The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-05-01
Little War Sketches.

Near Chickamauga Park, where the reg
ulars are now assembling, is the Chatta-
nooga Cemetery, containing the graves OF
Il. 900 men. In this cemetery lie the re-
maines of soldiers who were killed in the
battles of Murfressboro, Chickamauga,
Missionary Ridge. Lookout Mountain and
Stone River. When the First Regiment OF
thenlinois National Guard was in Chatta-
nooga, some time ago. Sergeant Charles
G. ToWne and Private Sheppard. of Com
pany F, took a stroll through the cemete-
~, scrutinizing the tombstones Of the fed
eral dead. After examining the graves of
several hundred, 10 their aStonishment
they stumbled across two headStOneS ly-
ing side by side. marking the last resting
place of two soldiers OF their own names
The dead men were J. E Towne and ?.
W. Sheppard. of Michigan While neither
OF the living soldiers had any recollection
of any relatives serving in Michigan regi-
ments. they both claimed that cousins of
their respective fathers were killed IN one
or the many skirmishes and battles around
Chattanooga and their remains inferred
in the cemetery.
| So impressed were they by the coinci-
Deuce that two persons OF the same names
as themselves, probably having served IN
| the same regiment and undoubtedly killed
! by side. and that they, thirty years after
ward, while serving In the same regiment.
should visit the scene Of these mems death
and unwittingly stumble across their
graves, that they sent for photographer
and had their pictures taken, each stand
/ ing at the head Of the grave OF the man
of his name. These TWO First regiment
| boys then wrote their names, the date OF
| their visit and the name OF their regi-
| ment on the two stones and carried away
| several leaves and hickory nuts which
had fallen on the mounds from the over
| hanging trees.
| Colonel r. c. Marshall. a weIi-known
ex-Confederate and leading citizen OF
Portsmouth Va, is in Washington He
wants authority TO raise brigade OF col
ored troops. He intends to call his brigade
'Marshalrs black battering ram and
thinks he can do god service for Cuba with
| it
AS a genuine curiosity. says the Chatta-
nooga Times. the two army omnib1ses be-
| longing to the Fort Reno squadron OF the
First cavalry beat Buffalo Bills Deadwood
stage all to pieces. These venerable relics
Of old frontier days were used at Fort
Reno to carry mail and passengers to and
| from the fort and the nearest town.
The Jack tars on the Dade, says the Bal
tin1ore Sun, were not slow in embracing
the chance for a chat with waiting friends
last night. There could have been written
a new version to the old couplet:
| There's a sweet little cherub that sits up
aloft
And prays for the soul Of poor Jack"
There are any number OF sweet cherubs
who sat on tho wharf and talked of the
time when Jack would not need her pray
erS.
| On Colonel Burfs camp table at Chick
amauga Park stands the picture OF a
beautiful child. and II is known through
out the regiment as the good fairy OF the
colonels tent" The subject OF the like
ness is Dorothy Burt Trout. the colouers
granddaughter. and her father is Lieu
| tenant Harry Trout, a the Second cey
airy. Besides his son -iaA.-w. a son of the
commander of the Twenty-hfth is an off,
Ger in the regiment.
At Tampa, Fla. Is Cuban physicians
have entered the service OF the United
States government They are regarded as
specialists in Cuban disease. and will ac-
company the invading army.
Thirty Texas frontiersmen are on their
way to Atlanta, Ga, to serve as scouts In
Cuba Thep speak Spanish as fiuently as
they shoot.
On Sunday. $1,000 people visited the
camp of the regulars at New Orleans. The
fair grounds were covered with grass
when the troops arrived but the immense
number OF visitors had trampled down
the grass, and it Is as bare as a plank
floor.
Names Oldest volunteer to fight Spain
is Ex-Governor Garcelon. OF Lewiston.
aged Sc. He served Uncle Sam through
one war. and he was then. thirty-seyeu
years ago, over the exepmted age.
Sergeant Bronson Coffman, a young so
ciety man, of Parkersburg. West Virginia
and Miss Daisy McDougle were married
in the presence Of the bridegroom's com
rades. all in uniform. IN that town on
MoTNay. 1t was June affair that bloom
ed in April. Cause, war.
At Woodstock. Va. J. Frank Khrney OF
the Anderson Guards. Will wed Misc Ella
@. johnson. The ariginal plan contemplat-
ed June nuptials.