Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-07-02

| Champc. pretended In be- 90 heavy with
! sleep That no did not understand Next
| ne Fldlculed tho idea Of a member Of
| me legion deserving. The captain in
| dlEnantly called out the whole legion
! Then Champo being missing. a pursuing
| party was ordered Leo DELAYED Il as
| much as possible without arousing sus-
/ picion and at the last moment sub-ti-
| tuted FOR the commander "a lieutenant
! named Middleton. noted for his tender
| hoartedncss \ rain early in the eve
! ming had effaccd an tracks in the road,
| so IL was easy 60 trace Champc. the
| night being unusually bright and star
| ny, and all the legion horses having "A
private mark which the farriDr put in
the shoe and which was plain To- the
lcgionaircs but scarcely noticeable 10
Others
At sunrise the pursucrs got sight Of
Champc. They cut him Of from reach
ing Paulus Hook. where he first intend
cd going. 800 he made for Hohoken.
Champc reached the river about 200
yards ahead OF his puEuers and made
frantic signals 20 the British gallcys off
shore He had his yalise and orderly
book dashed to his back and as Middle
toms party approached he threw away
his scahbard and with his naked sword
in his hand he jumped into the river,
calling to the galleys for help. Boats
put out to his aid and when he eN-
planned his situation letter TO Sir
Henry clinton was given 10 him. That
night he was in New York. He was
closely questioned and managed TO win
the confidence Of Sir Henry, who gave
couple OF guineas TO him and sent
him to Arnold. who was raising an
American legion. Arnold assigned quar-
tiers to him among the recruiting SER
Ecants. Champe managed TO deliver
Washington's two letters ana arranged
with one OF tho spies 20 assist In tho
capture OF Arnold Champe learned
that Arnold in retiring each night
about 70 pm passed through a garden
back Of his quarters. Adjoining the
garden was an alley to the street.
Champe arranged with two accom-
pliccs. one Of whom had n boat I'm
readiness, to seize and gag Arnold on
q certain night and carry him from
the garden to the river.
In case they were seen they were ia
represent Arnold as a drunken sailor
they were taking back TO ship. once
i'm a boat they were safe.
But ARNOLD ESCAPED.
Champe loosened the palings between
the garden and the alley so that Arnold
could be carried through without noise
ana when all was ready notified Lee OF
tho night chosen for the abduction.
on the appointed night Lee and a small
party waited on the Jersey shore. Hour
after hour passed, and dawn came, but
no sign of Champe and his prisoner.
A few days later a letter from the SER
geant explained the failure on the
very day for the kidnapping Arnold
changed his quarters to superintend the
emba rkstion OF troops for a southern
expedition 10 be commanded by him
self, And poor Champe, instead Of
capturing the general. had to accom-
pany the traitor. Not until nearly a
year later, at Petersburg. Va, was he
able to escape. Then he tramped
hundreds OF miles and Joined tho le-
glon Of Leo i'm North Carolina as IL
was pursuing Rawdon. Great was tho
surprise OF the men when they saw
him, and greater was the surprise
when they saw how warmly their com
mandcr greeted him. But when they |
learned the whole story their admira-
ton for tho legion's one deserter knew |
no bounds.
Lee had plenty Of active service in |
those trying times when Washington, |
with varying success, played the great |
game for control Of New Jersey and /
the Highlands Of the Hudson. but IL
was mild IN comparison with that
which he saw when he and his legion
were sent south to join Greene. The |
British had overrun Georgia and the /
CarOlinas. Gates had been crushed.
with the exception Of the small bands |
by Marion and sumter.
there scarcely was a force south OF
to uphold the cause OF indie
pendenCe, IL was a desperate under
taking that had been assigned 20
Greene. He was asked to take the
remnants Of a disorganized, disrupted
army half starved, ragged and poorly
armed. and With II reconquer a terri
tory held by a force much larger than
his own, well clad. well fed, trained
men habituated b. victory. No man in
Inc American army WIS better fittcd
FOR the task than Nathaniel Greene. |
lie had all the patience OF Washington
and perhaps more military skill. He |
lad positive genius for fightinE, and
while apparently beng worsted always
the opposing force. His cam
paiRn in the south was mastery. At
.arious times he lost we'll earned |
Victory through the panic that seized
some OF the militia companies an his
title army but he always managed TO
retreat In good order. and although |
apparently checked time after time, he
never really lost ground but constantly
made Roadway
THE SCREEN OF AN ARMY.
When Lee Joined him. Greene had be
.un the retreat that opened his great
CORVALLIS. eager to finish
ne Wofh ne nad zone 80 wei al tdlil- |
len. pursued him relentlessly. There |
vas no hope for Greene unless he could
ret the beaten army 10 Virginia and
ould place n broad river between "
md the British. The legion OF Lee and
he force OF Col Williams acted as "A
Green for Greene. For 200 miles Its
province wis 10 hamper tho advance
ruard Of the enemy. Many times IL
eemed as II the force OF Greene was
loomed, but every time the advance
-uard Was checked So desperate was
he pursuit that Lees men we're able
o eat but once a day. and were able |