The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1891-02-18
LIGHTS AND SHADOWS OF THE OLD
CAMP FIRES"
By ONE OF THE "olD VETS. y

The amount OF pressure required TO
make men willing, suggests that Pat was
not far out OF the way. pat" said his
master, "what's all that noise in the
streetG" Pat went out to learn and soon
returned, saying: "Oh, It's nothing sir s.;
they're only forcing a man to volunteer. "
A spent ball struck cclored soldier on
the side OF the head, passed under the
scalp, made nearly the entire circuit of
the skull aud came out on the other side.
1t was common joke among his COM
rades that when the bullet came against
his skull, It sung out, 'too thick" and
passed on.
One day, at the beginning Of the war, q
Colonel of Federal regiment, caught one
of his boys stealing apples from a tree, a,
the foot of which stood the confederate
owner, demonstrating. ''Come down from
that tree and don't be caught here again, y
shouted the Colonel, aud then In an un.
der tone, 'till you want more apples.n
AT one time, according to General Mel.
son, when the corn in Tennessee was al
its best for roasting, one of the men, after
the noon halt, declared himself too sick
to march and asked permission to ride in
the ambulance. His companions always
insisted that he wasn't really disabled but
that having eaten twelve ears OF corn, be
found himself unable to finish the thir-
teenib, and this sudden and unaccounta-
Bile loss of appetite made him think he was
sick.
The last Of the Generals Of the late civil
war, and whose place was In the front
rank, has passed away. General w. T..
Sherman's name is associated with al
most every great battle that was turn
ing point la the nations destiny. Shi-
loh's fierce contest, Vicksburg's surrend-
er, the victory of Chattanooga, the assault
on the heights of Kenesaw, the triumphal
capture of Atlanta, the March to the Sea,
the conquest OF the Carolnas, and then
the victories ending. His remains will
be inferred Ia st. Louis. His request be-
fore death was that he wanted a military
burial which would be participated in by
his old comrades in arms. He also re-
quested that The funeral rites be not in
conformity with any particular form Of
religion, but strictly soldiers burial.
Imagine your humble servant, says
Chaplain Morse, Of the 37th Mass. Regt.
trying to keep warm in the month OF
February, 1868, while in winter quarters
in Virginia, sleeping on two horizontal
poles with barrel slaves laid across, with
two thicknesses of blanket between him
and the slaves, with the wind blowing
powerfully aud the thermometer below
zero. Add TO this the fear OF the tent
blowing away. lay on one side, then
on the other aide, then on the upper side
and then on the lower side; then | bent
myself up double and rubbed my feet with
my hands. Then stretched out again /;
then doubled up and undoubled In rapid
succession, and threw myself In all sorts
Of shapes to get mp circulation. Well,
how patriotic l felt just then; would
have given three rousing cheers for the
Union, only was afraid of waking up
the Quartermaster 10 the tent adjoining,
who was snoring like an earthquake. FL
nally / concluded to arise, which l did,
got my breakfast, went 10 Brandy Station
TO Chaplain's meeting, and as scarcely any
one else came, | concluded that the res
must have Jared worse than did, and
came back singing, "The soldiers life II
always gay"
During the war of 1919, the militia o
Maine was called out In full force and
went into camp on an Island near Wiscas
set, and each man looked out for himself
bringing a supply OF provisions from
home, as seemed 10 him TO be necessary
One man, who bore the honorable nam
of Peter Goodfellow, was we'll provide,
for. His wife was not only superio
cook, but q liberal-minded woman. Sh
had filed her husbands big leathern bal
with q most tempting assortment o
goodies. But this was not all, for In spit
of his name, Peter was greedy. Not ono
did he invite his comrades to share hi
good fortune, until day or two after
wards there came a report that BIRTHS
man-of-war was actually coming up tn
river, when all was excitement. Pete
was seen to seize the bag aud carry it to
group OF his comrades and pour its con
tents upon the grass before them. Piei
cookies and doughnuts, rolled In every d
roction, while the less nimble gingerbread
and turnovcrs lay more in heap. "Therc
boys" said Peter, "Eat--eat the hull O
it. 1t shan't be said that any o. Betsy
cookin' went down the throat OF British
err. Eat yer fill Probably we shall all b
in etarnity afore to-morrer mornin !"
The Eighth New Hampshire Regi., Will
in Louisiana, enjoyed excellent health
owing 10 the fact that they knew wber
the juiciest pigs and the tenderest chick
ems were to be found. A newly-arrivet
Vermont regiment, on the other hand
suffered so much from scurvy, owing 10
lack OF fresh meat, as TO attract the at
tenlion OF General Phelps. Meeting tn,
Commissary Sergeant Of the vermonters
the General, 10 his squeaking voice, called
out: "What on airth ails you critters tina
you are dying off so Look at the Eight
New Hampshire, they are not lying arouns
like sick mules. You go ask them how
thov liva and fo.iow THAR eYamnle - TIL