Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-08-21

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That fel,olC has the Gift Of prophecy,
said the judge.
lent soldier as he supervised the order
" movement of his two battalions
aboard ship. Five years ago he said
to me the war would come and when
1t came he'd 80 in at the head of reg
iment, not the tail of n battery. Here
he is! Pity they only called for eight
companies from our state. I'd like to
see him full colonel"
The general smiled, his kind brown
eyes softening as they continued their
steady gaze at Langdon. "He deserves
1t all, judge. There hasn't been bet
ter regimental commander in the whole
corps so far. There are men who were
his prosecutors at Pawnee who would
be glad to be in his shoes today
where is that fellow Nathan, by the
way:' asked the kentuckian impul-
sively.
The generals smile broadened a bit,
his eyes twlnkllng. 1t was not his
wont to speak Ill of any man, yet who
In the old regiment had not heard how
Nathan had striven for staff position
In the volunteers and totally failed?
The editorial upbraiders of the admin.
istration, because it had frequently to
say yes to certain opportunities, had
no Iuea now many tnousanuslImes,r ne
sorely bothered secretary and adjutant
general had determinedly. said.no. In
all probability they would only have
been the more roundly abused had It
been known. Nathan's pulp with the
Seattle was still there, but the presi-
dent wouldn't listen to outside pleas
for the promotion of regulars when the
department shook Its head. Before he
could succeed in any of his schemes
Nathan had found himself ordered
aboard ship with his battery, now
serving afoot as one of four companies
of "red legged infantry" and away
they went across the seas when the
gold leaves of the majority were al
most dangling before his eyes. Senior
of his grade in the regiment, Nathan
was not even trusted with the COM
maud of u battalion, and when not ac-
tually Frustrated by seasickness his
waking hours aboard ship 'twixt the
Faraliones and Honolulu were given
over to the writing of urgent letters to
friends and kindred and certain state
officials, calling on them to see to 1t
that he was appointed to the colonelcy
of one Of the volunteer regiments being
raised on the Pacific coast, for that
could be done by q governor whether
the war department liked it or not and
might insure his being ordered back to
San Francisco. The list of casualties
among the officers of the regulars at
San Juan Fill came just in time to put
him out of all conceit with the idea Of
heading a company in an attack on
the walls of Manila, still bristling with
Spanish Mausers. Everything toward
securing that appointment man could
do in the few days left him before put
ting to sea Nathan had conscientiously
done, leaving to his lieutenant the duty
of preparing the battery for the voyage
and the possible campaign.
There was no cable to Honolulu, but
there the flotilla had to stop four days
Sfor coal, and while there the O. and o.
liner came after them with letters.
"All WELL" wrote Mrs. Nathan's kins-
folk. Eve have the governors posi-
tive promise that you shall be made
lieutenant colonel at least, but we've
had to buy Off Bent, to whom 1t was
promised, and to touch q dozen other
fellows. We cannot buy off the colo
mel. Arrange to wait ten days at Hon
olulu, and the commission and order
will reach YOU" Nathan knew that the
corps commander would be along with
in that time ard that he would never
approve his detachment to the COM
mand Of volunteers. Moreover, every
officer and man might be needed for
the fight at Manila. To appeal to the
battalion commander or to Melville,
the general at the head of the expedi-
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