Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1912-01-06

districts Of the south in the DAYS gone
by. Hunting, which was INDUCED
In by many citizens OF the south. wa
also largely conducive to this char
acteristic Development.
Indeed. the rebei yell was nothins
more nor less than the we'll known
fox hunters veil, prolonged on tho
high note and more continuously re-
peated. The huntsman in calling his
dogs TO ycther would blow his old
fashioned COW horn 'toot-toot.to loot,
and we'll "Who-ey " then call, Here
dogs, here and again yell who
cy'" The we'll was In frequent use
during the hunt, with other words
added. serving TO encourage ana slim
ulatc the dogs.
This yell was also In common nVr
throughout the south In calling 9TH
ers az a distance. as at a ferry In
calling the ferryman If on the ONO
site side Of the stream. or TO learn
the whereabouts Of some one al work
ont In the woods. etc
The rebel yell was usually preceded
In reaching the very high note with
the syllable "wah." Thus: "Wah.
who-ey, who-ey, who--ey."
The first syllable was uttered with
n short. low note. followed 10y the
who uttered with a very high. pro
longed note, DETECTING on the Fey"
The hish note was often held on a
very long expiration. giving to II a
protracted tone, thus; "Who -cy,"
and so was the yell kept mp.
The Federal or Yankee yell. com
pared with that of the Co~nfodorates.
lacked in yieor, vocal breadth. pitch
and resonance. This was directly
attributable 10 the fact that the SOL
diery OF the north was drawn and
recruited chiefly from large towns
and cities, from factory district sand
from more densely populated sec
tions. Their surroundings. their cir
cUmstances Of life and employment
nodded the temperament Of the pec-
pie and restrained their vocal dcvel-
opwent Rarely had they occasion
for yelling and hich or PROLONGED
notes were Objectionable TO neigh
bors. There are thousands and thou
sands Of men in the cities and in
other dcnselv populated sections of
the north who never elevated their
voices to ANYTHING like their fun CT
pacity
So. when companies and regiments
we're formed In the beginning OF the
war. and the men wished to cheer
their captain or some higher officer.
they had no alternative but 10 adopt
the old method of proposing three
cheers for Captain Johnson or Cap
tain Grant. HIP, hip. hip" "Hurrah
hurrah." etc. Then later when in
battle they attempted to yell. "Hur-
rah. hurrahl" in the excitement If
a charge the modification and tone
and the haste OF utterance produced.
Hoo ray, Hoo ray" the first sylla-
BILE pronounced with " short and
quick note. the last with n higher
and prolonged tone. Their cheer"
as they called Il. always sounded ~
me like n number of men or boys
trying TO stop a moving vehicle. hol-
lowing. Hey. hey, hey." or ."Rey.
rey. rey." having about the same tone
and SOUND. | rarely ever heard the
first syllable. Possibly the same may
he said OF the rebel yell.
From what ! have stated Il is easy
TO see that the rebel veil vas the
only true and unuuestioned yell: and
when hundreds of thousands Of men.
stimulated by the excitement ans Wig
or OF a charge. gave this yell In bat
tie. II was demoniaoal and demoral-
lzing in the EXTREME Harvey
Dew. NJ. D., in Confederate Veteran.