The National tribune., 1908-04-30
rR1BuNE C, THURSDAY

in quaint. hdmani interest way that
is very interesting. He says:
MY relations after that with the
Corporal were"tery' Yhuch strained un-
til rough h-and-tumble occurred in
which the Corporal came out second
best, and afterlthati he got along with
me better" IL liz
The regiment proceeded to elect a
coionel, Lieuenant-Colonel and Major,
neither one of whom was of any earth
~ account in the position. They had
not the slightest military training and
did not want tofhave9 Ware got into the
usual difficulties with his officers and
knew what it fwas to be in the guard
house. cd. sff rs -r,
After weeksn of adventures of all
KINDS in Missouri, one incident of which
was preparing petition asking his
captain to resign, which was signed
Dy nearly every man in the company,
they came under the command of Gen.
Lyon and Joined in the march against
Price and McCulloch. In spite of
Gen. Lyons earnestness and ability
wnch impressed them ali very much
they did not like him. He never SEEM
ed to sleep any; he never smiled. He al
ways appeared nervous and irritable
and he never had a pleasant word for
ANYBODY We made up our minds that
ne did not care much for anybody and
we did not care much for him."
The end of their enlistment found
them in Springfield, Mo-, living on
pones of corn meal with leaf of spice
wood in each. The pones were placed
IN the hot a7hes and baked and were
very hard, but went down well with
coffee They We're in daily prospect
of a fight and did not want to go home
until they had had the battle. BY this
time Ware thinks that they were the
raggedest, toughest lot of soldiers he
ever saw, but they could drill all right
form as good line and go thru the
Manuel of Arms as well as the best
dressed soldiers in the world. What
they wanted and wanted very bad was
night or discharge or both-tht
fight first. the discharge afterwards.
As to the entrance into the battle
OF Wilson's Creek, Col. Ware says:
"On Aug. 9. shortly before sun.
down the bugle was blown and we
were commanded to fall in There
were no tents to. mark our regimenta
line. We were sleeping in the oper
air; the position of each company was
marked by the ashes where the com
pany complexities and mess pans wer,
standing. Each company of our regi-
ment fell in, making an irregular line
which was quite long, owing to the dis.
tances between the companies. After
standing in line for some minutes Gen
Lyon was seen approaching on hi.
large, dapple-gray horse; this was the
horse he generally used. Lyon, as he
rode by the companies, made a briet
speech to each. We could not heal
what he said to the companies on each
side of us, owing to the distance apart
of the companies and the low tones Of
MS voice When he came to our com.
pany his words were:
Men, we are going to have a fight
We will march out in a short time
Don't shoot until you get orders. Fire
low-dont aim higher than theil
knees; wait until they get close; DOM
get scared; it's no part of a soldiers
duty to get scared,
This is all he said, and is, believe
a verbatim report for We often talked
1t over, and compared notes, practical.
ly committing lit to memory. He SAID
the same to the other companies stop.
ping about a minute at each. 1t was
tactlessi and chilling speech; ithers
was nothing in it Of dash. vim. or en-
couragenent. lit was spoken in low
tone and with "a solemn look, and ap.
parently with a. feeling of exhaustion
He was dressed in uniform, buttoneC
up to the chin, as If he We're cold
altho the weather was dry and roast
ing. We boys considered the speech
as very poor effort and entirely want
ing in enthusiasm. He had better no
have made it, The absurdity of thu