Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1903-01-22
TRANSFERS ADVENTURE.
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to perform any duty except that OF
teamster. He was SO obstinate and
so well fortified with old-world prece-
dents, and our officers were so un-
certain of their ground, that Hettes-
heimer carried the day, and after
serving with us in our first campaign
in way to cause almost constant
friction, was transferred and trans
ferred again, until his name disar-
peared from the company roll.
"Our next company teamster was
q country boy, with natural love TO-.
horses, who found in the care of his
mule team and wagon an antidote for
inconsistencies, and who through good
service w2s advanced to the rank OF
division wagon-master. No one had
a clear understanding of the matter
He was carried on the company rolls
as q private on detached duty, and
yet we saw him nearly every day d.
recting the movement of trains, and
when we didn't see him we knew he
was off at Murfreesboro or Nash
Vile or Chattanooga, under orders Of
the general.
'"The fact that our old teamste-
from the ranks had horse to ride,
while the rest of us, company Off
GERS and all, were compelled to trudge
along on foot in all sorts of wealth
err, led to feeling Of irritation
against the wagon-master. The cap
tain talked seriously of ordering him
back to the company, and the boys
intimated that in clinging to what
they called a soft place, the old-time
teamster was getting the big head,
and was Sinking his plain duty. They
intimated also that he was afraid to
go into battle, but at Stone River all
this feeling was dispelled.
1.-THE boys noticed that our d.
vision wagonmaster was, on the first
day of the battle, well to the front.
Some of them who had been acting
as train guards reported that on the
preceding days he had been in three
fights between Lavergne and our
line. At all events, he was very
busy, and after the confederates had
broken the right wing he was buster
than ever. I happened to be one OF
the men left on the field, and as
night came on was very desolate.
could not help myself, and I could
not help any of the other wounded
near me-.
II could not see any way out Of
the trouble. I could not see how any
help could come to me except from
the confederate lines, and 1 did net
care to have it come from that quar-
ter. When my spirits were at the
lowest our division wagon-master
came by in great hurry. I had
hardly strength enough to call out,
but he saw me. He dismounted, took
me up without a word, lifted me
bodily into the saddle, climbed up be-
hind me, and galloped to where the
headquarters wagons were parked.
"He put me in one of these, left M,
and in half an hour returned with
our division surgeon, a doctor who
had been our regimental surgeon
when we entered the service.
found in those wagons four other
men who had been carried off the
field by that wagon-master, and when
went back to the company wagon
master stock was at a premium.
'The captain, however, held the
wagon-master responsible for induc-
ing some of the best men in the CON-
pany to leave the ranks to become
transfers in the division or head
quarters train. The wagon-master
wanted good men, he knew where to
find them, and after his explanation