Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-04-29

Grams. you've got two thinks coming now
You see, you are warmly remembered. lou
| put yourself out Of our reach, 80 how could
you know the high esteem In which you are
held by your comrades Of the old war. Come
back to Gods country oftener. Come BACK
and stay with Us, Come back mere and
when taps sounds, let your body rest IN the
land you did SO much to save"
'It IS q great country, noble country.
the general responded. with q comprehen-
sive wave Of his hands. "but have inter,
States. children in Germany. grandchildren
Observation-Disclosures. they are all arouno.
I must see them all, but will come again.
soon."
Carriages were in waiting and the party
was soon conveyed to the New willard
where Gen. Osterhaus held an informal re-
ception for his comrades. Among the tate
callers was Col: 6. R. Burch chief cierK ~
the Agricultural Department, who belonged
to the 18th Iowa.
'Ah!' exclaimed Gen. Osterhaus, with a
double shake of Col. Burch's hands, An!
/ am glad to greet an Iowa man who was
with me- 1 had four of your Iowa regi-
ments, and they were bully fellows"
Some one remarked that he must be
weary.
Not at All Weary.
ooh, no, not at ALL" he declared. when
one is eghty-two years old one must not
grow weary. One must enjoy everything.
Take all the pleasure that comes along and
NOT think of being tired
Then some one of the veterans spoke OF
being in the Pea Ridge fight. How the
generals face frightened and his eyes
twinkled, He was the hero of that ngas.
Pea Ridge" he said, with evident pride,
"ah, that was one great battle
Gen. Cyrus Bussey was one of the callers.
Gen. Osterhaus greeted him with demon
splendid Sd Iowa Cavalry" he said in remi-
niscent mood, with it's fine Adjt. Gen.
Noble, the pink of soldierly neatness. as
with Gen. Bussey here 1t came to my a1o
at Pea Ridge. Splendid fellows! Superb
soldiers!''
YES" responded slender soldierly Gen:
Bussey, I'VE hustled to get to you marched
200 miles from Rolla, Mo-, to Pea Ridge IN
four days. A record that was never
eoualed." declared Gen. Bussey, with pride.
Never equaled." echoed Gen. Osterhaus.
1t was interesting to watch the general!
who was attired in long frock coat, with
a grand army button on the lapel and
looked every inch the military man. He is
quite six feet tall, and erect as in his
youth, so Colonel Burch says. He Is broad
shouldered and what would be called
fine figure of a man. His rugged face has
the clear, pink skin of healthy man, and
his hair and beard are snow white, while
kindly blue-gray eyes beam from be-
low his heavy brows. He talks with
hands and arms and head. He is jolly as
a school boy and quick at repartee and al
ways has story ready.
Representative Bartholdt said the gen.
eral has not spoken English for thirty-fve
years. While his German accent is most
pronounced his sentences are smooth and
he selects the very best words in which to
express himself. He surprises one as being
powerful man mentally, and 1t is said
that he is an eloquent speaker in both
German and English. He has personal
magnetism of high degree.
Some Early History.
To a Star reported General Osterhaus
told little of his early history, of how
he came to adopt the United States or let
1T adopt him, back in 1S4S. The printed
story loses in the telling, however be-
cause 1t has not General Osterhaus per-
sonal animation to liven it, He belonged
10 the russian army and engaged in the
revolution of 1S4S. His side lost out and
the death of all concerned in the revolu
ton was imminent. Word came to him that
ms arrest mad been ordered He knew that
disgrace would follow, probably death BY
the aid of friends he was enabled to es-
cape In the night and was not arrested
After many hair-breadth escapes from the
service OF these papers, he, with MANY
others, and accompanied by his young wife,
got ABOARD a steamer and came to the
United States.
1T was In those blessed old DAYS when
we mad not the telegraph he said, with
a. nearly laugh; and when 1 heard that
the ofhcers were In my vicinity l went else
Where and they could not catch I'D with
me- went to ST. Louis and when the
nag was fired on / couldn't stand that" he
declared so into the war I went and
mere am. throwing his arms out and
smiling Il am proud of my service for the
old nag. l love the Union l love your
people-my people, If you will for I have
chlldren here, born here good citizens of
the United States. You must see my
grandchildren-their pictures
Going to his trunk. Gen Osterhaus
brought out a great package of pictures.
Il have twenty-one grandchildren" he
said, and then he showed the pictures
This is No. 90" and it was a tiny lad with
toy horse at his side This is 21" and
that was a baby taking its first step
| There were others, with the mothers beau
| tiful women, and a picture of scholarly
| looking son-fn-law. Prof Peterson of a col
| 1ege in Bonn. Gen. Osterhaus is evidently
| very proud of his boys and girls and of
| their children. He expressed the extreme
| pleasure he anticipates in greeting a whole
| army of these grandchildren in the United
States whom he has never seen. Some of
them are grown and have children of their
| own who call him great-grandfather
Coy. McElroy recalled this morning one
| of the stories they tell Of Gen. Osterhaus
| about the battle of Pea Ridge-at least he
| said Pea Ridge would do; 1t might have
been some other battle, but the story was
| true. Some officer was not doing his duty
| the enemy was moving up unopposed.
| When the general gets mad he gets very
| German, so he roared out:
GO back nit my compliments, and say
Will be out there and make him hell smell
| pretty quick And for long time that
| was the title his men gave him-when he
| was not around.