The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-01-29

..It Concerns Some Of thle Move Move
lnerts az First&B c.sto1'ff
Manassas.
The INFORMATION Oh 3, BLAMED { 4 VET:
Statement Of Lieutenant War ar
wick How FIc Got n c \ fer. fer
a8'# B caurcgar;l alld Evans al 'ss,.. i,
.(Edited BY John w. DaIliel)

(Edited by John w ]: Daniel IAN iel
At the time OF the first battle OF Ma
Il 1as sas my company was posted i5 near
lewis Ford, OH Bull Run, under Captain ''i5s
John6steptoe Langhornc. liz We were re rs a
4 signed Tor duty 8at the Headquarters Of
h 13rigadler- General Philip 81, George
n Cooke At about 0 or 10 o clock on the
night or July 2Otll, i was instructed by
Captain Johns, Lunghorno 70 report to
General Cocko at the Lewis y house On
going there General Cooke directed me
10 cross Bull Run at the Lewis Ford and
Il 10 proceed to the road, that Is, the Var 4:
renton Pike, between Centeryllle7 and
Rum and that / would There find
sl8 d cavalry picket Confederate .4S Iurtll-G
Y Ter, that should inquire OF the picket
what 5he &:llad seen or heard or IN any
way noticed, and 10 return and report
NO him. Acting according 70 my orders
gl Immediately mounted my horse, which
was ready sattlled, und rode to- the War
lxntpn Pike. There j g found { Sergeant
many and three or four OF his men on
,lcket Upon inquiry from Sergeant,
tI.tnEhorre as n to whether he had heard
5or seen anything OF tho enemy, & he re a
i.orted Il that Z lie had seen nothing since.
g5 dark, 5gbut had seen before dark what he
took TO be Yankee pickets down tho Froa
$$Rnnd that 8lic had also heard a&good deal
Of cutting in the woods after dark I
II tLcn laid down to sleep under the cedar
81 self The cutting proceeded With a reg :
,ilur, systematic stroke, and Bounded 70
5mcSas II it were done by trained mel
who knew their business, After about
a half hour talking with Sergeant Lang
t5 horne and his men, / returned by tho
same ,road and reported these facts to
Brgadier- General Cooke who discharged
me from further duty that night.
thcnSlaid down to sleep unde rthe cedar
.35 trees in the yard of the Lewis house.
About 10 o'clock | was aroused BY u
Il young MI. Machen, who had accompanied
@ our command from CentelNille when VIC
N fell back from&thc Bull Run line Mr.
81 Machen had left our camp about dark
with the intention of visiting near Gem
Fl. terville, and had been requested by CAPS
Fl tain Langhorne 10 return to camp and
Il a report in the event OF his seeing any
Il signs of tic eneny III that direction.
lie now reported that While about hall
way between -ku Rhn md CcnterYillo
he saw slgli.; OF the enemy, having no
\ ticed their artillery moving. Ills report
# was to the effect that tho entire Federal
army was on the move, and that he had
counted us they passed along the road
s555 lhirty-eight pieces Of artillery sQt was
al terwards ascertaincd that half Of these
were caissons.) Upon receipt oi this
~ news from Machen, aroused Captain
l.anghorne and no sent Machen imncd :
81 ately to General Copkes headquarters.
folk III t,l,a
a by order Of General Cooke, to General
Beauregard and our command was or
dcred 70 be ready TO move at y mo-
ment's notice. az
8 Mr.. Aiachci,, to whom ! above refer. Is
@ still living nj his old home a few miles
AZ north of sthe stone bridge thar spans
Dine Bull Run on the Wnrrenton Pike, and Is
IS the father of the present Senator alachen
~ OF Alexandria. am not sure whether
lie himself stated that he had PERSONAL,
Ii. seen the artillery or that he stated tha
ITS movements aud numbers had hcGn re
4 # lated to him by others who had observed
S it, The facts rs to the movement o
lilo artillery is undoubtca, and il Is alsi
undoubted that Mr. Machcn's repor
stirred General Cooke and our troops o.
S5sthe left with the first information they
had Of the encny's movements TOWARD
our left Whether General Beautceart
t.g had other sources 'pl lNlpilNHllpil as ~
Inc movement OF the enemy Oh The left
Is II do not know. but as couriers We're inn
meiiately dispatched by General Cock
and carried the information 10 others, !
IS pretty certain that General Bcaure
y gard and also General Evans tWhos
ii demi-brIgadc, consisting OF Col. Sloans'
I'd S, G.. Infantry, and Major !iober
5Wheal's Louisiana Battalion was ahoY
8our position and near the stone hridgel
were appraised that night Of the move
B1nen:s reported by Mr., Machen,
General Cooke ordered slle Wise tron
10 arms. ana we Immediately saddle
and mounted upon receiving it!e infornia
ton brought in by Machen and our nae
s3wtre drawn upon for eourierS wheneve
8 1,iey were rwantGd ioy the preparation
which were belng made during the nigh
we were In position awaiting orders
33 sunrise. Oar wagons had been sent OF
we managed 10 get . cup OF coiIee ana
s. SCRAP of bread for breakfast, and 500
discovered that serious business was o
hand 1y DISCERNING The shimmet5 Of ste'
s;S$,n tho niorn!ng llsFlt from enlun'ns Z
& troops march!ns.foH spur extreme Isl
moving vi, BAili Run pp the north SD
sst towards s;uhlRy F6Fd The cutting WIG
IN mad been hoard IN The llilii "pS thi
E@ Of the Federal pioneers perratln y ms .raa
B8$wfi!ch MaI1owall's tspolts followed thtops
YIN tie wolsds.. Before iong, q biz eln W.
ga fired MN rho hill ABOVE stplle Bridge ~
| On the north side Of i3Nii Run, ana
f,yn,- our heads an