The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-06-05
gen. MAChRIHIIR'$ CARER,



WssCoHsEs's noY soLDIEn WHO n
now At MANILA.
- 49, MEDAL ~ 1snss IN ne
Csv0 War when ~ anA LeA =
1assus chasUe wAeu ls-C~a-
$4,000 . TssAssas nsgs...s.
NE wisconsin man, Gen. King.
got In his work az Pas.g river.
and Gen Otis has another in
reserve. IL needed sad man
nc0 the Badger state. II mean the
yOungest major general Of the line Of sfhe
army today. Arthur Macarthur We
knew Arthur Macarthur out in the North
west. for he was our hoy hero of the
civil war and WAS decorated with medal
o. honor N Is and was the permanent
eonamander II fighting regiment at u.
Ne Badgers challenge any state 70 match
9enerafs star at the end Of II: bat he
wsAss twin stass On his shoulder straps
nov ali right.
''TJrst. A. to the boy Arthur. then the
soldier Macarthur. Arthur came 10 our
camp. the Twenty-foarth Wisconsin.
known ~ the Milwaukee regiment with
N appointment from Gov. aalcmon -
adjutant. Now an adtutant h or ought
70 BE- the colonies right hand man IN bat
Tie. - well - In camp. lie has to boss
captains and lieutenants. ~ well A. corr
Moa soldiers. oil In the name Of the
cojoneI. Of course. But the boy Arthur
was only II then. = stripping IN ss1e and
with stsiplings efeminate voice and
mAnneFp. To make long story short,
the little adjutAnt became a laughing
stock solely on account OF what nature
hadn't done Tor him up to that time. II
was too bad, but soldiers are soldiers.
and The army = . rough place
One bit Of camp gossip had IL that the
colonel said 0ne day. In NJ Of disgust.
that he'd ask Gov. salomon TO send him
= wooden man or any old thing for ad
tutant and take thu boy back 10 NiiwAu-
kee and put him In an army kinderuarten.
II tho colonel did say that II Was The
best thing he ever did for the regiment.
We were In quiet camp at Louisville then
and hadn't struck the nghting- Well. the
by heard wha. the colonel said. or was
alleged 70 have said. and thsre were no
more minctng or faisetto commands on
parade drill. Arthur changed 10 man
On night, and I can imagine how II was
with him. for / wan only a Kid myself
then. He wasn't TO blame. though. for
~ naturally supposed that "a uniform
and stage poses made soldier. and there
were others Of tho same way OF thinking
ID the camp at that time. heads older
than Arthur's by the way. the colonel
never smels powder with the Twenty
fourth wisconsin nor with any other rexi
ment that I ever heard Of.
well. In the case Of Arthur. Il didn't
take long to prove the truth Of Davy
Crockettsa saying about battlefield cour.
age. Pluck. said the border hero,
doesn't depend on the length Of ones
nghter than any man. We got into our
FIRST eDsdn AgAt - stones River. with
oheridsn.s aiyisson. Somehow ] have for
gotten the details OF H. Our colonel and
lieutenant eoi6hei were not On hand. Ard
the regiment was handled that day by
Maj. HibhaFd send sbsr huy adjnsasre. Ar
thur Macarthur. II was night and retreat.
then rally and make q stand until banked.
then retreat again. rally again and fight
again. from daylight until dark. ~ \
Finally. when the ammunition was all
used and the ranks down 20 fragments.
Little Phil ordered what there was left
Of the division back 10 the railroad lr-
srenchmsnss. Our remnant looked hke
the parts of saIl which gale of wind
leaves clinging to the srars when IL strips
. vessel Of its canvas. Jus4 a fringe OF men
on each aide Of the nagstan. But, say.
that boy Arthur was in his element and
proved to be anything else than a kinder
the four hundred and odd men carried
into battle. and that days bloody work
made the beardiesx adjnsant hero In the
eyes Of the whole brigade. Our con-.
mandant, Nal Hubbard, devoted para
grarh Of his ofYicta, report 10 the praise
OF little Arthur Macarthur. Said he. To
tho adtutant of the regiment l am more
than indebted for his aid and efficient
service rendered during the engagements.
hespeak for him an honorable career
Stones River was an unequal nghi Tor
our division. Tho trouble began when II
WINS discovered about daylight that the
enemy had surprised our right Hank and
turned II and wss in our rear In the
hrst column OF attack, which our rsxs-
ment received alone. We counted ave Corr
fedcrafe battle Mass. Seven times that
day we Termed iine OF hattie under nre
Our brigade commander Ge. Joshua
NIL. was killed Mt tho OUTSET and al enc
TIME va took orders from Sheridan al
rect. Col. Nick fsreuse, the sturdy Iiis.
nois fighter. assumed command soon after
Gen. SUI was killed. and In his official re
port told how Aa3s Arthur Macarthur
jr.. Of the Twensy-foarth Wisconsin. di-
played great cnon~ss and presence OF
mind in thar terrible day of hattie So
the regiment came cut Of II with a REGARD
equal TO that Of the best Of Sh-risan'.
seasoned troops ard we were glad indeed
that our hoy aaiusanf hadn't h~en traded
or for wooden man before W. left
Louisville.
"aheriaan's great nsht IN the West was
ut Mission Ridge. and the Milwaukee boys
were In thr heat OF the charge thar car
ried the line up the height. II wns a sort
OF San Jnsn Hiii Impulse which move,
our whole division ap fer IN. orders
were simply 10 capture tho encmy's works
Ut the base Of the hiii ana then halt
Well that order carried ous literally
The men rested for breath hss and then
wac heard the cry, We cant 1--we her.
we must SO forward and forward We
went Wagner's brigade. nH IN. left Of
ue was actually tursess hack midway q.
the ridge by n stan estcnr CARRYING s.,,t
ehe instructions se the letter. bur Sheyi-
dan san thas We on The right weT~ In
Tor II and sent Wagner forward again
Just before that Sheridan had ,aia a
stan oHseer from headquarters whA came
10 inquire by What authority the trsops
we're charging tae main heights 4
der Eer tge. tsss