The Somerset reporter., 1885-06-10
The 211 Illinois.
uoW tcof." L. s. GRANT TAUGHT THE RIG
IMRNT OBEDIENCE.

fMESI OBEDIENCE.
Gapa |. TAYLOR, Of this city, who is in
.Ae maII -~ryIee on The southern division
II the laLDi- Central at the present time,
It'd w4= adjulant Of the Twenty FIRST Hi
n3i- e-.Iaenf, and forward elected cap
ain Of cpuPany, gives the following ac-
cunt Of the reor8inIzafion OF the req.
nent under The command Of Gen. u. ).
Grant VI" was 5pp..u-ed it, colonel; 1he
twenty IL l.. mos - ntUt vas made up
rom companies taat had been organized
90 ATE II be receivee under Mr Lincoln
n-5t c1li for - 90 sOitIer- - suppress Tao
rebellion. Governor Yates, however, &c
gspteI eompapies enough 10 organize tn
regiments, and mustered them into the
.tate service tor thirty days. At Nation,
IL, the @ea.3 tr=t was mustered into tie
.efelce ~ l. 5 Giant. The regiment re-
10 4lsed III most VI the ghirty days Mt Mat
,4ou, lis prime fal service being 10 fzh, the
-9HIDl--4ry and g4Ye m9fe u less annoy.
IA et1 til officials and citizens OF Nat
,Jog and -lErouudiug country
In- m.s-r.ai Of me regiment had come
from Tire workshops and farms, and though
VI .ae 5e.. W. sally deficient IN KNOW
,Ise AL dc line Of a soldiers dutY.
In c9 Jnr. gaat aad been selected At Mat
,3gh yr5seI f4lIIe, All when the req.
meat "a Transferred - Springfield, l.,
rteparaf3 : - being mustered INTO he ST.
wee tor tDree years, Governor f4tes r.
t1.H1 u comm son him. aud sent them l.
= cram. The nan thai lad mustered them
10 tae star service. Hs selection a.
l5l5u.I va Bgl @eIl re eiVed by the IN.
Tley kaeH LIN onIg a. Vest P5iu r.
lad man ~h5 had -rrved Ia the re2uar
4rmY--HJ thing HalcH, according 10 ne
cra5e la %. -ol1.erl1@ ~ hal gained, IN.
kaft u
-Hyr.54s caslce, tAEe aim OF % home.
Iae msu Haa4y yielded, al1 to5k tae
Wet Pointer for colonel.
IL C4Hp j as l4ere %a- LOCO Young
leat4y fellows, eager Tor @ab without
4fHa-, teGt- ~ garrison tqu.pa-e Of aay
a4aa. W ua5 . zazri-414-e. and IL VI.
generally We -. We h4d a camp
-uaid nat Old sBty vii sticks for 1uas.
~ dri ed very little. Oar guards walked
thelr beats, 81. tazIr Dacks were lurned
saeu anyon: wanted 70 90 IN = out. Ia
~. condition tae West Po.Dler' took
cl4rze. - quietly com u 10 camp on lo3t,
accompanied by tAe aJJgtalt general 81
ID slate. Be.u. introduced to the officer
ia command, Maj MeMack.n, aad alter
making some iLq MES, De quietly directed
lhe 40j l.aLt 70 draw up his Ar,t o.der. II
9f4 raj thar tns guards be reduced, tue
guard house enp-.ed, and the men camp
tf0A - Il Z. II. aud - p N. i0r dflL
He began the work II eq4.pping u io- the
& I'D, ana be made L special poiat TO be-
s.e-e tie departments d, Springfield, and
ia few days he mad the reg meul equipped
=, wei a. l. was possible 10 be done al
That time.
Que eyeDiuz, while tie colonel was seat
q 70 the .itlc round house called head
quarters a. camp Yates, visitor 10 the
person 81 Co. Palmer. whose regiment was
euc4mped al J-cks9ay4Hle, L.. called upon
Aiu, aud teulered aim transportation fJr
ii, rcgm 1t. Juz Win Ms own. Grant
remarked to BIN, "Niy Inea nave their
tr4uspor,ati IA. They % D foot. These
nru nave 4Jt 20 become -o.iie before
tn thing j. over. aud ,hey mas as Vel
.sara i.9m lae SAT-" "a jay g. ls6l, We
.uade CIR first march, i or.n5 tour mics
9ut of Springfield. ~Aer- camp WAS struck
LEAR i4rln house. Inc coi3uel was de-
aimed Z Town ou come business, AID tue
38y- made good Gs- II uae fact by he. p
IL themselves % every aiHg eatao.e they
-oa j secure along he s.ue u narca.
\ German, 3 member OF Company d.
= 4c.aP Ia aa- anything. Bat ias-
lIr. Il .lt-e in tao dela whsre they s,r8eh
Gasp ", = Ll43=t Vi hae .5w!s. Ha1s
c5l-.datI b. TO - without as supp,
Al, Singing Uut the pdi.rt he We
= =
brush Pie. lie Va, lu-t ensr-Inl, pre-
ia a4u1. when CO. Gr4ut arrived IA c4mp.
Tae cJ4ouel >vIze5 Inn y liz collar. a3t
5rou.as aim. cAleteu N hard. 10 f1.l view
d 81 tae camp. auI lid am 10 tree. This
was rather rl-id discipline. Some Of the
b5Hs fen ycry Indignant, and gathering
4r1uut lau> D'zau - discuss tue N .tter.
Grant at al ~ tent aud watched them Tor
= few moments. When quite group rad
4athere. around tie German he appeared
aad LaYe Tire command: Men, 20 10 yolr
qHlrters,i and laey scattered IL short Or
DER
oar march carried u 70 Qlincy. At
Jacksonville many stI4-gleEs Drought a.
.ae .r4r Cant aty.zg taeasd tue CON.
mand over - aLot1-r pfaeer, stationed
himself II the gate uf tie talr grounds,
ant - tAe -trl--.er> with their caLteens
Jung 81 their sides cane 4iaas he go1oeI
each fellow aud CAFE '4Hy pectel his c4n-
zen. Many were found that had not been
rrplenl>hed j. tue plo. Wells IN his ely.
A.. such the colJne! turned upside down,
! ue.-I ee.in-s tn return the stopper. At IL
/ lie town not far from N4pes, where inc
Bows were enjlviuE tia m>SlgeS in u saloon,
I Graut POT IN ead to TIT fun by clearing
out the saloon Graut took every precau-
ion to Ae-p lis men sober, and sometimes
amer a march had more than dozen Of
them tied 10 sAqling> at ou= time. These
stern AMI rigorous methods aai 5heir tf-ct
GA the men. tor With bis punishment he
was kind ana c9asilerate toward all who
respected then,e-yes a. soldier, and men.
Ii was not arsai while before the 60 ID
alen "a. idly learned 10 love and respect
The West Point colonel
From The camp opposite Quincy we went
to P4imyrs, anu thence to Macon, and az
ter rtlasinluE there Tor snort time pro-
ceed.d 10 Mexico. Mo, where Dc regiment
went into camp tor several weeks. Here
Grant improved his opportunities aud with
the SINE trmugs> pa the Regiment through
a coutsr OF drii and brought u to q real
lin. service Of soldiers duty. From
Mckee. Mo, We were transferred to lTan-
ton, in southwestern Missouri, aud it was
while en- route there and when the re4i-
ment was going Oh board 4 boat at Jeiisr-
sau barrack. pear St. Louis that Gel. Grant
Informed the officers OF h.s command OF
lis prom 1,i1u 10 the rank OF br-aaier : n
efa.. and that he woul soon Leave Us
/ He went with Us to Irouton, but only re-
NAMED a short time. When he lett Is 10
commence lis great work he carried with
1Im the love aud respect OF his entire COM
/ mlud. Cbiergo Tines.
Budding Time.
From this time through ,July Is the peri