The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1889-03-20
TEiBULATIONS OF COLORED TROOPS.
Rough Experiences of Charleston Ma
tional Guacdsmen on their Trip Home
from WashiNGtcn

Rough Experiences of Charleston Ma
tional Guardsmen on their Trip Home
from Washington.
If the reports from Washington are to
he credited. the inadequate accommo-
dations and the drenching weather OF
inauguration DAY diSgusted some tens of
thousands Of people. \ company OF
colored soldiers from Charleston, 5. G.,
did not even see the last CT their
troubles in Washington, but on their
way home had Il little experience which
probably added considerably to their
idea OF the hardships Of ''SoIn to de
inauguration.
Thirty-scyeu strong, they boarded a
c., c. Il ~ train ho1Ieward bound one
night last week. They had tickets Ior
only twcnty-cight men. and what to 90
with the remaining nine was problem
that confronted the conductor: lie tod
them they would have to either pay their
fare or get OFT.
They said they would try to raise the
required amount by the time the tram
reached Rock Hill, and they proceeded
to take up a subscription. Twenty-nIne
dollars and sixty cents was the amount
wanted, and from the number Of five
and ten cent subscriptions made AT the
start, it was evident that the sum would
not be forthcoming. One OF the officers
put up as much as five dollars, but the
effort 10 raise twenty-nlne dollars ana
sixty cents failed
Ir,
| The surplus soldiers manifested no dis
position to get off The company was
together in one OF the rear cars, and
| the conductor saw that resort 10 force
would be futile. His fertile brain then
evolved a great scheme.
he told the soldiers that the car which
they occupied would have to be side
tracked at a way station, and, having
stopped the train at the station. he told
them to go into a forward car. They
started in, and as soon as twenty-elght
of them had gotten iii the car, as
directed, the conductor slammed the
door and locked it, leaving nine outside.
Three OF them paid their fare and We're
admitted, leaving six outside.
| ll!lOllI OttGculIS tlic uilI'tiiicSt NAi =
the train was backed short distance up
the track, and then moved forward again,
passing the SIX at 4 speed so rapid that
they could not get on.
AS they saw the train rapidly gliding
away from them, they got on the track,
and. with musketS on their shoulders
started in the wake.
The witness of the scene who related
the story to reporter of the Chron'cte
said that the spectacle OF the six troopers
marching the railroad was one OF the
most comical of his experience. Com
ing back towards Charlotte the follow
ing evening he found the troopers At
Chester.
After taking his measures to get rlu
of the six who hadn't paid, tae condac'
tor told the members Of the company
still on the train to so back to the car
they had left. They did so with the ez-
ception OF Que Of the officers, whose
wife was with him. These TWO remained
in the forward car
When the train reached Columbia. the
rear car was transferred to the South
Carolina road, to go 20 Charleston, and
as the officer and his wife We're not on 1t,
they got LETT and had to wait for the
next train for Charleston.--Ch0
! Chronicle