The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1907-01-19
FIGHTING" ED MCOOK |
FIGHTING HARD AT "a
ONE or rHE FAMOUS CIVIL
WAR GENERALS, BATTLING
IN A CHICAGO hospital.
TELLS or sTiRHino TIMES
AND DEEDS.

fasattls Star Special ssrVios.1
CHICAGO, Jan. l0.~Fuli Of years
and rheumatism and courage, den.
Edward 81 MecOok. perhaps the
most famous o. the Fighting Me-
Cooks" IL ia the Chicago baptist
hospital After "a years. ia which
have been crowded Kofk such a.
comes within the power Of few
mon. Gen. Mec0ok WAS taken With
hard attack ~ rheumatism Ia the
Auditorium Annex. and after SIX
weeks ~ growing physical helpless
mesa was taken 90 the hospital.
SIN. with his son In business ia
Denver. the two brothers remaining
% the five VINO went into the civil
war now IN Philadelphia and Hart,
ford. and few friends within easy
striking distance. Cen Mecooh I.
not ninehlnK ~ hla hard struggle
against disease
said The general. IA his little room
on the second floor Of the hospital.
There Il just one man.s size all
men, known IA the modern materla
medica. they tell me. I ain rot AZ
fiictsd with. However. that 0nr
iant rheumatism am bandaged
pretty we'll over my whale area, and
direct of flank movement u not
the easiest thing. I can tell you,
with all these impcdimeuta and the
hospital cora always IN evidence"
Gen Meeaok a. not 4 large man
IN stature. but his snow white mus
tach. shaggy eyebrows ana strongly
lined face would command attention
Anywhere.
FIRST Armed Force.
Is there anything Interesting I
can tell about the war; he rontin-
ued. 4 think there il one piece Of
hiainfy ! have never read shout II
IL tho first ARMED force IN Washing
tom ~ was shortly altar The IN
anEufution a Lincoln, Those were
truubioua days In Washington up
rising wifhsn was feared a. much
AZ first as attack from Without So.
two companies u horne guards wsre
hastily organised and armed under
the command Of Casalua n Clay and
Senator Jim Lane. OF Kansas
m opened TO be Ia Washington ~
the time. concerned Nifh the organ
ixation ~ the territory 81 Colorado
then Ararahse county. Kansas W.
guarded The white House. watching
and sleeping n the east room BY
turns There may have been close
10 700 81 nn Anyway. We tried %
make up In aaaiity what we may
have lacked IN numbers We were
not uniformed. but Ne carried she
fret arms IN Washington. 81 there
VAS between the government and
possible trauhls While ws had 10
Do no fighting We wefr ready. AZ
any rate. Oar police guard over
Washington LASTED until the first
troops afrsxea--a Pennsylvania reg
inent. believe. am reasonably
certain no record has been made ~
this stsiwafa band
The general was Interrupted by
ne sntFaHae ~ a sunny hatred
nurse beasfns eup o. eonsemfne.
lie this a Yankee or southern
drink. pieaser~ qucried the general;
and. after an npraecihtivs sir. ire
- totsld - the authorities uiil al
low. rli b. bound Thank yea
After the niln~ienn exit - the
nurse Gen. Msrnnk coHftaaeds
Jokes With Nurses.
4 ma q helps little 70 Joke
aifh the nurses though. goodness
knawa nnuas of them act as n they
never had run across ore before.
senehow the days have doubled N
length. Itut Sundays are easier
there are Always = few q A. X. men
uh1 drop IN Ard then there are
san,s visitors aho come and sing