The Washington times., 1917-06-05

is something new for wisdom.
u. NJ. Collins. from Swain, n. C.,
| is looking for Wheel Morris. Of the
same hamlet. He wants to tell him
some important information.
The night movies. showing the
army and navy. interested many vet
Grams. One went to sleep watching
them. His comrade said his name
was Jim Thorne. and that besides go
ing to sleep in church all the time he
was known to even sleep within half
an hour OF battles. when he knew
they were scheduled.
"old Dan Tucker" was the tune that
Harry MIlstead. OF Alabama. sawed
away on his fiddle before a large and
appreciative audience at the tents
last night. The fiddle is the same
one the old boy sawed" In the dreary
days after the war.
Major George COwen. Of Louisville.
KY. Is the man to get credit for the
1917 reunion here. as he was the
first to suggest that the twenty
seventh reunion be held in this city.
E0WaF0 r. JonnEOns VINO saw llEnN
ing at Franklin. Tenn. and at Peters
burg. Va. is the one man TO have the
strange experience or hearing the
same bullet pass him twice. He said:
II was crouching behind a tree.
when the first thing I know blue
devil shoots smack at my head.
lodged back real quick and heard the
ball whistle past followed the
path leading from behind the tree
down a lane and pretty soon / heard
that same ball whiz by again. had
passed it,"
Each tent boasts of some musical
instrument. a fiddle or so, harmonica
or a pair of rattling bones. TO accom-
pany the songs that ring forth from
the clear voices Of the stalwart
vets"
George Garrison. colored veteran
from Mississippi. was a member OF
Elisha WOrthinEton's Brass Band Of
Arkansas during the war. He was
never wounded. because. he said. both
armies respected bands very much
and would never shoot in the direc-
tion of the band. He said the band
would go out and help nerve the boys
along, and. after a while. both armies
would stop to pick up the dead and
wounded and load them on their
wagons and send them to the rear.
The brass band would come in then.
Next a rest would come and he said
sometimes a card game.
He was looking for an acquaint-
ance. a Martha Mason. from Sunny
side plantation. Arkansas, a girl with
whom he was raised George Is
eighty-siX years old and is glad he
wears the gray.
The average age Of the veterans is
said TO be seventy-eight years.
4 The mess hall tent was today be-
Sieged by at least 5000 Erays for din
ner. but every body had their MI and
all agreed that the dinner was fine
FORESTS veteran scouts have two
hoy buGlers to liven the old boys up
with the calls during the day. The
boys. the sons Of J. NJ. Long. first ser
geant of the scouts. wear the gray OF
the Confederacy with the golden trum-
pet enSiEnia on their arms. Little
Charlie Long Is the petted trumpeter
Of this band Of cavalrymen.
John Children. Pickett Buchanan
Camp. Norfolk. Va. who was In Pick
burg and brings to the reunion with
him this day a scar in his neck as
little token OF that fray. was walking
around the filled tents last night la
mentinE his luck. until he was pick I
ed up in a fine big car, which he said
was worth the first trouble. and
whisked away to inclosed quarters
FOR the night.
W. 4 Crutchcr. color bearer in For /
rests Scouts. has in his possession 4
the bullet sent through his right arm,
entering the wrist and coming out OF
tho elbow after an operation. His
arm was crooked for a long time un-
I'll once he was out coon hunting. I
and, climbing over fence. caught I
his arm and gun crosswise. which re-
suited in swapping noise. which .
could be heard a block. Strengthening .
the much twisted arm.
carl {. $ LovedaIc. who Is here /
for the reunion, fought all over the I
South. lie Joined the Confederate .
army in 1850 and served the entire .
war. He fought in the battle Of Get
tysburE and many Of the great bat
Ties further South. He served most
nf his time under the command OF
General Gilmore.
! :. Herdon was a hit too young to
fight in the war. but he did his hit.
He was drummer boy in Johnson
army when he was thirteen years Oh.
Hcrdon halls from Grover, y. {.
VI. +. Murphy has had siNty-nine
birthdays and can remember exactly
when he is going to have another'
which will he on August 20. Murphy
belonged to the ThIrty-seventh Cav
airy of Virginia and tells experiences
Of being held captive for six months
in a Northern prison
- just can't stay away from these
reunions" said Comrade G. w.
Vaughn. Every time ! come I" one
meet up some old Comrade that
haven't seen for years.
Vaughn came from Moreland, Ark,
but Joined the army Of virginia ana
fought at Charlottesville under
stone walT' and remained WIN MS
command until Jackson was Killed
He also fought at GETTYSBURG was
there taken prisoner, and remained !