Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1896-04-07
ls WAR RECORD.
l .4ay AT FREDERICKSBURG
 l',u IN OFFICIAL REPORTS.

Aware That the Noted Penn wears T Medal of Honor-He | roasr special Conditions That |a. conraGe.
 l. Matthew Stanley Quay is a ]. of renown, but few men |as record as a soldier. It is a s0a He is. in fact, enrolled as nation s heroes, and the tell N story of his gallant conduct s'A of batiio may throw some 5, m an interesting character. Gmay is a man of reserve, and, .st men whose achievements +.ro been creditable, he rarely his military service and has '. .ebt to make political capital \ Vet OH his breast he wears a N bonor awarded to him by the 2,'fes government for conspicu- R0tw in tho late war. It came E E~,solieited 55J himself, but on '' .,,.. ,..e,,,.vivcrs of the Ono linn \ Tbirty-fourth Pennsylvania < 4 volunteers who served un- < witnessed his valor, and, as <mony shows, held him in the f admiration.
 ,sssary to secure for a soldier VI f honor, not alone to show ,spt into battle brayely-for : S,neeted of all-but to prove 5riormed some feat of ehivalry |ba line of his regular duty x#led him to especial distinc- X Colonel Quay did, and those ..3 with him bear most flatter- s'ny to it. It was at the battle Naksburg. Before that battle,
 one of the hottest engage be eastern campaigns, Colonel < had become enfeebled by 8 hck6f fevor, had sent his resig- NSbe war department.
 Asing the efficient services he jyd previous to his sickness, TX apprised of his disability in e of his sufferings and fully that physical unfitness alone
 h prompted him to suggest ss relieved of his command, santon accepted the proffered
 The notice of its accept d Colonel Quay the evening battle of Fredericksburg. To
 that would have been q
 qualification. But Colonel
 t one of that kind of men.
 on the eve of a battle, to his led with it something of dis
 ith the notice of his resigna-
 the appointment of Captain
 colonel of the regiment. For Hsssin with his old command lore, out of the question un- into the ranks. He an- at this was what he would do place was made for him. A .- the officers, knowing his con-
 to persuade him that there
 diseredit in his remaining
 Engagement, his resignation
 accepted. He refused to see af light, and finding him abso-
 mined to participate Gener- .n3pade | place for him on his
 hen the Union army cross ,,1 mae on Dec. 13. 1869, and
 torming of Marye's Heights, :. .xsg was in tho thickest of tbe
 allant bearing being an in. an all around him.
 that Colonel Quay had sent .Ia ion to the war department ,scember was known to all the
 his regiment. While they
 nth to lose him as a com
 view of his physical condi- ;yeE Eas no doubt entertained but ! aUsnation would be promptly s aecordingly, when the mem
 feglment received their pay 'er bafore tho battle. every sol
 cer gave the greatest portion n { lel t9nay to deliver to their D lHllies. The total amount he
 over $10,000. Having no me to put it, he carried it in
 k The night before the bat f1 M. Clark of Company G
 Hundred and Thirty fourth ersation with Colonel Quay
 amp fire, which he details .:||l14 yet on the north side of :'s % ne says, with full assur-
 would cross and take part
 Hing battle. Meeting the
 seeing his enfeebled condi-
 upon him to retire. ,
 afford to go home in the
 he said. "I havo prom Hundred and Thirty fourth =. hem in this fight, and l in-
 It 1 will go us far as you com foolish, but I would . { De called a fool than live a coward. {"
 ark then relates how he @ ei talked about the money ' Pn intrusted by the men to
 Clark urging that the
 do them a better service by
 ad distributing this money
 alning. When he found, Colonel Quay was deter