The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-05-02
Little War Sketches.

Little War Sketches,
Near Chickamauga Park, where the reg
ulars are now assembling. is the Chatta-
nooga Cemetery. containing the graves OF
1900 men, IN this cemetery lie the re-
maines OF soldiers who were killed in the
battles or MurfrsesborO. Chickamauga,
Missionary Ridge, Lookout Mountain and
Stone River. When the First Regiment OF
theIilinois National Guard was in Charta-
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 establishment
they stumbled across two headstones w.
ing side by side. marking the last resting
place OF two soldiers Of their own names
The dead men were j. E Towne and p.
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
OF the many skirmishes and battles around
Chattanooga and their remains inferred
in the cemetery.
So impressed were they by the coinci-
dence that two persons OF the same names
as themselves, probably having served in
the same regiment and undoubtedly killed
in the same battle. should be buried side
by side. and that they, thirty years after
ward. while serving in the same regiment.
should visit the scene OF these mems death
and unE1ttingly stumble across their
graves. thar they sent for photographs
and had their pictures taken. each stand
ing at the head OF the grave OF the man
Of his ThASa
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 p C. Marshall. a wel-known
ex-Confederate and q leading citizen OF
Portsmouth Va, is in Washington. He
wants authority 10 raise a 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 genuine curiosity. says the Cnatta-
nooga Times. the two army omni buses 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
timore 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;
- Isg4F
aIoft
And prays for the soul OF poor Jack"
There are any number OF sweet cherubs
who sat on the wharf and talked OF the
time when Jack would not need her pray
ers.
On Colonel Burt's camp table at Chick
amauga Park stands the picture OF a
beautiful child, and IT is known through
out the regiment as ''the good fairy OF the
colonePs tent" The subject Of tho like
ness is Dorothy Burt Trout. the coloners
granddaughter, and her father Is Lieu
tenant Harry Trout. - The Second cey
airy. Besides his sen IA Aw, a son Of the
of the Twenty-ffth is an off,
Ger in the regiment.
At Tampa, Fla. Is Cuban physicians
have entered the service OF the United I
States government They are regarded as 1
specialists in Cuban disease. and will &C
the invading army.
Thirty Texas frontiersmen are on their
way to Atlanta, Ga. 20 serve as scouts in
Cuba Thep speak Spanish as fuently as
they shoot.
On Sunday. 5000 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
door.
Names oldest volunteer to fight Spain
: Ex-Governor Garcelon. OF Lewiston
aged IS. He served Uncle Sam through
)ne war. and he was then, thirty-seven
5ears ago. over the exepmted age.
Sergeant Bronson Conman, a young So
,iety man, OF ParkersburE. West Virginia /
Ind Miss Daisy McDouRle were married
n the presence Of the bridegroom s com
AIDES all in uniform. IA that town on
donNay. II was June affair that bloom
d In April. Cause. war.
At Woodstock. Va. J. Frank Karney Of
he Anderson Guards. viii wed Miss Ella
}. Johnson. The ariginal plan contemplat-
q June nupuals.