The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1888-06-14


fortunes with the South and as Garesche came
from Missouri, it was believed that he too.
would go South" He had higher aims and
faith than that however, and was too intensely
| loyal 10 the flag and country he had served so
long TO desert il ia the hour of need, and when,
IN lo62 Gen. RosecTans sent TO command
the armies in Tennessee. he asked for Garesche,
and that officer was made Lieutenant Colonel
aud ordered AS Chief of staff, although efforts
were made TO have him remain at the War De-
partment here.
Garesche was devout Catholic, and in the
morning of that bloody day at MuTfreesbOro
be, with Rosecrans and Others attended an
early mass, said in camp, and received the sac
rements at the hands Of that other ROsecrans
who was then an Army Chaplain and afterwards
was Bishop OF the Roman Church. Riding
into action with his chief that day, ho sat on
his horse by Rosecrans's side in the afternoon,
when exploding shell from a rebel gun took
his whole head OFF as cleanly as though it had
been done with Surgeons knife.
Pat Flynn knew nothing of all this when his
good heart moved him 10 sanctify that grave
out here in Olvet with his roses and green
leaves, but his warm heart beat faster aud
moved him TO the action when he read on that
fair stone the record that IN that neglected grave
lay soldier who fell with his face to the enc
my. God rest the one, and bless the other.
COL. HERMAN sCHREINER-
Col. Herman Scbreiner, who is a Captain of
Cavalry on the retired list of the Regular Army,
is ia the city for time, visiting his aged
mother at No l440 L street. Schreiner is a
Pennsylvania, of one of the old Deutscher
families there. and in 1862 was appointed Cap
tain aud CommiSsary in the volunteer force.
He at once placed on duty here in Wash
ingtOu as assistant to the Depot Commissary,
and developed such executive ability that he
WAS kept here during the whole time of his
volunteer service and Until after he was COM
missiOned in the Regular Army in 1866. There
was never q time in the history of the Army
of the Potomac, after the famine the troops
suffered at Yorktown, that there was any lack
of full Tations, although we went rather short
on potatoes during part of the week after Burn
sides failure at Fredericksburg. l don't be-
lieve there ever was cOmmissary officer who
was so full of energy and push as Schreiner.
| Washington then was the great depot IN the
| East for food and Taiment, commissary and
| quartermaster and even when Grant carried
the Army of the Potomac past Lees front to
/ the James River and crossed 10 Petersburg
/ mostof the supplies came from here. No officer
was more relied upon than Schreiuer. and when
stores were needed it was sufficient TO tell the ex-
pectant general officer that Schreiner was look
ing after the matter to satisfy the commander
/ that his troops would be promptly fed. In
| May. 1866. be was brevetted Lieutenant Colonel,
| for long, faithful. and Jealous services" and
/ that was the only brevet commission issued for
the war of the rebellion that was 50 wOrded.
| Retired IN 1870, for disability incurred in
arduOus service along the frontier in the
| 9th Cavalry, he made his home here several
/ years, but now resides halfway up the highest
mountain of the Alleghenies that he could find
! ia WestmOreland County, Pa,
THE FRAEKLIEs.
One of the grandest-looking men in face and
! figure that strolls about these beautiful streets
| in Washington is Resr-Admiral Samuel K.
! Franklin. who is leisurely enjoying his old age
4 on the retired list.
He is one of the men whose vitality gives
/ aid to the argument against retiring soldiers
| and sailors at any fixed age, for Admiral Frank
| lin is as young to-day in bodily yigor as he was
| Ia those days OF the war when be was one of
| the best Commanders ahoat that threw his
| shells on rebel shores with such good effect.
de is a younger brother OF the other Frank
| lin, Gen. William B., who at one time COM
manded the Sixth Corps. and later on tine Left
Grand Division of the Army OF the Potomac,
| and both Of these men are much alike. Each
one is over six feet in hight, broad shouldered,
| rounded In chest-girth, and IL they were not
so well built each would be suspected of a ten
dency 10 cOrpulency.
1 When Admiral Franklin was younger man
| his hair was q handsome brown and fancy his
/ brothers was OF the same shade, but now each
| one has hair well silVered over with the growth
| of years, and each wears q well-triInmed mus
/ tache that IS purely white. remember Admiral
1 Franklin when he was a Lieutenant in the days
when l was young Midshipnan, bat / never
cane to know his soldier brother until he came
| tln 1862 TO command the corps / then served
| in. Gen. Franklin was good enough to take
a fancy to the writer then. because 1 had been
sailor and soldier both, aud ho aided in making
my military life more pleasant in those days.
BENNY" HILL.
Very few Of the old time officers of the Regu-
! lar Army were rs well loved as Gen Bennett Fl
| Hill, who was sdectionately known 10 officers
aud men as Benny"
lie il was WHO. when the Mexican war was
IN progress, Was sent across the Continent to
/ drive the Mexicaus out from the Pacific Coast
aud take possession Of that grand empire he
didn't fight many battles out there, but if any
| had come he would have been on deck, and
that was the reason he was selected for that
| work.
1t is the fate Of heroes to be forgotten as soon
as they pass away from life. Joe Jefferson
posing as Rip Van Wrinkle, voices the thought
/ write of when he says: " How soon we are
forgot when are gone"
Hos many OF The NATIONAL TRIBUEE's
readers know where the dead conquerOr of the
Pacific Coast Is laid away to rest? I'm ashamed
I 70 confess that IL was only last week, on Ne
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| grave is here 10 Washington. ia the beautiful
| cemetery Of Mount Olivet, out On the broad
! road that leads to Bladensburg. An old soldier
! who was wandering through the grounds on
Memorial Day after fulfilling a pious remem-
/ brance to a dead relative, found the grave o.
Gen. Hill, and though he knew him not, il
was sufficient to this comrade that an old sol
| der lay beneath that stone. and he hastened
away 70 get fresh supply of roses to bestrew
the grave and memory Of the gallant soldier
whose work gave 10 our country almost one
third Of our territory.
USEFUL INVENTIONS.
Col. J. C. Kelton, Assistant Adjutant- Gen
eral Of the United States Army, is an ingenious
inventor, aad has already produced a number
OF improvements Of great value to the Army
One Of these, which is now attracting
much attention, is a safety-guard for a re
volVer. 1t consists Of thumb-rest on th.
right-haud side OF the weapon, which prevent.
the pistol from being discharged after cooked
until the pressure of the thumb releases tn,
hammer Col kelton claims that this placini
Of the thumb the rest brings the arm int
the best position for accurate firing. The in
| yention rs now being carefully tested in tbi
Regular Army with pretty general approval.
lie has also invented an automatic check
rein attachment. which holds the reins firmlr
on the saddle and allows the trooper to us
: both bands In aiming his earbne sOmethiui
! that has so far been impossible as the soldie
must either hold his reins in his left han,
NH Ia Ersr~u L