The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-07-15

officers, nut OF course that was understood The
men what to do Of nece sity Knows that the orders
| reach the men only through the offcers."
rlnED WITHOUT ORDERS
besides the Eighty-foarth ("
several men IN the Sixth, winch was Immediately
beDlnu ours In column OF companies, rattied away
Immediately upon our firing, and IN second amer.
ward the Ninth joined in. Several shots ere also
| fired, understand, by mep belonging TO two COM
| panies OF the Seventh which at the timo were on
the west sidewalk, but this only know from hear.
| say.o
How about the Ninfh-did 1t breakf''
'Well. there was great deal OF CONFUSION at the
time OF the firing, ana they were too lar 10 the rear
| OF for me to take much notice even II had
tried Yon see the sixth regiment stood between
| us and the Ninth. The sixth hred very lew snots"
| "how do the officers OF the your regiment iee
about the matterr'
| upon the rioters in the windows anu on the house.
| tops was justified and that they
| DESERVED ALL THEY GOT.
They ought to have got peppered worse imam they
did. As for the firing into the people on Inc side
walks, II /, TO be regretted know the men were
eXaspera'ed, and that one or two shots we're dis,
cnark eel at them from the crowd on the Sidewalks
'Dld the men not see the police righi IN 'front.' OF
! them pushing The crowd back when they nfedY"
''Thev aust have seen them; but they ana the
| crowd were KIND OF mixed up"
"Dd you notice The police lay down on the GROUND
near the sidewalk when the Eiahiy-rourth fred /"
81 did; aad that shows pretty clearly that they
had ample time to lay down before we fired. see
Captain Petty says that the men laid down Just us we
/ and his men must have been able to
MOVE QUICKER TRAM THE BULLETS
could speed out OF the mu1zes OF the guns the fact
IS police the east side OF the street must nave
seen the men their pieces 10 IRE. They tner
quickly lay down. II the men saw the polce 40 MS,
wny OF course, tiev iiad not the hesitation auouG
firing thai they would nave hau mad the police re-
maliied standlng after they took aim. The act that
us was wounded shows that tney had ample tune TO
lie down before the rioters were shot at OH the SIDE
walks.n
.'But supposing the police had not laid aown,
''Weli then. the men might have hesitated; yet
I IN yIAa ayrltaA or WAR; tuh
not. AMI have bazed away all the same"
'Then You want people to believe that by some
raised their 10 fire on the crowds on the Side
walks tnat Inc police In front OF them would be GER
| tam to lie down the moment they look aimY"
| 81 don't mean anything OF the kind; but wish
! you 20 understand this--that do not and thiuk
yt s IN ag Win tn the mo- pe IN 'front.' Of
| member Of the Twenty-second regiment was the
next mlltianan VISITED.
| Eight lourtn opened nre upen the sidewalSsy"
! ASKED the reporter.
! 1--WE were In columns OF four as escort to the
| Orangemep'
| you were on the west side of the avenue. were
.'les with Gordon OF police Ranking us.n
NV nat g y9ar rsgeh "a DO Tnsa inc Eighty
Nothing: we simply stood quietly by in our
Places not u man moving from The ranks"
was colonel For:er In command"
..Dld any of the men JOIN in the drngp"
''Not one. Not in seed that dldn want to fire,
for leit awfai mad about The way mad been
treated all aloug the avenue, ana we wouldn't have
asked any thing better than 20 nave oeen placed in
line OF battle and allowed 10
s." EEP THE ENTIRE STREET,
"iIad the regiment received orders not TO fref'
''lt mad; tnatS tile reason we didn't Ire. We all
understood mat Ii we HAD to fire each company
would aet Is order from us comnandani: We got
But he hignty-iourth and Ninth and Sixth got
no orders 10 ire"
"Wha. does 1t prove. do You tnlnks''
swell THINK. ana all OF US IN the Twenty-second
think, that was
TEST OF THOROUGH DISCIPLINE
Colonel Porter told ITS not TO mrnu any shots that
might strike among Us, az several did, put to keep
steady and cool and only TO fire when ordered to do
SO. We did We always nave doae every ucca-
sion when we have been called upon to act-stuck
TO our ideas OF discipline
"Did any 0; your men attempt TO ireY'
zone, believe. who was in The extreme right flle
OF OF the companies got spat upon and hit sew
era times 10y the rioters on the sidewalk wnile the
Eighty fourth was iiring into the east sidewalk
Co,onel Porter rushed up aun commanded him TO
order arms. The order vas instantly obeyed.n
"Was your regiment as much exposed 10 the fire
OF the rioters as the kignty -fcurth!"
'Ihere was very ltue difference. or course, the
sidewalk the Eighty.iourth was the to It,
bat we were IN as great danger rom the fire the
hou .etops us they were"
nadF
aust rs much. think. But, you see, thev seemed
10 he very nervous and. In lily OPINION very badly
offcered, 10 Doot The COMPANY watch tred Inso
the crowd on the sidewalk Company b. beIieve),
LOCKED AwFULLY scARED-
'Do the members OF the Twenty second think the
the firing M the crowds on the sidewake',
We'll, the general opinion in the regiment seems
TO be that IL rather unfortunate. nut that the
Inclined TO believe that II was unnecessary. The
firing upon the people IN the windows ana on the
sary' !, wasn't very picasat cyery now ana tEen
10 lie shot at by Fellows VINO poked their muskets
aud pistols through the closed green binds OF the
WINDOWS, and to know that one had rife tina:
would go "a great was toward putting an end to the
thing. The nrlng on the houses We think was richly
deserved. for the attack upon the procession from
VERY cowARDLY ATTACK.
'fThe only regret we nave about the fight now IL
that nain'i been ordered to clear the housetops
make charge npon the rioters the sidewalks.
They could nave been driven at the point Of the
bay onet ike sneep, and think much innocent life
would have been spared il That method OF clearing
tae street had sleen resoried to- Still the crowd we
aURDEEous CROWD,
| and think the rioters would have got bOder than
! they did had they been only I0o.ed with plank
/ '.What does the regiment think abont tho way the
! whole escort business was con luctet -
! Opinions vary on that point Some have an
IDEA mat the Eight fourth and al the other reg
| iucnis that fired without orders could have been
! Kept III check had the Genera, command been on
horseback likewise lis AIDS and the field oicers or
tue e.W vesslHent''"
Because the ads could have been kept riding to
lIu " Tue every once III tNu DOB
10 IRE uBt ordered, ami the Generals orders could
have been Transmitted quickly from eud OF the
! line 10 The other"
| 'How did the aids manage on foot7''
! Every badly. Tney had 10 poke thelr way through
the troops, AID half the Time mad hard WORK TO get
I from one regiment 10 an0jher."
ACCORDING 20 s6Iict military rule the General afo
his aids and the field officers should nave been
m0unted1'
certainly
"Why were hey nOt?"
Il 30 not snow; but suppose they mad an idea II
they were on horseDack tDey woud be conspicuous
targets lor the rlOteTs.n
SLIi-OFFTCIlL KEPORT
member OF General Varan's sfitr who was IN
Tie hear OF the light gives the following account OF
TIE maIefCdVrlng or the troops and what shots
were hed under orders rom the General and what
hot. Ihs o1icer's report % what he agrees ex-
scty, u - said, with the reports OF two or General
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