Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1917-05-10
BY r. T. Warner.

/
Not long ago l was subject of a
great surprise 1t came like clap
Of thunder out of clear sky" IL
was something entirely unexpected.
7 received a letter from a comrade in
Baraboo, who never before, in his
life, wrote me a letter, or even a post
card. 1t was George j. Paddock; and
now, to pay him off for his unprece-
dented conduct, / am going to tell
you of an incident of the civil war,
in which Comrade Paddock was i'm
plicated. I am surely going to "get
back" at him; for he said in his let
ter, 81 see in The News that you are
about to write up something Of Old.
If so, just remember George j. Pad
dock in with Palmer, Pietzsch and
Fry, as we all went through the same
MILL" You see he was Gliding me
for forgetting him, when writing Of
the other three. But had not for
gotten him. l remembered that he
lived in Baraboo, and that had seen
him there in 1896. Neither had / for
gotten that he had participated with
me in the arrest of brigadier gen.
eral. will tell you the story, any
way.
During the summer OF the year 1863
the 10Th Wisconsin regiment was sta
toned at Yorktown, Va-the old his
toric Yorktown where, during the war
of the Revolution, the British army
under CORVALLIS, beseiged by the al
lied American and French forces un-
der General Washington and Count
de Rochambeau, surrendered to them,
and thus ended that waf-the same
Yorktown where, during the Civil
War, from April until May 4, 1862,
the rebels under General Magruder
were besieged by General Mcclellan.
Our regiment was stationed there.
during July and August, 1863, and our
brigade commander, General Iasac j.
Wistar was in command of the post,
Immediately on our arrival there, Com
rade George j. Paddock and myself,
of Company A, were detailed for serv-
ice on the provost guard. Captain
I Brooks of the 9th Vermont regiment
was provost marshal. Headquarters
of the guard were in a building on the
wharf, the only landing place for ship
ping at that port, and commanded a
view of the waterfront for distance
of about half mile.
Soon after the brigade went into
camp there, General Wistar issued
an order prohibiting the men of his
command from bathing on the water
front within certain limits. Soon aft
er this order was issued was in the
office with Captain Brooks, one morn
ing, when ne happened to look out of
| the window and discovered two men
in the water within the prohibited
| limits The captain turned to me and
said, Go and get another man, take
your side arms, and go down and ar
rest those men and bring them up
here" I went out and found Paddock,
and we put on our side arms and
| went after them. AS we approached
the spot where their clothing was
laid, and the men were only a few
yards from the shore, we recognized
them at once as General Wistar and
a young officer of his staff. hailed
them, and told them had orders
from the provost marshal TO arrest
them and report with them to him
at once. There was nothing said by
the general or his companion, as /
recollect, but they soon came out OF
the water and put on their clothes,
and when they had arranged their
toilet to their satisfaction, started for
the provost guard headquarters. |
stepped up alongside the general;
did not march behind or before him,
but walked by his side; and Paddock
marched along by the side of the lieu
tenant There was no conversation
en- route. In this order we appeared
at the door of headquarters, which
was opened by the marshal himself.
The captain saluted and smiled, but
the general did not smile, and then
he invited the general into the other
room, and the general and lieutenant
went with him into the captains
private office and there the incident,
as far as Paddock and / was concern
ed, ended.
The following is a copy of clip
ping from newspaper, which, as near
as can remember, found in 1905:
WILLS HIS RIGHT ARM AND
BRAIN TO SCIENCE
philadelphia, Sept. 21:
Under the provisions Of the
will of General Isaac j. Wistar.
the well known financier and rail
road man, which was admitted
to probate today, the bulk of the
estate, together with the brain
and right arm of the testator, is
] bequeathed to the Wistar Insti-
tute of Anatomy and Biology, OF
| the University of Pennsylvania,
| which he founded.
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