The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1915-10-07

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beard, and strikingly projecting cheek.
bones, but shrewd, kindly eyes. DUR
ing my short talk with thespresident
his private secretary, Reed. sat on
the writing table, swinging his feet
rhythmically to and fro-they stuck
far out of his trouser legs and were
incased in a pair of shoes resembling
moccasins.
President Lincoln expressed him.
self as much pleased at my coming
and my plans, and wished me success
In the studies which I proposed to
make"
There was apparently no iron dis.
cipline In the federal army, such az
the count had been accustomed to In
Prussia. Telling of his arrival at the
headquarters Of the Army of the Poto,
mac, he says:
headquarters was a gigantic clus.
ter of tents. standing in long rows
in the midst of a clearing. To find my
way about In the midst of this chaos
Of tents-concerning which I shall
have more to say later-struck me as
far from easy. I felt by no means at
home there, especially as nv servant
was not to arrive until the next day
with my baggage, my horse, and a
second mount furnished to me by the
government. I had a letter Of intro
duction to the commander Of the
army, General Hooker. which I was
to deliver to him in person, but, as
he had gone to Washington over Sun,
day, I could not present my creden.
tlals, and found the greatest difficulty
in getting shelter and food, especially
as my English in those days was very
meager. Eventually a swede, Captain
Rosenc-anz, who spoke good German
took me into his tent"
Meets General Hooker.
He later Presented himself to Cen
eral Hooker with a pass.
HE received me very kindly and
assigned a tent for my special use.
From that time on he showed his
friendliness toward me by asking me
to take a whisky with him every time
he saw me. He was, in fact, far more
a genial topper than al army command,
er to be taken seriously, yet he ranked
with the best-trained military men
who had gone through West Point.
Soon l was we'll known about head.
quarters. This became especially ap
parent in the number of drinks Of
fered to me. it being the general Gus
tom for men to invite acQuaintancea
into their tents to partake of one.
must confess I rarely got past a tent
safely.
Among the more important officers
whom / met was General Butterfield,
chief of the general staff. When he
was postmaster general he had or
ganized the first post delivery system
for San Francisco, and the talent
for organization which he had then
displayed had caused him to be looked
upon as the best man for the import.
ant military position which he held
when I met him.
In planning operations he attached
special significance to knowledge Of
the probable weather conditions and
for this reason he became especially
fond Of an excellent aneroid barometer
of III which I had obtained from
London and paid good money for.
General Butterfeld saw this instru,
ment in my tent, borrowed 1t from me,
and then found it impossible to sep.
arate himself from it. Longer and
longer he would keep it each time he
borrowed it, until at last he failed to
return it at all. When ! was about
to leave the army l requested him to
return it again and again, and became
finally so pressing that / compelled
him to go into his tent to fetch it out,
After waiting outside a long time,
l followed him into the tent. It was
empty. With my. barometer In his
hand he had crawled under the can.
a and disappeared"