The National tribune., 1903-10-15

Hot Council Of WAr-Building the Dams
and Saving tho Gunboat FIotilla.
"Shaw, dat means nothings," said Gen.
Stone, daking de orders vrom his chief,
and studying it dat man is quite ca
pable of forging such thing, baper. He
is smart enough, and then to come in here,
and pretend all sorts of things to where
he has peen, and how he has got it"
"If dey hat all gone after Steele, series
him right" said
1T vas a great gathering dat morning
in Gen. Parks headquarters" said Rosen-
baum. resuming his story the next evening
after supper. "Dere vas Admiral Porter,
plack-pearded, black-haired, NIT eyes like
Goals Of fire. who smoked, and said little
only to cuss. Gen. Parks vas very bolite
and genial, and always seemed to pc either
canvassing voters or making a stump
speech. He vas short man, but he gar
ried himself as il he thought he vas SET
fen veet high. Gen. Franlin vas large.
dignifed and very military. He and Old
A. j. didn't like ono another little pit.
and Old A. ]. didn't take any pains to
hide his feelings. Franklin thought Old
A. J. vas a Wild, rough-and-tumble Yes
terner, who didn't know much apout real
var, while Old A. J. vas certain dat
Franklin vas a stuck-up Engineer officer,
who might do veil enough NIT slate and
pencil, but had no pizness to pc out NIT
men in dc open air, where real vighting
vas going on mitout regard to blans and
specifications. Somehow dey all--includ-
ing Parks himself-choined in hating Gen.
Chas. p. Stone, Parks Chief of Staff.
Just Why 1 neffer could understand. Stone
vas an elegant chentleman. and l always
thought a good soldier He had gradu-
ated nit honors vrom Vest Boint, and dis
tnguished himself in Mexico but de men
apout him neffer would like him. He
seemed cold as an icicle, and had dat bre-
else, bloodless way apout him dat de ed
ucated Yankees used to think dey had to
put on. When he vas in de Army of de
Potomac dey all got down on him, and
wanted to shoot him, but vinally sent him
to Fort Warren, where dey kept him a
year in brison, and den. mitout any trial
or explanation, let him out. and sent him
down to de Gulf as Parks Chief of Staff
| welt sorry vor him. He always dreated
me veil in his frosty way, and seemed only
anxious to do exactly right Dere we're
blenty of reasons Why Parks should hate
Franklin, and Franklin hate Parks, and
dat both should hate Admiral Porter, and
Porter should despise de ground on which
dey poth walked. In fact, nopody seemed
to like one another, except Old A. j. and
Admiral Porter, who we're like prothers,
and agreed most in hating de rest. But
Why dey should all gift de hot end of de
poker to Gen. Stone | nelfer could under
stand
That's the same Gen C. P. Stone that
| they held responsible for the Balls Bluff
disaster, was MT it?" inquired 81.
Yes, indeed But everybody said he
vas very gallant man, and stayed rigb;
py de poys in de fights at Sabine Cross
Roads, Pleasant Grove and Pleasant Hill,
and gif all de orders dat vas giffen, though
dey did plane him for some Of desc and
| especially for de way de army vent into
patte nit de wagon trains in vront."
mighty bad malta cement that, / should
say" commented Shorty. "Old Sherman
would have simply taken the head off
anybody doing such a thing in our army"
"All de same, it is not good thing in
any army to hav haf de Commanding
Cheneral and all de Corps and Division
Chenerals looking down der noses effery
time de Chief OF Staff is mentioned and
only speaking to him officially and in de
most military language"
"'Veli, Cheneral,' said Gen. Parks to
Gen. Franklin, in tone Of trying to gil
| little sociability to the meeting, you say
your Chief Engineer, Col. Bailey, has a
ban for getting the gunpoats Offer de rap
ids. Dat will interest us all, more bar
| ticularIy Admiral Porter.