Omaha daily bee., 1902-05-26

to the colonel Of the regiment, and when
I entered / found him in a black humor.
'Masterman,' said he, what is this I
hear about you failing to obey orders? Do
you know the penalty Of that ofenseT
Il told him that ! didn't know the pen
atty and didn't know when / had failed to
obey orders. In a laundering voice he
called my attention to the fact that / had
failed to salute royalty when / was on
guard. / admitted my mistake and he said
Now. my boy, what would you think II
/ would enforce the rules in this case and
give you a hundred stripes on your bare
back? 1t would be a bad thing for a
young man like you, but I would certainly
do II II someone who outranks me hadn't
ordered otherwise and then he showed me
a note signed Victoria. R.. which said:
The colonel OF the regiment will not
punish the boy Masterman for failing to
salute, as under the circumstances 1t was
excusable.'
THE note was all that saved ne from
punishment, but the caution was enough
and thereafter when / was on guard at
the main entrance Of the palace I saluted
everyone who passed and would not be
surprised IL there were not chimney sweeps
and footmen who could for years recall a
~ SoANNc ASNSAfOa AAOm q 6nGIa dA
Windsor"
Mr.. Masterman had two sons in the civil
war at the time he served, one in the same
regiment with himself. For twenty-seven
years he has been chaplain Of Farragut
post at Lincoln and says:
In that position I have assisted at the
burial Of lie veterans Of the civil war and
not one Of them was within ten years OF
as old as l was at the time Of the funeral"
Another person of more than passing
interest in the encampment Is the new
senior vice commander. S. s. Peters Of
Beatrice. Mr.. Peters served fourteen years
in the army. having enlisted In the regular
army st the close OF a ninety-day enlist
ment early in the war when be went out
with the Second Ohio volunteers as a drum
mer. While not the youngest man AZ the
reunion he was the youngest to serve dur
ing the entire war, being So years old at
this time.
When the ninety-day men were mustered
out he Joined the Sixth Omitted States cavalry,
the regiment in which Major General Adna
R. Chaffee enlisted at the same time. They
were not in the same company, but were
thrown together considerably while General
Chaffee was a private and became very we'll
aN0uAihteo' ueheTal wade, VINO now holoe
a position subordinate to General Chanee,
was an ofhcer in the regiment, and was
looked upon as one who would advance rap
idly as he was a son OF Ben Wade, the
famous Ohio congressman. Wade was a
good soldier" said Mr.. Peters" and never
received anything TO which he was not en-
titled after he got his start. but there was
never q soldier like Chanee. Look at him
now. He has served in every position in
the army, commissioned and noncommis-
stoned, and has filled every place with
honor 10 himself and advantage TO the serv-
ice. He had no pull Of any sort, but was
always the right man in the right place
The last I saw Of hin he was = private
In Company D, but soon after / left the
Sixth and entered another regiment he was
promoted and / have watched his course
since with interest"
Al the close Of the civil var Mr.. Peters
fought Indians In the wesf for ten years
and then became q newspaper reporter.
doing work on the Ohio State Journal and
other Ohio papers. He is now city editor
OF the Beatrice Express.
Omaha probably supplied to the snesmp-
ment the only dead man Of the aceasion