Show ANECDOTES OF SHERMAN I K Was Called Cump by tho Boys The Car Story with Rim in I I The young mon of Lancaster 0 where Sherman lived with Senator Ewing when a boy were fond of loafing ibout the store I and listening t the stories of tho older I loafers The boys always called William j Tecmpseh CunaDjaad onoof them I I TeuUeh Cw nId Qof save he was among the laziest of them and that he could always be found at the stores of an evening He was 41 different fellow says this gentleman from John who was R great reader and a sort of a plodder Camp had a great idea of going to West Point and he talked of it continually I I shall never forget the day his uncle finally got him his appointment He was so happy hap-py he could hardly contain himself and he almost walked on the air for several days Sherman began to command those about him at a very early age His first recorded issued at the time of his order was baptism which though his father and mother were strict Presbyterians was not celebrated till a few months after the death of his father when the future general was quite a lad When his name was given to the preacher he objected to baptizing a youth by the name of a heathen Indian Tecumseh Tecum-seh He wanted to call the boy simply William But the boy would not have it so He stopped the ceremony Said he My father called me Tecumseh and Tecumseh Te-cumseh I will be called I you baptize me so all right I you will not I will I have none of your baptism The preacher preach-er waived the point and the ceremony went on Many great men are absent minded and he general was not free from this failing An old comrade tells this story An incident happened on Pine Mountain Georgia the evening that Gen Sherman sent his famous dispatch Hold the fort I am com lug t Alatoona Oct 518H The general received eived a fresh cigar from some one cigars bong bo-ng scarce and began to shout for a light Lieut J Clarence Peck of Gen Wnittikers staff was tho fortunate possessor of a freshly lighted cigar and ho politely handed it to Gen Sherman who lit his own cigar and then de iberatoly threw the lieutenants cipar away A broad smile displayed itself all around Tho general was thinking of those million rations I at Alatoona but it didnt appease the disgust of the lieutenant Just before the election of 1888 a New York political club decided to serenade the general A committee saw him about it Beforehand to learn if it would bo agreeable agreea-ble Its all right boys he answered I shall feel honored by the serenade wont make much of a speech but if you care to have a few off hand remarks I will make them bublinsistupon one condition Your baud must not play Marching Through Georgia It is a good air and all that but for just about a quarter of a century no band of music has ever knowingly played to me without using it That boa become monotonous dont you see and I 1 feel as though I couldnt possibly stand I another note of it I |