Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-02-14

, OF exchange. | did not like the man
| ner in which the captain spoke OF us
| soon getting our topknots knocked on
when we got to Dixie.
CLERKS FAIR nETrEIt
IN POINT Oh" RATIONS
Whilst on the clerical force We Jared
better In point of rations. but I believe
were not excused from roll call. We
were on the force when Lincoln was
inaugurated. and johnson made n fool
OF himself. We made out also roll
/ for batch of prisoners who would
! follow us. But there were other en-
! gincs at work in Washington Several
prisoners. whose names Were on the
| exchange roll had an attorney At work
I for ,hem ut the seat OF government.
with the object Of allowing them T."
! take the oath OF allegiance and TO re
turn TO their homes within the Yankee
! lines. The iirst that | remember was
u it'll. chap from Tennessee named
Knight, who, having received his re-
, lease. came To tn" adjutants Office and
7 requested that his name II" erased from
/ the exchange roll. one Of the clerks
said To me; What does that mean"
. 'Oh. swallowed the broad AK. re-
! piled. III. little fellow bristicd up.
saying, It's none OF your business
1 ! relapSed into silence. not wishing to
risk my chance OF exchange by an
+ alteration with an oathtakcr. That
was 4 species % the genus homo"
I that heartily d.spised. but stun had
soft place in my heart for Sharkey.
VINO bOsscd the Suardhous- and treated
t IN" w"ll when ! was an inilabi'a n I
= thereof Then there was Loganruhl.
head clerk In the adjutants office. VINO
+ elected my applause, by the way. In
! which he acted in the following In
cidcnt, After the exchange roll, in
{ which were most Interested was
completed, vs. rebel clerks spent our
ui8nt. In the office U:til taps partly
because IL WAS more comfortable than
thy ward ANA partly 10 -. in place TO
perform any duty that might be as
signed {, us. ON on" Of these coca :
sipns IN" oathtaktHg clerks who ranked
third rushed In and seized the roll.
What ar- YOU going To do?" said
Loranbuh! TAX" ParkA's name OFF"
Not Wills, am here" replied Logan
huhl WHY 10 Won wish 10 take his
, name OFF D. n" mas iusulted me III
/ he has insultcd you. hight him. but no
man shall lose his chance for going
TO Dixie for amy such reason YOU
assign. 40 not luow whether tn.
Southern Cenf"d"rncy can keep Il hotel
! or not. am Yankee. was in
seeded. and had my nos" blooded
more than once ia holding up for my
section. ! WAS pressed into service and
. after my capture applied Tor the oath
1 Matters had progressed thus far when
IL West NirginInn entered, and the cas-.
was stated 10 him. The Parks | know
: would wsnton!y insult no man. will
20 and bring him here" When he ar
! rived ana was confronted with the ag-
rrI.rcd oathtak.r. IL" was not the man
comp lained OF. a Gay or two after
wards this sam" insuit.d gentleman vas
sent to the different wards 10 ask tho
men whose names were on the roll II
they wished 10 20 to Dixie" one man
in our ward, whose nam" was on tn.
roll answered In the negative WHY
said the oathtakcr - have made other
ARRANGEMENTS Mad" other arrange
ments' Nothing but cowardicc,'
When h" had departed. the orderly gee
ing ! knew the fellow, said. Il talked
. pretty ROUGHLY TO p" | said lie
is a coward himself" and related wha,
has been stated above.
Their" were no other incidents worth
relating. ANA having issued VS. two
days ratious We were ordered to meet
AT certain building Upon arriving
at that place ~" wer" Informed that
we would not leave that day Tie
Psalmist has truly written. Hope de-
ferrcd maketh the heart sick" and i, ~
not recorded that h. ever was Shu; up
IN Yankee prison. Speculation was
rife ms To whether General Grant had
ordered Il suspension OF exchange Eut
our fears proved groundlcsS for on the
10Th OF March We were ordered to rem
dezvcns at the place before designated
ana wnen nay name was called an.
swered: III. Fifh Virginia Infantry"
belonging 70 the Stonewali Brigade for
mat space az tinc anyhow. We were
marched through the big gate and
along the streets Of Elnira, and placed
IN box cars. ] was fortunate enough
I" obtain seat near the stove We
passed Harrisburg, hut not through In,
/ CITY. ] think, and through York
passed within less than two miles OF
the home OF my friend and uuondan
! chum. Gorsuch. We arrived In Ralti-
; more ia me forenoon. and marched
/ toward the wharf We were halted en-
route, ana quite an old lady, overcome
4 shpp"s" hS her Southern syrnpathy
bowed 10 us and made some remark
immediately the officer III command
( cried out: Arrest that old lady win
white 'aif, Make her get her bonn..
ana f"l: in" This, presume. was only
! hlif. aS she was not molcstcd and
'nc"nl!ncntIy departed.
ROBERT y. MARSHALL.
neiap!auc. Va