The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-06-05

Br1&xa heAdquersers. but the slope Was
% steep that the pieces could not be de-
pFessed sufficiently TO harm Ne How
ever. the Johnn.es hovl>d lighted shells
down upon oar heads But We held the
ndxp. and Shsrsdan's division were
awarded those guns ~ hattie trophies.
A. for Macarthur. there b q record IN
she war Department which says. Medal
Of homer 10 Arthur Macarthur for cool
nsss and conspicuous bravery In action
In seising the coiors Of his regiment At
. critical moment and planting them on
the captured works on the crest OF Mis-
ssonary Ridge. Term. November .. 1850.
while serving ~ first lieutenant and adj
tafant. Tvsnsy-faurfh ..sconsin infan-
try
Amy new deal in neld officers which
left Arthur MarArshur cut after that e1
psoft would have bred trouble In the reg.
na~nf. He was promoted major before
our next hot fight. ksnssaw. and com
manded the regiment that day ard after
ward Until a bullet laid him low or Nc
vemher - 1854 kenesaw turned out a
slaughter pen for officers. but Macarthur
escaped through the aid II package Of
tefters--wheiher from mother or sweet
heart it's all the same where a brave
fellow - concerned-whiefl he carried in
his breast pocket There In a tradition
8A10HR
10 the effect that q commission as major
was also In fhe poke, and that the bullet
left sss black lead mark right over the
lame where the document reads. To
Arthur Macarthur. greeting Thanks TO
the bundle Of letters and the fair hand
that penned them. the missile got no fur
ther. and we kept our boy leader until
We came 10 the hottest fight. We think.
Of the series. the battle OF Franklin.
Tenn.
There has been no end OF discussion
among men Of every rank and grade over
that battle. and especially the part played
In IL by cur brigade-Opdyck@'s--a cluster
Of seven regiments numbering only 1000
men. You can see that our regiments
had been fought down 10 a fraxzle.' a.
the Southerners say Of themselves.
Franklin was a decisive battle and books
have been written to show who made IL
so. but only speak Of what the Twenty
fourth dSd that day under its gallant
young leader. Our brigade had been rear
guard In a twelve hour march and fight
from Spring Hill To Franklin. and soon
afternoon entered the Enclosure OF breast
works held by the Twenty-third corps
And part of the Fourth TO protect the
crossings of Harper river. back OF the
village OF Franklin. We were entitled 70
be in reserve and marched back few
hundred yards from the gap we had
"
made coffee and rested beside our mus
kets. expecting respite from fighting
until shutdown at least. Suddenly. about
I o'clock. the picket firing In front In
creased to battle proportions. ana we saw
q column Of corfederates rushing over
the works In front where we had come
in shortly before. OF course we knew
what war meant especially with a leader
like Hood at our heels. there was no
specializing upon what TO do nor any
monkeyshines TO get into military shape
Tor business. We simply blew the half
munched and haif.moistened crumbs Of
bareback from Our mouths dropped our
coffee tins and seized our rifles There
has been much talk of orders from this
one and that bu; neither nor my COM
rsdes heard any. We did hear the cry
from hundred throats: Let US go to
the works. Let us go 20 the works" We
started and aligned somewhat az We
rushed forward.
II saw MarArthur swing into his sad
die. draw his sword and start for the
works. and that would have been order
enough. anyway. But there were difficult
ties ahead In the shape of some thou
sands of Pat Cieburne's Tennesseeans.
who haA swept our front line away the
length Of brigade and were coming pell.
nell for the second.
"Our regiment was on the right Of the
third line OF our brigade. as we lay at
rest. but know that when Yank and
Johnnie met that day around the court
house we were in the front line and Mac
Arthur vas sabring the men In gray In
order to cut a road to the front. That
was my last view OF him. We forged our
way TO the works. using our rines as
| clubs and getting the same from the Con
feaerates. Our naEs on the parapets were
| defended by hayonet thrusts and one OF
| our serxeants was cut in the head by a
| sabre blow from the other side Of the
| wall. Hut We stayed there until Cieburne
| had been killed and the enemy backed
| away. satisfied
when we came To look for our boy
| leader We found him Tying helpless.
| wounded. where we frat struck the enc
| my and little further In toward the
| works was acting MAI. Phllbrick, dead.
! Our division commander. Gen Stanley.
| said. I will not say that the Twenty
| fourth Wisconsin had all To do with saw.
| ing the day at Franklin. hut !, had A
| large part In IT. ard In this feat II was
| led by It's gallant boy colonel, Arthur
| Macarthur
| well, they couldn't commission Ar
| thur full colonel because we didn't mus
| ter men enough, but they gave him the
| hrevet rank with the commission OF iieu-
| tenan,.oolonri and he n was who took
! the regiment home In 1865 10 Milwaukee.
| He Immediately entered the regular army
| ana fought the Indians for twenty years.
| A, ~. outbreak Of tho Spanish war he
/ was commissioned hrsgadier-senerai and
! sen, 10 the Philippines. where. with his
| brigade, he captured IA blow the town
| and bridges 81 Maiate and formed the
| entering wedge for the taking ~ Manila.
| spoke OF Mai. fiibsards prediction ~
| bright career fer the boy aaiusan, after
1 stones River hazard another for TIM,
/ young masor~geuesai now holding the
kfs<xss. f.x sxA assf nj h4s ta
| that " he lives he viii one day comma nd
/ the United States army. lie Is nnf vet
| 81 years old. and. with ten years ahead
| Of atm. when generals and coloneis ara
/ being retired At the rate 81 one a month
and more re will reach the rank 0f senior
major general before he IS past the age
| OF scidleriy activity. II sounds Ike ~
nance bat all ! have told eou IL true
i and what predict is not entity possible.
| but rrctasae New York sun.
| Iaigt Lucrheni,
| fuccNerl ts man ~ medium stat1rs.
about ! - metre. With very thick hsas
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