Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-06-28

the matter. That afternoon the -ykole
division was ordered out on driu and
the quarters searched for the missing
-four, but not a barrel was found, al
though our captain knew what was in
the clay hoIe."-Chicago Inter Ocean.
A Brave Drummer Boy.
Among the visitors in Dallas during
the reunion was Lieut.-Col. John L.
Glenn, deputy quartermaster general
u. S. A, now stationed at San Anto-
MO. Tex.
Col Glenn is the youngest and per-
haps the bravest soldier who served
on the Union side during the civil war.
He feared nothing and earned marked
distinction in all the battles in which
he served, but principally so at Shiloh
and Chickamauga
In 1861, when only years old, he
strove for admission to the Third Ohio
regiment, but was rejected on account
of his youth. While the regiment was
on its way to the front he installed
himself on the train and when it ar
rived in Cincinnati rendered his serv-
ices to the Twenty-third Michigan, in
which he was enrolled as a drummer
boy. Many were his experiences in
the battlefield. His drum was smashed
at Shiloh, when the Union forces were
wavering, he beat the long roll in front
of the enemy, rallying the Union
army.
At Chickamauga when the Union
troops had fallen back, leaving a bri-
gade behind to guard the position, his
regiment was among those composing
that brigade. They were surrounded
by Confederates and a colonel in gray
uniform and on horseback dashed for
ward and commanded the little fellow
to surrender. For answer Johnny
seized musket from a fallen comrade
and shot the colonel from his horse.
For this act he was promoted to the
rank of sergeant by Gen. Thomas. The
drummer boy thought he deserved bet
ter. and, turning to the general, in
quired: "Is that all you are going to
do for me?"
At Chickamauga three bullets
pierced his cap.
In 1871 President Grant honored
him with a commission as second lieu
tenant. He was graduated from the
artillery school at Fortress Monroe In
1874 and subsequently by appointment
by the Secretary of War became mill
tary instructor at the Galesburg Uni
verSity.
In 1895 he was made a major and
quartermaster and more recently was
made 1ieutenant-colonel and deputy
quartermaster general.
Appomattox Inkstand.
One of the most priced relics OF
the civil war in possession of the state
of Colorado is the inkstand used at
| Appomattox, Va, on April 9, 1865, on
! the occasion of Lees surrender to
| Grant.
In fact, it is claimed to be the identi-
| cal inkwell from which the ink was
| taken by the pen that signed the arti-
| cles of surrender. Though the article
| has been in this state for more than
| twenty-five years it appears that the
! fact has only recently been discovered
| by civil war relic hunters. Many eff
| forts have been made to get posses
sion of It, and one offer of $1,000 was
made by a Philadelphia man to Cecil
| A. Deane, curator of the war museum
at the capitol, if he would use his in
| fiuence to have the state part with the
| inkstand.
Col. Deane, however, refuses to lis
ten to any propositions looking to Its
removal from the capitol. The ink
stand was presented to Col. Deane in
1874 by John L. Sheridan, receiver of
the land Office at Fairplay. Col. Sheri-
dan was a broLner of the late Philip
H Sheridan, who brought it from Nc
| Lean house to his home at Somerset
| Ohio, just after the close of the war
Mclean house, at Appomattox, is
where the articles of capitulation were
| drawn up and signed This old
southern mansion is still standing.
New Soldiers Monument
The soldiers monument presented
| by Cyrus H. Lothrop has been accept
ed by the city council and will re 90
Gated on the east side of Taunton
| green, Mass.
The monument, which is practically
completed, is of Westerly granite, and
from the base to the top of the statue
surmounting it will be about twenty
six feet in night
The monument consists of thre7
bases. die cap and plinth, and is sur
mounted by the ngure of an infantry
man standing at parade rest. The
figure is seven feet high. The bottom
base is seven feet square, and with
the second base is plain On three
sides of the third base are the words
Army" Navy, "1S61-1S65," in rails
ed letters while on the fourth is q
polished panel containing the donors
| mama and fhe date of fhe aroofion ~,