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DAILY EAGIjEv'' 'EWTOEE, SUNDAY, APRIL 10; 1 898. FIGH riNG FOURTEENTH, the left of the regiment. The loss was severe, TALES ON ARCHITECTURE. one man killed, three wounded and ten prisoners. With the early spring, opened the campaign against Richmond and developed the fact that the reaching of that definitive objective could not be made "short, sharp and decisive." While MeCiellan's army had been transported to Hampton Roads to prosecute his operations on ibe peninsular, the Fourteenth formed part of McDowell's force intended to reinforce McClellan from the northward, but was prevented by the activity of the Confederates under Jackson.

The Fourteenth commenced its part in the great struggle early in March, 1S62. Marches women of Brooklyn by the hand of Mr. R. Luckey. The regiment then settled down to camp routine, the monotony relieved by occasional foraging raids for corn, cattle, mules and horses.

The Peninsular campaign under McClellan terminating with the seven days' retreat had been unsuccessful. Pope's campaign in Northern Virginia had met with failure after tho second battle of Bull Run, August 30, 1862, and on his retirement on Washington he resigned his command. McClellan recalled, he had fought the Maryland campaign, ending with Antietam with fair success, but was relieved by Burnside, the campaign on the Rappahannock terminating with the disaster at Fredericksburg. Then Hooker as great slaughter at every point and was. soon, in full retreat, beaten and discomfited.

The loss of the Fighting Fourteenth, during the three days was one half the number engaged, being 18 killed, 110 wounded and 90 missing, most of whom were afterward found to be wounded or prisoners, some After Gettysburg followed the campaign of maneuvers under Meade, the enemy meanwhile retreating into Virginia, the Fourteenth occupied with marches and skirmishes with small bodies of the enemy. Many of the men were entirely without shoes for a time, being in advance of the supply trains, until finally shoes and stockings were Issued. On the 18th of July, the Potomac was crossed on pontoon bridg and the command halted near the little town of Waterford, the inhabitants of which exhibited a surprising and gratifying loyalty to the Union in lavish hospitality, the display of the Stars and Stripes from nearly into ten smaller ones, the usual relations between the comrades of the same company 'being of the most companionable character. Tlhese are intensified by closer association at the state camp of instruction at and at tJhe Creedmoor rifle ranges. The duties are so arranged as to time that tihey do not inconveniently interfere with regular pursuits.

The state has provided handsome and commodious armories ior each organization and supplies arms, ammunition, dress and fatigue uniforms, overcoats, blankets and all equipments, camp equipage and utensils of the best class and when on duty in camp, transports, feeds and pays every officer and man. So that of ai desirable and enjoyable means ol recreation lor young men, military service in the State ot New York is the most economical. There have been and undoubtedly will be again, occasion when the service has arduous duties and dangers, but it is not the habit of Ameri an manhood to shrink from these. The Fourteenth Regiment Armory covers an entire block facing Eighth avenue, between Fourteenth and Fifteenth streets, near the Fifteenth street entrance to Prospect Park, and convenient to several trolley lines. On the main floor are the ten company rooms and the immense drill hall, and on the second floor the headquarters room and offices and a gymnasium, the drill hall being surrounded by a gallery for spectators.

In the basement every window and showers of bouquets and blessings, as the column passed through the main street. The enemy's cavalry, moving about the vicinity of the several points at which camps were established from time to time, the men were kept continually on the alert. The aggregate of the command in tho field on October 5 was 150. Colonel Fowler was In command of the brigade. Orders for a reduction of baggage and its transportation to the rear, betokened an early move.

Until the 27th, more marches, when the Rapidan was crossed. The Fifth Corps wagon train, just in advance of the Fourteenth's column, was attacked by the enemy's cavalry at a crossroads while passing through a piece of woods; a few were killed and wounded and several wagons captured before the regiment came up, when 'the enemy ran off, after setting fire to the wagons. The 2Sth opened the battle of Mine Run; advance was made in two lines of battle through swamps and woods, passing over two miles of the en LIEUTENAiXT OOlXVEL A. KLINE. Fourteenth Regiment, X.

G. X. Y. emy's works and hai'ting on high ground, from which the enemy in their earthworks could be plainly seen across Mine Run. Artillery firing and kirmishing followed 'throughout the day; the 29th was consumed in getting into position.

On the 30th, the right wing of the regiment charged across the Run, driving the enemy back out of their rifle pits onto their first line and capturing an officer and some prisoners. The men 'then retired rapidly, having accomplished their work of clearing the way for the passage of artillery. Bridges were thrown across and. all was ready for the assault on the morrow'; but although' on December 1, the batteries along the whole line opened fire for tihe attack, it was never made. Warren had observed the powerful strengthening during the night of the enemy in his front by artillery in position and infantry behind breastworks and obstructions.

His experienced eye foresaw a attack and his high moral courage forced a sacrifice of himself in preference to that of his heroic men, who without shrinking had each one quietly pinned on the breast of his blue blouse a slip of paper on which his name was written; for. never in its history had the Army of the "Potomac' hesita'ted at the call of duty. Meade recognized the conditions and withdrew his troops in disappointment. The army went into winter quarters. On 'the ISth December, the regiment was called on to witness the saddest of scenes, the execution of a member of the Seventy sixth New York, who had deserted several times.

On the 28t'h' the different companies of the regiment were quartered in the hotels at Culpepper. On the evening of February 5, IS 64, tihe "Fourteenth Regiment Opera Troupe gave its first of a series of minstrel concerts to the great enjoyment of most of the general officers or the army and the officers and men in the surrounding camps. On the 29th, Gen VIU'I I several officers wounded, Lieutenant Sohurlg losing his right arm. Killed, wounded and missing, 65. At 11 o'clock the regiment was retired a short distance and threw up breastworks.

At 6 o'clock the line advanced and the men rested on their arms all night, disturbed by picket firing. Men for duty after the fight, 280, Colonel Fowler commanding the brigade. Monday, the 9th, Companies I and recovered bodies of those killed on the 8th, which were burled near the battlefield. General Sedgwick of the Sixth Corps was killed on that day. On the 10th the Fourteenth relieved the One Hundred and Forty seventh New York Volunteers in the rifle pits.

Between the regiment's position and the enemy's breastworks was a ravine, and an advance down one side and up the other through the dense woods means almost certain death, but orders were received that when signalled by a shout from the right the men must pitch This they did, but they were human and were driven back. In one hour the "fighting Fourteenth" lost 61 killed and wounded officers and men. Lieutenant Rae of Company killed; Captain Baldwin lost his left arm; General Rice mortally wounded; Adjutant Vliet severely wounded. From then until the 22d it was a continual night and day skirmish, moving from place to place. At one time, crouching with the mass of troops in front of tho enemy's works for six hours, both armies within twenty feet of the par apet, neither daring to move until daylight, when the Union troops carried the works.

The time of enlistment of the Fourteenth about expiring, but not a man flinched. Many a poor boy who had' counted on soon seeing the dear ones at home was left burled in the forest of the Wilderness. No field could have been worse adapted to the movements of a great army. The whole country was covered with low limbed and scraggy pines and scrub oak. Only Indian tactics availed.

Troops knew directions solely by the compass. Lines of battle were hidden from the sight of commanders; no man could see a hundred feet on either side of htm. Cavalry and artillery were of no use; 300 guns stood silent. Two hundred thousand men in the thicket, out of the depths of which rolled, and crackled the musketry fire, the Union cheer mingling with the Confederate yell. Grant had commenced his "continuous hammering," neither had ho destroyed Lee's army nor had Lee crushed the overland campaign in its inception, as the hoped for result which each carried eagerly into the fight.

On May 22, 1864, the Fighting Fourteenth was ordered home, but those who joined in 1S62 remained to serve the balance of their three years' enlistment in the Ftfth New York Veteran Volunteers, Six of these were afterward made officers, one of whom, Lieutenant Osborn, was killed at Cold Harbor. Arrived ait Washington, on the afternoon of the 24th, transportation in cattle cars was furnished to Jersey City, where they were met by the Common Council reception committee, the Thirteenth Regiment and a great crowd of people. After a banquet at Taylor's Hotel the men arrived in Brooklyn by boat, at 10 o'clock at night, with the roar of cannon and shouts ot welcome from the multitude awaiting them since morning. The military and Fire Department lined the streets and brilliamt fireworks lighted their way. They were citizens of a I free country and had taken up arms from i patriotic motives in a war they considered just.

An army so composed exhibits an astonish ing endurance and withstands shocks which would demoralize a ainerently constituted force. The Fourteenth never failed to respond to any demand made upon it and al though suffering loss, hardship and occasional defeat in unavailing movements, it never lost its spirit. It was the embodiment of all that is' best in citizen soldiery and of such fighting material as made Napoleon one of the greatest captains of the world. In any of the great military countries of Europe its fame would endure side by side with' the heroic regiments which, dulring three centuries, have helped make the history of England, of France and of Germany, and the glories of whose achievements have been the pride of their children and of their children's children. For many years following the close of the War of the Rebellion the uniformed militia force of the state was maintained at such a numerical strength as to sacrifice effectiveness to numbers.

In 1880, under the administration of Governor Cornell, it was reorganized into the National Guard and so reduced that the money deemed wise to be expended for military purposes would insure a properly equipped, well drilled and disciplined body of citizen soldiery, which policy hag been continued under succeeding administrations. Speaking generally, it Is probably to day as efficient in all respects as it is possible to creaite, where the services of its members are voluntary and the time devoted to its duties are taken from the daily pursuits of the citizen. Irrespective of the fact that in all countries, under certain conditions, every able bodied man owes military duty to the state, the military service of the State of New York possesses features peculiarly attractive' to young men. It is healthful and beneficial to both body and mind, providing desirable physical recreation and exercise, stimulating alertness and instilling a sense of order, method and regularity; teaches wholesome rules and discipline, respect and obedience to superiors and proper consideration for inferiors in rank. "He who would command must first learn to obey." The writer recalls to mind that at a state encampment a few years ago, of a provisional regiment, made up of separate companies from the interior of the state, there were one day in the guard policing the camp (cleaning it up with rakes, brooms, fingers and barrows), a frintv ludfre.

a district flitfnrnv i ber of Congress, all privates at work under a sergeant oi a arooKiyn regiment, and they did good work. The regiment is a large family divided up WITH THE "RED LEGGED DEVILS" IN THE SIXTIES. Record Made by the Gallant Brooklyn Regiment During the War of the RebellionIn the Front Line of Many a Hard Fought Battle Courage and Perseverance on Field and March. The darkening war clouds in our sky, which for upward of th'rty years has presented a serene and peaceful azure, must recall to "those of our citizens then in early manhood the eveuts at the beginning of 1SG1, which led up to the clash cf arms. With the election of Lincoln in the preceding November commenced the perfecting of the plans of the secessionists.

In December South Carolina cut the Gordian knet and declared herself a free and independent state. The news was received with thundering cannon and the hoisting of secession 'lags in other Southern States. In Charleston Harbor Major Andersou and his handful of men withdrew from Fort Moultrie on the shore to Fort Sumter in the harbor, to prevent sudden capture by land forces. The move electrified he nation and confessed it to be on the "orinlt of civil war. Members of Congress from Southern States began to resign their seats, state after state passed ordinances of secession, federal property at different points was seized and the government seemed crumbling to atoms, under the weak administration of Buchanan and the disloyalty of the members of his cabinet.

Every hour of those wintry days closing 1S60 and opening 1861 contained a new shock to the minds of our people here and the query was in every mouth and eye, as neighbor met neighbor: "Will it be peace or war?" Then, after wearying uncertainty Lincoln grasped the reins of government at Washington and our people at the Xorth commenced to breathe again. Thirty seven years ago saw the disunionists of the South scheming, plotting and planning to drive Virginia out ol the Union and to keep other already seceded but weakening states to their pledges. The loyal men of the North were benumbed by the audacity of the enemies of the Union, yet hesitated to gather the force to strike at the hearts of their treasonable brothers. This generation 'of to day may now begi.i realize, if but faintly, the anxieties and uncertainties of thirty seven years ago. The last days of March and the first days of April having passed, came the 12th of April, and blood was sprinkled in the faces of our people.

On that day, before the early morning light, the roar of the hostile gun directed against Fort Sumter thrilled and aroused our people to action. No more uncertainty; no more hesitation: our enemies meant war. Two days pass, and on Sunday, the 14th of April, the Stars and Stripes are. lowered to its enemies, but on Monday comes the proclamation of President Lincoln calling forth "the militia of the several states of the Union to the aggregate number of 75.000 to suppress the rebellion." The boiling blood of the North responds. Brooklyn was then a quiet city of about 240,000 inhabitants and possessed a few bodies of armed mlfitia, among rnern being tha Regiment, which, since 1S4T, the year of its organization, had been the pride of tCie city.

For nearly fourteen years the people, cn hearing the martial strains of its had turned ou't to admire its gallant men in handsome uniforms, marching in even rank's and jaunty step over the paveiuenr, as If their military duties were always to consist of a never ending hohday. They lad come ouf from stores and offices and for the day, E't least, they were soldiers. Could even themselves real'ize ak that time what sentiment was gradually, slowly, but surely, being instilled into their hearts? They had steed shoulder 'to shoulder and 'touched elbows with their comrades in t'ne ranks: had gripped their muske'ts and worn the uniform of the military service; but, above ail, that feeling of reverence for tee flag, which comes co all loyal, patriotic souls who march under rtie colors had become a part of their being and they placed their lives cn fae aitar of 'their country's safety. On the bright and sunny morning of May IS, 1S61. the camp at For: Greene exhibited a never to be forge; ten scene.

The men stood our: in full equipment of war. Faces, perhaps a little pale, "but iip firmly set and eyes of determined glance. 'Fhe bugle sounds the one more clasp to the heart of the loved ones they are leaving and ttiey are "off. to Che war," Sl'5 strong, Brooklyn boys everyone, resolved that the folks at lonre shall be proud of them. The band strikes up, company after conrpany sweeps down the street past cheering wtio bid them a "godspeed" and "God blejs ycu!" They are now among those wlw in answer to the call of President Lincoln are marching to tne song, "Wo are coming, 'Father Abraham, a hundTed thousand strong." On June 2 'the regiment, under Colonel Al fred M.

Wood, makes Its firs: advance with 'the Union 'troops Into Virginia to occupy Ar ub0 new companies being added, raising its to 960. At lengtft, on ttie morning of July 21, while on the march approaching Bull Run, they hear an occasional boom that Is recogn'ized as "the discharge of artillery they pass wagons Harked by the roadside; an aid dashes up lo the "brigade commander and the colonel of the leading regiment is ordered to "quicken the pace." They begin to tear the rattle of musketry; ammunition wagons and ambulances are hurrted forward; t'ney saw them putting up the hospital tents and getting out the stretchers; they are hurried forward "close up." "On the right by file Into line! Double quick! March!" the Colonel's voice rings out, loud and clear, and they are in the figfct. All of that eventful day advancing, firing, charging, re tiring, begrimed with dust and powder, half suffocated with sulphur smoke, throats hoarse and husky with shouting and cheering, the afternoon finds them rejoicing in victory, but, alas! only for a moment. Johnston comes into the field with 10,000 fresh troops to reinforce Beauregard's beaten lines. Victory is turned into defeat.

Then a chaos, hell. Back on Washington es the flying Union ermy, infantry, cavalry, artillery, every man for himself. roads choked with wagons, ambulances and plunging horses, the enemy's cavalry hastening the flight. The Fourteenth Regiment of Brooklyn has been "baptized In fire." The Brookb men. notwithstanding the defeat of the army, have i covered themselves with glory; they have I earned rrom their friends the title of the Fighting Fourteenth, and from 'the enemy the compliment of begtng known 'throughout the war as the "red legged eir zouave uniform trousers having made conspic uous in every fierce charge.

these men were, three months before, gaged in the occupations of civil life in tue peaceful City of Brooklyn. Early in the engagement Colonel Wood was wounded and taken prisoner, the command devolving upon Lieutenant Colonel E. B. Fowler, who led the regiment until its return home, Colonel Wood's wounds having unfitted him for field service. During the following winter, while the Union forces were being reorganized, the duties of the regiment Were most arduous, find it performed unusually severe and con tinuous picket duty.

One November day, the regiment made the acquaintance of Fitz I lug Lee, who. with a detachment of 500 Virginia cavalry, swooped down on one of the companies on outpost, which, after a four i ftgeotis and determined resistance. was driven la with a' loss of Lieutenant Grummen and I Nothing is more fascinating than to trac the history "of architecture from its birth to the present day. but the study while enchanting, is too voluminous for our brief space. During medieval times in Europe the vast mass of the people lived in hovels while the aristocracy built Itself castles.

But with tha breaking of the feudal fettors and the great growth in power of the people the dwellings of private citizens, tho homes of the land, became the object of architectural care and consideration. As a people the Americans have not the keen artistic instincts nor the deep reverence for tradition of the European Ministering to tho esthetic element was not our first business In the new country. The wilderness and the desert had to be conquered and problems to he met that long ago were settled by older countries and although not lacking the genuine appreciation of the finer and less tangible things our growth in this tSUllUlUJA.V VIUJa. direction has been ho hasty product; We have! slowly grown practical and have also combined the useful with the beautiful. is worth our while to note, how much wa are Indebted to the architect for this wonderful artistic development, not alone in on cities, but in the country as well, and to see1 how admirably they have redeemed us from the taunt against the ugliness of our houses.

Our public and private edifices are now admired, not alone for their architectural beauty, but for their perfect adaptation to the uses for which they are constructed. The modest cottage of to day expresses all the comfort, repose and quietude which belong to the thoughtful occupation of him who inhabits it, while within we find carpets on the 'floor with artistic de signs, paper on the walls of artistic pattern, hot and cold water and a range, in fact; everything comfortable and attractive. Each succeeding year shows conclusively the building of such homes is on an increase and each year the houses bulIU are more perfect in construction, better designed for comfort, more beautiful in design and economic in arrangement and combine ia rf GROUND PLAN. a nutshell all the salient features of a beautiful and magnificent villa, designed for comfort and convenience. General dimensions Width, through sitting room and dimingroom, 31 feet 6 inches; including veranda, 53 feet.

Height of stories' Cellar, 7 feet 6 inches; first story, 9 feet 6 inches; second story, feet; attic, 7 feet. Exterior materials Foundation, stone; first story, clapboards; second story, gables and roof, shingles. Interior finish Hard white plaster; plaster cornices and centers in parlor, diningroom and sitting room. Double floor in first story, with paper between; finished floors, soft wood. Trim in hali and vestibule, quartered oak.

Main staircase oak. Panel backs under windows in parlor, diningroom and sitting room. Picture moulding in principal rooms and hall, first story. Chair rail in dining room. Bath room and kitchen, wainscoted.

Interior woodwork 6tained to suit owner and finished lu hard oil. Colors Clapboards, seal brown. Trim, including water table, corner boards, cornices, casings, bands, veranda posts andr ails, outside blinds, rain conductors, chocolate. Outside doors finished with hard oil. pompeilan red.

Veranda fltpr and ceiling and' all brickwork oiled. Wall, shingles dipped lit and brash coated with light sienna Btator Bed R. IS" 5" Hot bav TJPPBE STORY Roof shingles dipped in and brush coatefl dark red stain. Accommodation The principal rooms an4 their sizes, closets, are shown by the floor plans. Cellar under the whole house, with inside and outside entrance and concrete floor.

One room finished in attic; space fop two more. Attractive main staircase. Sliding doors connect hall and parlor, diningroom and sitting rooni. Attractive circular bay. in second story.

Cost, $3,400, not including mantels, range or heater. The estimate is based on New York prices for material and labor, in many sections of the country the cost should be less. ELECTRICITY IN THE PYRAMIDS. Lighting the Pyramids of Egypt with electricity and the installaition of a 25.0OO HP. power plant, to cost come $400,000, is a plan now under consideration by the British government As outlined the plan includes the generation of electric power at the Assouan Falls on the Nile River and its transmission a distance ot one hundred miles through the cotton groving districts, where, it is believed the cheap power will permit the building of cotton, factories.

It is planned to use the power to illuminate tho interior corridors of the pyramids and also operate pumping machinery, for Irrigating large areas of desert along, the NUe. Engineering. News. Dining R. kP 'xisH Pcir ior Roof MrtoraSb I Bed TM I Bed.

1 I Bed ,2 I over dusty or muddy roads and through swol len streams, heavy rains and under broiling sun, turned them into veterans, hardy to stand, the shock of the succession of skirm ishes, engagements and battles which were to follow. The skirmish at Falmouth on April IT and IS for possession of Fredericksburg, on the opposite bank of the Rappahannock, first tested their courage. Their camp at MAJOR B. H. TOBDY.

Foitrteenth Resinverot, X. G. X. Y. Cattlett's Station was left behind on the morning of the 15th and after a twenty mile march in heavy marching order, knapsacks were piled on the roadside, the men pushed forward at a rapid rate, each man paired with a cavalryman of the Harris Light, commanded by Judson Kilpatrick as Lieutenant colonel, and grasping a stirrup to keep up with the trot of the horses for four miles.

The Fourteenth supported the cavalry in their attack on the enemy, who retreated, leaving the boys in blus to enter Falmouth with drums heating and colors flying. Captain Mallory carried his enmity to the point of capturing with a detachment, three hundred barrels of flour, secreted on an island in the river, just above Falmouth. Then, in a few days, the column was turned toward the Shenandoah Valley to check the advance of Jackson, but it soon returned to its former posi tion at Fredericksburg. On July 23 came a raid with Kilpatrick's cavalry resulting in the destruction of a cavalry camp of the enemy, also of railroad cars, a large quantity of ammunition and 'the capture of a number of prisoners. Soon a reconnaissance in force, then a forced march to the aid of the main body wliich had fought the battle of Cedar Mountain on August 9.

Crossing Ellis' ford, waist deep in water, cartridge boxes containing ammunition held above heads, twenty miles covered, the halted for the nighc. The march on the 11th can never be forgotten. The sun poured down its fiercest rays as the men toiled along under weight of muskets, ammunition, knapsacks and blankets, with dust ankle deep; clouds filling ears, eyes and mouths. Springs miles apart, muddy water or none at all for the rears of columns, but not a murmur from the Brooklyn men who, footsore and weary, told themselves with courageous hearts, "Our comrades need us." Two incentives a blow in defense of the nation's life and help for the comrade in distress! At last, a resting place after a twenty eight mile march, a bivouac in line of battle; the eaeihj' had retires across tho Rapidan. Then came days of skirmishing, first here, then there, but batteries must be supported; two killed, six wounded, one prisoner.

Then followed Gainesville on the 2Sth, sharp fighting until after dark, enemy's fierce charge gallantly repulsed and driven back into the woods. The night's rest was taken in line of battle, loss slight, Sergeant Farley a prisoner. On the next day was the battle of Groveton and there the Brooklyn men suffered. Colonel Fowler was in front of the line, directing the advance, fhe enemy fighting every inch of ground, but retiring. Suddenly on the left from the woods came a large body of troops supposed to be of Fitz John Porter's command, but not so.

When within a few paces, a murderous enfilading fire, and down went all the men the front line and the brigade, fell back with Colonel Fowler severely wounded, Captains Davy and Mallory mortally so. Lieutenant Colonel DeBevolse took command. Loss, twenty killed, sixty wounded. Sergeant James McLeer, who had been twice wounded at Bull Run, had been brought to ohe ground toy a musket ball which shattered the bone below the knee. Sitting up to take "one more shot" at tne enemy, he received another ball through his left arm.

To day Brigadier General James McLeer, commanding Second Brigade, N. G. N. is a familiar figure to Brooklynites. Three inches of his leg bone are missing.

He walks with difficulty and his coat sleeve is empty. The ranks of the Fighting Fourteenth had grown thinner, but the longed for chance to even things up came on the 14th of September at South Mountain. There the enemy, waiting the fairing back of their own skirmish line before opening fire, the line of battle of the Fourteenth followed its skirmishers so closely that, on striking the enemy's skirmish line, the Fourteenth opened a galling fire on the greatly surprised enemy. as it stood waiting. But not for long.

The i'ourteentn met and repulsed several hot charges of the yelling demons, who were finally driven back with fearful loss. Night came on, an occasional shot, but the weary heroes were sleeping on their arms. Killed, nine, wounded, twenty two, which was 30 per cent, of the men engaged, and the gailant Fighting Fourteenth, which entered the war with upward of 900 men, had dwindled to about 100. Skirmishes along Antietam Creek on the lGth and another night's 6leep, disturbed by firing at intervals on the picket line, came. On the 17th the roar of the enemy's artillery ushered in the dawn.

The morning's toilet consisted of "standing up. In a minute they were holding the field unde. a terrific fire. Out of the 100 eight were killed and twenty three wounded. Captain Myers of Company died of his wounds.

Of the raw recruits received a few days before some got possession of arms against orders and fougnc like veterans. Brooklyn was sending out good material. So ended the battle of Antietam. The enemy driven back across the Potomac, the time for rest and comparative quiet had arrived, except for often changing camp, until the 12th of December, which brought with it the battle of Fredericksburg. Across the Rappahannock on the pontoons and line formed on the southern bank under a heavy artillery fire; at night a bivouac without fires.

On the morning of the 13th a march by the flank of three miles to support the left, under more seveve artillery fire followed by skirmishing and a night disturbed by showers of ennnister shot from the sleepless enemy. During the 14th and lath, supporting a battery of regulars, the work was hot to keep them in possession of their guns. On the n'ight of the 15th a quiet retreat, back across the Rappahannock, leaving many comrades on the field, uselessly sacrificed to a reckless blunder. The men were cheered on the on a march Stoneman's Station by the return of Colonel Fowler, recovered from his wounds received at rfroveton. Returned on the 23d of February, 1SS3.

to camp at Belle Plains: a handsome stand pi silken colors oame from the I sumed command, deferring all extensive military operations until the dry season and spending five months in filling the ranks of the army, in its discipline and instruction, from all of which the Fourteenth gathered full benefit. On April 9 the First Corps under General Reynolds, was reviewed by President Lincoln, complimented the regiment on its neat appearance and excellent marching. The wounds of the Fighting Fourteenth were healed and they were ready for another campaign. This opened with every hope of success and on April 22, in light marching order and with three days' rations, camp was left behind to initiate the demonstration below Fredericksburg with portions of the First and Sixth Corps, while the main body under Hooker crossed the Rappahannock up the river to concentrate at Chauceiiorsville. At 3 A.

on the 23d, in a pouring rain, the canvas boats brought in wagons were put together, launched and pushed for the opposite shore. Anxiety was. the feeling, the enemy being known to have been in strong force a few days before, well posted in rifle pits, on the other shore. But the movement was imperative, regardless of loss. Expecting every moment a withering fire into the crowded boats a landing was made under whispered orders and the rifle pits were charged with no hindering shot.

The enemy had decamped. Thirty miles marched in twenty four hours, the regiment returned to camp and was complimented from corps headquarters on the service performed and on the endurance of the men. On the 2Sth tents struck and wtith eight days' rations the Fourteenth's part in the Chancellorsville campaign commenced in earnest. The next.mom ing at o'clock saw the right wing of the regiment deployed along the river bank as skirmishers, firing briskly in company with artillery fire on both sjdes. Ammunition exhaused, the left wing took its place.

Soon it appeared that the enemy's hot fire was preventing pontoon corps from launching the boats. Genera: Wadsworth called on the Fourteenth. The men of the right wing rolled the boats on trucks to the shore and in chey go with a wild hurrah, enabling the Sixth Wisconsin and1 the Twenty fourth Michigan xo cross the river, storm the enemy's rifle pits, drive them back on their reserves and capture 120 'prisoners. The Fourteenth lost twenty three. Lieutenant Blocmfleld mortally wounded.

Fighting on the southern bank for two days, on May 2, and the river was recrossed and Aie march taken up to the westward and the Rappahannock again crossed, at 3:30 A. twenty miles further up and the main body' joined at Chancellors viiie. On the afternocn of the 4th, the attack of fhe enemy in its front was repulsed to their great loss; bu't after two days' se vere fighting during heavy rains the Four teenth retired with the army back across t'je Rappahannock, with eighteen more wounded, part of an army splendidly equipped and disciplined, but ineffective in the hands of a general incompetent for supreme command. Then followed the dreary days of marching and countermarching, as Hooker was grad ually drawn away from t'ho Rappahannock by Lee's offensive campaign into Pennsyl vania. Meade superceded Hooker.

Finally the regiment reached EmmetsbUrg, cn June 29, and neared Gettysburg, on the folio wing day'. On July 1, within two miles of che town, the sound of artillery struck upon the ear. The column was hurried forward, the men of the Fourteenth loading while on the quick," and in a few minutes the enemy was in sight. A volley from their skirmishers was poured into the line, but they were quickly driven from clieir position in a piece of woods. It was discovered that a large body of the enemy had flanked the line and got on its rear.

The line retired, changed front to the right and with the Sixth Wisconsin. Colonel Fowler leading both regiments, drove the enemy THE with a gallant charge, to seek shelter after a desperate resistence, in a railroad out from Wtiich they were finally driven, and the entire force, consisting of a Mississippi Brigade, threw its arms and battle flags and passed as prisoners to the rear. Five hours more of fighting ensued against overwhelming numbers, the troops failing back, and after passing through the town of Gettysburg, formed a new line on Cemetery Hill. The enemy's batteries hurled shot and s'hell from their position on Seminary Hill. On the following day the regiment was in the second line until dark, when it was sent to reinforce General Greene on the right.

Then followed a most important incident. Marching in the rear of the Union froftt line near the spot to be occupied a volley was received from the darkness. Was it friend or foe. A moment's hesitation In returning the fire. The darkness covered all.

Two of the men of the Fourteenth volunteered to go forward in the face of the fire. They returned, one wounded. It was the enemy. Colonel Fowler commanded "Fire!" Then a charge and the unwelcome intruders took to flight. The remainder of the night was passed in the trenches; when relieved the men returned to their brigade.

On the morning of the 3d they were again detached and ordered to the right in support of General Geary, fighting with him until 5 P. M. The enemy had been repulsed with are the rifle ranges, kitchens, howling alleys, etc. The regiment Is under the command of Lieutenant Colonel A. L.

Kline, and at a recent inspection mustered 603 officers and men. The records show that the commanding officer has served twenty two years and the other commissioned and non comimissioned officers a sufficient length of time to Insure a thorough practical experience in the perform ance of their duties. No one visiting tihe armory ot the Four teenth can fall to be impressed with the sol dierly appearance and bearing of its members and it can be counted upon that should the occasion arise, the regiment will give as good an account of itself fn the future as at any time lu the past and add new laurels to those it now so justly wears. EDWARD EARL BRITTON. AUSTRIA'S DECADENCE.

No Place in the Empire for Great Men, Says Mark Twain. I must take passing notice of another point in the government's measures for maintaining tranquillity. Everybody says it does not like to see any individual attain to commanding influence in the country, since such a man can become a disturber and an inconvenience. "We have as much talent as the other nations," says the citizen, resignedly, and without bitterness, "but for the sake of the general good "of the country we are discouraged from making it over conspicuous; and not only discouraged, but tactfully and skillfully prevented from doing it, if we show too much persistence. Consequently we have no renowned men; in centuries we have seldom produced one that is, seldom allowed one to produce himself.

We can say to day what no other nation of first importance in the family of Christian civilizations can say: That there exists no Austrian wiho has made an enduring name for himself which is familiar all around the globe." From "Stirring Times "in Austria," by Mark Twain in Harper's Magazine for March. THE MAN WITH THE MUSKET. Br H. S. Taxlok.

Soldiers, pass on from ehi stage of renown, This ant hill commotion and strife. Pass by where the marbles and bronzes look down. With their fast frozen gestures of life. On out. to nameless who lie 'neath' the gloom Of the pitying cypress and pine';" Your'man Is the man of the sword and the plume, But the man of the musket is mine.

I knew him! By all that is noble I knew This commonplace hero I name! I've camped with him, marched with him, fought with him, too, In the swirl of the fierce battle flame! Laughed with him, cried with him, taken a part Ot his canteen and blanket ami That the throb of this chivalrous prairie boy's heart Was an answering stroke of my own. I knew him, I tell you! And also I knew. When he fell on the battle swept That the poor, battered body that lay there in blue Was only a plank in the bridge Over which some should pass to a fame That shall shine while the high stars shall shine! Your hero is known by an echoing name, But the man of the musket is mine! I knew him! All through him the good and the had Ran together and equally free; But I judged as I trust Christ will judge the brave lad, For. death made him noble to me! In the cyclone of war, in the battle's eclipse, Life shook out its lingering sands, And he died with the names that he loved on his lips, His musket still grasped in his hands! Up close to the flag my soldier went down, In the salient front of the line. You may take for your heroes the men of renown, But the man of the musket is mine! COLLINS' CONCEIT.

He Gave Glory to the Tomb of Washington. Human conceit was the theme of a little group of men the other day, and one reliable citizen told this remarkable story: "I've known conceited men in my lifetime, hut there is a picture somewhere in this town which illustrates an excess of self approval not often encountered. I have not seen the picture for several years, and would like to show i't in proof ot my stoTy, hut to borrow or steal it would doubtless be impossible. A number ot years ago, when the Mount Vernon Association had been organized to reclaim and preserve the old home of George Washington, this acquaintance of mine Collins by name went on a summer excursion to the national capital. While there he made a trip down the Potomac River to Mount Vernon, and happened to be on the grounds when the Mount Vernon Association was hav ing photographs taken of various points of interest, including the old tomb of Washington, the new tomb, etc.

When the new tomb was photographed, various men of national prominence being in the group standing beside the mausoleum under the fine trees which shade it, Collins, uninvited, by some hook or crook, managed to slip in among the bystanders, and thus became a figure in the photographs. This was bad enough, but the sequel Is worse. He brought the picture home with him and, unless the enraged gods have destroyed it, it still hangs in his parlor along with other monstrosities of bad taste, bearing under the photograph this legend: 'Collins at the Tomb of Washington. Detroit Free Press. SILENT SCORN.

"I thought," said Dawkins, "that you said you didn't much of Bradbury as a pianist, and here' you have taken a box for his recital." "I didn't answered Morley, "a better way to show my contempt for him as a musician than by taking a box and leaving It empty on the eveAiing of his. recital." Harper's Bazar. FOURTEENTH REGIMENT ARMORY. eral Grant reviewed the Fourteenth and having assumed command of all the "armies of the United States" on the 10th March, preparations were made for an early movement against 'Jhe enemy. Soon the Wilderness campaign opened, the Fourteenth leaving Culpepper on May 4, the right wing crossing the Rapidan in the evening after a sixteen mile march, the balance of the regiment getting over during the night.

The morning of the 5th saw the commencement of the terrible Wilderness fight. Captain Gill, acting on the staff off General Wadsworth, who was killed, and Lieutenant Mitchell, on Brigadier General Rice's staff, were taken prisoners. Orders being received at 2:30 A. M. on the 6th for every available man to the front, at 7 A.

M. Colonel Fowler reported to General Warren with 383 officers and men foi duty. From then until late on the 7th there was moving from one position to another until lino of march was taken up for Spottsylvania Court House, arriving at Todd's Tavern a'. 4 o'clock on Sunday morning, the 8th, after a fatiguing march, night intensely dark, roads dreadful and prisoners to he guarded. A short rest and the men went marching on.

Firing in front was soon evidence of a severe action. At 10 A. M. the Fourteenth was engaged at Lauril Hill, exposed to a galling musketry fire. The enemy's artillery set fire to)a farm house near A 4" fr.