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About The Red Cloud chief. (Red Cloud, Webster Co., Neb.) 1873-1923 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 7, 1911)
"M na.-gcr stMM(nmmML i.wf. a IIBIifiaiilHUiWMMMH .-Jtowjtorifc.. x.iaM1,iini ...u,,,,. ,.,. , ....ifr.T. .. irrr.im.r IfflM M&X, JL N tho records ot tho T. wnr department nppoarB I tho numo of Henry B I Clltz, who was a major ""p l In tho regular service kJi J and who rose to tho rank iL) of a brigadier general of volunteers whllo in tho Union army during tho Civil war. Old nrmy of ficers remember Clltz well, but possibly mil lions of civilians havo well nigh forgotten him. After the short official story of his service written on tho now tlme-stnlned paper hidden away In a vault of tho war depart ment, theso words appear: "Mysteri ously disappeared in the year 1888." Tho disappearance of Henry B. Clltz Is ono of tho mysteries of army llfo. On other 'records In tho war de partment arc brief ofllclal lines, also on tlmc-stalnetl pnpor, telling of tho career of Jasper A.' Mnltby, colonel of the Forty-fifth Illinois Infantry, more familiarly known in tho darker days of the country's history as tho "Wash burn's Lead Mine Regiment." Maltby's namo was brought back not long ngo sharply to memory by tho death of his widow in St. Luko's . hospital. Chicago She was a llttlo snow-hair-cd woman who had borno life's burdens for Just tho tlmo al lotted by tho Psalm ist During tho days that this woman lay ill at tho hospital of tho Beloved Physi cian, if her eyos wan dered about the walls of her room, It Is probable that for tho first tlmo in many years when within any room chosen by her as an abiding place, they failed to rest upon the folds or tn American Nag Tho stories of Gen eralB Clltz and Malt by were stories of sterling patriotism, of action nnd of wounds received in the dis charge of duty Mys tery has added Its In terest to the life's story of Major Clltz. perhaps one should ay to .his death's story, though there Is always a posslbll Ity that at a great ago tho major some where In some condition still has left in him a spark of tho spirit of life which moved him to soldier deeds. Recently a brigadier general of tho regular service, many years retired. 'came to' Washington. In the lobby of a hotel he met a veteran as griz zled and wrinkled as he. but still of an upright physical bearing. The general looked at tho man a moment actually aghast and then with words that came out in tho disorder of a "route tep" gasped: "John I heard you were dead. I would as soon have thought of meeting Clltz." The two had been subalterns In Clltz's regi ment during the Civil war and after, and had loved him It was perhaps tho flashing thought of an anniversary of a disappearance at hand that sent the returned soldier's thought to Major Clltz when in the lobby of a Washington hotel he met tho former comrade, who he had heard was dead Tho army archives bear no stranger records than that of this case of General Henry B. Clltz he was only a major, however, when he won distinction by his gallantry. It Is twenty three years ago now that Major Clltz was lost. Twenty-three years, but a man may be found after twenty-throe years. Major Henry B. Clltz. Twelfth Infantry, U. 8. A., was once dead and burled and was alive again, was lost, and the other word that should natur ally tit here Is either yet to bo supplied, or for ever is to remain unwritten There are scores of soldiers today old soldiers but once a soldier always a soldier who. in the memory of what happened after Gaines Mills, think that one day they may again clasp this side of tho grave the hand of Comrade Clltz Henry B. Clltz of Michigan entered West Point In the year 1841. graduating four years after. Ho was a schoolmato of Grant, McClellan, Short dan and Burnslde Clltz went Into the Mexican war and won praise on the flod and a brevet rank afterward for conspicuous gallantry at Cer ro Gordo Clltz was a fighter. Ho proved this fact every tlmo bo had a chance, and during his ' forty-five years of service he had chances In plenty When the Civil war had been on for a tlmo Clilz found himself major of the Twelfth regu lars. Ho was transferred to that outfit from the Third, another fighting regiment. It came along toward the time of Mechanlcsville and Gaines Mills. The Twelfth and the Fourteenth were ly ing pretty close together. When the Gaines Mills battle was on and war's hurrlcano was at Its height the Twelfth and tho Fourteenth were given a position to hold. Tho two regiments wero at tacked by overwhelming numbers, but the num bers weren't overwhelming for a long time. There wasn't any retreat tn the make-up of those two regiments of regular Infantry. The wave of battle simply bad to come down on them and engulf them. Afterward when General Sykes wrote a report about the Twelfth and Fourteenth and the fight that they put up, ho said the ranks of the Twelfth were "decimated." General Sykes had probably never studied "English Lessons for English People." Unless things havo changed, decimated means the cutting out of one In ten. This Is the way tho Twelfth was "decimated." It went into the fight with 470 men; camo out with USE WMW (SOW 2 MlffiMlmr 110 JL""- Y r jBSsBB?l!EfrSry I III PPrft ' A--lr HBSh8P85 Sk-ScL & I i svl CT'I-'IHkSim"--7 J&fAP Hiif JBLfcSa j.'- jsP-tv 3i SaSilKfiB k'J-u- I If II II If WJ? JF'4 f'tV I I WarSSaaSSBalJBaaa'""1 ,? m s OJsI.ltfBh jaBaVC f I II i?Iy253 l&z&5SJ -s&sK9l c ( 1 fi&2iSSa6 7? I zr mW3F$gm I ' Urn f CliKKfislsXlrlssssssBsV NEHEMIAHAND HIS ENEMIES Sasay School Lcims for Dc. 10, 1911 Specially Arranged (or This Papr MWSON TKXT-Nehcmlah C. MISMOKY VK11RE-11. aOLDEN TICXT-"Tho Lord In the latretiRtti of my llfo; of whom ulinU I b frnltl."-l'Ba. 17:1. TIMU-1I. C. Ui. Tho wnll wan tlnlnhcd In f dnyn In Au 'sunt nnd Hoptoinbcr, I'lxACIi-Jcrujialem and vicinity. CJXX mtMmmm '. rf.M-...1ll-.g, III -I I i ii iwmwmmtmmtmtmBmmmm v2chaso 7 amiroao rscJtcrro? A J.AK crr 200. They say Major Clltz fought that day as he did at Ccrro Gor do, only a llt tlo more so. Tho regulars resisted stren uously for an hour or two. Finally some of tho men saw Major Clltz go down. A big wall of gray was fall ing on them Just then, and many others went down too. When the fight was over, and af torward, when some order came out of the chaotic hell, this re port was turned In by General Sykes: "The Twelfth and Fourteenth were attacked by over whelming numbers. The ranks were decimated, and Major Clltz was severely ir not fatally in Jured. Around his fate, still shrouded In mys tery, hangs the painful apprehension that a ca reer so noblo, no soldierly, so brave, has termin ated on that field whoso honor he so gallantly upheld." Major Clltz went on the list of the dead and what was left of his regiment mourned him as few soldier? are mourned. Sultablo orders were Issued lamenting the death of this hero of Cerro Gordo and Gaines Mills, but before the period of the real mourning was over, though the official kind had been over for months, tho dead camo to llfo again. Major Clltz- had been shot through both legs and In one or two other places, but on his showing' a few signs ot life the Confederates mado a prisoner of him and sent him to Llbby. Major Clltz was paroled. When he went back Into the service again and when the war was over he put in twenty years campaigning on the plains. In 1885 he retired after nearly half a century of service, and went to live In Detroit, Mich. Two years later his old command, with which he had stood In the bullet storm at Gaines Mills, passed through Detroit on Its way to take station at the posts of the great lakes. Thore wore not, many then In the Twelfth who were In It In the old days, but It was the same outfit with the same old tattered regimental banners. Major (then General) Clltz met tho command and old memories stirred him to tears. Tho Twelfth cheered Its old officer and then Detroit was left behind. Was It the stirring of old memories or what was It? His old comrades In arms had been gone but a little while when Major Clltz went to the railroad station from which the train bearing the Boldters pulled out, and there purchased a rail road ticket for a lako city which ueld a garrison of. United States troops. From the hour of the purchase of that ticket' no one has been found, soldier or civilian, to say that he has ever seen Major Henry B. Clltz. The army records give In detail the story of, bis gallantry In battle, and at the end of the shining 'record are these words, "Mysteriously disappeared hi the year 1888." There was no mystery of disappearance In the case of Brigadier General Jasper A. Maltby. He died as the result of wounds received In action. His widow who survived him many years and who died at St. Luke's hospital in Chicago hold the American flag and her husband's memory .as the most cherished things In life. Neither was ever long absent from her mind. How many men aro there today, bar a few old soldlors, to whom the name Jasper A. Maltby would mean anything unless It were coupled, as Is too above, with some specific Information? Yet' this man Jasper A Maltby was chosen by General Grant, on the advice of McPbersou and Logan, to lead, with his single regiment, the most desperate enterprise .at the siege of Vlcksburg, and, as some historians have It one of the three most desperato enterprises or tho entire wnr. There are today surviving members of tho Forty-fifth Illinois In whoso veins tho words "Fort Hltl Mlno" will ranko tho blood tingle. It was only a week beforo tho Fourth on which Pcmbor ton surrendered tho Confcdcrato city. In Logan's front Iny Fort Hill. It was decided nt n council of tho generals that Us B.tpplng and mining nnd tho subsequent seizing and holding of the cm brasuro mado by tho explosion would bo of tre mendous moral nnd strategical valuo to the Union cause. Tho placo was commanded by Confeder ate artillery and by sbnrpshooters In a hundred rlflo pits. It was known that If tho explosion of Fort Hill was n success thai few of tho men who rushed Into tho crevasses could hopo to como out alive. It would bo what tho Saxons called a deed of derrlng-do. Owing to the limited spaco to be occupied only a single regiment was to bo named to Jump Into the great ynwnlng hole after tho ex plosion and to hold it against the hell fire of the enemy until adequate protective works could be thrown up. There was bb many volunteers for the enter prise as there were colonels of regiments In Grant's army. The choice fell on Jasper A. Malt by and his following of Illinois boys. Tho tlmo came for tho explosion. Tho Forty fifth lay grimly awaiting tho charge into death's pit The signal was given; thore camo a heavy roar and n mighty upheaval. Sllenco had barely fallen before thero rose ono great reverberating yell, nnd the Lead Mine Regiment, led by Its col onel, Jasper A. Maltby, with his lieutenant col onel, Malancthon Smith, at his elbow, hurled itself Into the smoking crater. The lieutenant col onel was shot through tho head and mortally wounded before his fcot hnd fairly touched tho pit's bottom. Tho colonel was shot twice, but paid little heed to his wounds. A battery of Confederate artillery belched shrapnel Into .the ranks and sharpshooters seemed fairly to be firing by volleys': Tho question became ono of getting some sort of protection thrown up before the en tiro regiment should bo annihilated. Certain men In tho pit were tolled off to answer tho sharp shooter's fire and to make It hot for tho cannon aders In the Confederate battery. They did what they could, but It availed llttlo to save their com rades, who were tolling to throw up the redoubt Men fell on every side. Beams were passed Into tho pit, and these wero put Into position as a protection by tho surviving soldiers. Tho joists wero placed lengthwlso and dirt was quickly piled nbout them. Colonel Malt by helped the mon to lodge tho beams. He went to one sldo of the crater where thero was no ele vation. There he stood fully oxposcd, a shining mark He put his shoulder undor n great pleco of timber, and, weak with wounds though ho was bo pushed It up and forward Into placo. Tho bul lets chipped the woodwork nnd spat in tho sand all about dim. Ono Confederate gunner of nrtll lery trained his great piece directly at tho devoted leader A solid shot struck tho beam, from which Colonel Maltby had Just removed his shoulder, and split It 'Into kindling, Great sharp pieces of tho wood were driven Into tho colonel's sldo. and ho was hurled to the bottom of tho black pit The action was over shortly, for the gallnnt Forty-fifth succeeded In making that doath's hole tenable. Then they plckod up their colonel Hh was Gtlll alive, though the surgeon shortly after ward said that It would bo hard work to count his wounds. They took htm to tho field hospital and before ho had been there an hour there was clicking over the wires to Washington a message carrying tho recommendation that Colonel Jasper A. Maltby of tho Lead Mlno Regiment be mnde h brigadier general of volunteers for conspicuous personal gallantry In the face of tho enemy A week lator Grant's victorious forces marched Into Vtckslurg Colonel Jasper A. Maltby or General Jasper A Maltby as It soon became, lived until tho end o the war, but no system could long withstand th shock and pain of those gaping wounds He dlr In the very city which he had helped to conquer Afterward a flag and a precious memory wer rarely absent from the llfo which finally fllcKero out when tho white-haired little widow died . St. Luke's hospital Chicago Thero wore onemtos within tho Jew ish church, Soma of thn nobles and richer men luul bcrn oppressing tholr poorer brothron who wero working at great sacrlfico In rebuilding tho wnlls, No wages wero paid for this work, so that many wero thus reduced to tho direst straits to support themselves nnd tholr families, and pay tho taxes oxneted by tho Persian government Tholr mlsfortuncH wore brought to a climax by tho condition of hostilities, which put an end to trado, and threat ened town nnd country with ruin. It wna Imnosslblo to obtain regular em ployment, nnd prices hnd gnno up. Thono who had n llttlo property mort gaged their homos; nnd In this way cotiRldornblo' portion of tho property of tho poorer classes, their grain field a vineyards, nnd dwellings, passed Into tho hnnds ot wealthy money lenders, who demanded high usury. Some, having no means to pay their creditors, sold tholr children n slavoft. Tho hungry ones wero threatening, ir tho grain was not given to kcop them fro niBtarvatlon, they would tnko It by vlolonco, or surrender tho city to Its enomlcs. Tho taxes for tho Persian government wero very hoavy and ex acting. Tho chlof ofQcors farmed out tho collection of tho taxes, both In money nnd In tho fruits ot tho land. Theso under officers wero tho namo as thoso called publicans in tho Now Testament. They wero required to pay over to their superiors tho exorbi tant sum fixed by law, and depended for their profit on what they could mako by fraud nnd extortion. They overchnrgod, brought fatso charges ot smuggling to extort hush-money, seized upon property In caso ot dis pute und hold It until their levy was paid, forbado tho farmor to reap his standing crops until they had wrung from him all that his ponury could produce. They wero universally roar ed, hated, and despised. No money known to havo como from them was received for religious uses. Now those, who professed religion and lived heathenism, wero tho great est Injury to tho Causo for which Nchomlah had come. It was against such as theso that Jesus launched tho sharpest lightning of his "Woounto you, hypocrites." They are traitors to their country, their church and tholr God. Tho church stands for the high est expression of man's life. A church represents tho permanent spiritual Ideals. It embodies the loftiest human aspirations; a natlon'a best expres sion of Us religious sentiment repre sents that nation at its best. Now whosoever in the namo of the church, ps a member of it, does actions con trary to its whole spirit, Is the great est enemy of the kingdom of God. Nehemlah overcame those enemies. Ho changed them from enemies to friends. Ho rebuked them with burn ing Indignation. He told them to their face tho wrong they were doing. He persuaded them to repent and undo the wrongB they had dono: "I pray you, let us leavo off this usury. Re store, I pray you, to them, even thla day, their lands, their vineyards, tholr ollveyards, and their houses, also th hundredth part of tho money, and or the corn, tho wine, and tho oil, that ye exact of them." Thon said they "Wo will restore them, and will re quire nothing of them; bo will we do as thou sayost." Ho set them a good example. He refused to tako the usual salary of the governor. He boro all the expenses ot his retinue. His noble conduct mode the names ot theso op pressors show black as the smoke ol the pit One ot the greatest powers for re forming abuses Is publicity. Let every man's name be on his deed, on th work ho does, on everything he says, on all that ho owns. Thero Is a continual temptation to day for Christian workers to give ur, their time' .and strength to discussing tho many theories and unsettled ques tions which aro continually confront ing them. All sorts of men say all sorts of things till it seems as if these clouds wero obscuring tbo wholo con tinent of Truth. This Is truo of many other things besides religion. Now the way to escapo from theso snares is to attend to our duties, to go to work for the Causo of Christ with all our hearts, to give ourselves to help ing Bavo our fellow men, both body and soul. For then wo will uso the essential things by which our work la accomplished. We thus test the work ing theories by using them. Thoso principles thata bring results aro the ones wo wont 'Wo find out what they are worth through testing them by what they will do. Working tor Christ and for his children is our safeguard. Nehemlah was asked to leave his work for personal safety. This was too' baso an appeal. Nehemlah Indlg nantly exclaimed, "Should such a man as I flee?" The very baseness of the appeal opened Nebemlah's eyes to tho fact that Shemalah was not a prophet, but a mere tool of Sanballat bribed to en snare blm. That any one could Im sgine that he could bo Influenced b fear, touched Nehemlah's heart to th quick. It was an Insult that the gov ernor could only put Into tho bands o God to wipe out But In tho end tbi wall was built. Cleanses the Systtm effectually; Dispels colds and Headache due to constipation. Best for men, women and children : young and old. Toqetits Beneficial effectstalways note the name of the Company, California Fw Syrup (o. plainly printed on the front of every package of the Genuine 1 the name to remember vou need a remedy COUCHM and COI-Pl WHO WANTS "SISSY" MAN Since Bishop Hendrlx Would Drive Him From the Church Whither Will Ho Fleer Bishop K. R. Hendrlx, In n church council nt Kansas City, naked why the church was uot reaching more men. "la It bocausc we aro adapting our work moro to tho women 7" ho de manded. Another prominent clergyman, Rer. S. M. Nool, M. D opined that was Bomewhero nonr tho reason. "We wnnt no moro sissy men In tho pul pit," ho declared. A "sIsBy" man, In this definition, Is ono who adapts his preaching and his teaching and his general conduct of pnrlBh affairs more to tho women bleBB thom than to the men. Dr. Noel Is heartily applauded by n large number ot his pulpit brethren nnd tho spirit of tho times In tho church, as manifested In such enter prises as tho "Men nnd Religion For ward Movement" socma to emphasize what ho says tho call and need for tho strong, vlrllo man In the pulpit who appeals to tho man In the pew and In tho street, for making the gospel a man's appeal, not, of course, depreciating tho Indispensable value of the women. That Is all very well, but where, may we ask, is the typically "sissy" man wanted? What calling or busi ness needB him? Duslness and other professions besides the ministry can uso him no better than can th church. Omaha Bee. The Weak Ones. Police Chief 8ebastian ot Los An geles was talking about a married man who had fallen before the charms of the beautiful "flirt catcher." "George was always weak," said Chief Sebastian. "Once, when he was a boy at school, his mother was apologizing for htm to his school teacher. "'George is so easily led,' the mother said. "'Yes,' tho teacher agreed 'except In tho right direction.' " Jonah Snickered. "A fine fleet," he cried, "but the president would have something to talk about If he reviewed me." Herewith he entered the first sub marine. Many a man could lose his repute .tlon and never miss It. WORKS WITHOUT FAITH Faith Came After the Works Had Laid th Foundation. A Bay State belle talks thus about coffee: "While a coffee drinker I was a suf ferer frcpk'vindlgestlon and intensely painful asffous headaches, from child hood. "Seven years ago my health gave out entirely. I grew so weak that the exertion of walking, if only a few foet, made it necessary for me to He down. 'My friends thought I was marked for consumption Weak, thin and pale. "I realized the danger I was in and tried faithfully to get relief from med icines, till, at last, after having em ployed all kinds of drugs, tho doctor acknowledged that ho did not bellovo It was In his power to cure me. "Whllo in this condition a friend in duced mo to quit coffee and try Post um, and I did so without the least hope that It would do mo any good. I did not like It at first, but when it was properly made I found it was a most delicious and refreshing beverage. I am especially fond of It served at din ner ice-cold, with croam. "In a month's time I began to Im prove, and In a few weeks my Indiges tion ceased to trouble me, and my headache stopped entirely. I am so perfectly woll now that I do not look like the same person, and I havo so gained in flosh that I am 15 pounds (heavier than ever before. "This Is what Postum has done for mo. I sflll use it and shall always do o." Name given by Postum Co., Bat Je Creek, Mich. "There's a reason," and It is ex plained in the little book, "The Road ,:o Wellvllle," In pkgs. Ever'rrnd the above letter? A itir Be.aara from tlaie to Um. Thar ira'awralac, ixw, tall at hmataa) laiaraai. , s V v.y f "V I -rtf tisr-riWm