The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1883-12-08
He Passes Through Cheyenne and Is
Interviewed by a Leader
Reporter.
His R%ecOlIectIOns of Military aen-Po-
lItlcal Views and other
Chat.

<4AAS ivy oho u y
cidc coast, accompanied by Mrs. Gen
eral Hancock, Mrs. Foster, her cousin
Colonel Albert Russell, the General
chief Of staff and Lieutenant Barber
one OF his aides de camp. They wer'
aboard of a special car attached t,
No. 8.
Our sage brush reporter. through tn,
courtesy OF Colonel Russell, was imme
diately invited into the car. On enter
Ing, the General arose and advanced
with extended hand, greeting the re
porter very kindly, and invited him u
a seat. Two other parties were present
at the time, but very soon retired
after which the General came and sat
down alongside of our reporter.
well, sir-but see here, L guess ]
know you; didn't he tell me your name
was CarrolIr"
Reporter-"Yes. general that Is my
name"
General-"Why, L remember yor
when we were out In the war"
IiRep.-very likely, general.
Gen.-"Yes, yes, OF course I do, es
pecially on the peninsula. when L wa.
sick, got ahead Of my brigade In an
ambulance, and you told me where my
command was"
Rep.-"Yes, and on some other &C.
c%asions, as 1 was along with you q
good deal"
Gen.--"You were then what would
be called a kid here nows"
Rep.-"Certainly, that is It,"
Gen.-"By the way. General Smith,
who commanded the division, will be
out through here In a few days"
Rep.-"Well, 1 should like to see
him."
Gen.-"You will get a chance soon.
BE was oyer to Governors Island last
Sunday to see me, and told me he was
coming out here. Smith is a good fell
low and a good general. You remem-
Der that day when we fought the battle
Of Williamsburg, don't your"
Rep.-"Perfectly we'll"
Gen.-"Well, Smith sent Brooks and
me around the confederate left to the
rear of Fort Magruder, while Hooker
was pounding away on the old Will
liamsburg road. That movement de-
cided the battle, and he was entitled
to a part of the credit for that flank
movement, and yet the papers gave it
all to me-"
Rep.-"Yes, l was along with you in
that charge"
Gen.-(Laughing.) Well. Early got
the worst OF 1t when he came down
from Magruder and made his counter
charge"
Rep.-"Yes, and he had a close call
himself"
Gen.-"So he did. Let me see, what
was the name of that little aid who
rode back to Yorktown that day after
McClellan-I mean that little French
man?n
Reptile Prince de Joinvillep"
Gen.-"O, yes. Well, he thought
WI Americans did more fighting than
was necessary, and did not rely quite
enough on military strategy"
Rep.-"Was that the reason he went
back to France so soon?"
Gen.-"Yes, l guess So"
Here our reporter thought it was
about time to take a change of venue,
as 1t were, and draw out something in
regard to current matters and pros
poets. He wanted to interview the
general about such matters, but didn't
wan the general to come a flank move
ment and interview him. But the gen.
eral, who was on his guard and too
quick for him, said at once:
by the way, l was very much aston
ished when we ca IN in sight Of Chey-
enne to see how it has built up since l
saw it last. What s~ustains the town?''
hep.-"There Is an immense amount
Of wealth In this place, and this is the
headquarters Of the stockmen for this
whole region Of country"
GeD.-"o, yes, 1 see; l see. That's
1t. 1t has been thirteen years siuce l
was through here last, and at FIRST l
could not imagine what 1t was that en-.
ables your people here to build such
6ne buildings as l see all over the city
from the car"
Rep.-"Yes, 1t is the stock interest
that IN the main supports the town, but
there Is considerable dissatisfaction
with some In regard to fencing up gov
eminent lands by the stock men,"
CENT suppose so. I have heard
about it. 1t makes me think Of how It
used to be In the Indian territory.
Thirty years ago l wa stationed there
and no n thought the land was worth
taking up, but Of late years everybody
wants to get In there and get hold OF
all the land they can. So it was in
Illinois. No one thought thirty years
ago that the country was worth settling
up, and nobody wanted the land at
that time, but when 1t once began to
settle up, and. people found out how
rich the land was, then they all wanted
TO get hold Of 1t, and 1t will be the
same, or, rather, Is the same out here.