Show r isoldi RS OP 1 amb 6 1 NA vy ma LITIA olage for the old year toll toll toll where the binds are sighing toll toll toll when the somber gomber clouds are ming TOIL toll toll A deeper deeter sadder knoll than sounds for a pa rising soul should lell tell of the old year di dang ing spirits of beauts and light of darkness 49 and night from our sunny gunny paths path in the assure sicy sly from ho the St staian gian shores chere here tho the hadon hado 4 he ile fron your coral cotal homes in the ocean cm C cs froh the frigid north acre the tempest raey ral e collit tn the pale one dying lying hark to the falling of phantom feet bent beitt beat beat beat lik 1110 the solemn bounds sounds when the surges meet on the shores of a mighty river thiv aie ate folding the dead in his wind ing sheet to bear him aa agaj foieri foie vei ei A bush of wings min on the midnight wind the tie fall of it shadow portal and the good old yar so true and kind lind based to hi his 3 rest but left behind the record of deeds immortal Immo ital just them popes summer campaign of 1862 was over and we vere ere in camp near fairfax courthouse con Coir va A vermont regiment had joined our division this regiment was a fresh organization the officers were from older regiments that had been in bervice service but the non coni and flies files new corn com fencers men tuen cers and they afforded considerable amusement by their rookie rawness inquiries when the tile milkman came round and who ve ue bought our putter of gave good eunity for practical jokes which were not ne neglected one day a detail for picket was made from this regiment the first duty of that kind hind they had over had bad among those detailed was a typical yankee interrogation points showing in his ills every look and movement As he could get got no information from his ills own company some one sent him to me as I 1 was to be field officer of the guard and so he came over to see about it ILI say cap what is this ere picket business why john not much very easy all you have to do is to go down the road mad about three miles go into the woods stay there all night if you see the enemy coming fire your gun at them hurry back and tell us so we can get ready to meet them you are not afraid are you now see liere here cap you don dont want twant to do any such foolish thing as that why not john well this war business has been going on almost two years and nothing done then they got us to como down hero here have a fight and put down the rebellion id like to know how in thunder you ever expect to have a scrimmage if you send me down there to em off I 1 saw sun rise in west yes said the captain 1 I BOW saw tho the sun rise in the west and I 1 was never worse rattled in my life wo we started on the tullahoma Tul lahoma campaign with good weather wp athor and our battalion scouting in advance changed directions a good many times however we could sea the sun in the daytime and tho the stars at night and wo we generally know where wo we were af after ter two or three days it rained steadily day and night and we found wo we know much about the country when it was wet one morning we received definite instructions to march south so many miles and then due east cast on a crossroad to a river which wo we were to cross aud and tako take position on the east cast side so as to protect the ford it rainer ill 11 day and most of tho the night and it was after dark when wo we reached the river the officers decided to let the men rest and cross over to the ewt bank at daylight tho the next morn orr ing it rained steadily until after midnight and then tho tile clouds broke away 1 I was on guard from 2 to 4 and I 1 kept my eyes open for the first signs ot ok day across the river to the east the darkness seemed to thin out a little but tacio 0 was no light in the east there we alv however a growing light in the we it and I 1 called the attention of the of the guard to it he ile thought it was the moon but it was not when daylight came all the men mev were re awake and all were looking toward ard the west with troubled faces at the appointed time the sun came up to the in west est ot 01 what seemed to us to bo be the west the impression NA was as so strong on our minds that tb th i river was east of ua us that wo we could not reason our way out if the river was not to our east cast if it the sun come up in the west we were not where we ought to be we were not on the right river and not a man had the remotest idea where wo we were we talked and swore about the situation for an pour lour and then it clouded up again by sheer force of will power we marched toward where the sun came up tip but when the clouds obscured the sun I 1 will be hanged if the old imbres sion slon turn our feet the othar waa wa and after blundering around in the woods for some hours wo we came to the aher wo we had loft left in the tile morning mornin 0 A farmer tried to explain to us that we ine ni were ere lost but wo we hooted at him the next morning when the sun came up tip again in the west wo we went to him in humble spirit and he guided us to where our division was stuck in the mud the colonel was very generous and in ill his ills official report never said laid a word about the wanderings of his scouting battalion future of soldiers homes gen martin T mcmahon oc of NOT now york president of the board of managers of the national homes for disabled soldiers has in written ritten a letter to the war department in which he directs attention tb tc the steady and rapid decrease in the number of inmates of those homes caused by death the occupants of the homes are dying off in large numbers as might be expected of men inen of their ages he says it will soon become a question of what shall bo be done with the buildings and grounds they are not di d allied to be occupied much longer some of them will possibly be converted into health resorts for army and navy people or used as encampment grounds for militia and the army even this probable use will not dispose of all of the places sent tent back confederate flag fred J of mascoutah Masco utah ill haa sent to woodbury tenn a confederate flag which he lie captured at fort donelson in february 1862 nearly forty two years ago he belonged to company G 0 of the bloody ninth ill illinois which was chosen to lead the assault on fort donelson before they had advanced more than about yards the white flag was shown the illinois men were first inside the barricade and captured the hag flag which had been made by young ladies of woodbury tenn for a company in a re regi gimene of that state last spring mr while on a southern trip made inquiries which finally brought him into correspondence with the captain of the southern company this led to the return of the flag he had had some gen gordon says that on one occasion durin during the civil war a threatened attack of federal troops brought together a number of confederate officers from several commands they devoutly withdrew drew into a small log hut standing near and united in prayer for guidance As they assembled one of the generals was riding within halling distance and gen harry hoth of hills corps stepped to the door of tho the log loc cabin and asked him to come in the mounted general did not understand thu tho nature of gen hetha heth a in invitation T I 1 and replied no thank you no DO moe MOTO at pre present nent ive IVO jual just had erne i |