The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-09-01

,ao4.d any of our young readers visi;
 s- military depot in Philadelphia they
 -.1 see there a man about thirty years age, small in stature, boy.sh looking l-l very modes; m his bearing. His sane $ Cap;ain Iohn L. Glenn, and IF
 e general change around in military
 .s.es instituted by Secretary Lincoln ne s,s brought from the frontier post where te fad seen several years of hard service .-:- stationed in Philadelphia. The cap
 .a has probably had IS wonderful and -s:ins career as any young fellow wh o r. 2. answered ie the Toll-caii or wore the
 a.der straps. He Is known and talked
 oy Al old soldiers as . Johnny shiloh = s11 ' The Drummer boy ef Chiekamau- 3aen ihe w4r broke out Johnny was q ? oi a boy ten years old. buI ne at once .e up his mlnd 70 become a soldier 1l 70 to the war. In this he was seagiy opposed by his parents, ba, roi |a.;hs:4nding the ieaual en:reaues of a,s mother and ire stern commands of Is father he secretly applied Tor aS.mis- aE ;o the service as a drummer ooy
 ae examining board 10 which he pre- ,sE,ec his claim looked upon him with anesement and surprise, and told him
 "a, .hey could not accept so young and small boy. The would-be drummer
 As not dismayed a, his poor success,
 -11 soon attef boarded the train which
 .as carrying the Third Regimen, of Ohio
 o.un,eers 10 the seat of war. The oitl-
 ot * aere was the making of capital soldier ne lad and Johnny soon learned 10 his
 9now that he could not go with them. s@. andaunted he next applied 10 the
 een,y-second Regiment of Michigan
 o.an;eers. Here he WAS again refused .-rl,ssion as q drumme, ou account of ...s size and age; bu, ,hc soldiers were all rack with has pluck and daring. and ne good natuted colonel after listening 0 his story told hin tha; he tnlsh; 90
 .:E the regiment to the front. And ne -.1. During the next year he renamed
 K he regiment as a hanger on. taking s-r. in all the drills and parades. partic- rA.!ns Tn every ensageIlen, and learn 2s many virtues and vices which can be
 4-.ied only on the battle tield or in the
 amp. His wit. youth and good nature .ade him favori,e with both officers nd men.
 Us; before the terrible battle of Shiloh
 ::le Johnny by some means ob- ,a.ned drum and wen, into the engagement as volunteer drum -.ef boy. On that day he won unfad- Ing laurels. Wherever the fight was hickest his short legs carried him and aeIe he could be seen in front of the o.diers loudly beating his drum. Cam nons roared in front of him, shells burs, aoove, and the branches of trees fell crash
 ag around him, but he marched brayely
 a. One shell burst so near him that l,
 e'oke his drum and spattered his face S;h mud he was knocked down again nd again still he did not retreat When .se hght was over he became a greater iasorite than ever, and in honor of his services was nick-named Johnny Shi- oh.' Those in command praised him, and though he was but eleven years of 1 .se he was given suit of his country's o.ae, and regularly enrolled as drum Ter boy.
 When he first went to the front, 10 carry drum at the head of the troops had been the height of young Clem's ambition. Sl, he was true soldier. and now that se had won the desired goal. longed for 'arther advancement he wanted to carry gun and be admitted to the ranks. A good natured soldier took regulation army muskes and filed it of until il was saort enough for the ambitious drummer ooy to load with ease. This made
 ohnny as happy as king, ant shoulder ag his prize he took paTt in all the drills and exercises of his regiment He vas aov twelve years of age, and having been a the battles of Shiloh, Nashville, Re- saea, Kenesaw mountain, Stone river aad Perryvilie began to regard himself as veteran.
 Every one khows what bloody ugh, ,ook place al Chickamaugua. Here IeneTal Thomas mel the rebels in over shelming numbers and resisted them so srmly that ever after he was known as the
 Rock of Chickamaugua- Here, too,
 Johnny Shiloh won greater fame and mother name He had now throxn asace his drum. determined to take pau
 $ regular soldier. On the morning of Ae engagement he shouldered his gun, Aac climbing on to the czssion of one the batteries rode into the thickess d the fight When the battery halted
 jumped from his perch and sought eu place among the soldiers of his ansade. All day he fought as bravely as ce mos. valiant Three times z boiles