Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1906-03-03

! baltNAN NutitbN Alu Billy COIlO
have his sweet will; he could follow
on or remain behind. but if lie fol
lowed on, he should have enough 10
eat and receive proper care. That night
j the rations of a dozen other horses
( were reduced just a little so that odd
+ Billy had fun rations The old fel,
low seemed 10 renew his youth as the
! days passed. lie was in no sense
! skulker or coffee cooler" When
the fighting began "Old Billy" was al
/ the front with the battery. At Bull
! Run. when the first horse was dis
! abled, the harness was removed and
| put upon odd BILLY" and he took his
place and did faithful service through
out the fight, until another horse was
supplied, when he WAS again turned
out 10 do as he pleased lie pleased
TO follow the army 10 Washington.
through the city and out into Mary.
land, 10 South Mountain and Antie-
tam, all the time growing fatter and
apparently happier, But when the
army returned to Virginia. after An.
| tietam, "Old Billy" disappeared. The
boys In the battery always suspected
that some one had stolen him. and nj,
ways hoped that the thief would he
good to him
AT that same battle of Bull Run q
horse belonging 10 Lieut.. James Stew
art. Of Battery r, Fourth artillery
was struck by cannon ball which car
ried away his tail and Houged out many
| pounds OF his flesh "Tartar"-that
was this war horses name-had been
with the battery long time He went
with It TO Salt Lake city in 1860, when
the Mormons needed looking after by
Il detachment OF the United States
army under Gen. johnson, and natuv,
ally was favOrite, but everybody In
battery II could zee that his days OF
usefulness were over. He was turned
out, as 1t was supposed to die, while
the battery Joined the army In a hur,
rled retreat 10 Washington. While the
| brigade 70 which battery II was at
tached was In camp near Halls hill
a few miles from Washington, Tartar
marched into camp and readily found
v
ade heard n lusty cheer over In Bat
terry Il. Some one wondered what
general was passing A messenger was
sent over to find out He came back
with the remark Something better
than general caused that cheer; old
Tartar has joined the battery, and
the boys say he shall so with them
II they have to make a horse ambulance
to carry him"
Veterinary surgeons were set TO worn
TO dress the sufferers CHASTITY wounds
and when the march through Washing
ton occurred probably no one thing at
tracted more attention and caused
more comment than poor old Tartar,
| with his wonderfully handaged body
No horse In the battery received more
, care nor had better ratons than Tar
! tar from that time until he had fully
l recovered Though he was tnilless
| and bore the marks of two woundi
s into which the latest man In the bat
$ terry could lay his arm, he was one Of
! the sprlghtllest animals In Battery Il
from that time until the end of IN,
war, and when he died In the T0s, he
was given honorable burial. and his
loss was kecnly felt by the whole com
mand.
nm sorry 10 have 10 tell an unfav
orable story about an army horse. The
late Gen. John A. Kellogg, the las
commander of the Iron Brigade, who
led that force in Gen Grants closing
campaign In Virginia, had large
beautiful roam of which he was very
proud. But the roam proved to be
dress parade soldier At the battle 81
White oak Road and Gravelly Run.
severe engagement. the first In which
Kellogg had directed the movements Oi
the brigade, his big handsome hors,
rt-treated without orders AT the frs
volley. The general sawed on the bti
and yelled whoa In vain. The roar
fairly flew from the firing line, ear
rying the brigade commander away
from the battle. Finding that he coult
not halt the animal Gen. Kellogg SLID
off behind Just as Billy Holloway, hit
orderly. rode NJ. Taking Holloway
HOfSe ne T"de bhth 10 the DtlEdue ~
time to- save his reputation and wiz
promotion.
II was only necessary, after that. u
mention the roam to bring forth from
Gen Kellogg an Grafton specked with
stars and dashes that never failed n
set the audience into convulslve roars
In that same battle my Charley
MS manageable and gentle IN battle al
the gentlest Of carriage horses. wal
shot | was riding from the center o.
the brigade To the right 10 give dlrec
ti0ns 10 change position. When the
ride was nearly completed Charley
dropped to his knees, but was up II
m instant: and the next instan