, 1877-12-26
second morning thereafter to Capt. Smith, to

eeH6nd morning thereafter to Capt. Smith, to
be mustered out Of tho .crvlce.
went with Him tn tho oIEter who had thu.
rt,circl him. anl wiz, ctrr:horatcd li- state
nrnt, aiding that although this Was evidently
casc OF great hanlsl.in still, they could MT
l,rrak tho rule they hal laid down. With this
di.heart"ning reriy VIC Withdrew.
seGss tsses ta' efst ,ss ffaaa, :ee
IN front Of the White House. /" 30 you
a.kel. "Yc'. one chance, provided you viii
iooM ,.g1 ny n;trssons IT, to- t ls!ter anu
70 into tho farus receptton.room, where lie
would probably Ind from, fifty to 100 people
waiting 10 scc the President, and whit ILL the
usher announced that the reception ttours were
out, to walk boldly tnto tho rcrepslon.roorn;
md. onrc In, was s,ro the President wonl1
grant him att interview. He must state ali the
iacts to him. ana s!nw him his commission md
him cl.ccr rp, follow my Instructions, and re-
port the retnt to me.
returned 10 my rooms, rnres hours passed,
st.d stu hc came not AZ hali-past 2, however,
he ssts X: Il. i{ss ~ u1 nosi th GyfS
ness. Drawing from the breast of his old fadca
coat r.nnatrous official envelope and laying It
upon the tal!e before snc, he exclaimed, "Just
lo'k At tf!as!H Tho envelope was un.caled and
nl'iresse.l ITO tho Secretary Of War; and It
contained his old eottci commission, which hau
tccn treated ns Of such little valuc. with this
lnlurresnentt thereon: "Let tho H!thfn-namctl
!. " tc paid for Ills services up to date, dts
Informed me Tint he lad followed mY aivico 10
the letter. WhGn the usher announced that
the hour la1 arrived for tue Cabinet meeting,
he snw gentleman entering the PresidcMt's
rp'n,,, and tr'sdly pushed In after him. The
President requested tho gentleman who had
Just entered, and who proved to ho Mr. 2ecre-
tary seward come to attcnd the Cabinet meet
ing, to br seated whifo he spoke "t1 this young
nlan," And seeming to- ubecrye TINT ho was
.eatr.l, and then asked him wbst ha V conid do
for hin. For hall nil hour he cnnvcrsc1 freely
with him. drawing out al, the facts in the case.
examining tho pieces Ot BONG fr,n the pt,Or
bravery mud splendid record, asked how
he would like to 70 home and sec his frtenie
and recover bis health. and hare authority to
raise eompany ot cavalry and command tuhlna-
telf. "Of eoilrse." he replied, "lic should he
delighted to do that but he had 10 report next
tl,ur1ling to Capt. Smith to bc fnustered out of
the sersict." about g.so yourself any nn-
cr.ncts: will attend 10 ali that. obey tl.c
order and report to the Captain, but hare no
fear q hsing mustered ont,' said the ptcsilen
ttct should ba uorc To him.
Armed With this weapon If strength, We
llasteneI again U utr tnex0tabIu Mni0r. aud
handed him the rejected eo,nm!ss!on With the
1t. Iic at iret luuked disturbed and as though
ilu would like tn eradr compliance, but
finally saying, "'rhs seems pcrc,nptory
In its tcr1ns," he Issued tile ossicr that ST.
cured the YOUNG ulcer hts rRhtfuf duee.
But Row aouttt the mDrrows Amidst hts mani
told, overwhelming os1!s4nI cares ut that event.
iuI pcrioi w6nld 4. 1.ueoln think uf his r,totl-
tsei Yea, nnl he tnure than fulfilled It.. Wnen
Smith knew lin. aud was aiIablr u,,l kindly In
n,anutr. isc received orders not IL muster
Lieut.. J. W--but Of tho service, ha. SEC that
he wus provided with proper conveyance to
his hume; aud tals was followed by Capta't'a
of caralry.
About year aitcrward received call from
plump, erect, tlne-lookluE oil!ccr III q new
uniform lrnptlng the rank Of Colonel, who
W., aud who WIS npw on Ills way 10 pat his
rcspects to thu President, who hAl recently
promoted hin, to his present rank. ". |. q.