The National tribune., 1902-02-27

men, appropriately armed, and attached
to each brigade, to be used only as cav
airy, and with the battery of three-inch
Parrots and the train of mountain howit-
Zers, which we called the 'bull-pups,' we
could have met almost any contingency in
our peculiar mode of warfare. The ease
and rapidity with which our simple drill
was learned, and the expedition with
which it enabled all movements to be ac-
complished were its chief recommended
tiuns / have seen the division, when
numbering over 5000 men, and stretched
out in column, thrown into line of battle
in 80 minutes. Regular cavalry can, no
doubt. form with much more dispatch.
''The weapon which was always pre-
ferred by the officers S.:d men was the
rifle known as the medium Enfield The
short Enfield was very convenient to
carry, but was deficient in length of range
and accuracy. The long Enfield was un-
wieldy either to carry or to use, as some
times became necessary, on horseback.
Nearly every man carried two large re-
volyers.
THE "BULL-PUPs."
at is unnecessary to describe gun 50
well known as the little mountain how
itzer, but it may be as well to say that
no gun was so well adapted in all respects
to the wants OF cavalry as were those lit
tie guns. With a large command it was
always well enough to have two or four
pieces of longer range and yet of light
draught, such as the three-inch Parrot,
but if I were required to dispense with
one or the other / would retain the little
howitzer. With a good supply of ammu-
milton in the limbers, they could be drawn
by two horses over any kind Of road.
They can go over ravines, up hills, through
thickets, almost anywhere, in short, that
horseman can go: they can be taken,
without attracting attention, in as close
proximity to the enemy as two horsemen
can go; they throw a shell with accuracy
800 yards, quite as far as is generally
necessary in cavalry fighting: they throw
grape and canister 200 and 300 yards as
effectively as a 12-pOnnder; they can be
carried by hand right along with the line,
and as close to the enemy as the line goes,
and they make a great deal more noise,
and noise is sometimes desirable, than
one would suppose from their size and
appearance. If the carriages are well
made, they can stand very hard service,
and, if injured, they are easily repaired.
The little howitzers, the 'bull-pups,' as
they were familiarly and affectionately
called, were immensely popular, and were
loudly cheered, receiving an ovation when
ever they appeared in a fight. The bull
pups always accompanied the I'd KY,
the Old Regulars.
CHANGE OF PRISONS AND EXCHANGE.
Continuing the preface to my story,
Following Duke" / must make retro
grade movement" and go back to the
Ohio Pcnitentiary, where Morgan and his
six officers, escaping, had left the others
in "durance vile" In this narrative il
is necessary for me to get Duke back to
Dixie in time to take command of the
| Regulars" Immediately after the killing
of Morgan. / shall let Gen. Duke tell
how he ''got there" The reader will bear
in mind that Morgan escaped Nov. 26,
| 1853.
| "In February I was removed. at the so
| lcitation of friends, to Camp Chase Hav-
| ing made no application for this removal
nor having heard that one had been made
| in my behalf, | was surprised when the
order for it came, and still more sur
prised when l learned at Camp Chase
that | was to be paroled. / was permitted
to go freely where l pleased within the
| limits Of the camp, excellent quarters
were assigned me, and my condition was
in all respects as comfortable as that OF
the officers on duty there. Col. Richard.
son, the cOmmandant, was veteran OF
the Army of the Potomac, and had &C
cepted the charge of the prison after he
| had been disabled by wounds. II the
| treatment which | received at his hands
was fair sample of his conduct towards
prisoners generally, il is certain that none
could rightfully complain of him, and il
would have been a fortunate thing if just
such men as Col. Richardson had been
selected on both sides, to be placed over
those whose condition depended so entire
| iy upon the will and disposition of the
lofficers in charge of them. Finding that