Evening star., 1896-06-27

attention of the President at such time
but 1t was perhaps a needed relaxation.
Sc W Tom Thumb afterward and he told me
that he rode to the White House that day
in carriage which was given TO him by
Queen Victoria
Mcclellan and His Horses Tongues.
did President Lincoln really know much
about the oper ations of the WARP" i asked.
Yes, indeed. President Lincoln knew Of
every movement the military chess
board. He directed many of the operations
himself. 1t was he who removed McClcl-
Ian. / don't think the real story of this
order las ever been told. 1t just after
the battle of Antietam in September. 1852.
Both Lincoln and Stanton had been Urging
Mcclellan TO move on after Gen. Lees
army and capture it. 1 sent for President
Lincoln message after message to McCiel-
Ian directing him to move on, and McClel-
Ian repeatedly replied that rapid movement
was impossible. He held back on various
pretekts, and finally sent q message which
capped the climax. This last telegram was
follows:
9 President Lincoln:
We are still delayed. Cavalry horses
tongues are sore
(Signed) GEORGE B. MCCLELLAN
The idea of stopping q greal ;-rmy be-
cause OF the soreness of the tongues Of the
horses was more than Lincoln could stand.
Within an hour after the telegram came
McClellans head was off. An order was
issued relieving him of the command of
the Army Of the Potomac"
Fehind the scenes With Stanton,
How did Secretary Stanton impress
you?" / asked
Edwin NJ. Stanton seemed to me a man
of great force" replied Editor Rosewater
There was no joking about him, and he
did an enormous amount Of work You
must remember that there were no stem
IN vx-yif fo1a
sages. Stanton wrote the most of his dis
patches and many of those which / sent
were in the hand of President Lincoln. /
sent on many kilograms for Mrs. Lincoln,
and II was curious thing to me that Mrs
Lincolns handwriting was so much like
that of the President that you could hardly
Tell them apart. As for Gen. Burnside, he
wrote worse hand than Horace Greeley.
Secretary Stantons penmanship was in a
| big, round hand
Telegraphfnx During n Rattle
How about your work with the army
Mr.. Resewater? Telegraphing during q
battle must be very exciting?"
Yes 1t is" replied Mr. Rosewater II
was In a number of minor engagements,
| and did all the telegraphing that was
done for our army at the second battle of
bun Run thought our army was going
| TO move right on to Richmond at that time
and l asked that 1 might be made one of
| the telegraphers in order that / might be
one of the first tc arrive at the rebel capi-
| tai At Bull Run l had nv Instrument
| placed on the ground among the dead
| horses. There was shooting going on
around me, and l could not tell What her
| We were whipping the rebels whether
they We're whipping US. General Pope was
| sending dispatches all day, stating that he
was bea ting the enemy, while in fact he
/ was really being defeated. A: the first bat
tie OF Bull Run, you know, there was a
line of courers. which brought the news
| to Fairfax Court House, from where it
| was telegraphed to Washington The wire
was not carried to tine battle itself, hut the
| news was brought for ten miles to Fairfax
Station, and then sent. On the day OF the
| battle ths telegraph Office, desk, chair.
$etc., consisted of railroad tie upon which
the instrument was placed. The operator
| patches up until O'Clock. stating that
every thihg was going Well, and then for q
tin;e there was no rews. and finally came
dispatch stating Our army is in fun re-
| treat. President Lincoln and bis cabinet
| were in the War Department office at the
| time ard the news was a great shock to
tnefn 1hat same night, however orders
We're telegraphed over the country for re-
| Inducements, and you know CO. 600 men en-
listed within two days
What kind of machinery did you carry
| with you to the field?" asked
| NOT much," replied Mr. Rosewater
| Durlng my service with General Fremont
IN West Virginia, as well as in the cam
| paign with Gen. Pope ell I had was
pocket instrument about three inches wide
| and six inches long. 1 could con-
meet my instrument with any wire at any
point, and could diSconnect It when We
| were through telegraphing. Wherever the
| army was stationed for any length of time
| we would establish Office Sometimes We
| had board placed on the ground for the
| instrument. and We sat on the ground to do
| our telegraphing. The war telegraphers
| were often watched by sharpshooters and
| we had to be careful in selecting our DO
| sftions. Sometimes the telegraph instru-
| ment would be placed in front of the army
| and sometimes 1t would be away in the
| rear. The day before the second battle of
| Bull Kun the wires had been cut between
| us and Warrenton, Va, and / was sent out
| with a accommodating expedition to re-es-
| tablish the connection. We had three box
ed by artillery and fanked by cavalry, but
| we were able, notwithstanding this to con-
| meet the wires.
Stories Of Lincoln.
TELL me how Abraham Lincoln looked
when you saw him in the War Department
at that time
He was just like his pictures, only pos
sib1y a little more worn. His eyes, YOU
know, were brown. They were very lumi-
| nous eyes, and a peculiar thing about them
| was that ynu could see them in the dark
| as you can those of some animals
| They were deep-set eyes, and they
| looked down upon you from under
| heavy brows. They were different from
| any eyes I have ever seen, and We're at
| times full Of friendliness and good nature.
Speaking Of Lincoln's appearance" con-
| tinued Mr.. Rosewater, "he was by no means
ayerSe to jOkinR about himself At one