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In this respect, Chicago can claim place o
| pride in the annals Of thu nation. Before iv
years or 80 of fighting had givsn her aors {ul
meal Of glory. she always hristled With bayoness
more OF less. Her tried veterans shoulder thei
| arms no more, but new generation ha4 arlsal
sincc 1865, sad these boys have girded up tbei
| 1oins armed their limbs, il not with steel q
least with striped pan:aloons. and have shoulder
| ed John Browns knapsack, ready to march Of
| whatever foe may not have TOO much salt wAtc
in his from. to make an excursion
iuto his territory rather riAky and e1
pcnsive. Americans should hever regret payinf
tribute to tue old Atlantic, so their ToJage te
Europe or home aSain,-for he is the army oi
observation, and, without pay, food, or cloth
ing guards our frontiers more faithfully than
Prussia's million Of soikod helmets or Frances
100000 1ed-breeches guard tho1r native soil
Therefore, our militia must eTec DO regarded Is
homa-force, unleas our population should
increase with undue rapidity, and necessitnto the
picking up by our Government Of more territory,
in the shape OF Jamaica, Terra del PueKo, Of
the Antarctic regions. Unless we should haye
another domestic wzr,-which appears not in the
national horoscope,-our modern defenders mny
rest upon their unsullied aruas allowing the COM
munity to tako the will for the dood.
In tho remote limits OF Chicago, the lriRh
elonent showed its natural military proclivity by
organizing two companies Of militia, which ba.
came known xe tho
Hu1ELDs AND MONTGOMERY GUARDS.
Both produced some good officers during tie Rs
bellon. for nearly all tho boys went III for real
work when the bloody tocsin sounded from
Charleston harbor. Col James l.. Mu1llgan,
whoso gallant fall in defense OF the American
flag at Winchester has been the theme Of song
and story, belonged to the "Shiolds," and Capt.
Michae! GLEASON brought his full company into
the Ireh Tronty- -thlrd, which signaIized itsolf
in the Missouri and Woss Virginia campaigns1
The companies alluded to furnished who'll
crowd Of officers during tho Rebslliono, and
survive may he mentioned Col. James Qnirk and
hts two brothers, Maj. Charles z. Moore, and
sons OF lesser grade, nearly oil reading in Chi
coEo.
TIE CAVALRY AND ARTILLERY
we're not left unreprcsented 10 the times alluded
subsequently found d carcor Of glory on sterncr
fields. and who now, ''after life's titful fever
sleeps WE'LL" headed squadron Of horse
bearing the tito OF "CIicago Dragoons."
Charley G. Barrier Who also sought fame where
same body, aud, after winning his spurs right
braEeiy, sleeps upon his blood-stained laurels
10 tae bosom OF his family, somewhere down
East. There were many other men Of the same
company who shono conspicuous IN caTalry mat
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. THE CHICAGO LIGHT ARTILLERY.
commanded by Captain, subsequently Colonel.
Ezra Taylor, made it's thunders felt, in battle
storms. along the Tennessee md the Gambler
land, and from tho Ohio to the sea. It's record
is unstained, except by tho smoke Of conflict,
aud tho brave old Colonel still survives, while
nany OF his "boys" afe bivouseked forever in
Southern clev.
The year 1856 Bav new native American
military company spring into existence, under
the nn1ne OF
THE NATIONAL GUARD CADETS"
Of Chicago. Thsy followed the devious paths
Of all new organizations until tho April Of 1850.
when ths celebrated Elmer Ellsworth, then
omparati7eIy unknown youth. became their
Captain, changing their title to United States
Cadets" Thsy established their nrmorY III the old
Garrett Block. corner State aud Randolph streets,
Ind proceeded to drill with 50 nrdor uevet ex-
,elled By any scldier-co1ps in tho world. 1t this
limo Franco was engaged in the war which |
Napoleon beautifully said vas to free Italy "froua
.:,e Alps to tbs Adriatic," " but which stopped |
short a. Fi1lafranca, whets ai7o halted Gall;e |
,lory for many q long 5ear. But America aud !
ho world had heard OF those terrible zouAyos |
rho. under Forsy, broke like unclaimed tigers |
hroaFh tho siuago OF Aontobollo. drove the |
Austrian swarms from Paiestrio, renewed |
he sp1andors Of Montrno}lo aud Lodi |
t Magenta, and recalled Marengo oa
he hei1hsa OF Golferino. Graphic news
'aPer Correspondents related tho exploits
II shos9 grim warriofa n WAY thhs exoitod tho
ambition OF Ellsworth. Whatever 1=s ppsK1bla
o F1encA,asu coald surely bo accomplished h5
k1sxf1.auk, Lila eulnpany Should e2 noe &looo