Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1906-06-23

OF July General Cobb with several
staff officers visited Andersonville. and
the general made an address to the
troops Of the post, who had been
formed into hollow square facing the
center The following, taken from the
Grand Army Sentinel, is a graphic de
scription of what followed:
Soldiers of the Confederate States. >
began General cobb, what news is this
that has been borne to your district com
nlander from the commandment OF this
post? Can 1t be possible that soldiers
Of the south GeorgiauS- have been
guilty of desertion of abandoning the
duty assigned them of guarding yonder
horde of vandals, whom your more val
orouS brothers in arms have captured
upon many a well-fought tieldY
AT this Instant u o'clock, from the
center of the prison pen was heard the
sound of song, Turning my eyes in
that direction | saw that several thou
sand men had congrcgated. while 9th
erS were Fastening toward the assem-
hlagc Perhaps not more than fifty
voices were wording the first verse of
the familiar anthem. The speaker
outside was continuing expressions OF
establishment at what he had heard.
when the chorus was reached. and with
detOnations like an explosion 5000
voices pealed
The Star Spanged banner, Q long may
il wave
Ger the land of the free and the home
of the brave
THE song burst had startled the
speaker or drowned his utterance, for
he had suddenly stopped and turned
his face toward it. When it had ceased
and only few score voices were sing
ing the second stanza, he commanded
Writ: Go stop that noise {" Writ
FASTENED away, and Howell Cobb re
sumed:
Would you see that horde turned
loose within your state, to pillage and
burn your homes, with your wives, Sis
tcrs and daughters at their mcrcyY
"'rhe verse was sung and the chorus
reached again. The congregation mum
bered 10,GG0 more than before. Heaven +!
what ii swell Of sound The very air
seemed to culver with the conclusion
the stockade wall TO trembe The
guards on mount stumbled with won
dermcnt Writ, who had reached the
great gate, stood stock stll, as If par
alyzed. The soldiers forming the
square We're all now facing the prison.
1.-THE storm lulled the speaker
sought 10 resume, but his manner was
Disconnected. Writ was moving ner
vously about. but essay'ng nothing
They heard the breeze of song sweep
Ing the lines of the third stanza. but
knew it only forboded the return of the
tempest. And now II comes
There are 10000 throats swellins
the call of the pennant under whiel
they had fought, and 5000 more Joined
in the Invocation:
% long may it wave
Der the land Of the free and the HON,
Of the brave.
THE echo Of the last word has but
struck the branches Of the pines, when
they began TO repeat. Higher, wider,
deeper, stronger. louder, the swell
1t peals--.it roars-.it booms it thun-
ders! 1t is an artillery Of song. The
speaker outside stands transfixed. lie
has heard the anthem before, but never
as now. Perhaps II Is reminding him
of the high position he has hut lately
held under the flag 1t defines. The lis
teners appear almost panicked. A
guardsman's gun drops from his hands
without his missing It.,
Again they repeat, and now the
scene grows wild Thirty thousand
voices are changing the chorus 30. 600
bosoms swelling with thought Of coun-
try and flag and loved ones from whom
they are parted, Men with but one
leg Chamber up, and supported by their
stronger comrades, wave their caps
aloft and join in the chorus:
The star spangled banner, O long may 1t
wave
Ger the land Of the free and the home Of
brave.
once more they repeat, ana now all
the prison is in the sky-rcndlng peal
the very walls. the ground Poor fe-
yer-wasted frames. within an hour of
dissolution from their spirits, half up
rise and proppiug upon one hand raise
the wlthered fingers Of the other aloft
while they unite their cracked voices
In the refrain they will hear never
more:
The star spauglea banner 0 long may it
wave
DER the land of The free and the home Of
brave
worth Heading.
The Turks are but onc-SiXth Of the
population OF European Turkey.