The National tribune., 1899-10-12

then bringing them together he marehe
them double-quick to such an extent as (
turn the joke on the boys.
| The challenging and firing at n calf b,
Casper Feltman is an incident remembered
by all. This same Casper one night whel
on guard saw IL number of armed mel
| approaching and challenged them with:
Who goes there"
| Grand Rounds" was the reply.
| Go 10 b with the grand rounds
advance and give the countersign."
First Serg't Edgley will 10 doubt re-
| member his experience when going for
rations with handcar. when car. soldiers,
and ratlons We're neatly spilled into a
blackberry patch in the effort 10 get away
at the approach of train.
casper and two others were one night de
tailed to guard a powder magazine which
mad been discovered in thicket in a clump
OF woods. The surroundings were any
thing but cheerful; the incessant crOaking
of frogs was varied by the plaintive note OF
the whlp-poor-will. The conditions were also
favorable to the development of muSketCs of
fearful size and with yoraciOuS appetiteS.
Two OF the party We're dividing their time
between lighting them and trying to sleep,
Casper III the mean time keeping guard.
Ihey had about tired themselves out ard
fallen asleep when he aroused them, saying
he heard an unaCcountable noise. a noise
was certainly heard by all, from the oppo-
site side of a ravine. 1t appeared to he the
clankIng OF chain, which would cease for
while and then be repeated. all the while
getting nearer, and all agreed that it was
the break-chain of wagon coming to re-
move the powder. With guns cccked they
waited for the approach. What puzzled
them most was that the movements appeared
rather irregular. going first ore way and
then the other, but getting nearer all tie
tine. BY and by white object made its
ppr
be ii white horse with a club chained to his
leg.
There was perhaps no company in this
or any other State which furnished more
men for TIE United States army in pro-
portion to its numbers than tie Iron Grays,
and OF that number no less than eight re-
turned with commissions. and all who went
were honored with some Office of rank
NeIti er can the importance of their guard
duty Re overestimated. The points guarded
were but short distance from the Nir-
glnia border, and it would have been an
easy matter to have crippled tie only lire
then existing for the transportation of
troops and supplies to the seat of war in
West Virginia, and tie proUiinG about of
many suspcious-looking individuals as
well as the occasional visits in that vicinity
of JenkinS'S band Of bushwhackers from
over TIE border indicated that this bad
been contemplated. which Doubtless the
lil't dSClplllIe Oh tdit. banlcN prevented.
The confidence in the company on TIE part
Of TIE authorities may lie judged from TIE
fact that they were given the duty that
previous TO their arrival was reformed Ey
six companies, who Were all detailed else
where. except the Dayton Zouaves. they
remaining, however, but a short time.
MAJ. Bennett, of Columbus. commander OF
the rest, with headquarters at Harmar.
cOmplimented the Iron Grays by promoting
their Captain to his uOsitiCn during a tem-
porary absence at Columbus. while the
Ouartermaster at Marietta, who was a
Regular United States officer, always had
compliment for Co. ID, and furnished tEem
tie pick of all the commissaries at his dis
posal. 1t was from him the company re-
ceived tents, which they very much needed.
In conclusion tire historian ConpratE-
lates the old company in the fact that
nearly one-half of its number are alive after
a LAPSE of 28 years, at least six of them
prominently associated with the iron
Industries in the capacities of proprietors
)r superintendents, indicating that there
s considerable iron in their systems and the
prospect is fair of having many annual
Reunions.