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The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1897-02-13

Commander Of the Sixty ninth
seeing tho crosses and stars and pl1ancs and
staff of field marshal. He was excellent
tactician and could In n moment assume COM
mand and weld 1t with n clear eye and sure
grasp.
soul In existence, loved for his sweet and gan
tie trnits. And this modest nature fired
by the most heroic courage and inspired by q
single heart<d patriotism, and devotion to du'
ty that recalled that noblcst Roman, General
George h. Thomas.
Captain Field closes his account with
the following story Of Sumner and his
irrepressible Irishmen:
At tho close Of tho Seven Days occurred IN
incident which still further fastened tho bri.
gade to General Summers heart with hooks OF
steel. Some muskets were, OF course, lost and
thrown away Oh that prolonged retrograde,
but astonishingly few, NIL things considered.
Every case that came to Summers angercd
hin, beyond bounds. When morning IN
officer OF tho Eighty eighth came to him with
q requisition for quito n number Of fresh mus
kets, the general broke out violently in denun-
citation OF men who would abandon their wenp'
ons MD ended by saying: you shall not
have those muskcts, sir. III take them all
away from you and make your men dig trench.
es. Such men are not fit to carry ARMS
Tho officer listened calmly to this rebuke
and then said: You're mistaken there, gem
erai. Pardon me. wc've not lost them nor
thrown them away"
s'Whero nrc they, thenf'' said Sumner
"Outstde, SIR. I thought maybe you'd be
wanting to SEQ them, SIR
The general went outside the tent and found
q pile Of muskets with cracked and splintered
stocks, bent barrels and twisted bayonets
Glow Is thisf" said he.
"It's the Eighty eighth. sir" said the off,
Ger. "You see. the boys got into q scrimmage
with the Tigers fat Malvern Hill and when tho
bloody Villains took TO their knives our boys
mostly forgot their bayonets. but went to
work in the style they were used to and licked
them well, sir"
As Sumner gazed on those witnesses OF des-
perate pluck his face softened, and. as gaaer-
GUS ho was hasty, he said few words
which " armed tho heart Of every Irishman IN
tho army who heard of them. From that time
used to say that tho general thought he
could whip all Lees forces with the Irish bril-
Radc.
The Irishmen fought in every one of
Summers battles and had the honor Of
leading in his attack on Marye' s Heights
at Fredericksburg, the last offensive di-
rected by the gallant old hero.
GEORGE L. KuMER.
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Two Opinions.

Mrs. Lynn Lynton having asserted in
a London periodical that "the prettiest
woman in the world loses all her dis
tinctive charm when hiking" tho
Countess Of Malmesbury hastens to say
that her sex looks we'll on bicycles. and
vastly better than men, because ''the
motive power is concealed almost en-
tisely by tho skiyt IL the ankle action be
rood.
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r is II soldiers
are great favor
ties with their
comrades Of other
nationalities. An
ire pres 81 b ] .
good hunor per-
vades their ranks
and their camps,
and in every sit
uation a11 Irish
man Will have
his fun and glad
" share it with
all the world.
The fl g h t n g
qualities OF the
sons of Erin need
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VI NJ al CO0 "OIJU.
~ II The fig h ting
% II qualities OF the
Va sons of Erin need
no euloRy In every war on American
nil the immigrants from the little green
is|e have won rank with the bravest Of
TIE brave
There were numerous organizations
IN the civil war composed Of Irishmen
batteries, regiments and brigades. In
the Federal army the most noted OF
these was the Irish brigade raised in
New York in 1861 and consisting at the
outset Of the Sixty-third. Sixty-ninth
and Eighty -eighth regiments. It is said
that the Sixty -ninth and Eighty eighth
took their numerical designations from
the famous Faugh- a. Ballads and Con-
nsnght rangers in the British army.
For some reason the Irish brigade was
not permitted to recruit Its regimental
nnks, and after q years hard campaign
Ing the organization was strengthened
By the addition Of the Twenty-eighth
Massachusetts, and One Hundred and
Sixteenth Pennsylvania. both Irish, to
the corps. The brigade was organized
and during many of its hardest cam
paigns led in battle by General Thomas
Francis Meagher, the Irish patriot and
traitor.
No adequate history Of the brigade
has been written, and it is to be regret
ted that the author Of spirited and ap-
pectative sketch which appeared some
Year, ago In the excellent war annals Of
fae Philadelphia Times did not prepare
aseries that would complete the story
q this gallant body of men. refer to
captain Edward Field of the Fourth
United States artillery, who served
Close to the brigade on many hard fought
neids. The battles Of the brigade have
received good share Of notice in these
pages OF war sketches, and it will add
% the interest OF the reader to know
somefhing Of the men who fought SO
nooiy for the adopted country. Captain
EieId makes them known through the
ss5s:
soe crossing Of little stream about knee
ps .nere had been considerable hesitation,
zoo Deal OF stringtng out and not little
Monng az what our somewhat raw regi-
~ss"a tnouRht hardship. After regiment
.'cn made moro than tho usual amount Of
!. camc the head Of n new command, and
~<s nrst company halted on the bank a
ss.-.a nE inquire rode mp on q beautiful golden
sssn,uf, stalwart soldier, well knit and adj.
10Y proportioned and with the clear blue
- -. luoay color and sharp, clear cut profile
A.. =. !. y p'cai Irish gentleman. He gavo an or
- >, " inc staff officer beside him, and a band
OF * pieces formed on the bank and
49, up st. Patrick Day In the Morning. u
ssuer spoke few sensible and soldierfy
wcfos and tho Irishmen plunged in in solid
s,rss. " tours, and the passage of the whole
shss AZ; was made In the style Of veterans All
natrck's Day." Widow Machree'' ana u-Ths
ovs. oo1er Boy" then asst. Patrick's Day
were az ass,n' followed by the others. These
to,v -. me time, apparently, the whole roper
= - Out the music did no end Of good
Sspsain Field belonged to Hazard.
islsr battery, one Of the noted astil
81 Vp@penies OF the Army Of the Pc
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THE IRISH BRIGADE.
&. rnunADE IN ARMS TELLS ABOUT
1t:. NOBLE LEGION.

-. yrsshmen Made Light OF Hardshfps,
-, and Carnnse-Gsllant Fighting I'm
...<..r.r.l Sumncr-Storieso of the Lead
-, of the Rank and File.
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turn to shore, taken 10 Cei tain wall stltt
shown to strangers, and there beheaded,
because they had spoken 10 foreigner.
Was that true ?'
Possibly" The Ministry shrugged all
its shoulders. ''But 10 return to the le-
gend," said Ito.
by and by Commodore Perry came
with his ships, his brilliantly uniformed
men and his wonderful brass bands, and
with seductive music wooed Japan TO the
consummation of a treaty OF commerce.
After time for reflection the Japanese
Government was so well satisfied with the
arrangement that when she again thought
of returning TO her hermit life she was
estopped by paper treaty. and has re-
nained in the world ever since 10 bless
It."
In subsequent conversation Okuma
showed his familiarity with our banking
institutions and National finance, and
when told that we had in San francisco
bank with the largest capital of any bank
in America be replied: mo, there Is
bank in Georgia. think, with twelve or
twelve and a half millions" And he
joined heartily In the laugh evoked by
the San Francis cans reDly that the Ne
vada Banks capital was fully paid up,
while the Georgia banks capital was only
about one-fourth paid up.
Mr.. Okuma surprised his listeners by
his knowledge of the business of our
American banks, the Indebtedness OF
most of the States and larger cities, and
of the dimunltion of tLe National debt,
He entered heartily into scheme which
was touched upon for the establishment
of bank in Toxic by combined Japanese
and American capital, and to which
would be given the business of the Gov
ernment, amounting, in exchange alone,
at that date, 10 over $50, 900, 600 annually.
FREQ uent interviews were later had in
relation thereto. In general terms the
capital was to be 81 100000 one-third to be
taken by japanese and the balance by
American capitalists, with corresponding
seats in the directory and an American
president. Here again Mr.. Okuma's mar
velous ability in financial matters shone
forth. The whole matter was faithfully
discussed and at last written out in
much detail and forwarded to the
late ]. ]. McKinnon. to be presented to
Louis Mclean, president of the Nevada
Bank, and DR.. Mcdonald, president of The
Pacific Bank.
Neither of these gentlemen viewed the
matter with much favor, DR.. Mcdonald
saying his people had all they could do
here and Mr.. Mclean putting the subject
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grounds, Okuma spoke admiringly of the
wonderful resources of the United States;
how swiftly from peaceful. happy people
We became nation of warriors; how our
familiarity with arms helped us, so that
the plowboy and the merchants clerk
soon became veterans, and how the result
of the war, in view of the prodigious ef-
forts of our Government, had been even
lore wonderful in the standing we had
gained thereby in the world at large.
"By reason of the war" he said, land by
the successful termination of it, your i'm
rortance has been wonderfully augmented
and the benefit to you as nation is more
to you abroad than at home. That great
struggle demonstrated the fact that your
people are more advanced than the people
of any other nation. The people OF Euro
pean nations can be drilled and educated
into being soldiers, and in the very act of
so doing they acquire more intelligence
than they ever had before, but Americans,
north and south, seem 10 be soldiers nat
urally, and," he laughihgly added. "you
had some fighting women, eh? nurse and
spy, etc"
We were interrupted here by some of
the party, who wished to examine the
priceless souvenir which 1 carried i'll my
hand.
Shall 1 tell you the legend which this
old Satsuma bowl has pictured so richly
yet, after all. so poorly 2" asked Ito. OF
course, we all wanted the story, and here
it's:
j pan, the Goddess of Light, sat weav-
ing at her loom one day, when her brother
threw the skin of piebald horse over
her. This so enraged her that she with
drew into O cave, and the world was in
darkness. A long time after this, when
the gods were assembled in the bed of the
Stream OF Heaven, which is the Milky
Way, it was propo ed to endeavor to
lure the goddess from her hiding. and
one of her brothers was deputed
to play upon his lutte before the mouth OF
the cave, as she was very fond of music.
She was thus beguiled to come out, and
when she turned to go back so feeble was
her real intention of returning tnat a
paper string across the mouth of the cave
restrained her. She remained out and the
world ever since has been in light.
"The explanation of the legend is:
Many centuries ago, when Japan was
quietly pursuing her industrial lie for
tigners who had been admitted to her
shores attem pied to influence her political
and religious life. and in so doing gave uch
offense that they were expelled from the
EN- pire. During hundreds of years for
Japanese to speak 10 foreigner was an
offense punishable by death"
Yes" broke in Mr.. Irving, History
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General Saigo's residence occupied a
fine position on one of the five elevations
overlooking the city of Toxic, elevations
which in former times had been appro-
prated by tycoons and princes of the
empire as sites for their palaces and FORTH
fications, but which after the restoration to
the present form of government had by
degrees become occupied by Ministers of
the various departments and by foreign
legations accredited to the Mikado's
court.
General Saigo's residence is large two
story building, half European, half Japa-
nese, surrounded by beautiful trees ana
plants, and managed upon that occasion,
a : least, after European model. The
genial general and his young and pretty
wife received US most cordially, and in
the drawing-room we met Judge Bingham,
at that time the nestor of the diplo-
matte corps in Japan, and his daughter,
the only foreigners besides ourselves pres
ent, the rest of the company being Off
cials of the highest rank, including five
members OF the Sangi, or Emperor's Cab
met, prominent among whom was his
Excellency, Okuma, Minister of Finance,
the finest specimen OF Japanese manhood
have ever seen. About six feet high,
weighing 100 pounds, straight, graceful
and digHifed, somewhat reserved and yet
charmingly agreeable in manner and
speech, he took st once front seat in my
regard and has held it ever since.
Okuma's face was like the pictures
have seen Of the young Napoleon, es-
pecislly above the mouth. and more
especially in the high, full, round fore
head and in its expression OF power. At
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my lord and I had been invited to par
take of "tiffin" (Which was really a
dinner) gotten up in all the quaintness
and served with the ceremony OF Japa-
ese style.
We could have pleasantly spent many
hours in watching the mysteries OF per-
making, but during our stay there one
messenger, then another and yet third
came to say that Mr.. Shibusawa's feast
was ready and we must go.
A drive of five minutes brought US
through rows of iinr1kishas, and between
the mounted guards who always attend
the Ministers, to the door, where our host
and his interpreter STOOD TO welcome US.
Removing our shoes at the door, we pas sed
through a long gallery over the softest o.
mats to the saie-a-manger. where awaited
Us a feast such as the princes and
daimios of thousand years ago were
honoreG in giving and accepting
The room We entered was about eighteen
feet wide by twenty-four feet long and
eight feet high, finished in plain. highly
polished, but unstained wood, with
painted screens, in panel work, for the
sides; the ceiling being all OF polished
wood and e floors covered with mats.
At the upper end of the dining -room-as
is usual in all first-class houses in Japan
was a raised platform about four feet
wide and ten inches high, in lacquer work,
where were ornaments, religious symbols.
vases of flowers, etc. This is the place of
honor in the house, and there found my
name and the cushion | was to occupy,
supported on one hand by his Excellency,
Okuma, and on the other by an In terpreter.
In the center on the left was the seat
reserved for my lord, with Governor Mat
suda of Toxic and an interpreter on either
side Opposite on the right were Inouye,
Minister of Foreign Affairs, and Ito-the
Bismarck of Japan-Minister of the In
terror, next to whom sat our hostess,
Mime. Shibusawa, while the last cushion
at the extreme end of the room was occu-
pied by our host.
1 cannot recall other names except
those of Mr.. and Miss Irving, the only
foreigners besides ourselves, and Mr..
Fuchuchi, editor of the largest Japanese
daily paper in Toxic, though there were
other prominent natives present.
At about half-past o'clock the first
course was brought in by girls, who. in
their bright, soft robes of crepe and with
shoe!ess feet, glided nolsclessly as kittens
over the yielding mats. and kneeling low,
placed before each guest a small lacquered
stand holding tiny cups OF tea, bowl OF
! soup, some sweetmeats and pair of chop
sticks, which my lord and handled awk-
wardly enough, though everybody tried to
teach US how and everybody praised oul
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style. You will enjoy thatP"
thought of the three long hours of sit
ting cross-legged like tailor on cushion
of crepe that was to make glittering dot
on polished floor, and smothered a sigh
that Okuma dear soul never dreamed of.
"I snail like your party to visit the Gov
ernment paper-miIls that morning." he
continued, land my carriage will be wait
ing for you at Shimb bashi. Now I must
go, for necessity knows no law"
Later Judge Bingham said, 81 knew
you would like Okuma. Some people are
afraid of himl' ana the dear old Judge
laughed heartily.
"TeIl you of him? 1 might-a little.
He was born in 1887 and in 1873 was ap-
pointed president of the Japanese Com
mission to the Vienna Exposition. You
know that in 1853 Perry opened Japan to
the trade of the world, but it was fifteen
years later, in 1858 before Meiii, or resto-
ration OF the ancient form OF government,
was fullv established.
"Mr. Okuma's appoin tment four years
later, to the Vienna Exposition. placed
him prominently in favor of that progress
which has marked the history of this
once Hermit Nation. Early in life Mr..
Okuma became a student of finance, par
ticularly that of nations, and he is no
doubt to-day better acquainted with the
governmental and bankin. systems OF
England and America than many noted
financiers of these countries"
About five miles from the business CEN
ter of Toxic sometimes spelled Toke) on
high ground com manding a magnificent
view of portion of the city and great val
ley full of rice fields with the snow-cappeG
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perseverance, which was at last crowned
with partial success.
Course after course followed in prompt
but stately intervals, which 1 will not at
tempt 10 describe.
There were singers, and dancing girls
who did not dance, if dancing means to
use the feet and move the body in grace
full motion. They scarcely moved at all
from one spot on the floor, but used their
hands, arms and heads to give expression.
What does it all mean?" l asked,
when the singine-which was as painful
was concluded.
answered:
"These singers were telling the story of
an old Daimio's struggles in hunting
and in ancient games, and the dancing
girls were acting the same in pantomime.
1t is beautiful, nest ce pas?'
| thought for the fraction Of minute
of the singers apparent effort to initiate
the lungs as much as possible and then to
exhaust them in sort OF suppressed
scream, forcing the blood evidently to the
face and seeming to threaten apoplexy-
then, with a silent prayer for pardon, re-
peated un blushingly:
"BeautifulP'
In matters of harmony and grace it
does seem as if the Japanese are more
backward than in any other accomplish
ment and, strangely SO, too, when in
architecture, in paintings and bronzes
one sees no sharp angles, nothing but the
pleasing and the graceful.
Our host is the proud possessor of
seven wives" explained Okuma; some
OF them young and beautiful"
l lifted my eyelids.
"Yes?" he continued. laug hing at my
too evident surprise. You have the
same custom in America, | believe"
l should have risen from my cushion in
Indignation had such feat been possible
quite calmly. making no effort TO lessen
it, and when | had my scattered wits col
lected again and had feebly whispered,
.'Oh! in Utah !" he answered in apparent
innocence, Utah is part of the United
States"
shall always believe that answer was
malicious; but explanations followed.
After three hours of sitting, or kneeling,
our feast was rounded to close by our
host appearing before his special guests
on bended knees soliciting ones lacauered
cup. filling it with sake (rice wine), drink
ing the wine and returning the cup for
the guest to follow suit. This is in strict
accord with a tlme-honored custom and
the highest honor host can do his guest.
! Later, strolling through the lovely
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The prominence of Count Okuma's
name IN the list of Japanese protesters
against the American annexation of
Hawaii recalls some pleasant personal
"reminiscences of his Excellency and of
his colleagues in the control of Japanese
affairs in the early eighties.
My first meeting with Okuma Shige-
nobu, at that time Minister of Finance,
was at a breakfast given by General
Saigo, Minister of War, invitation to
W hich was as follows:
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we stood together outside, looking down
over the ten square miles OF the human
hive below us. "a grand country. Some
time / must talk with YOU about it. You
are to be given a tifin at Oojii on the
10ihP"
THAT honor is in reserve ior me-" au-
swered.
'Y S; and fol- me the honor of sitting
beside you-on the floor, remember" p
he smiled quainty-''during the three
hours of that dinner, in old Japanese
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tells US that about tha: time an English
vessel was wrecked on the northern Japan
ese coast, and the fellows that got
ashore were put into cages, like beasts,
and kept there till an English man. Of
war threatened to bonn bard the town if
they were not Immediately sent out to
the ship. So the dozen or more sailors
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to-dae wde-awake
the Fourth July decided
for Randbufg show its patriotism and accordingly
celebrate tngy Saturday,
Sunday.
The people caught id
the had assumed patriotic reindeed
flags and bunting foaed everywhere
O'Clock the the firing dynamite the
populace Promptly
moved Butte Montgomerys the foot
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pSrATEsL Leg
isno
will
kndr dstoNrs Yours JoH
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Fourth Of Juyl An almost important
az awakening existence.
Randburg like mushroom in the night 1t
don't and do and in twnklng
And happened
France England South Africa
to
dating from the American Revolution
holidays of like restless which
preceding generations
Oldest member which celebrating only
him knoweth why only from what
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The eagle, that old bird of freedom,
independence of United
British lion completely drowned and Inhabitants
determined that the said eagle should
left when the day
has power
the delegated of twelve residents
elected months The committee regulations
The
miee certainly right They
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hills of Niko touching the b orizon, is tn
suburban district of Oojii pronounced
O-gee) where are the Government paper
mills, which his Excellency, Oknma, had
invited US to visit, and where also is the
charming country seat of Mr.. Shibusawa,
merchant-prince and banker, at which
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were taken out in tight boxes with Stats
across their tops and allowed to crawl
out on deck.
'But the thirty or more natives who, in
obedience to the orders of their superiors
had thus delivered the men to the war
ship of their country. Were, upon their re-
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that time he could not speak a word of
English, but his French and German
were excellent and so we got along fam
ouslv.
Yours is wonderful country, ma
d me-" he said to me, in his low. trained
voice, when the breakfast was over and