La Junta tribune., 1909-06-05

line. but they attracted much interest
and attention. especially from the
young
The old soldiers met again at Har.
mony Hall Monday morning al nine
O'Clock and formed into a process lon
and parade The La Junta Concert
Band led the parade. followed by the
drill team OF the woodmen OF the
World Eighteen veterans were In
line. Next came two or three
wagons or floats loaded with school
children, waving flags OF red. white
and blu" The parade marched
around the court house square and
Many veterans went to the cemu.ry
Many veterans went OF the cempfary
In carriages, not feeling ablo 70
walk there in the parade.
About twenty-five veterans, 'hr
WoodmeE and large concoursa Of
citizens and school children par.cI.
pated IN the ritual exercises OF the
G. A. u. al the monument in he
cemetery. Which were conducted by
the post commander and ths post
chaplain. after which the graves
were decorated with flower not
merely the graves OF soldiers. but
those OF citizens as well.
The crowd then dispersed the
veterans meeting at the hall. where
a sumptuous dinner was prepared for
them by the w r. c. Near the
hall. A. K Yeiser. OF Yeiser Colo.
a village about thirty miles south OF
La Junta. was discovered. and he
proved TO be an e1-confederaie sol.
dier OF the lost cause He vas In
yited into the hall and introduced
to the boys In blue. his former foes
In arms. As is usual In such cases.
OF his experiences as soldier fight.
ing the Yankees. II. compiled. tell.
Ing them that he served under Gen.
eral Morgan, c. S. A. He was with
Gen. Morgan when he made his
famous raid across the Ohio river In.
TO the state OF Ohio. In his attempt
TO give the Yankees dose OF their
own medicine by introducing civil
war into the free states OF the north.
He told how Morgan's men Destroyed
towns and villages. tore up rail road
tracks. burned depots. took every
thing In sight. and played smash gen
orally. He then told how II. Yam
KEGS ros. up en- masse. more numer
Gus than the locusts In Egypy how
the Yanks came down upon them viii
rifles. shot guns. blunderbusses and
catapaults Of every description; sur
rounded them on every side and
drove them pcllmel. heller SkelteI
toward the Ohio river. where they
constructed a bridge OF boats across
the river and were getting safely ovcI
Into Kentucky. when 10. n Yankee gun
boat came down the river aud cut
their bridge In two. dumping mum.
b"r OF the boys into the river. and
leaving him and the larger body Of
Morgan's men on the Ohio side. where
they did no, wish TO be. II was river
and gun boats to the south OF hem,
Yankees to the north OF them. and
HI all around them. They hastily
called = meeting and decided to sur,
render In a body. which they did and
the Yankees took them In ou, Of the
wet and cold.
II was = most Interesting narrative
Judge finity asked him II he would
tell that story before an audiencs IA
woodman Hail In the afternoon. aut
he consented.
Now. Mr. Yciscr IL an aged mar
with \ kindly feeling In his heart 70,
the boys In blue. ~ was evidenced
by his meeting and dining with them
In Harmony Hall. but when called ID
on In woodman hall he became rat
tied and confused and instead a
giving the boys the above narrative
M 1aMnnh~A H.>,sA ..~- d.