The Augusta herald. (Augusta, Ga.) 1890-1908, December 04, 1898, Image 5
16 Papes Mon 11
VOLUME I. NO, 12,
FIRST RECEIVED
THI? ULTIMATUM.
Col. T. M. ISM** i (M.*
IlnftiUhcd V lnHor In
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Wir lM***t Milt ik4 Vfttfkg
TIM* It Ik* NltM
t int lnii»«4ll* I HUmlh*
but in t> ala Knaliaft Co! H aa
:i| (t,*|iv«*r> to Ifc*’ I'Bbiwy.
offlc la l>
Consulting Ovtf the l’»P« r
mrnhm of the legation official
(..ml. rttar d Into dltrueslon of tb«
papar Col. Blia» was sure that the
end had cot* and that diplomatic re
lation* would *OOB 1* ended. Mlnis
tei Woodford thought thla a aetrei -
tfttixate to place upon the aituatlon.
It wai- decided, of course. lo submit
the ulUmatutr to the Spanish govern
rrent at soon a* possible. Offfctal
Spain doe* not move before noon and
the tnlnlater Intend'd to be at. the de
portment of atate promptly
Th' next morning at 7 o'riock Mln
laier Woodfotd received hi* passtiorts
Then eoxJten ed the parking of
trunks. In three hour*, properly cs
rorted. the mlnlst r and those of the
e.xbai >y aaeoelatcd under him »ere
on tbeir way out of the kingdom
Tbert were <U> nonstration* against
them, of course. but nothing to amount
to an ...iag. The escort was of the
best. The garrironed toms showed
every attention demand<-d by the occa
sion .
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CRUISE* IS LA UE CUBA
Under contract with Admit* p»*ey * brooking *atnpa»> >* »»*
„ 1 rtoairinz saeh <A the Stonieh *Mt>« as are worth saving which -err; sunk in the
WbLr of Manila 1... adiiees e»y St the .Ma de Cnha andthc lela he Luzon sn, ( t*r
shim hare already been raised and are nor hemic repaired. iW; ree.r-in ar» of i. *
uma each, i.Ki feet long and yo feet beam. They are of steel, with twin wrene.
Till] AWiUSTA SUNDAY HERALD.
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{•lid h«*l *ti*rt*d t»a*k. h * iuMwl?j
< a*iw i ftftftb of ( ROIMBMi. * !•*- !
!ft• r* upon him »n a mftflMMM. Thw >
I *#■»• no chat**’** for rflri'il, If he* R -
leant* known ht would hftv*» lorti
limb fron ILnM H«* *i*rd
nation Iti.nedlately. II thiew lilaa-j
self In the fr«*tt rank. He
Spanish fluently, for two minutes ha
was apparently a leader of this attrg- .
ing mas* that waa crying for the blood
Of ev r* American on earth. He Ret*.
illrulated and shouted with them till a
park was reached when he secured op-;
port unity to slip away from the throng
and. a very little la'er. was out of the ,
On Merritt's Staff.
Before hia assignment to the A«n<-ri-
I ran legation at Madrid. Col. Bliss had
j pe-n on staff duty, among others hav
i and. a very little later, was out of th • j
j ing been on Gen. Merritt s staff
After his return to this country be j
was assigned to Gen. Wilsons staff!
j and has been to Porto Rico and Cuba
lon special missions In attendance
upon his commandi rg oKcer.
I 01. Bliss war in Vgusta l>ul a
j short while, but fade a greut .TP.ny,
war n frlendr here •
AUGUSTA. GA-. SUNOAY MORNING. DECEMBER 4. I HOB
(HIKIMIN LED
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lulMiitt two
Major Ilall. of 0«n Kariy’a gitfff.
J n . f ii«i and onk'i<*d In hkli*
He Nxarkcd that w** had aivni Di*
' YftßkMt par. !n*!ar h A*
{ Pjn-L a *hort diitaorr and
| our Ifn#* In fallinK hark urn of our
I Mfulmianta san a VanltM* Ufutenant
!l ing Btr.»rh-d on the ground, lie*
had on a r Jlc© pair of new boot* Our
I ikrti tenant r too pod to pull thrm off and
an h** took hold of one and pulled It
[off the Yank:e Officer raise.! up and
• aid: "Hold on. i am not thud. Our
officer aid: "The devil you ain't. I
arr going to have the*, loots if you
(are dead or not dead." UPd took them
I e-id left the Yank his old slio s.
Wei!, we all replenished weariug
I apparel. I captured me a nice fell lia'
with a Pne large plume in It, ami l
wore it till I lost It at th*- high bridge.
[ as 1 mentioned In another article.
After forming our lines we took
! it Jon upon the brow of a small bill,
•nit far from where w had statb-'d.
Theio was a snail branch with deep
j banks, just at. the foot of the hill. In
the charge some of our men had taken
■ hell r In the branch and of course did
toi know who was In possession of
*0 to.hi. We kepi up u regular tiring
- the brunch all day l.ale H
i ii i. noon I concluded I would slip
;>•< branch and get w>m' water. I
•Ji.l rn and found those men who had
, ... rs ■ (hero .’ the branch all day
nl-ing we were the Yankees.
1 con ell you they were a proud set
of ron k<n they saw me. On of
three men than: » re now every time
li„ cc nes to this city for, as he says,
saving his life
A tiallant Charge,
vv remained, on this line all night
oad the beat part, of the next day. Just
a little befotc sunset wo were moved
off to the left and termed a line of bat
tle running north and south. The eo
c .-v*..; !•;•..<! ran about east and west.
’.Ye cba.gcd in rad struck the enemy
v : y much by surprise. We complete-
I routed them and captured seveial
hundred prisoners.
Dark came on us anti we got pretty
badly mixed Our regiment got di
vided. Th left wing, the one 1 was
»with, had gone too far down into tire
woods.. .It wits fearfully &*rk. We
turned into eki old wagon road and
ue.ie making our'Way hack. -as we
, a-me up the old 'iu/U and tout come to
where we thought our troops were. w«-
hcard the noise of moving troops and ,
they heard us about the same time.
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I.R \AM j 111 II.ITIMII
N«H> p«rt *• *-*»-* The mu* hi hnn*
tin k#*' ftk** AlSspf* r-iiS ' fkikkf*k ft*"*'
Th *mM WH«» * (Hi I
In I In* a vain
|}| |)|| JUiftt a wliiH*
rtiit. **H ll<» Hpjv*v, ami
Ip>*. I hmrd ?h»*
fella vft. for that a 'Hat d —Oftorgt*
! lirlftftde of lionluS*#.'’ «*><! iH«»y n**v©r
i We r«*ti,alned on the skirmish Ime all
i night Kail Ibe n.xt morning one of
n.y offli' ia usked me to go out and
i reconnoitre the front I went out
' coti.e thice hundred yards and found
the en m.v had out no pickets. I stood
'tie.ir the road where they were mov
ing with both infantry and artillery.
They wete «|Uite jolly. I r turned and
j t« ported and w.,100. moved on down
l to Spottaylvnolu.
Thi* was call' d the battle of lat. us
|Orovr oi the lieginnlng of the VVi.-
! dentes* fight
I he Sharpshooter*.
I .' ill now go buck anil have some
thing to hid about the boys In carp
i during om stay in Orange county. W<‘
: were quartered ta Clark s mountain
■ for eight month*. We came from Penn
iHvlvania through the Hhenando: h val
ley. We arrived at this neighborhood
[about th" ist of September, '<•:!. We
[ had come up trie valley and aetoss the
' Blue Ridge nountalns til u very mod
erate gait and (he tmys were all feel
ling good from ihe effect* of the much
[ needed >'st.
VV.' w. re camped for the tirst night
lit a large field. We could look around
an I see nearly the entire corps. W 11,
[just such a time you never heard of.
; ’j*j, . bo> ' itegan to mimic everything
they (onid ihtnk of. Some would bray
[like a Jack, some tmigli like a hors*',
sons- bark like a dog; some would
howl, some crow like a rooster or
• cackle tilt ' the lien; some squealed like
hog, some gobble like a gobbler, and
; . omp yelp like the hens: son-e mew
illke a eat, some'low like cows; some
would Mate and some bellow In fact
one would conclude that the old John
nie Uelrls were still more alive than
dead.
The n xt da?; We were moved a hiioh
distance and quartered in some woods,
i do not remember these dates. Here
<ve remained for a long time. We put
up some larg bush arbors and fixed
logs and poles for seats. I’nder these
wo had preaching and there was quite
a leviva! in the camp. There was any
where from ten 10 as high as sixty
baptized, at at time, i saw fieri. (Jor
don come met from ids quarters, fa.l
in fine with bis men and march t-o
the bush, urbtir, ascend ib« little rudr
platform and hold services with hie
men. shake hands with town ana ull.
them how the.y should do. ,
I tell you, we every one loved that
man, and we love him now, for he is
on,, grand mnn. 1 have seen him get
j. ~ li, a*v k , i feather. Wn*
and i.ld Te giimt bye lie mbl he j
la.p .1 I would have a grxat time His
i tie was Col K X Atkinson Now
hfl , vus another man I loved aud I
believed he thongbt a- much as me a *
any officer in hia eo n nand or ptfvate
either I n ver naked htm a favor be
In Camp.
Well, I <•, me home and spent my
thirty dnya and had an all around
good lime I though' the glrla barked
as unit." a'.id a* sweet in thetr home
spun di see* (it I had evei seen them
tie fore or since.
Would it not have t>een u heaven's
bleating had they have Kept it up.
When my furlough »a» out I re-1
turn <l. I passed rhiough this city on
the 18. hof Apr !, last I was caught l
in a snowstorm at Florence. S. C.. and
had to lay over there for two days.
All tip in Virginia the snow whs from
eight to twelve inches deep In the
railroad cute In place* it was four feet
deep. They hud to run snow plows to
clear the truck.
While I was away f»en, Gordon eon- ■
eluded to organize a battalion of sharp
hooters and s"in to the colonel* of
e eh r gi ment for four of the best men
from each eotnpaui . My colonel put
me down for one of them.
Now you will say I want to brag on j
self a little; well, why not; It’s a poor i
dog Hint will not wag his own tail. |
Bm before you pass Judgment see me
through and see where 1 have been,
for 1 was the only man of the ZStli
Georgia regiment (or f should say boy)
that was on every batile field in which
the army of Virginia was engaged.
Well, we organized our battalion of
sharpshooters and perfected ourselves
in the skirmish drill. Now. I am pre
pared to say there was none better
and will only put up two witnesses,
G n. Gordon and Gen. Kvana. We did
more fighting and whipped more Yan
kees than any brigade in the Second
corps, and our strength was only 240
men.
Well, spring came on mid we wero
ordered to the front, as I have already
described in the first part of thla story.
But. my readers, here comes in a sad
story. On this 6th of May and at Ho
ms Grove sleeps some of our best men.
"Asleep in Jesus, blessed sleep.
From which none ever wake to weep,
A calm and undisturbed repose,
Unbroken by the Inst of foes.
When shall we meet again?
Meet never to sever?
When will peace wreathe her chains
Round ii» forever?
Our lt».*i-u will never repos.
Sal. toil eath blast that blow*
tn ibis dark vale or woes,
Never— no never.
G. V. ACER.
Co. I l '., 2<n h Ga. ltcgt.
A (IRANI) WORK
FOR SOLDIERS.
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i) rreordinis *** rrtjirjr: C.
T honiHH t Dr# EL O. Slukr
j.»|r mofit noiM diviitN. of nil dfnoml-
: «i3tlottft. itt tli** roiintry Dr. Shak«*
* l*"4r«*. b> (Hr *1). If ft number of
th« lH»aril «»f thn*#* ap|H»mt .I
[by (hi* invrmiwnt to ißfMtlptt th*
j t of typhoid ffvfr In differ*
uftit i.inipt*
Th«* H**litf AftftCK'iatioii jm*!i In f low*
I touch ftfth dlvlftloft lun«pUnls and K ftl
mrntn! mtdleftl dfj»irt»«an. and co
operate* with the surgeon* and chap
lain*.
TH*” moat runvln*’ina of
the i*rt»nd wurk it Ha* (Kiftc <*oni<*ft in
ihf of (eatimonialK from army
chaplains. These good men have only
ihe best of good words and high praise
for the organisation.
"Willi what do you supply soldier*?"
I askrd.
"With thing* almost Innumerable."
! was the reply. "I will give you an
Idea. Of literature, we distribute i
Spanish phrase book. ‘"lhe Soldiers
Friend." a song book (non-sect»r!an)
of secular and religious songs.
“The association provides drugs,
medicines and delicacies and nutri
tions for the sick- malted milk, bran
dy. chicken soup, crushed oats, a hun
dred such tilings: underclothing, cloth
ing tobacco, pipes, sheets, wash rags.
~we is, writing tablets, envelopes,
thread, needle*. Testaments, every
thing you could think of. For Instance
suppose a nmn become* drenched, we
,’tiv to give him dry clothing. We try
[ lo supply the hundreds of little things
for comfort which the government may
1 not think of. J could relate to you for
I
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IKE ISLAND UP PANAY.
sSSSiigpSOS'i
„f v ac in furci- while pcara n«g«u*»oni( are pending.
16 Pages Sectinn
3CENTS A COPY
A kind Word and a
Kind Act (or liravc
Army Hoys.
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||m h flip* fir at 4 c tatfuta
ill A|sa * laia iya!taa Talk wioi
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ibr Wgrlt II i VrliflUf.
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nrr+ ftl Mofi«ft»fc EoHd. TNft
dot ** you or Is of N!n# tritl
i * bit* rrttM iNe Mi of (Hr out loft
fthnwift t» *He < orner We are iffy
I roorl of tNift ftftft I N*ye hw. by (to*
*«« ft fte« k> frtmt of Oft Wheel*
ee * |rn« fti Mont aok nod lie arac vary
pr<>nd ol (I aftd pftlri m*«r ompH.
mr tin (ft li and Its ilfolftnirv* eft*
dm ring It to u*.
"The flag has qfi rn I*4 ti* tx> tie
<-»l|e,» Ih* While Cttmm. This con
found* uii ft;ft. tb«* Red Croftft. but our
«ork I* entirely dltrreoi Then onr
•«nt I* Hke Ihf Y M, C, A- lent. Tft
work I* eftiirely nepnrale and dlft*
s utift from Y M C A. work.
We ner«* Htfuft »( Mrntiink f*o!nt
iiirnioi! || it Tier** ( i f, m Cuba and nlftti
. „mf)(RicfA toftee ftfteuMPn mr. * " ”
d .1 excellent *ervhe tuer*.
In be northern * craps «* *u '•
( tt( . al „f ,g, ~ive work, sod
Willi effi
.hcplaln* and soldiev* unite wan in
(*ra In endorsing th* statement hat
.ve have aoromplisbe l ' tnealcnisb!
Ihe Service (tone.
i "The government in, too. »s>i»reclg
[live of the .Oik. AS I *(■•*<»• "•*‘ n l u ‘-
nslice is by public contribution only.
!we buve headquarter* .1 Manila,
where Consul Wtldmau l* In
i ol Gibson I* »t Santiago for us. and
I lie Merer Graff Is at Ponce. We have
had headquarter* at almost all of the
|b this time the society has dls
hribuled I2U<M>OO In good., and money.
IL' mentioning money. . do n mwm*
, , sav we distribute money. Bu . tot
Instance, matters were facilitated by
lending money to Manila to purchase
supplies: mi the same acore money
well as supplies were sent to Pr ’^*
-We are not of the army; y«
J i, |„ reasonable bounds w
So everything that can be done to'
nr.Ue the soldiers in the field anil l«
Zm n »,1
■"• whwv.r (K. »
[ “ .so c.»p
If.™ ™
nthsr Southern can.p»- '' . •
s made .ve aland ready to respond^
We ara recompensed by the Mng of
many a soldier boy ond ho *'"
blessing of many a anldier wife and
niothfr.”