The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-04-14
AN ARKANsAw GENERAL.
Tells ei Great Victory and a Tettels
 Defeat Caused ey whisky.

Defeat Caused hy Whisky
 No sif, said an AtkanSaw general III reply ,o question. in not believe that upon the whole @h.sky n good iei saldtct2, ot that ,ss use is t,sd., .oas if tune of battle Several noted military men haze ,se, Jared that to make sol,iiesx drunk. and then lead them .ts. as ton is assaoe, certain victory. and therr ls some truth is the assersion, but the care neees- SAT, to l,c esetelsed m the matter ,s sc gtca, tha, discourage the use of insps. iea,lds hqaots. Iluang the late wat had about thiec thousand men m my command onc day VIC took possession of an immense dI>ttllery the soldiers drank madly. and during the earousal, the enemy. greatly oatnu.nacring us. ap media,ely drawn. My men fought with desperation. 1 could not hold them back. and finally, especially as had been dtinkihg heavily. ordered a charge. We sw~p, the held. No where could 1 see l tic siightcs, exhibition of irar With the yclIs oi mad men the, fought and pressed l forward ~iih an impetuosily tha, nothing could wiihsiand The enemy broke rank and fed pse. lpitonsly We gained a great victory. and my pi,de knew na bounds. My command did no, have te, ord for bravery, and tha, ihc men had glo,iously redeemed themsehea gave io the otiie sIA an elaiion that spoke oi future glo,y. knew that whisky had done il.e work. and WAS determined never agaln te so tntp a,,ion unless ,ny sp,te com mand .sas drunk The commanding general thought so veil oi my wotk that ] nc sent me 'o more important territory. where would have d ehanre of winning ..n ,snpeys shable name. Ii ~as not l great ~hiIr untl l had an opportunity One mofn,og 'he enemy appeared in slght. ami ! began to issae Nhssky ia the saldlefs he bsaod l soon ss~ sas mos the best. bs, having noticed that bad ~hisky an,alpcd. even m ftsii life, more hgiH than inc good. con sdsrcd myself fortunate m atng saf h a poor atiiele
 Vel, ae dodgcd around al day, isyiHx to dfaw the enemy into an engagemeui. When nistd esinc. vt were -ll dfnnk and pante, fof ba,,le. ba. as enemy ~as il stgh' .,ra day. we s.ain began our uian'f uvefa. s,lii dnnkIag. and ~'th longing desife to tghs Ihns Il vent on tof iouf or '.ye days. A: Iast Inc enemy eonison,ed us. Ay soldssrs looked curious They could no, keep inc shisLy down, and oeeaa,onaily 1 would sec the officers lodging around ss though they ~efe m d,Afeas, and were trying to h,de from somebody. I.began to feelsstrange took another dfink and threw ltup. | fclt A though some horned animal wanted ue. suddenly 1 says an sinmense snake hanging from tree was very nearly frightened out nf my Ni,s, and 1 should have dashed away had 1 not. upon loser lneeatigagion. seen that rhe anAke was ehiY 4 grapevine. The enemy "pened he engagement ni.h d discharge oi artillery Ny men threw doen ,he,r guns and actually is~. They how!ed frigai- fully sA~ hoop p-snske rolling tosafd me. and leapIug from nly horse eiissbed s tree. Whenever one of my men VAS captured he would howl hke wolf was ordered to come down from the tree 1 would no, obey until the men beIos promised ,o keep the wlid animals assay. 1 sss taken to the union generals camp, where learned thz, all of my men had been captured. Pretty soon discovered the secret of the great disaster. We all had the Jim-jam The shrewd Yankee had thrown the bad whisky in our way, and had moved around waiting unsii s had the desired effect. No, sir, whislv H not good for soldiers, bat the war is over nov, you know. whst1l you gensiemea ,zkes Give me sour soddy, please v