The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-29

results achieved in battle showed the Winston was at Seven Pines, the only battle his health ever permitted him to engage in, as brave as stone wall Jackson; and certainly man of sss hs sssraSs Ssss sd well Mit1 have Rss Dsen es pected to become n distinguished or ficer. If only his health and the casual ties of battle had permitted.
 Within a month or two after Colonel winston took command, petition was circulated in the regiment asking ms resignation. Nearly, If not every Capt ain had signed t when the mater came to the Colonels ears. He sent at once for all the Captains to come up to his tent
 sv3entlemen,s he said. T understand there Is seditious petition n hssr c,rcu,y any
 thing more of it. I. will courtmartial the last one of you"
 Nothing more was heard of that pe- tition.
 Lieutenant- Colonel Frazier. a Ten nesseean and graduate of the ', s. Military Academy. had resigned from the old army to offer hts sword to tnS course to teach the art of war. to the regiment, the Major and Colonel inclu- sive but the Colonel and Lieutanant, Winston winston wa was quite willing to turn over to the West Pointer the matter or drill, and proceeded at once to do It. But H was soon evident that the two first officers of the regiment were at dagger's points. One of the first evil dences of this was an order given one night just after 10 o'clock to the Capt ain. who was acting officer or the day, lights should be found. Traps" had sounded and the general order was that thereafter all lights should pc rtsa. .t..H st...x. 1sA
 er SeI looked aas Ppronnd wnea and Found fight burning only in Colonel Frazier's teat, where game of cards was on; Lne order was executed and Colonel Fra
 zier's wrath exploded--but only m ms
 The lon dit. in the regiment was 1 that the Lieutenant-Colonei. who was senior, had been volunteering sugges- | tions about matters other than drill, Il or at least giving advice not asked | for. However this was, certain. 1t IS naval, narIance. "a happy ship"
 | Cur Colonel had a temper and was often giving to profane parts oI
 eSrss was no a ocer eSsn Y theash | an inferior. The old gentlemen was | in his genial moods. q perfectly de- Iiightfui companion, and he upheld aI- | of his officers to the utmost; but when angry his. vigorous explosives often had a most unpleasant personal navor' The writer remembers captain hoyss after d yofley of oaths from Colonei Winston had been flying uncomforta- bly close around his head. with:
 difference is between the people in this regiment? It Is this: A Colonel can curse Captain. q scaptain can can
 curse lieutenant a,nI lieutenanlI can can e3,rse A d----d. dog"
 l An, the friction and the heart burn lings that occurred in our reSlment. to discipline m army of freedom, such
 as the Confederates. were. | Lieutenant Colonel Frazier also nae a temper, and it was often soreiy trieo by the crass Ignorance of some at least of his captains. The following anus. ing incident will serve to show tnai Frazier too occasionally induiged m
 Language not fitted Tor atai3san sRe nalno dril1.
 Colonel Frazier, on his horse va, was
 forming the regiment Into hollow square around him. The Captain oL zier. out of patience called aloud: ;, 1 'Captain Herbert, why in the He1l don't you dress your company on the
 And then the Lieutenant-Colonel supposing in his wrathful impatience l that he would of course find O. G
 also failing, wheeled his horse gnoosh- a. ' M Why in the Hell don't you dress your company to the right? Captain Em- rich who prided himself on his knowl. I edge of drill, and really knew more Il about 1t than he did about English repiied. to the amusement of the Regi- s.Inent and the discomfture of the Lieu enant-Colonel: did done it, SIT, pS dam, did done 1t!
 colonel Frazier was of course m ac' 'ioornplished drill officer and nearly al ways conducted battalion drill. only occasiona1ly turning the regiment over l to Major Irby. but the Lieutenant Col
 onel paid little attention to the details dstaii: were left to sdig for Knowledge in 1 'sHardee's Tactics" and ah. how hard that was and how slowly the knowi- edge came!
 | the writer's recollection. with Alaba-
 ma ma troops that went to Mexico. He ] was a planter in Dallas County and 1 had been in the Senate of Alabama. He
 was an enthusiastic soldier and soon a drill The Major apparently never I took any part in the dinerences that
 so plainly existed between ms two | superiors.