The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-08-02
THE BOOMING CANNON
RECITALS OF CAMP AND BAT
TIE INCIDENTS.
Survivors of the Rebellion Relate
Many Amusing and Startling Incl
dents of Marches, Camp Life, Forag-
ing Experiences and Battle Scenes.

mayor l.. Ii. Drury, said the Colo
ael, before the war published paper
at Berlin, Wis, the Green Lake Demo
crat, and thereby hangs a story. Know
ing Drury well, good many printers
enlisted in the Third Wisconsin or
Badger battery. After Corinth Drury's
battery was ordered to Iuka. Miss.
After the command had gone into camp
some of the printer boys strolled into
town and were attracted by the sign
Printing Office They went in, to find
only the devil, who said he was in
charge, and that the Office force had
gone into the Confederate army to get
their rights. Thereupon the devil dis
appeared.
Major Drury was a good disciplin-
arian, and from force of habit the boys
proceeded formally to elect an edi-
torial staff and to detach themselves
for duty at the cases. They threw of
their blouses, set to work to get out
an issue of the Badger Bulletin, and
kept at work until the new paper was
replete with grapevine news from the
front, special kilograms from home.
spicy paragraphs, and comments on the
do;ngs of the battery and the regiments
printers detached themselves for special
service as newsboys
The brigade was electrified by the
cry. Here's your Badger Bulletin. All
the latest news for 10 cents = The pa
pers sold like extras on election night,
but the story goes that the circulating
department never accounted for the
money received and that the treasurer
| never declared a dividend. Some OF
the printers of that day pretend to be-
lieve that the treasurer is still looking
for them to distribute the fund pro-
duced by the sale of the only issue OF
the Iuka Badger Bulletin"
There were many cases." said the
Captain, wherein men were charged
with stealing printing offices, but no
case in which they were charged with
carrying off type and presses. They gen
orally left things as they found them
which caused Uncle Billy Sherman to
| wonder. One day after Missionary
Ridge Captain Dunbar, quartermaster,
heard Sherman say that he would like
to have a sawmill in camp.
The Captain knew just where he
| could find a sawmill and the next day
he reported to Sherman that the boys
wanted to present the General with a
sawmill in camp, and in running order
Sherman was greatly surprised and
said: L have suspected that some OF
the boys would steal anything portable
but | never supposed they would have
the nerve to tackle a sawmill. This con
vinces me that the Confederacy ISM
safe
speaking of stealing, there was
Colonel Archer of the Ninth Michigan
Cavalry, who had very unusual ex
perience One day l was at his head
quarters when lady called. She sale
her best COW. great pet in the family
had been stolen. and she was sorry t.
say had been traced to the camp o.
the Colonel's regiment Archer ex
planned that that was impossible-hll
men were all church members, and, a
all events, there were no cows in CAM
it was against the regulations-sh,
might read them and see for herself.
However, for her satisfaction b,
would send the officer of the da,
through camp with her, and IL sh
found her COW she could take he
home. Archer called the officer of TIL
day and explained the situation, ant
the woman went away satisfied tina
the Colonel was an honest man and ;
gentleman. In a few minutes the Colo
nel's cook came in and said: We dom
lost our cow, Culnel.' The Colonel wa
outraged at such carelessness. an,
wanted to know how it happened.
..The darky explained that woman
came around to the stable right iron
the Colonel's tent. said the cow wa
hers. and said that she had the Colo
nel's orders to take the COW home. .
knowed she was tellin' the trufe. be
cause knowed who stole the cow, bu
the officer of the day tole me what vol
said. and | let her go. But dat ain
business, Culnel.' The Colonel survey
ed the crestfallen darby, and then sal,
exhaustively: We'll, I'll be blanked
Thar comes from trying TO be polit
in this darned country. Get anothe
COW. and get her quick
Things will happen that way, how
ever. Shortly after the battle of Ston
River my battery was ordered dowl
the Cumberland toward Fort Donelson
AS we were going into camp after tn,
first days march | noticed a hundred
or more men cornering a big flock O
sheep. The men were closing In o,
the sheep, driving them toward a cor
uer of a plowed field. l knew wha
would happen, and intimated to m,
men that, as the sheep were sure t.
break through the first line, 1t nigh
be well to form a reserve line
1.-The expected happened. The sheep
pressed too closely, turned and STAN
peded through the line, the men grab
bling at them in the wild panic. Sheer
and men went down In the mud in
scramble and rolled over ana over il
the soft black earth. 1t was tremen
dously exciting. and my men didn'
catch a sheep. Later we traded Gov
for a sheep carried off the field by
man plastered with mud. But we ha,
no mutton for supper for the man o
mud returned in twenty minutes an,
stole the sheep His messmates tols
: him anybody could steal cow. Wha
they wanted was mutton, and h
sneaked back, and as he explained ii
replevined the sheep."-Chicago Int
Ocean.
Promoted on Battlefield.
l was ordered to carry some ammu
! milton to- the boys at the very front
: The regiment lay against the hillsid