The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-08-22
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Investigations Personal Notes.

ing from the rife pits The Confeder-
ates made a charge but were repuIsed-
Young Kite had part in the battle and
remembered firing lot Of times and
doing his best to stop the yelling Tebs-
Soon after the battle the captain came
TO him and asked him TO take q walk.
saying be had some news. The young
soldier was badly scared and first
thought Of terrible news from home, but
was assured by the captain that news
from home was impossible. The captain
led him of into the deep woods and no
/ toned him 10 a seat on 4 log. and then
the boy was sure he had done some dis
graceful thing in the fight, had let the
enemy run over the Army of the Cum
berland OF something Of the sort. But
the next minute he was three sizes too
large for his clothes, when the captain
said: One of the boys was killed and
another wounded. We've got TWO va
cancies and you can put the stripes On
your sleeves and wear them until we
get you some more" There was no pa
rade or newspaper eulogy about that
promotion. but the old soldier OF today
does not believe that any man ever felt
bigger than he did when he was made a
corporal on q log way down il TenRes-
see.
After the war Mr. Kite returned 10
J Ohio, but his wounds were against his
taking I'D farming. He entered a school
I Of telegraphy at Oberlin and graduated
in due course. lie went into the bust
( ness in Ohio and followed il for. many
/ years. He has been several years IN
/ the department and has made z good
( public servant
/ One fact in the life of Mr.. Kite was
given great deal of publicity q few
! years ago. IN 1919. when the California
/ gold excitement swept the country his
/ father joined the caravan in Ohio and
/ plunged into the great West The stir
4 ring events OF the next few years and
! the shifting scenes of the West caused
+ the gold seeker 10 lose the whereabouts
Of his family. While the war was rag
! ing the senior Kite was hunting gold
/ in the far West He finally got word
/ from Ohio that his wife and son and
daughter were all dead, wbereupoD he
! cut loose from everything in the East
and hunted wealth with industry little
/ short Of ferocity. Success finally came
/ TO him in Idaho. and he and q partner
were rich men They sold cut. bought
t another mine and became poor again
! Meanwhile he had been told that some
( of his people were stiIl living. and he
wrote a letter addressed 10 his old home
/ in Ohio. asking the postmaster 10 for
ward 10 any point where any Of his rcf-
atives might be The letter reached the
son. then q messenger in the AgricuI-
/ turaI Department here. and . CORES
/ pondeDce was opened. The two children
[ were still living and there was fam
/ lily reunion at the old home in Ohio.
( The father had been lost 70 his family
/ for nearly fifty years. He died about
year and a half ago.
Ct believe soldiers OF fortune are com
/ ing into fashion again" said War
! Department man the other day The
/ department had received information
/ that the London embassy had been
/ greatly beset by EngIishnen who had
/ been serving in the South African var,
+ and whose enlistments had expired. II
+ is said there have been huaSreds Of
/ disappoiutments among the men who
have applied at the embassy in the be-
/ lief that the United States needs a lar
/ ger number Of recruits and cannot get
/ them In this country $50 -z-r r--I
/ Mr.. James P. sanold. Of Alabama.
I was one Of the fortunate ones in the re-
( ent promotion season at the Treasury
/ Department He came IN as 3 clerk at
a small salary few years ago and is
( now at the head OF the list OF clerks in
( the Office OF the auditor for the Navy
! Department.
a Wisconsin man was talking at the
Treasury Department the other day of
politics. He says there was never more
anguish among the politicians - any
one State than there was when Il was
shown that George W Peck was elected
governor Of Wisconsin. Il had been q
good joke. but early in the campaign
I the Peck boom outgrew the joke proper
ton II was not thought he could be
elected. however. but ne was And ne
made a good governor Now, the Wis
consin man says. Peck is likely 10 Do
nominated again by the Democrats, and
he is also certain TO make a big race.
/ The Democrats nominated him as q Joke
and thought they would thereby suppress
him, but they did not have much fun
He not only got elected and cleaned
all the Republicans he could out OF The
Offices but he broke The cid hide-bound
ring OF safe House Democrats Peck
/ is very popular in Wisconsin. says the
Treasury clerk. and may be counted on
for attention every time he appears in
the prints or on the hastings.
II is likely several young men win
/ leave the Government Printing once
THIS fall for the Philippines TO enter the
printing Office being established by the
Government in Manila. Several appli-
cations are on fle, and every requisi-
sion for men At Manila VIII call out
plenty OF volunteers. At first the print
ers were slow about going but since
the first colony has commenced sending
back reports there IS q decided seuti-
meEt IN the ranks Of The adventurous.
and il viii result in considerable emf
grafton.
One Of the most pleasant and accom-
plished men in The Interior Department
is Judge David f. NayIor. financial
clerk He came into the department IN
der Secretary Hoke Smith He IS
talented man and a fine executive Of
fcer- he IS AIissourian.
The publication Of an item regarding
the destruction of the old Unitarian
church at Baraboo, Wis, causes Land
ONCE clerk to get his memory busy.
The church was pioneer Unitarian
Church IN the West and within its walls
we're heard some of The abIest men OF
the last century. II was founded By he
Rev IchabOd Codding, d great Pres cher.
who was pronounced by Chief Justice
Chase 10 be a greater oratoy than
Webster or Clay He was violent
aDoiitionist and had been mobbed IN
Illinois Samuel LongfelIcw. brother Of
the poet, used 10 preach there TWO