New-York tribune., 1906-04-16

Mexican War On the maternal side General Cor
bin is of Irish and Pennsylvania Dutch descent
The combination OF English, Welsh. irish and
Dutch was calculated to make an ali around Amer
ican os typical quality.
The Corbins were pioneers in Ohio. becoming
farmers there more than a hundred years ago. The
present lieutenant general of the army carried
grist to the mill. chopped wood picked geese cut
grain with cradle. and thrashed IL with a Hall
He got up at o'clock winter mornings 10 nave the
stock fed before breakfast. which was at O'CLOCK
In order that he might have time 10 walk four and
a half miles through the snow TO Parker's Acad-
erny. He earned his first money working AT q
cents a day. and used it for textbooks When ne
went to Batavia TO be examined for certihcate 10
teach he left his horse at a farmhouse and walked
five miles across the country because he did not
have the money take him through the toll gates
Before he was eighteen he was a teacher earnihs
The summer he carried So home to his mother IN
had so far advanced IN ms protesS'1n "a, 01
came Lincoln's second call for troops young cor
O't ITO raise the new regiments. he says. mill
tarv committees We're designated for each county
county Committee. He lived in Fulton. a suburb
OF Cincinnati went to see MN az ms iIfn MsS 49,
asked for appointment as reC , e- ~,n
These were tentative appointments ana weIs r, Ten
nLmed oiily ~ W. ~ fbe recruiting officer were
listed For instance, 1 vas named Ior "a paa
no enlist thirty men acceptable 70 tne niuSe'iH's
!91 the noon hour. early in July appeared IN
front OF the machine shops OF the kttIe altI,it t
Railroad There TaS ne group and made
my purpose known and asked thenl 20 ell-s~ - ~
some parley one by the name OF Brennan SAID ne
Jvo,,Id and did so some twenty-eight others fol
lowing his example ana IhaI e.eiii|s 5sssDts5r "
ECIibreth commanding the nucleus OF what " as
sfteTward CPp2n PIe nSn1er and general bearing ap
pealed 10 US all He was vet lacking ~ men. anu
more Nv money nearly exhausted. put aig
not confess it, and so went en- my way as ui0ue1
r,r,a1f fOrr nR
INV success the day before made me Determine
% 20 Ts @ake m them in the aggregate rather than seek
them out individually. Al thaL % %nqur nappe+tSSa ~
printers going TO dinner waited IoT an =, op
portunity TO speak to them, ouI 1sy s1r until n as
hurry and offered any encouIassIii'iss ol,
tbe[ we're about all in the street tall hanosonse
H;IIjrss btro The work I was engaged in and my
success of the day before anu tlsl hDpa ne
invited hlIn 10 20 hlTs better ACQUAINTED and re
uvoUTd We returned TO the composing room ana
Waited there until the returned 70 work
Traseoted The case TO them best could. After
much talk took with me from tnat oi-lce -rt
Two OF as good men as ever went 10 war Ihls
filled our company 70 the maximum. and II was
hH next day I met 9Iurat HaIstead, the Editor
o@ THE Cincinnati Commercial when he said 20
o olg our paper yesteTdy@ and learned that By
reason Of the strike for their country on me part
auGea i lorIn ,n me- H. M ~ Vo1id give nv conzent
sary 90 MI quota second lieutenant credited
10 his brother Benton. who had been appointed
recruiting lieutenant but who was then an enlisted
man In the G9th Regiment. with his regiment In
the field. and who had for this reason been unable
10 do any recruiting. Sergeant Major Halstead and
I had mutual friends. and was not stranger 10
his fine reuute both as man and soldier. and 10
have an officer who had seen service in the field
for several months appealed 20 and I felt Ger
tain ~ would the captain and the men, ! said
that SO far I had any voice Halstead should he
first lieutenant 0f F Company. and would ask 70
have the surplus mep enlisted by me accredited
cordngly-
When 7 explained 10 Mr.. Halstead senior that
the CouDany had its fun complement OF men but
first lieutenant came one Of the temptations Of
life. After giving consent TO aid his brother as
I have Indicated. Mr. HalStead said. You have
20 great expense, and give YOU my
brothers share OF IL wanted the money because
/ needed IL very much. He IN the mean time had
taken from his pocket large roll of bills and they
tempting, nut I said No. I cannot accept
any money The men are mustered and i certainly
cannot take anv money for what has already been
done. and which was done without any understand
ing OF this kind with one did not feel that
] could accept the money. and l did not
This incident made a good impression on Mr.
Haistead. and We have been devoted friends from
that day 20 this