Show A Lesson In Foraging e ho following incident is taken from diary of a late veteran of the ° B 111 war and who served under com sh nd of Gen Sherman In tho Army llD the Tennessee t 1Tho army was In light marching r per the general commanding limIt w4 himself to abaled shirt and an nl itra pair of socks Wo had marched Ica jirly fifty mIles that day and wero re tired and hungry when wo halt at for thq night Our brigade was m mantled by Col L a brave eh Bdlor and able officer but who was s great stickler for regulations etl pijette of the corps etc After camp i n I pitched It was learned that Gen vlng the division commander had gotten to issuo the usual orders for 1 raging In the absence of such or I prs Col L refused to let his J en go out and borrow supplies pm the neighboring farmers After walling Impatiently for near half an hour Col Ir sent a jjufenant off to Gen Ewlugs bivouac I ask for the necessary orders It happened that Gen Sherman had decided to make his headquarters with fen Ewing that night and was seato seat-o in the tent writing dispatches with e lid of an old cracker box for a > Jflk and spltterlng candle held In his ii ift hand when the lieutenant entered j Jf Jd delivered his message to Gen Ew pigg 1 He was Interrupted by Gen Sher pan IWhats that young man Where fo you from ICol L s brigade sir replied pill ne lieutenant What Col L s Col John a a H And do you mean to say ho J cant know how to forage Thats 1lDIt Ighty strange And you go right c b fick jouilg man and tell him I said l t 3 A man thats been In tile army e j long as ho has and doesnt know me ow to forage and Gen Sherman Ion i i Ugged his shoulders disgustedly ak r INext day as tho column was trudg fag along Gen Sherman rode by our te brigade and shouted a cheery good bl Ijlfornlng Col L who was still a Ifmartlng under the rebuke from the pi neral sent by the lieutenant Sainte saint-e b gravely Ii JV I say L said Gen Sherman ur eknlng In his horse That was a n tl Jupny message you sent me last n fl ht I 1 did not have the honor of send a a you any message said the Col el somewhat stiffly The division ti v fmimander failed to Issue foraging or rs and I was obliged to address e In on the subject Oh that was It chuckled the neral Well Its all right now I Bpe the boys got enough to eat to Yes General We know how to ago Several days later Gen Sherman Bt for Col Irv to give him some tractions which ho delivered In a ewhat harsh manner The colonel uted and was about to retire when erman halted him it I I must ask your pardon colonel for speaking so abruptly but the fact Iwo wero on tho march before day yak this morning and all Ivo had to aat Jeftt since then was a little cold bacon a sj hard tack Back on the road Ufts afternoon I bought a bam ana exp ex-p lted to have a nice supper but me of those confounded boys have e len It Just think of Gnat and for ft my rudeness wont you rj s the colonel walked back to his Igade ho passed our regiment ands and-s continuing with a cheery good ght boys when ho stopped and ben be-n to sniff Something good was poking Instantly a dozen Invitations ere hurled at him to sit down and ve something to eat INo thank you boys butsnIC ig ngalnTwhero did you get that m < Drew It from the commissary JrfTho The colonel repressed a smile and Id sternly It to Well Ill let It pass this time but you ever draw another ham that liy Ill have you drummed out of t e regiment det j Why colonel drawled oao of tho pys you see we have Just learned I p w to forage |