Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1905-11-25

made him lieutenant general and sent
him to our dear old Arm, 81 the Potomac.
that had fought SO much, lost so heavily,
and advanced so little, Mexico a the
Logs called me, was a tolerably happy
Yankee soldier. 1t did not take me long
| 10 get up courage to make an attempt
to meet him. On regiment was in camp
near Culpeppar courthouse. Virginia.
Grants headquarters, the spring Of 1864.
! The first time went to Headquarters |
was told that Gen. Grant had gone to
| Washington. but WoIld return the fol-
lowing Monday. knowing when the train
would arrive, | was at the little station.
where hundreds OF others had gathered
to get a view cf the great general.
Soon after the tram pulled in the
staff officers stepped to the street, formed
in two ranks. faced inward. took ',vo
| steps TO tine rear. enc lire facing to The
fright, the other 'left-facing.
The little procession showed in slow
time, without music. and the crowd of
| soldier Onl0oEers was 10 intent on seeing
the hero that it forgot 20 cheer. | shall
never forget how the dear old commander
looked in mat march TO headquarters.
his right hand was held in his left. both
SLOW, eyes fixed on the ground, lust as
had Il single company instead of a million
and hall of men to command.
After the general and staff had gone
into the house | penciled my name and
company of the Fourth infantry on
scrap of paper, and asked an orderly to
pass it in to Gen. Grant
= I 4
| try said the orderly.
The orderly rushed out to tell me that
the general ha'. said. when ne looked at
my message, My old regiment! Bring
| him in
Il was excited as / followed the order
! ", but when two warm hands closed on
i my two blue hands, and a familiar voice
uttered the WORKS, / remember YOU, ser
geant; YOU helped me to break mules in
Mckee, my fright disappeared. 1 am
glad to see you. Down here to help nc
out of another hard scrape are you? We
Used to think there was nothing the old
Fourth infantry couldn't do. Glad YOU
came to see me. Any other Fourth men
in your regiment? Rawlins. take the
sergeants name and address and call nv
attention to it this evening" said the
general who at that moment had greater
responsibilities resting upon his shoulders
than any other man in the nation except,
possibly, President Lincoln, as he gave
me q hearty hand grasp and said good
bye
after the battle of Cold Harbor, Col.
Hoffman,, of our regiment, sent for me.
Sergeant said he, do you know
Gen. Grant personality
Il do, sir; ! served in his company in
Mexico
That explains it. Read this letter
from the governor 1t said that Gen.
Grant had made request that one OF
his old corporals of the Fourth infantry
be given commissioning he could
youch for his bravery in battle and good
character
1t is all right, sergeant said the
colonel. The general and governor have
simply got little the start of me-"
In ending the pleasant talk the old
captain saio- "Do you remember that
fine soldier in Co. A, Thirty ninth
volunteers, at Vancouver barracks? His
grandfather fought by my side in Mex
leo and his father went with Sherman
from Chattanooga to Atlanta and from
there to the sea. There is good blood in
his veins; soldier blood"
| A few months after that conversation
| went to the Philippines At the city
of Taal, the home of Agoncillo, Aguinol-
dos representative at Washington when
the latter was preparing to make war on
the Americans, l met the Co. A sol
der He was wearing shoulder straps
and in command of a company. The old
man had not overestimated the quality
of his blood.-Evening Wisconsin.