The Savannah morning news., 1901-05-05
WHO ATE THE DOG?
The Captain Answers the Question
in an Interesting Communion ton

Editor Morning News: I want to assurs
my comrade and old friend, Sergt. BOYD.
that 1 indorse his sentiments in regard
to war. When he says Let US have
peace" 1 say amen with all my heart Il
agree with him that soldiers life such
as we went through, tends to demoraizaI
the man. AS he says about the boots,
there are "extenuating circumst anccs
which justify foraging, or footing, OIL
stealing, just as one desires to call II. Il
will give one instance in my own eX-
perience. When Hood retreated fromI
Nashville our brigade, under command oil
Col. Olmstead, was with Gen. Forres,,
opera ting against Murfreesboro Whenl
Hood retreated from Nashville Forrest
was ordered to march across the
country and meet the main army at Co.
lumbia, Tenn, that march over the dirt
reads of Tennessee in the midst of win
ter, through snow and slush with scanty
or hardly any rations, was one Of the
toughest any soldier ever experienced I'll
took a genius like Forrest to accomplish
it. Nearly all his cavalry horses were
carrying double, barefoot and foot-sOre
infantry men being mounted behind the
cavalry men. Well, we reached Columbia
at last l remember it was on Sunday
night. ] was weary, sore and hungry
Lieut.. John D. Hopkins CT Co. G. Zone ri
the purest men that ever lived, consist
ent, sanctified Christian gentleman andI
myself found quite a quantity of corn
scattered upon the ground, where some
cavalry command had camped, we raked
it up, parched and ate it to satisfy our
hunger. Now, if q fat porker had come
in our way, or chicken had been WITHIN
our reach, or any food we could navel
gotten, neither of us would have hesltated
to appropriate it. Necessity knows
no law" That was one time Cuddigan
war boys" were empty-he had no op-
portunity on that march to forage. In
reply to William Riley's assertion that
no member of Co. II would let all these
years pass without paying his score,
would say that Maj. Jim" would never
let us know what our proportion was
Your correspondent, go. F. attempts
to correct me in regard to the dog epr
sode. l don't stand corrected. / thlnh
know more about that affair than ne e'f
IDENTIFY does, and l am certain there di7
a number of my comrades in Savanna"
who will corroborate my version Oh '
affair, William Riley among the nunoe
There are DIR. Elicit, Fred Hail. JOS"
Bruyn, Geo. Quantock Al. Shellmah dH1
possibly, others, 1 think, will voucn ~
the assertion I make, that Gen snll'
was among the number that report sa"
ate the dog. Whenever he, or any OF '.9
provost guard put in an appearance lus.
would be growing and barking aII''7
the men, and the cry would go up W"
ate the dog" Gen. Smith and the PO
vost guard" would be the reply
Here is Cuddigan's version of the ah'I
as to how the provost guard got the insa'
which is different from GO.
count. Now, / am compelled to resa
Cuddigan as better authority thah
T." He said: Captain (there ! nave
vealed my identity, l ought to cross ua
captain out, but I'll let it go), you
some of the fellows" / interrupted ni'I
and said, You mean some OF Us
lows. Tom, don't your" He repIe
That's nayther here nor there (oul
hear Jim Brown of our company
there), well, the fellows was chaseu w.
night by a big yaller dog, and Wnal az
one of the fellows do but Kill 'hc w
Lets play thrick on the d--h P'O'
saws one and skin one of the legs a
let thin capture it. Good, says inc
and in no time one of the nina leea
that WALLER dog was skinned and uIe'
so that you could not tell II Irol" rt
leg of mutton, and put in pas' Ian
one of the fellows shouldered H. anu .,,r
by the quarters of the provost nla nan,
out like he was thrying to stale oS lam
thin seeing him, but they soon spl''
and, after him they TUX. ana awe! "a
ran throwing away the bag v" rbeI
know will sthop any provost "a
grabbed up the bag and let the lello"
for they had all they wanted. ,ong
Garsman, one of our own company,
me with his own lips, that the ma. -,
cooked and some of 1t stint to Cen 9'. .r
Now, this is Tom Cuddgan's s'o' Sr,r
this affair Garsman was detaHe' N
my company on the provost qua uoo
were then at Cheatham's Ferry ,t@b
with his army was marching 10 Ner
Vile: our brigade Smiths, former On,
cer's) had been left there to Ferry 't.n
the Tennessee river a large wage" x,sb
of army supplies and guard II 10 ~ ,s
Vile. our being there was lucky ,r,o4
for we escaped participation IN the ,t g
battle of Franklin in which opl ~. 10
("Pat" Cleburne's) was terribly cut N
Like my friend billie" l VIII s.sa,
name I'm full. I never knew what 'n e',.o
stood for I'm his name until these ear
wars Wm. r. was all he could a'
when we soldiered together. bul ~ bl
good fellow, ! love him. ana re vii
years NAV be many, and that Nv
continue to try and straishten s'
to his notion. James pee Ga
Late Captain Co. H, Ist VOL I'VE
CO. B., o. L. ].