The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-07-24
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puch, more dificuit one 20. gst together than
which arc isolated and many Of The men are
iern,srs who live far apart from each other.
and me Eight zenith. are the exceptions to this
condition. Col: Norman Smith Of the Eigh.
o ser hs ssa tSs %s
Commander was only a iittic behind. They
posted straIehtway to their armories. and sent
messengers that could be obtained at that
hour OF the morning. and these they sent with
n oSs 70 hunt
tenth, men and oicers s wore s at the armorF q
the call. The orders that Col: smith had re;
they had that day. and hour after hour passed
without word from Con. Wiley.
THE RENDEZVOUS A SECRET.
night, co!roborated Monday morning. said
that, the Second and Third Briaades were to
the tSs SEsp vase rs sa
ne place chosen Tor the massine OF the troops.
that fnSr s Was nat he IT sns
that the rendezvous would be at Bairsville.
q, station sixty miles cast OF Pittshnrcn. on tho
d Dist c It was realised. was difficult
lar into tho nj lit before til. c Camping s place
WA" sr rsasHe 3winS especially, t. The doqty
Fourteenth Regiment werc tho same as those
given to Col. Smith, They were to get their
proceed to Biarsvillc. where further ORDERS
would ;l Re received and whSre Brig Ger Wiley
TO lounge about the nrmnrics ali " the after
noon. They could not leave even for dinner
y nearby restaurants. for, fear that while
the railroad company that the specials were
ready. and then they had to start on tn" in;
nishs; THO proba biity seemed to he That they icy
would not get chance to sleep the coming
n Som" o, OF the T ser Of apread
slept 1t was S o'clock before the word came
from tho, railroad company that the trains
received until tho troops were on the march
exactly eEa thirteen minutes elapssd, and in less
" nS"a m srans tho Two
The gathering Of Battery B was quite as IN
was the ia Fl her q
avenue. Pittsburgh. the !iveIlcst scenes q the
d ts wsre The total strength Of
ali Of them Sy Cart f Hunt. who lid not
receive his orders to get the men. out until
after o'clock II the morning. BY 10 o,clock
ranged hipse!f for the trans portation Of his
two brass twelve Founders. all Of the live.inch
es:Sa.hiy: Z any & the National ,;asrSs e
.vernauied and .Sersthinn had to be done ne in
fact: but at o'clock things were in first class
shape Twenty five thousand rounds OF nm
munition had l.een loaded with the guns. The
horses we're all on board OF cars; and every
man in uniform was really to march. The bat
were met by tw" companies Of the Eighteenth
Regiment. who accompanied them to the sta
tion tn await orders.
corRIERs WAKE UP THE SHERIDAN TROOP.
The gathering of the sheridan troop OF
nlrpvs Ttp ,,lo inf 'u,Nt
jones got Ills orders at 80 in the m. mornn ing
Only u few OF the troop !ivein Tyrone. Cour;;
Sinkns Valleys and other far oil places with
orders that the. platoon should Assem- Bile at
snd 's ia hs 9Tdss at
hrndnuarters and almost immediately alter
ton. 1t was IS o'clock. however. before tho
cars for the transportation of the troops were
The Fifth Regiment gathered at Altoona.
the morning and at about ten o'clock the
Tenth K,.gim emit was ready at about the same
hour ana So was the Fifteenth, The Sixteenth
many o! the men lived in tn. country. it
lei, on c:ty at nine "e rSl in The evening
@Gs f hs s 20 ss ad ter son
than "ithGr Of the other tw2. The Fourth
Colonel. The Ninth. with 527 men. was ready
t II a sa. .n lime ana the Twseh only tte
later. The Thirteenth. from Scranton Pa. WAS
really by o'clock in the afternoon, Its mem.
apart. The Colonel was equal to the occasion.
The flrst thing he did was to gather com
out in every direction W it'll orders to indi-
yidual men. who came into town in SQUADS.
They borrowed wagons. anything. to get there.
and they were deservedly proud Of their live
illness.
Perhaps the most S. 4, bic instance Of the
TIE cap,*in Of one II the eo@paniss q the
ders came to him from hs Colonel shortly az
lis con f,E toseter and p peport with It At
the nrmory; He was not able to be out OF bed.
His wife. bright young woman. full Of spirit
and drove around the country in the dark to
the hou-e Of every man in the Curtains com
| first company OF tho Fourth Regiment to re-
! port for duty. 1t was Setback at night before
the Third Brigade vas on lis way on the cars
nnmed place Of rendezvous. the orders OF tho
| The whole thing WAS arranged So that both
brigade; would get t. iittl., flag station
Brin;on an! BiairsvilIe. at about the same
time. But there was. not n Colone! Of any
regiment who knew When he~started that the
|
! trains near Radehamsh.
| The Eighteenth Regiment was the first to
| arrive at Eniebau.h. JEe train had been side
| tracked at jeanette and had run to Radebaugh
| on the freight tracks. II was dark when 1t ar
rived Mt tho flag station. The. order Of the
either door on each car and that no on. not a
commissioned officer should he permitted to
leave the ear. Coined W in the cars the boys
enough drvilment left in lot Of them to max e
ii impossible for any on. to get any sleep. But
they did not try to get out "f the cars for nj
least an hour after tho arrival Of tho train at
the station.
THE NIGHTS Fun BEGINS.
Ii was at lust alou. that timc TINT the Four
teenth Regiments tram rolled up on one side
OF this tram. and the Fifth Regiments trair
r lied alongside on the other, some wise man
in one OF the companies # the Fifth he'd
train were the same as tho orders that had
been issued BY Col Smith, for the gov
e:ning Of the Eighteenth. This wise man
r!,t hts ladder ont Of the window and
climbed out Dark as it, was, the Light.
"rnths nncn saw it and reached over and stole
practically clear the three trains. The
guards aiterwnid explained that they We're
doing their full duty md that not man who
was not a commissioned officer had Dassed