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Show SLEEP AS THEY MARCH ALONG Soldiers and Hones In Clvtl War Slumber as They Tramp Along Road. Soldiers remember how they nnd their horses used to sleep as they marched along, Erasmus Wilson writes In tho Pittsburgh Gniette-Tiincs. Gniette-Tiincs. Strnngo ns It may teem this was often the case. There seemed to bo no troublo In performing tho mechanical me-chanical part of walking, but thero wao n tomlgncy to" wander qft-UiS rctnd.. For this reason Bloopers had to bo guided or lu hy someono-who wns uwake. ' , . Tho time Klrby Smith chased' General Gen-eral Nelso& mid fila meivfrom Ldxlifg-ton, Ldxlifg-ton, Ky., to Louisville, ho dldn'rt allow thorn n moment for rest, jndwhnt sleep thfy go.t.Avas'.snntchcd as they marched. Tho men wero .mostly new to tho business, but even the old fellows had to succumb about tho third night At times It seemed that tho whole lino was asleep, but It moved right along. When General Jackson nnd his cav-nlry cav-nlry Joined tho retreating forces his men wero nearly nil asleep In tho sad die, and hot a few of tho horses wero snoozing ns they went leisurely to tho front They seldom stumbled on n smooth road, but If thero happened to bo a halt they would go head foremost Into tho crowd, nnd waken up scared nnd confused. As soon as tho first rnys of dawn began streaking tho horizon tho sleepy, tired feeling that possessed the weary walkers would begin to disappear, disap-pear, and by the tlmo tho dawn hnd faded Into day tho men wero stepping out quicker und stronger, tho horses holding their beads up nnd nil hands looking out for something to eat Tho effect was mnglcal. |
