Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-06-18
adiusant from July 1, 1854, until March $, Isss


being Offices. but personal attributes" n dear
old Gen. Henry J. Hunt used 20 saw but which
carry no pay or command. are those OF heuten-
ant colonel U-S-A., 'for gallant and meritorious
services at the battle Of Antietam. 20 date from
september IL, 1862 of colonel, L. 8 A for
gallant and meritorious services at the battle of
Gettysburg. to date from july 9 lseS:" OF
brlgadier general, L. s. A., 20 date from March
Is, 1865, for gallant and meriioi ious services
during the campaign against the insurgent
forces under the rebel Gen. Price in Missouri"
and OF Major general. L. 5. A.. as Of the same
date, flor gallant and meritorious services in
the field during the war"
Such is the outline or skeleton Of his record
IN the military service, officially recorded in
the army register. the ups and downs of which
and the finale thereof probably having no
parallel in the history of any other distins u-hed
commander during the half century that has
elapsed since for some unknown reason be uas
dubbed Kate" by his fellow cadets nj the
Military Academy. Among his classmates
there were Gen. Grant himself, Gen. Jubsl A
Early Of confederate fame, known then and
now as Late Early" for the very good reason
that while he was always early on the occasion
OF any roll call, drill or other function, he was
also always late, as he was, for EXAMPLE. upon
one memorable occasion when a certain find
in the cellar Of the Blair mansion in the suburbs
Of Washington proved a potent and i'm
portant factor in his failure TO effect
his contemplated capture Of that capital.
There, too, was Gen. James Longstreet COM
monty known as pete" and Gen. Phil Sheri-
dan and Gen. Rosecrans, who was a first
classman when Pleasanton was "Plebe" and
used to teach him mathematics, as well as
dozens of others of that day and generation, too
many Of whom have, alas passed away but
whose names and deeds will always serve 70 en-
bellish the brightest pages of American history.
GREAT SCOTT,
Gen. Pleasanton is a man who never pro-
flames his lips with an oath, nevertheless he is
not guiltless of the use of epithets. Years ago,
before the now familiar exclamation Great
Scott dotted the columns of the newspapers Of
the country, he used il his most frequent
substitute for the expression of meaning gen.
orally conveyed by the use of downright yul-
garity and profanity. He was doubtless the in
ventor Of that odd phrase, suggested by the
wonderful campaigns of Gen. Scott in Mexico,
and II Is pity, perhaps, that he did not file a
caveat to cover IL or have IL copyrighted for his
own especial use and benefit. At any rate it
has served the purpose thousands OF times i'm
print and otherwise. OF giving vent 10 both
humorous and serious emotions. But his
greatest and most forcibie epithet is Great
C@sar's Ghost" When he hurls or Kisses those
words through his teeth, albeit his voice is
soft and pleasant to the ears of his listeners,
he conveys an impression of earnest
ness, indignation or surprise that do not
reside in any other vehement and italicised
expression. With his eyes half closed, with
disgust or contempt or derision marking every
feature, with his dainty little fingers twiddling
the air, so to speak, his small hands are
thrown upward above his head combined with
the peculiar nervous motions of his hodv the
man who hears him utter them at once grasps
the impulse of his thoughts and understands
that his vocabulary of vituperation has been
exhausted, that in that way only can he do
the subject iusticem and that he has notb;no
more emphatic to saw For examnle When
some luckiess blunderer NAV mistale him Gov
the other Gen. Pleasanton Of blue-glass-cura
notoriety. he is at once overwhelmed and
silenced with the exclamation ..Great scofti
No, sir. am not that man NJ sir That Ia
INV brother. a militia major general Who lives
in Philadelphia. Great Cesor's ghost man
what do Won take me for2 Wba 40 ron ,binl I
am? Great Caesars ghost no sir,',
And then. if his humor is inclined that xav
he will launch forth into a xtream 81 rs,o;,;!.'
cences of the embarassments and nrovoting
situations ne was subjected to in Paris twenty
uau az, aso; snyh tne oiue-glasseure craze
credulons wo1d and when bd onca A,ad
it, The people here and over there seemed to
know more about blue glass than they do about
the men, the real men, who commanded our
armies curing ,ne war: Confound um! Blue
sias,. NO, sir: oreat o@sar gnosti eoniound
uih.
4, ana were ne TO swear like trooper, or as
inc army s"ore IN Flanders, ne could not
make nus disgust feit more decisiyeiy. Ii Is the
general belief this eccentricity grows out of a
deeply implanted reiigious sense, which every
now ana then shows itself, even during his
most ordinary conversations. 10 illustrate this
meaning, let me explain that his beau Ideal OF
great soldier, the greatest soldier of modern
times, ne hnds In Napoleon, 1.-The great Ma
poieon bonaparte, as he phrases It. There
are Few lines ever printed IN this country or
abroad about the nrst Napoleon that he has not
reao Nothih8 oenghts MIN better than to talk
ABOUT the career OF that remarkable genius, and
ne nnds no htte grauncation IN airing his famIl-
niity with even the smallest details connected
with IT; invariably he concludes conversation
upon TINS Topic Dy producing printed slip,
Prin.eu AT his own expense Tor general free cir
cuiauoh' reiaslng sohioquy said TO have been
uttered py Napoleon at 81 Helena In which
comparisons are made between the worlds
greatest conquerors ana tine founders OF It's
greatest empires or kingdoms.
HIS PIPE ABANDONED.
Two vears and half 400 or ,,or,. ,h. ,,.n.,.,
%, ', A0'e' WIG e.Ae'A,
caiieo tne iate Dr. II. w. Bliss to his aid, and
the skillful surgeon performed several difficult
operations upon his patient. the necessity for
which grew from n aeve,onment Of d;sa.s.
caused 6y almost a life-long Service in H..
saddle. At that time he Consulted Dr. Bliss re.