The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-07-10
RAN 4 AWAY FROM DIXIE.
Interesting War Time Rerninis
censes bY. General HAYES,

3iT The New York Herald prints the fol-
lowing story about a very interesting
character: s ~ CA. si 81 81 f3ss 81 PIX
0 BI1g adier- Genera 4: ia ok Hayes, retired.
was seated with a friend on the lawn In
front o. his home one evening hen q
street pianist me along and began his
3repert ory. 1t wv as a& "a. II instrument, and
sthes old soldier Tx ed the music 80 much
that he tossed TIL man a piece OF silver.
The italian picked up the money, a r.
ranged the side clutch and 4 then ID xie'
filled the block. NJ IS ss
General Hayes got up from his chair.
without a word. walked into his house.
through the hallway and to the back
yard, where hearemained until the street
of the section. Then the General came
out }on5 the lawn a gain and took the chair
beside his friend without saying any
thing. The friend, however, was curious
4 GeneraLs he sal Id. r never before knew
that you were one of those prejudiced
people. What was your idea In galloping3
away when that Italian began to unwind
Dixie y What's the matter with Dixie?
Why. I've heard y tStumnltuouslys cheer red
lin theatres In y oston and New York. '8l53sss
That's ali right. too. replied General
Hayes, chewing on his cigar. The per-
sons who acheered Dixie In theatres In
Boston and New York never got such a.
stampeding throus h Dixie as did. Pre-.
judce snothlng! I'm not pre- judi ced a. inst
or sore1on anybody. But / made a bad
break once In connection with that Dixie.
air, solthat + i've never been able to listen
to It since without getting UP ard walk
ing as far away rom the sound as 4 could
get. & 235 3s5i5A
was an aid on the staff OF General
fitzpatrick when he wa s. .tearirg UP the
railroads around Macon. The Confed err
ates were never very far away from us
while we were doing that work. They
hoyered around our front, {, watching q pro-
ceedIngs. They thought that they We're
not Numerically strong enough to make
1T worth our while to go after them.
They. Just watched us from their distance
lin front. making no "a tempt TO bother 70
M en-. 3;5! I Il; Z. saii
One day General Fitzpatrick summoned
mel was In charge OF part OF tine
track destroyIng-to ask me how the job
was proceeding. He wanted quicker prog
lfress made. ~
Take one Of the mounted bands dovt.5
to the place where the men are work. ne. 4
sal General Klpa trick to me. S$s The boys
always work ia ter when there's music
around ~ 4 I
II II got one OF the mounted bands and
took 1t down to where our gang was
pulling up the ties and rails, The lea der
asked me what kind of music y wants ed.
/ told him to go ahead with some Of the
patriotic airs He swung off with Hail.
Columbia. The star-spa.ngled Banner.
MY Countrywide. The men worked like
Troga1,s under the inspiration Of the
music. I could see the Confed tes'
massed among til e trees. but they had y t
fred "a shot. III eya We're Violently q ey-5
ing orders not to. II appreciated the Inns
munity from the fire Of ahar 700 to y e. :
which they gave us, and IN AZ sort Q 8
bravado--you'Ye got to remember that !
was a lot Younger than ] am now-l turn
ed To- the band lea der and said to him:
Those 'rebs are treating us pretty
white, Suppose you just reward the poor.
devils BY giving them Dixie, I VI
well, the leader gave them the word
and the band hes an to- pump ID xle,
Az this point General Hayes brought his
teeth down hard on his cigar and re-
NAMED silent for a minute
sWelL2 inquired his friend
sOh, nothing resumed the ola soldier
except that the band hadn' ayeG.
more than six bars Of Dixie fore the
ground under our feet shook gittl the
ilastedest rebel yell any us had
ever heard. and in a minute and q half
those Concentrates were on top al Ii AS
and whipping h----out Of us,
81 General Fitzhugh Lee. President Of the
Jamestown IsXposit Ion Company IS close
friend OF General Hayes. II seerls that
a ftsr General Lee s gradual ion from West
Point he was sen It by his first orders to
Carlyle barracks In Pennsylvania to
drill recruits Intended FIR service In the
United States Cavalry. One of the trun1-
peters there was Edward A1orti rner Hayes
who was at that time twelve years old.