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Show ISjout Notable Americans W - By FREDERIC J. H ASKIN feTThalf a century of servr CSLral Scott Shipp. superintendent HYireinin Military Institute, re-wfW re-wfW ml i-; nos t on at tlio close oL Wh&fi yen rPlnrt mouth. "Old EH-K EH-K )C jho cadets linvo affet-K' affet-K' him for the last thirty Wk.KTmc commandnnt, of cadatu nt Eft Wonownll Jackson left the in-BVfa? in-BVfa? tnS confwlorato army. lie hal ponitmn until JSOO, when,. upon -Mrfmcnt of General Francis H. JK lie was made snipurmlciident. YKrnttlr" was commandant; of the Hot cadets on May 15, J864, whuu Knvs wore tnlioii from a school of Shio rcnl battle, and saved the day M$t . Confederate forces under &en-!0cb &en-!0cb C, Breckinridge at the battle lfrvmprkct. r iK&Vcdcrat army under General Sicel iBIl un the valley from Martinsbtirpr, IK,1 .t Newmarket thoy met Siridce's command of 3000 men. IBonfcdcralc chieftan had called on IKfrSSn MiHtarv Institute for aid IB 0 boys, many of them but 14 lIKioia and none over 20. responded to K a 3 tlicv ma relied out tho vet-IE vet-IE , n'f three vears in Virginia cam-Ks cam-Ks called to them " Don't you want Horner' "Whv don't you, co Im to mammy? - 'Under th.s Par-ffthe Par-ffthe bovs were mute, but their de-ion de-ion "was as firm as their hps IKIeisers bntieiy of the Federal wont into position on the crest ill from which the ground sloped for several hundred yards to a This slope was as croon and J as a well-kept lawn and offered jtociion whatever for an attark-rtv. attark-rtv. The Federal soldiers saw the forminp at the foot of the lull ivine. "What, arc they? Rec-i Rec-i was the question, so nattvand Ka Hip appearance of the bcard-nitbs. bcard-nitbs. Soon the Federals saw the jvance. It camo on steadily in cc of the fire from Von Kleiser s nc TIerc and there one foil, out of utthc bovs measured the rtistanco ospd ui) the caps as if thev wero a,lc Common time, double time, be olmrKi on they came. Final rhnvon-ts were at tho breasts of Mciser's men and thoy had cap-t cap-t batter". More than that, thoy M the renter, thoy had frustrat-'wlane frustrat-'wlane of the Federal commanders ,d aclually won the day for tho m armv. Scott, ShipP command-. command-. hut he fell severely wounded the charge was well started. inns in-ns of aRc and .experience com-d com-d at the becinninfr; but vrheii id fallen, bovs look command and 1 the cadets on to victory., Cap-ranklin Cap-ranklin B. Town, an ofbeer in Uc il army, who was in the fight, f the charge: "f do not believe he lrietorv of war contains a rec-adecd rec-adecd more chivalrous, more hp-Sifmore hp-Sifmore daring or more honorable S iUhe charge of those boys to a vic-1 vic-1 FCwLidi would have been an lienor jeuoncd veterans." The gnsHilod i ransin gray who had that morning kt Jed tlipui as babies cheered them F-P'the wildest of rebel yolls from the mlfcfnt thev went under the fire of the Kal batteries, and they won their ill; of knighthood then and theiv. -iSlral Shields, of the Federal army. if'Ired that such a school tor soldiers ifaifthe school for him. and. like Cap-Snffown.'aftprward Cap-Snffown.'aftprward sent his son there kiWrn-educated. More than fifty of the .'Blads fell on the field, and eight, jpm were killed. At the grave of M them in the churchyard at Lpx-Wmt Lpx-Wmt is a monument witji the sword FUjKvlot upon ' This stone inspired rrUtlarrarct .T Presion to write the llplBfiil and popular nocm, "Somo-Mm "Somo-Mm Darling " On May 15. 19(1-1, ImHthan seven fy of the i-ndets who pBjpatcd in the battle were in Lex-Sc Lex-Sc at the unveiling of the niomi-iWlo niomi-iWlo their hovhood schoolmates who AXewmarket "Old Billy" Rhipp the hero that dav. When he an-:tl an-:tl Ins retirement a few vroek? -"7 te was th" rci-ipicnt of many gifts L, men all over the coniitrv who have iat V. M. I. in the last forty-five ;. I. Straight and tall, with gray . .1 'imislarlie and goatee, he is a tvp- f irginia officer. His voice is dcen nund, and while every V. M T. wlovcn him as a father, none has to disobcv this stem stickler for line and lioiie for iminunitv. For- ,'.f;.8flnator C. J. Faulkner of West .a; tinia. former Congressman John S. d k of Virginia and New York, and . other men -ho have come into , vi, jincnce wor in that cadet corps' -4; p marrtcd out to battle at New-fttt New-fttt under "Old Billy's"' orders. nidf tl lc-v aro' Proud (hey may 11 jof that pace 0f their boyhood his-lillfo" his-lillfo" rirouilor no man can be than IllKShipD of his fortv-odd classes vfreinia Military Unstitute cadets. llt'2ne !rmcn c believer would re-' re-' JM. Rlorioim event of Newmarket c OCca'oil demanded. "r (ievo,llJU o an ideal that brings Lpceiiniary profit is so unusual in ifc-"- VlnR 'nfr'"'" that, the de-Rct de-Rct apart as one to be mar-i(4rf mar-i(4rf ov" an(1 '"Imired. Such an oh-JJllllor oh-JJllllor mp.rvcllitig and admiration is i J,JP Dcakin, the (California arlist. I TflliWM 7- tm'T,-v vearP Weakin has 1 fiff(l nim5Pir almost entirely to onP A t ii.170 thnt of preserving on eau-3 eau-3 VLi , picturesque, areliitecttire and 2 1; . T?ly of U,e r:ilifornia l-iWl' Tlitre were originally twenty- j " Wl ,t,ie.5 stations built ' bv good 'uinpero Serra. and his "follow- .ppoouch three have already becom i of the past ;ini 0ti,PrH' ;,rc faii. rapidly to decay. To preserve a cnnvns s"1"' a negjigent peo--.W: n?t Preserving them in reality, 1rfflBLr Hv'105,L a 1'efigious conviction kWlr, Deakin, and as earlv as 1S7U W Wt ,nC -fetches for his work. 'WviK 17,111 Dolores mission in ' A, S151?.0; 1,1 1875 ! wc' 10 ; JTKi tra'lCpr"ia studied the ; .M WW of San Buenaventura ami Ply'l ,EC: nn'l from then until K, . fun mission to mission, assiduouslv and untiringlv, im c,R"tefn missions were IMS'111 canvas, and so preserved i I.IBm.;. ?i Tllroe of the missions lllBsin in t,,ihcs oC tr paet, b" rtJKL , a lriHJse was not to I ft?'1-- An oil Pointing of Kb''t;Z ""Won, and a photograph Vm ,T worc "s,',l as basis for kMn J U'0' Wh51( Si,ntjl 01f,rn ijrfBts ,Ha de?cr'Il-ton carefully given PmL A0 rC,ne"bered it. 'fo each f Mr- Deakin went to get Jr'iKi nio.Bn,,or,J !lnrl bnekgroniid. W Iwh, mo"nl"', the blue of the ; .KORolden-brown of grnss mid WIa .Photographs and the do-Eii,?jj do-Eii,?jj DCRomc renliticH to him. ZjMbi 8 icyo hft fUlw ,lio,n a8 liy WrMhvii Q1.TK0 transferred l.hcm to jKtt ; e holds the series of ,ftWfllBKniT" -n- Ih'gh nmnv tlatter-fclr.,,?,,IvitInl tlatter-fclr.,,?,,IvitInl fiave boon r fVk-Knil 111 "ev'r sell them except perhaps the State of California will some dav purchase them nil. Fred Clnck of Pulaski, Tcun., is tho only negro who over had the honor to command a rcgimont of Confederate soldiers in action. In the early spring of 1861 the Confederate army was encamped en-camped at Dalton, Ga. Food was scarce, clothing scarcer, and tho men wore hardly able to bear up under their burdens. A deep snow foil." something some-thing very unusual for thnt section of the country, and this added to the discomfort dis-comfort or the army. Some General suggested that, a grent snowball fight would revive the drooping spirits of tho army. So the troops were divided and went into battle by brigades and regiments, the only authorized ammunition ammu-nition being snowball. Colonel Calvin Clnclr, commanding tho Third Tcnnes-. Tcnnes-. see infantry, had a faithful body servant serv-ant in the person or the old negro, Fred. Colonel Clack did not fancy the idea of the snowball fight, and just ns he was getting ready, ho turned to Fred and said: "Fred, vou take the regiment." Prod was into the Colonel's Colo-nel's coat, the Colonel's snsh was around his waist, tho Colonel's sword in hio hand and he was in the Colonel's Colo-nel's saddle, in a trice. The old negro ne-gro rode out in front of the regiment. The boys saw him and cheered for "Colonel FreJ." .Just opposite was an Arkansas regiment. Fred ordered a charge, and away went the Ten lies-soeans lies-soeans with their frozen ammunition. The Arkansans didn't like the severity of the charge and retaliated with sticks and rocks. " Colonel" Fred never wavered. wav-ered. He ordered a return in kind, ; and for a little while thore was a most lively mix-up, iu which sevoral heads were broken." The forces of "Colonel Fred" were finally victorious. A happy i bought sometimes develops a paying and congenial business. When Miss Mary Philips of St. Louis told a girl chum that she happened to know a lot, about Bernard Shaw and related a few odd stories about the vegcta-rian-socialist-author, hor companion asked her why she didn't get together a few friends and tell them all about this interesting; man. "We will pay you for it," said the friend. Although . of high social standing, Miss Philips' family fortunes wero somewhat depleted, de-pleted, so she thonght well of the idea. A little company met nnd Miss Philips told them cnterlainingl3' about Mr. Shaw. Tliey were so charmed with the talk, they asked her to give another one on some oilier subject. This was the beginning of her "drawing room chats" that wore a feature of two social so-cial seasons in St. Louis, Sho draws on her recollections of travels in Europe, Eu-rope, and on her reading for material. Here is an interesting field for any gon-tlcwomnn gon-tlcwomnn who wants to make her pin nioue3' or has to earn her bread and butter. |
