The Indianapolis journal., 1896-05-24
THE FOE THAT JACKSON FEARED.
How 1t Was vanquished by a Captain
Who Was a Total Abstafner.

Iouth's Companion.
About daylight of the day before the
federate officer at a recent reunion of the
blue and gray. II was ordered to report
hundred men, for special orders. 1 went
at once to headquarters and presented the
orders / had received. General Jackson
raae oa ad v rd me E his s nad
then turned to me and halted.
Captain, do you ever use nQuor?" he
mo, sir" replied.
"A smile Lit UP his rugged face as he said,
i sent for special detail Of one hundred
used spirituous liquors. Are you that man?
"'Yes. sir said. was detailed on that
"Well. then.' 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 to be
eff to keep sober is all that is needed,
General. you may depend upon me- saiq.
No he answered. that is not all; put
you cannot carry out my orders. Do you
see that warehouse over there? pointing to
Your Ise Command i'S up to that that depot, have the
barrels of bread rolled out, and sent down
to the railroad track, so that my men can
picked men into the building and spill all
the liquor there; don't spare a drop. nor
let any man taste it under any circum-
stances THIS order expect YOU to execute
He turned, and was about to ride back
to his staff. when l called hastily:
" One moment, General! suppose an ofncer
of superior rank should order me under ar
rest, and then gain possession OF the ware
Coming UP close to me, and looking me
through and through, as II seemed to me, he
said. with look Of solemnity that never
shall forget:
"'Untii relieve you in person you are ex-
der. fear that liquor more than Pope
a' II took e my men m down to the warehouse
which had become so important, and threw
guard around It. placing Eve men at each
one to enter, nor to enter themselves
"The next thing was to roll out the bread.
hh na DID just ced W one of he
frances to find general officer with his stan
demanding that the guards should either al
uuor r,m OF T. course srss T refused to comply with
the command. upon which he ordered his
adjutant to place me under arrest
sons personal order and was especially ex-
empt from arrest He ordered his stan to
dismount and enter the warenouse, ana I.
gave my men the order 20 level tnelr guns
.srhis made the General halt. in spite OF
his thirst. and hold a consultation with his
officers They concluded to try persuasion,
Force rsss s% they found that method Of
no more aVdu 1nan tue OtneT lneu l1ey
demanded to know my name and what COM
mand / belonged TO, and threatened TO re-
| port me for disobedience.
II should never have yielded, and wheth-
| er they would have pushed things to an ex-
tremity, il their raging thirst for the liQ-
| uor, do not know: but just at that mo
up with his staff and naturally wanted 20
know what was the trouble: explained
! the situation, which the quick-witte Gen
eral took in at once and ordered the thirsty
| squad of.
"'Have you orders to burn the building?'
| he asked.
mo answered Il have not
| Without word he rode away, and with
| in an hour there came an order from Gen.
| Jackson to fire the warehouse, and when II
| was well destroyed to report to him.
II carried out the order to the letter: not
| man got a drink that day, and for tina,
| time the foe that Stonewall jackson mos
dreaded was vanQuished."