Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-10-18

the breastworks awaiting the explO-
sion, and there talked 10 the men about
as follows:
You men have a dead certainty in
this thing. If you are wounded, the
government VIII give You a liberal
pension; if killed. they will take care
of your family, and the Lord viii open
the gates of heaven to you. Your
names VIII be held in honor by every
one"
One irreverent chap. who knew that
the chaplain was awfully afraid of bull
lets. blurted out:
Say. Mr.. Preacher. if the prospect
is so bright for us fellows-fame. hon
or, money and pensions In this world,
and a certainty of heaven if we get
killed-don't YOU want to change places
with me? got $500 bounty, and will
give you every dollar of it to take my
place in this one fight
The chap was not that kind of a cat
and declined with thanks.-Drad
Buffers Amnesty Proclamation.
Gen. Ben Butler" said a Maine vet
cran, was shifty critter. When we
lay on the Bermuda and north of the
James river in 1864, Butler issued 4
proclamation offering to every rebel
who would desert and come into our
lines SO for his gun and accouterments.
and free transportation 10 PHILADELPHIA
At that place ii was promised the rebs
would hA civ a., a.
puartcrmaster's department, the rate of
| pay TO be Onc-half the pay of loyal en-
| llloyeS. However. they were to he
given the advantage of rations and to
| he furnished quarters in barracks. This
| in measure equalized the compensa-
ton and at the same time insured such
| surveillance as might be deemed ad-
| NiSahlc
These proclamations were printed on
! slips of tissue paper one inch wide by
| four inches long. with a hole punched
| in one end. They We're then fastened
into bundles of 100 each and SO secured
as 10 be loosened when desired. At
different points on our lines were erect
| ed towers of observation. One was
located near the Appomattox. below
! Petersburg. and another Mt Crows Nest
| near the Howlct house battery on the
James ut Dutch Gap. From these low
! erS we We're able TO look over into the
| rebel lines and observe the effect Of our
heavy guns
| When the wind was favorable our
| expert Kite tlyers stationed on these
! towers. would send out kites over the
rebel lines 10 the tails of which were
attached bundles of Buffers proclama-
iion of amnesty. When the kites were
over ana inside the rebel lines. the Cd
orators would by means of n thread
release the bits of tissue paper and
| they would he carried 10y the wind and
distributed all through the rebel camps
The Johnnics would try to shoot the
Kites, and when we had distributed the
prOclamatlons our boys would either
abandon the kite or pull IT. back within
our lines.
at was a sight to see the Johunies
scamper after the flying strips of pa
per In one instance on the line nortl
Of the James, one fun company of d
North Carolina regiment marched into
our lines and the remainder of the eel
ment deserted to such an extent TINT
the command was sent 10 another posi-
ton. Most Of the men who came ia
us IN this way had families along The
coast within our lines. Some Of them
told me that they had not heard from
wives and children for two years. /
have never seen any statement giving
the number Of rebels who awaited hem
selves Of Gen. Buffers offer but |
heard II asserted nj headquarters Of
the army Of the James that the mum.
Der exceeded 5000" Chicago Inter
! Ocean.