The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1892-01-27

sons and sons sons, TO the tenth genera
tion respond, should their country call
them.
lie did not go in 81
To fight against The nth,
But stayed at home without gun,
A shooting on his mouth.
Whiskey was the most troublesome enc
my The army had to fight. During the
winter on one occasion, al officer 10 charge
of a party detected some tin cans OF whis-
key protected by The enormous hoops Of
woman, who stood over them 10 the
middle OF the room; when she saw that
she was detected, she exclaimed, almost
with tears 10 her ayes: "Ah, dear captain,
you are not going TO take away the livin'
of poor lone woman with six small
children, and three Of them blind ~ But
the cans were emptied OF their contents.
Chaplain Cries and Lieutenant Bowen
OF the l04th Pa. Vols, while on scont-
ing expedition in Virginia, halted at the
plantation OF Mr.. Clark, a staunch rebel,
and Mrs Clark was nc less warm In the
cause. She complained bitterly to them
OF the blockade, which sue admitted hug
ged Them very closely In its, embrace,
which deprived them OF many necessary
articles, and abe also stated that the sight
Of the blue coats always gave her pain
in the back.
Rev. w. Fl. Wiley, Chaplain of the LIST
West Virginia Vols, tells of Gen. Kelly
who was severely wounded at Philippi.
"ssss - 49, s-.=---.-is-. .s~s .i---s. nalt
by lis side In less than five minutes after
he was shot. He took me by the hand
and said; 'Parson, pray for me, for ] do
not only want to die by the flag OF my
but by the Cross Of Christ He
was brave and good soldier; loved him
and he loved bis men. Peace to bis dust.
In July, 1869, Gen. Hatch ordered the
list Vermont Cavalry to charge aud cap
ture the town Of Culpepper. Away they
went at galop, with sabres In the air.
The first man they saw was an old fellow
sitting on his porch smoking pipe and
Smelling peas. They evidently startled
him, for he jumped up, dropped his pipe
and shouted: "Heighl hello! Yanks;
what the devil is your hurryi" On they
went to King street and rushed down TO
the Virginia House, where they astonished
a party of gentlemen playing "old sledge"
on the porch, and the landlord called out
politely: "Hold on, gents wont you light
down aud water your critters 7" They
rushed on with drawn sabres, but there
were no rebels, and thus Culpepper wa
easily captured.
BY the. sabre 10 war men are very sell
dom killed An old cavalryman who was
In thirty eight fights, says The sabre sxer-
else. is OF no earthly use in battle. "In
cavalry encounter at Kelley's Ford,
struck Confederate fair on the neck with
my sabre, and struck as hard as l could
he ,nmbled from his saddle and was cap.
tured-I did not even draw blood. gave
him such blow as TO stun him for few
minutes, the same as 10 | had struck him
with club; but aside from stiff neck,
he was oil right. The average sabre being
so dull, accomplishss very little outside OF
the moral effect"
The United States army is a better thing
for the average man than is generally sup.
posed. While the pay, $l3 a month, Is
small, il must be remembered that 1t is
BIB month over and above all expenses
for food, clothing, lodging, hospital at
and education; and TO day
Uncle Sam requires every man who wishes
to enlist under his flag, to bring a certifi.
cate of coed character from his last en-
ployer, which has improved the standing
Of the enlisted men In our army.
AT one time a captain 10 Pennsylvania
regiment was making complaints to his
qaartermaster that the shoes furnished
were so enormously large that he could
get none small enough to At him. The
quartermaster's-sergeant, q humorous fell
low, was standing by, who, after listening
to the complaint Of the captain, said to
him, 81 tell you what to do, captain; put
them on some small boy and let them
shrink awhile" We were not informed,
however, whether the cxpedient was re-
sorted to or not.
General Grant hearing that Chattanooga
was in danger, telegraphed to General
Thomas: "Hold Chattanooga at all hazards
will be there as soon as possible. There
flashed back over the wires from this
'noblest Roman Of them all, y 81 will hold
the town until starve."