El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-05-25
Ell PASO HERALD

his office window. He took out a sec
ond lieutenant's recruiting commission,
and in less than 30 days he was IN Ken
lucky with lO10 men, having been pro-
NOTED to a cOlenelcy.
On more than one occasion during
the war Harrison showed bravery OF
the highest order. He was in the thick
OF the charge at Resaca. and. as the
federate gunner by the beard and
yanked him out. shouting Come out
Of there, you d. rebel"
This is said to have been the Only oc-
casiOn on which Benjamin Harrison was
ever known to use "cuss words"
he was, however, master OF biting
and caustic English On one occasion
while speaking in Boston, he said: Ben
Butler has been out west quoting Latin
and aweing the people with his
scholarship. He has said that the Gre
der Of creation, which began with fiat
lux Very gOOd-very good, indeed. But
when God Almighty said fiat lux there
was the power Of God Almighty behind
it, and l cannot help thinking what
Ben Butler would look like sitting on
the rim of the morning and shouting
at Chaos, fiat luXr
TrifIing Incident Starts Battle.
An incident very trifling in itself
precipitated the attack upon Fort Don
elsOn, inasmuch as the troops under
Gen Grant had done some very hard
marching, the question arose, whether
IL was better 10 make the attack al
once or to wait a day or two to allow
the men to rest. While q council of
war was being held to decide this point
a deserter from the fort was brought
in. Grant looked him over and even
peeped into his knapsack-
You have six days ratiOns there, !
think" said the Union commander.
Yes" replied the deserter.
When were they served out?'
The same to ali the men in the
yes. sir"
Gentlemen" said Grant, turning to
his officers. troops in fort don't
have six DAYS rations served out to
them if they mean TO stay there. They
mean TO retreat-nOt to fight"
The attack was made at once.
Grant issued an order fOrbidding
steamboat men to charge more than s.
to enlisted men and 81 to officers as
1are between Nlcksburg and Cairo.
Immediately after Vicksburg fell z
large number of boats cleared for
northern ports and charged SIS to $50
for transportation between those two
points One boat had 1000 soldiers and
25O officers on board, en- route for home
on short leave All Of them had paid
the extra fare But as the whistle was
blowing for departure a messenger
rode up with an order signed by Cen
the craft It ordered him to pay back
all that he had received in excess Of
the IS and 81 rate, and notified him
that the boat was confiscated.
LincOIn'S Visit to Camp.
One summer day, about ! p. m. a
long, gaunt, bOny man of melancholy
aspect tried to reach Grants camp by
scrambl1nS through a hedge and cons
ing in the back way He was stopped
by a hOsIer, but explained that he
thought the general would allow him
inside As he STROBE ahead the hOstler
cried after him: "YOuu d.. soon find
OUT" On reaching the guard he was
taken for one of the sanitary commits
sion people and asked for his name.
His reply was; Abraham Lincoln.
president of the United States" OF
course, he was allowed to pass IN at
once. It appeared that he had just
arrived on the steamer City Of Balti-
more, accompanied by Tad
An army surgeon had been sentenced
ting drunk and insulting woman on
New Years day He tried It seems, TO
kiss her, while riding on a street car.
The men and officers Of his regiment
unanimously petiUOned the president
to reinstate him. When the evidence
was handed to Mr.. Lincoln he read it.
until he came to drunkenness. Shak-
ing his head. he said: That's bad-very
bad" a little further down he came to
Insulting q woman" Again he shook
his head, saying, That's very bad I'm
afraid I cant reinstate him. When ne
came TO the specification about the
kissing. he paused and scratched his
head Really, I don't know about this
he said There are exceptions to ev-
cry rule, but as general thing il Is