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Show Oust Saved Waihlnnton City. "Did I ever tell you bow rlou.la of dual once anved SVaa'iinKlon City from what ninny people believe would have been rertnln rapture ut the hamla of Iho I'oufrderiileH?" naked a member of the old Veteriina' Keaerve Corpa, which waa on duty ut Kort ttlcvetia during tha war, to a ciowd of coiupan-lona coiupan-lona In a down-town hotel the other day. No one tn the aacintiliiKc had beard the story, and ao tho veteran continued: "It waa when the army of Northern Virginia wul Juat oiitKlile Hie capital rlty. You muy reiii.-inber Hint (Jen. Knrty. who waa In roiiiinnnd of thla particular dixialoti of Hie Confederutu forcea. In willing to lefute atatemenla piibllsbeil In Northern pnpera to Iho effect that be cotiM i-imlly have niurtlied into WaKhliiglon. eaid: '1 knew the ilclciuu-a were weak when I arrived, but my troops wuru ao ex-haunted ex-haunted from Hie enfotied murcll that a halt waa absolutely iicccs.-uu-y, ami the next uiiinilcK 1 km w by clomla of dual I loll r-'liit.'iv.'in in bud arrived.' That dust, gi-iitleiiien, waa rumeil j by a tew no 11, not exceeding one bun-dre.l, bun-dre.l, of the Veteran Keacrvo forpa. ' The tenipoiiiiy coniiiiiiii.ier of Hilt ! ronii.any, a tout 11. .111 of i.-1him ! helHhl. wllOMi rueic .J 111,1; 1 I, ,,t ', learn, bei ii'i.ie lie v.. .re 1,0 1. 1. m ,i ,- ,.r IhKltMllll, i)u. cil the 11.11 ,i hue of (he I rear of an.l In twivu 1 ,m .s:,-i,'n u, ' Fort Slouiiii. Alter ical.iiig a laort ! speech. In v.-hku ho uied oveiy uuu lo do his beat, ho directed us to Birch down aotuo illstutico on tho '.. post Fort Stevens, once thero, ar told us lo break intiks and right nut, returning In tho middle of the aula roail and kicking up all the dust e iH!iitiily could. Wo doubled on tho Ut. marching down on the graau and r'.lnt; back In the duaty road. It waa try aeaaon, and wo all had on f road-Kwil road-Kwil ahoea. We ma le tho duat fly, I ti-U you. and It Is no wonder (ien. Far-l Far-l thought reinforcements by tho thou-"tide thou-"tide had conio to Iho relief of tho "K lfiil on duty at the forte." Wunh-Irriou Wunh-Irriou tiiur. Mexican War Veterana. The heroes of Tenia of over half a ftiiiry aito are gathered In Fort Viik.ji In their annual reunion. They an Hie veterans of the Mexican war, 04 there aio but few of them with ''elastic step and tho straight, erect fw. The greater number aru bent 'tk lt-e. and tho hemla of the majorl-'I majorl-'I u s aa white aa anew. There are 'in sixty of them. The youngest la ! )ir of ago (Hoveral being (his ?, im. I (he olib at has passed tho 'sftynfth nillcpoat. It la a urand ti4 gloiloea little band of patriotic ti.-t. who were the fighters for Texas It. ! i.n.1enee In tlio 40s. and who by K'lHantry Biul bi'ttvet-y enabled '-11 to tiirow off tho yoke of tyrun-'' tyrun-'' mil become, aa they feel, tne of ' treat, at, Indeed. If not the greal-F,i greal-F,i ate In all Ame.'l, a. DulUa News, i |
