The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-01-14
TnR LATE GENERAL SCOTT.
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An old army friend OF mine who re-
members General Winfield Scott as .
tall, fne-looking old man, with white
hair, . strict martinez. with . good
head and q big heart. gives me . story
Or two about him. In his latter years
General Scott was very irascible. A
great many people knew that, but few
knew that he was always sorry for .
hasty word. While he vas at the head
Of the army, with his Office on Seven
teenth street, just opposite the war
Department, he was coming out one
day to enter his carriage cane in hand.
A volunteer orderly, who knew nothing
of SCOTS views of military propr1ety,
approached him with q letter from the
VA Department bureau, which he had
been directed to deliver to General
Scott at once. The orderly, reckoning
nothing OF adiutant generals or chiefs
staff, interpreted his order literally, and
hastily giving a careless salute. began:
"Oh, General, here's a paper l want
you to look at before you" For .
moment the proud Commander-in-chief
seemed petrifed. Then, raising his
cane, he said in a loud voice: "Clear
out, sir; clear out of the way" The
startled orderly sprang to n side, and
the General got into his carriage and
was driven away. The soldier then de-
ivered his letter to some one in the Of
flee, and walked slowly out. General
SCOTS carriage had not gene thirty.
yards before it stopped and turned
about. The driver, raising his voice,
summoned the offending orderly to the
door. Trembling in ever limb, cap in
hand. be approached. General Scott
asked his name and regiment. He gave
them. well, sir" said the General, RE-
port to your Colonel that you was guilty
of gross disrespect to General Scott as
an officer, and that General Scott was
guilty of gross disrespect to you. as q
man. General Scott begs your pardon.
Go to your duty, sir"
In 1861 alady passing the season here
was very anxious to get General SCOTS
autograph. He was very busy and she
found her task very difficult. One day
the happy thought struck her that her
pretty little 1~O-year-old daughter might
be able in this case to do what she her
self could not. So she sent the charm
ing little girl to tie Generals office with
the autograph album. The orderly told
her that she could not see the busy
General. She would not be denied.
She would wait, she said. At the end
Of half an hour the orderly took her re-
quest to the adjutant. The latter adj
her. but told her that she could
not possibly see the General She said
she must. At last the adjutant showed
her the door leading to General SCOTS
office, and told her she could &C in if
she dared. Taking him at his word,
she marched right in. This is her de-
scription of the call, given at the time:
II was afraid at first when he looked
up; but as soon as he saw it was only
me, he said, right pleasantly, "Well,
girl, what do you want? and I
told him my ma wanted him to write
his name in her book: and he looked
sharp at me, and then smiled a little
bit, and shook hands with me, and
asked who my ma was, and I told him,
and I told him my pa was in the army,
and ma was all alone with me. and then
be Just kissed my cheek and wrote in
mas book and said good morning to
me, and 1 came out, and nobody didn't
hurt me at ALL" This is what he wrote:
Treason is the greatest crime.-Win-
field Scott"
Just one more: One Sunday after
noon, in the summer before Scott left
The army forever, President Lincoln
with some friends sat on the balcony at
the rear of the White House, listening
10 the music of the Marine Band, when
Scott was announced. The
President Immediately advanced to
meet him, and returned with the Lieu |
:enant General. in full uniform on his
lrm. The crowd on the lawn saw the !
President and the white-haired veteran, |
stopped talking, looked at the pair for
! moment, and then broke forth into
applause. The General at once stepped
o the front and raised his hat in ao-
Enowledgment. The band very appro-
played "Hail to the Chief"
While the crowd continued the clapping
# hands. you've got a good many
'oung generals, Mr.. President" said
he old hero, turning to Lincoln, 'but
hey don't forget the old General yet,
10 they?" "We could spare a hundred
# them" said the President, helping
he General to . seat, "better than
lim." Il thank you, Mr.. President, l
hank you," said the General. with
ears in bis eyes.eWashington Letter.