Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1880-08-12
An Ohio Regiment Corroborates
Mr.. Langridge as to Hancock's
Treatment of Union SOL
dier6


Treatment of Union SOL
diers.
Columbus, O., Aug. 4.-The spe-
cial correspondent of the Chicago
Tribune, writes: Since Jerry w ard /,
an ex-soldier of Company c, Fourth
Ohio Folunteer Infantry, made the
statement to a reporter of a Kansas
City paper which reflected severely
on Gen. Hancock, the Democratic
press OF Ohio have been laboring
among the ex-soldiers to find some
slight pretsxt upon which they might
make denial, but up to the present
time have met with no success. The
Tribune correspondent to-day met
another gentleman who was net only
a member of the same company with
Ward, but who was also present
when Gen. Hancock rode up to the
Fourth Ohio and commenced his
TRADE of abuse just as the command
had reached the stream, which was
waist deep This gentlsman's name
is Robert d. MeCarter, and he is con.
nscted with the large dry goods
house OF Miller, Green 81 Joyce.
Upon being asked by your CORES
pendent in regard to the statement
of Ward, that Gen. Hancock had
come up as they were about to put
down a pontoon, Mr.. McCarter said :
cit is all true, every word OF it, 40
far as it goes. / was but few
yards from Gen. Hancock as he rip
ped out these words, which not only
myself, but forty others of the ad-
vance heard. Addressing the officer
he said, Cd d-n the SIS of BIS,
make them wade the stream. ;" Mr..
MoCarser states that since he read
Wards interview he has met about
twenty Of his old command, and.
without speaking of Ward, but OF
the nomination of their "Old Com
mander,"
THE MEN HAVE INYARIABTY STATED,
"Yes, we are not likely to forget the
man that treated US like dogs and
insulted our mothers" One man,
Jacob Crook, who now lives at Del.
aware, was Orderly Sergeant of the
company at the time. He is now a
red-hot Democrat, and was one OF
the two in Company G. that voted
the Vallanaigham. He states that he
never ean forget the TRADE of abuse
that Hancock hsaped upon him. He
remembers all about it, but forgsts
whether the stream was az deep 90
Mr.. Ward states, and that is the only
difference in his version OF the case.
He has not yet decided whether he
can swallow Hancock or not. But
be further adds: "It was a fortunate
thing for Maj. Gen. Winfield Scott
Hancock that he moved off directly
after, for this reason: / found that
four of our boys had drawn a bead
on him, and in one minute more he
would have been shot to pieces.
The Fourth Ohio boys were not
made of the kind of material that
would brook insult" Crook will
make an affidavit to the aboye il de-
sired.
ANOTHER MEMBER
of the Fourth Ohio, Lieut.. Andy
Anderson, now travelling for a large
Cleveland house, heard the above
and will also testify as to its entire
truth.
Mr.. II. Fl. Pollock, Company A.
Fourth Ohio, made his way little
below on the stream, and while oros-
sing on the bridge with other com.
rades, was attracted by Hancock
riding up to the bridge and hailed
them as follows "You Cd id
SIS of BIS, that bridge is for the
artillery to cross on, and not for you
SIS of BIS"
Mr.. MeCarter says: 81 can get
afidavits from at least forty of the
old members of Companies A. and G
who were in the advance that day,
who will verify every word of the
above. You might think it remark
able that you don't have to enquire
about their remembering the insult !;
all that is necessary is to ask one of
them if he is going to vote for sour
Old Commander" and you will have
the incident related to you" | then
asked Mr.. McCarter If it might not
have been on forced march or was
not there battle in progress, which
might render it very necessary to
move with rapidity; might not Gen.
Hancock have been annoyed at the
slowness of the column? "Non.
sense" said he, awe were not
marching for fighting; there was no
hurry, as marches the days previous
and following clearly proved. We
were merely changing positions with
no enemy In our front. No,
GEN. HANCOCK CANNOT HIDE BEHIND,
nor his friends excuse him for heap.
ing such TRADE of abuse upon men
fully his equals. 1t was not the only
time,-it was in bis nature to look
upon privates and officers of low de.
gree with contempt"
"Then you won't vote for Our
Old Commander"
"Well, | guess not, and if you can
show me one of the Fourth Ohio
who will | would like to see who he
is. The Democracy are shouting
themselves hoarse over that gallant
soldier. They say that he shed his
blood in defense of his country, and
that all the soldiers should vote for
him, but they won't. There will be
a few, probably, and just about as
many as voted for the Coppsrhead
Vallandiham, but no more"
After hearing Mr.. McCartsr's
statement, and what he said of the
four rifles being drawn on Gen. Han
cock, the question suggests itself
Did not Gen. Hancock shed bis
blood as price of the insults he had
hespsd upon the mothers of the brave
boys who were fighting tor the Un-
ion? Might not rifle in the hand
of some insulted man have gone off
accidentally; more singular things
have occurred. His nomination, for
instance by the Democrats.
"SAM," said one little urchin to