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New Ulm review., 1901-08-14
NY CAPTIV E,
By JOSEPH A. ALTsHELER,
Attthor of II Soldier of Munhdttaa, ,
1.-THE Sun of Saratoga" Etc.
gCopyright, 1900. by Joseph A. Altaheler1
IcoNTINURD.


ieoNTMURDh
Behind us flowed the wide, deep and
unfordable Broad river, retreat thus be-
ing cut off in case of defeat Iasked the
meaning of this strange military ma
NEWER which meant either victory or
destruction. and again the explanation
was ready:
'sMore than half of our men are mill
tia, and you can never tell whether
militia will run like rabbits or fight
like devils. All early signs fail, and
General Morgan says it's cheaper to
have the river behind us and make 'em
fight than to station regulars in the
rear to shoot down the towards p
Presently saw General Morgan him
self passing among the men and prepar-
ing for the expected attack in the morn
ing. This was one of our real heroes q
fighter and leader and no politician, a
man whom the great Washington es-
teemed and loved to reward. had seen
him at Saratoga and elsewhere, and his
figure as well as his name always drew
attention. Over six feet high and built
in proportion, with a weight of 300
pounds, and large fine, open face, he
was a type of the true American, the
best Of all men in mind and body.
There was plenty of provender in the
camp, and gave Old Put the first solid
meal that had come to him in several
days. I wanted him to be in good trim
for the morrow, for he and were to
take our proper place with Washing
toms cavalry, to which we belonged,
only handful. of men, but able and
true and capable of doing great things
in the nick of time There had been
some question about the bandage on my
head, which l wore as precaution
against taking cold in the scalp wound,
but showed that it was only trife,
and Colonel Washington rightfully re-
marked that such slight wound would
only increase mans efficiency on the
battlefield. Then he presented me with
fine saber, which needed badly, and
told me to lie down on the ground and
go to sleep, but could not sleep Just
then, and with the freedom of our colo
NAL armies roamed about the encamp-
ment.
The campfires fared up in the cold
January darkness. The men sat around
them, talking and playing cards with
old greasy cards or singing the songs
of the hills and the woods. Some of the
soldiers were asleep on their blankets
or the bare ground, for we were always
ragged and unhoused army at the
best, and only few Of the officers had
tents.
A sharp breeze came from across the
river, and the flames bent to it, their
light Pickering over wild, brown faces
that knew only the open air, wind,
rain, hail or whatever came. Most of
them still carried their curved and
carved powderhorns and their bullet
pouches, inseparable companions over
their shoulders and their long, slender
barreled rifles, 50 unlike the British
muskets, lay at their sides
Smoke rose from the fires and blew
in the faces Of the men, deepening the
brown and giving them another shade
of the Indian. A curse mingled now
and then with the singing and the talk
of the card players, and from the bor-
ders of the camp came the stamp of the
horses and an occasional neigh. In the
darkness, half lighted by the reeling
New Ulm review., 1901-08-14

the world
The smoke rose in thick black cloud,
which moment later foated dozen
feet above the earth and revealed the
British squares, shattered and stopped,
the ground in front of them red with
the fallen, the officers shouting and re-
forming their lines, while our own plow
lads, still as steady as the hills, were
reloading their rifles with swift and
steady hands.
We cavalrymen raised great shout
of approval, which the regulars on the
rise in front Of us took up and repeated.
A second volley was all that we had
asked from the militiamen, and it was
sure now. Even as our cheer was echo
ing it was delivered with all the cool
ness and deadly precision of the first
Again the British line reeled and stop
ped, but they were veterans, led by the
fiery Tarleton, and they came on third
time, only to meet the third of those
deadly volleys, which swept down their
front lines and blocked the way with
their own dead and dying
The battle is won already" shouted
Colonel Washington, land it's the
farmer boys Of South Carolina and
Georgia who have won iti''
Never did veteran troops show more
gallantry and tenacity than those same
farmer boys on that day. Two volleys
were all that were asked of them, yet
not merely once or twice, but many
times they poured in their deadly vol
leys at close range, again and again
hurting back the British veterans, who
doubled them in number and were sup
ported by artillery and many cavalry,
while we old soldiers in the two lines
behind stood silent, not a gun or sa-
Der raised, and watched their valor.
They retired at last, not broken, but
in perfect order and at the command of
Pickens,, that we who stood behind them
might have the chance to do our part Of
the days work.
The smoke hung low in clouds and
half hid either army, British and Amer
lean. A brilliant sun above pierced
through it in places and cleaned on
clumps of men, some fallen, some still
fighting. Shrieks and groans strove for
a place with the curses and shouts.
Again rose the British cheer from
the throats OF all those who stood, for,
the militiamen retiring before them,
they thought it was battle won, and
they charged with fresh courage and
vigor, pouring forward in red ava.
lanche. But the regulars, the steady
old Continentals, who now confronted
them, received them with another vol
ley, and more infantrymen fell down in
the Withered grass, more riderless horses
galloped away.
The battle had rolled step nearer to
us, but we cavairymen, who formed the
third line, were still silent and sat with
tight reins, while directly in front of us
rose a huge bank of flame and smoke in
which friend and enemy struggled and
fought Even Old Put, with his iron
nerves, fretted and pulled on the reins.
The long line Of the British overlap
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lt was the misty region between
night and day, but the scouts had come
in, telling us that the British would
soon be at hand, and by the time the
breakfast had been dispatched the rim
of the sun appeared in the east, and the
day was coming. Then the general
formed the line of battle, and each of us
took his appointed place.
On the first rise of the slope stood the
South Carolina and Georgia militia, the
raw troops, in a line about sixth of a
mile long, under the command of the
iron neryed Pickens. They were ex-
pected to give way before the charge of
the enemy, but Pickens was ordered to
hold them in line until they could de-
liver at least two volleys with the pre-
cision in firing which all these farmer
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WE STARTED ON OUR GREAT CURVE AROUND TARLEToN


fires, the camp became camp Of wild
men, whose faces the wavering light
nodded into whatever grotesque images
it chose.
We were but a little army, only 900
strong, but many of us had come great
distances and from places wide apart.
An arc of /, 900 miles would scarce cover
all our homes There were the militia,
South Carolinians and Georgians raw
troops, whom one can never trust; then
the little remnant of the brigade that
De Kalb had led on the fatal day of
Camden, splendid soldiers whose line
the whole British army could not break,
the survivors now eager to ayenge the
disgrace their brethren suffered on that
day; then the stanch Virginia troops.
that we knew would never fail, and near
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would come in few minutes.
Eleven hundred Of them and no raw
troops, said Colonel Washington. "We
know that exactly from our scouts
think our cavalry will have something
to do today
One officer, in the gayest of uniforms,
took to be the barbarian Tarleton, the
British leader whom we hated most Of
all, for, with all his soldierly qualities,
he was a barbarian, as most of his
brother British officers themselves say.
wanted to see the faces of those
farmer boys down there on the slope
who were to receive the first and fercest
rush Of the enemy and to check it.
knew that many of them were white to
the eyes but their backs were toward
me, and could not see
They don't appear to move." whis-
pered Patterson Their line looks as
firm as If it were made of iron" ("
Like untempered iron, guess, 2 ]
replied break like glass at the first
shot. /"
A bugle sounded in the front of the
British lines, and its notes, loud and
mellow, came to us, but from our ranks
rose only the heavy breathing and the
shutting of men and horses
The trumpet call was followed by a
eheer from more than a thousand
throats, and then the British rushed
upon us. The brass feldpieces on their
6anks opened with the thunder that be-
tokens the artillery, and mingled with
their roar were the rattle of the small
arms, the throb of the drums and the
clamorous hoof beats of their numerous
cavalry.
New Ulm review., 1901-08-14
CHAPTER XI.
THE BATTLE,

I was awakened in the morning by
the showing of Old Puts cold nose,
which said as plain as speech, Rise,
my master, and prepare for the ene-
my" Most Of the other men were up,
and the camp cooks had breakfast ready,
bread, meat and coffee. threw off my
blanket and began to eat with the 9TH
ers
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Id MrsINe AND PRospEers IN THE.

GOLD MINING AND PRosPEcTs IN THE
BLACK HILLS
is the title Of a most interesting pamph-
LET setting forth the opportunities for
gold mining in this very wonderful sec
ton ON the Northwestern Line. This
publication will be mailed free on re-
ceipt of two cents in postage by w. B.
Kniskern, G. ?. s. T. A., % Fifth Ave.
Chicago, I'll. 81
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1901-03-22
NOT LEGISLATIVE EXPENSES.

Chairman Arends of the senate COM
mittee on finance is complaining about
the payment of eX-Secretary Porter's
expense bills from the $4,000 appro-
priation for incidental expenses of the
legislature. The Legislature thought
it was economical wnen it passed a
bill appropriating only $50, 900 for in
cidental expenses, but the payment of
Mr.. Porter's bills for repairing and
fitting up the state house have been
paid from that fund. The Porter claims
paid as certified by Auditor Weston
amount to SIT, 867.9 SO and another claim
of $1,01S is for expenses incurred IN
der Mr.. Porter's direction. making a
greater part of the incidental expense
fund and another appropriation for in
cidental expenses will be necessary.
Mr.. Arends contends that the Porter
claims are clearly not expenses in
Cured by the legislature and should
not be charged to the present legisla-
ture.
1t is believed Governor Dietrich will
present a special message authorizing
the introduction Of another bill max
ing an appropriation for incidental eX-
penses of the legislature. In that
message he may point out the pay
ment of the Porter claims as the aus
for an additional appropriation and
the republican members will at least
have the satisfaction of seeing the
cause properly set down in the legis-
latiye records.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1901-03-22

state Capital Observations.
Expressions Cumulative for the Good of
Republican Supremacy.


In the house last week Speaker
Sears announced that he had appointed
Brown OF Furnas chairman of the ap-
portionment committee in place of
Brown of Otoe.
A reply was received from the Mar
quis of Lansdowne, chief secretary to
the king Of England. to the coincidence
of the house on the death of the queen.
as expressed in resolutions transmitted
to King Edward through Ambassador
Choate. These were spread on the
record.
The correspondence submitted to the
house is as follows:
American Embassy, London. Feb. q,
1901.-Jobn Wall, Esq, Chief Clerk
of House of Representatives, State of
Nebraska.-Sir: | have the honor to
acknowledge the receipt of yOur let
ter dated 28th ultimo, in which you
were good enough to transmit copies
of the resolutions of sympathy adopted
by the house of representatives of the
state of Nebraska upon the death OF
the late queen.
l lost no time in forwarding the res
olutions in question to the Marquis of
Lansdowne, his Britanic majesty's
principal secretary of state for foreign
affairs, and | now have the honor to
enclose herewith his lordship's reply,
stating that he laid them before the
king, and expressing his majesty's sir
cere thanks for the same. / have the
honor to be, sir, your obedient servant,
Joseph II. Choate.
The Marquis of LansdO.Hne to Mr..
ChCate, February %, 1901:
Foreign Office. Feb. %, 1901.-Your
Excellency: | have laid before the
king, my sovereign, the resolutions
which were adopted by the Legislature
of the state of Nebraska upon receiV-
ing the intelligence of the death of her
late majesty, Queen Victoria, empress
of India, and which were forwarded to
me in your ~excellency's note of the
10th instant.
| have been commanded by the king
to request your excellency to convey
his majesty's most sincere thanks for
these fresh proofs of sympathy which
has been shown to him and his royal
house throughout the United States of
America in the heavy loss which has
fallen OH them. | have the honor to
be, with the highest consideration,
your eX%ce1lency's most Obedient, hum
ole servant, LansdOWne.
His Exccllency, the Honorable JOS
eph H. Choate, etc.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1901-03-22
TO EVACUATE IN APRIL
American Troops Instructed to Withdraw
From China Next Month.
ONLY LEGATION GUARD REMAINS
Chanee and Entire Command 10 Go,
Leaving But OF Mcn-ThIs VIII Prac-
Troops.

WASHINGTON, March 16.-An or
der was sen TO General Chaffee today
for the evacuation of China by Amer
lean troops. leaving only a legation
guard of $50 men. The troops will be
removed from China the last OF April.
The dispatch to General Chaffee in
Pekin is as follows:
"Adjutant Generals Office, March 10.
-Chaffee, Pekin: In reply to your
telegram secretary of war directs you
complete arrangements to sail for Ma
Mia with your command and staff Off
GERS by the end of April, leaving as le-
CATION guard infantry company com
posed of $50 men having at least one
year to serve, or those intending To
r~e-enlist, with full complement of Off
GERS, medical officers, sufficient hospi-
tai corps men and, if you think best,
field officer especially qualified to com
mand guard. Retain and instruct
officer quartermaster's department to
proceed to erect necessary buildings
for guard according to plan and esti-
mates you approve. Colonel Charles
f. Humphrey on arrival will make an
inspection of Quartermaster's depart
ment, Philippine islands, until July l..
when he will be assigned to duty as
chief quartermaster at Manila and
Miller ordered to the United States.
All stores and supplies not required
for legation guard to be disposed of
in your best Judgment, of course.
Serviceable supplies needed in Philip
pine Stands will be sent to Manila. Di-
vision of the Philippines will furnish
supplies for legation guard. MacAr-
thur notified. CORBlN.'
1t was said at the war department
that this clears up the Chinese situa7
ton so far as the var department IS
concerned, as the protection of the le-
cation can in no sense be taken as an
occupation of Chinese territory, and
the guard cannot be used for any other
purpose.
The transports Sumner and ndian
will be sent to Taku to take the troops
in China to Manila. These troops con
sist of the Ninth infantry, fOur troops
of the Sixth cavalry and the light bal
terry formerly commanded by Captain
Kelley. Two transports will bring
away the LOO animals which have
been used by the army in China.
General Chaffee has advised the de-
partment that the best place of III
barkatiOn is Taku, which no dOubt
will be clear of ice on the date fixed
for departure.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1901-03-22
Waterfalls, Are Threatened.

A few attempts are being made to
lower the chignon, to bring the back
hair into a low coil. In full evening
toilette certain types of women, those
who are tall, wide of shoulder, and
having we'll formed, but small heads,
look their best coiffe in this manner.
And with a single large rose worn low
on the left, this style of hair dressing
is fairly ideal in grace. But folly
would it be for every woman to follow
this lead, as the majority of them lose
all cachet with their hair worn low on
the neck. Surely for day wear moth
ing could be devised so unbecoming,
as it is not difficult to recall the Lang
try days, and the untidy coils of hair
resting upon the necks of bodices.-
Vogue.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1901-03-22
so5.oOO 600 From Carnerie

PITTSBURG, March 16.-The dis
patch says Intimate friends of An
drew Carnegie say it is the intention
of the steel master to give at least
s25, 600, 900 for the erection of build
ings and for the endowment of the
proposed technical school for Pitts
burg. 1t is declared by those who have
talked with Mr.. Carnegie that he in
tends to make his school the finest of
its kind in the world and that it will
lend as much fame to Pittsburg on the
theoretical side of iron and steel max
ing as his famous works have done in
actual practice.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1901-03-22

a letter has been received in this
city from Fred Jewell, who with Mrs.
Jewell is spending a winters vacation
at San Diego. In the letter Mr.. Jewell
tells of a fishing trip enjoyed by him
sell, Mrs. Jewell and his brother, Wal
ter Jewell. After a good days sport
on the ocean in a chartered boat a
somewhat exciting experience befell
the party. When an attempt to start
home was made it was founu that the
engine of the boat would not work.
They drifted in short to within ten
miles OF port when the wind went
down. Finally the engine was again
started and the boat was taken to
within two miles of the shore. Then
the motive power failed again. The
captain anchored the boat. The party
was later rescued by an excursion
steamer.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1901-03-22
A RAILROAD BILL.

The members faVOring a reduction
in freight rates were successful in the
house recently and succeeded in get
ting favorable consideration in COM
255, reducing freights on staple COM
modities. This bill had been placed on
the general file by the Sitting commit
tee, but at the bottom of the list. When
in a previous effort to advance the
bill, a motion was made requesting the
sitting committee to report this bill,
there was coupled with this request
another that the sitting committee also
recommend the bill for a special order
for yesterday afternoon. The bill was
included in the first report of the sift-
ing committee. There were several
bills before it and in the regular order
of business the consideration would
have been deferred. The Sitting com
mittee refused to make the bill a Spe-
cial order but yesterday Tanner of
Nance proceeding on the theory that
the bill had been made a special order
moved it's immediate consideration.
The members did not see the trick
and acquiesced. The bill was consid-
cred without opposition, no member
making 4 speech against it. 1t is
known that the railroad lobby is
working against the measure and
many of them were active against it
yesterday morning. The bill makes a
reduction of from 10 to Is per cent and
repeats the old maximum rate law.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1901-03-22
LINCOLN. March IS.

LhINSoLS4N, NnulSh 10
Only a few more days before the
final adjournment and still the state
legislature has a senatorial fight on its
hands, and the prospect as dreary as
ever that a solution will come in time
to see the state represented in on
gress by two good republicans.
The balloting for the past week has
not been fruitful, and the changes were
few. and not worthy of consideration.
One result of the endeavor of the
past week will probably be the aban-
donment Of the present caucus rules
and the adoption of something differ
ent, or the doing away with the caucus
altogether, the releasing of members
from all pledges, and & 3o-as-you-
please for the wire.
The impression is gaining ground
that the point has been reached where
something must be done. There is no
denying the fact that the republican
majority is making itself the laughing
stock Of the people by the tactics it
has pursued, and a great many of the
rank and file are getting heartily sick
and tired of the fiaScO. Their argu-
ment is, and is a reasonable and logi-
cal one, that the party cannot afford
to continue longer to pursue the course
it has SO far followed, for it is recog-
nized that the people have put it back
into power in the state because dissat-
isted with the ~fusionists, and if the
party officials proceed to do nothing
but engage in a disgraceful scramble
for office while on trial, the people will
be led to the opinion that the re-
publican party is not a bit better than
the other fellows.
A great deal of bitterness has al
ready sprang up, and it is perhaps suf-
ficiently strong to last over to another
campaign. While it is hoped an annie
able solution may be reached, it is a
question whether it will or not.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1901-03-22
Fresh Air for Consumptfves,

The fresh air cure for consumption
is to be tried in Scotland. A specially
built house has been opened at Ban
chory, on Deeside, for the treatment of
consumption and other diseases of the
lungs. The institution is to be con
Quoted On the same principle as the
Nordach institution in Germany, and
months were spent in selecting a site
that will give the best air all the year
round. Banchory has a fine, dry, brac-
ing air, and its winters are mild COM
pared with the rest of the country.
The house is constructed to hold forty
patients, and it has thirty already.
The cost has been Ell, 900.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1901-03-22

Mr.. Meiklejohn was recently asked
about his retirement from his posi-
ton as assistant secretary of war. He
said:
THE president rendered me a reap
pointment as assistant secretary Of
war. On account of my senatorial
canvass it made it absolutely neces-
sary for me either to decline or aban-
don my canvass, a. the condition Of
public business in the department
made it imperative that my successor
should be appointed. l therefore con-
Guided to decline the appointment and
tender my resignation. The pressure
of the duties of the Office necessitates
the present of an assistant secretary
of war"
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1901-03-22
NEBRASKA ORATARS LOSE
Minnesota Defeats the University in a
Speaking Contest.

MINNEAPOLIS, Mimi. March 10
Minnesota won the oratOrical contest
held in the University chapel this
evening from the University of Ne
1raska, gaining first and third places.
Guy L. Caldwell was marked first by
the judges, W. E. Hannah OF Nebraska
second, L. H. Johnson of Minnesota
third and n. NJ. Graham Of Nebraska
fourth. The judges were DR.. Charles
NJ. Jordan and Rev. Marion ID. Shut
ter of Minneapolis and DR.. Bridgeman,
president of HamIine University. DR..
Frank McVey presided. Each orator
was given fifteen minutes for his ad-
dress.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1901-03-22
FIXED BAYONFTS IN FRONT
Russians Entrenched in DispGted Ter
rIfnrv

ritOry.
LONDON, March ia dispatch re
ceived here from Tien Tsin by Reu-
ter's Telegram company, dated from
that city today, at 3:2O a. m, says:
THE Russians are now entrenching
in the disputed territory. A company
of the Honk Kong regiment, with fixed
bayonets, is in front, while two com
panies of the Madras Pioneers, under
the command of Major Johnson, are
held in reserve.
Both the Russians and the British
are awaiting instructions from their
governments
TEN TSIN, March 16.-The British
and Russians are still dispUting over
the limits of railway property in the
Russian concession, and the guards Of
the two nations are in close proximity
to each other. The British ave been
strongly reinforced and trouble is i'm
minent unless the Russians retire.