The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-08-04

| Texas. l visited the iV1ui'N''' -
stored the flags of the different "lscoh-
sin regiments which served In tfe iate
u,,r ON zach OF these folded ensigns
/ was a card, giving the number oil inc
,o,,i,,o,t names of its field officers, the
battles in which it was engaged the
number of men it had in the start, re-
n,,,i,s a5aod and the number 1t had when
mustered out. I was struck with the
rurber Of men who fell from disease and
bov few. comparauyely, were Killed IN
battle. The cards read Ike TINS ,h
WISCONSIN. organized az Milwaukee, July
. Is2 mustered in for three years.
! Then came the list OF battles two-thirus
Of which never hearc OF betore'' ana
wound up like this:
No. Of men mustered in...........''. llsJ
No. of recruits received ............. $40
2l30
No killed or died Of wounds lib
No died Of disease ..............''"op
No. died from accidents ...........l5 ol2
Mustered out I'm 1895 ................' Ibis
Just think Of a regiment land there were
thirty or forty just SUCH when Vio
more men mustered ont Of service atter
tho close OF hostilities than We had IN
n whole brigade Of five regiments. Every
now and then 7 would see whore the
death roll was made up Of those who
died nv disease or accident only. There
must have been n half dozen or moro
regiments which did not become engaged
TN battle at an One Of these must nave
been IN a verv warm place and behaved
calamity COR IT'S losses IN killed ann
wounded amounted 10 as many as twenty
Of tho others When / saw this list or
soldiers. and read Of the small losses sus-
tanned in battle, / could not help wish
ing We could have transferred 'em 10
our side Of Hatcher's Ran. " iren our line
81 battle looked like their skirmish line.
The library ard art gallery Interested
me very much Here was stored a col
lection Of portraits Of their leading men.
All Southerncrs remember that noble
man. James r. DOolittle, who did so much
for us during the dark days OF recon-
struction and caDet-oag rule I'm the
South. He WIS then senator. We re-
member Nat. Carpenter. too, but not 50
pleasantly. for be- was "asin us all the
time. Daniel WehHter's private carriage,
with the steps folded up on the inside Of
the door. is also there. The drivers seat
is about ten feet from tho ground and.
doubtless. this relic Of bygone days. If
two Of CARRIERS horses had TO pull IL, they
would stall on a dead level
Here. too. Is exhibited a section OF cast
iron breast-pate. with a bullet hole pene-
trating IT at a point just over the heart
Of the wearer, and bears this inscrip-
ton: Taken from the body Of Colonel
Rodgers. Of the Confederate Army. killed
al Shiloh" IT I am not mistaken. / have
seen TINS very thing before. There was
one in one Of our public buildings at the
evacuation Of Richmond. think IL was
the Capitol. and II was taken from the
body Of a cayalryman, who was killed by
one or our pickets As one OF the
Wisconsin regimental flags has a card
saying this was tho first n enter Rich
mond and plant the United states flag
on its public buildings" I think Colonel
Rodgers east-plate was purloined by
one Of Those fellows and taken home as
n relic. have seen enough wood from
the apple-tree under which the rebel
General Lee surrendered al AppomattoX,"
I'm my travels, 10 start a iirst-class ium-
Der ysrd. There is showcase full Of
captured Confederate flags" Among
them ] could see but two that / could read
on account OF the way they were fold
ed. one read the Cedar Greek Rifles.
presented by the ladies OF Virginia" All
other. the Mississippi Devils"
From Madison came back 10 Chicago.
ana am now so miles north OF that
bustling town on little Traverse Bay As
I look out OF my window I imagine | AN
viewing Hampton Roads. At this place
bay View. Mich) is gathered several
thousand people who come here from the
largey towns of the East and West
Southern people 10 not seem 10 patronize
these resorts. and. doubtless. for the rea-
son that the cost OF coming and going
would pay a months board AZ some other
good place nearer home
VERY Little FREE SILVER.
nave mixed Win tho people a great
deal. and since 1 left Virginia, stopping
al Columbus, Chicago, Madison, and
Grand Rapids, have not seen single
Democrat who van vote for Bryan. At
hrst tney abused the platform. And now
that "wheTe-an-I-at Watson has been
nominated, they are dead against it. [
was tod by Robert G.. Southal on his
return from Chicago that the West was
stronger for Bryan than the South. and
that would md 1t 50. when / got here.
ma II Just the other way Men, who
We're Democrats, and were for ANY
ulhs to beat the Republicans" are be-
ginning 10 ponder. They love the old party
very much, but that platform and Tom
watson. they VIII not swallow Illinois
Allh "lsconsin Will give a bigger majority
against the Democracy OF the Bryan and
watson type this fall than sor years. and
Mckinley will as surely be the next presi
dent OF These United States as two and
TWO make four.
The people are going TO study the oues-
ton Of sle c,irrrrsy thoroughly and
when they do, they viii come 10 me CON.
ciusion that Cleveland. whitney ard
Hin are right. and while many wil NOT
vote for Mckinley they'll rot vote for
the Chicago nominees.