The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-10-13
FRESH PORK IN CAMP.
How a Band of Pig-Stea!ers Were DI.
ciplined For Fcragjac.

ciplined For Foragja-.
It is safe to say ttat nothing on four
legs excited ''the boys in blue" moro
than the appearance of fat pig root
ing around camp 1t was a winter
night and the boys of the Thirty-ninth
and Twenty-seventb Ohio, the Fifth
Iowa, and the Eleventh Ohio battery
were en- route from Sedalia, Mo-, to
New Madrid. The division was in COM
mand of Col. WorthingtOn, of the
Fifth Iowa, who was very strict dis
ciplinarian, and who was very tena-
cious in guarding southern property, as
per order of Gen. Halleck. The COM
mand camped at night upon ground
covered with snow and ice, but the
wood was in unlimited supply and the
boys soon made themselves comfOrtabl
Just upon the edge OF the camp was a
large confederate population, and Col.
Worthington and Off GERS of the various
regiments repaired to the house and
found comforta bic beds. We had not
got fairly to sleep until the vicious
squeal of hog evidently in extremis
reached our ears. The colonel donned
his garments at once and rushed in the
direction of the sound and succeeded in
capturing the entire band, made up OF
the Eleventh Ohio battery, bearing their
prize into camp. He at once confscated
the pig and arrested the men and sent
them to the guard house. He was in a
rage when he returned to his bed, and
expressed determination to stop all
such maraudinr in his command The
next morning when the march was to
be resumed the captured pig-stealers
were brought out The pig was fasten-
ed to pole. and two of the stoutest
shouldered it, followed by the rest OF
the depredators. looking to be in any
thing but pleasant mood. The colonel
was in great glee and headed the col
umn, determined to make the lesson
impressive. The regiments were drawn
up in line along the road. First the
Fifth Iowa, next the Thirty-ninth, then
the Twenty-seventh, and last the Elev-
enth Ohio battery, to which the Gull
prits belonged. 4 band was placed in
lead of the pig, and it struck mp The
Rogue's March. The Fifth Iowa re-
ceived the procession with great
cheer, which greatly pleased the colonel
in command. The writer of this quiet
~ rode along the rear OF the line OF the
Thirty-ninth Ohio, remarking in a voice
in which the men IN line all heard:
Remember they are Ohio boys and
were hungry and it was only a south
ern hog" As a result, when the pro-
cession reached the Thirty ninth Ohio.
no funeral service was ever more sol
emn. There was not q cheer, nor
smile. nor a word This gave a cue to
the Twentv-seventh Ohio and Eleventh
Ohio battery, and before the colonel
got 70 the end of the line he saw he had
made a grave mistake and had lost the
confidence ard respect of his command
At the end OF the line, the ends of the
pole were placed Oh the fence, 50 that
the owner Of the pig could come and
reclaim his property after the command
had passed. We marched away and
that night we Toasted on ten6erloin
steaks with the compliments Of the
Eleventh Ohio battery. When the
wagon train reached that historic pig
he was tum bled in and hauIed during
the day: bat Col Worthington was o. /
fered no part in the feast that the rest
enjoyed that night The colonel was q
brave man, bat reckless. and 4 poor I
judge Of men He was killed while 90
ing the ronnds on the night pickets a.
New Madrid. C hieago Inter Ocean