| Show THE CAMP FIRE aur BRAVE OLD SOLDIERS IM IN WAR AND PLACE an Anso inte of bonami 1 chorman rast turpeda ja oat s canted rate arison ein i I 1 the th norih narth 1 ie to at a joint memorial of all the grand army posts of toledo 0 in honor lionor of conw T sherman past commander in calef john 8 kountz was abo orator of tho occasion antho in tho course of hie his address which waa was a fine tribute to tho the memory of the tho departed hero ho he related tho following incident and anecdote connected with hie his on oin raiment the ohio 1 I remember our arrival near chat tano oga and going into a concealed camp on the west eldo side of the Ton tonnes nos fim just opposite chickamauga creek where maj hipp of ray my regiment regimen waa placed in command of tho the detail which was to cross the river in email small boats and if it possible a landing midnight nov 23 1863 1868 all was ready and tho the ignal signal given glion to start and when rheu nearing tho the point where it was proposed to land a rebel picket ore fire wa was discovered and our troops hurriedly landed and captured it on returning to tho the other side tho the darkness made it dIfU cult to fo him to find our troop troops and maj flipp shouted for ho the fifteenth corps whon ho lie was immediately answered in suppressed voices to keep 1 mcp still or ho be would bo be arrested having no timo time for explanation becoming impatient tho major cried out where in h 1 Is gen sherman horman fi the answer promptly camo came from the general himself who was aas not more than 60 50 feet away what do you want wanta the major answered I 1 want a brigade the boats bt are in waiting walting tho the geu cral rai it otonce asked did 3 a ou make a landing 1 major hipp answered yes and captured tho the picket gen sherman who was on horseback hore surrounded by his staff was wag so elated that ho he took oil off his hat nd cheered I 1 remember that after crossi crossing nr to tho the south bank of tho the river our men throwing up earthwork and how gen sherman Sh ermun who had bed crossed tho the rl chor or just behind us told the boys to pitch in this Is the last ditch tho the nights undertaking was grandly accomplished co complis hed and ger bherman was perhaps the happiest man in grants army the morning of nor 21 1863 11 sherman no figure in late years had bwl become more familiar ginnow in now york than that of general Sh craan the simplicity candor and of his na turo lure hia his manly cordiality of manner his ready sympathy and lively humor and the great career of heroic achievement which lay behind all mado made him a most interesting and memora memorable blo personality erson allty ills his namo nao Is indissolubly associated with that of general grant in tho the history of the cl ch 11 war and there Is no more romantic and inspiring story in our national annals than that of the march to tho the son the general was always welcome not only because of hid bit great renown and his illustrious sen ices but because of his personal diarra tho the papers have been full of conversations which recall hn happy tho the constant now flow of at delightful anecdote the pleasant dalliance ut a great natu baturo rein in repose ed ednard ard everett in his oration at the u 1 selling elling of the statue of daniel webster in boston describes the defender of the constitution on the evening before tho the delivery 11 cry of his most faw famous ous speech the reply to hayne and on the next da day y at its delivery in tho the senate in tho the 0 aning says everett but in his most elaborate ond and consummately effective manner he was like ono of the boats ho he loved rocking and swinging on at the gentle lap of tho the waves fares the share but tho the next day he was a mighty admiral it action on an mid ld ocean with all bis broad kides thundering his canvas strained and his flags and pennants streaming arman in hl his later day as we have known him in new york was the boat easily swinging on tho the ald tide the of battle sheat sheathed bed and tho the frowning tier on tier of guns invisible it is perhaps not too much to say that the feeling with which in every company he was greeted was akin skin to love lore it Is good to think of him so good that the last thou thought glit of a man whose name nania Is honored and cherished by millions should bo be us its kindly and gentle as it in lp admiring und and grateful so he have bare had it alq an would have asked no to sweeter rosemary roe emary for ilar harpers ft fait toritto Tor irto itna of course nil till builders strive a for the greatest speed and each year has been a boat built which Is than any before the rala of tue the hi highest bliest speed seems to lie ut at between an english boat built for france by the Cour cur and a german boat built for italy by tho the each of these boats can run nearly twenty seven knote knots an hour A knot you know enow Is a lea sea mile which Is one und taid one seventh lat d miles so these boats can make about thirty malv an hour or about the average speed of a railroad pas eager train just think of a boat run ilag through the water ml as fust a train of car cars rune runs over tho the landl the next most important thing in A torpedo bout is quick turning and for this purpose tho the largest normand cau and burrow boats have two rudder rudders ono one in tho 00 usual place nt at the t torn tern and ono under tho the bow bov mr has enother do domico aco ho ila puts two curved rudders near the stem and tho the pro propeller Is botu bullion eu them so 10 that when thu the rudders nio ato turned together tho the water which tho the pro propeller ie is driving a altern tern la Is turned it little to uno one eldo side and halev 1 to push around tho the boat tho the latest idon idea in torpedo boats la 13 to cohoe hai e their launching lubbe mounted on urn tables on deck instead of being atal in tho the bow with tills this improvement a boat will not bai ano a to steam straight nt tit her enemy stop launch ite its torpedo and thon than turn to run away but it can train ita its tubo tube on tho the big ship oa it the tubo tube were a agun gun and launch tho the torpedo while whilo rushing past lit tit full speed this would bo be lees less dangerous for tho the torpedo boat for it would not afford tho the men on tho the ship a good aim at her john it ellacott in st nicholas hungry for Non month thit As tho the months passed on a marked change was noticeable in tho the of tho men they became depressed and listless and unsuspected traits of disposition cropped to tho the surface the parade parado ground was dotted with gaunt cadaverous men with a faraway far away look 1004 in ja their eyes and with hunger and privation showing in every uno line of their emaciated bodice it was wall believed by many among us that this mode of treatment was enforced as a retaliatory measure and this belief certainly received strong support when looking across tho the bay we saw a city whose waste alono alone would hove have supplied our wants I 1 have seen a hungry 0 rowl bainge his hand band into tho the swill barrel of some moss an and let ting the water drain through his fingers lingers greedily devour what chanco chance had given him if it anything speaking or myself and well aware of what I 1 state I 1 assort assert that for months I 1 aia not freo free from the arav ings of hunger one halt half of my loaf and tho the meat portion of my ration was eaten for dinner I 1 supped on the remaining piece of bread and break fasted ath ith duke humphrey I 1 som atimer dreamed of food but cannot re rc m aber in my dreams over to havo have eaten it becoming as it were a sort of johnsons Johne Jolin ons sons island tantalus when we arrived on tho the island the ran rata were so numerous that they were common sights on the parade ground later on an they disappeared many of tho the prisoner prisoners ate them if it asked if I 1 myself ha hao over cover eaten ono I 1 answer no because to cook oak a rat properly like birs glares glasses hare bare you must first catch him I 1 have eat oat half frozen in our mess kitchen armed with a stick spiked with a nail but was never fortunato fortunate enough to secure the gome game A dog would hove have nerved the purpose better but the chances were that some hungry ro reb have eaten the dog tho century A C correction D W ll 11 light ht co M ath ohio caa thinks comrade comrad a hobart hog has forgotten about herberts old fighting fourth division ad as they did not go to bolivar until august or september 1863 iho 1 he writer has a faint recollection of the troops going on tho the trip mentioned but cannot figure out where the thit thad d brigade of the fourth division came in he lie lit 1 right hoever hof tevor about whipping price at tho the 11 II itchue but is a little off about tho the comm commanders for herbert commanded until the finfun try charged down to the river when ord super eded him tho the first and second battalion of the regiment was with Ifer herberts berVe division from ho the day before the battle until grant started for vicksburg icka burg the first time and ho lie fails falls to remember but two brigades being in tho the division oae one commanded by veatch and the other by Lau laumon nian and if the comrade was in the third brigade the writer would like to know who the other brigade commander was national tribune A moan m ant for sherman new york b business illness u men aro are moving in the matter of erecting an sin eques trian statue to gen sherman I 1 hey have con consides conel dei able courage to do this in face of tho the way new yorkers havo have acted with rocce ronce to the grant monument but built it appears that this movement is mainly among wealthy men who were personal pe friends and admirers of gen sherman and they cain cnn readily mako make up among themselves the relatively small amount which it Is proposed to expend upon tho the statue they will make an effort to have tho the monument dedicated on tho the anniversary of the death of gen which will be pretty rapid work national tribune A eulogy dr W 11 Rn astell closes an interesting article on admiral Port porter erand and general shernan sherman in the army and navy gazette with the following trib ute to the latter latteri alert cheerful and cond confluent dent he was prompt and stem stern in action a charming companion full of anecdotes and of humor dry if you please but sound and sweet proud of 0 the profession to which he belonged lad tad a iodel soldier and gentleman |
