The Indianapolis journal., 1893-09-07
wEpr LIKE WOMEN.

Affecting Scene 1t Meeting of Gen. Wallace
and the Eleventh Indians.
Perhaps no more affecting scene has oc-
Cured during this encampment. with all
OF its greetings of long Sc eparated comrades,
than the one that took place Mt the head
quarters of the Eleventh Indiana, behind
she post Office. About 325 of the boys had
come together and signed the roster. They
were proceeding with their business. when
their first colonel and the one who had
made their regiment, General Lew Wal
lace. entered the tent. The sight of him
brought cheers. He was led to- the plat
form and asked to speak. He stood
before the boys who loved and res
peeted him, and whom he. too. cher
ishei. He said: This rs no time TO talk.
can't talk to you now. You'll have to ex-
cuse me-" Then his head sank aud his
breast heaved and the tears fell from his
eyes like rain. For two minutes one could
hear o pm drop. and as one looked mp fifty
more of those brave faces were seen to. be
flowing like that of their G General. Finally
one of the boys broke the spell by call
for three cheers. Seldom have cheers from
that number Of throats made more noise
than those which gave vent TO their pent-
mp feelings. Then the General turned to
them and said: 1T is not for SORROW. but
for Joy that weep"
Quite different was their reception Of
"Pap" George Z. MoGinnis. their second
colonel. They seized him and bore him to
their shoulders with shouts of laughter.
From that time on "reminiscences and camp
IRE chat filled In the time very pleasantly.
This regiment of Zouaves has had a his
tory. 1t Will be rememb bered that j. eff Davis
declared that Indiana troops had behaved
very badly during the Mexican war. When
Wallace had enlisted and taken charge of
his men, he accordingly took them to the
Statehouse grounds. There he made them
kneei and swear the oath: we'll wipe
than stain from our flag. and always re-
member" And this very oath was again
repeated o year later on the battlefield of
Shiloh.
In the afternoon their old battle flags
six I'D number. were brought over from the
Statehouse. The sympathetic tenderness
showed how precious they were in tha eyes
of those men who had defended them in
the fight. Most of them arc torn and faded
but the brightest new silk nag would be
cast aside in carelessness in the presence of
these. Another interesting relic was the
coat Mai. Will c. Phipps wore at the battle
of Shiloh. Two holes. now patched. show
the course of the bullet which wounded the
Phipps says that after he was
shot he got up to stagger 10
the rear. When he bad gone back n
short distance. shell exploded very near
him. His comrades looking back could not
sea him for the smoke. That night they
buried his supposed shattered remains, and
told of his good qualities and were sad over
his fate. But the next morning he walked
20 them. bundled In his bloody blanket.
The first person he met was Capt Dave
Negiey. who saluted him with = stare ami
q How in the hell did you dig out" Since
that day the less profsno part of this has
been their regular sanitation when meet
ing.
For the officers OF the association for the
ensuing year they elected Maj. James R.
Ross president; Capt John T. McGrsw. of
Hot Springs. b d., senior Vice; VIII Z.
Phipps. secretary. and Col. y. Il. Ruckle,
freafurer