, 1880-08-04
GARFIELD.
IIis Military Carccr-EEow 1Io Cleaned
Ont Humphrey Marshall.

field. Raising n regiment Mt his coNntry's
call, tho country scl,oolmaster, without d
word Of instruction In military tactics, With
out thought upon military affairs, left tho
classic halls of Hiram to deient an expert
e1iced General of the enemy, right III that
Generals home, where every nook and
corner Of the country was familiar 10 the
opposing force.
The Hon. A. g. Riddle several yenrs
ago wrote al account Of this curly
military career, which cannot fnll 10
bo Of much more, interest thnn my
Of the campaign accounts TINT lave been
manufactured to order within the pnst few
weeks.
1t twas In the per!lous year 1869, Garfield
Ind Rone out With hlB students from Hiram.
lie had never known what personal fcnr
meant. While nt work at the carpenters
trade, he was always the first to mount tho
topuiost point Of 8 toppllng bent at n raising,
Aere he would walk with as much stenGIness
Of nerve rs upon tho solid enrti. It was to
him III those days something like what lie
Imagined It would BE- to cling to tho tnpmost
position Of q ships rigging III storm, ard no
liked It. So, when he camo to face wnr and
danger from bullets, he Ind one of tho Ill
dfsMnsabla REQUESTS Of 1n experienced
snldier,-lntrepidlty. Below is given Mr..
1Qddlo's account:
1oUT1Nu HUMPHREY MA1ss1fALL.
"Durlng tho summer, Garfield. who hegnn
tho Forty-second ut Cn,np Chose, aud stamped
himself upon It I'll n month. He was tencllcr,
professor. and ,Colonel In one. On the ,15th
Of DGcelnbor, IN obedience to IN order from
Tue ,Ohio. the Forty:sacond was sent to
Cnttlcttaburg, Ky., Mid Its Colonel proceeded
to hoaaqunrtars ut Louisville. Tho prepal1r
tons md espectatlons, the ionEines, posslble
Ioubt,inYs of to eager, aMx!ous months
'tWliat d picture the Interview Of Buell.
mt! Garfield would make Ill the iinllls OF atl
attistl Buell.. tho nlost accomplished MILL
tary scholar nnl critic Of tie Old army, a,d
most deserving 1;e,.enals Of volunteers Of ttlo
Wuy, .astutc, sllent, cold. Garfield, with
figure, lMad0 10 tlll md set or tho simple
n M' asx III 1ass ami % MI!
lie warm atlnophcro Of Els generous unfur5
TO- Confront his questioning and ulIteter-
mined fate. A keen, allurl', searching glance,
with . few cold. uneonnectgd questions.
valley Of tho nIE Sanly, threatening Eastern
Cumberland uap towards Mil Spring. III
S9c'5s n n,sqy Tqy eauyes q i Y o on0 esnsrs sals
with n ,n.np befolu ll1n, pointed nut
tho locations OF the Union forces, the topog::
raphy 0f the country, and lifting his cold
sys t" hs faee Of the Slsnt f III s,sr si
whit would you do? Report YOUR answer
with q silent how. departed. Daylight found
him with sketch ct tho proposed campaign
Rls H commander. Tho skilled eye mastered It
erder. q ! crsa!tas " THO Eishfeensh n1issda u u
tho Army Of tho Cumb0rluna,, assigned Go!.
tho process Of oa,hodying tho troops, came
this sentence, brlcf enough FOR tho soul Of
wit: 'Tlien proceed, with the least possible
Aclay, to tho mouth Of the Sandy, and
t oyo Wth The te d9se H. TINT ycnty y up a
cut him ,oif.' Never was order moro literally
executed, or With greator pronlptttlldc. Ilnel!
acenl!nSly riskeA much OIL tl!0 accuracy Of
his 1uagincnf GARFIELD, who had noyor seen
suddenly found himself ~ command Of four
regiments Of Infantry and eight companies
Of cavalry, charged with tho duty Of driving
from his native State tho reputedly abaest Of
lucky had given 70 the lsebellio,l, who conf
minded al.out 5000 men and could choose Ills
own position. llc was ut PaihtsIlle, about
sixty. miles up tho Sandy, was expected ultl-
ixayton sg uiS a s sstabs' ths ebel bes fov
ional Government In tllo Stata. l10 WAS o
man OF great intellectual abilities, and ~
lno,a for having LED the heMtrcklars In tho
Shsrf1 at ~ l9n , W!sf nn,aI o an r9as Il. 1ss wsr
"Tcforo nlshtfall OF tho vi, Of January,
1872, Garfield had, as tho head Of !, 100 men,
r!Sen IL t4g ,aGs asGo9s 3.p p'ekcs betwee
orders to Ills reserves nt Palntylllc. twenty
bivoaseked III tile pitilcss min, to await
HiorninE and tllo atFuERle. MlaHlMl ~ hts
aae asasy q fsSsf Skc @ bnr s e a sG' ay @ Tra % w s
plenty ot time 10 t]'lnk,-to think ot every
thing. How ths mind, armed with incresll-
bio flight In such a supreme iMontent, will
t'ssl1 t1e world afn,and NasF tr1 GyeF nlt ny
bablas' i to.i aad I'll a,en S the Hiram. Ecles- 'ts
tic boys,. n full compaliy OF whom
Mete Ss re-. tntn then bsy as ma ,,o,d h,d 1ae e"fs s
knew tholr fath0rs anil mot,crS. 'floy had
III D way, put thom Into hts lands, and he
had brought them here. Somewhere near
Tex the enemy. Of known .I superior st5enstl!.
position ss IN r.l.iliars, 10 must expect, Ills
iDniii force, the FOrtIcth, tic Forty-second,
had mover faced al enen,y. How would they
behnyeP And then BY turned To lllnself to
MISREPRESENTATION MS lsIHGEIAoAL hGlE-lQI
weak places, lingering, Unexpectedly may
hap, ii spirit, perhaps In nleru ncrvc, in. Tic
lowest part OF bis body; who can TIL where
t,oug gllts wandered nway 70 things llu !aI
aIwayA reyere1. And then ranle tho drowsY
AnlnbnesS ut sleep, With spi,se of tic nenr-
ness, the presence 0f the dear o4es III hls
precious, peaceful tptMe,
After all,, 1t WAS mt 80 easy to find Gen.
Humphrey Marshull. Not OIL Abl1tts Creek
at all. Ii0 WIS 50 1tear Ills fue could feel Ills
prcscnce,-lsau found hls cnvalry !ud artil-
arlly9 Garfield could almost hear him
breathe Wilnt a day Of hunt that was lie
was cortalnly on Abhntt's Cresk; and Cur
field would gttlko Middle Creek, ald 50 get
found lie enemy parked .,p Gu tbs Side 81 .
ragged, wooded hill. as il to bo up out Ut
langur. ,ln fact, iie was TOO much up