The National tribune., 1900-04-12


Union army: but l did as. him what he
expected to accomplish bv sd:r Il das'l
against Marma1uke's whole army, and we
III an enemy's country 100 mtic; f-ol
camp.
He said we could dash on = p.e,;ct-pos:.
wake them UP "a little and then turn tail and
ga-llop home 10 camp, leaving the rebels:
to find out the best they could what hit
them
But. Colonel" ventured, "lo yol think
it safe to do so with Prince already lame
from the loss Of shoe? How do Won
expect to make the hundred miles back TO
the regiment with him over the flint hllS?''
He had an emphatic and expressive way
to relieving himself when thwarted in :.
cherished Undertaking, that would not
look well in print; but the men We're asleep.
the horses could not understand. and |
hal learned not to mind these occasions
when he lifted The Sa'cty-valve of hi, emo
tons. for | feared he would explode if he
did not. But it looked for a while "a if
those stacks would soon fly through the
air aG though q cyclone had Stru:k them
II" fufned awhile. pickcI up the foot Of his
horse ami examined it as we'll rs he could
IN the uncertain Light, dropped it, and fumed
some more. After a while n" directed me
to wake the men, as it was time we were
moving.
When the saidle-girths Were frightened
aud everything ready for II long. hard
ride, we mounted and rode out into the
highway. The Colonel looked longinglv
IT the lines Of now smo!derins fires and
said:
Boys, if my ho-s" had not lost a shoe
| would let those fellows over there know
We were around, and make them think the
lightning had struck III their neiphb bor-
hood; bat that settles it. Forward, gallon"
and away We went at a grci. pace.
The first house we came to the man was
fsl INslayf fs.1I.
A man rode each side of him, with orders
to shoot at the frs: sign of treachery on his
part. Ihls was repeated about every 10
miles. for the Colonel knew the regiment
would be two days march from tn place
We left II, and guides We're necessary The
next night, the third of the trip, we rode
into camp about o'clock. completely worn
out, having covered Il distance of 200 miles
i'll 4S hours.
AT the close Of one days march we cross
cd Il very rapid stream with a loose, cobble-
stone bottom, and extremely hard to ford
deep III the midst OF a primeval forest,
went up It's left bank about = mile and went
into camp beside a huge spring, where the
water was gushing from the foot of a large
rock which formed a high bluff This
was the visible source of the stream we had
forded with such difficulty, and we could
see that its bed for a mile or more was
almost as steep az a house-roof There
We're large quantities of fish in the basin
at the foot of the bluff, and many of the
men caught them with bent pins for hooks.
Here was an immense water power waiting
for man to harness and utilize, and il is
probably by this time being so used, but
have no knowledge of its exact location
Reaching Arcadia, we went into camp,
thence through lronton to Iron Mountain.
where we saw the first railroad since Joining
the regiment. From here we struck for
ST Genevieye, on the Mississippi, following
an Old plank road, and campcd few miles
from Iron Mountain. The next morning
the Colonel and some other field officers
stopped at village hoStelry for breakfast,
taking me with them, while the regiment
proceeded on the march.
THE COLONEL GETS A FALL.
Col. LaGrange had several fails, and one
Of them was riding at trot. This fad
involved the entire regiment, for the cdict
had gone forth that all drilling should be
done on the trot, TO accuStom the men and
horses to that gait. If our saddles could
talk they might have told tales of terrible
pounding and punishment that would
make modern pugillst green with envy,
as the men tried to adjust their movements
to those of the horses. and not meet the
saddle halfway. This idea of the Coloneps
was a cause of much grief.
Lieut-Col. Pomeroy, nice old gentle
man, an Appleton College professor, was
rather stout in habit and always wore a
small cap and stubby mustache. He
never could learn TO ride nor select an easy
gated horse, and dealt out dire punishment
TO himself and saddle whenever he tried.
One day while in camp lie essayed to go
somewhere, and, being in somewhat of a
hurry, Was hitting his saddle at great
rate: Some of the boys seeing him, one of
the irreYerent sang ou.:
Hello, what's up now? See old shoe
brush pound his saddIen
This morning the Colonel was mounted
on small, cream-colore1 animal, IL fast
trotter and as dainty "a piece of horse
flesh as was ever foaied. After breakfast
we started for the regiment and the Colonel
led us u merry pace. There was much