The Columbus journal., 1903-08-19
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The Man Who Tried - Please.
Once on . time there was q man Who
never made mistakes.
And all the people stared at him and said.
For PHYS oakes.
1t must be sery nice to And ones life
TO Be % very proper that you never can
90 wrong"
But soon he srew % lonely that he knew
not what to do.
For conversation always ceased when ~
came Into view:
His most surpasslng qualities each peaio-
"a with all his heart:
But each seemed quite relieved whom hs
was ready to depart.
So he bought himself . parrot-the
project caused him pain.
And studiously set to work and learned
a word profahe:
And still he wasn't happy. for the gcs-
sips raised q fuss.
And said. ''Ain't he dsceisful: Why. he's
human. just like u.s.
First Tsoopo In RiehWsoWa
Writing Of the controversy regard
ing the Arst union troops in Rich
mond. w. L. Goodrich. veteran. 70
siding at Ossinins. N. T.. says:
The Army Of the James ut that time
had been divided. Part Of 1t had gone
across the river to Grant. and the rest
Of It. Devins's division Of the Twenty-
fourth Corps (white) and Kautz's d.
vision Of the Twenty.fifth Corps (col-
ored) composing the Army Of the
James. commanded by Major Gen.
Weitzel, occupied Richmond.
was Assistant Adjutant General Of
that command, and had in charge the
details of the movement on and 0ccu-
patton of Richmond that morning.
Lieut.. De Peyster mentioned In this
clipping was not an O6lcer on Gen.
Weitzel's stan. except perhaps tech
nically: he was the personal aide to
Gen. Shipley. chief Of star OF the
Twenty-flfth Corps. and while 1t was
understood at the time that after We
had entered Richmond he did fasten
small nag to the dome OF the Capitol.
1t in NO sense indicated priority Of get
ting in or excessive activity after
ward. Most officers attached to head
quarters that morning had their hands
full of much more important matters.
Az to the claim made In behalf Of the
Ninety-eighth New York in this clip
ping-of being the first to enter Rich
mond-it il hardly . matter Of mo-
ment 1T this late day. There WAS
glory enough for ALL" but rs matter
of fact, the nrst troops to enter Rich
mond was q small detachment OF
Massachusetts, cavalry. our headquar-
ters' guard, commanded by Major Ste
vens Of our stan, which was In the
city and at the Capitol building before
daylight that morning. but did not re-
main-merely . scouting party. BY
wire to Gen. Devins and personally to
Gen. Kautz. whose headquarters were
near our own. orders we're given about
O'Clock in the morning for the troops
to march at 6 O'Clock. After passing
through the works We approached the
bridge at Rockets, the city limits Of
and by direction Of Gen.
Weitzel I remained on this bridge to |
direct the disposition Of the troops ~ |
they arrived.
Kautz. with his col0red division,
having the shortest line of march. ar- |
rived at the bridge first, and his lead |
Ing regiment was the first organized |
body Of troops to enter Richmond. |
after crossing this stream At |
Rockets the colored troops were de-
1ected to the right. and did not enter
The city proper, but were distributed
along the line of the inner defenses.
L was not deemed advisable to let |
hem go through the central part Of
he city proper, but were distributed
ion.
The first white regiment that en-
lered was sent to disperse . mob that
Vas burning and loOting On Main
Itreet in the city. and quite likely this
vas the Ninety-eighth New York. and
veil they did the work assigned them,
,ut the colored troops had already
gone ahead Of them.