St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-02-23


once. Work will begin as soon as the
frost is out of the ground. and trains
will be running to Mason City within a
year. The road will remain under the
control of the WInona company.
Van Horne's New Scheme.
OTTAWA, Ont. Feb. 22.-The Cana
dian Pacific Railroad company has
asked parliament for authority to issue
consolidated debenture stock to COM
plete its financial arrangements.
EVERY SOLDIER KNOWS HIM.
Wade, the Colored Janitor Of the
St. Paul Armory.
Those who may have had occasion to
visit the St. Paul armory have seen the
round, jolly face of WADE" the coiored
janitor. He is known to every member
of the First regiment, and is an indis-
pensable acquaintance to any member of
the st. Paul companies. Ever ready and
willing to>render kindness, he has won
many friends. Being in no measure adj
dicted to "blowing his own horn" and
considering the ability with which he
performs his duties, an impression
might be formed that he had been born
and raised a janitOr. On the contrary,
Wade is a soldier from ''Way back, and
has military record of no mean guam
tity and quality. A short sketch of his
life is here given that may be of interest
to his many friends:
Wade Herbert Hampton was born in
slavery at HillsbOro. Miss, on Christ
mas day. A. ID. 1916. At the age of five
he was sold to a farmer living near
Winchester, Tenn, where he was given
command of battalion of horses, cattle
and sheep. which were instructed in
such field manenverS as would obtain
grazing and water.
At the beginning of the war he was
sent by his master to accompany over
the Cumberland mountains a band of
guerrillas, headed blythe notorious Capt.
Reynolds and having in charge large
herd of cattle and horses consigned to
the Confederate forces. Wade, then a
lad of sixteen. knowing every path in
the mountains and being an expert
rider, was selected as guide. This party
was Overtaken and routed after severe
struggle by a detail of the First Ohio
cavalry under Capt. Cup, part of the
troops then on foraging expedition
under the command of Maj. Jessie
Durham Ward, Seventeenth OHIO in
fantry. The subject of this sketch was
as prisoner taken to headquarters at
Pelham, Tenn, where dispute aros
between Mai. Ward and Capt. Cup as to
who should keep the little darby. The
two officers agreed to settle the matter
by that simple little process by which
fortunes. large and small. have been
won and lost, to wit: Play game OF
poker. Wade in few moments he
longed to Maj. Ward by virtue of three
queens versus faces up" Young
Hampton was Immediately enlisted as a
drummer in the Seventeenth Ohio in
fantry, but was detailed as mounted OF
colonel of the Seventeenth. A. orderly
he was recognized as most fearless
rider, and his knowledge of the sur
rounding country was of great value to
the service. Gen. George II. Thomas
c'Pap'' Thumas) secured him for Or
derby, for whom he carried dispatches
during the fighting of the bloody bat
ties at Stone River and kesaca.
Hampton became hero atChickamau-
ga, saving the life of Col. Ward, who was
shot in the breast at the beginning of
Longstreet's terrible charge. On came
the rebels. bringing death with them,
when Hampton. suffering from wound
inflicted by piece of shell, succeeded
in dragging his colonel to place of
safety. Ward after some months re-
covered and was conveyed to his home
i'll Lebanon, o., Wade officiating as
nurse until his recovery.
Reckoning his company as a regular,
Wade saw hard fighting at Missionary
Ridge, Buzzard Roost. Perryville, DIAL
fny1 70 rar 1nfr nj, IN
Company A, Seventeenth Ohio, until
the close of the war. Attending school
at Washington, as messenger in the dis
trict attorneys Office at Cincinnati, and
as waiter in the Sherman house, Chi
cago, employed his time until 1871. He
is one one of the organizing members of
Company A, Sixteenth battalion Illinois
national guards, then lin '6S) known as
the Chicago Zouaves, he holding Office
as first lieutenant.
Civil life not being to his taste, he
again enlisted Sept.7, 1871, in the Uuited
States army, and was assigned to Com
pany D, Twenty-ffth infantry. Capt.
Gaines Lawson, we'll known here, then
stationed at Fort Duncan, Texas. This
company is one of the most celebrated
in the army. Every man an expert with
the rifle and accustomed to hard march
ing, their services were employed con-
tinually during the Indian outbreak in
'733- rs. They made one march of 1900
miles in forty days. Space will not
allow recount of marches, fights and
adventures in which Wade figured con-
splcuously, In 80 he was promoted
from the ranks to sergeant ION gen'r'l
principles" as he modestly stated, but
in reality for remarkable faithfulness
and good service
After ten years. continuous service he
was discharged Sept. Z, 81. at Fort Ran
dali, Oak. He earned the respect of his
comrades and nothing but kindness and
good will from his superior officers.
Since 's3 he has been employed by the
armory association, and has been faith
full and honest IN every particular. He
was married in 'S3 and has one child, a
bright boy of five years.
He has been with the First to every
eDcampment, and with Company D to
New York, Washington and Dubuque.
He has not by any means "lOst his
grip" and can drill with the best of
them. While something of humorist,
he allows none of the rules of the build
ing to be violated. He has lost some of
his gay and festive spirit since Com
pany E refurnished its room. Its ele-
gance overwhelms him, and he was
heard to murmur when first its magnif-
cence dawned upon him: "Yo' coyotes
am gettin' too magnoliOus fO' dis chile"
By One OF THE COYOTES.