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meditated-carryiAg out the plan of turn
ing Lees right
Gibbons Divfsion of The Second Corps
was left in posi- Don at Falmouth to keep
up a pretenseEof those nights being
strongly eccupnd. In the meanwhile
the remaining kbur corps of the army
were moved our quietly aad with as lit
tie show as possible toward the fords
above AFfederi0 01sburg Gen.. Hooker
fully realized that celebrity and secrecy
were absolutely necessary to his sue
cess, and he had Burnsides awful ex-
ample before him of the danger of CIV
ing Lee notice and allowing him to con-
centrate in a strong position across his
path. Hooker's orders were models of
clearness.
April IS the Eleventh and Twelfth
Corps were ordered to move out toward
HARDWOOD Church, followed by the Fifth
Corps. Howard commanded the Elev-
enth Corps, Slocum the Twelfth and
Meade the Fifth. The Eleventh Corps
marched in advance, and Hooker ac-
companied the troops as far as Norris
vile, where he gave his final orders. and
placed the Eleventh and Twelfth Corps
under the command of Slocum.
HARDWOOD Church was reached on the
evening of April 81, distance of IA
miles from Falmouth. Slocum was di-
rected to move both corps to Germanna
Ford, and, crossing it at once. reach
Charlottesville with all possible haste.
IF you reach Charlottesville quickly"
said Hooker, "the game is ours" Meade
was ordered to move toward Ely's Ford.
If Slocum should not find any consid-
cradle body of the enemy at Chancel-
lorsville he was to move down the Plank
road toward Fredericksburg until he
took in reverse the troops guarding
Banks's Ford, which they would have
to, uncover, and then the rest of the
army could be brought up from below
and concentrated quickly and easily.
SIocum Crosses the Rapidan.
On April %, after a march of IA
miles, Slocum halted at 4 p. m. near
Kelly's Ford. About 400 men of Busch
beck's Brigade gallantly crossed the
Rappahannock in boats, drove away the
force that was on guard and laid q
bridge under the direction of Capt. Com
stock. of the Engineers. The bridge
was begun at p. m. and completed at
10 p. m.
April 20, at 4 a. M, the Twelfth Corps
resumed the march, followed by the
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CHAPTER ".

LEE SKILFULLY OUTGENERALED.
Hooker, Keeping Lees Attention FIXED
Down the River. Makes n Well-Exe-
cuted Crossing of Two Rivers Above
Fredericksburg, and Places His Army
in "A Commanding Position on Lees
Left Flank.
A Magnificent Army.
Hooker may be said to have almost
recreated the Army of the Potomac.
He had raised it from the slough of de-
spond in which Burnside's operations
had sunk it, had brought its absentees
back to their colors by the 10000, had
reclothed and refiated it, had perfected
the commisSary department, SO that
probably it was the best-fed army the
world had ever seen, and, above all, he
had raised its spirits until it felt itself
capable of anything.
Never had the army appeared TO SO
good advantage as it had on the grand
reviews which he held, and at which
President Lincoln was a frequent Wis
itor. The confidence of the Administra-
tion grew very naturally with all this
demonstration of HOokerS remarkable
efficiency He was given everything
that he asked for, and Secretary STAN
ton saw himself that his acquisitions
were filled with the utmost promptness.
On the other hand, no questions were
asked him as to his plans. Stanton has
been subjected to much unmerited
abuse for interfering with the plans of
Generals The truth of history will
Show that whenever Stanton found a
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throw a force across at about the same
place where Franklin had crossed the
previous December.
On April 21 Gen. Doubleday, with his
division of the First Corps, marched
down as far as Port Conway, 21 miles
below Fredericksburg, and made great
to-do in pretending to throw bridge
across the river.
April 23 the oath Mich: actually went
across the river in boats and occupied
Port Royal. During all this time there
were two or three Corps frequently
marching and manuvering below the
city in q way to cause much concern TO
the Confederate Generals watching their
movements from the nights south of the
river.
Hooker, keeping his plans carefully to
himself, had determined to do the exact
reverse of what he was threatening Lee,
and to cross the river above Fredericks-
burg and beyond the fortifications. This
was where Lee had regarded the rough
ness of the ground and the difficultie1
of the double passage of the Rappahan-
mock and the Rapidan, as well as the
dense timber, as giving security to that
flank.
The Wilderness Country.
Above Fredericksburg the Rappahan-
mock comes down west of north, thus
making a sharp turn northward. Com
ing in more directly from the west, and
emptying into the Rappahannock, about
10 miles above Fredericksburg, is the
Rapidan, which was to be SO long the
dividing line between the hostile armies.
Between the mouth of the Rapidan
and Fredericksburg the hills on the
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along the ridge that divides the water
shed of the Rappahannock from that
of the Mattapony. They draw near
again as they approach near Fredericks-
burg, the old road running by Epar
Church and the new by Tabernacle
Church, and at last meet at the eastern
edge of the plateau. - =
The route-which retains the name of
Plank road-then follows narrow
ridge commanding BanlSs's Ford at the
north, which ii approaches within a dis
tance of a little over one mile, and the
valley of Hazel Run at the south--that
same stream which flows at the foot OF
Marye's Hill and which played SO i'm
portant a part at the battle of Freder-
icksburg At a distance of about four
miles from the aforementioned city and
six and one-fourth miles from Chancel-
lorsville is Salem Church. located upon
a spot where the ridge is particularly
narrow. A little further on, at two and
two-thirds miles from Fredericksburg,
this ridge widens again, forming an open
plateau, which terminates above the
city. The slopes of this plateau are
known by the name of Marye's Hill at
the southeast and that of Taylor's Hill
at the northwest.
The Ferds.
AS SUdteQ DeIOTe, OHiltu Duties fOtu
was little below the junction of the
Rapidan with the Rappahannock. Its
name is explained by the story that al
one time the United States had mine
in the Wilderness, and the passage up
the river leading to it was the United
States Mine Ford, which name became
shortened to it's present form. The two
principal fords of the Rappahannock
above the confluence. were Ely's Ford,
three and one-third miles up. and Ger
mama Ford, nine ana one-third miles
in a straight line. A good road led to
the old Wilderness Tavern, where il
crossed the old road and Joined the
Plank road little further on in the
midst of the forest near the Wolfrey
House. Several sinuous paths called
roads ran from Ely's Ford and United
States Ford, meeting at last on hillock
in a small clearing, where stood the
White House, and there formed a road
to reach the turnpike at Chancellors-
vile. This made Charlottesville the
commanding point of all the passages
thru the Wilderness, and it was the
point which Hooker had selected as the
objective of his army. Before Joining
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the Rapidan the Rappahannock ran for
10 or II miles parallel with it, only sep
arated by a width of from two to five
miles. Our scouts. to their great credit,
kept Hooker much better Informed of
Lees position and movements than
Lees scouts did of Hooker's. The former
reported to Hooker that the spaces be-
tween the two rivers and the fords
were only guarded by some cavalry
pickets maintaining communication with
Culpeper Court House. United States
Ford, being at Lees extreme left. had
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To this should be added Stonemans
Cavalry of about 10000 sabeTs, which.
however. were absent from the army,
and contributed nothing whatever to in
fuence the fate of operations.
The High Order of Generalshfp.
Hooker was to show that he had
strategic qualities equal to his genius for
organization. AS has been previously
remarked. he had before him as serious
"A problem as ever confronted a COM
mander of an invading army.
Lee stood directly across his path in
impregnab;e lines, extending for %
miles from Banks's Ford, above Fred
ericksbufg. to Skinker's Neck, below the
city. IL was madness to think of again
assailing him on any part of this long
line, which he had been industriously
Strengthening ever since Burnside's at
tack.
Even without these carefully prepared
3ntrenchments the mere feat of cross
ing the river in front of a strong and
yigilant opponent is one of the most
difficult things I'm warfare All the ad-
yantages are on the side of the defend
er; only a given number of men can
pass over a bridge or ford IN q given
time, and the defender can be carefully
watching these passages, strike any por-
zion of the other army that has crossed
the river, and crush il without the COM
Tades on the opposite side being able to
prevent There are not more than a
half dozen successful passages of rivers
in the face of the enemy in all the long
history of the worlds wars Whenever
this has been accomplished il has been
one of the brightest laurels in the crown
of the victor Alexander has no higher
title to generalship than his brilliant
passage of the GranicuS; part of Hanni-
bats fame is made up of his passage of
the Ticino; Napoleon's crossing of the
Danube at the island of Lobau is held
one of his masterpieces; Wellington's
passage of the Douro made him a Baron
and a Marquis
Hooker was now to perform an
achievement of thls kind which would
put him In the same rank with the great
commanders before named In spite OF
Gen, Lees familiarity with the country
and the invaluable assistance he recciy-
ed from the people, who were all in
sympathy with him.; Hooker succeeded
in most surprising way in deceiving
and outmanuvering him.
MisIending Lee.
Hool1er's first work was to impress Lee
with the belief that he. Hooker pro-
posed to cross the river below the city,
turn his right, and reach for the rail-
road in his rear.
This seemed such good generals lship
that Lee readily inclined 10 it, and kept
Stone.eall jackson with more than half
the army on the watch.
jackson held the line from Hamil-
tons Crossing to Port Royal Only a
division. one of Longstreet's. held the
long line from Jacksen's left by the way
of the crests behind Fredericksburg to
BanlSs's Ford Just above the city Long
streets Third Division, commanded by
Gen. Anderson, and Stuart's Cavalry
guarded the river above this point
The attention of Lee and Jackson was
kept fixed on this movement to their
right by imposing demonstrations and
al manner of apparent preparations to
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stationed there the brigades of Malone
and Posey, of Anderson's Division. I
Excepting his crowning mistake of
putting such a man as Stoneman in
command of his cavalry and then send
ing him off far out of reach with his
10000 sabers, Hooker's plans were sim
ply perfect. No General ever planned
better.
Feinting On the Left.
Gen. Sedgwick, with the First, Third
and Sixth Corps, was sent down to
where Franklin had crossed, and with
what might be called ostentatious se-
crecy massed behind the hills and al
lowed no fires. This concentration of
force there was, of course, at once made
known to Jackson and Lee, and the fact
that the troops were kept out of sight
and allowed no fires was strongly con-
firmatory of their belief that Hooker
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flashes, and were at once put into vig-
orous execution.

flashes. and were at once put into vig-
orous execution.
The Siege of Suffolk.
J. c. Rowland. 18TH N Y. Rice
Lake, Wis, thanks us heartily for the
account of the siege of Suffolk and for
our just praise of Gen. ]. ]. Peck. Gen.
Peck was not only great engineer, but
a careful. painstaking soldier of tho
greatest vigilance. He and his COM
mand were always ready for whatever
happened. He kept his cavalry contin-
ually on the go, and also sent out fire.
quently infantry scouts for information
as to the country beyond him. He was
well informed as to all of Longstreet's
movements in the siege, and has his
forces in readiness to meet any move
ment or assault. Longstreets move
ments were well organized. and there
never seemed to be anything better
timed than his simultaneous advance
along the different roads. but they
found no one mapping on either route.
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The E,ebs-Hour Day.

The Eight-Hour League of America
is sending around resolutions for gem
eral adoption in favor of a universal
eight-hour day and for making this a
paramount issue of the next Presiden-
tial campaign.
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The 1924 Pa.

J. M Longnecker, Delta, o., wants
to know what regiment relieved the
1920 Pa at Staunton, Va, in July. 1866.
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Words by Thomas Calver.
Music by George f. Lillibridge.
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Words by Chas. G. Halpine.
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man who was willing and earnest he
gave him the freest hand, asked him
no questions, but aided him to the ut
most power of his Department, and ac-
cepted the results He certainly did
this with Hooker, Grant and Sherman.
But when the great War Secretary
found any officer sluggish and uncer-
tain. ne was pretty sure to lombard
him with suggestions and plans and
sharp admenitions to be doing some
thing.
The Strength of the Army.
At the beginning of April Gen. Hook
er had under his command something
over 124,0ee men. Lieut.-Col. w. T.
Forbes, Assistant Adjutant-Gene who
had unusual facilities for studying the
records. arrives at the conclusion that
there We're 114,o00 effectives, exclusive
Of Stoneman's Cavalry. He apportions
these as follows:
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Capt. /. G. Heaps, 27th ILL.,, is indig-
nant at an expression in a speech made
by Father Sherman at recent banquet
of the Irish Fellowship Club of Chicago.
Father Sherman stated that on that
memorable day at Cedar Creek Gen.
Sheridan awoke at Winchester at the
sound of heavy artillery fire, and,
mounting his horse, walked him little
way in order to get time to think. Com
rade Heaps says that he served under
Sheridan at Stone River, followed him
across the mountains at Chickamauga.
charged with him up Mission Ridge and
went with him to Knoxville. Sheridan
never did anything at a snaiPs pace
when there was any work in hand. He
was always in the thick of the fight
and regular cyclone of battle, an ex-
emplification of genius of work. He|
did not have to wait to think; his
thoughts came to him like lightning
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Lee Sill Deceived. ,,as, -.
Up until noon of April 80, if not later.
Lee still deceived himself with the be-
lief that Hooker was to cross below the
city. When he was first informed OF the
passage of the treaisi, shove tic city, he
directed Gen. Ana oH to. so with a
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1908-06-19
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HEADACHES
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Nervous System, the Treatment
Which Restored This Young
Ithaca Woman to Health.

One who has not endured the suffer-
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realize the awful agony of its victims.
Worst of all, the ordinary treatment
cannot be relied upon to cure nor
even to give relief that is permanent.
Some doctors will say that if a person
is subject to these headaches there is
nothing that will prevent their recur-
renee.
Nervous headaches, as well as neu-
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the nerves are starved. Feed the
nerves by furnishing through the blood
the elements which they require and
the cause of these nervous troubles is
removed. The only way to feed the
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Miss F. Mae Markell, of 10S Huestis
street, Ithaca, n. Y, says: 81 had
nervous headaches for several years.
They began when l was a student in
the high school. I was studying hard,
grew pale and thin and my friends
were afraid I was going into de-
cline. 1 had no appetite, my digestion
was poor and I lost in weight. The
headaches came on two or three times
a week and sometimes every day. They
were so severe that quite often I
would have to go to bed when 1 came
home from school. My blood was in
such a bad condition that my hands
were covered with a rash.
'Our family doctor benefited me for
a time, but did not seem able to cure
me. My grandfather told me to try
Dr. Williams Pink Pills, saying they
had helped him. 1 found that they
were helping me and took them until
cured. When school opened again I
was strong and able to study and have
never had the headaches SINCE
DIR. Williams Pink Pills are sold by
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from opiates or any harmful drug and
cannot injure the most delicate system.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1908-06-19
BEER BURGLARS STATE EvI-
DENCE.

The Territory versus Louis James,
burglary in the first degree, was on
before Judge De Bolt yesterday. This
is the case connected with the dfsap-
pearance of a barrel of beer from the
Rainier beer warehouse sometime ago.
The feature Of the case yesterday was
the testimony of Dan Kemakeliiole.
who was brought from Jail to go on
the stand. The witness had himself
been arrested for participating in the
beer burglary and pleading guilty was
sentenced TO a year on the reef His
evidepce yesterday was very strong
against the defendant.
Deputy County Attorney Milverton
is prosecuting and s. F. Chillingworth
and. E. A. C. Long appear for the de-
Tense.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1908-06-19
LAHA|NA GETTING
READY FOR THE FLEET

A large and enthusiastic meeting of
prominent citizens took place at Ha-
lealoha hall last Saturday evening to
plan for entertaining the officers and
men of the fleet. Mr.. William Hen
aing presided. A permanent executive
committee was elected to carry out
plans and appoint subcommittee.
On Monday evening the executive
committee met at the courthouse and
appointed committees on sports, mu-
sic, reception, decoration, Illumination,
refreshments, fruits, etc. Every citi-
zen seems to be patriotic toward the
neet.
Court opened on Wednesday. The
1own will be lively for week or So
foretaste of the arrival of the fleet.
The Catholic school will have an en-
zzrtainment on Friday evening.
Father Maurus will spend next week
m Waikiki.
The Lahaina school will give the par
Ents of the children a free entertain
nent on Friday. Mr.. Knoll has charge
If the music.
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SCHOOL TRUCK FARMERS.

This week the pupils of the Waia-
nole school are carrying home the
products of their garden. They have
Eafsed very good sweet corn, beans.
peas, and lettuce. They have been es-
pecially interested in the corn, and
considered it quite good enough to eat
rs they picked it At first they did
not know the names of many of the
Vegetables when they saw them. Now
1ney are able to talk and write about
their vegetables, and spell the words
correctly.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1908-06-19
HILO'S WARM
SOCKER TEAM

Practise will start shortly at Makiki
BY candidates for the socker team
which is going to play game in Hilo
on the Fourth of July.
The lineup of the Hilo eleven was
received yesterday and is as follows:
Goal, George Desha; right back, Will
EaHn Irvine; left back, H. K. Kellner;
right falfback, R. NJ. Lindsay; center
hsLfback, A. Rattray; left halfback,
b Walker; outside right, A. Hunter;
inside right, D. Donald; center for
wxrd, r. NJ. Lindsay; inside left, ]. 8,
IL Mckenzie (captain); outside left.
J. Craik.
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PORT OF HONOLULU.
ARRIVED.

Tuesday, June 16.
U. S. S. Maine, Harder, from San
Francisco.
U. S. S. Alabama, Veeder, from San
Francisco.
Str Mauna .Loa, Thompson, from
Kona and Kau ports.
Wednesday, June II.
Str. Kinau, Gregory, from Kauai.
Thursday, June IS.
Str. Claudine, Bennett, from Hawaii
and Maui.
Str. ]. A. Cummins, Searle, from
Koolau ports.
Str. Niihau. Oness, from Kau, Kona
and Lahaina.
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z MARINE REPORT. Z
~ W~~~~
From San Francisco Merchants Ex'
change.)

CTrom San Francisco Merchants Ex'
change.)
Tuesday, June Is.
San Francisco-Sailed,J June Is, S. S
Enterprise, for Hilo; June 16, S. s.
Nippon Maru, for Honolulu.
Port Gamble-Sailed, June Is, blk. AL.
bert, for Honolulu.
Sydney-Arrived, June 1s. S. S. 40
rangi, hence May 80
Ffji-Sailed. June Is, S. S. Mariana,
for Honolulu.
Hilo-Arrived, June IL, schr. Spo-
kane, from Port Gamble.
Wednesday, June IL.
Manila-Sailed, June Is, U. S. A. T.
Sheridan, for Honolulu.
New York-Arrived, June IL, Am blk
Nuuanu, hence Feb. Is.
Hana-Arrived, June IL, schr Homo
ipu. hence June 8.
San Francisco-Sailed, June II, All.
S. S. Mexican, for Honolulu.
Thursday, June Is.
San Frarcisco-Sailed, June II, S. S.
Mexican, for Honolulu. Arrived, June
Is, S. S. Nevadan, from Kahului
June l0.lI