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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-07-25

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Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-03-04
How Early sleds Were Mad.


From history we learn that the boys
il the time of George III. coasted on
sleds made of small board with beef
bones as runners, but these dropped
out of sight when an inventive genius
built one out of barrel stave, for his
invention was extensively copied.
The barrel slaves were called "jump-
ers" and shippers and were made
Of q single barrel stave of moderate
width to which was nailed q 12-inch
seat-post about midships. A piece of
barrel head constituted the seat. TO
navigate this craft required no little
skill, the revolutions and convo1utions
performed by the rider while "gettin'
the hang of the derned old thing" be-
ing akin to the antics of tendefoot
on bucking broncho. A more stable
and docile jumper was made by fas-
tening two or three slaves side by side,
but these were not considered as fast
travellers as the single slaves Out
ing. s.ss 81 s =s
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-03-04
Gin "for Pers0nal Use,"

Soon after Senator Tillman's dis
pensary law went into effect in South
Carolina the United States court de-
clared that liquors brought into the
state for personal use could not be
seized by the constables. Naturally,
every shipment was marked "for per-
sonal use," and, respecting the fed
erai authority, the officers would not
seize it. A few days after the all
nouncement of the courts ruling, a
machinery tablishment in Charles
ton loaded cotton gin for the in
terror, and it went out on a big
truck. Five miles from the city the
truck broke down, and the cotton
machine was left on the road until
another team could be provided. Be-
fore it was moved man drove by.
Taking pasteboard box from his
buggy he tore off wide strip and
wrote this inscription, leaving it on
the machine: This gin is for per.
sonal use. It was not seized.-N.
Z. Times.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-03-04

ter the death Of Colonel Heg. Davi :
division til'ls'o had been opposed IL the days
battle by troops Of Johnston's corps,
and and this is what he says in his official
report of the battle of Chickamauga,
In conclusion it will be observed that
the severest conflict in which my COM
m Eal1' was eng ICED on the field OF
ch:ckamauga occurred Or the 10Th and
the morning of the Doth. On the morn.
ing OF the 10Th my command suffered
as much during the three hturs as
during the entire day Of the -soth.'
And this is what General Dana says
IN his Dispatch to Secretary of War
Stanton dated Widow Glenn $ House.
8 p. NJ, Sept 10: enemy forced
back by Crittenden on right has just
massed his artillery on Davis in cen
tire, his attack here is the most furious
OF the day, he seems giving away. -
The monument ere cted by the Govern
ment in memory of Colonel Heg, COM
manding the brigade, and who was
killed on the field September 10, stands
in a hollow west of the Lafayette and
Chattanooga road, where the regiment
was reformed after being forced to
leave the firing line He was shot
about thirty rods in front of where the
monument stands. Why It was placed
there is something am unable to com,
prehend, as the ground where he was
shot was much more suitable, besides
being the proper place.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-03-04

city OF Chattanooga was great vic.
tory to the Union army. The unfor-.
tunate conditions under which the.
army of-the Cum berland was compel.
led to fight in the valley OF Chicka
manga Creek were many and over
powering,S yet it has always been
claimed that the proper management
OF the troops there engaged would
have averted the disaster on Sunday,
September 20, and glorious victory
won by our army. Having intima ted
above that not ali Of the troops we're
properly managed I will add that
Gems. McCook, Crittenden, Negley,
Wood and VanCleve were all CEN
sured and some of than relieved from
their command for various causes.
Early In the morning. Of September II
the whole army commenced moving by
the left flank in order to cover the
cross roads from Lafayette to Chat
tanooga, it having become apparent
that Bragg was massing in that direc.
tiOn on the east side of Chick amauga
Creek. Two OF our Cavalry brigades
under Minty and Wilder were attacked
near Reeds Bridge where the enemy
was discovered in force. The position
of the troops and the narrowness OF
the road retarded the movements so
that many OF our troops had to march
all night to reach the positions as
signed them. Davis division, to
which the Fifteenth Wisconsin be-
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-03-04
The monument erected by the State
of Wisconsin in memory of the bows

The monument erected by the State
of Wisconsin in memory of the boys
OF the Fifteenth Wisconsin regiment,
who died in defense IF their adopted
country, stands on the very spot where
stood the old log house that was cap.
tured in the last charge. On the pol
ished wall of the monument is the fol.
lowing inscriptions: Zone hundred
and seventy-six officers and men rep
resentiug eight companies of the Fiji
teenth Wisconsin regiment were taken
into action September 10, 1863. Losses
sustained September 19,h and Goth,
one hundred and eleven meu-leavine
seven officers and ffty-e ght men IT,
answer roll call on the morning of the
21st, some of whom were slightly
woua6ed.'
II you will compare the average per-
cent of all the divisions engaged at
Chickamauga you will find that the
per cent lost in Davis division was the
greatest, and the percent of loss in the
Fifteenth Wisconsin was the greatest
of all regimental losses in this great
battle, being fraction of over GA per
cent. This left but handful of men,
and but for the fact that Companies I
and G came up a few days later from
Island NJ. 10 the regiment would in
all Likelihood have been disbanded or
consolidated with some other organic
ization. ~. s :..~: *=..>.:.. ,. -:
: OF the starva' ion siege of Chatta
nooga, the coming Of relief and the
opening OF our cracker line by our
comrades from the army Of the Poto.
mac and those OF the army of the Ten
neseee, who as we had gone to their
aid at Shiloh, came now to our as
sistance here, Of the appearance on tn
scene Of the great captain of the war.
Grant, and his ahlesl eutenant, Sher-.
man, would speak, but not at this
time. s.. #. ,s.zz7.s: q ::+
General Grant in 1854 commanded
the ereates6 army the world ever ,aw-
Our total enlistments were 2, 777, 3O4
men. The largest army ever. assem-
Ibled ia any European war Was That of
the Franco-P .ussian war Of 1870 Tho
army .of Germany was the largest.
She took int., France 997 $50. men, an
excess In the q lion army Of one and
lone half mill ions OF men over the Ger-
.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-03-04

!ODged, snAtcht 3 few moments sleep
along the wayside wherever they halt
ed for other troops to clear the front
or to allow some to pass. Before the
light of day on. the 18Th the regiment
commenced to march in quick time IN
til the Widow Glenn's house was
reached. There an aid-camp came
with orders to hurry them forward
double quick down the road for some
distance, then by file right into the
woods, then by left flank into line OF
battle and forward again without
skirmishers until this very energetic
movement was rudely brought to a
sudden halt by volley from the i'm
mediate front at q very close range.
The position thus gained became un-
tenable, and better one to the rear
some ten rods on small ridge was
selected to which the brigade retired
in good order. From this position
some sixty rounds were fred and a
bridgade of Woods Division was
coming to relieve 81 g's brigade, who
had been fighting the entire forenoon
without support on the left flank.
About this. time Wilder's brigade,
armed with Henry rifles, was posted
on the left of Heg's brigade but quite
q distance to the rear of the firing line.
A little before the arrival of Wood
troops the enemy had discovered this
gap and was falling heavily on the
flank Of the Eighth Kansas and the
Twenty 9Th. Illinois OF. Heg's brigade
and were forcing them back in consi-
derable disorder; but they quickly re-
formed behind Woods troops, which
we're coming up. Back Of the firing
line about fifteen rods was the road
from Lafayette to Chattanooga. On
this road Woods troops halted, and
seeing these two regiments coming out
Of the woods In front supposed that
was all Of the troops OF the brig, de
which they were to relieve and there.
fore commenced firing. This placed
the Fifteenth w isco nsin and Thirty
fifth Illinois, who we're still holding
their places between the two fires and
if not for the fact that the boy 8 were
firing from . kneeling position, orlys
Ing fat on the gropDd these two regi-
Ements must have been annihilated
Colonel Johnson who commanded the
Fifteenth compre hended the mistake
made bysour friends and called % The
boys g ssve. themselves. The regi.
mont Was quickly reformed in 5 small
Erayine Nest e the Lsfayette road.
IColoneI Martin 81 the Fig fifth ansas
~ lQce o,llnln g
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-03-04
Ants Know Colora.
CARLSON BROS. & FROST.

Ants Know Colors.
Experiments lately made by Lord
Avebury (Sir John Lubbock show
that ants not only distinguish colors,
but show marked preferences. He
placed slips of red, green, yellow and
violet glass over an ants nest, and
after IL trials found that $50 ants
had collected under the red glass and
only five under the violet, though this
was as dark as the red.-N. Y. Post.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-03-04

Gu0 INV delUu Oil r f6HCes st1tl t0e p I
cent of losses in the Union army was |
larger than that Of the Germans. In |
the Franco-Prussian war the greatest |
losses occurred at Gravelette, where
the Germans lost 2O,577 men out of
LAG, 900 engaged, The loss of the
Union army at Getty sburg was $4,000
out OF $4,000 engaged, more than the
Germans lost with doubla the number
engaged. In the famous charge OF t e
Light Brigade at Ba1aklava, m sde
without a purpose-famous in song
and story as the most gallant feat
since the use of gunpowder began, the
loss in killed and wounded was only
36. percent. AS against this we might
cite the charge of the 262 men of the
First minnesota at Gettysburg, made
for the purpose of gaining fiveminutes
of time and which save the army. In
this charge the First Minnesota lost a
raction over 81 per cent. The Light
Brigade had never been in action be-
fore that charge and never fought at
forwards. The First Minnesota had
fought on many battlefield before
that of Gettysburg, and after that
fought othe end of the war. Although
in the latter wars improved weapons
were used, the per cent of loss to the
enrolment was greater in the Ameri-
can armies than In those of Europe
Allow me to make few comparisons.
The heaviest loss in the German army
during the Franco-Prussian war oc-
Cured in the Sixteenth infantry, Third
Westphalians, at Mars la-Teur. It
went into action with 5000 men. It
lost 500 Killed, 610 wounded and 365
missing-total 1,434, or fraction
over 40 percent. The next greatest
loss occurred in the Garde Shutzen
battalion, 1000 strong, which lost at
Metz 46l in killed and wounded, or
46 percent of those engaged. AS sta
ted above, the loss of the First Mime
sofa at Gettysburg was over 81 per-
cent. The First Texas Confederate
Woods division, at Antietam lost 81
per cent. Those were the heaviest per-
centages of loss, but Colonel Fox in
his Regimental Losses gives the names,
description and actions of seventy-two
Union and Confederate regiments, each
of which lost in single action not
less than so percent of those engaged.
We were called upon to Fl ght this war
without preparation, trained armies
or munitions of war. We were with
out means to care for our soldiers
when they were equipped, but all this
was overcoms by the patriotism, gen.
ius and energy of our people, and the
achievements duriag the struggle for
life are still looked upon with wonder
by the whole civilized world.
Imuch regret my inability at this
time to revisit the battlefield of Stone
River, where my former comm ander,
Capt. Ingmundson, was killed, and
where We left Comrade M. Jorgenson
wounded on the field that was taken
possession of by the enemy but viii h
was recaptured by our troops on the
second day when our reverse WAS
turned into a glorious Wet ry for the
Union army.
Yours in F. L. and c.,
A. E. RICE
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-03-04

Jobs 80 seft Snaps.
IL the average man would quit look
Ing Tor soft snaps and stick to hissreg-
Mar Job be would be better on dnan-
scialIy ,hicago Daily New.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-03-04

mediately after the battle some pro-
nounced IL crushing defeat, others a
great victory. Was it then q victory
or defeas? II were asked to answer
the question, would be compelled to
say that both may claim some reason
for their opinions, viewing it from
different standpoints. Those who take
no deeper view Of it than the fact that
the Confederates remained IN possess
sion of the battlefield would naturally
claim defeat for the Union army,
but the fact that the Union army re:
manned in possession on the third day,
practically on the same field with bat
tie front extend ed waiting for the
enemy to attack but no attempt being
made gives neither side an unqualified
right to claim victory. There were
others again who took q broader view
and considered the adYantaRes gained
BY the forcing Of the Confederatesto
[eyacuate middle Tennessee and Sby
capturing thecity 81 ChattanoogAa and
holding Il and crippling the Confeder-
|ates moro thsn the loss sustained 81
Tue. Taking. this .view they could scome
q no other conclusi On than the cam
Epaign lending 81 tho BIT tleeof Chicks
ut and 81 & Tie IA tionsofS M
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-03-04


enemy from their works, and each time
were repulsed. The other brigsdes
followed in quick succession and met
8 with the same fate. Standing here in
the centre of the crescent shaped rebel
works, showing where . battery had
been posted on either side of us en-
abling the enemy to enilade their fire
OF grape and canister on our men as
they charged up the mountain side, I
wondered how any of our boys came
out alive. Mr.. Wooddallto me that
every brush and tree save the largest
were cut down, and he found that most
sof them had been shot of from four to
& i've feet from the ground, that the
stumps Of the trees shot OFF resembled
v broom and the valley below looked
like . field that had been plowed and
dragged. / asked myself why Of al
places on the field this place should
have been selected 81 our commander
for the attack, when TO the right or
loft vas comparatively level ground.
However II is not for me 70 oriticise
Sherman s plans, who must have 90
seomplt shed the object which he sought.
/ the rebels WithdreW during the
might md made theirnext.stand 6 the
sKennesasy mount ins. Wooddall
thensp tinted ont the p1aoe where the
sven hundred INKS xere burial.
a 4 u = 8 .. lloNedd
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in advance of their fellows, have stood
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