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""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
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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.
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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
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