The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1890-09-24
"LIGHTs AND SHADOWS OF THE OLD
CAMP FIREcs.v
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The cottage at Mount McGregor, in
which General Grant died, lie under the
control Of the G. A. r. No charge ia
made for showing it to visitors.
An officer of the day going the grand
rounds where son of the Emeral Isle,
belonging to New York Regiment, was
on duty, was met by the question, swho
comes there ~ He said. sOficer of the
day with the countersign." advance
and give it, After he had given It, Pat
raised the trigger OF his rifle and said :
snow You git or III shoot you, because
nobody has right to the countersign but
myself, and the officer of the day could
not convince him to the contrary.
At fearful battle which opened the
way tc the crossing CO the pcSsSassjy 81
Grants army, Maurice Collins, of the 18th
Massachusetts, was brought of with an
ugly wound in the shoulder. He was .
Catholic, aud the priest was showing him
the crucinx. sWill 1t be mortal " he
asked. perhaps not, ii you lie still and
keep quiet, but you have to lose your
arm" Well, I'm willing to give an arm
to my country" was the reply of one,
who, though born in evergreen Isle, !"
and still loving the harp and shamrock of
his fatherland, was willing to uphold to
the last the stars and stripes of his adopted
country.
While Mr.. Ely was addressing pa
triotic meeting In Gosport, New York, a
little scene occurred which created much
merriment. He had been urging the men
to come forward and sign the roll, and
told the women to hurry them up. AT
this woman arose In the meeting and
addressed her husband substantially as
follows: ''Ira, you know that you said
before you came here tonight that you
would enlist. II you don't do 1t, go
straight home and take off those breeches
and let me have them aud l will go my
SELF" This brought down the house and
brought up Ira, who put his name down
and became volunteer.
Commander-in-Chief veazey, of the
Grand Army Of the Republic, says. s'No
veteran joins the Grand Army OF the Re-
public and enters into its work In the spirit
Of true comradeship without being lifted
to loftier manhood and to the the plane
OF better citizenship. We therefore fail
10 duty II we fail to do our utmost to
bring all who offered their lives for flag
and country within our organization.
They all now know that such membership
cannot infringe the free exercise of polti-
cal inclination or religious faith.n He
therefore appeals to Posts and comrades
TO bring upon our rolls all worthy vete-
rams of the Union Army and Navy.
Colonel Duke Bale, a brave soldier,
who was mustered out of the army after
the late war with his nose carried away
by bayonet thurst, an ugly scar across
his cheek from sabre cut, and one foo,
carried away by shell, committed sui
eide in his room on State street, Chicago,
on Friday, Sept. 10th, 1890, by opening
an artery in his leg and bleeding to death
in the presence of his IL year old boy who
slept In the same room. The grief-stricken
lad loved the SCARED old veteran dearly,
and was 10 habit of throwing his arms
around his neck and between kisses call
ing him ''Dear old cut up Papa" Perjury
--inadequacy OF his pension--caused the
old veterans suicide.
A friend has handed us the following
two war letters. The first, 1t will be OBJ
served, Is more enthusiastic than the Sec
ond. Practical soldier life was not SO
romantic as was supposed by great
many who enlisted:
MERIDIAN HILL. NEAR WASHINGTON. Sept 20, 49,
| Friend -
/ did not leave Philadelphia on Friday
as expected, but left on Saturday after
noon, at half-past five, and reached Wash
ington at 6, Sunday morning, where we
bad first-rate breakfast, consisting OF
bakers bread, about six months old q
piece OF bacon nearly raw, and only wan
ted legs for TO crawl away, and q tin cup
of coffee, floating with sinking fat, which
l tried to swallow, but it was no go, and
so had to content myself with what l
brought with me, until l reached our
camp, which lies about FIVE miles from
Washington, which place we reached
about one o'clock, and reported ourselves.
i have been four times already on drill,
about II hours each time, and l assure
you feel kind Of sore, riding the old
bony horses which are only kept TO in.
struct us, as they are well drilled them.
selves, but have been worn out and con.
demned by Uncle Sam. There are onl,
about $50 10 our camp OF instruction, thu
rest OF the regiment being on duty in Vir
ginia, and they will come to where W,
are, MS this place will be the headquarter
OF the regiment during Winter. Our grul
10 first-rate-bean and pea soup ever,
day, and fresh bread, and fresh mea
twice week, and so far like camp lif
very well, and would not go back to Phil
adelphia or into an Infantry regiment |
you would pay me for IT,; but | suppos
time will tell, and may be glad ono
more to get back TO old Pbilamaclink.
You will have TO write to me as soon al
possible and let me known what all th,
folks are about, and whether them grapei
are pretty near ripe, as they are mighty
scarce down here, although fruit 10 vel j
plenty; but the Suffers charge such
high price for everything. The idea OF /,
watermelon selling for from 80 cents Il
$i.00, and cantelopes at from u cents ts
20.
1t Is now o'clock and time for the
afternoon drill, so will have to bring m,
letter to close and bid you good by.
CAMP sEAn FREDEaIcK Cry. ND, Oct. 20. 80
tell you that soldering is 1
great deal harder life than expected i
would be. You may know how mucl
time we have to ourselves when not OF
guard, when we get up at six o'clock
to roll call, then feed aud clean our horses
and stand by them until they are iuspectef