The Irish Volunteer Official Newsletter of the 116th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, Co. B VoL. X. - No. 1] PENNSYLVANIA, JULY, 1863 [SINGLE COPIES SIX CENTS Entered according to Act of Congress, in the Year 1863, by Sullivan et-al in the Clerk's Office for the Far Western District of Pennsylvania July 2005 Joe and Holly Sullivan Editors ¾¾¾¾¾(¾¾¾¾¾ ADMINISTRATION IN THE FIELD Capt. Steve Stowell BEHIND THE DESK Chairman, Kevin Burton ON THE HOME FRONT Civilian Advocate, Holly Sullivan Official Web Site of 116 PVI http://www.116pvi.org ¾¾¾¾¾(¾¾¾¾¾ UPCOMING EVENTS AND MEETINGS July 25, 2005. Yamhill Archeology dig and tour. 1PM, Yamhill, Oregon July 30-31, 2005. Battle Reenactment. Deschutes Valley, Tenino Washington.** August 1, 2005 Board Meeting - at John Bakers Office. The board will be approving nominees for upcoming election and setting the date for Military field testing. Sepetmber 3-5, 2005 Battle Reenactment and Living history. Fort Stevens, Hammond Oregon** **For more information and for a full calendar of events please visit our web page at http://www.116pvi.org/ and follow the events link. FORT YAMHILL ARCHEOLOGY TOUR Archeologist Dave Brauner will be performing an archeological dig at Fort Yamhill , one of Oregon's Civil War era forts, during the month of July. This year's dig will focus on the area where the officers houses were located. All Civil War reenactors are invited to tour the dig with Dr. Brauner on Monday July 25th at 1 PM. The tour should last about 1 hour. Directions to Fort Yamhill: From the corner of Hwy 99 and coast Hwy 22 (east of Salem) head west toward the coast. At Willamina Junction keep heading west on Hwy 22/18 just like you were going to the coast. Continue on to Valley Junction (just before you get to Spirit Mountain Casino). Turn right (north) onto Hwy 22 to Hebo and Tillamook (big road sign). About 1/2 a mile up Hwy 22 you will see a road sign on right that says "Old Fort Road". Turn onto Old Fort Road (it's gravel). Continue a short distance past the old yellow house and park with the rest of the cars. ¾¾¾¾¾(¾¾¾¾¾ Notice We're looking for a used wall tent and fly. Also, either a used .69 cal Springfield or used .58 cal Enfield/Springfield. (I guess the Enfield is actually .577 cal. Close enough. :-) ) Please contact the Lindvalls, 541-929-4681 or lindvall@casco.net . ¾¾¾¾¾(¾¾¾¾¾ Many free countries have lost their liberty; and ours may lose hers; but if she shall, be it my proudest plume, not that I was the last to desert, but that I never deserted her." Abraham Lincoln, Dec. 1839 COMPANY COMMANDERS REPORT July 10, 2005 I trust all had a great time at Willamatte Mission event, I did.We had some great battles and had an opportunity to interact with the 20th Maine boys in town ball,which was interrupted by a brawl and the battle. We will try and have a completed town ball game at Fort Stevens. If you have been considering running for a field office be prepared for an upcoming written and field test before the end of the season .It might be a good idea to submit a short letter of intent to secretary John Baker ,so we will have an idea of who will be testing. Keep up the good work and great turn outs at events, our numbers at Willamatte Mission we were real close to 20 or more each battle. We were the second largest company in the Union battalian ! Keep an eye on the up coming events and please make it a point to attend if possible. Captain Steven Stowell 116th PVI ¾¾¾¾¾(¾¾¾¾¾ OFFICER POSITIONS OPENING UP Dear Soldiers of the 116th, It is time to start thinking about election of Officers for 2006-07. Positions on the ballot this year are: Captain, Lieutenant, 1st Sergeant, 2nd Sergeant, and 4 Corporal positions. The plan as of the date of this writing is that we will have 2 proctors from outside the company conduct a field test applicants knowledge and approve them for the ballot. This will take place the afternoon of Sept. 10th at our Fort Hoskins event. If you are interested the first step is to send me a statement of your interest and the position you wish to apply for so materials may be sent. Sincerely, John Baker Secretary-Treasurer ¾¾¾¾¾(¾¾¾¾¾ FALLEN COMRADE Sgt. Robert Burke passed away on June 22, after losing his ten-month battle with brain cancer. Robert, age 59, passed away in his sleep at the Good Samaritan Center in Dodge City, Kansas. He had been a resident of Diamond Bar, CA for 29 years, and moved to Dodge City, KS in October 2004. He was a member of several American Civil War living history and educational re-enactment groups including the 116th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry Company D Association and the American Civil War Society in Southern California. He was also a volunteer docent at the Drum Barracks Museum in Wilmington, CA and active in the Civil War Roundtable of Orange County. He was a lifetime member of the Archeological Conservancy, a supporter of many historical conservancies including the Civil War Preservation Trust and the Friends of the National Parks at Gettysburg. Robert was active in the Toastmasters Club of Orange County. He also both played and coached co-ed softball for many years. No immediate services were held, following his wish for a simple cremation. A memorial service will be held this fall in Southern California. Some of his friends are working with me to try to make this happen at the Huntington Beach event in early September. I know that would mean more to Robert than any other kind of service, and we will keep everyone apprised of the details. . Friends wishing to remember Robert may make a donation to the Civil War Preservation Trust, 1331 H Street N.W. Suite 1001, Washington, D.C. 20005; phone (202)367-1861, website http://www.civilwar.org) or the Archeological Conservancy (301 Central Avenue NE, Ste 902, Albuquerque, NM 87108; phone (505)266-1540, website http://www.americanarchaeology.com/aaabout.htmlin). Thank you, AnnieLaurie Burke. ¾¾¾¾¾(¾¾¾¾¾ FROM OUR CHAPLAIN: Greetings to all my comrades of the 116th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry. It was a great Blessing seeing all of you at the Willamette Mission reenactment over the 4th of July weekend. What a wonderful time we had together and good fellowship with one another. Praise the Lord! "The Lord Jesus Christ of the Bible!" In the New Testament scriptures, specifically in Matthew 16:13, the Lord Jesus asked his disciples a question. He said "Whom do men say that I the Son of man am?" In verse 14 of Chapter Sixteen, the disciples said, "Some say that thou art John the Baptist: some Elias; and others, Jeremiahs, or one of the prophets," which could be any one of the additional prophets from the Old Testament Scriptures. Notice in that verse that the disciples had difference answers to the Lord's question to what men said about him. Again, the Lord asked one question but received difference answers concerning what people said about Him. It is very likely that there would be a similar response if the Lord presented this same question to the average person living in our community and the state of Oregon today. Some people will say this about Him and some people will say that about Him concerning what other people think on this matter. Even many religious organizations today would have difference responses to that question, if it was presented to them. Consequently, one may wonder what is the difference between the true Lord and a counterfeit lord or lords in spite of the many prospective about Him. What do people think about the Lord and who was he? Also, are people influence by what others say about the Lord instead of what they read about Him in the Scriptures? Unfortunately, there is a "smorgasbord mentality" in our society today concerning the Lord Jesus Christ and people are influence by what others say instead of what Scriptures says. A smorgasbord is a buffet meal of various horsd'oeuvres, salads, casserole dishes, meat, cheeses where you make your own selection of items, which suits your needs and your conveniences. Unfortunately, this mentality is a reality in our society today and there are individuals who select things about the Lord to suits their beliefs, their conveniences, and their perspectives by what other say about the Lord. Again, if we walked on the streets of downtown Portland on a sunny mid week day and talk to people from various races, ethnicity, genders, young or old, professional business appearance, laborer or street people, and ask them who do people say Jesus is? We would get many difference answers. In some respect, when one is asked this question, it is almost as if their answer is trying to make the Lord be what they want him to be, because of what popular opinion says about Him and not what the Scriptures says about Him. For example, they say he is prophet, they say he is a teacher, they say he is a good teacher, which may all be true. However, it appears that some are trying to make the Lord suit their own philosophical thinking but it was actually the Lord who made us and we not make him, which you can read about in John 1:3, which says "All things were made by him," and confirmation is in Colossians 1:16 "For by him were all things created." Nevertheless, when one listen to others opinions about the Lord they sometimes tend to form their belief on those popular opinions even if it is not in sequence with Scriptural doctrine. This is what the Apostle Paul meant when he said in 2nd Corinthian 11:4, "For if he cometh preaches another Jesus, whom we have not preached." Now keep in mind that the Scriptures say in Hebrews 13:8 "Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and today, and forever," which definitely means He has not change in spite of people' opinions of Him than and even now in the 21st Century. Let us go back to what the Apostle Paul said In 2nd Corinthian 11:4 "For if he cometh preaches another Jesus, whom we have not preached." So what does it mean to preach another Jesus? Well, Paul said in 2nd Timothy 4:3,4 "For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears; And they shall turn away their ears from "the Truth," and shall be turned unto fables." Notice in that previous portions of Scriptures, Paul used the words "sound doctrine" and "turn away their ears from the Truth," So apparently they had something, which was "the Truth" but because of what others said or their influence on others, they left "the Truth." The Lord said in John 14:6 "I am the Way, 'the Truth,' and the Life." So let us look at "the Truth" in the Scriptures, which is "sound" and see how it exposed falsehood. Then we can determine between the Lord Jesus Christ of the Bible (the Truth) and the preaching of another Jesus. There are some who teach that there are many ways to God, not just one. However, John 3:14-17, John 14:6,7, and 1st Timothy 2:5,6 contradict that teaching. Therefore, they are preaching or teaching another Jesus or another plan of salvation but salvation is in the Lord Jesus Christ. There are some that say and teach that Jesus was a great prophet, but not God nor the only son of God. John 1:1 says "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God." Also, John 1:14 says "And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us," which is reference to the Lord Jesus. Also, the attributes of God are relevant to the Lord Jesus Christ. For example, he was worshipped by the wise men from the east in Matthew 2:2. He was worshipped by a man with leprosy in Matthew 8:2, a certain ruler worshipped him in Matthew 9:18, and his disciples worshipped in Matthew 14:33. We do not worship men, nor apostles, nor prophets, nor angels in heaven or from heaven but Revelation 19:10 and 22:9 both say we "worship God." The Lord Jesus had the power to forgive sin, which is an attribute of God, which is what the Lord did in Matthew 9:2-6, Luke 5:18-26, and Mark 2:5-7. Also, in John 3:16 and Matthew 3:17 confirms the Lord is the only begotten Son of God and they are more confirmation Scriptural. Since the Scriptures support the eternal attributes of the Lord Jesus Christ, than any contradiction of the Biblical Scriptural that He is not what the Scriptures says, must mean they are preaching another Jesus. There is a specific religious organization that teaches the Lord Jesus was born as a result of actual physical sex between Elohim (the father) and the virgin Mary and that he was also born in Jerusalem. However, the Lord Jesus or "the Truth," was born of a virgin in Bethlehem, which is confirmed Scripturally in Isaiah 7:14, Matthew 1:18-25, Luke 1:35, and John 7:42. Therefore, that specific religious group is preaching another Jesus. There are some religious groups that teach there is no redemption in the Blood of the Lord Jesus "the Truth" but the Scriptures say in Ephesians 1:7, Colossians 1:14, and 1st Peter 1:18,19, "we have redemption in the precious Blood of Christ for forgiveness of sins." Therefore, they are preaching another Jesus. There are some who say that his blood does not cleans from all sin but 1st John 1:7, says "the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanses us from all sin." Therefore, they are preaching another Jesus. There are some who say that Lord Jesus was a good teacher but there is no eternal life in Him but John 3:16, John 6:40,47, and 1st John 5:11 confirms that "eternal life is in the Lord Jesus." Therefore, they are preaching another Jesus. There are religious groups who teaches that the Lord (the Truth) was not crucified on the cross. They say some one else instead took his place on the cross. However, Matthew 27:35, Mark 15:25, Luke 23:33, and John 19:18 all confirm the Lord's crucifixion, which is why Paul says in 1st Corinthians 1:23, "we preach Christ crucified." Therefore, they are preaching another Jesus. There are some who say that the Lord was not bodily-resurrected from the grave but the Scriptures all confirms in Mathew 28:1-10, Mark 16:1-11, Luke 24:1-12, John 20:1-18, and in 1st Corinthians 15:12-19 the resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ. Therefore, they are preaching another Jesus. There are some who say that the Lord Jesus will never return to earth and that Minister of the Gospels are preaching that just to scare people into religion. However, from the Gospel of Matthew to the Book of Revelation, there are almost Sixty Verses mentioned in reference to the coming of the Lord Jesus Christ. Therefore, they are preaching another Jesus. Now one may wonder, what is the big deal or main point about the teachings of a difference Jesus than from the Jesus of the Bible? First, the Jesus of many various non-Biblical denominations are totally difference than the Lord Jesus Christ of the Bible! We pointed out a few difference between the two and there are more. Nevertheless, the Lord Jesus of the Bible is the only absolutely one that can save mankind. As we get closer to the second coming of the true Lord Jesus Christ, which is again confirmed in Acts 1:11, 1st Thessalonians 4:16-18, and John 14:3, we will see great attempts made to preach another Jesus, which is not Biblical. There are attempts now to preach another Jesus, which the teachers of this certain religiosity want to become mainstream and acceptance in our society. This can be confusion and more difficult for many people to determine the true "Truth." Therefore, we have to resist the "smorgasbord mentality," which will also attempt to use religious peer pressure to make us conform to another Jesus in our society today. The smorgasbord mentality wants people to sample or taste or try the various horsd'oeuvres and have an appetite for the other religious flavors in this world. However, we must still taste and see that the true Lord Jesus of the Bible truly taste good, which is in Psalm 34:8, which says "taste and see that the Lord is good:Blessed is the man that trust in Him." Yes, people are being influence by what others say instead of what the Scriptures actually says. Keep in mind as the Scriptures says in John 8:32, "the Truth shall make you free," which means an exemption from spiritual bondage and exemption from being a slave to the devil's realm. We just celebrated the 229th anniversary of our nation's independence but Galatians 5:1 says "stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage. Only and only the Lord Jesus Christ of the Bible can do all that! Very truly yours in the Lord Jesus Christ, Chaplain Daniel E. Hayes Jr. 116th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, Company B ¾¾¾¾¾(¾¾¾¾¾ Have you taken a look at the 116th photo album on our web site lately? From the Civilian Advocate: Summer Greetings to the Citizens of Pennsylvania! The great Battle of Willamette Mission is behind us, and Corporal Sullivan assures me that the Union remains secure. We may all breathe a collective sigh of relief. Many thanks to those of you who participated, voluntarily or involuntarily, in our potluck and lyceum! A good time, as they say, was had by all, and the benefits of the spectacle continue to make themselves felt. (To wit: while dancing a waltz with Corporal Sullivan the other night, our dance instructor mentioned the need to count by threes. Threes, mind you! Immediately there floated into my mind a clear mental image of the kilted Sgt. Burton dancing The Threes upon a picnic table with his protégé' . Have you ever tried keeping up a waltz while being convulsed with laughter?) Mrs. Burton offered a suggestion that I have tried, found excellent, and herewith pass along to all of you: Books On Tape. Mrs. Burton had found that listening to a book while going about some arduous or distasteful task afforded the double benefit of rendering the job at hand more palatable while simultaneously allowing for a book to be "read" which there would be no time for otherwise. Lt. Baker had mentioned the same thing to me a few months ago; in his case, he listened to books while traveling in his car. Since I don't often travel in my car, and when I do, I am generally listening to the sound of the many voices riding along with me, at the time he shared this with me I dismissed it as an idea impracticable to a lady in my situation. I am sorry that I did not think the matter through more thoroughly then. Summer is full of opportunity, if not to sit down and read for oneself, at least to listen to another read. Weeding the garden, cleaning out those cluttered closets (or the garage - that is to say, the carriage house), waiting for the coals in the barbeque, mending the fence, washing windows - the list of unpleasant summer tasks made bearable by the hearing of a good book is almost limitless! In the past week I have listened to The Coming Fury, by Bruce Catton, and Shiloh, by Shelby Foote, each time killing the proverbial two birds with one stone! Now, how would this be a boon to Civilian reenactors? Simple: books are one of the best ways to immerse oneself in culture. The culture, world view, or mindset of American civilians of the 1860's was vastly, immeasurably different than the mindset or world view of American civilians in 2005. This is a fact often lost on both The Public and on those of us who wish to portray life during the American Civil War. If you were an American-born civilian living in Pennsylvania during the 1860's, there is a very good chance that you would have been literate. Not only that, but there is an excellent chance you would have read certain books. Uncle Tom's Cabin comes to mind. Most of Sir Walter Scott's works were popular. (Did you know that they used to have Middle Ages Ivanhoe "reenactments" in the 1850's?) You would have been familiar with Shakespeare and the Bible, many of the works of Nathaniel Hawthorne, the Bronte sisters, Longfellow's poems, Charles Dickens. Silas Marner was published in 1861 and Les Miserables in 1862. If, in 1863, you kept up-to-date with books, (the way people do now with movies and television programs), you likely would have read them. Besides the above, books we might be able to read or obtain on tape and listen to over the summer would be books written about the War by those who lived through it Daly's Diary of a Union Lady comes to mind, as does Mulholland's book, McCarter's My Life in the Irish Brigade, and Haskell's Battle of Gettysburg. It would be a real coup to get through Bruce Catton's Centennial History or Shelby Foote's Civil War Trilogy by the end of summer! I am not certain which of these books are available on tape, (reading any of them while soaking up rays is also fun!), but it might be worth finding out. As always, beware of historical revisionism and book adaptations - if it isn't the "real thing", it isn't worth wasting time on! I send my best regards to all of you. In the firm belief that Right will prevail in the end, I remain your most humble and obedient Advocate, Mrs. Joe Sullivan ¾¾¾¾¾(¾¾¾¾¾ SI KLEGG: HIS TRANSFORMATION FROM A RAW RECRUIT TO A VETERAN by John McElroy CHAPTER 15 UNDER FIRE - SI HAS A FIGHT, CAPTURES A PRISONER, AND GETS PROMOTED. Seems to me it's 'bout time ter be gittin' into a fite !" said Si Klegg to Shorty one night as they sat around the fire after supper, with their shoes and stockings off, comparing the size and number of their respective blisters. Neither of them had much of the skin they started out with left on their feet. "I always s'posed," he continued, "that bein' a sojer meant fitin' somebody; and here we are roaming over the country like a lot of tramps. I can't see no good in it, nohow." "Don't be in a hurry, Si," replied Shorty; "I reckon we'll ketch it SOOn 'nuff. From what I've hearn the old soldiers tell a battle ain't such a funny thing as a feller thinks who don't know anything about it, like you'n me. The boys is always hungry at first for shootin' and bein' shot at, but I've an idee that it sorter takes away their appetite when they gits one square meal of it. They don't hanker after it no more. It's likely we'll git filled full one o' these days. I'm willin' to wait !" "Wall," said Si, "I sh'd think we might have a little skirmish, anyway. I'd like to have a chance to try my gun and to hear what kind of a noise bullets make. Of course, I'd ruther they'd hit some other feller besides me, but I'm ready to take the chances on that. I don't b'lieve I'd be afeard." Si was ambitious, and full of the martial ardor that blazed in the breast of every young volunteer. He was really glad when the Orderly came around presently and told them that the 200th Ind. would have the advance next day, and Co. Q would be on the skirmish-line. He told the boys to see that their cartridge-boxes were all full and their guns in good order, as they would be very like to run foul of the rebels. This was just before the battle of Perryville. The rebels were very saucy, and there seemed to be a fair prospect that the curiosity of the members of the 200th Ind. to "see the elephant" would be at least measurably gratified. Before Si went to bed he cleaned up his gun and made sure that it would "go off" whenever he wanted it to. Then he and Shorty crawled under the blankets, and as they lay "spoon fashion," thinking about what might happen the next day, Si said he hoped they would both have "lots of sand." All night Si dreamed about awful scenes of slaughter. Before morning he had destroyed a large part of the Confederate army. It was yet dark when the reveille sounded through the camp. Si and Shorty kicked off the blankets at first blast of bugle, and were promptly in their places for roll-call. Then, almost in a moment, a hundred fires were gleaming, and the soldiers gathered around them to prepare their hasty breakfast. Before the sun was up the bugles rang out again upon the morning air. In quick succession came the "general," the "assemb1y" and "to the colors." The 200th marched out upon the pike, but soon filed off into a cornfield to take its assigned place in the line, for the advance division was to move in order of battle, brigade front, that day. IT BURST WITH A LOUD "BANG." In obedience to orders, Co. Q moved briskly out and deployed as skirmishers, covering the regimental front. As the line advanced through field and thicket Si Klegg's heart was not the only one that thumped against the blouse that covered it. It was not long till a squad of cavalrymen came galloping back, yelling that the rebels were just ahead. The line was halted for a few minutes, while the Generals swept the surrounding country with their field glasses and took in the situation. The skirmishers, for fear of accidents, took advantage of such cover as they could find. Si and Shorty found themselves to leeward of a large stump. "D'ye reckon a bullet 'd go through this ere stump ?" said Si. Before Shorty could answer something else happened that absorbed their entire attention. For the time they didn't think of anything else. Boom-rn-rn-rn! "Great Scott! dye hear that ?" said Si through his chattering teeth. "Yes, and there's somethin' comm' over this way," replied Shorty. A shell came screaming and swishing through the air. The young Hoosiers curled around the roots of that stump and flattened themselves out like a pair of griddle-cakes. If it was Si that the rebel gunners were after, they timed the shell to a second, for it burst with a loud bang just over them. The fragments flew all around, one striking the stump and others tearing up the dirt on every side. To say that for the moment those two soldiers were demoralized would be drawing it very mildly. They showed symptoms of a panic. It seemed as though they would be hopelessly stampeded. Their tongues were paralyzed, and they could only look silently into each other's white faces. Si was the first to recover himself, although it could hardly be expected that he could get over his scare all at once. "D-d-did it hit ye, Sh-Shorty?" he said. "N-no, I guess not; b-b-but ain't it aw-awful, Si? You look so bad I th-thought you was k-k-killed "Who's afeard?" said Si. "I was only skeered of you, Shorty. Brace up, now same's I do !" "Skirmishers - Forward !" was heard along the line. "Come on, Shorty !" said Si, and they plunged bravely ahead. Emerging suddenly from a thick wood, they came upon the rebel skirmishers in full view, posted on the opposite side of the field. Crack! Crack!-Zip! Zip! SI TAKES A CRACK AT A REB. "Guess there's a bee-tree somewhere around here, from the way the bees are buzzin'," said Si. "'Taint no bees," replied Shorty; "it's a mighty sight worse'n that. Them's bullets, Si. Don't ye see the durned galoots over yonder a-shootin' at us ?" Si was no coward, and he was determined to show that he wasn't. The shell a little while before had taken the starch out of him for a few minutes, but that was nothing to his discredit. Many a seasoned veteran found himself exceedingly limber under such circumstances. "Let's give the rascals a dose," said he; "the best we've got in the shop !" Suiting the action to the word, Si crept up to a fence, thrust his gun between the rails, took good aim and fired. A bullet from one of the other fellows made the splinters fly from a rail a foot or two from Si's head; but he was getting excited now, and he didn't mind it any more than if it had been a paper wad from a pea-shooter. It makes a great difference with a soldier under fire whether he can take a hand in the game himself, or whether he must lie idle and let the enemy "play it alone." "Did ye hear him squeal?" said Si, as he dropped upon the ground and began to reload with all his might. "I hit that son-of-a-gun, sure. Give 'em H-Hail Columbia, Shorty. We'll show 'em that the 200th Ind. is in front to-day !" "Forward, men !" shouted the officers. "Go right for 'em!" The skirmishers sprang over the fence and swept across the field at a "double-quick" in the face of a sputtering fire that did little damage. None of them reached the other side any sooner than Si did. The rebels seemed to have found out that the 200th boys were coming, for they were already on the run, and some of them had started early. Pell-mell through the brush they went, and the blue-blouses after them. "Halt, there, or I'll blow ye into the middle o' next week " yelled Si, as he closed up on a ragged specimen of the Southern Confederacy whose wind had given out. Si thought it would be a tall feather in his hat if he could take a prisoner and march him back. SI CAPTURES A JOHNNY. The "Johnny" gave one glance at his pursuer, hesitated and was lost. He saw that Si meant business, and surrendered at discretion. "Come 'long with me !" said Si, his eyes glistening with pleasure and pride. Si marched him back and delivered him to the Colonel. "Well done, my brave fellow !" said the Colonel. "This is a glorious day for the 200th Md., and you ye taken its first prisoner. What's your name my boy ?" "Josiah Klegg, sir !" said Si, blushing to the very roots of his hair. "What company do you belong to?" "Company Q, sir !" and Si saluted the officer as nicely as he knew how. "I'll see your Captain to-night, Mr. Klegg, and you shall be rewarded for your good conduct. You may now return to your company." It was the proudest moment of Si's life up to date. He stammered out his thanks to the Colonel, and then, throwing his gun up to a right shoulder-shift. he started off on a canter to rejoin the skirmishers. That night Si Klegg was the subject of a short conversation between his Captain and the Colonel. They agreed that Si had behaved very handsomely, and deserved to be promoted. "Are there any vacancies in your non-commissioned officers ?" asked the Colonel. "No," was the reply, "but there ought to be. One of my Corporals skulked back to the rear this morning and crawled into a wagon. I think we had better reduce him to the ranks and appoint Mr. Klegg." "Do so at once," said the Colonel. Next morning when the 200th was drawn up in line an order was read by the Adjutant reducing the skulker and promoting Si to the full rank of Corporal, with a few words commending the gallantry of the latter. These orders announcing rewards and punishments were supposed to have a salutary effect in stimulating the men to deeds of glory, and as a warning to those who were a little short of "sand." The boys of Co. Q showered their congratulations upon Si in the usual way. They made it very lively for him that day. In the evening Si hunted up some white cloth, borrowed a needle and thread, went off back of the tent, rangned his bayonet into the ground, stuck a candle in the socket, and sewed chevrons on the sleeves of his blouse. CORPORAL SI KLEGG Then. he wrote a short letter: "Deer Annie: I once more take my pen in hand to tell you there's grate news. I'm an ossifer. We had an awful fite yisterdy. I don't know how menny rebbles I kild, but I guess thare was enuff to start a good sized graveyard. I tuk a prizner, too, and the Kurnal says to me bully fer you, Mister Klegg, or sumthin to that effeck. This mornin they made me a Corporil, and red it out before the hull rijiment. I guess youd been prowd if you could have seen me. To-night the boys is holierin hurraw fer Corporal Klegg all over camp. I ain't as big is the Ginrals and sum of the other ossifers, but thars no tellin how hi I'll get in three years. Rownd is the ring that haint no end, So is my luv to you my friend. "Yours, same as before, "Corporal Si Klegg." 1