Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1907-06-21

temptation to shake him, he seemed sol
timid and embarrassed in the face Of
10000 people He seemed so afraid,
OF cheering men, women and children,
when in the presence of $4,000 soldiers
he would have been right the other
way, that l was constantly on the
point Of speaking to him, but the truthI
is was afraid of him. In all my life
l never had seen man so absolutely
helpless as he was before a large
crowd.
Zone day 1 pressed through the
crowd to get to balcony where the
general was to stand, and as I was
then pretty large man, had a hard
time Of it. 1 got to the balcony out of
breath and out of patience, with all
the buttons off my coat. I found two
boys lounging about the little balcony,
and it struck me that they were very
much out of place, and, without MAX
ing any inquiries Of the only other
newspaper man on the balcony, I
caught the boys by the arm and was
hustling them out when General Grant
said quietly: Those are my boys
"For an instant there was the old
general that l had known on the field.
Those four words said all there was
to say, and I stood abashed as under
singing rebuke. Then I turned to
my newspaper friend and said: Cap
tain, won't you kick me down stairs
and kick me UP again and report to the
general in writing?' That struck Gen
eral Grant very favorably. He held
out his hand to me and said: Never
mind, we all make Mistakes"
"By the way" said Captain Mum,
General Grant coined a good many
phrases that have come into very gen.
eral use. In January, 1862, l and
three others were with General Grant
when he made a reconnaissance from
Fort Holt to Columbus, Ky. Near the
latter place the fly Of a tent had been
spread, and under this General Grant
and myself were awaiting the return
Of scout whom Grant had sent for
ward to discover whether there were
any signs Of the enemy.
eve had not waited long when tie
scout rode up in a state Of great eX-
element, his horse fairly covered with
foam. General Grant went out quiet
ly to meet him, and after a few mo-
ments' conversation returned to the
tent as quietly as he had gone and
said to me and the others: we must
get out of here or we will be gobbled
up That was the first time | ever
heard the expression used in that way,
and I have always believed that Grant
originated it. just as he originated the
phrase bottled up which he applied
to General Butler later in the war. We
rode away quietly but rapidly, Cen
eral Grant showing no excitement over
his narrow escape from the clutches Of
the enemy."-Chicago Inter Ocean.
The Youngest Soldier.
Monroe Truesdell, Of Big Hollow, N.
Y, makes the claim that he was the
youngest man in the Federal army in
the Civil War-excluding drummers, Of
course He was born in the town of
Lexington New York State Septem-
Der IS, 1913. On September II, 1862,
two days before he was Il years old,
he enlisted in the Fourth New York
Cavalry and entered service immediate
ly, being assigned to the Army Of the
Potomac He served under Custer,
Fitzpatrick, Merritt and Sheridan and
was on the staff Of Warren and Sheri-
dan. He claims to have carried the
first dispatch from Warren to Grant
when the latter took command of the
Army of the Potomac at Culpepper,
Va. Gen. Cesnola once told him that
he was the swiftest bearer Of messages
he had ever known.
When Sheridan went - the Shenan-
doah Valley to meet ~ TruesdelI
went with him. Up to this time he had
only received bayOnet wound through
the left leg and a buAsshot wound in
the right side. At the battle of Win
chester he was shot through the right
lung and shoulder. He was sent to a
hospital. Returning to his regiment he
was promoted to commissary sergeant
for services at Winchester. Later the
Fourth New York Cavalry was con-
solidated with the Ninth and TruesdeIl
was rendered supernumerary. He was
then offered a commission as LIEUTENANT
on scout duty on the frontier, but pre-
ferred to remain with his old COM
rades When Lee surrendered he help
ed parole prisoners in the Valley. He
was discharged April 80, 1865.
After leaving the army he went into
business in several branches and is now
located at East Jewett in the lumber
business. He has recently returned
from a trip through the south, during
which he inspected several Of the old
battlefields.
"Jeegns" Went.
Hunor lightens everything, even
oil