The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-11-17

incidents OF That War-IhteiAASeAhc'
and Devotion That Were Recognized
by the Enemy-A Bark Worth Nor
Than BugIe or Drum Beat.
This is the story of dog. He made
his reputation with the Third New
York cavalry during that little trouble
between go and '65, popularity called the
rebellion. This dog was the pioneer OF
''mascots" He went with the Third al
the time when j. E. B. Stuart, on on5
side, and Phil Sheridan on the other
had compelled the world to wonder
what was going to be done. The prin-
cipal thing in this story is that regi-
ments, whether horse or foot, had not
at that time learned to depend upon
''maseots," and the advent of the MA
jor' in the ranks of the Third was I'M
precedented.
Nobody ever did know where the
s'Major" came from. He appeared one
morning and took up his residence with
Company A, whether they liked him or
not. Sergeant Bradstreet was the tai
lest man in the regiment, and the dog
naturally took to him: but it was one
of the funniest things you ever saw,
the way that dog recognized stripes.
Before he had been with us a month
he hadn't a bit of use for non-com-
missioned officer and he shook the
sergeant before the first battle we had
after that. We christened him the
nTni ot.3' s,,cA 1n nod In
marks in black stripes on his Shout
4 ders, and then, somehow, he went
around from one company to another,
until he became the bette noir of the
whole regiment, for if one company had
him all the other companies got jeal-
GUS. They all wanted that dog, and
they all got him--afterWard 1t hap
pened in this way:
The Third Corps-I think it was the
Third, but my memory isn't good for
such things-was intrenched before
Petersburg, the Sixth was lying off on
the right flank, and the Second or
FOURTH am not sure Which-Was on
the left All that / am sure about is
what our boys had to do, and that was
the scouting and foraging. 1t sounds
easy, but try it. Well, old Mac--he was
our captain, and better officer never
lived-called for volunteers one night.
He wanted six men; no more. The
Johnnies had batter on hill less
than mile from where we were lying,
and the general had given orders that
it must be taken. Strategy, he said,
was the only thing that would count,
and he wanted men that would face
hell if they had to do it, but who could
be thoroughly polite if necessity re-
quired; at least that was what our cap
tain told us.
Well, we didn't exactly know what
pOliteness meant, and while We We're
thinking it over, with old Mac facing
us, I'm blowed If that dog didn't sud
denly appear, walk up to the captain
and bow-wow right in his face.
Old Mac smiled, one of his grim
smiles, which meant whole lot--and
yet never said anything.
"All right, boys" he said. II will ex-
pect six men to report to me from |
Company A in thirty minutes I'll lead |
you myself" Then he rode away.
There were seventy-six able-bodied |
men in that company at that time, and |
seventy-six reported for duty within
thirty minutes. You should have seen
Old Mac He never cracked smile.
tide like to take you ALL" he said. but
since you have come UP to time, I'll
take every twelfth man. Fall in!
Front! Right dress! Front"
Then we counted one, two, three, and
so forth, until each twelfth man step
ped out. and so on until six had lined
up in front. ready for the word, but
with four left out, for you must remem-
Der that there were seventy-six men
there.
Mcnamara was the most puzzled
man you ever saw. He wanted to take
all Of us, but he couldn't do it. 1t
wasn't in the orders. and if ever there
was martinez he was one. He stood
for discipline every time. Whenever he
got excited his brogue always asserted
Itself.
Faith" said he, "but this is the hap
piest moment av me loife. I'll lave it
to the dog, Major! Loine up these in
front. Eyes roight! Gath, but thatt
well done for dogD Do you volunteer?
(Be the rock of Cashell, I wish you'd
look at himD What do you think av
the six volunteers from the Company :
A, Major?"
The dog put his head on one side and
regarded the captain critically, as if he
wanted to take in the full meaning of
what he said, then he turned deliber-
ately and inspected us, one after an
,ther, shifting at the toes of each man;
lfter that he returned to his former
position, dropped on his launches Z
locked his head on the side and again
Uttered one short sharp bark.
Faith, but ye're a auare pup" we =
leard the captain mutter. Then he dis l
missed the rest of the company and
,rdered us to report to him an hour | \
Lfter dark, minus horses and sabres, t
nut with our carbines and revolvers. a
men," he said Il
you're not cavalrymen this night, a
ny men, he said. "More's the pity a
You're just a folorn hope; that's all. L
Ind by the same token, there's some C
+ you who won't come back" Then n
70 waved his hands and we broke $
anks.
Very much to our surprise we found n
Jhen we reported for duty, that there "
yere six volunteers from each compa- n
v 1T that time with the command in II