Show VETERANS CORNER SOMC GOOD SHORT 9TOHIB8 1 FOR TUB OLD SOLDIERS rho Iles Tot Ito 1In toll Awayiolr t etaey nr toelerr lIIUIo at t anee ahernan I Jok Vlliy rook fall OT with the an I Wtoh et hearts tUt are breaking break-ing Come we aim ai-m o u r li en In weep for our L I dead drier In our boasua ha crown weary ot aeh tog Oren to I the turf where our tear we bun shed While oer their marble the toossee are creeping Stealing well name and 111 Intend away live their proud story lo memorys keeping Hhrlhml In lie I temple we hallow today to-day Iliuhed are the iMltlelVtldi ended their marshes Dmf are Ihelr tear In the driimbtat of morn Illsa from lhi MIl ye fair columns not areheel Tell their bright locale to the ores unborn un-born Hmblem and legend may fade from Iho portal Keystone may crumble and pillar may fall They were the builder whose work h I Immortal Crowned with the dome lint la I over us all Iron It IIIIUIUM At the second battle of Maniemii Hen Ixingilreet Him drlhll hla action ac-tion In Iho field where lien Porter was antagonist Hero one feels the thrill of baltlo more than anywhere elso 1 Hiding forward n few rods to an open which gave n vlgw of Jackson Held I came In sight of Porters battle piling up against Jackson right eon 1ft and left At the name lime nn order tame from Oen Ix e for n division In be sent len Jackson Porters mns M were In almost direct lino from the point nt which I stood and In enfilade fire It woo evident that they could not stand fifteen minute tinder tho lire of ballerle planted nt that point while A division marched back across the field to aid Jackson could tint reach him In an hour more Imo probably than ho could stand under tho heavy weight then bearing down upon him Holdncs woo prudenrel Vrampl work Uy the wing nil lutlerle could l relieve the battle llelnforrrmrnl might not be In time so I called for my nearest batteries bat-teries Heady anticipating rail they sprang to their place anti drove nt speed 1 law tho opportunity before It could Im pointed out and went Into action ac-tion The first flru was by Chapman battery following In rolling practice by lloyce and Heltly Almost Immediately Im-mediately the wounded began to 1101 from Porters rank the number seemed seem-ed to Increase with every shot the insuw logo lu waver swinging Kick and forth showing lgn of discomfiture along the left and leftcenter In len or fifteen minute It crumbled Into disorder and turned toward the rear Although the lotteries veined lo hasten Ihe movement of tho discomfited discom-fited the fire woa les I effective upon broken rank which ravo them courage trade and l they made brAvo effort lo rally but ai the new lines formed they hni lo breast against Jacksoni standing line and made a new and favorable target for the t batteries which again drove them to disruption and f retreat Not atlsfled they made A third effort lo rally nnd fight live battlo through but by that time they had fallen back far enough lo open the field In the fire of R n I Leer artillery battalion As the line began to take shape this fearful fear-ful nro woo added to that which they had tried so Ineffectually to tight The combination lore the lino In piece ama am-a It broke Iho third limo the cliurgu wn ordered Tho heavy fonts of gunpowder gun-powder hanging about our rank ui illmulatluK Ita iparkllni wine charged lime almophcr with the light and splendor of buttle Tlhie was culminating culmin-ating under A Hawing tide The table horsei took the spirit of the rider sitting sit-ting lightly In their addli Aa order were given Ihn staff their limb already al-ready close lo Ilia home Hunks preset their spurs but the electric elec-tric current oviirlrnped their alertly slrldMnnd twcutflvo thousand brave moved In Una as If by n ilngla Impulse My 1 aid horse appreciating Ihe Impart nice of corps headquarter envious of the spread ot hbr comrade as they measured the green jet auxloui to maintain tho role moved up 1 and down his limited space In lofty bounds ro loll Id lo cover In the ulr the spore allotted al-lotted his most fortunate comrade on the plain llii Mitriuiai Joke Anecdote of America great general gener-al ore atop good reading and the following new story Illustrative of ami of Ibo bent trait In den Shermans character It DO exception to this rule says an exchange The narrator thereof there-of was IJeut David du 11 laniard of the corp of rnglnccri U S A who told bow the hero of tho famous march la the tea onco paid a memorable visit lo himself and 1U la chum while they were tnJets at Writ Point You know said the lieutenant I bat all the room occupied by cadet In the barrack have big open stone fireplace with correspondingly large chimney In these chimneys the Lope ever since the academy was establIshed have heha In the h4Ml of rigging up shelves se Btorebowti and place of concealment far Instate la ot food sell drink be nature whUh are forbidden by the nxeMilliigly trct military rennlatlon ImpOsctl 1 utwi us Tbl smuggled provender l wo user lathe la-the habit of devouring with great mine ate at night after final iBiptetl ws over Now It II i happened that lay roommate room-mate and myself oeentvlwl Die qurtrM which had once ihellered lssl C gnrr mm when he also wrestled with his conlo sections and military tngtn eetlnc at the Point One JUne after Ran Just before examination time we wen both mrprlMd by A escort rip at the door 1 opened It 1 and In walked the Illiutrlnus former ooeiip < < nt with a party of ladle and gentlemen who were anilon lo t so what n Mdrf quarter looked like Of conrre mr chum and myeelt Minted and stood at attention nil tho lime tho old general wa bunting about showing hit friends around The veteran looked happy tnoiuth as he pointed out the hard maltrcw and Iron bedslnad which constitute theo the-o ng WealPointer I sleeping nvdra II rf miHlatlnn I and Illuitrnteil I the inancff In which we folded up our Irouteni iI slept on them to keep them from lie mining knceiprunff closing his eipl nation with n detailed account of the cadet method of awrcplng out aM keeping their rooms In order We both thought woo through but he wasnt Just ai the putty was about to I Knvo Ibo room their experienced guhle went up In Ihe fireplace and raid In in exanperatlngly cool way When I was A cadet the boy used to secrete ill sorts of plunder that was contraband of war In their chimneys I wonder If they do It 1 now Then he look bin cane and poked It up the chimney Chummy Chum-my and I looked at each other with anxious eyes and nearly hail a fit The eminent strategist reconDels cane wa one of the most niecessful In tubs carr lip knew Just where lo look and Ills con hit the mark at almost al-most hla Drat poke The pin ekes anti bottle of prohibited fluids fell on the hearth with a clatter and dull thud bteaklnKto pieces Ily I his time dummy dum-my and I were ready to faint TM old general must have obterved It for he turned to us with a 1 hearty laugh and merry twinkle In Lila eye mylng You neednt bo afraid veiling gentlemen U was all my fault I shunt My anything about It Wa were on tenterhooks for rertril day tearing courtmartial and dlials sal Hut our distinguished visitor religiously re-ligiously kept Ills word and we heard nothing morn about the Incident Sherman Sher-man bummer burned my pind mothei house at Columbia S C concluded Ileut I lalltard but Hiked the deir old fellow all the MIDI Ho wa so genial and considerate ti oth > err shy lion Croak JII i When Crook started alter Coronlmo In Iho 70s ho look only a snail force of soldier but n large forro a Indian scout When ho got down Sonora Mexico lo where Ocronlmo lad re treated these scouts turned tailor They threw uway the provlnloM tilted up all the water hole they canieu rou and In other WIIII hlghtened this hard hips of the campaign On aeeont ot all this when tho men finally onrtoak leronlmn they were half starvfl and nearly famished Crook law lhl says the Phoenix Arlx latclte and u did leronlmo for the scout had told him i Its all right lo ClIo leronlmo hot the man who know anything about him will deny that he was n shrewd dever scoundrel Ho was quick to lake la tho situation and after surrounding taut small force told the gencnl he Illmerlluauomkh would either have to maki > terms or be annihilated Croak under these circumstances cir-cumstances decided to make terms and according to the dictation of Qrro nlmo promised as n United Slates eol dler and n gentleman not to make war upon the Indian any more Crook thinking of his men and not of himself him-self for Crook was not the man to think of hlm clt very much made the promlM amt wan allowed lo escape Wht ho came hick ho wa retired at his out request and Gen Nelson A Mile succeeded him t Wr flobe President lamer 1 T Puller of Drury collect Springfield 0 tins retelvid a letter from a Mawachuntt man wbo offers a large sum of money for Ibo verification of n war episode Tbo story Is I that In the early days of the war a detachment of confederate troops In Mlsaourl look about 100 union prisoners pris-oners Twelve of these prisoners were llnrd up and shot without provnrntlon by the confederate attlcer Upon hearing hear-ing of this act the commander of the federal regiment dratted twelve confederate confed-erate pilsuners to ba shot In retaliation I retalia-tion As the Hue was being farmed n voting man named William Lear stepiwd 1 forward dud asked to lake the place of ono of the condemned men who was his friend The request wai grunted and lear waa shot In pile of his friend New York Tribune Ilia unit llr Antonio Macro lieutenantgeneral of the patriot army In Cuba Is one of the tallest men ever seen In the tropics standing 6 feet C Inches In height Ha U I ulrly worshiped by his follower who have again and again dcmonsira ed their willingness to undergo the craves perils In his service One of his Intimate comrade describes him asa as-a big goodnatured child deep In his heart but on the surface lie Is I all soldier sol-dier and patriot Ills skin Is of deep brown In color his eyes ore dark soft and kindly In exprculon and be Is 1 famous for his good nature to all but the enemies of Cuba liberty Ux |