The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1880-04-06
GRANTS FIRST ORDER.
The Subject of His First APP
pointment Now in
Sedalia.
Interesting Stories as Related by
an Eye Witness of
Their. Truth.

We had tne pleasure last evening oi
meeting Mr.. I. T. Dawson, the courteous
AMI energetic gentleman ia charge of the
auction sale 81 jew-lry, on Ohio street, and
enjoyed \ very agreeable hsli hour'. con-
verss,ion with him. Mr. DSw~on was the
subject of the first appointment over made
~ Gen. l. :. tirsnt, and H. the pos-essor
III the first Ur,ier Issued hy him. after his
appointment To the colOn.lcy oi the 2lSt
Illinois regiment. Grant wa, in 1861. =
clerk IN the Office OF Gov. Yates 1T Spring
held, and received his appointment in =
rather Informal manner. The 2l4t regi
menf. was shen in Camp Yates, and the
men we're 81 d'sorde-Iy snd unmsnsgeable
that the governor WIS At hi- wits end To- .e-
duce them tn state Of discipline. He
asked q ant what he should 10 to stop the
dePredations of the men. Grant said that
he could soon hiring them to time, where
upon Yates offered to aPprint him colonel.
The clerk replied tina, he would accept ii
he would appoint certain young attorney,
~hom he named, a. sdjutaDt. Thi- was q,
once agreed to and the Commissions were
duly made out. Within weeks time
Gran; had the men under perfect control
snd proved himself the mos, competent
officer in the service
Shortly alter there was trouble in one OF
the counties, about ninety mIIes distant
from Springfield, and the governor was de-
si'ou- Of sending troops to qnell it, but
had no means Of transportation. Grant
offered to provide transportation il his regi-
ment was sent, and an being a-ked how he
would get it, replied tina, he would march
his men there. And lie did a march
of ninety miles was then con-idered
terrible thing. Mr. Dawson was then a
lieutenant IN company r. Second Illinois
light artillery, stationed at Camp Yates
and. on leaving the camp for the scene Of
,ronbis. Grant i.-ued the following, hi. frat
official order:
CAMP YATES ILLINOIS, J
July "a, 1861.
ORDER No. I.
I'm the departure OF this regiment, Lieut..
T. T. Dawson. al the Artillery company
state trocrs will assume the d,Itiss ot &c; i
ins assist IN. rommisss-v aud sc,irg a--i>
tin, aurri-rmrs'er for all troops i-.i. lie
will sl-n TAKE rh-=rs Of all re- IN njal pre-.
p.-'v together with the sick FIR shipment
lie sill receir' 2, acting s--'.t II cnmni-s-
srv Iri sc';n- s.-is,:n, qnsFtr-ms-tsr, j.
f.. Jones. Tor AL c"mrii-.sry au' au,rter
masters stores for which he j. responsible
For INV ini1Ins,iop he may want in re-
gar! To- his duties h. will report tn Col.
John Wosd, commanding state troops.
L :. GRANT,
Colonel Comm'n'g Rest.
A. the Plat regiment left the camp Lient.
Dawson fired the first salute in his honor
Subsequently Mr. D,wscncommsndsd bat
terry and served his country for four wears
and IL NAV IN believed that the order wa
in the light II The events which followed
reIixiousiy preserved and highly priced.
On General Grants recent visit TO In
dIanapolis, Mr.. Dawson's home for the
past six years he wss shown his first order
snd Vas very much interested in the owner
The indianapolis Journal obtained the or
iginsl and had it electro,ypel, running it
beneath the Generals picture, at the head
Of their columns Mr. Dawson j. a great
admirer of the worlds hero and is for L. s.
Grant tor president against the field. In
: the course 81 the conversation he told the
reporter many incidents concerning the
Generals management Of his fret regimen,
which we're intensely interesting and which
We should delight in reproducing did space
permit. Mr.. Dawson is an intelligent and
cultivated gentleman AMI a. heard from
hi. lips the anecdotes Of the man whom
kings delighted TO honor are Esrveilousiy
fascinating.
Extract from letter from Beckett Il Grit
fin, Druggists, Monroe, NC.
MONROE, Dec. %, 1879.
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your Safe Kidney and Liver Cure is the
most efficient combination for obstinate
KIDNEY Dnsesses ve have ever known-snJ