The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-06-14
The Cdseof Major IgIehart

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It was queer case, that Of Major
Iglehart He was neglectful of duty,
slovenly In appearance and drank hard
His uniform hung on him Imply, his
coat turned green. his boots were mud
dy, and his hair protruded through a
hole in his hat.
Charges for conduct unbecoming an
officer and gentleman-drunken
were preferred against the major.
They were about to come up for trial
when suddenly the enemy came down
son us. The colonel led the retreat, the
lieutenant colonel following In close
order. OF the field officers the major
alone was at the front But he was
mot the officer we had known. He
was transHgured. He sat erect on HIS
horse. his eye lighted with the FIRE Of
battle, and his orders rang out In n
clear, ringing tone. 1t seemed that he
had returned to the being he had been
before some great sin or some great
grief had bllghted him.
He found the men I'm confusion, some
flying, some gathering their weapons
and. accouterments, some making an
effort at formation. The moment he
appeared, out OF tne struggling mass
ine ueVeiopea' ana tnose running 10
the rear. came back and REINFORCED It.
Selling a standard, he called upon us
to follow and, charging, saved the day.
Aiter IL was over all reverted 10 its
iormer STATUS Inc colohei abo lieu
Tenant coiohei resumed coinmanu' ana
Z tne haJor got drunk but tne charges
were quieuy withorawn. Ihough tne
ma!or srea''y lowered 'ne Horai una
sociai tone OF the reginent' ne must
DC endured nVerypouy ieit .hat way
-.ne heid omcers because ne couia
ieau ,ne men in patue anu they cou'o
not tne hne onncers anu 'he n,ch DC,
cause ,ney must nave SOME one 10 ieau
tne" wnen tnere was ngn'ihs 10 40.
NO one tnousnt OF auVancing 'ne mayor
W 'ne position oi coioheh such eoio-
mel wou,u rum tne resineht WIN 'ne
aruy. ror WINE we triea 10 treat
nm, WIN consiuern,lon' pu' he w"s SO
enaooy, 80 unso'uiei's, AZ eveiy WY
80 oesrnueu' ,nat we soon s"Ve ~ UP
ane rea''Aeu ,na' our nanuso'ie eo'o-
anu 30 IL con''hueu' "nen 'nu ,o'o'
h.' SpoNe 10 US, us ne oi,en u"' :"
piehsihg ana ulgnineu inanncr' cah7
ihs US my poys' we eneereu, uu' ."e
nrst 'nihs we KNEW We were io"o"ins
tne major over preaseworhs OF s'ano'
aug III iihe WIN .ee,n se'' 'ahins pun
isnneh'. livery ,ine ,heie was nsn'-
lug 10 pa uone ne ioonneu up at ,ne
'front.' anu wncn ~ was o'ei ne '""A
PACK INTO MS haoituai stupor.
ohuer our co,onei 'he resin"en' nc
quiaeu hh eAceiieh. reputation ivr us
ciphne anu soiuier,y bearing, o"'e'
tne majors 'eauership III pn'.ie We pe'
cane Nno"p us one Vi ,ne ihos' gu
ian. poo,es III ,he army. " eoo'ee wv
ree,iheN. mutt DC nono,eu ~ ono "
ohes naine, anu IL was il'poS'iD,e D, W
noaor us ,nroush ine n'aJo,
ioe ,he coione' sot "o e"u y, ~
poa ior gaiian,ry ana eyehtua,Iy was
maas u prigauier senerai: na' r'
tne heu'enaht coiohei ~ lor 'ue pa''
gance Oh 'hs glory aii VI WHICH e"''''
nateo from tno major
Inc nu!or never n,ue nny eo
paint ut the iac. that ali 'nese nohois
passeu over MS neuu' ne uiun eeen
10 care NOT oiu any one ~ ,no 'es
mene opJect we uii le't .nu. ou,
services snouio nave 'ecosni''o" anu
consiuereu ,n"t nohors conie'r.u upo"
mn, wouiu DO no recosnition ut an
AT the ihst nsn, .ne niuJo, io"sn, ~,
tne army was heiu III cheeN Wy IN I'M
on wnicn tue enemy hau p'an'eu an
iery' anu everything was ~ "eau
LOCK- ine senerai roue up " ou, .es
iment hnu askeu ior .ne eoioue' an'
neutenaht colone' ~ luicA sue.''s,o',' .a'.
Nopouy cou'a .en nun "neie my
were: nc asheu ~, 'ne neAs ~ .o
mand. some one 'o'u MN 'na. Mayo,
isieheart wao "p''ep =" a..
near py. AZ tnaI ino,neh. 'no ma,o'
appeared. Inc senerai iooAeu w I'M
IN despair. Nevertne,ess ne su'e n'l'
an order 10 take nc mn.
Ihe way tue IuuJor "a'heu us ~
thht MI was u s,shs 70 penoiu s ns