The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1889-01-31
FIGHTING THEM OVER
What Our Veterans Have TO Say About
Their Old Campaigns

A LIVELY SCOUT.


FDTToR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: In The Ma
TIoNAL TRIBUNE of Dec ] find an article
headed. Z" A Lively Scout by G. A. CraDdaii,
23d Wis As a member Of the lst Tex. Cav,
rec0Ilect well that such an expedition took
Mace in the Fail OF 1864. from MOrganZa, La,
but WAS not with the detail OF the 100 men
which he mentions. His description OF that
expedition may be so far correct as lrememuyT
well when the boys returned from that trip
telling Us who were left IN camp what
lively time they had But when the Adjutaut's
mule took the cOmrade 10 the mudhOe to get
q drink. and one Of the LIST Tex Cav came TO has
assistance and struck his muleshIp amid
ships with the fat of his sword, which took the
mule SO by surprise that be did not stand on
the order OF his going, but came very near
leaving him behind in the mudhoie; g0liy,
Thought he, &" that Johnny came mighty close
10 me this time, for ] was sure it was rebel
who had dealt the blow and thought il was IN
tended for me, as the cayalTymen OF the LIST
Tex. were not uniformed with our uniform, hut
wore buckskin brooches and jackets and broad
brm hats"
IN this Comrade Crandall is surely in the
wrong, as the whole regiment wore the u >.
uniform, from the Colonel down to the a" dog
TObber" The isl Tex. Cav. was at that time
one Ofthe strOngest regiments in the Thirteenth
Corps, as il contained u companies; the LIST
and ID regiments having been consolidated. L
was with the regiment from its first organiza-
tiOn, in February, 1868, when ! enlisted at New
Orleans barracks, TO its final discharge at San
Antonio Tex, on the 3lst of October, 1860, and
never have 1 seen al any time member of that
organization do service without his uniform on.
The first six comp uies were mostly loyal Union
men from Texas, who had made their escape
across the Rio Grande, at the commencement OF
the war, into Mexico, and were forwarded by
the United States Consul at Matamoras TO New
Orleans where they enlisted at once. The other
six companies were first known as the I'd Tex.
Cav, and were organized under Col. Haynes,
after We took possession Of Brownsville Tex,
and the Rio Grande Valley, in the Winter OF
1868, "a, and were, with few exceptions, ali
MeXicsns. After the consolidation our Colonel,
Z. J. Davis became Brigadier- General OF the
cavalry forces of the Thirteenth Corps. 1t
would have been dangerous for the members OF
the lst Tex. Cav. TO 90 into fight without their
uniforms on, as We would expect if taken pris-
Oner, that we would not be treated as prisoners
Of war.
IN fight about 80 miles above Brownsville,
Tex, there were 40 men taken prisoners from
Cos and C. Four Of the men were recognized
as formerly belonging TO the COnfederates re-
ceiVed bali and chain, and were closely confined
IN Houston, Tex. Fortunately they made their
escape through Mexico again, and Joined the
regiment in Louisiana. Now, comrades, / am
an ardent reader Of the soldier paper, THE Ma
TIONAL TRIBUNE, and can hardly await the
time every week that some OF my children come
from the pOstofice with the paper; bot the
comrades should keep strictly 10 the truth and
not everyone try TO make history on his OWL
hOOk.-ADoLPH CAREY, 90. c, LIST Tex. Cav.
O'Quinn P0stOifice Tex.