The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1900-09-13

the camp just us lnetSn We were iln en-
envy they were going to fight or take pris
onerS.
Our company. also several from othe
companies, to the number of %. were or
z dcred to fail in line, where they stood, ur
It'll the Regulars came up and were tolc
.-'ThoSe boys are the ones you are after.
Sd They put 4 guard around them ant
. marched them down town; two of them
c.w who had done much talking. were put il
-. irons; that is, n bali-and-chain fastened n
their ankles. That night they We're court
martialed. The court was composed ol
officers of the volunteer army and one
young officer of the Regulars. The vol
unteer officers voted to shoot the two boys
but the Regular Army officer said: Il
will never vote to take the life of Il young
man who has served his country through
time of war, and when peace is declared
expresses the wish that he may 90 home.
So their lives were saved, and next day
the prisoners We're marched to Leaven-
worth, where they We're put i'll Jail. de-
tails being made each morning of those
they wanted to go out and chop wood at
officers quarters, and to break stone. Col.
Hynes was at Ieavenwort.. when he
heard from Maj. Butts. in command of
the 18th during his absence of the boys
desire TO go home, and said they had mu-
tinted. Col. Hynes went to headquarters
and ascertained that the Regulars had
Immediately wired Butts to leave Law
renee: make start now; don't wait for
breakfast or for anything, but fall in with
the men that will go and get out of there,
or the whole regiment will be declared
mutinied."
Butts marched out one mile and stopped
for breakfast; then the Regulars came
and said to him: Major, you have made
q start; that obeys orders, and you have
escaped arrest" Capt. Parker said, We
have no orders; the war is over" But
when Col. Hynes arrived he said orders
were received at LeayenworJh, if we did
not get them. So the 18th went 'on the
palms, leaving the boys horses tied to the
big rope the boys who had been ordered
to fall in and march down town, and the
officers charged up TO the boys these same
horses that were left there to be stolen,
and the boys had TO pay for them; 1t was
taken from their pay. Several who did
not have horses had to pay for horse.
John Rippberger says: THE 18th
marched over the Smoky Hill route to
Sade, stopped there IL days. then entered
falo, wild geese, antelope, wolves AID In
dams. We killed two buffalo and cap
tured one Indian. When chasing the first
buffalo Jim Davy's horse fell into wolf
hole and broke Jim's leg above the knee,
and he was taken in an ambulance to
l<edNSHWOTIU. we we're uaFIuS d IuSSlt
with a buffalo; shot after shot had been
fred at him, and he would not fail, when
Thomas killick, the butcher, got off his
horse, and resting his carbine ON the
saddle said: - ye, I'll have you, sure,
for / haven't had a bidie beefsteak or
any 'ard-tack in me 'arFersack fer the
last three days passed and gone by, hard
ly. hardly" Tom shot and laid him low.
Part of the headquarters was cut out,
thrown on the fire, and when cooked eaten
with a relish. We saw several herds Of
buffalo, and Indians chasing them. We
arrived at Fort 1arned, a military post,
with only one white man, the agent, pres
ent, and rested here several days. A par
ty of Go. II went up to Fort Fisher, got
into a skirmish with the Indians. and
George Baker was hit in the thigh with an
arrow. Dec. 5 We left for Lesvenworth,
meeting many hardships on the way. 1t
was the greatest wsnder why the Gov
eminent should send us away out here to
do no good. Two boys froze to death.
The prairie fires We're frequent. The
snow storms were billiards.. Some of the.
boys had to keep the fires going while the
others tried TO sleep. The horses made
hideous noises all night. One comradel
froze one arm and one leg, and was taken
to the Home in Chicago. Arriving at
Leayenworth We were given good quar-:
tiers. After turning over enr horses, thaw.
ing out, for it had been 20 degrees below
zero for two days, We missed several of
the boys, lost on the road; our colOred
cook was also lost. l froze my feet so
badly they bothered me up to 1892
After week we We're mustered ont of
the service and sent to Springfield, ILL.,,
where we got our discharges and pay, and
bid each other goodbye. Then L FASTENED
to Chicago, bought a suit of citizens
clothes, and was once more on the way
home, where / arrived Dec. -, 1865. Il
found my folks well and glad 10 see me
again after an absence of over two years
and you bet l was glad, too.
The boys who marched to Leavenworth
under guard remained there until Janu-
airy. 1856, when the General commanding
that district gave them all diShonorable
discharges and sent them to Springfield
Gov. Ogiesby heard of their coming; in
fact, had been posting himself in regard
to their case, and when the Faithful %
arrived at Springfield he sent his Adju-
1ant-General TO meet them. They got out
OF the cars and were ordered to fall in line;
then the General said: Boys, give me
every one Of those diShonorable dis
charges. They should never have been
given to you, and 90 to Camp Butler and
wait while we have an investigation.
Uncle Sam will attend to your case foI
yon."
We marched out to Camp Butler, and
1of ~ days KEPT up the duties of camp
life once more, not under arrest now, but
Gov. Oglesby's boys" While here ofIi-
GERS Of the Government came and made
thorough investigation, the result being
that. JAN 30, 1856, we We're gfVen hon
orable discharges, and all our pay. We
went down town in BUSES and were led
into paying $50 to $50 q suit for clothes.
We took the next train and landed in
Chicago early next morning. 1 went To
u hotel, where / had stopped before, and
where my mother always stopped when
she came to the city to buy goods for
fathers store father being a crippled i
scanned the register and saw her name
j asked the proprietor if she was still
there. He said Yes, she will be down
TO breakfast SOON" We put up a job on
mother. | went to get shaved. / was
is years old, and on returning found
mother at the table and vacant seat
sat beside her. l hung up my hat and sat
beside her. She, expecting TO see me in
soldiers clothes on my return, Of course
did not notice me. The proprietor by ar
ranGement sat opposite to us. He had
engaged her in conversation and was ask
ing her about her son. After / had been
there a short time he asked her if she
would be glad to see her son. She re-
piled, Il am always glad to see my chill
dren." He then said: We'll, il you are
always glad 10 see your children, look
beside you.'
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