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

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letter OF yesterday-that is, the officers
and men surrendered to be paroled and
disqualified from taking up arms again
till properly exchanged, and all arms,
ammunition. and supplies to be delivered
UP as captured property Leo nodded
an assent and said. Those are about
the conditions which I expected would
be proposed General Grant then con-
tinued. Yes, I think our correspondence
indicated pretty clearly the action that
would be taken at our meeting; and I
hope 1t may lead to a general sus-
pension of hosulites and be the means
of preventing any further loss of l!fe.'
Lee inclined his head as indicating
his accord with this wish. and Grant
then went on to talk at some length in
a very pleasant vein about the prospects
of peace. Lee was evidently anxious to
proceed to the formal work OF the sur
render. and he brought tho subject up
again by. saying:
~ presume. General Grant. We have
both carefully considered the proper
steps to be taken, and I would suggest
that YOU commit to writing the terms
you have proposed. so that they may
BIO formally acted upon
Wrote the Terms.
Very WELL replied General Grant, I
will write them out and, calling for
his manifold order-book, and opening It
on the table before him. he proceeded 10
write the terms. The leaves had been
so prepared that three impressions of
the writing were made. He wrote very
rapidly. and did not pause until he fin
isled the sentence ending with officers
appointed by me to receive them Then
he looked toward Lee. and his eyes
seemed to be resting on the handsome
sword that hung at that officers side
He said afterward that this set him to
thinking that 1t would be an unneces-
sary humiliation to require the officers
to surrender their swords. and a great
hardship to deprive them OF their per-
sonM baggage and horses. and after a
short pause he wrote the sentence. This
will not embrace the side-arms OF the
officers. nor their private horses Or bag
gage When he had finished the letter
he called Colonel Ely S. Parker. one Of
the military secretaries on the staff to
his side and looked it over with him.
and directed him as they went along
to interlne six or seven swords, and to
strike out the word their which had
been repeated. When this had been
done. the general took the manifold writer
in his right hand, extended his right arm
towards General Leo, and started TO rise
from his chair to hand the book to him.
AS I was standing equally distant from
them with my back to the front win
dow. I stepped forward, took the book
and passed it to General Lee.
Cool and Deliberate.
Lee was very cool, collected, and do.
liberate In manner. He reached In his
pocket and drew out n pair Of steel
trimmed spectacles. With fred silk
Handkerchief he wiped them very care
fully. adjusted them to his eyes and
began reading over the terms. They
consisted of two short pages. When he
reached the top line of the second page,
he looked UP and said to General Grant,
After the words until properly the
word exchanged seems to be omitted.
You doubtless intended to use that
word
"'why. yes,' said Grant 7 thought I
had put in the word exchanged
"'r presumed it had been omitted In
advertently,' continued Lee. and with
your permission I will mark where "
should be Inserted
"'Certainly.' Grant replied.
"Lee felt in his pocket as II searching
for a pencila but did not seem to &c
able to find one. Seeing this, and hap
pening to be standing close to him. I
handed him my pencil. He took it, and.
laying tho book on the table, noted tho
During the rest Of the
interview he kept twirling this pencil in
his fingers and occasionally tapping the
top Of the table with 1t. When he hand
ed 1t back. it was carefully treasured by
me as memento OF the occasion.
Showed His Feelings.
when Lee cams to the sentence about
the officers side-ar1ns, private horses
ana baggage. he showed for tho first
time during the reading Of the terms a
slight change of countenance, and was
evidently touched by this act of gem
crosby It was doubtless the condition
mentioned to which he particularly nj
luded when ne looked toward General
Grant az he finished reading and said,
with come degree of warmth In his man
ner, '"Thls Will have a very happy effect
upon my army.
General Grant then remarked, UNLESS
you have some suggestions to make
in regard to the form In which have
stated tho terms. will have copy of
tho letter made In ink and sign It.
"'Thera Is one thing I would like to
MENTION Lee replied after a short pause.
The cavalrymen and artllerists own THAR
own horses In our army. It's organization
in this respect differs from that of the
United States This expression at
tracted the notice of our officers pres
emit as showing how firmly the conviction
was grounded In his mind that We were
two distinct countries. He continued,
II would like to understand .whethsr
my men will be permitted to retain
their horses?'
"'You will find that tho terms as writ
ten do not allow this replied Grant;
'only the officers are permitted to take
their private property Leo read over
the second page Of the letter again. and
then said;
NO. see the terms do not allow I'll