The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-05-03

engaged to be married went at once to the
hospital and by her own wish and that of
the sisters and the rules of the institution.
became his wife.
The Massacre of June 18th" as il was
called. did not tend to allay the uneasines3
felt on all SIDES. General Fremont vas in
military command OF ST. Louis. and by
the middle OF August had placed the city
under martial law. with Major Justus Nc
Einstry as Provost Marshal. a condition
. that remained until the close OF the war in
the spring of 1855.
OATH OF ALLEGIANCE.
Many were the letters imposed by martial
law in ST. Louis. BY its Glctum one might
be accused of almost any offense. One of
the greatest inconvenience endured was
the necessity of procuring from the Provost
Marshal passes before leaving. or entering.
the city limits. Another was the e~xacting
OF an cath OF allegiance to the Govern
ment.
II did not require even a suspicion OF
sympathy with the enemy" to cause the
step, On general principles all good citi-
! zers' were expected 10 take the oath. and
were served with official notice to appear
at the Provost Marshai's office at a stated
time and do so. Such a notice was served
on the officers and employees of the Mer-
camille Library Association. Mr.. John A.
B-ownlee. president of the newly appointed
board of police commissioners. was ar
rested and imprisoned ct the Arsenal on
| suspicion of disloyalty. Mr.. Brownlee died
soon after his release.
Doctor McDoweis property on Eighth and
Gratiot streets. college and residence. had
been taken possession Of. .'contiscated.' l
believe. and turned into a military prison
with a guard of soldiers patrolling all
about. The house on the northeast corner
Of Fifth and Myrtle had been put to a
like use. and similarly guarded. Men from
all over Missouri captured often while on
, their way South: Confederate soldiers taken
in battle. brought in as prisoners of wal to
await exchange, were all consigned to these
two prisons
There room had to be made for the "sus-
pected citizens from everywhere. political
prisoners. they wete called. But all were
eventually sent out of st. Louis to make
room for r:ore to come. sent to the Alton
Military Prison formerly the State Peni-
tgntiary). to Camp Chase near ..
The McCreery building. southwest corner
OF Fifth and Chestnut streets. had been
turned into a military hospital, and was
| filled most OF the time with sick and
wounded Confederate prisoners and Federal
; s~olcicrs. 1 think Sursean General Mills
was in charge OF the McCreery Hospital in
the beginning.
WORE CONFEDERATE COLORS.
l know Doctor John T. Hodgen and Doc
| lAI ~. ,. liz NtAC VI lst -iNN'N"' sN@"
During all this time the ladies Of st. Louis
were much in evidence.
! They carried to the prisons and to the
! hospital all in the way of food and clothing
allowed. But as the war grew, the teei-
ing grew, and some of the ladies were quite
pronounced in their views and acts, es-
pecially the younger ones. Many, many
were there in st. Louis who had some one
in the Confederate Army. Red, white and
. rcd were the Southern colors. The ladies'
: delighted to wear just inside their bonnets
three large roses. n white one in the cen
! ter. a red on each side, red. white anu
red" No matter how else they might De
B attired. the bonnet thus adorned must be
worn. >
| 1t was also the custom TO line dark wraps
Of all kinds with bright red. the wind was
so apt TO flap the cloak back and forth: or.
perhaps. the turn OF a deft hand might DO
so When a woman wills. she WILL Miss
Augustine Chouteau, who lived then on
Eighth street. near the Mcdowell College
prison, wore a long black cloak lined with
the very brightest red TO DE found.
In the afternoons, the prisoners were al
lowed to congregate for awhile on the
porch of that part of the prison that had
been Doctor McDowel's residence. 1t was a
cueer-looking place, house and college. In
tie DAYS when Doctor Mcdowell was a
good Wing. and the Democratic papers
wanted to be funny at his expense, they
spoke of the octagon-shaped college. with
It's sloping roof, as McDoweps pepper
Box"
The home adjoining. on the northwest
corner Of Eighth and Gratiot. had its porch
inclosed in a kind of outside wall with
openings, and here it was the prisoners
could be seen in the afternoons. That was
the time for the ladies to pass by, display
ing their colors.
GENERAL ORDER" ISSUED.
OF course. it would be childish for the
authorities to issue orders against any ar
ticle of dress worn by ladies, but it was
conduct that gave laid and comfort to the
enemy" and. therefore, had to be looked
I after. Accordingly, "a general order" was
issued and printed in the daily papers that
read. Reports that carriages bearing the
enemy's flag are in the habit Of driving
in the vicinity of McDowel's College Prison,
the commanding officer Of the guard Is IN
structed to seize any such vehicle. horses.
harness, and confiscate ALL" Supplemental
to this was an order for the arrest and I'M
priscnment of certain women" VINO were
in the habit of approaching the same vi
cinity and waving hostile flags for the pur-
pose of insulting our troops" Any vehicle
found anywhere with hostile flags was 10
be confiscated; any person seen with one 10
be imprisoned. Now. while there may have
been at that time in st. Louis Confederate
flags, secretly treasured. in the length ana
breath of the city, there dwelt no one. not
a woman, nor man. Of sufficient temerity TO
show one in public.
! SO tha order was clearly aimed at the
flowers in the ladies' bonnets, and the red
lining in their cloaks. Occasionally some
defiant spirit passed beyond the reach OF
the guard. Captain Griffin Frost. in his
prison Journal tells of a young lady
who passed McDoweis College Prison, max
ing some demonstration of sympathy for
the prisoners as she went. The captain oil
the guard sought to halt the young woman
who did not tarry. but as she passed an
sired.
Her audacity SO overpowered the cap
tain the lady was gone before he recov'
cred from the shock that left him in no
gentle mood for the next onslaught. ALONG
came a good natured Irishman who Thought
he could not do better than give a nod to
the prisoners.
PROVOST MARSHAL'S GUARD.
This SO annoyed the aforesaid captain
that he stopped the man and told him OF
several things he was liable to do. With
a very natural expression of face. Pat an,
swered. Sure I was only settling me hat or
me head" Miss Annie Arnot. now Mrs. NJ. j
Murphy, was at one of the theaters one
evening with Mr.. Murphy. Miss Arnot had
some red, white and red adornment about
her dress. to which her attention was called
by one of the ushers of the theater. Find.
ing he could gain no satisfaction from thu
young lady. the usher withdrew. and the
matter was ''amicably adjusted through
the manager of the theater.
But in this theater, as in all public gath,
erings, there was a Provost Marshal's
-,,,3 80 lpsy- which accounted s1r.L