St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-10-21
"MY NAME is q. S. GRANT"
A Private Has an Abrupt Intro
ductiOn to the General.

A Private Has an Abrupt Intro
ductiOn to the General.
New York Telegram.
Maj. ID. E. Cronin. of this city, ha
been engaged for some time past on an
illustrated history of his regiment-the
First New York Mounted Rifles-and a
few days ago he received the following
anecdote from Sergeant A. G. Prince.
now a prominent manufacturer of Beth
lehem, Pa:
"Our regiment--the First New York
Mounted RifieS-with many other TROOPS,
lay iii fronto of Richmond in March, 1865.
We had been hustled around pretty
lively for several weeks and had no per-
manent camp. One night the word was
passed along the line and soon became
common property that there was to be
an early advance the following morn
ing, and everywhere was hustle and
be in his saddle by a. III. l
was at this time clerk in
the quartermaster's department I'M
der Lieut, Corby. About 10 or II O'clock
Col. Sumner sent word to the quarter
master to send me to his tent mounted.
reported at headquarters in few mo-
inents. and the colonel handed me a
dispatch and told me to go to City Point
with it at once, and to go lively and de-
liver it at once to one of the depart
mentS which l do not recall now, as it
did not impress me as much as what oc-
CURED afterWard.
The weather waSpleaSant and it was
starlight night. | started OF Oh
a lope and had reached the James river
and crossed the pOntoon badge, and
had foil fl1f,r Il Ill
keeping the right of it. ! had met no
one up to this time, but now in the dis
lance | heard horseman approaching
in the opposite direction. riding fast.
did not slacken my regular gait, as
supposed the rider, like myself, was a
private soldier, or he would not be rid
ing alone at that hour of the night
probably midnlght). As we approached
each other my left leg struck his left
leg with such violence that both
of us were nearly unseated and
swept from our saddles. My first
involuntary exclamation was: 'Why
the devil don't you keep the right side
of the road, you chucklehead? or some
thing to that effect. He replied III
similar strain, as we were both mad and
felt sore. This kind Of talk was kept
up for few minutes pro and con, each
tiiO OlitOl lOl tiiC dCClucut, dIiu
it was give and take all the time, as
felt perfectly secure in my position.
having the right of the road, until he
asked the question: How does it hap
pen that you are galloping your horse?'
| replied that [ had the same right to
gallop my horse that he had to gallon
his. Yes said he, but | thought /
had issued orders that there should be
no galioping OF horses in this depart
ment.'
This was the first intimation l had
received that l was not talking to a,
private soldier. as it was too dark to see
anything but the outlines of. man and
horse. / at once took back track and
was profuse in my apologies. But he
answered me curtly and said: Come
along back TO the pOntoon bridge and |
will place you in charge of the officer in
command
Il turned about and started back with
him. ] was satisfied by this time had
struck Snag and had nearly knocked
tie breath out of commanding officer,
but who it was l had not the remoteSt
idea. InOw explained to him the err
rand and theimportance of haste in its
execution, and that had been ordered
by Col. Sumner to ride quick. We had
only proceeded quarter or half a mile
VIXEN he turned and said: i guess you
can go ON. My name is U. s. Grant.
Lock out that you don't run into my