The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-01-21
was almost impossible to decipher the

1t was almost impossible to decipher the words.
 As near as could be made out the veterans name was Henry Clay Ren. frow. and he was a member of either the Second Kentucky Cavalry or the Fourth Kentucky Cavalry. or possibly a mem- Der of both at different times. One DOT. ton of his diary refers to Colonel Basil Duke as colonel of the regiment, and Captain John B. Castleman as captain of the company in which he served. An other part refers to Colonel Henry Gilt ner as colonel of the regiment, and Cap tain Bart Jenkins as commander of the company With the papers was also found a picture Gan ambrotype) of a lit- tie girl about g years old, marked in faded letters, Leila Giltner, the Daugh- ter of the Regiment The writer's home Is mentioned as having been near Mid way, Ky.
 In one part of the diary he refers at great length to the last days of the Confederacy, and his last service in the army. With a touching, simple pathos, he tells of the march, the men,, ragged. hungry. weary, through South Carolina into Georgia as far as Woodstock. Gen eral Duke is mentioned as in command of this last remnant, the remnant which followed the flag to the last hour of the last day of the Confederacy."
 Then comes the short description of the announcement of General Duke that he had decided to accept the terms of surrender. The love for the old flag which he had followed, ragged, bare- foot, hungry, for four long years. came back to the kentuckian with renewed force. With d tender reverence he took the colors, dusty and shot-torn, from the stan and wrapped them carefully about his body. Then, alone heart-sick, homeless, he started with his previous possessions for foreign lands.
 A long account of his wanderings fol- lows through Central America. Then comes a story of his trip out on the Pa cific. Short accounts of times when there was no food and no shelter from the elements follow each other in rapid succession. yea through all the old flag was carefully guarded, watched with in- finite care. loved with a great affection. No mention is made of the landing on the Navigator Islands, but from the accounts of the simple natives, 1t must have been twenty-five or thirty years ago. .
 Captain Schuyler attempted to buy the flag, but the native would not part with it, and clothing could be taken from the humble dwelling. On the soldiers death bed the promise had been made that the old flag should be kept and cherished should remain always on the island. Therefore" says Captain Schuy- Confederate flag which for twenty-five and empire of the sea.
 ''The grave of the Confederate veteran Is situated upon a rock headland of the island overlooking the sea. The body lies with the feet to the east and the grave is marked with substantial stones, and kept in most excellent order by the natives. Here, alone in his death as he had been in his life, lies the old soldier, the devoted patriot, with his old Ken lucky home so far away"
 In conclusion Captain Schuyler states that he visited the grave with the inten- ton of erecting thereon some marking stone, but the native fishermen had done all that the most loving care could do, and this lonely grave. thousands of miles from the Bluegrass State. on a lit- tie rock-bound island in mid-ocean, is cared for with loving attention. and our eX-Confederate soldier sleeps where the sun wooes out the day."
 Down by the witch of the waters moan
 There sweeps with the foam-scud free The dust of the sunbeams summer rain,
 The gray light of the sea.
 And ever it girdles the iron shore,
 Or combs the flowing waves,
 Or seems with the silver beams to pour
 Through the vaults of the ocean caves; Or mounts, the heaven on lazy wings,
 Like a gossamer wool of spray,
 And kisses each seaweed harp that sings
 Where the sun wooes out the day"
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