The National tribune., 1900-08-09

At Poplar Grove Church, in early No
vember, the 10th, 11th and 18th were
added to the ID, and Capt. Crossman, of
the 10th, commanding the whole. The
first morning, on taking the morning re-
ports to him for signature, he informed
the First Sergeants that they could bring
with their reports every morning certain
number of orders on the Commissary for
whisky. l remarked that probably every
man in our company would want to send
in an order, but the Captain said that a
canteen three pints) to every five men he
thought would satisfy them, and so it did,
for after the first two or three mornings
passed the orders for liquor were not nu-
merOus. At the same time money was
lavish among the men.
The latter part of November the de-
tachment was ordered TO Elmira, N Y,
to relieve To-day men guarding rebel
prisoners. Accompanying the detachment
was the 10Th u. $. Capt. w. +. Dunn,
of the I'd, who was ON Gen. Warren S
staff in the field, now joined the detacl-
ment, and as matter of course command
ed it. AT Norfolk the ID and 18th took
shipping Oh board an old tub known as
the Dudley Buck, and when off Cape Hat
teras everyone thought the old hulk was
going to tOpple over. Coming nearer New
York our Captain had occasion one morn
ing to call the writer TO him and say to
him that as Regular soldiers, having no
vote it was impolitic to wear Presidcn-
tial candidate badges, as well as to enter
into heated controversies, and to start in
with we should take off our favorite can
didate's badge and then inform the men
of the company to do the same. We wore
the profile of the immortal Lincoln, and
always believed in him.
Once at Elmira the 2d, 10Th and 18th
relieved the 10O-day men Of the charge of
about 5000 prisoners, well housed and
well fed, while the Regulars pitched tents
in an open, bleak field close by, where
they remained all Winter Peace having
been brought about through Grant at Ap-
pomattox, the rebel prisoners were re-
leased Immediately after, and the I'd U.
5. ordered to Rochester, n. Y, to keep
camp at the fair grounds during the mus
ter-out and payment Of Volunteers. In
the performance OK this duty the command
was fed by contract and without any
cause for complaint.
The following August found the COM
mand at Fort Hamilton, at the entrance
to the Narrows of New York Bay.
While on duty at Rochester the detach-
ment was visited by q Mr.. Kidd to thank
the men for the care and attention given
the body of his son, a Lieutenant of the
regiment, killed at the second battle of
Manassas, Aug. 80, 1862. The killing of
Lieut.. Kidd was i'll great measure due
to his own foolishness.
At one stage of the battle the regiment
was lying down behind fence Just at the
edge of thick woods, and in his zeal to
find out, if possible, how close the enemy
was in the timber, he bounded the fence
and had not proceeded forward more than
five PAGES when he was shot. The body
was brought in, temporarily buried and
that Fall eXhumcd by his father and taken
TO his home IN Rochester, where, in Mount
Hope Cemetery, one of the finest marble
monuments marks the grave of the brave
and intrepid Lieutenant, who was q ia
vorite with the men Of the regiment
The stay of the detachment at Fort
Hamilton was until the November fol-
lowing. While there the officers of the
18th were in command; that is, so far as
the Post Commander and Adjutant were
concerned. Wishing TO visit the city of
New York, we concluded one morning TO
put in u pass to the Adjutant, and at the
| same time absent ourselves from guard
mounting-"a serious matter"-in order
! to get ready in good time. Guard mount
| ing over, the Adjutant sent his Orderly
| for the First Sergeant of the I'd u. S. de-
tachment, and on our reporting to him in
! person, the Adjutant inquired the reason
of our absence from guard mounting stat
ing at the same time that we had q pass
before him to go to New York for As
hours. We politely informed him the ne
cessity of the pass was for the purpose
of visiting dentist, as we suffered from
terrible toothache, and which was the
cause Of our not appearing on parade.
The pass was granted, having bean -