The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1905-05-11
SOLDIERS AT HOME.
THEY TELL SOME INTERESTING
ANECDOTES OF THE WAR.

How the Boys Of Both Armies Whiled
Away Life In Camp-Foraging Ex-
periences, Tiresome Marches-ThriI.
ling Scenes ON the Battlehell.
''Two or three years ago." said the
Doctor, II was living in New York;
and was engaged In profitable busf-
ness. One evening 1 was seated at a
table in a restaurant when a we'll
dressed, elderly man came in from the
street, walked straight toward me, and
said in low voice: I am in great dis
tress. I am at the end of my string.
l have no money, no place to sleep, and
l am hungry. What would you advise
NE to do?'
''Of course, 1 was annoyed, and 1
showed my annoyance. There was no
reason why the man should have sin
gled me out for such a speech; except
possibly, that wore the Grand Army
button. However, that did not occur
to me at the time, and said jocularly,
I know what 1 would do under like
circumstances. would go outside;
look for good sized stone, clutch it
firmly in my right hand, find a large
plate glass window, and hurl the stone
through it. After that would be sure
Of board and lodging for some weeks
at the expense of the city,
''The stranger said with .jaunty po-
liteness: You are very kind. Thank
you, sir. 1 will act on your sugges-
tion.' Thereupon he walked straight
to the door and went out, and order
ed my supper. In less than five min
utes there was crash in front, tin
kle Of broken glass, and clamor Of
voices. 1 went with others to the
street and saw that my acquaintance
of five minutes before had taken my
advice with vengeance. He had
thrown stone through the window Of
a jewelry store and was awaiting ar
rest. There were all sorts of theories
on the lips of men who were awaiting
the second move in what they regard
ed as a daring scheme of robbery.
Meantime several policemen were
closing in cautiously on the man who
had thrown the stone. They evidently
regarded him as dangerous character
or as insane. Divining this, the stone
thrower said: 'Oh, will go with you.
No trouble on that score. In fact, /
broke the glass that might be arrest.
ed AS a policeman grabbed him, I
said: Wait minute. am afraid /
am to blame for this. l said to this
man when he asked for assistance that
would throw stone through plate
glass window, and in that way secure
board and lodging from the city. That
was joke, but he seems to have acted
on my advice, and I feel in a measure
responsible.
''The upshot Of the affair was that
agreed to pay for the broken glass and
to take charge Of the man who had
broken it. paid for the supper Of the
stone thrower; secured lodgings for |
him, and told him I would listen to his |
story the next day. never expected
to see him again, but he kept his ap-
pointment the next morning, and told |
his story. He had been in the employ |
Of one house for twenty years, and |
when 1t failed thought he would have |
no difficulty in securing other employ
ment. But he found no other place
and finally found himself with no re-
sources and no chance Of employment. |
"The sensation of being turned out
Of doors, of being without friends, and
Of being hungry, affected him strange
", and, noticing my Grand Army but
ton as went into the restaurant, he
decided to lay his case before me. In
his desperate mood my suggestion
struck him as being much better than
suicide. 1 secured him employment
the next day on trial, and he did so
well that he was regularly engaged the
next week. In six months he came to
my office looking SO much better that
did not recognize him. He said the
|eweler Of the broken window had told
him that paid a bill of $40 or replac-
ing the glass, and he had come to re-
pay the money.
HE said he had good position and
was abundantly able to pay the bill;
hat he was Indebted to me for the DO
'ition and for the general bracing up
lie received in following my advice,
md that he wanted to be comrade in
rood standing. Then it came out that
lie had seen service in the same bri-
yade as myself, and he recalled an ex-
,loit in which he and some Of my own
had been engaged-to their
,redit. l understood then the reck-
ess, devil-may-care spirit Of the fel-
ow who threw stone through a win
low on my advice"
Men Of fine spirit" said the Can
ain, "were found in all regiments in
he army. 1 remember well the find
ng Of the body of Captain Peter
Schneider, of the Fifty-second Ohio,
1t Peach Tree Greek. On the lipe of
fighting, Schneider's
,ody was found with bullet hole be-
ween the eyes. Not two feet from 1t
vas the dead body of rebel major
With a bullet hole in the forehead.
each man had revolver in his right
land and one chamber in each re-
oliver was empty. The inference was
lain. Captain Schneider and the reb-
4 major had faced each other coolly
n the heat Of battle, had fired at the
anne instant and each we'll aimed shot
lad killed its man.
"In the same battle, Captain Roth
cker Of Company G, Fifty-second
)hio, was in very tight place, when
oe Swan called to him that he would
lold back the rebels while the Cap
ain got out. Joe waited until the reb-
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