Wichita eagle., 1888-06-10

looking Little Phil" over from head to foot,
while his face plainly showed surprise and
disappointment When he spoke his frank
ness was refreshing
"Why-why, general, thought you were
taller. I'd heard you were not big man,
but, declare, thought you were taller
Good heavensl Do you want man TO be
seven feet highF asked Sheridan, hrusouely
as he squared about and faced his visitors
Nothing less than seven feet VIII satisfy you
fellows. You want man to be giant,
believe
The congressman and his constituent
laughed. but they did not prolong their call.
and soon after went away, presumably. t.
''leg it TO the Capitol"
This story was first printed in The New
YORK Tribune. Here is another about the
generals lack of length, which first appeared
in The Boston Herald:
Brevity OF stature in Gen. Phil Sheridan is
caused by his legs alone, for he is about a.
big as Gen. Sherman from his hips up /
saw Il ~ sitting side by side on a hofel
veTanda eft Manhattan Beach, and their heads
were on level The gallant Phil is not sen
sitive on the subject A girl came for h.
and Sherrnans autographs in her album, auu
not content, for she had set her heart on q
verse OF 'Sheridan's Ride" in ais handwriting
This he declined to grant. THEN she becaf
to question him about that famous piece or
eauestrianisIn HIS answers were polite, bui
not revelatory Now, Gen Sherman" Sd,
ct length asked, turning in pretty despera
ton to him, what do YOU imagine Gen
Sheridan said on mounting his steedr = wei
tIs- p bs
a quizzicai glance down at the legs of his lei
low officer, vino had just got out OF a chan
but maybe he said 10 his orderly. 'Shortel
these stlrrup straps"
And here Is one contributed two years &c.
To The New YORK sun I; y still told /
Washington on Gen Meigs,
Gen Meies is very proud Of the pension
building Il is modelled after the Farnes.
palace. Gen. Bragg, who was then chairman
of the house committee on military affairs
and had occasion row and then to call o.
Commissioner Black, has dubbed it tn
Pension brewery" at is a cross says n,
general between q country brewery and
car stable" Gen. Meigs took Gen Sherida
through the building recently and Shove,
him ali lis beauties and utilities After thet
came out and stood looking up at the bi
barns piled one on top of the other. Meig
said
General, what do you think OF itY'
II have one fault TO find with 1t, said littl,
Phil.
Whats thatF
''It's treproot"
Among the pictures in his Office are ~,
small ones on an easel, one above the other
They represent the Charge at Winchester
and ''Sheridan's Ride" The first. he says. L.
good In the ride he is dashing along wav
ing the Tag. and followed by his entire stat
Now the truth Is ! was almost alone az
that time. one or two of my staff only follow
ing in the distance | had no flag at ALL bui
vas swinging my hat and riding like the yer,
devil 70 the front 50 rEy could me
"Oh, well. general. the artist thought II
would be more effective 20 have you with the
faCE remarked IA visitor who was looking ct
the picture some little time ago.
''But II isn't true. he VIII have 20 take ont
the flag and put II in my hat And no viii
have 10 take out dozen Of those fellows clos
behind me- They were not there. The Other
picture is ali right Do you see that big
horse running away. and the officer over
there fling at himi Wen, that was a fact
The horse did run away, and the officer firing
at him thought he'd Rll the horse and pre-
vent the rider from being carried into the
enemy's lines But the shot didn't bat hiiu
and both the horse ard nEn were capturea
By the enemy, and lev days after recap
tured by US"