The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-03-17

them, and, finally young buck rubbed up against Clarity, who gave him a slap on the side of his head that sent him spinning. This led to a challenge to fight, and the affair was arranged to take plare in the tent late in the after noon.
 A ring was formed and the men stripped to the waist and turned their pants pockets inside out to show that they carried no concealed weapons. Garrity whipped the Indian in less than two minutes, Then another red man pulled his shirt over his head and strode up in front of Garrity who gave him his medicine in short order Then another wanted to try a hand and was given chance and was quickly vanquished. Perhaps you will think me warming, but 1t is the truth that our Dennis whipped four strapping Onon- dages and was ready for more.
 Some of the best passages in MT Mil render at Appomatiox and return to Washington, the great review and the victorious progress of the Second New York Heavy Artillery from Washington to New York City, and thence back to Jefferson County. After the march up Broadway the regiment proceeded by boat to Harts Island, where it was paid off and mustered out, The boat was jusf leaving the dock when a policeman came in Sight with woman and two children.
 Whats wanted" yelled the captain from the upper deck.
 "Is Sergeant Thomas Burke on board7' replied the big policeman.
 ''Blast my eyes if know" retorted the captain. And I've no time to find out, either. You can settle your little business with him some other day." probably thinking the sergeant had been on lark.
 Burke's commrades had found him in the meantime and he came to the side of the boat, and as he caught sight of the party he said, with voice checked with emotion:
 "Kate"
 "Oh Tom" responded Kate.
 "Let me off the boat" shouted Tom
 "Too late," replied the captain.
 The big wheels of the steamer were churning the water when our colonel, who had been attracted by the loud talking, appeared and asked what was the matter.
 Burke, tall straight and every inch a. soldier, but pale and thin from the effects of a wound received in the last fighting, saluted his superior and said:
 'Tis my wife and children, colonel, that I have not seen in almost three years"
 "Tie up your boat again. captain" said the colonel.
 The captain ripped and tore and mentioned between oaths that he wasn't taking orders from any Army officers, mot even Gen Grant himself,'
 Col Hulser was furious, and pulling his revolver he commanded the captain to reverse the engines and run out a gang plank.
 The captain muttered between his teeth touched the engineers bell and the gang plank again bridged the space between the boat and dock, Ser geant Clark walked off, clasping his wife to his breast in passionate em- brace, then took a child on. each arm, turned and faced his comrades, who had, sympatnetically been looking on and they sent shoreward a mighty cheer.
 It was a day or so before that the Second Heavy marched up Broadway where it was reviewed by the Governor of the state and the mayor of New York:
 The city had sent us new stand of colors the year before, and we were re- turning them. battle-scarred and tat tered. My blood runs quicker as I re- call the enthusiastic reception we re- ceived that afternoon from the crowd that lined Broadway. Here and there was a group of veterans who had pre- ceded us home. The old Sixty-third, Sixty-ninth and Eighty-eighth New York rsgiments-Thomas Francis Mea- gher's Irish brigade, with whom we