The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1897-09-17

in the saddle. but would dismount and
pace the ground while, remount and
sit a short time, then off and walk as
before, his handsome face wearing all
the time Il worn and troubled look;
and yet, through these long and terri
bic hours, Grant never once lost his
head, but kept constantly in his mind S
eye all the details and intrcacics OF
that stupendous plan which devolv,,,
on him alone to carry out-thc solE-
tlon of that mighty problem the key to
which lay in his right hand which held
the tateful pencil.
~ es, Grant knew precisely what he
was about, and he knew. moreover. that
a cool head and well-balanccd mind
were all-cssential to the great work in
hand"
And now for Colonel Fred Grant S
testimony in relation to the means
adopted by his illustrious parent to
keep his nerves steady during the bat
ties of the Wilderness. 1t explains one
thing which Grants Maine watcher
understood not
A classmate and friend Of Fred Grant
at West Point, after the war, was Cap.
tain Robert G. Carter, brave officer
of the 22nd Massachusetts, Volunteers
in the war. One day, during the peri
od of their cadetship, the two were
talking over war matters. The sub.
ject of the generals passion for cigar.
smoking was brought up, and Fred
made the following statement:
Son the morning of May 9TH, 1864
the first day of the battle of the Wild.
erness, my father took with him, in his
saddle pocket, a bunch, or bundle, OF
cigars for the day. There were at
least twenty-five cigars in each bunch
that being the usual number of the
kind father used to smoke He was at
this time, as is we'll known, a most in
veterate smoker, and, laboring, as he
was, under an intense strain of mind
and body, he seemed to require Just
this kind of Il stimulant to steady his
nerv,S.
''Fathers method Of smoking was
different from that of most smokers.
He would smoke and halfchew cigar
about one-third or One-half its length;
then, lighting a fresh one, he would
throw the stump of the other cigar
away. He rarely ever smoked cigar
entirely up.
about four or five o'clock in the
afternoon of the first day, this bunch
of cigars gave out. Thercupon father
became uneasy, miserable, restless, and
very nervous; and he continued so un-
til he got back to headquarters, late,
and could supply himself with his IA
vorite brand.
"On the morning of May 9th father
gave box Of cigars Git may have been
twenty y-five, or it may have been fifty J
to his orderly, and, telling him not to
lose sight of him, he began the second
days work. He used up this box be-
tween daybreak and midnight, smok-
ing them as have already described,
md throwing them away before most
men would have considered them fin
ishcd.
''Father did not chew tobacco, in the
ordinary sense of the term, but simply
chewed the ends of his cigars
AS 4 supplement to Lincoln's famous
answer to the delegation which called
on the president to urge his removal
Of Grant, complaining among other
things, of Grants alleged inebriety,
that he 'would like to get some of the
kind of liquor Grant drank and send
it to his other generals" Mr.. Lincoln
might aptly have suggested that a sup
ply of the brand of cigars Grant smok-
ed he usued for similar purpose
Charles o. Stichney III Home Journal.