The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-01-20

|NsToN AND LEE.
that is clear His face showed plainly
that he was quite anxious to- have this
concession made. and Grant said very
promptly and without giving Lee time
to make direct request:
Well, the subject Is quite new to
mo. OF course did not know that any
private soldiers owned their animals. but
! think this will be the last battle OF the
wT-I sincerely hope so-tand that the
surrender Of this army will be followed
soon by that OF all tho others: and 1
take it that most of the men in the ranks
are small farmers. and as the country
has been SO raided by tho two armies. 1t
is doubtful whether they will DO able TO
put in a crop TO carry themselves and
their families through the next winter
without the aid OF the horses they are
now riding. and will arrange It in this
way: will not change the terms rs
now written. but will instruct the officers
! shall appoint to receive the paroles
10 let all the men who claim to own
horse or mule take the animals home with
them to work their little farms CThis
expression has been quoted In various
forms. and has been tho subject OF some
dispute. give tho exact words used)
Lee Felt Relieved.
Leo now looked greatly relieved. and
though anything but demonstratiye
man, he gave every evidence of his APP
probation of this concession, and said.
This will have the best possible effect
upon the men. 1t will be very gratifying.
and Will do much toward conciliating our
people He handed the draft OF the
terms back to General Grant. who called
Colonel T. S. Bowers, OF the STAFF, to
him and directed him to make copy
In Ink. Bowers was a little nervous.
and he turned the matter over to Colonel
Parker. whose handwriting presented
better appearance than that OF any one
else on the stan. Parker moved the
oval-top table at which General Grant
was seated TO tho back part of the room.
and used it in copying the terms. VIII
iner McLean's domestic resources in the
way of ink now became the subject OF a
searching investigation. but 1t was
found that the contents Of tho conical-
shaped stoneware inkstard which he pro-
duced appeared to be participating In the
general breaking up, and had disap
peared. Colonel Marshal now came to
the rescue. and pulled out OF his pocket
put at Parker's service. so that after
all We had to fall back upon the re-
sources of the enemy in procuring the
stage properties for tho final scene in
this memorable military drama.
Lee in the meantime had directed
Colonel Marshall to draw up for his Sig
nature a letter Of acceptance of the terms
of surrender. Colonel Marshall wrote
out a draft OF such letter. making 1t
quite formal. beginning with, T have
the honor to reply to your communica-
ton etc. General Lee took 1t, and,
after reading 1t over very carefully, d.
rected that these formal expressions be
stricken out and that the letter be other
wise shortened. He afterward went over
1t again and seemed to change some
words. and then told the colonel to make
q final copy in Ink. When 1t came to
providing the paper, 1t was found that
We had the only supply Of that important
ingredient in the recipe for surrendering
an army. so we gave a few pages to
the colonel.
while the letters were being copied,
General Grant introduced the general
officers who had entered. and each mem
Der of the staff, to General Lee. The
geperal shook hands with General Seth
Williams. who had been his adjutant
when Lee was superintendent at West
Point. some years before the war. and
gave his hand to some Of the other off,
GERS who had extended theirs, but to
most of those who were introduced he
merely bowed In digniied and formal
manner.
Men Without Food.
Lee did not utter word while the
ntroductions were going on. except to
Seth Williams with whom he talked
quite cordially. He now took the initia-
tive again in leading the conversation
back into business channels. He said:
'I have q thousand or moro Of your
men as prisoners. General Grant, num-
Der of them officers. whom we have re-
quired to march along with us for several
days. l shall be glad to send them into
your lines aa soon as 1t can be ar
ranged. for I have no provisions for
them. I have, indeed, nothing for my
own men. They have been living for
the last few days principally upon
parched corn, and We are badly in need
of both rations and forage
General Grant replied. Il should like
to have our men sent within our lines
as soon as possible. I will take steps
at once to have your army supplied with
rations, hut I am sorry we have no forage
for the animals. We have had to de-
pend upon the country for our supply of
forage. OF about how many men does
your present force consist?' !.
Indeed, am not able to say Lee
answered. after slight pause. Ny
losses in killed and wounded have been
exceedingly heavy, and besides there
have been many stlugglers and some
deserters. ALL my reports and public
papers and, indeed, my own private
letters. had to be destroyed on the march
to prevent them from falling into the
hands of your people. Many companies
are entirely without officers, and have
not seen any returns for several days. SO
that I have no means of ascertalning
our present strength
general Grant had taken great pains