Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1910-06-10

| ant occasions and events of great mo-
| ment, that / rather enjoy being old
As If II were only last year. last month
yes, as if it were only yesterday
| recall happy family living in tent
in field Just back of the Lee man
sion on Arlington Heights, Wa field
that is now part OF the drill ground
connected with Fort Meyer, and above
which the Wright brothers showed
their ability TO navigate the air, there
i by making II apparent that In flu
ture war there viii be mortar and tor
] pedo boats overhead as well as on the
! water.
The family consisted of Colonel Will
| liam w. Robinson of the Seventh Wis
eonsin. his wife, daughter and son.
/ The daughter was beautiful young
lady. a great favorite with all of the
/ young officers, who married one of the
! lieutenants of the colonels regiment
The lieutenant became General Hollon
/ Richardson at the end of the war, and
now resides at Seattle. The son was
| Ia years of age when his fathers reg
iment was in camp at Arlington, and
so fascinated by army life that he daily
/ begged his father to let him enlist
The father had been soldier In the
Mexican war. Realizing that the war
then going on would be a long and
hard one, he refused his consent until
the last year of the great struggle.
when the youngster hurried to the
front near Petersburg and became a
member of his fathers old regiment,
| then serving it's second three-year en-
listment in the Iron Brigade.
He was a little chap. even then. l
saw him in the ranks, a private. fight
Ing like veteran in one of the battles
to the left OF Petersburg in General
! Grants closing campaign a few days
before Appomattox The next time
met him, thirty-seven years later, he
was in the Philippine islands as chief
quartermaster OF department, and
was chief paymaster of the other de-
partment. He went to West Point soon
| after the Civil War and served in the
cavalry until 1891, when he was trans
ferred to the quartermaster's depart
ment, His last service before retiring
was as chief quartermaster. Depart
ment Of the Lakes.
can see the rosy-cheeked lad as
he mingled with the soldiers of the
brigade forty-eight years ago, and now
find much pleasure in saluting the
veteran brigadier general who has just
gone to the retired list. having reached
Tie age of 64-Genera. William NJ
Robinson, Jr The only son Of Gen
eral Robinson is Lieutenant Edward
W. Robinson of the Thirteenth Caval-
! ~, young offcer of promise worthy
son of father who served his coun-
try in two wars and good many In
dian campaigns, and a grandson of a
soldier who went through the Next
can war and who was the leader of n
most gallant regiment and for a time
commanded the Iron Brigade OF the
! West In the Civil War.
President Mckinley commissioned
the younger Robinson, then a second
lieutenant of regulars, captain of
volunteers and he was assigned to the
Thirty-fifth Regiment, which was or
ganized at Vancouver Barracks, Wash
ington. One day a couple of young
captains of that regiment came to my
quarters with their pay vouchers.
Robinson? That is familiar
name. We had a Colonel Robinson
and his son in our brigade, and the
son is in the regular army; both had
blue eyes, like myself"
The youngster smiled and said his
1 grandfather and father We're both sol
diers. That is the way | met my old
! brigade commanders grandson and my
regular army companions son.
4 The other captain was Captain Earl
Tanner, son of the famous Corporal
| Jim Tanner. who fought at Bull Run
| until he lost both legs and lamented
his misfortune because he could not
fight any more, a past commanderin-
chief of the Grand Army Of the Re
! public, Pension Commissioner, and
/ now valued federal officer In Wash
/ ington. This reminds me that one Of
| the delights Of my later service was
/ meeting the sons and grandsons Of
/ men who cut a figure in the war Of
! the COS, splendid soldiers Of sires who
fought on both sides in the big war
/ Il am glad to see you saying a good
/ word for the veterans Of the Confed-
crate army" said Colonel Charles W
Mott. His military title comes from
/ service on a Governors staff, but he
was real soldier in the Civil War
beginning at II years Of age and serv-
/ ing until the end Of the war. For
( years after completing his education
( he was a travelling man, and went very
/ generally through the South. He told
me this story, which is worthy Of cold
( type:
Some of the best soldier meetings
I ever attended were in the South
I with old Confederates Those people
showed disposition 10 be friendly
and fraternai very soon after the war
Among the many good friends I made
/ was a four-year soldier in the Con