The daily morning journal and courier., 1894-08-25


 gave his cousins their choice. polio, duty or, the guard house. Charlie kicked. Billy Erowled; but they sub mitted. and afterwards admitted thai they had learned Q needed lesson,
 In conversation to-day with one oi the members of the old Fifteenth my thoughts went back to the days of 'es during that summer the regiment wal
 ordered 10 South Mills. N. C.. where W,
 spent a delightful time. on october W,
 were ordered out on A scouting expedi. ton. a distance of perhaps forty miles for the purpose. as was supposed. of intercepting a lot Of guerilias that were known to be somewhere in the vicinity. AS a matter Of course the object of the expedition was successfully accom- pitched and the regiment started on It's return. It was found necessary to go Into camp somewhere on the road. and place was selected near some farm house. Tho proper guards and picItets were stationed and Captain Buttricks detailed'as officer of the day. All went well until nearly morning. when word was brought 10 the officer of the day that foraging on large scale was go- ing on in the poultry yards near the camp. Now Captain Buttricks. com manding the good and moral company of the regiment. could not endure the thought that stealing hens and other innocent birds should take place while he was on duty. He hastened to the scene Of trouble and met a number of members of the rgimnt. but all ap- peared to be innocent of any participa- ton In any wrong doing. and they gravely assured the captain that they had not seen feather: each man. how. ever, carried something in his arms. which the credulous captain thought to be merely flre-wood for their morning fire. He thought he heard voices and surmised that one voice was that of Sergeant Church, of Go. I. He called out. "Jim, Is that you?" and heard the reply in the affirmative. He then in- quired, Are there any of Co. with you. and have you anything to do with this chicken raid?" Sergeant Church replied, Captain. there are a number of Co. I here, but they are all asleep and not a chicken amongst us," at the same time whispering in voice loud enough to be heard all over camp, Doc. Lord. you blamed chump, tie string around that goose or you give us all away" Captain Buttricks retired satisfied that 1t was false alarm, and that his own company of honest, moral men had not laid dishonest hands on any rebellious chickens. When the reg iment formed the next day to return to the camp at South Mills 1t was ob- served that. beginning at the right and extending to the left of the regiment, the nights operations some kind of a southern bird, not all of them being purely song birds. although they could furnish a great and varied amount of noise. Co., l presented about the fol- lowing: Doc. Lord, one goose with a neck nearly thirty inches long. and feathers so rufIied as to convey the idea that it had been nearly strangled in the effort to preserve quiet; Sergeant Church, one goose and one duck, both having very sore throats and apparent ly disgusted withbthe wicked war and the prowling Tanks" Billy Hubbard. one large sized he duck that made more noise than seventeen bass drums; Lieutenant Roderiquez, one goose very much discouraged; while the champion hen persuader, Bill Nichols had both arms full of undressed fowls. all of which he successfully brought into camp, No man can. say with truth that any southern fowl ever got away from Bill Nichols.
 Inquiries were made of Captain But tricks whether anything had been taken from the farm house the night before. The captain gravely asserted that all was quiet and exceedingly or 1ery.
 Three men of Go. I, on arrival at ,amp were, however, fin trouble; they had too many fowls for immediate and they dared not keep them In camp, for they lost confidence n some of the other companies, so they went to the cabin of q respectable col bred lady short distance from camp md arranged to have her board them lntil they were called for, and gene 'ously paid her for their board in ad. yance. In the course of two weeks they lecided that @ turkey dinner would be II order, and with appetites well harpened they went for their precious It is needless to say that hey found not the colored lady; she lad gone visiting friends in Virginia. They found not the chickens; they were not there. They found not the turkey. He had disappeared: they dis overed not the goose; 1t had also gone 0 parts unknown; they found not the lucks; they, too. had departed, and the ,lace that did know them knew them 10 more. Were the boys mad? Oh, no; Church. Lord and Oscar Ives were sim- ,ly grieved to think how very dishonest ome people of the colored race could ,e when fowls were in the question.
 Most of these men are still living and lave doubtless% fully repshted of any vrong doing they may have been guilty f, and are now living lives of useful less and responsibility; but if I was | len l would keep out Of the reach of ! 'olce Officer Bill Nichols.
 N INCIDENT AT LONG BRIDGE, BY W.
 H. cA1LIE, CO. A.
 On one occasion in the fail of '62 the etachment posted tt the Washington nd of Long Bridge was in command of lieutenant French as officer of the uard. orders were very strict as to he passage of persons and property 1to Virginia, and unless the clearest of right of way could be pro- uced further, advance was denied. long came one day an old individual