The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1877-10-15

go -, one evening I ordered MN 70 i .ns
year -;snat dnty about three miles 20 tse
. o ,, on ~ nrairie. Sabine, la., -
" ,,,rht and them blamed Union sooaeis
i is,.a W. 70 he prowiihg around there MY
.;n,as,, So he would not go. Next morning
+ T''. ordered him again. SAID ne: 49,
: rai mi ?" He didn't go again. Mex u acrs
ordered him on picket duty once WIZ Wu
This time he looked hurt. sara ne naS
on Sunday I? You must be durhea ioo,
picketing was impracticablc, SO aIoppou
n :. enongh time there at that barn, bar !
s sfnS the rain, and the rats, and the MOSQUE
toes. and things. We lived on both parties
impartiallv. and both parties hated us Inn
partially. But one day we heard that the
invader was approaching, so we had to pack
up and move. Inside OF twentY-four hours
the invader was coming again; SO we moved
again. And next day:he was after us eace
more. We didn't like it much, bat we
moved rather than to make trouble. This
went on for week or ten days, and We saw
considerable scenery. Then Ben upper
lost patiehce. He says" War is not what
1t is cracked up to be. Pm going home IL
can't ever get a chance to sit down min
ute. WHY do these people keep US ahump-
! ing around so? Blame theiF skins, 40
they think this is an excursion -
Some OF the other town-6nys began 20
| erumble. They complained that there
was an insuficiency OF umbrellas, ana
tf1un they complained that The worcester
shire sauce was out. There was mutiny and
dissatisfaction all around, and OF course
here came the enemy Fostering Us again,
nso honrs-more than two hours-bcfore
| breakfast, and nobody wanted to turn out
Mt that hour. This was little too much
| The whole command felt insulted. de-
/ tached one Of my aids, and sent him to the
4 brigadier, and asked him to assign us TO =
4 district where there wasn't SO much bother
going on. The history OF our company was
ilaid before him, but, instead OF being
ftouched by it, what did he do? tie sent
back an indignant message. He said,
.sYou have had a dozen chances inside OF
two weeks to capture the enemy, ana he
| is still at large. knew that.l Stay
where you are this time or uf|l court
martial and hang the whole OF .yo1-" 1
submitted the brutal message to my bat
talon and asked their advice 'Sad the
orderly sergeant, - II Tom Harris VENTS the
enemy let him come here and get tam. l
| haven't got any use for my share. Who's
| Tom Harris, any way. that's pHttiIs on so
many frills? Why, knew him when be
wasn't anything but burned telegraph
operator. Gentlemen, you can 'ee as you
choose AS for me, l've got enough OF
| this sashaying round SO az you cant get
a chance to pray, because the time is
4 all required for cussin'. So off goes
! my war-paint. You hear me-" The
! whole regiment said: "Thaf's tine talk
for U.S." So then and there or 1.-THE spot
nv brigade disbandcd itself ana tramped
off home, with me at the tail endDf it. We
were the first men who went into the SER
vice in Missouri, and we were tEe;tirst who
went out of it anywhere. This, gentlemen,
Is the history of the part which my divi-
sion took in the great rebellion, and such
is the military record OF its comn,andeEtin-
chief And this is the first tiReEthat the
deeds OF those eleven warriors have been
brought officially to the notice Of humanity.
Treasure these things in your hearts, and
50 saall the detected and trueulent histe-
riaas of this land be brought to Ghame and
confusion. 1 ask you to fill your glasses
and drink with me to the reverea memory
Of the orderly sergeant and those other
neglected and forgotten heroes-my loot
sore ana travel-stained paladins. aEho were
first in war, first in peace, and were not Idle
during the interval that lay between.