The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1880-09-15

ing 10 the left with canteens, for wa
ter The men of our regiment then
asked permission to 90, and, as US
ual. few were selected to take can
teens for the whole. The stream
proved to be mill-race Of clear run
ming water. The men got their can
teens filed. when Hancock and his
staff rode out from behind the mill
and compelled them to empty their
cantecns and 20 back TO their COM
panv. About noon was the next OPP
porunitv for a short halt, and per
enptorv orders were given by Han
cock that the men should have no
opportunity 70 get water. We went
on and reached Yorktown about
two. We had started from below
williamsburg, and on a hot day in
August in that sultry climate we
had marched Is or % miles with
only soap suds drenched off our bo-
dies in canteens when we started,
and without any water in them af-
ter we were required to empty them.
Here near Yorktown We halted and
Hancock and his staff, on horseback,
made their appearance in front OF
the Fifth Wisconsin. The men be
gan
CALLING WATER, WATER
Hancock rode up to the officer com
manding the first division This
happened to be myself | was lieu
tenant and in command. What
Is your name. sir?" he demanded.
| gave him my name. a Cd
d-d pretty officer you are to allow
your men to call water, when the
commanding general rides round in
review. | demand the names of the
parties SO that can punish them,
howled the general / answered.
Occupying the post--- general,
in front of my men, it is impos-
sible for me to designate them.
He then went to the officer COM
manding the second division, Enoch
Totten. and the same was repeated.
Then. said he, 'bv Cd. I'll punish
the whole id regiment ? And he
went to Lieutenant Co4onel Emery,
of Portage. who was in command of
the regiment. and ordered him to
put his regiment through a battalion
on the doublc-quick for one hour !!
And this punishmcnt-going on the
run for one hour-dfter our day Of
fatigue and heat and privation, we
were compelled to undergo! This is
the sort Of man or brute Gen. Han
cock i. and ! think every volunteer
soldier under him at that time will
attest these facts"
ATTEsTIN WITNEssEs.G
"Cm YOU direct how inquiry may
be made Of Others ?" lido not know
where the soldiers all are, Our bri-
gade was composed Of the 9TH Wis
consin. 9th Maine, 49th Pennsylva-
MIA and ADD New York-all volun-
teers. The colonel of our regiment
was Hon. Amasa Cobb, now Of Lin
coin, Nebraska. a judge Of the su-
. preme court of that state Our quar-
termaster was Col John G.. Clark of
this place. Company \ was en-
listed at Manitowoca by Cept Temp
/ Clark; company f in Waukesha
county by Capt. /. NJ. Bean; COM
|panv ID at Beaver Dam by Capt
1 Catlin; company / at Taycheedah
+ by Capt. Emerson company c at
Milwaukee by Capt. Berens COM
pany II in Richland county by Capt
r. Hawkins; company f at James
Vile by Capt. Wheeler company X
in Dunn county by Capt. Evens /;
company G at Berlin by Capt. Bugh,
and company B at Milwaukee by
Capt. Hibbard. Did you ever
TELL THESE FACTS
before Hancock was nominated for
Presidcnt?' MANY a time Many
people in Lancaster have heard me
tell them from the time Icame home.
And here Is a letter from DIR. lnger-
soil. of Waukesha. a brother of Bob
Ingersol. On my way from the
army ! stopped in Waukesha county
to recruit myself and there fell in
with DIR. Ingersoll, an old friend of
mine. He writes me that | then
told him of Hancock's brutality and
urges it upon me as a duty, that
tell IT all to the public. / shrink
from the publicity but, to me it is
simply horrible to reflect that a man
of such vouched for
BRUTAL NATURE AND CHARACTER
as Winfield Scott Hancock is likely
to receive the sufirages of large
portion Of the people for the office OF
president. That he is the choice OF
the keepers of Andersonville and
Libby and their friends is not sur
prising, and how can a northern man
vote for him ?"
We publish the foregoing know
ing that Mr.. Langridge has been
pressed by many citizens to give il
to thepublic andthey urgeit know
ing he is reliable in every utteranct
he makes upon his own knowledge
He has been Il citizen here Of the
highest character for y years. He
is not a man to whom any person
viii ascrbe vanity, and he Is not in
the least a yielder to sentimentality