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Show It I . D T V I" e i on Dl X E ; It i Aii inquisitive reporterdown South, during the war, managed to reach Gen. Lee's headquarters and tried his "level best" to get all the information possible al.out the General's life and habits. A waggish iiid-dc-camp made it his business thereupon to effectually "sell" the knight of the quill. The rejioiter wanted lo know Gen. Lee's hour for dining. "At six o'clock exactly at six," was the reply. "I infer then that it is rather a formal for-mal meal?" ''Decidedly formal in faet, I may say it is a rigidly military dinner." "Military! how military':" Well, you see Gen. Lee sits at the head of the table, and Col. Chilton at the foot, and everything is done in red-tape stylo.'' "Red tape at bible! I don't understand under-stand you. Please explain." "Certainly. General Lee never carves and never helps all that is left to Colonel Chilton but General Lee asks the guests what they will have: they tell him, then ho issues his orders, mid Colonel Chilton executes exe-cutes them. That's all." "Go 011, go on!" opening his note-look; note-look; "give me an example tell mc exactly how it is done." "Suppose, then, that we have beef we generally have beef. Grace is saidhy the chaplain, then General Lee raps on the table with the handle of his knife, and says, "Attention!" Everybody is silent. Every eve is turned lowanl General Lee. He looks at one of us me, for example and I arise and make a military salute. "Captain C , what will you be helped to'.'" says General Lee. I say JVef,' make another salute, and sit down. General Lee, fixing his eye on Colonel Chilton says, 'J3ecf, for Captain C .' My plate is passed, helped, and then Colonel Chilton, handing it to the servant, says: Reef for Captain 0 , lSv order of General Leo. IL H. Chilton, A. A. G.? " |