The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-08-11

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hOn~est-loOking cOrsages and innocent
looking bustles carried many a military
secret.
Scout Spies Of the North.
"Archie" Rowland was one Of the
most daring and successful scout spies
of the Northern side. He and his pals
formed the nucleus of Sheridan's Sc
cret service organization in the valley
of the Shenandoah. This organization,
recruited up to 40, under command Of
II. H. Young, became the most noted
and efficient of the Federal army.
Rowland tells how he volunteered
for this service. MY company had
been on ordinary scout duty for some
time. But when we were drawn up In
line and the captain asked for volun-
teers for extra dangerous duty 1
looked at Ike Harris and Ike looked-At
me, and then we both stepped forward.
We were both boys and wanted to
know what was the extra dangerous
duty and when we found out We
hadn't the face to back down. They
took us to headquarters and gave us
two rebel uniforms-and we wished
we had not come"
These men were expected to deceive
pickets by the uniform and capture
them so that the main body could be
surprised or ride up to q Southern
citizen, man or woman, ask for infor-
nation and depend upon the deception
to get all the person knew. One of
their great dangers was that of meet
ing death at the hands of their own
men. Often discovered and hard
= pressed by the enemy, they would flee
: in their gray uniforms for safety to
: their lines, only to be met by a
/ murderous volley from their own mis-
taken pickets. .
Ten of YOung's command of 40 were
lost, none by the natural death of a
soldier and none in the colors for
which he died. Two were hanged by
their own halter straps.
"Aristocracy of the Army"
But they had privileges beyond any
others in the army. They were free
from all camp d%rudgery, guard and
picket duty, and from camp discipline.
They lived together in the headqu9r-
tiers, ate the best the land afforded.
Each had foul picked horses. They
were paid according to the value of
their information, and the secret serv-
ice chest was prOdigal with their ex-
pense accounts. They We're the aris-
tocracy of the army.
On the reverse of a certain little
bronze star are these words: The
/ Congress-to Archibald H. Rowland,
r Jr.-for Valor."
5 John Beall, privateersman, with Bur
: ley and Maxwell, were IN the Potomac
!, and Chesapeake what Mosby was on
: land. Beall cut the submarine tele-
graph cable under the Chesapeake and
destroyed lamps and machinery Of
lighthouses. Meeting Burley by sur
prise in Toronto, Canada, they turned
into a private room and shut the door.
Then Beall. slowly said: Burnley, !
want you-for my lieutenant. 1t is my
old plan at last. l I'M TO capture the
Michigan, free the Johnson island
! prisoners, burn S~andusky, Cleveland
and Buffalo"
The services of Harry Young were
= so esteemed that when Sheridan said.
81 want him." General Edwards re-
monstrated, 81 would rather you would
: take my right arm" One of his sol
diers said, 1--WE think God Almighty Of
2 him."
And there were Bowie, william, G.
S. A." L%andegon, the Phillipus-fa-
Their and son-and Timothy Webster,
spy.
1t was Timothy Webster who insinu-
= ated himself into the confidence of the
would-be assassins In Baltimore and
frustrated the plot against Lincoln's
e life. Allan Pinkerton gives him the sU-
/ preme credit HE, among all the force
who went with me, deserves the credit
: of saving the life of Lincoln, ever more
than / do"