New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-05-27
THIRSTY AND DUSTY.

There was plenty OF experience with yellow
clay dust which may come handy when the
gallant troops masticate the red clay OF the
HaCkensack battle field. Major Goesser. IT IS
told. had difficulty in breathing after days
dusty march, and believed that something was
the matter with his lungs. a fellow officer
pulled out plugs Of clay from the majors nos
trils and remarked:
'I guess this is what shut Off your wind. SIR"
We'll. noticed that the State OF Virginia.
had shrunk" said the major, recovering from
his establishment
A tall and fragile youth became tired in
course OF a night march. stumbled and was ac-
cfdentally raped on the head by a gun butt
Nobody missed him he lay inert under the
marching feet. and all were too weary TO be-
curious about the sOftne5s Of one part OF the
road bed. After most Of the battalion had
enough TO throw him over the fence. Next day
he missed. looked for and finally located.
battered but cheerful in a hospital eleven miles
away.
On one occasion the thirsty soldiers started to-
I'LL their canteens at the we'll OF an Isolated
farm house when a tall rawbOned woman ran
out with shotgun and cried.
Cit away! No Yank kin drink water out OF
dis heah well! If you-uns tech that well-sweep,
I'll fire"
The Jerseyites. like all the Blues. were looked
hated Yanks. and the natives either DELHI
erately misled or refused to give them inforIna-
ton. while applauding and aiding the Confed-
crate looking men in brown
The 9th Regiment delights especially to recall
its great If inadvertent bluff when, after a night
march and easy capture of eleven wagons OF ra-
tons and ammunition, IT advanced on GeneraL
Bells headquarters a mile and a half beyond
Haymarket Village. The general was supported
by his pet brigade but the Jerseymen came
rolling along in the early morning his scouts
reported that the enemy had arrived in great
force whereupOn the general, his staff and
brigade beat a hasty retreat. This ace-high
manoeuvre helped 10 give General Grant the first
honors of the weeks campaign.
All these things that happened at the sham
battle OF Manassas. and the mOmentous events
of the battle Of Teaneck which will come to pass
next Wednesday. to be embalmed In The
History OF the Old I'd and Present 9th Regf-
John T. Hilton Governor Stokes has written an
introduction.
The rules of the Hackensack game call for
complete standstfll in operations while umptres
are rendering decision. Firing must cease with
in a distance Of 100 yards. Should force get
within 100 yards OF another without discovery.
capture may be made by giving the command
Halt. surrender When troops are ruled out
Of action they must get to the rear carrying
white flag. infantry holding their pieces hOri-
zontaIly on the shoulders behind the head. cav
alrymen with sheathed weapons and cannoneers
seated placidly their timber chests with arms
folded. When patrols OF equal strength meet
neither move. and IL is deadlock TO be
solved by the referee. Individuals halted and
called on surrender by man with ready
gun at a distance of 100 yards must comply with
the order. A man afoot hred on at this distance
is considered TO be dead but at greater distances
Ii takes several shots to finish him. Mounted
officers must surrender If in danger OF close
pursuit by a superior force. All soldiers must
beware under penalty OF courtmartial, OF IN
vading houses. barns. haystacks. private
grounds or fields planted with specially valuable
crops.