Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-10-30

How . Young Indiana Volunteer Re.
seated an lnsult.
Reading General Lew Wall ices letter
to the Eleventh Regiment, defending
his course at Shiloh. was reminded Of
an incident which happened shortly af-
ter that conflict" said veteranssof the
war. It happened at Louisville and
General Wallace and the late General
e. u. q. Ord, his son (wh0 acted AZ one
Of his fathers aides, aud Major James
Il. Ross, who was at the time acting as
Wallace's aide-ds- camp, were the par
ties interested. There WAS always an
air OF superiority worn by the officers Of
the regular army toward those of the
volunteer service, and this feeling was
30 bitter on the part Of some as to
amount almost to hatred. Ord was a
general of regulars, and his son WAS a
lieutenant in the same service, Of equal
rank with Ross, volunteer, and young
Ord frequently took occasion to snub
his cOmrade, bat the latter was not the
kind of man to tosdy anyone. ltw 8
after the battle Of Shiloh, aud number
Of general officers and the members of
their STATS were at Louisville, with
headquarters at the Louisville Hotel,
among the number being General Ord
and his son. They never omitted An
opportunity to speak sneeringiy of Gen.
Wallace, or for that matter, any volun-
teer officer.
One night young Ord was engaged in
playing billiards in the billiard room OF
the hotel, and his father was in the
corridor talking With some other OH
oers. Il was proposed that the party
take walk about tho CITY, and ~ the
night wAs cool, the General turned 20
Major Ross, and in tone Of command,
said: Lieutenant, 60 20 my room and
get my overc0at" The young ofiioer
turned sharply, and without offering 70
ebsy the command, replied, jerking bis
thumb over his shoulder in the direction
OF the billiard room. ssThere is an on
Ger in there sir. who can act a. your SCR
vant.r The General said nothing, but
was forced TO make his son stop play
| inc 10 do the errand or climb the stairs
himself, and chose the former course.
After this occurrence young Ord was
even more overbearing Ia his demcsnor
toward Ross than ever before, aud the
feeling Of animosity between them was
| greatly embittered,
One night, shortly afterward, General
Wallace was Standing Ia . group o. ON
o4kD ~ b00 0Oto1s 8uu uoesA - usssss ~o1
Young Ord with mixed party OF sol
tiiers and civilians. Some one IN the
party singled General Wallace ont. ana
addressing Ord, asked who thas of1cci
Was. .sOh, that u Lew Wailaoe, the
man Who trisd % hard TO l0ss Shiloh.
answered the lie0tsna-t. Scarcely had
81 Auiahed when Roes, Who had mad
yertsutly ovsRheard the remark. stepped
briskly forward and struck bin com
mandeeb olAndexeR stinRing slap on
ths chssk, and following mp With blow
which nont the y0unQ man sprawiInR o.
the door. sYoushave (thump) elAnderec
/ General wallace In particular, tthump
i and the voluntsef soldier IN general,
fthump) shouted ROan until hAvt
lithump) stood I'll ] can Of Is, tthamp1
md nov yoo tthump) pcopoo g
ehOw zoo (thumpl that thero = - seas
one volunteer olIioer (thump) no
moro nf ; man than . regular q squA
rank aud bumpty bump vent -
young mans heAd against re nooI
The thumpinQ pf0oe0o continual uns!
- bystanders pulled R0an % and -
kOved Ord 20 escape. After that snera
- 4 Qreaasr ds&seo Of re1psct and q
defersnoe raid "a fhe volunteer arm q
the serviee ~ = laaee = possaen = - e.
. regular. 80 - eypLu1oneee 3 ~ a
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a - Say.
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