Sunday morning globe., 1901-08-25

were put In line and were on the move
at once, Sergeant Harris being selected
to take command Of the advanced
/ guard. We moved out at a double
quick to gain the usual space between
the advance and the head Of the col
umn without causing any delay. Ser
geant Harris and had no arms, 80 we
| pulled pickets from a farmers yard
fence.
The bridge across the river was a
| lCng covered structure. and a guard
was always stationed at the end next
TO the city. When we were near
enough he called Halt, who comes
there?"
"A party to church" was the reply.
| The man personating the commander
stepped to the front and was granted
| permission to pass his men.
On our arrival at the street In which
the office was located, we turned to the
right. When we came to the corner,
some one said, This is the place" and
turned and went upstairs. Sergeant
Harris directed the movements of the
advanced guard. He sent two men to
each of the three corners with orders
to prevent any interference from any
guard or police. He then took me, and
we crossed the street to the other cor
ner.
We had no sooner taken our posi-
tions than column Of men poured
into the building. The smashing Of
windows and n stream Of furniture,
books, paper, maps, and charts poured
out of every opening into the street.
The noise attracted the police, who
sounded the alarm. The first one that
arrived came directly to us. We were
standing with the pickets behind us.
He did not know that we were concern
ed. He asked us what was going on
over there. We promptly replied that
some soldiers were wrecking the Sen
tinel Office He started to go over, but
we told him that resistance would be
useless, and that we we're there to pre-.
vent any interference.
BY that time he was Joined by an
other c"cer. and many citizens were
conf .om every direction. The new
arrival insisted on making an effort
to stop the destruction of property, but
we told him that to attempt such a
thing would be faal to him. The two
officers walked off a short distance, and
while talking were Joined by another
officer, but they walked quietly away,
as was to be expected. They were no
doubt I'm sympathy with the soldiers
The work was OF but a few moments
duration, and the order was given to
fan in for camp. We moved of quick
ly, as we did not expect to escape the
provost guard as easily as we had es
| capped the police.
When about halfway to the river
! Sergeant Harris was informed that
| they had not found the type He said
! that was a very important point, and
| that it must be found and demolished.
| He thought It was at the steam print
/ ing press FIVE or six blocks farther in
the city, and we would go there and
! see.
At this time I made my first sug
gestion in the way Of directing the
movement Of a body Of men. l told
them 1t was necessary to send men
enough to the bridge to hold it, as 1t
was our only means Of escape. They
all recognized the wisdom Of the prop
osition and acted accordingly Thirty
men went with Sergeant Harris, and
! the others went to the bridge.
The sergeant called on the foreman
at the steam press, but he said the
Sentinel type was not there and he did
not know where the paper wss printed.
With no information, there was moth
ing to do but return to the camp. We
went to the street that leads directly
to the bridge, and while passing Oppo
site the State House we could see pa
troll guards, police and many others, on
the double quick, crossing the street,
going in the direction of the Sentinel
0dlga. Some stopped 10 look at us, but.
as we were marching in perfect order
they passed without any questions.
When we neared the bridge, a squad
with an officer in front double Quicked
down the other side of the street AS
we we're passing the guard at the end
Of the bridge they called out to him.
Have you seen anything unusual
here?'
mo" was the reply.
"Who are those men?"
"a church party, sir"
We had now joined our party who
had secreted themselves inside Of the
bridge, only few feet from the guard
AS we passed along, they fell in, and
we marched unmolested to camp.
When we arrived at the barracks the
boys produced many things, such as
books, maps, manuscripts, pens, and
other relics, which they had concealed
under their coats. / protested and ad-
yised them to burn those things, as
the raid was not intended for plunder
They did not heed my advice however.
Next day at 9 A. M. there was a ru-
NOR that the authorities were making
strenuous efforts to find the perpetra-
tors, and that we we're under suspi-
cion.
Many articles we're then thrown into
the fire and burned. The more valu-
able articles we're concealed under the
floor Of the barracks, and at II A. NJ,
regular officers call, the officers were
ordered to search their companies and
report the result.
When we fell in line, a sergeant
and two men we're ordered to search
for property belonging to the Sentinel
office. Nothing was found, and the re.
suit reported accordingly.
A special call was then made for |
the officers. Colonel Kautz gave them |
some instructions that we we're un-
able to learn until after retreat.
After the roll had been called the |
captain said that the colonel was anx-
ious to have a fine pipe that had been
taken from the Sentinel Office the night /
before If ne could get It, there would |
be no more effort to implicate the regl l
ment. Some one asked what Colonel /
KautZ's nine was doing in conner