Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-07-18
EEL wnIle CHANGING.
Death az Young Soldier who would
Have tieeu Dishonotrd HAD Tie LIVED.

Death at a Young Soldier who would
Have uceu Disbonoted Had lie Lived.
Toward tho close Of tho rebellion"
eaid gri5lcd veteran Of tho late war.
who, ,trnn lcly enough, never fights his
BATHS ever again unless lie is pressed
to DO 30 by friends who were not there,
II saw young man die dishonorcd,
who. | believe, was the victim Of
wrctchcdly unfortunate circumstances.
| don't know what his maine was, and
! should not mention II II did, but he
was not morc than seventeen years old.
and hc was beside me as We changed
some Confederate brcnstworks during
the preliminary skirmishing that pre-.
ccdcd the battle Of Gcity.burg lie
was Enthusiastically very much fright.
onrd. for he had been sent to the front
with batch Of raw recruits, aud this
WINS the nrt engagement lac had par.
ticipntcd in
Ellis fnco was ashy pale. and moro
than once saw him looking back over
his shoulder. but lao held his muskct
firmly, aud, he aud being about the
same height, tho point of his bayonct
WINS In an almost unwnycring line with
mine. As I notice this remember
thinking. This young fellow will make
a good soldier yet II tho bullets spare
him.
"rhc fire WIS very heavy ns we drew
| up TO tho works. mud our men went
down by scores Suddenly | saw the
lad beside mo roll over. and several
othcrs observed lin falling. for he had
attracted good deal Of attention by
hls youth aud evident nervousness.
1" That fellows fear dldn't deceive
him. mnttcrcd the man WHO closed
into his place. His lighting days are
over
"wo carried tho bronstworks with
great loss, aud there was no morc skir.
inishlng that day. In the evening. 1T.
ting at the campfire. watching the coffee
boil with tho rest Of Us, was tho recruit
whom we had seen, as we supposed.
shot down In tho morning. Beyond
some scratches and bruises, caused by
the soldiers In tho rear trainpling lin,
lac was not hurt ut all Ito told u, IN
y shamcfaccd way. that he Ind trippcd
aud fallen TO tho ground. aud that hG
was unable TO get up In tlmo to Join 10
the attack.
Not one 81 us believed lis story
We were convinced that hc had pur
poscly dropped To got out Of the ilrc
The officers Of the regiment held III,
same opinion when they heard OF tl,
matter and tho young man had mar
row escape Of being tried by drumhcat
court martial and shot for rank COW
ardico that night llcplcadcd his cas-,
40 earnestly, however that he got III,
benefit OF the doubt aud another chance
"rhc other chance came tho ncA
day We were advancing. toward Get
tysburg. and again We wcro ordered I,
charge on some outlying sandwurk,
from which tho rebel markNuon wer
linrnssng us For tho second timc tli
boy was nt my side rs We rushed on
, aud again noticed his pale face an
I compressed lips. though ! detected u
other Indication Of terror about him.
"'lBracc yourself up, my lad said
1t will all bo over In minute
"lhnd hardly spoken when he ptchc
: forward on his face. Ito fell exactly u
he had gone down the preceding day
81 hope hc has bullet Ia lin tli
. time. said 10 the man who Oiled ia
gap hc had made.
= "'lf he hasn't he win hHvo befor
Z shutdown. was the grim rcloindcr
I "a couple Of hours later the dca
, body Of tho boy was found on ti
! cleared field lie had killed himself
The shoe and stocking were OH one Z
his feet, and his bare toe was prcssc
upon the trigger Of his empty muslsc
, Tho musslo Of the piece was In h
, mouth, aud the bullet had passed al
! ward through his brain. Nearly a
tho regiment believed that. In ircnl
OF terror hc had thrown himself dow
, to escape tho danger OF the niomcn
!; and then, realizing The utter hopclcs
o ness Of his position, had summono
sufficient resolution. 10 take his ow
, life. but | always fancicd that |
inny have trippod twice, aud, dcspai
/. Ing Of explaining tho cause OF his ial
; Ing tho second time, blown out h
I, brains Under any circumstance, tn
, was tho wisest thing hc could ha'
done. New York Recorder
Z -vn ,n- nosu' ,,-i"r. Hsn,osa. N.ai
= Speaking Of a mans age, 4" said W
= liam Q. oycrton, "a don't believe
/ could ever repeat my theatrical e
4 pcricnce aud live through 1t, We Us,
I, TO do the territories Of the wild west b
, fore tho railroads reached the princip
a towns, aud We had some rough timc
!. | can tell you. would go on for
: leading part, work like n slave for TIN
= or four hours, go to the hotel at mi
. night, pack my trunks, get them into
n wagon and away we'd go TO the ne
1 town. Trying to sleep on your trui
Ia along n lonely road, In tho cold AZ
wet, the wagon Iol,lng your liver In
= all sorts Of shapes, is not pleasant, AZ
I. when TO this Is added an absence
. breakfast until 10 or II o'clock In d
. morning your unhappincss Is complci
J. or course this experience was not
!, daily occurrence, but II came Oft
~ enough for personal discomfort. III