The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-07-02

found himself in charge of a large number
of Confederate prisoners. Among tnSIiL naS
Reed thought he had heard the voice. APP
preaching the singer he engaged him IN
conversation with the following result:
+" Have we met beforeE
" Not that / know of, sab.
4" Your voice has a familiar SOUND.
Then he thought of the hymns ne nao
heard on the side of that Tennessee noun
DO you belong to an Arkansas brigade?
No. sab: I'm a Tennessee soldier
" Were you with an Arkansas brlgade
when it went into camp on a IennesSee
mountain last October? naming the ~
i was on the mountain you speak of,
but not with an Arkansas brigade.
:" Did you sing hymns and then tel Ine
men of your brigade to sleep and rest; FOR
the next day they would have long, hard
march and nayhap a nght!
Il sang that night, sab, and made the
remark, but not to brigade. san.
:" "A regiment?
on a scout We saw force of twenty-five
or thirty horsemen nearing our position,
end mot q f6a to cdnd not u9f so
a party. we resorted to that harmless trick
to halt the Yankees and give us chance 61e
for a short rest, after which we RODE pack
to camp faster than we left 1t.
What is your name, please"
Berry. Captain Berry. of the - Ten
Captain Berry, I'm glad to meet you
I had command of the party you mention
Your ruse worked. l marched right back TO
camp and we got ready to tight a large
body of Arkansas troops. You were Settlng
away from me with as much zeal as was
displaying in getting away from your COM
mand. Guess you and | had not better say
much about our experiences on that Octo-
Der scout. I've got something as good as
the commissary keeps in TINS canteeh
Try it.
" Thank you, sab, I never drink.
a" "A Tennessee soldier and don't drink?
d" I am also a minister of the gospel, san
1.-The two captains became warm friends
After the war Captain Reed went to WIS
conSin, where he taught school Tor tlIne
and then became a Congregational minis
ter. About a quarter of a century ago ne
was installed as pastor of Olivet Church,
Milwaukee. His originality, wit liberality
and brilliancy drew large audiences, put
soon led to fault-finding on the part OF the
stricter members of the church. That net
tied the military minister, and he eStaD-
lished an independent church. holding meet
ings in a theater. Things went along SWIM
mingly until a considerable debt was ere
ated by the new society. over which there
were sharp disputes, when Reed left MS
bantling. His next regular church was IN
Indianapolis. where he built up and Kept TO-
gether large congregation, remaining Tor
some years. One of his warm personal
friends while at indianapolis was General
Harrison. From there he went to the lead
ing Congregational Church in Denver.
Things made fine progress until ne went
into politics. first as a candidate for Con-
gress, then as a Populist leader, with sad
mixture of Socialism and a few streakS or
Anarchism in his composition That LED TO
his leaving his prosperous church and an
other Independent movement Now he is
Debs's right-hand man in a colonization
scheme that does not look as promising as
the average flying machine. Since going to
Denver Reed has been chaplain-ln-chief or
the Grand Army and department COM
mander for Colorado and Wyoming.