Evening Star Newspaper, September 23, 1936, Page 5

. GIVIL WAR FOUGHT BY ARMY OF BOYS 1,151,438 in Union Ranks 18 or Younger, 25 Only 10, Record Shows. The Civil War was a “boys’ war” to an extent few people seem to real- ize, says Lewis H. Easterly, Colorado Grand Army veteran attending the seventieth national encampment. Easterly should know. He was only ® years old when he went into the Western Army as & drummer boy, he says, and he was 13 when the war ended and he was dischargged with four years of service to his credit. “The records show,” Easterly said, “that there were 25 boys 10 years of age or younger actually enlisted in the Union forces during the Civil ‘War. There were 35 boys 11 years old, 285 who were 12 years old, 300 who were 13, 1,523 who were 14 and 104,987 who were 15 years old—an army of schoolboys. There were, Easterly said, and he showed a card covered with printed tabulations which he said were “offi- cial” to substantiate his account, a total of 1,151,438 soldiers in the Union Armies who were 18 years old or less. Easterly said he was born in the same little Illinois town which gave Maj. Gen. John A. Logan to the Union Army. “When the war came on,” he said, “I wanted to get in. I was only 9 years old, but I was big for my age. ‘The law said that boys of 12 could be taken in as musicians if they were healthy. They had to have two wit- nesses who would say they were 12. I could bang a drum and I got two witnesses. So I got into an Illinois regiment as a drummer, and I was sworn in at Terre Haute.” Easterly said that, although he had learned to handle his father’s fowling piece before he went to war, he never shouldered a musket in battle. Baby (Continued From First Page.) was fed a solution of water, sugar and | whisky. At 10:45 am. time) Drs. Eastman and W. (Eastern standard Lloyd Kenny issued a joint statement that the baby's general appearance was good and “the total danger now lies in the possibility of auto-intoxication,” from failure to eliminate food wastes. Respiration Raised. “The baby's respiration has raised and his temperature, which was 97— below normal—Ilast night, is now 102.6, which is a good sign,” they said. About an hour later the physicians reported the baby “about the same” but “in distress.” A stimulant was given to aid in- voluntary muscular action, but the doctors said they were being careful not to oversiimulate the infant A blood count showed no transfusion necessary, they said. Dr. Herman N. Bundesen, president of the Chicago Board of Health, sent one of his service trained nurses, Miss Helen Bachle, to aid in the care of the baby. The operation to correct an in- testinal malformation—a ‘“bottomless ecolon"—was performed after a dra- matic agreement between his mother, Eva, 22, and his father, Julian, 24, a garage mechanic. Urged “Me; Death.” Until late yesterday Tafel, fearing Julian, jr., faced a life of invalidism in the event of his survival, urged a *“mercy death” while the mother pleaded for the child's life regardless of consequences. After conferring with friends and his spiritual adviser, Tafel changed his decision. The appearance at the hos- pital of Richard Lefler, a healthy 4- year-old boy who had successfully undergone an identical operation, was the clinching argument. An incision was made in the in- fant's side, about an inch above the hip, through which was inserted a drain into the loop of the intestine to provide an artificial outlet. Further surgery several weeks hence will be necessary to connect the end of the colon with the natural outlet, physi- cians sald. Agreed to Surgery. ‘Taffel said he agreed to the surgery “to make my wife feel better.” He said the operation must restore the child to health, not merely save his life, to be proven justifiable. “I thought it was unfair to take a ehance which might make the boy practically a helpless cripple,” he said. “I thought he, too, would probably wish he had agreed to a mercy death ‘when he grew up an invalid.’ Said Mrs, Tafel, mother of a normal 83-year-old girl: “His father has seen the baby only once, except when he looked at him through the glass in the nursery. To e, though, he is more than a person- ality—he is everything. We wanted & boy so much. It seemed only right to do everything possible to save him.” DAY TO BE.OBSERVED President Roosevelt issued a procla- mation today designating October 12 as Columbus day. He directed that the American flag be displayed on all Government buildings, and asked ob- servance of the day with appropriate ceremonies in schools and churches or other suitable places. This is in compliance with an act of Congress approved April 30, 1934. Today With Crosby, Texas. Edwin H, Lt of Wisconsin., and Ruth Barwig —Star Staff Photos. Veterans Borrow Daughters To Carry Out Banquet Spirit | BY FRANCES LIDE. If the Bovs in Blue have a lot of explaining to do back home next week about those ladies they took around at the G. A. R. encampment, they can blame the Daughters of the Union Veterans of the Civil War— maybe. It seems that there weren't nearly | enough fathers with daughters at | the encampment here for last night's “hther and daughter banquet at the { Washington Hotel, so the veterans |and members of the Daughters of Union Veterans solved the problem by “borrowing” each other. And not a | single former soldier dining with a | “daughter” he'd never seen before | looked i€ least unhappy about it. Altogether the Daughters’ party was |a gay evening for the bearded vete- | rans, who scoffed at the hovering care of their feminine companions and said again and again they could look out for themselves. Daughters and Sweethearts. There was Charles L. Chappell, who is & mere 89 and said that he came all the way from Long Beach, Calif. for the encampment waiting for “two | sweethearts.” There was the only veteran able to make the trip from Texas—John Shearer of Houston— | who had not one daughter, but two. “I came along to take care of them, though,” the 90-year-old veteran ex- plained. And there was the fellow with the huge beard from Massachusetts by the name of Lincoln—no relation to the President—who sat at a secluded table in a corner with three girls. “I made the date 1,000 miles away,” he said. “They'’re all three from Wis- consin. You might add, I'm 17, not 88,” he grinned mischievously. The only living commissioned Civil War officer in Rhode Island, wearing the same blue coat he used for two years of the war, flirted outrageously with & young woman from Rhode the G. A. R. Today's program for the Grand Army of the Republic and its allied and Auxiliary organizations following the parade is #s follows: * Grand Army of the Republic. 30 p.m.—Pirst business session, Mayflower Hotel. 3: 8:00 p.m.—Camp fire, Government Auditorium. ‘Wemen’s Kelief Corps. 1:30 p.m.—Business session, Mayflower Hotel. 8:00 p.m.—Camp fire, Government Auditorium. Ladies of the G. A. R. :30 p.m.—Business session, Washington Hotel. :30 p.m.—Fathers and Mothers’ banquet, Washington Hotel. :00 p.m.—Camp fire, Government Auditorium. Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War. :30 p.m.—Business session, election of officers, Washington Hotel. 3 8:00 p.m.—Camp fire, Government Auditorium. 10:00 p.m.—"Ye Old Tyme Partye,” Washington Hotel. Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War. 2:00 p.m—Business session, Willard 7:30 p.m.—Reception by auxiliary Sons of Union Veterans. Hotel. Yo commander in chief and officers of 8:00 p.m—Camp fire, Government Auditorium. Auxiliary to Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War. 1:30 p.m.—Business session, Willard Hotel. 6:30 pm.—Piftieth anniversary encampment celebration, dinner, ;::epflm and dance; Commander in Chief Richard Locke and guests, Willard Hotel. staft, 8:00 p.m.—Campfire, Government Auditorium. G. A. R. Members Spurn Hovering Care of Dinner Partners and Have Gay Time to Tell About at Home. Island. And a 9l-year-old veteran from New York, fidgeting nervously with his cane in the lobby, admitted | he wasn't sure who his “daughter” was. “But she’ll give me Hail Columbia | if I don't wait for her here,” he | added. G. A. R. Bride Attends. “The G. A. R.’s bridegroom,” Ira | R. Wildman of Danbury, Conn., how- ever, was under the eye of his bride of a year in a fresh blue coat she'd made him purchase for the encamp- ment. “The only times we ever met be- fore we were engaged were at the en- campments,” Wildman declared. *“I guess you'd call it & G. A. R. ro- mance.” The father and daughter banquet was one of a series of entertainments given by the women's organizations allied with the G. A. R. Celebrating their 50th anniversary, the Ladies of the Grand Army of the Republic presented a costume pageant, “Our Pifty Golden Years” at the Willard Hotel. Sixteen past national presidents were among those who appeared on the stage as each administration of the organization ‘was presented as a page in a book. Entertainment Presented. ‘The Auxiliary to the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War joined with the Sons in a program of informal stunts at the Willard. The National Daughters of the Grand Army of the Republic, an in- dependent organization,, entertained at an “Abraham Lincoln banquet” at the Willard, with members at- tending in costume. All allied organizations suspended business meetings this morning for the parade. The Women's Relief Corps this afternoon was to continue election of officers, begun yesterday with the unanimous election of Mrs. Ida Hea- cock Baker of Parsons, Kans, as president to succeed- Mrs. Mary J. Love. . Accountants to Meet. D. W. Springer, secretary of the American Society of Certified Public Accountants, and James A. Councilor, will be the principal speakers at a meeting of the newly organized Inter- national Accountants’ Soclety at 7:30 o'clock tonight in the Chantilly room of the Hamilton Hotel. ADVERTISEMENT. NEURITIS PAINS Try This 35¢ Test Rheumatism. This Califernia produet gredients which bring euick relief from_excruciating pains which accompany these dresded allments. If ering and wish te enjoy restul sieep, free from agonisi | #0 te any Peoples Drus Store 35c package of Sal-Ro-Cin. It contains mo narcoties. Meney back if mot de- lighted. Or write for free trial to Sale Reo-Cin. Dept. ¢4. Pasadens. Californis. Formuls furnished your physieian. John Shearer, 90, of Houston, Ter., with his daughters at the fathers and daughters banquet given by the Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War at the Washington Hotel last night. The daughters are Mrs. Nellie Fitzgerald of Mount Belleview, Tex., left, and Mrs. Daisy Hunt of Shearer is the only veteran here from Texas. 1940 HELD LIKELY - TOSEEG. A. R. END Death of Last Survivor Expected by That Year, Veteran Says. In the normal course of events, the last survivor of the Grand Army of the Republic may be expected to die by 1940, according to John P. Risley | of Des Moines, Iowa, adjutant general on the staff of the cojmmander in chief of the Grand Army of the Republic | and commander of thre Department of Iowa of the G. A. R. In 1922 there were 8630 survivors | of the Civil War living in Iowa, Risley said. Of this number, 3994, or a little less than half, were members of the G. A. R. “At the beginning of this year we had only 189 left and since January 1, 38 of those survivgrs have died,” he said. Risley said that he had. asked | the United States Pension Office for | & report on the number of men who were drawing pensions for Civil War service and had a report showing that on July 31, last, there were 9,389 still living, of whom 4,333 be- |longed to the Grand Army of the Republic. “The average age of the survivors | of the Civil War now is past 91 years,” Risley said. “Insurance statistics show that by 1940 the last of them should be gone and the Grand Army of the Republic wil be mustered out for all time.” COURT RECESSES Police Tribunal Delays Work for G. A. R. Parade. ‘The four branches of District Police Court were recessed from 10 a.m. until | today because of the | 12:30 pm. parade. A motion for recess was made by Attorney Robert I. Miller, but Presid- | ing Judge John P. M¢Mahon said the court had decided to do so before Miller's suggestion. 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The first time, the judge, his family—all except his two young masters, who were with the Confederate troops—and all the slaves fled southward, not to return until the Union troops had been driven northward again. Yankees on Plantation. It was the following year that the Northerners came again, but that time he didn’t flee, although some of the other slaves did. The Yankees camped right on the Fields’ planta- tion, and henceforth, Williams was a freed man, in fact, although not legally until the emancipation proc- lamation was issued by President Lincoln. ‘Williams became a camp follower of the 8th Pennsylvania Volunteers, wait- ing .on the soldiers and doing odd jobs, and later several New York regiments, He was with the Yankee Army at Chancellorsville and Fred- ericksburg and right on down to thé siege of Richmond in '65. | “I keep thinking I'll see some of the men I worked for during the war,” he explained today, “but I guess | they've all died off.” After the war, he returned to the plantation, but his two young masters, or former masters, had been killed and the judge died a month later. For | the next five years, he worked at | plantations near Culpeper. “We were supposed to .get paid then. Men supposed to get $40 a | year, women about $25 and children $5 or $10. But we never got it,” he recalled. Lost $1,800 in Crash. ‘Those were depression years if there ever were any, Williams declared, and | he has lived through several. In | the last one, in '29, he lost all his savings, about $1800, in the stock market crash. That's why he doesn't care whether or not he lives to be As old as his mother, who died about | 35 years ago at the age of 111. He remembers her describing Gen. Wash- | ington, who frequently came to visit on the plantation where she lived as a child. When Judge Fields mar- ried her mistress, she went to his | plantation to live. Williams came to Washington dur- ing Gen. Grant's first administration and has lived here since. FAILURES TOTAL HIGHER. NEW YORK, September 23 (#).— Business failures for the week ending September 17 numbered 130, com- pared with 110 the previous week and 179 for the similar period of 1935, it was reported today by Dun & Brad- street. 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