The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1892-03-24

rade McShane, will give him credit for either
having remarkable memory or very correct
diary, although | think that he made slight
| mistake in placing Serg't Hunter at the patches
in charge OF the guard. My recollection is
that Sergt Chas Meade. of my company, per-
formed that duty; he was killed at Lees sur
render, April 9. 1865, and few better men ever
honored musket Hunter was First Sergeant
of my company.
Capt. Scammon, whom he refers to az being
very sick, and not on deck at the time of the
mutiny. belonged to my regiment, and he and
myself served in the same company until the
close of the war; or rather we belonged to the
| same company but commanded another COM
pany after the Fort Gregg surrender April 2.
Allow me to assure you that it was no dis
credit to Capt. Scammon that he was not on
deck, as he was too sick to die, saying nothing
about being on deck; and the Same may be
said of Capt Lincoln, the commander of the
have been on deck, had l not been Officer of the
Day. and had been notified of the trouble at
hand. Any other officer on the ship would
probably have done as l did, had he been in my
place. ! have no, aspirations to be made
special hero Of for merely doing my duty.
when any other officer on the ship would have
done the same thing, although feel thankful
to Comrade McShane for giving tho public an
account of that most desperate mutiny.
| will refer to one man, the carpenter OF the
ship. Michael Mccarthy. who deserves special
mention for more cool bravery than any other
man on the ship. When - II beg pardon,
shcol / should say broke loose in the ships
hold, and the lights were all put out by the
mutineers after Capt. Clark and / had inter
viewed them. as referred to by Comrade Nc
Shane. when they were still in volcano of
rage Mike Mccarthy went among them as If
nothing had happened, gathered up and lighted
the lanterns, all he could find, as coolly as if
he was at a Sunday school picnic. ! had
hundred to one rather have gone into Fort
Gregg than to have gathered up those lanterns.
felt very thankful indeed when we got back
to the front again, where We stood little show
for our lives. Don't go to sea in Government
transport with lot of bounty jumpers. Oh,
no! it is not at all safe or pleasant.
In conclusion, let me say that there were
many good men in that ship who took no part
in the mutiny, and are not to be classed among
the mutineers.
Allow me to suggest that it is In order for
the chronic opposition to get up in his place
aud dispute the statement CT Comrade Nc
Shane, and state from his notebook made at
the time that there was never such ship as
the Government transport Mississippi. and that
she did not take q load of troops from Gal
loup's Island in February, 1865, and that Capt.
Lewis Z. Clark. Co. II, 61st Mass, with his
company, was not on board the ship at all;
and, in short, contradict every statement made
in Comrade McShane's account.
I would be pleased, indeed. to hear from any
of my old acquaintance who made that trip
with me, and particularly from Comrade Me-
Shane, although I haven't the slightest reco-
lection of him.-MoNRoE DAGGETT, Co. !, 18th
Nc Saint Mariec Idaho