The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 7, 1896, Page 28

28 THE SAN FRANCISCU CALL, SUNDAY, JUNE 7, 1896. Gre ?ar/ny Ride of Owenty-Four Ohio RBoys in Blue to Chattanooga and lo Death, In April, 1862, General O. M. Micthell, | third regiments, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, commanding the Union forces at Hunts- | who had been selected on account of their ville, Ala., called for twenty-four volun- well-tried courage and discretion. Only teers for the performance of an extra haz- | two of the number were apprised of the ardous duty. The object was to peneirate | details, the others knew nothing more of the enemy’s lines, reach some pointon | the movement than that it wag filled with the Georgia State Railroad between At- lanta and Chattanooga, seize an engine | prehended enough of its importance to and by a retrograde movement toward ‘ feel -that success meant to them honor, Chattanooga dash over the road, cut tele- | fame and p_rdmon'on. while defeat was graph wires, tear up the rails, burn| almost certain capture, ‘horrible prison bridges and in every possible way destroy | punishment and probably ignominious the enemy’s main line of communication, | death. and by thus shutting off assistance and| Clothed in the dress of citizens and pro- supplies, force the rebels to evacuate ! vided with revolvers, they made their way their stronghold in the city of Chattanooga. | in parties of twos and threes, seeking by- It was one of the most audacious expedi- | ways and passing over mountains and tions ever conceived by the Union forces | through their fastnesses, at ‘last reaching during the war. Its very wildness threw about it the glamour of romance, while the purpose it sought to accomplish promised | the most gigantic and overwhelming re- | being discovered. Here they assembled, and it was found that twenty-two of the daring volunteers had reached the ren- dezvous. These tock passage on a train perilous adventure.” They, however, com- | Chattanooga without their real characters suits to the Union forces, with the most | sublimely direful consequenc o the Con- federates. Indeed, had the expedition suc- | ceeded, this ore act would have been more disastrous to the rebel cause than the an- nihilation of Beauregard’s army at Shiloh. All those engaged were. enlisted men from the Second, Twenty-first and Thirty- leaving Chattanooga, and by midnight of | April 11 reached Marietta, Ga., where, without attracting observation, they re- mained until next morning, when they boarded the train for Chattanooga. Big Shanty is a station not far north of Mari- | etta, and here, while the passengers, the engineer and crew were at breakfast, the intrepid Ohio boys detached the locomo- tive and three cars from the’ train and, opening wide the throtile, dashed away at full speed toward Chattanooga. Their plans were so carefully prepared and so promptly executed that before the amazed | people at Big Shanty could recover from their astonishment the daring wreckers were out of sight. Not stopping to. cut the telegraph lines the disguised vol- unteers threw coupling hooks which grappled the wires and tore them from the poles, thus cutting . off that source of danger. They were now | commence the work of destruction by | burning the railway bridge over the! Ettawah River, but before this could be | accomplished the wreckers suddenly en-l countered unforeseen obstacles. Ac- cording to the schedule of the road but one train was to pass them, whareas they met three, two of which were military specials, and these in passing caused & delay of an hour to the Union lads, the latter recognizing the former's right of way, thus escaping detection for the time. But by this delay the first train south- ! ward had reached Big Shanty, learned of the raid and was. retyrning in pursuit of the daring wreckers. These saw the failure of their enterprise and their own fate if capturea. Hastily tearing up a few rails they steamed forward, seeking safety in flight. Their parsuers replaced the rails and fairly flew ‘after the run- aways. An exciting race of 100 miles at high pressure—the speed sometimes reach- ing a milea minute—exhausted wood and water in the fleeing engine, while the rebel train gained unon them every migute. The _fugitives saw the in- evitable and, abandoning their tran, took grandest coup d’etat ever attempted by the Union forces to inflict a fatal blow upon the enemy. An alarm was sounded and the whole population thereabouts turned out to cap- ture the courageous adventurers. For this purpose trained bloodhounds were put upon the trail and the entire twenty- two were captured. Private Jacob Parrott, Company K, Thirty-third Ohio Infantry, was the’first to suffer. Refusing to reveal the engineer’s name or the name of his comrades, he was lashed on his bare back with a rawhide. Three times this torture was suspended to give him a chance to be- tray his companions, but he steadily and firmly refused to make any disclosures, and at last his tormentors, weary of their brutal work, abandoned their efforts as hopeless. The entire number were taken to Chatta- | nooga and there confined in a single room | but thirteen feet square in the negro jail. | Here they were kept about three weeks, and their sufferings from lack of room and air can be imagined, in addition to which they had barely enough food to keep them from dying, while'an unlimited supply of upon the field of the perilous operations | to the woods, each one endeavoring to | vermin prevented them from sleeping. | proposed by the expedition and were to | save himself, and thus fate frustrated the | When liberatea from this vile dungeon, | twelve of their number were taken to Knoxville, Tenn., where seven of them were tried before a court-martial charged with being gpies. Their counsel contended that the accused were in the performance of a military duty recognized by the rules of war, and that being dressed in citi- zeng’ clothing no more subjected them to the charge and punishment of spies than was the Confederate General Morgan when | he raided in similar dress to destroy. the Union lines of communication. After the trial all were taken to Atlanta in the belief that they would be held as hostages, and later exchanged with their ten other comrades whom they’ found there, they having been (aken direct from Chattanooga. On the 18th of June, 1862, however, their prisoa doors were opened and the death sentence of the seven tried at Knoxville was read toall. These were told to make a hasty farewell to their comrades. Not a moment’s time for preparation was given, but tied together they were tumbled into a cart and carried { to the scaffold where they met death like heroes. The remaining fourteen prisoners ap- prehending a like fate aitempted an escape in October following, in which eight evaded recapture. Six of these safely reached the Union lines, iwo were never heard of, and the other two were retaken and sent to ‘‘Castle Thunder,”” Richmond, where they were held until March, 1863, and then exchanged. Perry G. Shadricke, G. D. Wilson, Samuel Slavens and 8. Robinson met a like fate ten days after. Privates W. W. Brown, William Knight, Elihu Mason. John R, Porter, William Bessinger, Robert Buffum, | Mark Wood and Alfred Wilson, all of the Twenty-first Ohio Volunteer Infantry; William Pittinger, Second Ohio Volunteer | Infantry, and William H. Reddick, John Wollam, D. A. vorsey, M Hawkinsand | Jacob Parrott, all of the Thirty-third Ohio | Volunteer Infantry, escaped the felon’s doom, and subsequently all but two re. joined their regiments through escape or were exchanged for rebel prisoners, | The daring courage, the Spartan forti- | tude, the fidelity to the trusts of comrade- | ship, the unzelfish patriotism and fhe suf- | ferings of these martyrs should make their names and deeds long remembered by those who are to-day enjoying the fruit of theirs and their comrades’ services in the Union_cause. Fra~k Erniorr MyEgs. The name of those heroes who met an | ignominious death upon the scaffold should be known to every loverof the | Union. Sergeant Andrews, the recognized leader, was condemned as a spy and hanged at Atlanta, June 7, 1862. Privates } Carmelita—I wonder why Miss Prim never wears bloomers? | - Grace—She hasn't the breadth. 3 Carmelita—I never | narrow. thought her views were | Grace—Well, she doesn’t walk on her views, Martin Ross, W. H. Campbell, John Scott, | does she?—New York Press. Zo/zose 7”/}0 . Ohe Uraim‘ny - School ! States The California School of Mechanical . ., founded by James Lick, who left $540,000 for that purpose, closes, on the 5th of June, the second year of its existence. Practically but eighteen months have elapsed since the school was opened and of these six months were spent in or- ganizing the classes and learning from practical demonstrstior. the. capabili- ties of the students and the best course to be pursued in conducting the | school so a8 to secure the most favorable | and lasting results. At the opening the | equipmentof the school was far from com- | plete. There has been added from time to time such machinery and apparatus as | were demanded, but on the opening of the | school ©on the h of July next, there will be no department left m- | complete in this respect. The black- | <mith, forging and machine shops have been supplied with the very best tools that | could be procured, while the department | of pbysical science has been furnished | with the great universities can surpass it. Fror such spleridid ‘apparatus that only | Oeact and 0st Completely Eguipped anual pletey Ogquipp in the United Jts Second Year. pation of a favorable decision locating the Wilmerding School in San Fraucisco have suggested to the trustees of the latter pe- quest the propriety of a joint arrangement whereby reciprocal advantages may be ob- tained by pupils of both schools. If the Wilmerding School could be built on a block adjacent w the Lick School, all the facilities possessed by the latter—and they are said to be ample for both schools—would be at the service Ghose Who Study at the Lick School of Wectanical Hris, of the Wilmerding scholars, while| the Lick holars would enjoy | lall. the facilities that its neighbor | | afforded. The new school could offer | | courses of teaching that the old does | not, while in the field of mechan-| ics the Wilmerding has a large| scope that the Lick does not touch. "By | joining forces, it is argued, a wider course | of study could be afforded pupils, and the expense of equipment and maintenance | | could be materially reduced. | The advantages of mechanical schools to | | the rising zeneration is almost beyond | | estimate. The experiment has been tried | | in many of the European countries with | | the most flattering resnlts. In Sweden | | particularly the Government has about | concluded that they are of as much if not more importance than the grammar schools. The California School of Mechanical | Arts, it is claimed, is the most completely | | Hist equipped of any similar institution in the United States. The following table shows the cost of fitting up each department: English. . Mathematics . tory Physics Chemistry Freehand drawi Mechanical drawing. . odelin; v ng wing. ... penter-shop and pattern-room ... cksmith-shop. Founir Machin Cooking Unclassified — Office-! heating plant, bi and boilers, etc. d designing. fittings. steam- Kboards, engine Total Men and women of to-day are morally | responsible for the men and women of the future. The economists, the scientists, the philosophers admit this as well as the churches. And that this truth is realized | is shown abundautly orfittle according to | the provisions the present generation in this or that city is making for the future generation. In this respect San Francisco has no need to take a backward seat, save from modesty. Her public schools rank with the highest, and what is more, there | are enough of them and they are con- tinually growing to meet the demands of the growing population. And not the | least of these—perhaps, indeed, the great- B4 est—is this new manual training school | that has just closed what may be called its | first working term. There are many boys to whom the or- dinary course of study 1s irksome, but these same boys can hardly be kept away | from tinkering with a piece of machinery or patterning some contrivance in wood. As a result they are only too anxious to at- tend a mechanical school, when they would be “playing hookey’’ from ordinary studies. This fact was never made more apparent than when the manual training Owo school was established in connection with | the Washington University in St. Louis about -twelve years ago. .It was found within a very few weeks that dozens of boys were glad to work at mechanics who previously would do nothing but play ball or go fishing. The experience is that boys and girls, when given work to do with their hands, as well as brains, quickly become inter- ested in it and need no prompting. the annual report of the principal of the school interesting details of the re- sults “have been gathered. Two hun-| dred and thirty-six pupils are now | in attendance, and when the scnool year opens 1n July 125 more will be added to the present numbers, of whom seventy- | five will be boys, one-half to be chosen from counties outside of San Francisco. The demand for places 1s so great that, if desired, the freshman class could easily be doubled. The requirements for entry have been made so very stringent that only a pupil who is in real earnest and capable will be admitted. The faculty for the next school year will be as follows: GRORGE A. MERRILL, teacher of theoretical mech: Miss EMMA HEFTY, B. Mgs. SorHIs A. HOBE, ment. GEoRGE B. MOLLER, M.A., mathematics. Miss CAROLINE W. BALDWIN, B. B.S., principal ana “nghsh. history and govern- DS, physics. WiLLiAM H, Horus, B, Miss EDa MENZEL, fre tng and carving. OLIVER S. GOODSELL, tectural drawing. FELIX PEANO, modeling, designing, and archi- tectural ornamentation. Miss M. L. CRITTENDEN, EDWARD T. HEWK hemistry. and drawing, design- mechanical and archi- sewing and cooking. T, carpentry-and pattern- making. J. L. MATHIS, forging. MATTHEW ARNOLD, molding and machine-shop practice. Th at the school bas demonstrated its practical utility no person who has ob- served the results achieved by the pupils can_possibly "doubt. The machine-shop, moiding and blacksmithing departments afford surprising ocular proofs of the readiness of the average American boy in iearning trades. Much of the work of fit- ting up the departments is the handiwork of the scholars, fresh from the City schools, few of whom ever handled a tool in their lives. ‘The prime object of the school is to teach trades. a thorouzh knowledge of the technique of some one industrial pursuit from which he may earn a living. It offers, however, something more than the mere equivalent of a workshop apprentice. It'gives sys- 1ematic courses of instruction in English, mathematics, science, physics and the arts, an intellectual training as well as practical, and with this equip- ment the chances of ultimate pro- motion in the trade he. selects is almost assured to the pupil. The first two years of the course are prepara- tory; the balance of the course must be devoted to one specialty. On graduating the attentive pupil needs but a brief pre. liminary experience in a workshop to fis him for filling the duties of a first-class mechanic. I'he average annual expenses of a pupil for material, tools and necessary parapher- nalia will not exceed -$20. Tiiere is no charge for tuition. It is satisfactory to &now that the income of the school is in excess of its expenditure. This year the surplus will be ovar $3000. The trustees of the Lick School in antici- 1t aims to give each student | " GEORGE B MILLER STUDENTS AT WORK IN THe Wik Linm H. HoLLis w7 L d AL MATHIS FELIX PEANG MACHINE-SHOP OF THE CAL RN ' 2C) N : AFORXNIA a(.:HOOL OF MECHANICAL ARTS—PORTRAITS OF TWELVE OF THE INSTRUCTORS. Hundred and Chirty-Six Francisco’s RBright Young People of San .Cearm'ny Useful Occupall‘om. The students in attendance are: Abrahamson, Rudolph Barnum, Frank Y. , Corne Clark, Alfred Curry, Charles E. Dinsmore, Lute H. Eder, Theodore Eliiott, Robert N. Egan, Thomas P. Fisher, Sydney Folsom, Albert M. Gawthorne, Harry B. Henning, Clarence J. Hooper, James E. Ingrim, Ross C. Jacobs, Alired H. Johnson, Ernest Johnson, Harry S. Knox, George R. Landes, Philip H. Locke, John G. McAllister, Frank P. McCabe, Alfred T. McCallum, Harold H. McCarthy, Richard H. McCoy, Charles P. Marcus, Frank G. Natban, Paul O’Brien, Walter D. Parent, Norris Pray, Robert B. Randlett. Charles A. Reilly, Wiiiam Richmond, Lester C. Ronaldson, James A Schlueter, Robert E. Schmidlin, Martin A. Sellon, George C. Thompson, Frank E. ‘Trost, Carl White, Josiah Jz. Wilson, Willard G. Adams, Lottie M. Baker, Ethel C. Bendixen, Alma C. D. Chaquette, Edith Davis, Lottie E. Delahanty, Ray. Diehl, Lena E. M. Elliott, Daisy N. Fink, Alice M. Ginet, Rosalie M. Gray, Faunie C. Haves. Mary F. Henderson, Trene F. Hutchinson, Isabella P, Jeukins, Pauline C. Jeftres, Viola V. Kern, Rose E. Lowenberg, Dolly E. Maheney, Ella J. Peters, Dora B. Schoelhorn, Antoinette Scott, Mary E. Sherwood, Edna M. Thistleton, Mabel L. Thompson, Aneta Upham. Marie E. Wakefield, Edna M. Waller, May J. Wiener, Adelaide M. Abeel, JTames M. Best, Clarence L. Boas, Charles S. Bottomley, Charles M. Boushey, William S. | Case. William A Castle, James B. rell, George M. Clarke, Alfred H. Daly, Trying R. Deane, Keith K. Dickie, Renwick Z. Farrell, Thomas J. Ferzgusson, Robert T. ¥ields, Herbert B. Gill, Tames S. Gillmore, Joseph B. Glennan, Albion H. Hackley, Roy C. Hennig, Joseph P. Jensen. Charles P. Johnson, ArtnurC. Jones, Arthur S, Levensaler, Jesenh B. McDonald. Dewitt i McKee, Ernest L. Marcus, Henry C. Mason, Lester W Orr, Edward Peck, Ralph Pettigrew, Percs L. Pollak, Berthoid C. Rice, Albert E. sennish. Louis R. Scott. Earl B. ‘smurr, Charles R. Soule, Edward F. Sprecht, Richard C. Tussell, £dward C. yior, Arthur Thomson, William H. vantright, Frank Warren, William T. White, Mauricé A. Young. Perl A. Coustns. Edith ‘. Del Valle, Rebecea’ Goennell, Leslie A. Harrison. Agnes H. Helje, Daisy H. Kinsey, Martha Klinck, Fredericka E. Morrill, Rit: Rea, Florence T. Rediick, Fannie G. Trigg, Rena A, FIRST YEAR CLASS. Akers, Stephen Blote, Fred Brace, Winfield E. Buras, Jobn Busch, William H. - Copeland, William ¥, Dupern, William A. Bichbaum, Willism R Elliott, F. Eoff, Jesse K. Flock, Charles F. Foster. George L. Grani, Robert & Henne, 1ouls F. Hubbard, John D, Jordan, Lewis &. Jumper, Harry W. Krohn, Theodore V. Locke, Franklin H. Markwart, Arthur H. Matson, Walter J. Meininger, George S. Morrison, Sidney K. Murdock, Charles P, Murdock, Hamilton Norton, Charles F. Philbrook, Carl A. Pritchard, Charles P, Rosenthal, Harry Rowell, Samuel E. Rutledge, George B. Sobey, Arthur W, Squire, Harry D. Stoue, Stearns H. Tupper, Walter Jr. Vellguth, Erwin W. Windt, Albert Wilson, Roy A. Booth, Ira M, Clancy, Eva Diitlon, Gertrude E. Dinsmore, Carrie E. Dabois, Blanche M. Foster, May C. Grinnell, Edna M., Hubbard, Mary C. Hughes, Florence Jones, Margaret Ingrim, Della J. Kinsey, Kate McDowell, Ada S, Marks, Minnie M. Richardson, Agnes E. Small, Alice V. Sullivan, Mary F. Tolchard, Bessie M. Vassar, Sara M. Winterbottom, Lizzie M. Wellenberg, Lucille S, SECOND YEAR CLASS. Adams, Frank 8. Brooks, Benjamin Buescher, Arthur Buzzini, Martin Jr. Compton. William H. Crim, William H. Jr. Curley, John E. ene A. onohue, Ponel ur E Drucker, Flack. James M. Forbes, Harold A. Goldsmith, Edmond M. wruss, Fraocis J. Hammond, William A, Isaacs, Frank Jordan. Edward B. Judell, Adoiph Kohib rg, William W. Long, James E. Moore, Clare Morse, George D. Murray, Eimer L. Overstreet, Louis T. Pinkbam. John F. Pullen, Lebbeus J. Roberts, Humphrey R. Silver, Adolph P. Stevenson, Albert T. Stevenson. James W. Stoll, Carl W. Virtmann, Hermaun B, Wahite, Robert D. Wise, Alexander Zinn, Otto Charles Duperu, Cornelia A Helje, Rose M. Howargd, Elva Kohlberg, Edith F, Potter, Louise A, Rice, Mabel A. ‘Wiener, Grace B,