The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-08-21
STORIES OF HIS BoY n. | )l|'!
Relates Experiences at Vicks-.
burg and Tells How It Feels
y toabe Shot Army in 1904.
BY Frank g. Carpenter.
! Mw,7Iy1


4 otheriuniformed officers entered from time
Ito time for orders or to have the gem
"A eral pass upon the military business Whicti
Il had been entrusted to them and Our "
y vcrsation took place during the intervals
OF this work. s;s
General Grant has his mind we'll In hand.
4 life jumps from one thing to another With
4 out friction. and. returning. axes up II 10
4 first where he left off. ! remember q
a.former Interview ! had with him under.
Il circumstances peculiarly trying II was
when he was one Of the New York police.
ID commissioners, and as such was acting3
a al Judge In the famous Sherry dinner
v lacandal trial. At this dinner q fairs
Il fbut &fraig actress had been called IN Il BY
Il some OF the swels OF the ia st set and "
Night attire4liad danced a nautch dance
u before them to- the Y horror OF Christian
NJ New York. While the estimony was
being taken General g rant & alked I With
!rne about his IA her, 81 ing me graphic
Subscriptions OF his life ut homo and on y
the. lie field and Mt the sa me i tim e.
Il Keeping the witnesses mad crowd IN cheek
III Tie carried On The two lines NJ thought
Y simultaneously; and his talk was a most
4 excallent one.
4 Fred Grant and His Father. s.
5sj General Fred Grant grows dali s. more
II like his father. Ss II q has the same storky{
x frame, the same plain. honest fen lures
Il and the same blunt manner He Is Just
az unassuming AS his fat her wa :. md he,
n has much the same quiet common sense
Il He talks but little. but once started, his
III words are full 81 meat. and his experiences
81 have been such that he VI ewss the world
Gen cral Fred Grant is like his father
1, IN his fondness fors mill tary Il ~
~ "a Their wa his hero. and It wal ia 7! his
~ own request that General 6 rant took dim
II as a. boy Of twelve to- the pa tile .fieln.s
II and later on sent him to w est Point
little Fred was with his fat Their during
Il: q great part Of the wa +. NH ie took part
II In ave great battles va e twice shot q nd y
a had many narrow esca pes He was on
Tie flagship OF Admiral Port ri when II g
a boa is ran the batteries al &Vfcksburg. ana
6 ne wa wounded during the ;Vicksburg
II ca mpaign 35 II & wound was II the Leg.
II It wa only flesh ound * but his leg
u Is stil ia ralyzed where the bullet 81 truck.
II He told me once how IT felt when
n ball scut him, saying that the. first sensa
"a tior, was that OF IA great blow. following
swhic ii was a. pain Ike Ia bee sting. - e
Thought AT trst that he vas ki.'eo. ana
& upon hls showing his Won md y q 4 one q
4 ff,e officers the officer t6ld him to move
81 Mis- toes. a This he did. Whcretpon the
81 Ger said he was not badly hurt. EGO o1lng5
~ rant $thereupon wra pped3 AZ 81 10Th anou.
81 his leg and remained In his 80 dole Until
the battle was over. II 5s8
Fred Grant in the = philippines.
s After his graduation at West Point It
n General Fred Grant was assigned to the
nv ca ynlry and rose to be It's lieutenant
colonel After ten years service VI. ne re- e a
signed and afterward became minister !. 70
Austria. He re- entered the. army az .e4l the
Y herinning #of I the war with Cuba, served
IN Porto Rico for q year and $then4We ny
10 the philippines. met him when u he
u vas leaving Porto Rico and afterward
visited him at Angels. in L.,zon. He
Il there had a large military district under
his charge and we Travelled over u to-
gether. visiting his several posts , HUE oVer
3si mountain and valley. with a band "
ri scouts IN front Of us to- draw the & IRE
from Filpinos In ambush. we rode. pa ss-S
4 no through q mi ny towns and villa ges.s
visiting camps In the wilds OF the m oun q
az tains and fording rivers. The ride vas
& a hard one. for much Of At was through
4 the beds OF streams so heavily US 60 INA
NE could scarcely see the sky f0rt the
"a branches overhead gf@s At other times the
grass was llghe rl than our y ca ds as We We,
1nfl ! trough u 1t on our h orses; re-
member i had to hold my hands an front
81 Of my face to keep the grass blades from
q scratching II. II v, =, . s
The trip almost T wore me ON Z. put .Sen
81 eral Fred Grant 9throve upon II q nd was
3 fresher at the end than at the beEinntng.3
That was In 1899. when he as about
j 1ifty years OF age. He is now fifty five
81 nd seems to be yoNn ger han ever. He
81 succeeded we'll In the Phil ippines He
was enga in several LES ana an
L the guerilla wa rfare. which Z ono VEG the
I active ;fighting. He was the frst to bring
4 his district to accept civil government
a AftersI left him, ne was sent to northern
Inzon. then to southern Iuzon and la ter
N to samar and 11eyte, where he received
N The surrender Of the last Of the Sinsurgent
x forces. II About a year ago he returned
4 to the United States and took charge e, Eol2
1 the Department on Texas. Since then
Me has been sent to- Chica 90.
\ philippines as Fred Grant Sees
Il Them.
[ 81 asked General Grant to give mo his
II nninionjlof the. future OF the Philippines
II Ia sed UPON his stay there, III g repl1 led #
''"I6tl,ink the islands aSYaluabl posses,
Il sion and that they will eventually ne "a
& important ef-sustaining colony o. me
United States. They are OF large Il extent
Their y ya|y l'ee eondt,on. have
4 been suci, that there has been but little
Incentive to develop the Island ID Under
u the Spanish rule both church and state
worked against rat Their than for the good I
S@of the ,comQlon poop Wages were
Y low and the opportunt les ~ - tH6 ppot
n % few that there was but little Incentive
Ia, work and practically no Il hope Of q
4 poor man becoming rich by his labor
\ This is now changing. The projects t,ln-
\ der way to build ra ilroads will result IN
II cheap transports Lion and there VIII be
ii Encouragement OF Yaltiesg all round. !"
3 ~ Will the people ever ma lie good Amer-
+ lean cit liens 7, 5,s ,5
ri think they will. al Though 4 will be
VI d long time before they = will be able \ to-
ii govern themsely yes, B i their govern
u Tent was left to til lem as y hey now are,
U revolutions would be OF frequ tent occur
once, and j doubt II the re Cpl would not
soon be as bad v off as n hey were 81 tic
II days \ OF the spa ntards. They need ssedll-R
Scation,5 and this We are giving them. We 4
\ are protecting their Interest in every pos
4 sible way. and think they begin to
Y realize IT. 3l 81
The Riches Of Luzon.
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