The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-05-29
The Foe THAT JACKSON reared.

About daylight OF the day before the
second battle OF Manassas" said a con-
federate officer al a recent reunion OF
the blue and the gray. according 10 the
YOUTHS Companion. II was ordered TO
report 20 Gen T. J. Jackson. with de-
tail OF 10 men, for special orders I went
al once 20 headquarters and presented
the orders ] had received. Gen. Jack
son came out, and, reckoning me to fol-
low him, rode some nifty yards from Is
stan and then turned 20 me and halted
Captain, do you ever use iqu0rT' he
asked.
a smile liz up his rugged face as he
sald:I sent for a special detail Of 100
men under command OF an officer who
never used spirituous liquors Are you
that man2'
&c Yes. s.r.' I said; I was detailed on
that account
We'll. them he continued. I have
an order TO give upon the execution Of
which depends the success of the present
movement and the result OF the battle
soon 10 be fought
If to keep sober is all that is need
1 said.
but unless you can resist temptation 10
drink you cannot carry out my orders.
DO you see that warehouse over tneret
pointing 10 a large building a little way
on Take your command up 70 tnat
depot, have the barrels of bread rolled
out and sent down to the railroad track,
and then take your picked men into the
building and spill all the liquor therei
don't spare drop, nor let any man TASTE
it under any circumstances. This order
l expect you to execute at any cost
He turned, ana was about 10 RIDE
back to his staff, when / called hastily;
" one moment, general! suppose an Oh
ficer of superior rank should order me
under arrest and then gain possession OF
the warehouse?
Coming up close TO me. and looking me
md a
he said, with a look OF sOlemnlty lndt i
never shall forget:
Until l relieve you N person you are
exempt from arrest except upon my MI-t-
ten order / fear that liquor more than
Pope's army, he added, as he rode rap
4 took my men down TO the warehouse
which had become so important, ana
threw a guard around it, placing iiVe men
at each entrance, with orders neither 10
allow any one TO enter, nor 10 enter lheM-
'The next thing was to roll out the
bread, which we did. Just as We were mn
ishing that task l was called 10 one OF
the entrances TO ind general onlcer
with his staff demanding that the guards
should either allow him to enter or bring
him out some liquor. VI course re-
fused to comply with the command, upon
which he ordered his adjutant to place
me under arrest.
sons personal order, and was especially
exempt from arrest. He ordered mis- stah
to dismOunt and enter the warehouse,
and ] gave my men the order to Level
their guns and make ready.
This made the general halt, in spite
of his thirst, and hold a consultation with
his officers. They concluded 20 try per-
suasion, since they could not get what
they wanted by force. But they found
that method of no more avail than the
other. Then they demanded TO know my
name and what command / belonged 10,
and threatened to report me for disobe-
dience.
4 should never have yielded and
whether they would have pushed things to
an extremity, in their raging desire for
the liquor, 1 do not know; but just at
that moment Gen A. p. Hill came gai-
Looping up with his staff and naturally
wanted TO know what was the trouble. 1
explained the situation, which the quick
witted general took in at once, ana or
dered the thirsty squad off.
Have you orders to burn the build
ingg he asked.
=" No. / answered, 1 have not.
Without a word he rode away, and
within an hour there came an order from
Gen. jackson to fire the warehouse and
when it was well destroyed to report TO
him.
Il carried out the order to the letter;
not a man got drink that day, and for
that time the foe that Stonewall jack
son most dreaded was vanquished."