The San Francisco call., 1898-12-25
SToNEWALL JACKSON'S SCOUT. He was Wounded Sixty-Seven Times
 and Decorated by the Czar.

Major Lamar Fontaine, who arrived in the city yesterday morning, is prob ably one of the most interesting vet erans of the Confederacy. He is the only representative of Camp Sam Cam mack of Coahoma County, Miss, and during his stay in the cityy will be the guest of Captain John Milledge on Trinity avenue.
 Major Fontaine has been a soldier nearly all his life, and the story of his adventures in all parts of the world sounds like fiction.
 He served in the Russian army dur Ing the Crimean war. and at the siege oi Sebastopol was decorated by Czar Nicholas with the Iron Cross of Honor for daring bravery during the battle. At the time of the memorable charge of the Light Brigade at Balaklava Major Fontalne was sixteen miles away, but ne could hear the guns and see the smoke of that famous battle.
 Alter leaving the Russian army he traVeled about the world in company with an uncle, but was living in the. south at the opening of the civil war. ana enlisted as a private on the Tenth Mississippi Rifles, but later was trans Ierred to Company K, Eighteenth Mis- sissippi Regiment. While a member of thls regiment. in August, 1861, he wrote lHe Well-knoWn poem, All Quiet Along the Potomac," which has since beeS widely copied all over the world
 ne began his war work with the SonIeoerate army as scout and courier TOT General Stonewall Jackson. He served Tn the lme capacity with Cen erals Stuart and Johnson. and hrieay With General Lee. He took part in lWenty-seven pitched battles. fiftv- seven sklrmishes and over hundred lndlvldual skirmishes in which blood was shed Diooo
 Aitnough he was but a private in the ranks, ne was at one time intrustad Mien carte blanche order on the treas ury of the Confederate States Io - SaS- S',~s- known In all branches of the Confed' crate service as the best marksman With rlf1e or revolver in either arn,,, ne was wounded sixty-seven times ana thirteen times his lungs were plerced. Five times in the course of lne war ne was reported dead. On two ocCaslohs ne was able, with the aid of mirrors, to look into aperturas in hesh and watch the beating of bis ou-n heart. ' o"H Ma1or Fontaine has kept a comnlete ulaIy Tor nearly forty years, and this in ltseiI IS an unusually interesting work comprising number of volumes and containing much valuable information Iae aiso mas many documents signed by NAiASCio cl luG AOnfHdpra army bearing testimony to his remarls able craftsmanship,
 Yes, said Major Fontaine last nIgnt' it would seem as though had spent the most of my life on the hettIa- ueio. NY life has been rather eventful III way, and l think that I have had few interesting experiences.
 These documents I have saved all through the war. and while they may be interesting and valuable I caro fny them only for the sake of my children It Will be something to leave them when am gone, and I have managed 10 preserve them in good condition for the last thirty years"
 MaJor F'ontaine is man of distin- sulshed appearance and wears a com plete uniform which was made esne- claiiy Tor him to be worn at the re- union of veterans. He is a civil en- gineer by profession and is enga eed in business with his two sons at Lyon. Miss-New Haven Register.