The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1900-05-31

campment came across the hero of the
occasion, and I'll be blOwed if he wasn't
telling in solemn earnest how he made q
sudden dash upon those five JOhnnies.
surrounded them,- disarmed them and
marched them to headquarters. Such
stories are apt to grow, even with one
who participated i'm the event, and l
was convinced that Hank thought he
was telling the gospel truth.
The veterans other story is about 4
big member of the red sash brigade
who had done yeoman service in the
pine woods of Michigan before he en-
tered the army. Il didn't see this" he
if it be demanded" At the Bull Run re-
treat the woodsman stopped to assist
wounded Comrade. While he was do
ing this good Samaritan work he was
suddenly surrounded by pursuers and
ordered to surrender. He had not yet
of fighting in the lumber camps, so he
threw aside his gun and bayonet as Use
less membranes and sailed in for Il
rough and tumble, repeatedly annOuncI
ing that he could lick the whole outfit
The onslaught was so sudden and SO
temporarily paralyzed by laughter, and
half-a dozen of them had gone down.
with damaged heads or bleeding noses
before they could Tally. Then the bold
puncher was taken by a good-natured
exertion Of force, and was only recon-
ciled when assured that some man
would be found to do him battle in 4
rough and tumble.-DetrOit Free Press.
How LawtOn Cured the "Growlers.'
In the army the old private soldier is
expected to do certain amount of
growing" in the comparative solitude
of his tent or the bivOuac, but the Otfi.
Ger who not only "grOwls" but who
finds fault with his orders is not highly
regarded, to say The least, by his superi,
Ors. A correspondent in the Philips
pines tells how the late Gen. Lawton
once served a group of volunteer Ofti-
GERS who gave themselves this privilege
of Kicking"
During the expedition from San Isl.
drO northward in the fall of 1S99 the
command halted for time at Cabanati
uan, ON the Rio Grande. 1t was cold,
wet, dismal day, and the young officers
of a volunteer regiment, who had been
sent down to repair cable stretched
across the river. did not like their work
They sat on the bank and bewailed
their fate and the rain and presently
the darkness, and indulged in pointed
criticisms Of the arrangements of the
commanding general.
Just then Gen. Lawton, in big rubber
boots and waterproof coat, but smeared
from head to foot with mud, appeared
on the scene. He was out to look mat
ters over, and had overheard the growl-
ing and the criticism.
Good evening, gentlemen" lie said.
''HOw are you getting alOng:'
I'VE are having a little difficulty, but
we're working hard, General an
swered the senior.
The General looked across through
the rain toward the opposite shore Of
the river.
Il would be glad to have you go
across the river, gentlemen" he said,
''and see what needs to be done there
You will have charge of that end of the
construction of the new cable and
ferry
A boat was worked to the opposite
shore by means of rope cable. The
officers got into the boat and were
worked across. After they had landed
on the other side, Gen. LawtOn turned
to one of the soldiers.
Sergeant" he said. "cut that rope"
The sergeant cut it-and the grum-
bling officers were now on the opposite
shore alone, and with no means of re-
turning for the night.
THE new cable will be run across to. |
morrow morning, gentlemen the Gen.
eral called across the stream. Il wish |
you good night
The officers were taught severe les |
son on the dangers of grumbling in the
service.