The Washington herald., 1907-09-14
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN.

When the corner stone Of the Washing
ton Monument was laid IN 1S4S, two little
boys with fife and drum headed the de
Jachmont OF marines which took part in
the dedication ceremonies. one of these
little boys was J, MunleH, now curator
OF the museum In the Washington Navy
Yard, and one OF the very few survivors
OF those who were present that day Mr
Munden is also proud of the fact that
he was one of those who went TO the
Orient with Commodore Perry in 1853 TO
open the doors of Japan to commerce.
When Commodore Perry set out with a
fleet of nine ships, Murleu was drum
meT boy on board the Macedonia, a man
of-war taken from the British in 1872
This vessel was propelled by sails alone
and once was ashore for many anxious
hours on O reef of the Cape of Good
Hope, being finally rescued 10y others OF
the fleet When the American marines
finally went ashore In the harbor OF
Craga in July 1853, tie drummer boy
with great horse pistol on one side and
sword on the other. was with them
carrying his drum and alert for orders to
beat any signal Despite the fact that
the nine vessels were lying br0adside TO
the town and had all their guns trained
that way, the landing party did not feel
altogether at ease.
You see.' said AIr. MuHdeU. I'm telling
of this, .aIl along the hills abJSc the har-
Dor was stretched q wall OF white cloth
with imitation loop holes painted Ou it,
Nobody knew why il was there, and for
ail We knew half the inhabitants of Ja-
pan might have been drawn uD behind
H. After the treaty was concluded. the
commodore wished % give the japanese
government some specimens of American
specie, and the Macedonia was called
upon TO furnish IT, When the package
was made up the little fourteen-year-0ld
drummer boy was sent with IL 10 the
flagship, and as reward was served
with fruit pie, and cake i'm the commo-
dore's own cabin. My. but it did taste
good said the drummer boy with zest
unliminished 10y fifty years. After four
years cruise iu Eastern waters NUndeu
came home t' be transferred 10 the Old
Aerrimac. lie served aboard her until
she was sunk in Hampton Roads IN an
ue-patou OF Confederate occupation.
Later Ae learned with interest that the
boat had been raised from the water and
coated with railroad iron. becoming the
-'l' III '"e history OF 1Ae n@lies
Like ex-Ca7grsssm8n Tarn Allan of
Mississippi Mr.. lIuudeu rather gIorfes I'm
the title of private" for besides being d
drummer boy on various ships IN the
-''-," N'.''9 navy ana many times
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tra civil NJ w. 80,
volunteers tine d-gmr7er hov v.crt into
the army and served for three wears re-
turning 10 the navy yard again whom
peace had come There among the his
l'Iia Aeia pieces AMI naval guns of his
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