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Show TILE JJ0Y COLONEL. QEfl. M'AitTHUn'8 SGnVICE IN THB CIVIL WAR. Aoon IhaaacO ll.flr Opinion Uoallllaa Thai Man for lilm ll.a li.a or Ilia Kohllrri Imniil.a of Hie l.a,l ami I Inn lleadlnraa of Ilia luiuiuaii.lar, Clen. Arthur MacArlhur. who commanded com-manded a brigade at tha capture of Manila, bag a reputation aa a Bgt-ir gained from tbe civil war, aaya tbe Milwaukee Sentinel, lie waa known aa tbe "boy colonel." A veteran ot tbe 14th Wleconaln tald recently: "When tbe governor made htm our adjutant, in 11(11, be waa only 17, anJ email for hi age. HI vole bad not fully changed. It eounded like the crowing of a young rooater In Ita flrat effort, Wa made all aorta ot fun ot him, and felt that we bad been Im-eed Im-eed upon by the governor. We wanted a man, not n atrlpllAg, for adjutant ad-jutant an oftlc alraoet aa Important a that of a colonel. "You ought to have heard the boy on ilreaa parade. Ilia chicken voice didn't roach halt-way down the lino when be piped out- 'To tbe tear; open order; march!' and when be minced to the center of the regiment, moved out In front and tald. 'Klrat aetgrant to the front and center, march I' there waa n broad grin on the face of n thouaand men nnd a acowl on that ot tbo colonel. The flrat colonel had teen tcrvlco nnd wanted n competent man for adjutant. The night nftcr tho lint drete parade, ho tald: 'I (hall wrlto to the governor lo aend mo a wooden man for adjutant.' The boy heard eomo of tha colonele comment, and ha could tco that the men nrro guying him. It cut hi tu to the ipilck. "'I'll ahnw them that I can fight, anynny. Then maybe, they'll tome to like ma better,' Mid tha boy, a ha bruahed away eomethlng damp from lilt aoft cheek." Another atory from tho tamo Up brlnge out the qualities Ihla boy had for winning the lote ot hi men. At Keneaaw tho telcran who tell the ttory na badly wounded and left ho-hind ho-hind when the Jlth wa ordered back after the repulee. Young MacArlhur wa In command, and when he learned that Sergt. Dunn na nmong Iho uiltt-Ing uiltt-Ing In battle he tent a file ot men to the front naaln In MAuirrt, In- 1,1m Hnl,l he; "If he I wounded nnd allto, too that ho I given In charge of tha tur-geon tur-geon at once; It dead, bring 111 body In and It hal be tent borne.'' The thought na the Impultlvo ono ot a boy, but tlio act that ot a firm and ready commander MacArlhur won lilt eagle. Ho waa no accidental colonel. At Iho flrtt great battle ot tho regiment, filono rler, the colonel and lieutenant-colonel Wcro both atnent nnd the command com-mand of Iho :tlh derohed upon the major and the boy adjutant, Tho regiment regi-ment waa In Sheridan' dlvltlon, whero It nerved all through the war. At 810110 Itlver tho threo brlgndo commander com-mander of tho dlvltlon ncro thot down early In the fight, and tba regiment regi-ment were left to themtelte. It wat a terrible ttrugglo too well known to be repeated here. The 31th cnino out with 200 men In tho rank, having loit almott at many In the tight. Thla waa In 18C2, a few month after tha debut of tha boy adjutant. Ila waa not guyed any more, and after tho next battle, bloody Chlckamauga, tho regiment regi-ment looked up to him a n feature It couldn't do without and remain tho tame. Then at tho battle ot Mlttlonary Itldgo ho capped It nil by a deed of pergonal heroltm and pretence of mind only to be oxpectM of a truo aoldlcr. The 21th, under Sheridan' lead, lnrt-ed lnrt-ed on tho tlinal to go up iho tlopo at doublo quick, tor tha emergency called for rapid nctlon on tho lino. They carried tho tint of tha enemy' detente, de-tente, nnd nfter a thort breathing 1 1 pel I order camo to go ahead. It ni uphill nork lu Iho double ene, for Iho men had to fight for right of way and atruggla up the tteep and ruggod hillside under tiro finally tha color bearer dropped down from phyelcnl ex-hauatlou, ex-hauatlou, while llio line wa tlrting out, wavering at to which court to tako to avoid tbo cncniy'a lira and tha ob-ttructlon ob-ttructlon In tho path. MacArlhur, (till adjutant, wat nt tho front, and, eelilng tho flag lu the h.indi ot tho proetrato bearer, unfurled It and ruthed forward, tho actual leader ot tha whole line For tho deed of Mhwlonnry Hldgo the boy adjutant wa promoted to tho rank ut major, n Held officer' potltlon, two grade below that uf aolontj A major command i battalion ot the. regiment when In action, and often when tha regiment la tmall there ore but two field nrtlcora and tho major I econd In command Tho 2ltli had become to depicted that there were but two field officer alter Mlttlonary Hldge. During tho Atlanta campaign It wa led by a lieutenant colonel, and at the (lormlng ot Keneaaw Hint ofllro wa held by young MacArthur. He wa not yet IS year old, for only one and a halt year had pawed tlnco he piped hit feeble war note at battalion dret p.mule. At the battle of I'ranklln, Nov 30, 1801, the 21th Wlteontln, led by Col, MacArlhur, wa one of the aeven regiment regi-ment whltJi made blttory that day on Carter'a Hill In the famoua cliargo ot Opdycke'a brigade That, too, 1 a well known atory, but one to bear recalling. Tba main line of breoatworka In front of Carter' hill wa breached by a dea-perate dea-perate and overwhelming charge of Clebnrne'a Tenneaeeeana. Opdycke'a brigade lay In retrrvo behind the breach. Tbe men had been In action out at the front for thlrly-tlx hour and were retting and laklnr. cortee when tba confederate bunt through tbe line in front: At tae utile com- M maid ot Opdycke, "First brigade, fall M In; double quirk, charge!" the reii- ' meat In three line aa they lay at rett H hurled thenwelve headlong upon the B exulting enemy. All told they num- : bered but 1.OO0 Forging their way to Ihe front by dint of bayonet thrutt W and blow from clubbed mtiaket, they eV oletrrd a path lo the worka and retook M eight cannon, which they turned on , I Ihe enemy. Tbe worka were held and v j tbe day waa aateil. Uut of aeven regimental regi-mental leader Ave were bot down. . MacArthur among them, and one ot ,' the flrat to go. The aerand In com- . rnand, MaJ Phllbronji. waa killed Mac- ; i Arthur unrired hi wound. ItwiTth last parade of the regiment on tbe battlefield bat-tlefield wllh the boy In evidence, and thla waa what Otn Stanley, tbe corpa commander, aalil of tbe performance "I will not aay alieolutely that the Hth Wlaconiln aaved the battle of Kranklln, but I can testify from tbe evidence of tny own eye that ll had n great deal to do wltb saving It In this feat It waa gallantly and well ted by ', the boy colonel, Arthur .MacArthur." ' |