The Washington times., 1917-06-10
footsteps of those whose lighting days

footsteps OF those whose nghtinE days
are over.
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The constant activity OF those
blessed Boy Scouts also tugged at my
heartstrings, for never a veteran tot
tered but a tall lad in khaki was there
to help him. never a veteran thirsted
but a khaki-clad youngster boooed
up, armed with canteen and trimming
cup. on and on all week, too, nave
noticed them, directing strangers 70
their destination, escorting WOODY
old chaps across crowded thorough
fares and generally making them
selves useful.
Hats on to Man who Started
The Boy scout Movement.
Hats OF. say I, to the man who nrst
dreamed the dream of organizing
great army of boys, and TO those who
brought the Boy Scout movement to
its present state OF high success.
Think OF the vast amount OF surplus
energy, animal spirits, originality, and
ingenuity, which formerly found vent
in pure cussedness, now directed into
valuable channels and all to the i'm
mense delight OF the boys! II the time
comes when their country needs Them,
certainly they'll be the reader for
service, and when was your
age l was out on the picket line"
heard one gray-clad oIu soldier say
to the lad in khaki with whom he
was cnumming for the moment.
The other day as we were waiting
for a street car an ancient gentleman,
wearing an Alabama badge, and /
were witnesses to an amusing little
scene. A lady. leading a huge collie
dog, came by and at the same mo-
ment appeared boy with small but
exuberant collie pup. OF course, the
pup went into ecstacies over the big
dog and they were soon all mixed up
in q playful scrimmage.
Said the old gentleman to the lady:
That's Just about the way It was In
the civil war. the big dogs the .,orth
and the little dogs the South. Do you
wonder we were licked7" mo" she
replied, "the wonder Is that you were
so long finding out that you were
licked"
General Castleman Would
Not Ride In Motor Car.
II our boys who are going out to
tight have the spirit of these old chaps,
and OF the veterans OF the Union army,
who marched side by side with them,
they'll give a good account OF them
selves in France. Take, for instance,
dear old Gen. John B. Castleman, Of
Louisville.
Astride his Kentucky thoroughbred
he was a conspicuous and command
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! tive Confederate reunions. This time
i he was unable to mount his horse,
but would he ride in q motor? By
no means, for foot or horseback's
the only way for a soldier to travel"
| he declared, and he insisted on
marching every foot OF the way from
the Capitol to the reviewing stand.
Mrs. Stephen Demmon, who
marched with him. told me that all
: the way he kept saying, 81 may go
under. but II do don't you put me
! in one OF those rubber-tir ambu-
lances. That's no way for q soldier
to ride. Give me an army wagon,
with a mule team to draw IT." He
| stuck II out. however, and in spite
! OF his eighty-four years. finished In
good shape.
Noted Character In Kentucky,
Once a Famous Horsenan.
General CastIemAn Is a noted char
! acter throughout Kentucky, and was
a famous horseman in his day. It
was his Kentucky bred mare, Louisi-
ana, who won the great endurance
test from Portland. Ne, to Portland.
Ore, staged" by Homer Davenport,
/ the cartoonist, In the good old days
before the motor ousted the horse
from the highroad.
Homer Davenport. who was q great
believer in the value OF Arabian
blood, had recently imported 5000
| Arabian horses. Hes picked the best
Of the bunch, challenged all corners
to equal their performance, particu-
| larry as TO endurance. and arranged
the great test. There were 1900 en-
tries, including horses from England
and Canada. and q picked team OF
Missouri mules, but 1t was General
CastlemAn's Louisiana, a saddle -br cd
mare from Kentucky, which carried
of the prize.
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