Omaha daily bee., 1899-11-17
ECHoEs OF ouR WAR.

| No hero OF the war can be regarded as
| truly sure one unless he has woven
about his exploits few yards OF tender
| romance. He who Is truly brave must
| be inspired by the fair, or words TO that
| effect. Admiral Dewey set the pace in
| war and love. Few suspected him of har-
boring matrimonial designs. Sly old sea
| dog! But 1t takes men OF his age to keen
| secret and to execute their plans neatly
| and eXpeditiousy The laurels OF victory
well befit middle age, but romance lcses
much OF its luster when miugled with gray
hairs. Youth and beauty give to both a
surprising charm.
An ideal story Of war and romance cccnes
from Washington, in which the happiness
of soldier and the daughter Of a soldier
is pictured in glowing terms. 1t is an army
romance with one Of the armys loveliest
yorny women as heroine and one of its
brave men as hero. The elimination, of
the romance is the announced engagement
Of Miss Celia Sherman Miles, only daugh-
ter of General Nelson A. Miles, and Cap
tain Samuel Reber, U. S. A. Miss Miles
is one OF the bellies of Washington. a fine
pianist and linguist an accomplished
horsewoman. wheelwcman, golfst and
Reber is a son of Judge Reber of St Louis
and a second cousin of his fiancee on his
mothers side. They were boys and girls
together, and had many a delightful romp
before the cares Of life calmed their spirits
Reber graduated from West Point in 1856
and was assigned to the Fourth cavalry.
AT the beginning of the Spanish war he was
appointed major of the Signal corps and
iater was promoted to a captaincy in the
regular army for distinguished services in
the cuban and Porto Rican campaigns.
The date of the marriage has not been set
tied.
A young surgeon Of one of the Massa-
chusetts volunteer regiments did his duty
during the terrible days that followed the
surrender of Santiago and gave UP his life
saving the lives OF others. When at last the
transports came to carry the soldiers to
Montauk, relates the Boston Journal. the
surgeon was too weak to be taken away
A few hours after his comrades left him
he breathed his last.
His effects were sent to the sorrowing
father and mother and sister in Massachu-
setts and later the body was brought home
to rest in eternal peace in the beautiful
cemetery which the surrounding Berkshire
hills seem so faithfully to guard and pro-
tect.
When his personal property was looked
over one thing was found to be missing
That was the watch which the young mans
father had given him on his twenty-first
birthday. Government aid was secured and
thorough search was made for the missing
article but it was not found
week ago the nurse that cared for the
young surgeon during his last illness died
When the trunk Of the dead nurse was ex-
amined pawn ticket was discovered BY
means Of this the surgeons watch was re-
covered and returned to his family in Massa-
chusetts.
Shortly after the reburial OF the young
mans body a stranger called on the father !
The stranger was surprised to see hanging
on the wall of the office into which he was
shown a portrait, the features of which |
seemed to him familiar. |
Pardon me-" he asked, "but will you tell |
me whose picture that is?"
THAT is my son who died at Santiago" |
was the answer.
"I played foot ball with him once when |
he was at school," the stranger declared |
81 remember he stumbled over me and fell |
in such way as to break two of his front
teeth"
I'VE have reason to thank you for that
accident" said the father, "for 1t was by |
those two front teeth, which had been
built down with gold, that his body was
positively identified"