| Show HOT BLOOD IN CAMP ARMY QUARRELS THAT ALMOST END ED IN TRAGEDIES the story of a captain who had irad baurder la in ills III heart A fiery lieutenant colonel who wanted to kid kill ills superior officer A peacemaking adjutant tragedies in our own camps outside of battles were veto more common than tho the public knows said a distinguished soldier tho the shooting of major geneal nelson at louisville by brigadier general jeff 0 davis da vis because nelson in a fit of anger had called davis a long string of hard names is one of the few that camo came to the surface you think it probably but I 1 myself was once so close to a tragedy that it makes my gray hair rise up as I 1 recall it while a number of officers of tho the regiment were in the majors tent tont I 1 said something that a captain took tool escel eions to and a war of words toll followed owed when he plumped out outs you arp a liar V I 1 struck out with my right and set him to bleeding ho he camo came back at me like a tiger cat cal we clinched and fo for throe three or four minutes had it hot and sharp tharp then tho others separated us all sorts of threats iwas adjutant he ile ranked me and I 1 confess that for a time I 1 did fear ho he would nikko mo iu in the way of court martial buethe matter seemed to blow over one fall afternoon the captain invited me to take a walk with him hint thinking that our troubles had ca completely tely healed I 1 consented on the way back to camp wo we passed through ail an orchard I 1 climbed a tree to get some apples just as I 1 reached for an apple mw sacho ate captain reach for his ilia revolver and glare at me like a very fiend instantly I 1 loosened my nold and dropped to the ground seizing a stake I 1 took my place by his tide side and said now you cowardly dog put up that gun or ill brain you I 1 this time be was kept on a hot griddle gri Idle tor for a month mouth though I 1 mado made no threats and had no thought of reporting his attempt to assassinate TOO me the next fight we got into we made up for good and all and remained fat fast friends until the final round up when general joo joe johnston had bad his men throw down their guns and go homo home to 0 make a crox 1 it happ enedin this way tho the colonel had given tho the order to form line of battle As adjutant it was my duty to kee mee that each captain carried out the order when I 1 reached the would be assassin and bad performed my duty and started to go away ha he called out adjutant come back I 1 when I 1 complied he took my hand looked me squarely in tho the eye and said lieutenant can yon you forgive me for all of my meanness to you Iho I 1 hope bo I 1 have never had bad a good hour since that incident in tho the orchard with all my heart beart captain capt aiu no me one but ent you and mys myself if knows anything any thing about that little affair As I 1 said nothing else camo came up to A fcc as us while in ithe army wo we never met after being mustered out ho died three years ago of couro cour o I 1 could have sent him out of the army in dah grace and placed him in tho the penitentiary after ho he was avas out but ivo always i been glad I 1 did not nol ho lie was a good soldier in iu battle as us brave aa ag they nato them but a bulldog in camp ho lie left tho array mys a major his ilia name never mind that it is a truo true citory I 1 wish it were not for I 1 cannot forget that at nt one on time in my life I 1 was in a fair way to bo be murdered report to your headquarters under arrest dr bir 9 the colonel of a western regiment neut hissed that remark to hia his lieutenant colonel aa as he dismissed tho the banide ono cuie evening in december 1804 a tow few milea back of petersburg 1 I refuse to go d you was the reply adjutant seethaa sea see that lieutenant colonel blank goca goes to his quarters at once tv said mid tho the angry colonel wh who ovas was in tho right for the lieutenant colonel who had been drinking had bad disobeyed or ders the adjutant knew both officers well and that it would not do for them to como come together that night ho ire had a merry time of it keeping them apart the lieutenant colonel would jump up and start for the cabin door with a threat to go 90 to the colonels quarters and cut cui him down with his award ho ile was a powerful man able to carryout carr his threat unless tho the colonel should got the drop onca once tha the arrested got away and was halt half way to the oo colonels lonelle IV A cabin with arvord drawn stop man said the adjutant would you yau blot your record of three years by committing murder think of that think of your wife and children como comee back to your quarters you shall not go a edep farther in that direction until yon you have killed me I 1 1 I dont want to kill you but im going to kill tho the colonel all right kill hiro bira but wait until tomorrow until it is light dont shoot a man in tho the dark that is no way for a bravo brave man to do ho ile went back to his bunk and slept until morning when ho he awoke he came to me and said how can I 1 get out of this scrape scram adjutant write the colonel an apology he lle wrote it ft and the adjutant took it to the colonel who read it laughed and aid said brill bring colonel blank to my quarters th they ey met like a pair of brothers and to this day the adjutant believes that he be prevented an army amy tragedy and I 1 guess h ha 3 did chicago times herald |
