Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-03-18

Both of those gray-haired veterans
we're mere boys when the great i'm
ternecine struggle of the SOS stirred
the nation from one end to the other.
ChilderS was born in 1846 and was
only is years old when President Linz
coin called for the first volunteers
of the Union army. Schaal was two
years older, but even so, he was but
the 22nd Arkansas infantry, his COM
pany being in the division commanded
by Gen. Kirbey E. Smith.
Veteran Chllders seems to possess
a happy faculty of attracting the.
warmN friendship of those who wore
the gray and fought the Union army
blue during the Civil war because an
other of his strongest friendships ex
lists between him and a former Con-
tederate veteran, D. B. McIva, who
served in Co. G., 10th Mississippi in-4
fantry, Confederate States of America
during their short and hectic exist
ence McIva resides at Prescott where
Veteran Childers has made his home
1or several years.
Talk of Early Days
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friends celebrated his Gath birthday
anniversary with a dinner at the
home of his daughter, MRS. Nellie
Dixon, and the big feature of the
event was the presence of Veteran
Childers and his kith and kin. g.
practical evidence of the fact that
factiOnal differences have been buried
with the past and now have a COM
mon friendship over which floats one
flag and that the Stars and Stripes.
Both veterans talked freely of their
early days, Both hold to the view
that the outcome of the Civil war
was fortunate one. Both tell many
interesting incidents of their military
experiences and both also recount
many of the experiences in civil life
when they were young This being
a peace-time story, the latter incl
dents, perhaps, are of more interest
to readers generally and that is what
win be repeated here.
First, something of the individual
story of Veteran Schaal
Parents Move to America
o. A. Schaal was born in the Ger
man empire on March 6, 1874, and he
says that while he does not remember
any facts that might serve as proof
of that statement, he feels sure it is
true. His parents, when he was but
two years of age LETT the Fatherland
for America, coming by boat to New
Orleans and from there travelling by
river steamer up the Mississippi river
to the Red river of Arkansas. They
finally settled near what became the
town of Fulton, Ark, and it was there
that young Schaal grew to manhood,
and where he was living when death
claimed his parents and also from
where he was called into the service
under the stars and bars of the Con-
federacy.
II was just a boy then" says the
cheerful veteran OF today, and /
went because it appeared to be my
duty" Then he explains that while
he was fortunate enough to escape
without being wounded, he determined
uI-1n being mustered out to return to
the old home and do his best to build
it up as there had been considerable
reglect during the more than two
years that he gave to the cause.
Cow and Calf for SIS
"Things were different then to con-
ditIons today" he explains and then
tells of some OF the prices that pre-
vailed. "We could get nlan-help on
the farm for fotlr-bits and dinner
for days work" says he. eve grew
some cotton Cotton then sold for
eight or nine cents pound when we
had some to sell. We could hire men
by the month to work on the farm
at $40 or $I2 month. A good COW
and calf-a milk cow-could be pur-
chased for SIS and the man who
owned them thought he had made a
trade wen he sold one for that price.
when I got out Of the army, / had
to go to work to rebuild our home
place. My parents died that year and
there were brothers and sisters tor
me to help along SO settled down
and remained On the farm for about
20 years Then / married a young
widow, Mrs Lusettia Green Kent. She
had some children and to us were
born two daughters. We continued to
make the old home place our place
until her health required that she
come to warmer, drier climate and
she came ID Arizona. 1 kept the CID
home until {. few years ago when l
retired and came this way
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MY brother, Henry, and engaged