The evening world., 1911-12-05

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command Of shermanls advanc guard at jackson. Mss He wa
After the wa he became a commission merohsn, in ST. Louis. and New Or
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o commander of the District of Columbia cOmmandery of III. Loyal Lesion:
srea, activity. he Is mentally, tally keen and keeps the dry sunos Of an Iowa '.o %-s:
which oceursd in Iowa at the oeslnnins Of IN. "A peoau.. "a. p.nosr.as
$4,000 to raise uoop, in W for h peservauon Of thu Union, o K.rtwoes
cavalry. '"1 That Va. /" May. 1851 wi s~sn.s-slss s.%. Old. With n military
Z lived at Bloomfield. twelve. mile. from tn. Ml..pu. border Ny ms..ensn
o. thu border to invade Iowa. I applied to ov Karswood tr .rms nj, h. had
her. ". great enlistment in NorrSern M-ouH for n Conssasr.s. Army.
81, = event wen to to S % n Fremont Fremont :; a, . St .Sss and asked for .s"' HI had none I
a. w SsSn.s s'n I sS 10 sv S,n 1 s%s run . S.ssr, u% Ta'.r nuv,,,,..
., 'le raw y.s. 800" rounds 1as m RIGHT way 1t was loaded o a steamboat an
,.. ,T III, mex might ;s about u m%ashs my %s.sns.s W. 70 ny Aeu.. in Bloom
invasion Q Iowa uisan nT,yas our ~~S 1900 cavalry. ITO "''" '"'' Inc
o'clock TEX in, in 'ss morning mini they brought to ny house . Jig wo,v aeasd sihy-
really a wild homo just taken ron thu h~d It vas TIT only horse %ey could
4 90, u p in the seat too the rens. the men let 70 n the mustang plunged
' III s%, streams with never a let '' a hundred escape ron imminent wreck
DOWN w" to 1 . ssSa. an ne n h" s OF Nj. s ssS"; aa : s's m 1 of anime ;s,. Here ssv the ..s LED
s2uo. 's a eS S'' r%. .ses. the ,s s' r. s sr.,. s'.a at n he herd a.. of , ,asa. &C., one ne wA*.
air md down he landed o his. back n a ditch with the suky on top of him I
til. a Sss sS I'd. '. .%n s, r Of With 1T. a an q n nai ,. s. Ss, IVA: s' ssss%sn: :; bette, still:
~ Hssa mT sSu nan "r heP, p. -, me bitch uD again. M away we emit ii. horse
River, half a mile wide, nd a mile n a half further came to the uwn II
around so sruars in the centre Of thu IF Round on" ana @1, o s@S ne. r ssid ,M ns
MINI tn ss t ~r good ROY 'o ok tine s. ' Ssn ' sef Ssss ss,s's ten min N anas ;" nd s' ,.a 4 ,s
Il notified the authoHte of Keokuk 20 taricade their streets. aran- a..
coming OF Martin Green. one of the railroad officials came to m uhh :. IA -
ladng showing O gum In transit shipped by IN War Denar,nsn, ~ Nj
Grenvile NJ Dodge at Councn Bluffs Tor thu regiment h was raA1r~ o.. -
these guns had just rrved in Keokuk nc were about to q, ON, On IN. -.
bound train. felt that Providence was with me- I seized Ms min. ina ~.
rain
II found tn nun which Gen. Fremont lad sent and Nv mora vond~-
nh good fortune thec cartridges we exactly right for the caMbre Of the nuns
mmedatey CAV 100 guns to Gen. Beknap, afterward secrr.rv ~.
Wars ant 100 to n. J Sample got N the train with 500 runs At Athena Mo
CoL DAVID Moore was In camp witt 10 loyal Mssourans armed with a few shot,
uns gave him 200 rhes. FOur miles further II. at Pennington. lett 100 runs
with {. II i. Scott At keosauqua 1 LEFT 200 suns The other 800 gus I
took to ottumwa. hred wagons n hauled them to Bloomfield. m y home where
three Oompani were promptly raised, N Immediately started aek to K.okuk
the way I received a message troll Col Moore telling hat Green's
forces were advancing on him ant a battle was omenarl expected A .nesal
train brought a detachment to his aid.
Moore hadt errcaded the Streets Of Athens Green attacked him but the re-
.sstance was so strong tht Green retired. For two lay my Home Guards con.
nue. to arrive at Athens Then Col Moore. IN command. ouowe thu rebels
into Missouri. They never came back to Iowa.
Having seized tho gun without warrant ordinarily a great onense-I started
to get my action legalzed. Gen. Fremont said Ito me: o have rendered u very
Important service You have how fitness for command Next a 10 appointed
me Coonl and authorized M to raise a regiment OF cavalry. In ten das L hsd
LOO men in camp, mustered in as the Third w Cavalry.
BUT I law never ceased to wonder wha would have happened If hat Wild
mustang had not landed OF his bck in a SOFT ditto m thus saved his lees. a.
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