The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-04-22
This donkey could stand the red heat of that


Though he'd shiyer anon, and sneeze.
As he eyed the barometer, while the spirit
thermometer
Marked hundred and eighty degrees.
The dago. one day, in the middle of May,
Two great hampers OF pop corn loaded
On the hack of the brute-the unfeeling
ealoot-
And TO market. him sayagely goaded,
And the sun grew as hot as foundrynan's
pot,
When le empties it into the mould,
TIL The pop corn al last, few 10 popping so
fast.
Ger the donkey like snow. fakes it rolled.
Alas, now the tale of the donkey bewail.
For a snogr storm. he thought himself in il, :
He made grand rush, 10 the shade of bush,
And he froze to death there. in minute.
Major Tom Anderson of Topeka and
Judge Campbell of this city, followed, the
former in short but witty address and
the latter with IN elegant and eloquent
address which was full of pathetic feeling
and practical illustrations OF the prompt
ings that led men into the late war.
General A B. Campbell and Major Tom
Anderson followed with the Canoeen song
which they rendered so elegantly that they
were encored loudly and responded
with 1.-The bear and went over the noun
tain" Colonel Hallowell WAS the next
gentleman called apon and he responded
with one OF those splendid 'old soldier
speeches for which be is noted through
out the length aEd b-edth OF the state.
Colonel Hallowell's speeches are always
impromptu and as his delivery is very
rapid it is impossible for anybody but a
very rapid short hand man 70 take them
down, hence the nonappearance of last
nights speech in this issue. 1t was a
mastery effort.
The banquet wound up with an address
by Col. NJ Stewart on the volunteer
officer" which is given in full as follows:
The vaiient soldier is theme that never
grows threadbare, Notwithstanding the
open as well dis the covert sneers Of our un-
friendly friends at the ''old soldier
racket" but in this paper ] propose TO
consider briefly. not so much the volunteer
soldier AS the volunteer officers. The uu-
initiated would make 10 distinction, for
while an officer is soldier solder Is not
an officer; on the same hypothesis, II you
will pardon the comparison, that a mare
is horse but horse Is not mare.
Hence we hear the term officers AMI
soldiers As a rule the 5000 men who
responded to the first call IN 1851, were
differed by such as stood we'll IN bheIr re-
spective Communities without regard TO
military experience, except. possibly, such
prestige as they had gained unuer the
old militia laws that were In vogue as a
relic of the Mexican war.
| doubt not but that the experience of
all who are in nv hearing, Will bear me
ont in the assertion, that this army Of
5000 men contained larger per cent. OF
native born Americans, of educated men,
of those whose circumstances had not
obliged them TO seek the more lowly walks
in life; than any equal number that subse-
quently became part Of the army under
the frequent call for more troops. We are
disposed to look back upon that event
ful period that marked the first era II the
struggle for the preservation of the union
with much the same feeling that one
takes a retrospective view of his first love
affair. He believes he could do 1t better
if he had chance to try it over.
But we should not despise the day of
small things. This three months period
was but the prelude TO the grand tragedy
that was to foliow-lt was as the skirmish
to the battle. 1t WAS in no sense a
struggle of giants. And if the war
had stopped b re, would have evolved
no great generals on either side. The
volunteer officers of the type of Ellsworth
and Winthrop, sought glory to the verge
of recklessness, and found it where many
a poor. hoI-headed youth rushed with open
arms to meet his fate. If | read history
Alright, there was an unwarranted sacra-
flee OF the lives of the citizens or volunteer
officers. La this connection beg leave TO
recite but one of a number of Instances
that came within my own observation
during the four years of my army life.
When Virginia, by the act OF her Iegls-
lature passed the ordinance of secession,
there was a cadet at the Virginia military
institute at Lexington. under the tulelage
of one Thomas j. jackson, subsequently
the renowned Stonewall. whose name Was
John Hall His father had been a mem Der
of the state senate, and was known far
aud near as an uncOmpromlslng union
man, and it was possibly more through
his personal efforts that West Virginia
was saved to the Union in the early days
of tue rebellion. than that OF any other
man IN the Old Dominion.
At this period john Hall. jr., was in his
18th year. As the youthful cadet gave
great promise of developing into mlli-
tary genius, both jackson aud Halls
McCausiand, were de-
termined TO enlist his sympathies, and
ultimately his services, III the cause OF tue
efforts proved futile, for every mem Der Of
his class entered the Confederate service,
lie alone. whether in obedience TO his
father commands, or OF his own v0iltIOn
by au mate feeling OF ioyaIty TO
the cid f1ag, returned TO hi, home IA tie
Kauawha valley and shortly after was
commissioned by Governor PI-rpoint
ma for of the Fourth Virginia Infantry.
| can see him now before me ~ he APP
pesred then, tall, slender and straight IS
an arrow, light cucly hair and face As
freckied as that OF auy street Arab. He
was stern in demeanor, grave beyond his
Years, seldom engaged IN any sport,
was a close student Of Jomlnl AMI
other military writers, knew the tactics
and articles 81 war Dv ueaft ANA MAS Il
his element wGen &c eouM mud a swords
man wortay Of has steeI n Ihe manly arr
OF ieac.ng. though lie was H. mean az
ta-onis5 with the bayouet. a myself and
other uon-c3mu1l ssloned officers InGud IN
the driis 10 which We were s>.oJ Ell ui8d-r
MS supervision in the long Winter nights
OF OF sad O.
Ia lookinE back over al the acquaiLt-
aRces made during the WAY per:oa. - IL
Guiding some ike Major Nial4m Achla
ley. who have been houOle. u civil llte
with the highest Offices il the gin or tae
people my memory recalls none 30 manly
a. this Nirgs ala youth, cast 10 the heroic
love 20 smagloe, ot another Flr-
siniAn. the immortal Nasniugton-aoGe
VINO gave promise at that time OF acalev-
ing Napoleouic honorS IS warrior. After
a lapse OF nearly thirty years he IS ssSo-
ciated IN my mind more closely vita
General Custer than any one |
could name. Their exit from the
stage of life was somewhat similar. His
unfortunate cad, while not 80 tragic per
haps as that of Custer. yet woald have
filled page in history had IL occurred N
a war OF less magnitude II deep recess
in the Allegheny mountains Win oaly a
handful of his faithful comrades he heId
az hay a band OF desperate guerIllas, 20 Ia
number, held them al bay until pierced
oY four marderous bullets. and but one