The Washington times., 1929-02-27
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veterans of Washington are
members of the Guard Of
Honor in the Inaugural parade
Of next week.
Maj. Gen. John l.. Glen, retired,
of 1870 Wyoming Ave. N. W., viii
be in the guard Of ten--possibly
the most picturesque figure in it.
Johnny" CIem has been known
to two generations as 1.-The drum
mer boy of Chickamauga," and he
is spoken Of by one historical
writer as probably the youngest
person who ever bore arms In
battle"
His chief claim to fame is the
feat which he performed at Chicka-
mauga. In the midst of the blus-
ter and smoke of battle, a Con-
federate colonel, made bold by the
success of the Confederates, rushed
render.
Then followed a Civil War yer.
sion of the affair between David
only IL years old, merely raised
lII6 LGIuShSLP "DAIl AAdS DNOAL
off to accommodate his size, to his
shoulder and put a bullet through
the coIone's body. The colonel
thud, and it was reported that
Johnny had killed him.
Meets His Victim
Eight years afterward, when
Johnny Clem, then a second lieu
tenant, was stationed at Fort
Brown, Texas, he CHANGED to meet
one day prominent lawyer OF
Brownsville, and in the course of
war "reminiscences he mentioned
the fact that he shot a Confeder.
ate colonel at the battle Of Chicka-
mauga.
so you are the little devil that
did it." the lawyer exclaimed. He
turned out to be the colonel, who
had recovered from the wound.
Major General Glenn received from
the soldiers the sobriquet of
Johnny Shiloh" when at the bat
tie of that name his drum was
smashed by fragment of shell.
After the battle he found that three
bullets had passed through his cap.
His pony was killed under him at
Atlanta, and he was wounded in
the right ear when in the act Of
delivering a dispatch from General
Thomas, the ''rock of Chick
amauga," to Gen. John A. Logan.
General Logan said to him: well,
Johnny, you are lucky to be little" "
Ran From Home
Glenn ran away from home at the
age of ten, when the third Ohio
regiment was organized in his home
town of Newark, Ohio. The regi-
ment carried him along as mascot.
His father found out where he was
and came for him at Cincinnati,
where the regiment had halted.
He again gave his father the slip.
however, crossing the river into
Kentucky and joining the 22nd
Michigan regiment there.
Major General Clem saw active
DUTY in four wars. He was in the
Indian wars in Texas during the
'70s, the Spanish-American War,
and served as an instructor during
the World War.
Gen. Ulysses S. Grant was one
of his firm friends and was instru-
mental in giving him a West Point
education after the Civil War.
Johnny" Clem is one of Wash
ington's most familiar figures and
will receive a resounding welcome
in the Inaugural procession.
Another Washington veteran in
the Guard of Honor is Judge Hosea
B. Moulton, now rs years old.
He was named by the inaugural
authorities as the veteran who
should select ten comrades to be
given the honor of being placed in
the Hoover Curtis G. A. r. guard.
Judge Moulton saw service in the
civil war from the first battle of
Bull Run to Gettysburg. He was
never absent from his company a
6ay while in the service. He was
wounded twice at Fredericksburg
and once at Gettysburg. In Janu-
ary, 1864, he was released from SER
vice at the front and assigned to
duty in the United States arsenal.
He was placed in charge Of the
manufacture of army munitions at
q local factory.
In recent years he has been ac-
tive in the cause of prohibition. He
Is president of the G. A. r. Me-
mortal Day Corporation.
8 Others From d. C.
DR.. Charles V. Pettys served in a
New York regiment which took part
in all the battles from the Wilder
ness to Appomatox. He was in the
valley campaign with General Sheri-
dan, and at the battle of Fort
Stevens, in Brightwood, when Carly
attacked the Capital.
Gen. E. D. Godfrey enlisted in
Company G of the 154th New York
Infantry, in July, 1852, when he
was 20 years old. He had a left
thigh fractured at the battle Of
Charlottesville, was taken prisoner
and left on the battlefield IA days.
Byron Wales Bonney, of 1924
Lanier Place N. W., is now ad1u-
tant general Of the Department Of
the Potomac, G. A. r. He served
in the Forty.sevent1 Volunteer Reg
iment of Ohio for more than three
years. He was in the battles of
VicksbtIrg. Missionary Ridge and
Atlanta. He was discharged as 3
sergeant,