Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1903-09-26
SOLDIERS AT HOME.
THEY TELL SOME INTERESTING
ANECDOTES OF THE WAR.
How the Boys of Both Armies whiIed
Away Life in Camp-Foraging Ex-
periences, Tiresome Marches-ThriI-
ling Scenes OK the Battlefield.


General Turchin," said the Captain.
was one of the courtliest of the gem
eral officers OF the Union army. and
at the same time one Of the most I'M
conventional. l viii never forget the
stately military bow with which he
was wont to greet his fellow officers.
but | smile whenever | think of it,
because it comes up in memory asso-
ciated with quaint remarks of a decid-
eddy unmilitary character.
'Turchin was one of the best drill
masters in the service. He delighted
in brigade drill and maneuver. and at
such times was the very personifica-
ton of dignity and precision. On one
occasion when he was intent on an
order TO have the brigade change front
a rabbit jumped from the grass in
front of the line and ran across the
field in plain sight Of every man. Not
a man, with the eyes of the general
upon him, dared look up. Imagine,
then, how surprised they were to hear
the precise old general stop with his
order half given to calculate: H,
dere goes rappit''
ON another occasion our regiment.
the Eleventh Ohio. was marching in
battle order when, coming to slough
in the road, ecch wing marched by
the flank on either side of the road.
This woo tho ce.a,,1 ,,icb+ a fto, NT;s
sionary Ridge, and was very dark, and
the left wing lost direction When
daylight came the boys saw they were
not marching with the right wing of
their own regiment, but with troops
Of another division.
A. our company commander was
chalging the direction of the march
toward where he supposed the right
wing to be, General Turchin spied us,
and, alert on the instant. asked. What
troops are thosey One of the officers
replied, Part of the Eleventh Ohio.
general and Turchn said, explosive
ly, You tam stragglers. what do you
hcref You not have any fire for six
weeks To this some one replied:
We never straggle when there is a
fight on hand. you know that, general
Instead of resenting this Turchin told
the boys how to fluid the other bat
TALON, and as he rode away said: Dat
tam Eleventh beats the devil in fight
ing. and talking. too
Speaking OF the Eleventh Ohio"
said the sergeant, "the boys used to
tell the year after the war a very
go1d dog story. This particular dog
was called Curly. and was with the
regiment longer than any other adopt
ed by the Eleventh. Unlike other
dogs, he never ran away from skirm-
ish or battle, but stuck close 10 the
company in every engagement AT
Chickamauga he refused to leave our
wounded, and was taken prisoner
When after the tpttle the wounded
We're removed under a flag of truce,
Curly broke through The rebel lines
and joined his company in Chat
tanooga
Strangely enough, Curly escaped
without a wound until we were on
our way home for muster out. He got
off the ears at Bowling Green and
broke his leg. Before the situation
was understood the train started. and
Curly, left behind wounded. was re-
ported lost. The boys who had been
wounded at Chickamauga. and who re
membered Curly's devotion and loyalty
on that occasion, could not give him
up. They made such stir about It
that some months later the soldiers
stationed at Bowling Green shipped
Curly TO Louisville, and from there
lie was sent TO Osborne. Ohio. where
lie was cared for by a member of the
regiment until old age carried him
off,
THAT reminds me- said the doctor,
of little adventure I had just after
the war. was called one dark night
to see a patient I've or six miles from
town. The man who came for me
said ii was bad case. but lac had
forgotten the name of the sick man.
who was a newcomer In the neigh
horhood. However. lie said he had
been told if lie would name the name
Of his new neighbor the doctor would
he sure to come. TiGs excited my
curiosity and l went. but with many
misgivings
As we approached the house my
guide was plainly nervous, and as a
savage dog came barking down the
narrow lane that lcd TO the house he
jumped out OF the buggy and ran.
This left me alone with a dog that
seemed determined to eat me alive.
lie circled around the buggy in a way
to make me nervous. and finally /
shouted, Bose. you old rascal. stop
that now Instantly there was
change. The dog seemed frantic with
Joy. He stood with his fore feet In
the buggy and whined for recognition
And / did recognize him az our regi-
mental mascot. and found inside one
Of the boys of my old home company
TOO sick to tel! mt his story. But |
brought him out OF that sickness. and