The Kosciusko star. (Kosciusko, Miss.) 18??-1898, 1895-06-14
|VG HOME GUARDS.
,- Talks Of These
Doughty Heroes Of
Attaia.
wow THEY DRILLED.
Hoard of Their Presence and
Always Avoided the County.

llW2ys hNOlucu ehS OO"y'
Visiting Kosciusko a few
a,ys ago, about the first person |
|"er was Dr. NJ. Jones, fresh from
|be great Confederate Veterans ar,
Usnion Pr |? at Houston, Tex. The
|Dr was brimful of the spirit OF
% Et.t Grand rally of the old soldiers
y i4 tbe g lost cause, and when asked
\ he had a good time, he replied
hat 0that was no name for the oc
e.son-it could not be described
For the grandeur Of its details,
Since then, | have read a full ac-
count Of the affair in the Houston
Post, and conclude that the old
veterans had indeed happy re-
uuion. But while the old soldiers
| q Lee, Johnston, Hood, Long
street, and others were there en-
loving the occasion, and addresses
we're made recounting the deeds of
vslor performed by the old sold
iers. i looked and read in vain to
srd o,v reference or allusion to
that equally grand army who re-
NAMED at home to protect the
women and children and drive
back from the borders OF our coun-
ty any venturesone Yanks that
might attempt to invade our homes.
This branch of the service was
called the "Home Guards" Zone OF
whom ! was which, and at all the
reunions of the old soldiers, the
gallant services of these Home
Guards have been totally ignored
in the program ofexercises. Now,
must the deeds of this gallant baGNd
dmndle away into obscurity and
oblivion, and history remain saleut
as to them. and the rising genera
ton remain IN ignorance OF the
part that theIr fathers and gra1d-
fathers TOOK IN those times uha,
tired mems souls? No, sir they
shall be remembered and their
deeds placed OR record sOr future
generations, even if no ADLER pen
than mine Will undertake the Job.
Well, the -e'Home Guards, =" one
Of whom was which) were organ.
gzed for the protection of our
homes, and dor the purpose O.
driving back any Yankee rand thai
might have TIE temeritw or rash
ness to invade the sacred anC
peaceful precincts of our county.
lhe command was coMposed o.
those who we've not able for active
service IN the held-the lame, the
halt the blind, and the deaf. Col.
ehelman Durham was our com
Mander, and
Our captain was as braEe a mea
As 'er,a0mmission bore;
And brightly shone his &ew tin-sSorC
lie well las honors bore
He had seen military service
away back IL 1870 in the militi;
Of the county when corastalk tao
tics We're in vogue, and therefore
was well qualified for a leader il
lhe ats of wal. We met once ;
weak tor drill in the aforesaid tao
tics
our parade ground was a 1--we
pot a few hundred yards East o
the Court House, now occupied by
tne residences Of Earle SmythearC
o'hers. A ditch used to meandel
'hronsh the plot of ground, and d
was a habit of on gallant captain
'oset us an line and order a charge
across that ditch, TO see, he said
now well we could hold ourselves
IN line The "-conglomerated'
eoniusion that ensued on such ocf
.aSlons cannot be fully described
oy me; 1t would require an artist tt
10 mat The spectators who were
generally present to witness oul
maheuveres would so far forge,
,ne'r manners sometimes as tc
iaugh at us as we scrambled over
'n1 ana out OF the ditch, generally on
"lIionrs; but a fierce military