The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-05-12
PROVES PATRIOTISM
ON VERGE OF
GRAVE
AGED MAN, MANY YEARS BRAND
Ed AS pEsERTER, GETS HONOR.
ABLE DISCHARGE VICTORY
ovERcoMEs HIM.

TERRE HAUTE. Ind. May After
suffering for more than forty-ive
years the humiliation OF being brand
ed. unJustly. deserter from Uncle
Sans army. Stanford S. Jared, a
private OF Company X. Thirty first
Regiment OF Indiana Infantry Volun'
teers. now a resident OF Paris, H., has
at last been set Alright, and there Is
not happier man in the whole world
A certificate OF honorable discharge
dated from Sept 6, 1862, the day when
Jared, sick and languid, fell pros
trate by the side or a Kentucky road
and Major Buell's command passed
him by. came from the adjutant-gener-
ais office In Washington last week,
and IL Is now the most cherished OF
the veterans worldly possessions.
Jarred's story, once he can be In
duced TO tell II, is remarkable one
story which exemplifies the prin-
ciple that perseverance In just cause
Will be rewarded in the end. For
more than twenty years Che cannot re-
member just when he started) the old
fellow lived with just one end In view,
and that was 10 get the honorable
discharge which he knew he deserved.
Claim agents from coast TO coast were
employed In the case. One Califor-
MIA man worked several years on 1t.
as did pension agent in Washington.
Other reputable agents devoted
much time TO the matter all with the
same result the word "deserter'
seemed TO be set 80 firmly after Jar
req name on the records OF the war
Iona 49, hns M
IL out. Jared was OH the verge OF
despair. and not only despair, but In
sanity. for the stigma had played 80
desperately upon his mind that II is
believed he could not have borne It
much longer.
However. relief finally came. Last
fall Jared put his case In the hands
OF Attorney Robert H. Catlin. OF this
city. Mr.. Catlin. In turn, consulted
Congressman Holiday. of the Fifth
district and through the latter's aid
the much-sought certificate was pro-
cured.
Jared as his story went, and II has
been verified beyond all question, en-
listed in Company X OF the Thirty
first Infantry in Terre Haute, Sept.
5, 1861, to serve during the entire war.
The regiment was in charge of Col.
Craft. Lieut.-C Osborn and Adjutant
Ross. Charles Smith was captain OF
Company X. Jared. now a man OF
sixty-five years, was then but eigh-
teen, a mere stripping He has an old
daguerreotype taken shortly after his
enlistment II Is that or a round
faced boy in full uniform OF Union
soldier.
After being quartered at the old
Terrea Haute fair grounds, for several
weeks the Thirty-first Infantry set OF
for seeding territory. Jared faced
the rebel cannon in the battle OF
Shiloh and later at Fort Denelson- and
Corrington. Miss. From Corrington
the regiment marched to McKinnville,
Tenn. Here Major Buell. made up the
forces which he led into Kentucky aft
er General Bragg. who was threaten
ing Louisville and Cincinnati. The
Thirty-frst Indiana became part of
Buell's brigade and the march north
ward started In the latter part OF
August, 1862 To Nashville and thence
across the Cumberland into Kentucky
Buell. led his forces In the hurried
march. Jared remembers we'll the
delay OF the army in crossing the river
on pontoons and the worry IL gave the
leaders.
Before the campaign started Jared
had been Ill. The rough army life
and poorly prepared food had shaken
his cor stitution. He complained, but