Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1883-12-06
4 WAR REMINISCRSCH.
How = Regular Omcer Was Thumped
Into Respect for the Volunteers.

Hhto hesDest Tor the toluuteeTa.
Reading General Lew Wallacc's let
ter tothe eleventh Indian regiment,
defending his course at shiloh. was
reminded Of an accident which hap
pcncd shortly after that conflict, said
a veteran Of the war 10 IA representa-
tive Of the indianapolis JouJHaL 1t
happened at Louisville and General
Wallace and the late General T.. o. G.
Ord, his son (who acted As one Of his
fathers aids), and Major James X.
Ross, Of this city. who was at the time
acting as Wallace's aid-de-camp, were
the parties interested. There was al
ways an air Of superiority worn by the
officers Of the regular army towards
those Of the volunteer service, and this
feeling was so bitter on the part Of
some as 10 be the cause Of feeling
amounting almost 10 positive hatred
ord was general Of the regulars, and
his son was lieutenant in the same
service Of equal rank with Ross. vol
untccr. aud young ord occasionally
took occasion to snub his comradc,
bat the latter was Mt the Kind Of
man to toady any one II was after
the battle of shiloh and a number Of
general officers and members Of their
STATS were at Louisville, with head
quarters at the Louisville hotel. among
the number being General ord aud his
son. They never omitted an opportu-
nifty to speak snccrIugly Of General
Wallace. or for that matter. any vol
uutcer officer one night young ord
was engaged in playing billiards in
the bllIiarI-roOm Of the hotel. aud hts
father was IN the corridor talking
with som" other officers II was pro-
posed that The party take walk about
the city and - the night was cool the
general turned t. Major Ross. and in a
tone of command. said: Lieutcnant,
60 tony room and gc, my oycrcoat"
The young officer turned sharply and.
without Offering 30 obey the command.
replied. Jerking his thumb over ms
shoulder IN the direction of the biz
liard-room. There is an artist in there
sir. who can at as your servant Tho
general said nothing. but vas forced %
make his son stop playing TO DO the
crraud or climb the stairs himself and
chose the former course. After the
occurrence young ord was even more
oyorbearng in his dcmcau0r towards
Ro-, than ever before and the feel
ing II au.mo,ity between them was
greatly cuhttcrsi one night short
~ auerwari General Wallace was
standing in group of officers at the
hotel. and near al hand was Young
ord with mixed party Of soldiers
and civilians some one In the party
singled tho General out, and addressing
ord. asked who that officer was. "Oh.
that is Lew Wallace. the man who
tried So hard to lose shiloh" answered
the lieutenant. Scarcely hal hc finish
ci speaking when Ross. who had in.
aIycrtontly heard the remark. stepped
lrlskly forward and struck the COM
maudcr's slandcrcr singing slap on
the cheek. following Il up with a blow
which sent the Young man aprawl.ng
on tho floor "lon have lthumpy
slandcrcd General Wallace In partic-
ular hump. and the volunteer sol
d.or in general" lthumpl. shouted
Ross, until have lthumpI stood all
can of Il lthump1: and now lthumpD
propose to show you lthumpJ that
there Is Al least one volunteer OH
Ger lthumpl who is more of man
than regular Of equal rank" and
bumpcty.hump went the young mans
head against the floor The thump-
ing process continued until the 10y
ISLANDERS pulled Ross of and allowed
the other to escape After that there
was greater degree of respect and de-
ference paid the volunteer arm Of the
service by at least that portion Of the
regulars ! was an eyewitness TO the
occurrence. and can testify to the truth
OF the story.