The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-05-14
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us and the Yafiks, and "hy George. We We
got 1t In
hurried up to General 1'aync's Quart TT,
ers to borrow any empty vessel tllsl S ~ !,
Sfnght have, and in my absence, .i'lS
brother Knocked the bnng from tue kes.
and Invited everyone to come w; ~
think there were eiehty-eign. n'g1' -. "a
the ward. and then found 'li,.. !, ,sla.
plent ys OF vessels to hoid .ho "St
Intense Cold a Blessing
And now Providence came to our guy
with his frosts, or we might nav, NV, is.u
serious trouble. on account OF the m
tense cola I'm Guard had to be taken
or their beats. and the racket IN the
ward escaped notice They would some
times firefinto a ward, on slight rroNp-$
cation, Sometime during the night the
aforesaid commissary sergeant rushe .. y y
exclaiming. Where is the man MAJ, INA.
got the whiskey? Where IS ,ne kes wv,
Here It Isl" / replied. hau hnit
filled ii with water, and he shook 1t.
There was a smoker around the room;
The passed quickly out, and j never l Ns
of him again. !.
4 AT that time IN order came from .l Ie.t,
ernl b r. Butler. that three hundreas
officers, selected as we chose, ne SCI, sen.
+ to Point lookout as nc proposeu "
commence an exchange OF prlsoners. Z,
that CaptaIn a -e.--------- objected strongly
to its being decided by lot, on account
OF Its gambling aspect, alphabetically was
certainly the proper mode, and as my
name commenced with -, thougnt So
too, and that is the way 1t was deter
mined.
L 1T was heavy work getting over to
4, tn inches
but We made 1t. anu were put for the
Snirht In the top of six or eight story
Saving Out.
Presently / thought I heard something
liksf saving. and Investigating found a
fellow with an old case knife. converted
into a saw, hard at work saving q hoie
the city, breaking ice two Inches thick,
badly. 81 We'll, they kept that thing up
the next day on the train, saving holes
In the noor. He wanted to get away away
think that quite as venturesome as cap *
tain D. u r. leaping through the WIN VIM
dow of q car one night not . knoM,ns
whether we were on a bridge th nov Isil
feet high. He got through all right how
ever. we were not long out OF san
duskey when we observed an officer ~
ing on theBf floor of the car, very slcK.
and all8aglo~ with a small pox :. :s lei.
you Captain Barnes was a badly scared scared
man. He said 81 have always known
that II u was within a mile OF small
box. Il was bound to take, and 1t was
sure to- kiHEme. and here we are, sealed
up. withsit2in$the car and the poor cor. SICK.
man was kept on this car until we
reached Baltimore.
Down the Bay.
When Swe 5took the boat at Baltimore,
l was informed that we were TO capture
the boat and was assigned to one OF
the decks. declined the honor. think
Ing that since leaving the Island that
some had become lunatic. Here were were,
three hundred sick and wounded men.
strongly guarded. passing down. line
OF vidette boats, with n strong assurance
OF exchange. The idea was abandoned.:
When we. reached the Point, 1smade for
my old quarters. ward eleven, and de-
posting my luggage, stepped out for
moment \. On my return was told Or.
IIeger had been In and inquired Tor me-
and 4 that he had Just gone out.
started out Eon request Tor MN. ana . %.
my second return, was told that u.
Heger had been in again and had left
word for me8to come to Ward one.
did so. and found that cot No !, had
been reservedsfor me. Ward one was
next 10 the coffee. and had hair beds.
I don't think that /, had ever spoken q
word to Dr.8Heger in my llfe'
Butler sent word that he would now
commence tho. exchange. and two. hun;-
dred men nj ass in selected as we, chose,
.yould hold themselves in readiness to
go" 1t was now determined with beans
and T drew a black i one, yet was nor
discouraged for Is.saw the method OF
exchange and there were very few OF
my rank at the Point.
Waiting and Watching.
Commissioner Robert Ould would bring
down SO many Of a certain rank---say
three observation-disclosures General
Butler would send up to City Point the
like number Of same rank for exchange.
knew that SO long as our little arrange
ment with the beans agreed with ltut
ler's plans. 1t was right-otherWise not.
So when the fla got truce boat came up.
and there was a shortage OF lleutenant.
| colonies, / began to pack, though Bin
Barrett offered to bet me that ] would
not 20 and Generals N1arsdon. the cons
mandant OF the Post agreeing with him.
| Off went the boat, but neither of them
knew old Butler. I had presentiment,
! account for It as you may. i went 70
| bed with moro good clothes on--thanks
| to Mr., Butler and other friends. than
| ever had on at one time IN my ne
| my naCKS -
nv coffee not. Sometime before day
Light I heard a quick step on the walk
way and recognizea the step Of the d pro,
orr door and asked for Captain Allen.
TT told oh him I'll that he would find captain Il,
Allen in Ward eleven who J, ,S y .v that =
says he, Colonel Berkeley es,
replied do you want 70. go 70
Fortress Monroe?'' says he. = do, in
deed" says !. q eff you are ready In
fifteen minutes you can 60" says ne,
just reached over and placed my cof-
feet not on the stove that stood at the
foot Of my cot. and in fifteen minutes
had as good breakfast as one could de-
sire. Had signed the parole. and was
ready 10 embark on General Buffers
cutter that he had sqnt for the few
that should have gone on the exchange
boat, which found at Hampton ROADS
| at anchor.
In Richmond Again.
We'll, we arrived In Richmond, some
4 m rr,,tches manyI sick, and were march,