Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1888-01-07

~endeavoced to effect our s9chsnce; he Was
very glad indeed thSt thses efdo had
succeeded and surpr:ssl n BY saying.
"You will ind yourselves great heroes
when you get honey then added many
kind words about the high appreciation
OF our services by the government, which.
coming from the secretary Of war of a
great nation to private soldiers, was most
tlnttertng. Stanton seemed especially
pleased with PARROT. He was tho young
est Of our number and Of very quiet and
simple manners. Stanton gave lin the
offer Of . complete education II no world
accept it'll understood him to mean ut
West Point. Parrot an.weeed that while
the war listed he did not wish to 20 to
school, but would rather 50 back and Hcht
the rebels who had used him 80 badly.
At this Stanton smiled, as II he greatly
approved Lis spirit, and said to him, IT
you want a FREUD at any time be sure to
apply to me-" Then going into another
room he brought u a medal and handed
1t to PARROT, saying, Congress hes by O
recent law ordered medals to be prepared
on this nolcl, and your party SHAH have
the FIRST; they will Ee the first that have
been given topriva'. soiuitrs in this war"
Later all the SURVEYORS Of tho party re.
SSlNSl S'ltI!sl'l lIitI...LS. l4ltIl re pUVC us
u present Gi zee ,Hc.. frur, the sce!,e yer.
vice fund, ana ordered Ill the nlun.y and
the value Of arms aud property taken
from us by the rebels to lie REFUNDED.
Finally he asked lis about our wishes and
intentions for the future. Finding that
we were I'LL resolved TO return TO active
service he offered us commissions rs first
li%eutcnants in tho regular army. We
expressed y preference for the volunteer
service, saying that We werc soldiers only
for the war, and would wish to resume
our usual pursuits When peace returned.
l1c promised to request Governor Told,
of Ohio. to give us equivalent commits
sions in our own regiments. Thon with
o hearty goMlby W = left him.
We had been invited to call upon the
president the same day, and Gen. Hitch
cock accompanied us on this pleasant
mission. My companions had done a lit
tie testing about being able now to show
me how much ! was mistaken In try.
Ing to impose upon them the tall, plain
stranger We had Oct at the Smithsonian
institution without any guard, such as
the southern papers said always attended
him, for the great and good Abraham
Lincoln, which / enjoyed ms much as they
did. A still greater crowd than Mt the
war Office was awaiting admission; but ns
we came by appointment we had the
preference ind werc conducted i'm.
mediately to the private Office Of the presi.
dent. We did feel some little embarrass.
mcnt, but this scarcely accompanied VI
over the threshold.
The Office was very plainly furnished.
There was u long table and some chairs,
but scarcely anything else. Lincoln met
US at the door. greeted us warmly, aud
told us how much he had been interested
In hearing Of our adventures and how
glad he was that we had ut last escapcd
from the hands of the enemy. We
answered as well rs we could. rcmcm.
Der telling him that we were very glad to
sec him, though we had been hearing q
great many things not complimentary
about him for the past year. lie smiled,
sayings "Indeed, there arc u good many
people up here TINT say about us bud
things Of me-" l also mentioned the
reason that the other members Of the
party would not believe that no was the
man We met at the Smithsonian, which
caused him to laugh heartily and ISL
IL we really imagined he went everywhere
with u great guard pnrading after him
and if tho people of the south believed: III
the stories printed in their papers, Whil,
talking he did not keep one position, bu
shifted from place to place, going from on,