The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1903-10-01


church. but an excited whisper from
frightened citizen who had hurried
in apprised him of what had happened.
He calmly rose and passed out. to
find his whole corps coming up the
street i'll much disorder. but with bat
! tie in their faces. One glance at the
scene, and his decision was made.
As quietly as he had left the church
he placed himself at the head of the
corps and began to give commands,
looking to the better order of the
column. The boys were reused to
the highest pitch of enthusiasm by
the leadership of '.Old Jack" and were
quite ready to kill every Washington
boy who opposed them. Promptly
came the necessary commands for
their forward movement, and the citi-
Zens stood aghast
Little by little CHE cadets fell into
perfect order. and little by little their
obedience to command became auto
matte. Tramp. tramp. on they went
to battle for the Southern Confederacy,
and to avenge the comrade who had
suffered in its cause.
The CONSERVATION of the citizens
increased The corps would soon be
in sight of Washington College, and
blood would certainly be shed. But
suddenly. 'Haltr' rang out in Major
Jackson's curtest tones. Right wheel!
March, came in quick succession. and
the corps was marching in another
direction. AT the next street corner
the commands were repeated and In
stantly obeyed. and the faces Of the
which they marched in perfect order.
They said afterward that they had
been SO intent on obeying Old Jacks
commands that they Gid not realize
what was happening until he dispers-
ed them at the institute.
Story About Gen. Young.
Nearly thirty years ago Gen. 8. B.
NJ. Young, then captain and brevet
colonel of cavalry. was commanding
officer at Fort Union. about twenty
five miles east of Las Vegas, n. NJ.
At that time, according to the Ell PasO
Times, a great part of the business
Of the country consisted Of govern
ment contracts and the supplying of
the forts and numerous forage agen-
cies scattered throughout the country,
and contractors made easy money at
tho hr1Sf
home of a number of men who thus
accumulated fortunes, and these men
found 1t profitable to "stand in" with
army officers, so the latter were en-
tertained and made much of by the
former whenever they came to town
on business or otherwise.
One day some soldiers happened In
Las Vegas. either on leave of absence
from Fort Union or en- route to or
from that point, and proceeded. ac-
cording to the usual custom on such
occasions. to take In the town." One
Of the party got well ''tanked up,"
and the result was that he landed in
Jail. A hotelkeeper. who was also a
government forage agent and a man
who had made many thousands of dol
lars out of government contracts, prob
ably thinking that he might strengthen
himself with the officers Of the fort,
notified Col. Young that one of his
men was In Jail, and that he had bet
ter hurry to town and get him out.
So the next day, while the soldier was
sitting in court undergoing trial, Col.
Young arrived with about a dozen
troopers, and, being informed where
he would find the soldier, marched his
troops around in front of the court
house, dismounted them and proceed
ed himself. with drawn saber in hand,
into the courtroom. There sat MUIR
ply, and the justice Of the peace was
proceeding with the trial Then this
scene was enacted:
Col. Young-"Private Murphy, atten-,
tionr'
Murphy jumped up and faced the
officer in the attitude Of attention"
Col. Young-"Right face! Forward.
Murphy obeyed with military
and marched down the
aisle and out Of the courthouse door.
Col Young following and halting him
at the street. Then, turning to his
he gave the order:
Battalion, prepare to mountLMur-
phys horse had been brought along
for him-Mount! Right facet For
ward, March, and the whole COM
pany proceeded to the hotel. The
troops then returned to Fort Union,
carrying Murphy with them.
The law-respecting and law-abiding
residents Of Las Vergas were greatly
and indignation was so arous-
I'd that it was suggested that the affair
be reported to the authorities at Wash
ngton. But the contractors and those
who preferred to submit to any out
rage rather than antagonize the mill
tary prevented anything being done.