The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-04-14

Fni List Of wounded
The wounuen n"hcomnissioncd oiN-
GERS ana priYates tuiiuw.
Cadet IL. W. Garrow, Aiubuma. sec
ond class sergeant, Company h; i. y.
stewart, N!re;iiiia, s"CUnu class, lIrst
scrgoant, Company G.. l.. G. MISC, see
ond class. sergeant, COMPANY (; G.. ".
MusOn. mind class, cDr;oru!, Company
A.: j. s MISE, tnird class. curpor;.l.
Company -; -. >. PIERCE. third CLASS.
private. Go apany ~ II. .. wntcneau.
third class. private, Company u; q.
spider. thnd class. private. Company
a, al. J. Meade. tGIl class, pgl-
vate, Company y; W. Z. Buster, tn.rd
class. private, Company y; j. Il. "Trip
lett, thrd class. corporaI, Company y:
j. Preston cOcKc, fourth class. private,
Company y: !. j.. B.ulsIura, Iuurtn
class. private. Company -; j. l.. Smith,
fourth class, private. Company Il q.
Il. Garnett, fourth class urtyutc. Com
pany Is. all OF Nirg mis-. NJ. Marshall.
Mississippi, fourth class. private, Com
pnny H. and Il. ". NOoGlirI. Louisiana,
fourth class. Company X. we're lhc only
cadets outside OF Virginia. except ser
.sc:tnt Garrow. who were ..ounueu. The
olhcr woundsd, all rom Nlrginia, were
W. Dii!arh, ". y. Christian, :. 4, Phii-
lips, H. IL. Smith, W. y. Watson Il.
Johnson, j. y. upsmAr, T. w Nh.tc, =.
H. Head, Jr. Il; Barlleiey. L. a. Penuie-
ton, g. y ltandoipn. :. q. Gibson, j.
-. DarIgu. ~. $. Aourmau. j. = Mcr-
rI,t, Z. H. Harrison. j. j. Dickinson,
G. -. Walker, j. iinhUdcn. (. y. Cor
ling, ". .. harris. ANA T.. {. Hayes.
All of these were Iour.u classnicn ana
belonged 10 di1crcnt co:"p"n!es in the
1t, has often been GsHcd, especial
~ IN the North. why these bcardicss
lads were allowed to so into battle.
even Of their ow, voluon, while tue
fact that they were ordered out has
been criticised on the other side OF
Mason ana DiXons line.
The records show that the cadets.
even to the youngest, mad long been
ycarning for chance to light. Many
OF them remained a, the institute be-
cause their parents had put them there
20 keep them from joining the army.
1t is of record, too, IL the institute
that cadets deserted that post to 20 10
the front, So tnXious wuro they to
fight for their homes Other cadets
who had been models, and who had all
ways stood high in department and
studies. became careless ana iisticss,
even becoming more or less disobcdS-
cnt to orders, hoping that they might
be expelled, ard in that way get Il
chance 10 enlist. Shortly before the
battle of New Market there was scarce
Is u stage coach leaving Lexington
mat did not carry a cadet from the
institute to the ranks. some had
practically taken French leave, while
others got away by some hook or
, crook.
Lee Could Not Spare "a Man.
But Grant with that bulldog tcnac-
ity which made him famous, wus IN
front of General Ice. threatening
Richmond. Grant had ordered SIgcI
hr n
plies from that section, and 10 get
into his rear, If possible. General Lee
Gid not have man TO spare 10 Brock
enridGe, who was in charge OF the
Conf adcrate forces in the Valley. ST.
gel must be stopped or the cause, then
doomed, was to be lost at once. 1t
was then that Colonel Scott ShIpp,
rendered their services TO General
Lee. General Lee declined to accept
the tender OF those lads. But as 81
gel continued his advance and the ca
diets made 1t quite plain that they
were not only willing. but anxious to
go TO the front under Colonel Shipp.
the order, rather permission. was Civ
en-, and on the night III May II the
corps was aroused from it's slumbers
before dawn and ordered TO prepare
for the march rown the Valley to JOIN
breckenridge. That was Just what the
cadets had long wanted. and the next
morning every one was lt2pati to be
on.
About noon the corps marched OUT
of Lexington, every man. woman and
child in the city turning out to see
them off. The first night out the ca :
diets campcd at Grecnvillt. Augusta
county. about twenty miles from Lex
inSton. and some ten or twelve miles
south Of stanton. The ncXt day the
march was made TO Stuunton, whore til ;.
corps went into camp. Stauntun was
full OF old soldiers. and ns the cadets
tramped down the main street they
were guycd numerically by the vet
Grams
Before the corps left Lexington it
was made into four companies Of in
fantry and section of artillery, man.
ned by eight artillerists from each
company, and II was so constituted
when II Went into the fight ut New
Market.
AS the cadets We're marching into
stanton they passed 4 slaughter peu
on the outskirts of the town An Irish
butcher hung over the iatc In his
shirt sleeves. pipe In mouth as the boys
in gray swung by. He watched them
with II twinkle in his eye and then
called out:
'Begorra, no purtie;' a drove OF pigs
udNc PasSc,' t'i'a Sat' since TINS hos
killing began"
AS the line marched through town
10 the camp GrOnnd on the outskirts
II passed ona Of the female Institutes
OF that town. From tvcry window
girls We're looking out ana as the line
went by tho hfcs OF the corps were
working away industricusly on The
Girl | Left Behind Me-" THAT even
Ing practically al Stauntpi, turned out
to witness the dress parade, and for
once tie cadets had y hiph,l Id OH the
ola regular who had seen duty Oh
many hnttleheids. That night there
were several dances IN town, and the
cadets were ont in full force, ana, OF
course, carried everything by storm.
As the cads,s marched through the
town they passed Il vctLrnn regiment
with it's old-timc worn band. AS the
gray clad lads went swinging by that
Old band struck UP Rock n Bye.
ttdby,f' Quickly III, ~.