The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1880-09-09
J. s. ANDERSON, co. A. 5rH WIS,
VOLS.

The subject of this notice has been a
soldier and according to his own testimo-
ny, good one, SO he tells rs he was
absent from his regiment ''only three or
four days" His recollecsions of service
in the tented field are vivid and he takes
a natural pride in detailing his army ex-
perienoe. No other man clngs 50 ten
to the memories of the stirring
events in which he figured, nor can match
him in the fidelity of their portrayal. He |
does not shoulder his crutch when he |
tells show fields were Won" and in this |
he differs from the ideal soldier of poetic !
creation. J. S. Anderson, Co. A. 9Th |
Wis. Vols, is not war stained, battle
scared veteran, beetle browed, fierce
mustached warrior, whose presence in
spires terror in the timid. His appear
ance is by no means as formidable as the
descriptive part of his signature. He is
mild hammered, retired warrior, who
while in active service observed closely
and kept a diary. In the seclusion of
his law Office he Eliminates political al
dresses, reads his diary and letters "writ-
ten at the time" he wore the blue.
]. s. Anderson, Co. A. 9th Wis. Vols,
loves notoriety. He pants for it as the
hart does for the water brook. He has
not had fair show from the biographers
of great men,. He has not received hon.
orable mention in the reports written on
the field. Biographers and generals
have left undone the things they ought
to have done, and J. S. Anderson Co. 4.
9Th Wis. Vols. supplements their labors.
They have lost sight of the fact that J.
S. Anderson 90. A. 9Th Wis. Vols. was
an important factor In suppressing the
rebellion, and J. S. Anderson Co. A. 9Th
Wis. Vols, is determined that such omis-
sions shall not rob him of the glory TO
| which his deeds entitle him. He saw
| service, and that fact, terrible in its con-
| sequence to traitors, beneficent in it's
effect upon the integrity of the union,
must be chronicled though the reputa-
ton of honored generals he dispelled in
the glare of this new iuminary discovered
through the radiance of its own beams.
We cannot believe that J. S. Anderson
| Co. A. 9Th Wis. Vols. would traduce his
old general out of pure love for the re-
publican party. We know he has not in
conversing with those familiar with his
army record. The more Hancock is
abused the more general will be the cir
culation of the epistles on which hangs
the fame of one illustrious citizen soldier.
And now having devoted some atten-
ton to the writer together with all the
adiuncts to his name, let us consider the
probability of some of the charges which
J. S. Anderson Co. A. 9TH Wis, Vols.
makes er cdtaedra. Some soldiers bought
fish and were about to have feast. The
military osprey, Hancock, pounced upon
the fish and bore it away to his own
quarters where he deyoured it, leaving
the soldiers to feast upon their indigna-
ton. The man who will believe a story
of this kind told of any man, is the most
credulous numskull that ever abused a
brain. Ed. SCHNEIDER who was a mem
Der of the 9Th Wis. volunteers, but who
isnot ''one of them id literary fellows, "
declares solemnly that he never heard the
story until within the last week. "The
facts were notorious throughout the
brigade, we are informed. Mr.. Schind-
Ter never heard "the facts" notwithstand.
ing that they were so generally bruited.
A proceeding of such ineffable meanness
would drive any general from the army,
any man from the society of gentlemen.
1t is so contemplate an act that it's per-
petrator Off God framed man capable of
doing it, should be held up as the en-
bodiment of everything detestable. 1t
is so mean that it belittles the man who
relates it as truthful. On par with this
is the story of the deliberate murder of
soldiers by Hancock. He poisoned his
soldiers, not by his own hand but thro'
the agency of an incompetent druggist.
Hancock is a second edition of the yelled
prophet of Khorassen. Here again Mr..
Schindler's recollection is at variance
with the diary and recollection of Mr..
Anderson. He never heard Hancock
charged with culpability in this matter.
But then, Mr.. SCHNEIDER has no diary and
of course this destroys his credibility as
witness. Mr.. SCHNEIDER does recollect
the drilling scene" and explains the
cause as follows: The 9Th regiment when
Yorktown was reached. We're about to
break ranks and go in search of water
before stacking their muskets. The
other regiments had stacked their mus
kets and we've allowed to go for water.
General Hancock directed that the 9TH
regiment should remain in line, seeing
them about to struggle off. They muir.
INJURED, shook their canteens and shout
ed water 1t was an act of insubordi-
nation and discipline required punish.
ment. They were drilled fifteen minutes
and no longer. Mr.. SCHNEIDER states
positively that if the regiment had stack.
ed their arms before attempting to leave.
they would be treated as the other regi-
ments were. Every soldier in the regi-
ment admitted the justice of the punish.
ment received. Mr.. Anderson was never
known to complain until Hancock be.
came the democratic nominee. Then the
memory of the wrongs he suffered over
whelmed him. Hancock's candidacy
brings to his sympathetic mind ''the
PROSTATE form of the hapless victim OF