Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1902-03-21
SOLDIERS STORIES.
ENTERTAINING "REMINISCENCES
OF THE WAR.

l IN En- ! AtNtN0 "REMINISCENCES
OF THE WAR.
Graphic Account Of Stirring Scenes
Witnessed on the Battlefield and In
Camp-veterans Of the Rebellion Re.
cite Experiences Of Thrilling Nature.
mo storles." said the Doctor, "give
the men who served in the ranks more
comfort than those in which high pri-
Yates i'll he rear rank came in conflict
with colonies and brigadier OF major
generals. know a fellow who to this
day r~ejoices over the fact that he had
Il tilt with General Nelson and got off
with u sword spanking. My old friend.
Judge Blume, can tell you of another
who was padded with Il sword by Cen
eral ROsecrans and boasts of it.
lin another case an orderly sergeant.
who went to his %colonel'sY ten to pro,
test against the punishment of one OF,
his men by NJ officer outside his conls
pany. and who was peremptorily o1l
dered to his quarters. said, Take of
your shoulder straps for five minuteHss
colonel. and let us discuss this question:
man to man. The colonel. misundelE
standing the remark, flung Off his coat
In wrath. and striding up to the seras
geant, Numbered: What do you mearfSS
sir? That am afraid of you or any
living man? BY all that's good, young.
man, l will throw you OUT J
~ don't mean anything OF the kind, I
replied the sergeant. What l wanted
TO say to you. with all due respect for.
your rank and courage. is tMkkEa5he man
put in the guardhouse by thistsSsslli
steamboat captain and treated nosEEx3&Ess
ter than a roustabout or descrter, Is "
gentleman born and bred; is IL South
arn boy who left his own people to fol-
low me into the Union army to do his
full duty for the sake of the old flag;
and l wanted to say that you and l. in
The absence of our captain, who was:
captured yesterday, are poor, miserabN
owards if we permit an officer Of. M
other regiment to unjustly punisisSone
Of our truest and best men.
"'That's what l wanted to say. and,
by George, l have said it, concluded
the sergeant, and what are you going
to do about it| For a miu1tes the COL
onel glared, and then putting on his
coat. said, 4 will go with you andswe
will have that man Out in ten MIN
utes.' and lie vas as good as his world
Months after that, l saw that sergeant
and his Southern prstege leave a re-
treating line of battlelia and run back in
the very face of the ehemy to drag the
colonel from under a FALLEN horse and
Eight their way back tdstIsir own line.
For Il time, the colonsl. stunned by
ais fall, took no part in thesiaeleS Then
he caught up n musket and str1saaAaux
as %viciously as his rescuers. and Vie
three made what the boys calledGa
beautiful running fight. IL dozen of til
sergeant's company running back Il
BRING them in. When they reached our!
sorely. pressed line the colonel seemed
20 forget that he was in command and
ought among the men as oiesaf them.
Until the sergeant, shaking hini.d H0id,
Remember your shoulder straps, mA,
remember your rank The colonel took
his in high dudgeon. but, finally, NUS
set in hand, took command. reformed
his regiment, and took a position fro
which he was not driven" N
ION the march to the sea-" said lie
Major, when the Twentieth al&hy
corps was in the vicinity of Milledse-
vile, Ga, and our division commander,
Il Ennnrnl Tp1,p w" (soor,, o,,J an. 1>W6-i
ade commander, General George s.
Greene, were riding together, an Incl
dent occurred that both remembered
for q good many years. AS the two
generals, their staff officers, and escorts
We're passing Il house an alert Irislman
bclted out Of the front door with three
chickens strapped to his knarsack and
a many-coiored patchwork silk quilt
thrown across his arm.
"He was pursued by a young but
matronly looking woman, bcwailing the
loss of her silk quilt. Spying General
Geary. the woman ran to him and ash.
ed his interference to save her quill.
The general %dismountcd quickly, grab.
bed the Irishman by the shoulder
turned him about In n rough manner.N
and said: Here. my man. return that
truck The Irishman dropped the
truck and said: III you were not a
general l would like to see you rob me-,
"Thereupon the general dropped his
dignity. made a ruslAsf for the freshman,
the latter, to the acknowledgment of all the
staff officers. unslingingsA5 knapsack
and peeling for a fight. IifTs$ he mean
time the general was cutting Mhssas lie
would a schoolboy. He had no tfYSscht
of resistance, when the Irishman BIZ
ed off like q a,llygoat. made a run ana
a jump. and delivered a blow squarely
on the generals left jaw. Taken u,,-
awares. the gencraSsfeil dragging. his
assailant down with sp. The latter.
carried away by the spNh of battle
was striking at the generafe Ger the
manner of a trained pugilist. wfeSthe
staff came to the rescue. When
were on their feet, General Geary exS
tended his hand to the pugilistic private
and said with a grim smile. Il guess Won
got the best of it,
1.-THE Irishman replied. Faith. gen.
eral, honcrs are aisy~ but 1 think T
ought to have my quilt The general
told him to rejoin his regiment and
be caught in any more scraps like
the II in which he had just been in.
dulging. 1T is meself tAat will ohev