offence intended BY the
adjective, ordered the companies Of C.nts.
Waring and Page to meet at Port To-
bacco TO drill.
For weeks before the appointed dav, our
( company had, What the girls" call 1.-The
hdge.s' and talked and dreamed Of moth
ing but the march TO Charles county
! where &c hoped TO "trip the light fantas-
tic toe" with the lovely daughters Of our
sister county.
! wish I bad time to tel' you the trou-
bic our men went to. to FIX" themseI ves
! for their trip Sisters and mothers old
bonnets were robbed of their pIumcs TO
deck our q Grecian Bends Buttons.
spurs and swords were FURNISHED White
kid gloves, which had seen service. were
made pre'entabc by the help Of stale
/ bread. Hair and moustaches were curlcd
and trimmed and boots blacked until
the wearer could see his handsome figure
uniform and ALL reflected from the top OF
his toes
We mustered at Chaptico on Ehe Both
} Of March mark ye, on the Goth, one day
before Al Fool'-czay didn't ike the
day and | was about to ask to be excus-
ed on account of the rain and my mother,
who didn't know her boy was ont but
( the rest Of he company talked so much
about the fine time they'd have and OF
! the beautiful girls who would welcome
them. decided 90, We started about
three, i having stopped raining.
I a11 unable 10 tell you how veteran
I Ike We looked for 7 was among the first
/ that left Chaptico. can tell you, how
ever, that Major Crane looked every inch
a soldier
who's square turned Joint and strength OF
limb
Showed hin no carpet xnig ht Trim
But IN close fight champion grim
Ia camp a leader sage
! Before We had ridden farther than the
division line Of he counties
The rain came down IN slanting lines
And Wind the grand old harper smo,s
His thunder harp Of piues
and those, who had them put on their
rubber suit
am kind hearted man and did Eel
sorry for mr. commanders and comraie 6
when saw how unrelentisgly the rain
poured down upon them ard washed the
ponatum from their lair and The polish
from their shining boots
/ At lnst. about eigat clocB. we sav the
lights in the village and with the word of
command, broke from trot TO gallon
and dashed up to the Rrawner House
where We fornd-we a-re not expected
Blessed are they who expect nothing
cor they shall not be disappointed y Alas
for Capt Warnings company, who expec-
ted so much and found-not even FIRE
TO dry themselves by.
Here let me thank our excellent Adiu-
tant who. by the by. has more of the
milk OF human kindness in his compost
ton than any one I know, for giving US
something to keep us in good humor and
keep out the cold" Supper was served
(at our expense) about 10 o'clock and
having done justice to the good things
our men retired to the parior where we
had some Busic by Sergeant Tommie y
Before retiring mime Host Norris" in
yited as to taste drink of his own COM
position which reminded me Of n very
weak cup of tea with great deal Of SUI
gar IN i.
Next day. Tuesday, Cspt. Pages men
came in town and were surprised to see
us. Capt Cox, ci-devant Capt of q side
want company also made his appearance
and with old fashioned hospitality. invi-
led US to be his guests while we remained
( in Charles county and right glad were we
10 accept his invitation, for we had heard
nothing Of ball or party after We reached
1 Port Tobacco. Some Of our men said ne
had been April fooled thought it rath-
or 100 much so.
! Now. Mr. Editor, did you ever hear
that the land in Charles county is better
! than any where else 3? never did, but
the owners appcar to think it is too fne
to be troddsn under foot, or they took Us
/ for heavy cavalry as no ono would lend
US = 6eld to drill on and Capt. Page took
possession Of one in sight of the village
/ 7 don't know who it belonged to- only
know It pas muddy The assembly sound
ed. and Capt Wsring termed on the right
and Capt. Page on the len Of ;ha colors.
While We fell into ranks We were the
observed Of all Observers for TSw Of
/ :. Charles fairest daughters" presented
/ them selves at tho doors aud windows 10
critie;ss our appearance From my po-
sition heard several of their remarks.
some were complimented-I ;r1s no+.
/ heard one pretty little blue eyed, fair
haired miss. inquire the names OF several
of our men and among others that of one