Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-07-11

ron with things that did count, were ~
ycr.ed. 4 strip Of battlefield ten PAGES
wide was In one mans keeping, to hold
AGAINST all comprs II he could. To shoot aud
20 slay In aud get all the glory u Il; every
stutnp and tfco aud huwldcr his to dodge
lshind and every loot of IL his line Of r.
treat to skcdnddlc hack upon u ,e saw 90
fanelcd he snw overwhelming numbers II
the un. ontCdly desperate enemy muhinen
break for his especial ten ynrd strip. II
he collidod with bullet he had the salts
fiction uf knowing the other fellow meant
10 hit him, John Smith, and nobody clso,
and that he was Of sufficient Importance Co.
be shot nt individually. In battle thc
bullets and shells sent after the brigade ~
division. or the battery In front " or behind
YOU. or Gwen stray Shots roaming around
Tor good place To burrow In, uny light un
YOU because YOU present certain squ1p
Inches Of surface 90 tho wiudwafd and look
soft enough for cutting.
Really a man * nobody In a battlefield
crowd. on the sltirmish line he Is a host,
aud Il the cyoso OF the enemy urg on him nnl
the muzzlos Of their ordnance ~ we'll. NJ
ar tha,ycs of bis own people, aye of TIA
nation anil uf MI the world. Yes, the skis
mish linc ~ tho place 20 ggt In work that
will ml& you feel when all ~ over that
YOU rally "ft IA the war; The majority
Of ~ found chi. ont when II was too late,
aud II Is well that We did mr. thcru would
have boon no common soldiers 30 man the
machine. A. 10 was the cavalry corps wcrt
limited only hy the supply N horses, aud
select corps like Bcrlaus fharplhoo,erI
Kanc's uucl,tals and the independent rifle
companies sk,mmol the cream ui volunteer
who offered themselves by thousands foi
this branch Of service, Bcrlnn's recruit
iug ground was the whole north. HIS r
cruIts, to man, could put ten consecutive
shots within un average OF five iuchc. from
the center ofn target, shooting OIL hand nt
100 pacrs AMI -01 PAGES 10 rest. Many
got into the bulls,yc every time NJ that
distance Other qualifications wcrr n,tcs.
firy ns. Tor instance, good habits aud sound
physique. gs wcll ~ intelligence. OF such
material there was mo- hack.
within % Tow months after recruiting
began u 1854 the First United States
thaHp huotrr, took tho field with iourcOW.
p1ulca from Sew York, thrpo from Mich.
pnu and ono each from New Hampshire
Wisconsin and Vermont. This regiment
went % the peninsula under Berlau IN
person In April, H., abl about that tim,
AN'IlNW rNNNNN Z NlNNl ~HAtNH NNliAl Il7llNNN
EN- took tho field ia IcDowclps corps %
the RapplhHnnocl. The First regiment
was In front OF Yorktown. and their busy
rifles KEEP, the Confederate attillcri,ts vel
under snbicctl,n. This was tho beginning
Of Hh1rp-ho1ting between the Armies al
tho Potomac and Northern Virginia. ~
the battle of Gaines Mil, June "a, $50
the regiment was IN the regular line o
battle, where IL did goud execution whil'
the cnCmy's columns wcrc advancing. Bu
Ia subsequent phusrs ui the fight the mel
wen ont OF place Thor.illcd murksmni
is trained 10 uGe his nerve, his wits and al
his personal resources, aud machine iight
ins 10 out Of bis line.
In the "Scvcii Days. the regiment wa
split into dctnchmcntsandb no duiachmyn
marched and fought each day with each a
the divisions that had che rear of the line
AtGlcndnle June 30, the Wisconsin com
pany was with Gen, McCal's Pennsylvania
reserves In their disastrous collision wit
lonsstwct's corps, when tho Union RAM,
were literally run over and Mccall wa
wounded and captured far within the GA,
mys Inca The leader Of the shurpshooi