Evening star., 1896-06-16
STOSEwALL JACkSON'S FOE.
He Feared Whisky More Than He
Did n Human Enemy.


From Youths Companion.
About daylight of the day before the
second battle of Manassas" said a confed-
crate officer at a recent reunion Of the blue
and gray. Il was ordered TO report TO Gen.
T. J. Jackson. with detail of hundred
men for special orders. 1 went at once TO
headquarters and presented the orders 1
had received. Gen. jackson came out and.
beckoning me to follow him. rode some
fifty yards from his staff, and then turned
to me and halted
Captain, do you ever use liquor? he
asked.
"'No. SIR I replied.
"A smile lit up his rugged face as he
said. I sent for a special detail of one num-
dred men under command of an officer who
never used spirituous liquors. Are you that
man,
Yes SIR said. I was detailed on that
account
well. then.' he continued, I have an
order to give, upon the execution of which
depends the success of the present move
ment and the result of the battle soon TO be
fought
IF to keep sober is all that is needed
general, you may depend upon me- 1 said
No. he said, that is not all; but. un-
less you can resist temptation to drink, you
cannot carry out my orders. Do you see
that warehouse over there?' pointing to a
large building little way off. Take your
command up to that depot. have the bar
reis OF bread rolled out and sent down to
the railroad track, SO that my men can get
1t as they pass. and then take your picked
men into the building and spill all the
liquor there; don't spare a drop nor let cny
man taste 1t under any circumstances This
order expect you to execute at any cost
he turned and was about 10 ride back to
MS stan, when l called hastily:
One moment. general! Suppose an officer
should
house?'
Coming up close to me and looking me
through and through, as it seemed to me.
he said, with look Of solemnity thar I
shall never forget:
Unless relieve you in person, YOU are
exempt from arrest except upon my written
order l fear that liquor more than Pope's
army, ne added, as he rode rapidly away.
look my men down to the warehouse
which had become SO important, and threw
a guard around it. placing five men at each
entrance, with orders neither to allow any
one to enter nor to enter themselves.
ihe next thing was to roll out the bread
Whlcn We did. Just as we were finishing,
tnat TASK, was called to one Of the en-
frances to find general officer with his
stan demanding that the guards sbouId
either allow him to enter or bring him ouf
some liquor. OF course 1 refused to com
ply with the command, upon which he or
rest. 1'e' al
Il told him was there by Gen. Jackson.s
personal order. and was especially exempt
from arrest He ordered his star to dis.
mount and enter the warehouse and i gave
my men the order to level their guns and
make ready. NAN
This made the general halt, In spite Of
his thirst, and hold a consultation with his
oificers. They concluded to try persuasion
since they could not get what they wanted
by force. But they found that method Of
| no more avail than the other They do
manded to know my name and wnat com
nand belonged to, and threatened IN re-
port me for disobedience. ~
shoud never have yielded, and wbetb-
er they would have pushed things to an er.
tremity In their raging desire for the Iiouor
do not know; but just at that no.nent
Gen: A. T. Hill came galloping up with his
stan, ana naturally wanted TO know wh.t
was the trouble. 1 explained the situa: Ion
which the quick-witted general took in af
once, and ordered the thirsty SQUAD off
Have yoa any orders to burn the bui,d-
ing? he asked -e Ouiio-
No answered, "I have not,
without Word he rode away nd with
IN an hour there came an order from Cen
jackson to fire the warehouse. ana when a.
was well destroyed to report to him.
carried out the order to the letter No.
| Z man got drink that day, and for the :
time the foe that Stonewali jackson most
dreaded was vanquished" S0'