The Dolores star. [volume] (Dolores, Montezuma County, Colo.) 1901-current, 1912-07-19

oN not When. curing all my
Army life. was more deeply Inn,
pressed with the awful solemnity Of
var lhan az watched these volun'
tecr sDldiers land on the Jersey shore,
ana tramp away through the dust. In
those ranks were sick and wounded
scarcely able to keep up: occasionally
one would crawl aside but the moment
~ wAs able would Join some new body
and resume the march.
They were animated by q stern Dur.
pose which yielded power. Such a
thess were not to be trifed with. 9th.
ers night SCOT at their raggedness Of
Ilne. Their carelessness Of discipline,
their nondescript garments, and vari.
sty q equipment. but to one who had
seen such In battle who had been
with them at Trenton, Brandywine,
ana Oermantown--they were warriors
mot 70 be despised, stern, grim fight.
ers. able to hold their own against
Enslsnd's best drilled battalions.
watched them file past--wayne's. Var.
NUNS. SCOTS brigades, and Jackson's
ana Grayson's regiments marking
the brown. dust-caked faces. the eager
eyes. the sturdy. tireless tread, the
wei oiled muskets. Boys, men, gray
boards, all alike exhibited In their
f1ceo the same expression. They were
anticipating battle against hated foe.
and counted hardship as nothing com.
pared with the Joy Of conflict. Every
step brought them closer to the
grapple Of arms--to that suprs me test
Of strength. courage. endurance. for
which they had left their homes. They
might be poorly drilled. addressed.
varicusly armed. yet these were fight.
ing zen.
II gas midnight when Morgan led us
up the steep blur, and out upon the
sandy road. We advanced silently,
and h struggling column through the
darkness. passing the embers Of
camp fires for several miles. the re.
cumbent soldiery Of other commands
sleeping on the ground. At Hopewell,
Washington was holding another coun.
ell with hts officers. As we swung
past We could perceive his tall figure
standing In the glow OF IRE. and
there arose from the lips Of our men
. sudden. involuntary cheer. breaking
strangely upon the solemn silence Of
the njkht. The group about him wers
startlsd and looked about. and hs
paused moment shading his eyes.
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