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THE WASHINGTON HESALD SUNDAY NOVEMBER 10 1907 I 5 i l < VETERAN OF MANY FIGHTS Capt Thomas Bradley Thornett Washing tons Soldier of Fortune How He and 119 Other Spar tans Charged an Army and Turned an Impend ing Rout Into Victory Saving for England the Great Do main of North- ern India Washingtons cosmopolitan population includes many persons whoso lives have been crowded with events of Importance but It Is provable that very few even In this city in the evening of life and with the eyes of memory review a rvr eventful or career than that which lias been the portion of Thomas Bradley Thornett late captain in the United States army and soma time a soldier to every geographical division save South America and Australia Capt Thornett will be eightyeight years old on February 21 he puts it the day before Goorge Washingtons l th birthday until a few weeks ngo when a severe fall down a flight of stone steps Injured him ho was as erect as in days when as a young dragoon in India he helped to capture the great Kohlnoor diamond which Is now thg chief gem In the diadem of Englands King and of the Emperor of India and when with 138 others h cut his way through an army and helped to win an empire for his mother country Indeed save for a slight stoop and a per- ceptible difficulty in walking he might answer a tall to arms morrow and sit his horse as martial a figure as any other man India the Crimea the west coast of Africa Canada and the United States have In turn been the scenes of his mill tary service He has served at various times in every branch of the military service and has been In command of as many as men at one time He has been thrice decorated by Englands lato Queen for distinguished gallantry under fire holds a medal for the best swords- manship of his day in the Royal Cana dian Rifleg awarded him by Sir William tyre G C B was designated by Gen Stoneman during the civil war as the Prize man of the Harris Light Cavalry for drill swordsmanship and riding and prizes a number of highly laudatory tes timonial from high officers in both the KngHgh and American armies as to his ability and distinction as a soldier Among these More recommendations from Col David Campbell Gen Chauncey Me Keever aad Cot for signal gal lantry on several occasions Only severe wounds received In the service of the I nlon during the early years of the civil war terminated his military career GOIIICH of Military Stock Capt Thornett come of a family which has had a part in th military history of two century and half a dozen countries Born at Wigtown twelve from Glasgow Scotland he was a son of his wife His father WItS an officer in the British fleet at the battle of New Or leans when Andrew Jackson won one of the most decisive battles of war of mother was of the guests at the ball given by the Duchess of Rich mond at Brussels night before the battle of Waterloo and the guns which sounded the Urst deep note of the great Napoleons doom awoke her from the deep sleep following the fatigue of that historic social affair Noble German blood flows In the captains veins for his moth ers mother was born in castle of Mes slngham on the Rhine Incidentally this noble lady would have delighted the heart of President Roosevelt and other foes of race suicide for the captains mother was one of her thirtythree chit drone Capt TlHjrnetta career seems to have been predestined from his earliest years for when he was but two years old he was found astride a gun on a British manofwar A vessel of Admiral Coch rans fleet had been wrecked on the coast near Plymouth and as the future cap tains father was an officer on board the flagship his mother took him to the dock to await the arrival of intelligence as to the safety of the husband and father While they were waiting there with other anxious relatives of the officers and men of the fleet the flagship came Into the harbor and docked and the admiral came ashore to reassure the waiting throng While he was assuring Mrs Thornett that her husband was safe the twoyear old boy toddled off and wandered prob- ably with the help of some friendly Jackie aboard the ship After his wor rim mother had searched everywhere else she sought him on the vessel and found him astride one of the big smooth bore guns surrounded by a group of ad miring tars and oblivious to everything else but his pleasant and appreciative audience Thus did he get his first ex perience of a military life Was Student nt Oxford The elder Thornett and his family hnd removed from their Scottish home to London when the boy was but a few months old and when ho had completed his earlier studies he was sent to the ancient university town of Oxford to complete his education There he formed one of thoso friendships which are per- haps the chief delight of college life and ho and Lord Dudley Ward became chums Having completed his educa tion young Thornott went into tho world to make his fortune and as a railroad superintendent in Ireland and ln mercan- tile life in England ho was In a fair way to make it when financial reverses and a difference with his young wife to whom lie had been married when but twenty three years old caused him to form the sudden resolution to enter the army for service la Inaiu where the English gov- ernment was Just then having serious troublo in the Punjab the northernmost portion of that vast empire with the warlike Sikhs whp have since become the chief ally of their conqueror and were her salvation during the Sepoy re- bellion Thornett the selfexiled was enrolled as a private and assigned to the Third Iight Dragoons tho famous Kings Own Arriving In Calcutta Thornett and his fellowrecruits marched 1173 miles to Join their regiment and then be- gan their part in the groat Punjab They joined at Umballah shortly before the battle of Ramnugger in which tho intrepid Havelock was killed within right of Thornett while pressing a dar- ing cavalry charge beyond the point of safety Battle of Cliillinnrmlln Then came Chilllanwalla in which a lit tK body of 120 men by a charge which IB probably not equaled In military an b can excIting t nextas nd the bare 30001 Puh son miles Thomas Thornett and Elizabeth the 181 His one the cam- paign I p A vt Bradley the L t ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ > ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ < ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ nals turned a disastrous defeat into a glorious victory and saved the great do- main of Northern India to Britain Thor was one of those 120 men and one of the sixty just half of the came back from the swirling valley of blood and death to live through other fights but none nearly so warm or so heroic Capt Thornott thus describes thlsv remarkable battle and the part which he and his comrades played in it On tho morning of the 13th of Jan- uary isis we broke camp and marched- to a short distance from the village of Chllllan where we halted The forces had been already allotted their several positions and the generals were nqw at tho head of their divisions ready to form line of battle The general commanding- the AngloIndian army intended at first making an immediate attack on the enemy but altered his mind on account of the lateness of the day It being then about 2 oclock p m and for another reason that there was a scarcity of water In the neighbourhood he therefore gave orders to the quartermaster general to form the camp when alt of a sudden a body of Sikhs seen Issuing from the Jungle and commencing a cannonade some of balls striking very near the general his staff This challenge was quickly replied to and a dash was made for the onemys outpost which was charged and taken A general engagement was the result The battlefield that Rajah Shere Sing had chosen by a strange coincidence was the same upon which Alexander and King Porus fought 500 years B C It was a complete Jungle com- posed of high bushes very like tho jes and so dense it was Impossible to know the strength or movements of the enemy until you were almost upon them On thtir right flank was a high ridge on which was thr village of Ras soul strongly fortified and protected by ne forcewho as th- an G sa tt e d the- reat mine ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ C apt Thornett Today detp ravines In the rear of these ran the Ghelum or Thydaspes river and it was a remarkable fact that the Anglo Indian army covered as much ground as the English army did at the battle of Waterloo but was still outflanked This was pertly accounted for by the spaces caused by the jungle SIkliN Wreak Grent havoc I was with a squadron of the Third Light Dragoons which formed the body guard of the commanderInchief when the attack commenced but wo woro very soon ordered to join our regiment on the ex treme left of the army Just at this time an aid rode up to General Camp bell and ordered him to take the guns In his front At the same time General Pope received orders to move rapidly forward and attack the enemy Three regiments of cavalry were posted on our right flank with two troops of horse artillery while Infantry with heavy and light artillery fomefl the center and two regiments of cavalry with artillery were posted on our left flank The battle now became furious along the whole line infan- try had great difficulty In making forma tions In tho dense jungle and were at groat disadvantage In not knowing the ground One cavalry regiment on the right was thrown Into confusion by some- one calling out threes about Just as they were upon the enemy causing a dis- astrous retreat not only to themselves but to the artillery In their rear over which they rode and one troop lost all its guns besides the casualties in killed and wounded the Sikh horsemen following close upon the rear of our retreating cav- alry but they were checked bj the ral- lying of two of the fleeing squadrons Our canter met a similar fate but more destructive in loss Of life General Pennywick was in command of the divis- ion and his orders to the men were not to fire a shot but take the battery of guns at the point of the bayonet the same as they did of yore In the The consequence was a brigade charged up an incline through the Jungle and came onto tho guns posted on the high ground and took them In doing so- up rose a Sikh regiment from ambush and fired deadly volleys Into these brave men and their cavalry dashed Into the flanks of the brigade almost annihilating it One British regiment lost thirteen officers and 500 men killed and wounded and the remainder of the brigade suffered fearfully Prodigies of Valor General Campbells and General Glb berts divisions were doing prodigies of valor Often the regiments under their command hud to fight back to back the front and rear rank blazing away at the same time taking and spiking guns which were retaken not having been effectually spiked and were fired at us again Our right had been turned and the center broken which placed them both on the defensive To make matters worse Shereslng and Otterslng were con centrating some twenty thousand men with artillery to attack and turn our left In order to get in the rear of our army As I before stated the left flank was guarded by two regiments of cavalry with a complement of infantry and guns but was rather weak as three squadrons of the Third Dragoons had been ordered away to support the center The enemy outflanked us and won advancing so that our left had to be thrown back Every moment matters became more critical and threatening when General Sir Joseph Thackwell ordered the Fifth Bengal Cav- alry to charge supported by the remain ing squadron of the Third Light Dra goons The Fifth dashed into the jungle hut was assailed by such a storm of bullets that they could not stand and retreated Many of their officers were wounded in endeavoring to stop the men but to no purpose This unforeseen retro- grade movement did not deter Captain Unett and his squadron of the Third of Our Penin- sula p ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ which I was a member The order given was Trumpeter sound walk trot gal- lop three cheers for the Queen charge and in went that gallant one hundred and twenty men Squadron ChnrfjcK an Army The Sikh cavalry was drawn up In front to receive the charge with infantry and guns on each flank but nothing daunted the one squadron of the Third rode through their cavalry like a wedge paying no attention to the heavy firing on their flanks although it had dropped a score out of their saddles Onward went tho remainder of the squadron never drawing rein until they had gone clear through the right of the Sikh army Capt Unott now found his men scat tered but ordered them to cut their way back The two armies seemed partially- to cease firing expecting the total anni hilation of those brave men and the con- sequent advance of Share Sings forces But when everything was at its greatest tension the remnant of the squadron was seen cutting their way and eventually joined the army covered with glory with the loss of two officers and sixty men killed or wounded and on the authority- of Gen Sir Richard tile charge of the COO at Balaklava was nothing com- pared to this of CMC squadron of the Third Kings Own Light at This charge the Sikhs it was getting dark the battle ended with now and then a shot Of defiance on either Lord Cough was very to draw his army away from the field of battle for he know full well that all the wound ed would be slain but he had no alter native1 therefore the recall was sounded Many of the wounded got away with the aid of others tho cavalry especially dis mounting The loss of the AngloIndian Airy Dragons ala side ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ It Thornett- As A captain r l I r 1 ra army In this battle was rightysix of- ficers and 2700 men or wounded with two sets of six guns in the short space of two hours and thirty Saved I ml hi to Britain The battle of Cnttlianwalla will be re- membered for the supremacy of the British in India a fearful shock the partial army What might have happened it Is hare to con- jecture but for the timely charge of the heroic band of 130 Sparpns belonging to the Third Kings Own Light kit minute r eve b Thomas tats ar y Dragoons ¬ ¬ ¬ as there was hardly any force to rail back upon between Chilifanwalla and Cal- cutta The troops had not ar- rived then the Rajah of Cash- mere with Ills large army who might have assisted Sberesing Had he done so the army under Gen Lord Gough would have been not taking into consideration the loyalty of the Sepoys All night long the jackals could be howling and the feeling In camp knowing they were devour- ing the killed and wounded The misty morn broke and a detachment was or- dered out to bring in the wounded to hos- pital and bury the dead There they lay where they had fallen In heaps a ghastly of the poor fellows with their arms raisejl as if to ward off the blows After performing the obsequies the men raised mounds from which could be seen the Sikh army and a battery was erected opposite tho enenys The army now continued to occupy the ground where we encamped after the bat- tle and was kept at work throwing up entrenchments and reconnoitering the Sikh position Bnttle of Goofernt About the middle of February tho Bombay army Joined us On the 30th it was rumored that the enemy had stolen a march on us and evacuated their posi tion In out front On the 21st we broke camp In pursuit and marched to Googerat where we found the Sikhs drawn up to give battle Orders were given for the Sixtieth Rifles to deploy as skirmishers when the enemy opened a cannonade along his whole line This continued on both sides for some tlmo before tho In- fantry deployed for closer action and the battle became general and lasted until 2 p m when the enemy retreat Then a simultaneous was along our whole line and the of Googerat was won About 5000 cav- alry and twenty guns pursued the fly- Ing Sikhs and on passing the comman derlnchlef he his helmet closed his telescope That Is the way to beat them The line of retreat taken by the ene- my was difficult to follow as a number of deep ravines had to be crossed and the guns had to be drawn through them by the dismounted cavalry The pur- suit was kept up until dark when we returned to camp after being eighteen hours in the saddle The enemys Idss must have been terrific as we were cut ting and shooting them down for hours sparing none as the soldiers bore In mind the cruel massacre of their wounded core rades at ChllHanwalla The next day Gen Sir Walter Gilbert was sent with his division after the remnant of the Sikh army and after forced marches he came up with them when they agreed to an unconditional surrender and their army filed back through our lines Spoils for the Victors iThe campaign was now virtually end ed and the annexation or the Punjab- to Great Britain was determined upon and the order to that effect was mulgated Previous to this Mooltan with its fortress and its dependencies- had been captured by the Bombay army with an immense quantity of stores am- munition guns and other valuables with mint coatainlngr gold coins Bomb dome herd sightsome beg mae raise pro thE asa ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ of great value In addition the mer chants gave several pillions of rupees to prevent the town being The on Joining our load gold offering a gold mohur for a little arrack The Kohlnoor diamond was one of the taken and was afterward presented to the Queen of England The army marched back Into their several cantonments and each officer and man was given six months batta equal to six months pay As soon as the money was paid the canteens were thrown open for several days and leave was given to the men for that period After the activity of the campaign bar racks life became unendurable and I paid 30 the purchase money for my discharge Enters Civil Life Attain Sailing for England exCorporal Thor nett accepted a position as collector of goods on an Irish railroad and was once moro a civilian for four Then the war in the Crimea broke out as a result of Russias attempt to bully the Sick Man and Thornott offered his serv- ices to tho secretary of war and was given a commission In the Engineers as brigade quartermaster Arriving in the he was put In charge of the trans- portation of supplies for Gen Vivians brigade which consisted of a body of French cavalry a Highland regiment and about 30000 Turkish and Tartar troops The brigade headquarters were at Kertch a health resort midway between the straits of Kortch and the Sea of Azof Again ancient history made the region famous for within a mile was the tomb of Mithradates and other ancient royal tombs were scattered in tho vicinity Quartermaster Thornett was put In command of a wagon train to forage on the Arrarat road as far as what was known as the Spanish farm and on there was ordered to take com mand of a large body of troops and along the front of the formid- able Cossacks of the Don who were present In force He wus Instructed to avoid provoking a general engagement but to develop the strength of the enemy and he performed this delicate duty with such success as to elicit the personal commendation of the general and to assure the mention of his services in general orders It was then as it would be today for a quartermaster to be placed in com of a brigade especially In front of and the honor thus bestowed upon him the regard In which his by his superior officers My brother officers remarks Capt Thornett in his whimsical way thinking to jolly me said I a lucky fellow to be promoted to brigadier general and- I No but I should have been allowed to come in contact with tho Cossacks Next Sent o Africa The war ended soon after this incident and Thornett and his wagon train were sent home by way of Malta and through France Having surrendered his com- mission la this service and failing to get a barrackmaatershlp through a misunderstanding of his desire he was given commission as ensign in the Gokl Coast Artillery and sent to the of Africa where however as the were quiet there was little to fight save wild and the deadly fever On one Ensign was sent out with 100 men to lieutenant who was stationed in the In trior and arrived only to find that the officer and his entire family had fallen victim to the deadly climate of the Jun gle Desiring an exchange from this un- healthy post Thoraatt to the War Office for it and of the Influence of Sir John Burgoyne whose attention had been drawn to the young officer by his services in the Crimea he was given precedence on the exchange lists even over officers who had won the Victoria Cross and was trans- ferred to the Canadian Rules as lieutenant Shortly alter arriving at Toronto he was made adjutant to six companies of the Rifles at Kingston He was put in command of the guard of honor sacked soldier arm mad Indicate was rEtorted st- oat best Tnt I Apple Roy gems years field ar- riving re- connoiter command- ing unisual a ¬ ¬ > ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ < ¬ ¬ ¬ SUNDAY MORNING CHAT At the impressive service held at the First Congregational Church Tues- day evening when Dr Samuel Wood- row was formally installed as pastor Rev Dr Oliver Huckei of Baltimore de- livered the charge to the people In his address he spoke of the historic place this Washington church holds In Con- gregationalism calling attention to the fact that outside of New England where it had its origin denomination for years progressed very little being con- tent to settle down and stay there It was tho organization of the First Con- gregational Church in this city just at the close of the war that Inspired a for ward movement in the denomination through which broader fields have been entered and Congregational churches have been In all sections of tho Even the South once thought to be Quite outside of its domain has been successfully entered Dr Rachel said that nc church In the denomination Is watched with so much interest by alt the others as Is the First Congregational- of Washington and that the prominent position it in the spiritual and In- tellectual the Nations Capital Is a matter of great pride to Its member ship He spoke of Dr Newman the former pastor who with the mind of a statesman and the heart of a saint had done much In making the church what it Is today and congratulated the con gregation on having secured as his suc cessor one so well fitted to carry the good work forward as is Dr Woodrow The Mount Pleasant Congregational Church celebrated Its twentyfirst anni versary last Sunday and the pastor Rev M Ross Flshburn preached an earnest Inspiring sermon appropriate to the day his subject being The chief corner- stone He said among other From the outset Christ our leader He It was who united In covenant fellowship those nineteen earnest lives twentyone years ago He it was who the purchase and equipment for church of the han on Howard avenue was who led us to the spot where this structure stands and bade us build for his His kingdoms sake He It Is who now leads us In the ways of service not only In our own community but In many lands whither our gifts are John W Chlckertng a pioneer among Congregatlonalists In the District offered the opening prayer The offertory solo Handels I Know That My Redeemer Liveth was beautifully rendered by Miss Mount Pleasant Congregational Church was organized Just nineteen mem bers November The first were held in a modest frame struc which stood on Howard avenue now Newton street The first pastor Rev Charles H Small rendered devoted serv- ice and when Rev Dr Flshburn was called as his successor In 1894 he found- a flourishing membership of 124 In 1S3S the congregation moved to Columbia road between Fourteenth and Fifteenth streets Here the present church had been erected In provision being made for its en more room should be lat he organize hold thing purpose sent f cant Francesca wit Ser Ice part laT nt hen di- rected ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ when the Prince of now Edward VII visited that after this when Prince Arthur of Connaught visited there Lieut Thornett was those Invited to dine with the royal that dinner he sat between the daugh- ter of the Governor General and time Speaker of the Houso of Commons He Union Army Lieutenant Thornett however was more anxious for active service than for the easy life of military routine and social diversion which he was lendIng and when the American consul informed him thai he could secure a commission in the Unit- ed army he sent in lila papers and commission He went to New York armed with letters from prominent American residents In Montreal to Gen- eral Kearney and others of influence in circles and meeting Col Viele in that city was offered and accepted the post of adjutant in that officers regiment with the rank of captain This force was known as the Union Guards But Capt Thornett was not destined to see service In this command for in a few days he was made captain of cavalry by telegraph from the War Department and was assigned to command a troop then forming at Hartford Conn which with another troop commanded by a Captain Mallory formed the First squadron Con- necticut Cavalry These troops were sent to Camp Scarsdale and placed under com- mand of Gen Viele who had been pro- moted to that rank Here Capt Thornett performed the duties of adjutant to Viele until his squadron was merged in the Harris Light Cavalry and ordered to Washington Trick of Volunteer Engineer Reaching Harrisburg it was further progress was barred the Inability of the railroad to find an engineer who would take a Federal train through Maryland One of the troopers however volunteered to perform the ser- vice but proved to be a Southern sym- pathizer and detaching the engine left the train and its occupants stalled on the at Cockeysville Md after derailing In the wreck thus caused two inen were killed and several wounded and several horses were also killed One of men killed a Sorgt Lyon was a nephew or Gen Lyon who was the first Union general killed in the war GeL afterward Gen Kllpatrick was en the train and was talking with CapL Thor nett when the wreck occurred The trip however was resumed when another engine and a new engineer had been secured and reaching Washington Capt Thornetts camped along the Bladensburg road the horses were received and Capt owing to his experience was made of for the regiment and prevented tractors front palming off several that wore unfit for this arduous servicE for which they were Intended White camp the Harris Light Cavalry and nine other regiments were inspected by Gen Mc Ctelian after which Thornetts regiment was ordered scions the Potomac to Ar ItoKton Heights where it enean ped near time Lee mansion Wounded In Civil Mrnr Capt Thornett in addition to serving hi the Harris Light Cavalry was captain in the Seventh U S Cavalry and the Sec- ond New York Cavalry He was during the seven days Richmond said fought gallantly in several other battles on occasion saving a troop of cavalry from annihilation hy carrying orders wider lire He was so badly wounded at the Battle of White Oak swamp in 1SK as Us compelled- to leave the service and then took up his residence in Washington where he has lived Cnpt misunderstanding with his hUnt to take sol- diering as a profession was adjusted upon his return after the campaign in the Pun- jab and she accompanied him to Amer- ica They had several children before she a few years ago some of whom now in this city One son was killed in military service la British Bur mah and another was a member of the Canadian Rifles There are several grand- sons and it need not be surprising if la some future war of this countrys a Thornett inheriting the martial spirit of three generations of fighters should dis- tinguish himself Wale t- At Enters State Phi Cod tat trek the tore re rot hrs 1 pet Torts up die s Th lighthi oe t since ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ needed The contiaiml of new members brought about in the course a few years whoa extensive im- provements wore made anti a large audi- torium was added making the completed edMce one of the most perfectly equipped and most commodious in the city In 1991 the church was dedicated Prof Stevens of Yale Divinity school preached the sermon President Roosevelt was also present sharing in the ceremony of con- secration Without overlooking the spiritual inter- est of the church attention is given to material requirements as well a gymna- sium audi features among Its branches Dr Fishburn was not a stranger to Washlngtonlans when in 14 he ac- cepted the call to Mount Pleasant Church as for two years before that time he was assistant pester of the First Congre- gational He Is not only alma to the needs of his own church but Is always ready to aid every good work in the District On several occasions his de- nomination has shown the appreciation In which he Is held he having served as scribe of the Washington Ministerial Association and moderator of both the Washington Conference and the New Jersey Association His popularity among the members of his church is proverbial- in Washington Dr Fishburn is one of the preachers who hRs In his congrega- tions a large percentage of men The missionary mass meeting at which it was estimated there were 6000 persons was one of the memorable events of the great Episcopal convention held In Rlch mmond Va Bishop Alfred Magill Ran- dolph Bishop of Southern Virginia and the Bishop of London were the speakers Both delivered notable addresses along historic lines The Bishop of London had with him many original documents brought from Fulham Palace relating to Virginias early history He showed a number of these during the course of his address one being the original commis- sion from King George II to the Bishop of London giving him spiritual juris- diction over Jamestown Va and a large part of the Western World Among the very Interesting things said by Bishop Ingram was the following The Church of England the same which planted the church in America came to England within 200 years after the birth of Christ Long before St Augustine came or Miletus whose suc- cessor I am came the church was there Do you doubt It Why I have over the documents to prove it You must be wary how you dispute with the man who has to the muniment room of can go back to the year 315 There have been no breaks In the records save during the time of the and there was no break in the the Bishop of London save during Cromwells time Rummaging in the room though I really do not know all it contains I found a rare old docu- ment bearing the signature and seal of Cromwell appointing an old Presbyte- rian colonel to be governor of Rhode Island I thought It would Interest him and so I brought It over and gave it to Mr Roosevelt The church made Eng- land a nation Long before the t rep bong brought acc Dane Hone ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ Midnight Lectures LECTURE NO 13 Marias Whod take you autemobillng Job You cant tail me that Look t the timejl You promised to be home early and hero It Is near 1 oclock What The carburetter got entangled with the torneau I dont believe a word of It And anyhow you know flint I dont know what a carburetter is here Ive been sitting up and waiting knit waiting for you to come and ten me as you always do on Saturday nights the news of the week I want to know something about alt these poll tics and tie elections and so on The children Theyre been asleep tot hours I had the hardest sort of a time with Emily tonight I her in to take her Saturday bath her self and when I went In I found her her nails with year tooth just as I was scolding her she slipped on the soap and fell down bumping her head on the Lit tie Haley screamed and Brolly wallowed a lot of water Its lucky it wasnt ftr the lye might have hurt her iaetdes As It is I dont think shell eat much breakfast in the morntog and thats lucky the price of victuals up as high Say Job I see theyre going p give another dinner to Mr Bryan aw fully curious to know whether theyll serve cocktails at the banquet If they do that may be the one thing tharn kilt Mr Bryans Presidential talking about polities I see that wouldnt have Mr Burton for mayor and people are saying that thfe that Mr Roosevelt isnt as pope be was No wonder It took him two weeks to kill one little bear If a tunas to be a hero hes got to be the time Even Mr Hobson and John Wesley Gaines hVt so munch of heroes nowadays The papers say that London te glad that Mr Hearst ws beaten in New If that makes the Londoners they must have bad a good time over since Mr Hearst got Into poMUcs that is except that time he woo elected to Congress Poor Mr Hepxst Im reel sorry for him that is I would be If he so much money to spend And talking shoot politics I wonder why it woo that President went flow to Oyster Bay Just to vote over a Chinese laundry Do you suppose he oM It just to emphasize his longing for a elena ballot I dont see why he cvoMnt have sent his vote hy mall Theyr advocating a parcels punt nowadays and no matter how heavy the votes were the malls could carry em Did you soc Job where the judge let those Yale students go who were arrested for cheering Dixfe ae K a Than a right to cheer anything be I remember when Sarah Seagriras husband she married a Englishman you know went to a Fourth of July meeting at Broad Rtpnte and they played My Country Tin of Thee and John Seagrhn he cheered and applauded and WhOa they naked him to stag it he sang God Sve Oar Gracious King and somebody hk him with a beer keg He came home m a dreadful ness He had one eye aH black sad blue and his none had Wed all over his new suit I think k was shame Poor Sarah was so mortified She took her hosfeaad down and had him naturalized the next day It ws a good move for John cause he got 2 for voting tile Democratic ticket next foil I see that General Elliotts been talk- ing about time difficulty of men fur the service And no wonder If say one aa improbable story hes toW to go and tell It to time marines Just as if they bed to ttstea to things I believe that time ma- rines are takers do you Why dont they make some of time members of the Annantas taUnt itd do em good I dont know what the worlds coming to Job Heres a famous doctor says that before long all human beings will he legless isnt that awful Last week I was you about ft OMUI who hail InveRted a secret pocket for trousers anti now it seems there wont any need for trousers I dont know how you menU get along then wont have any chance to kick about things I cant see that If what he says comes to pest that itll be such a misfortune only I wish it had have Happened before our times then we wouldnt have had to worry so much about buying shoes There was Jane Dabneys cousin Mttt Tot tenbury who had his leg cut off a sawmill at Bloomfield He thought it was a sad misfortune at flrst hut he soon found out that be only had to wear out one shoe at a time found a man In Davis County whod wet We loft leg it was the right that Milt had cut so they formed a shoe partnership and one would wear right and the other loft of a pair shoes Only thing was that Milt wore number tens and the other man hed been bitten in the leg by a horse and bad to have it eights They used to take turn and turn about in buying shoes so for six months Milt would have to wear a tight shoe that made corns and the other six months the other man would have to wear a shoo that just wriggled on his foot But It was economy anyway Whats that Job Youre sleepy Thats what comes of riding In automo- biles I wish you were like that boy Ive been reading about tonight willie you was out gallivanting around Hes got some m w sort of disease that minks him keep his eyes wide open and he hasnt been to sleep for two weeks If youd get that Job there might be some pleasure in living with you you old sleepyhead- It does seem Job as if these herd times about money had caused a let of Commons assembled In Wes n Chapter House the church had a pr llament Bishop Randolphs address said One present was a masterpiece He pointed out the power of education travel and commerce under conditions that exist today to spread the gospel spirit sey ing that it Is this spirit which bridges the gulf of hatred prejudice and between nations and be tween sister communities of common blood and common heritage that it is this spiritual force which overcomes the divisions between the various ccleclas tical organizations of the Christian world Bishop Randolph concluded with these eloquent words Whatever may be our name church- men as we call ourselves or Methodists cf Presbyterians or Baptists if I should announce the hymn Rock of ages cleft tor me let me bide myself In Thee or set subbing jut sPY wit And sows oRg York dint hot m- la dot 1 Glob telling be lit H oftand amputatedwore tar mIs- understanding And m boom have Roosevelt a recruiting tier C ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ 1 of trouble I see now that the govern marfts teeued a lot of new moneynot that FT seen any of it knows ant see any mtmey on which theyve left eff flie words T We Trust aad the Christian societies are complain Iftg and want the words put back on I never did hold with the mixing of money with religion anyway By the by I ee that the telegraphers strike is called ole I hardly knew it was on Hd you Job Mrs Miggtae was telling me he sent a telegraph to her husband in Philadelphia last week and it got t him in about twentyfive hours Thats about their usual time so It there strike I dont see that it affected the companies much You always could get a telegram to New York almost as quick as a letter Theres some scientist not Dr Wiley says that man cant live on onions alone I should think not leastways I shouldnt want you to try it Job I wish as matter of fact that when you go to those freelunch counters youd leave the onions alone entirely They only make you sleepy sos yoc cant talk to me when you come home Do you ever reed those nice articles by Beatrice Fairfax I was reading one which she advises girls never to marry just to reform a man I call that sensible advice I know that hasnt reformed you much Job though heaven knows TV bon patient enough with you I tell you what be- tween the ton Ws whisky and women the meall take the whisky every time And when they throw m free lunch the handicaps all the stronger thats the reason theres so many oM maids Im glad to see that at the elections th temperance votes growing What this country needs is to take the fee away for marriage licensee and put it on heavier for liquor licenses then there wont be so much talk 0 race suicide Are you in on tide demonstration that labors getting up m Washington Job I suppose you wilt he anything thatll give you a chaste for another holiday I suppose that menus youll spend the day spending mooney instead of making some Wen you neednt come and try and borrow from me I havent paid for little Haleys shoes yet I see there wc a lecture advertised on The problem of the imperfect I do wish youd leave gone Jolt you might have out what was the matter with yourself Some one ought to tell you I cant I was so tickled to road UM other day that some one lies discovered that the prettiest women are the stupWist I never claimed to he a beauty Job you know that and no ever called me pretty Why when you was a eouTtlng me the best you could find to pratee about me was my good sense and I lemon that constant association with you hasnt suede me any better looking Its fine to know that there are susie compensations m this world cheek this sdeatlst man proves to you that rio got some braise la my head one thing and that is those improving talks 0 yours OR Saturday night have helped me a lot I understand things so muck better now Say Job did you see where a negro wag arrested down South for killing dogs and selling them to people for mutton Isnt it dreadful IH never be to eat spring leach and mint saucri again I dont see Bow people eouM have mistaken it unless it was a shepherd dog he killed Isnt it funny now life gets more dangerous all the white Job Weve no sooner used to dodging automobiles than here we find a new difficulty in having to dodge the sandbags that people drop from baaooas and airships Sometimes you know they get in a hurry and forget to cut the hag before they throw the sand out sad a bag dropping from a mile or up in the air h likely to hurt any one I dont see Wily they cast fee water for ballast and Just tWIt OR the faucet and let it run out That way they might irrigate country as they go along That would make ballooning popular sport in Arizona They might offer bonuses for the balloons dropping the most water Say wasnt that fine about Hehtzes son the pickle man you know marrying a poor nurse who nursed him white be was sick That is she nursed him all right She wasnt a poor nurse she was a good nurse but she was poor and so he married her When I was a girl I always had an ambition to he a Florence Nightingale but I dont suppose any rallHonalresd have got sick if I had been do you Job Please dont go to sleep yet Look dear I havent told you any of the foreign news yet I want to know if you think Its true that the Chinese Emperor Is getting as say tie I guess hes never been very strong since the Dow ager got hold of him And they say the Kaisers sick too and wont be able to go over to England Over in Japan the Mikado is said to be not very well but I guess thats because too much birthday celebration re- cently Hes fifty years old you know- I wonder if Mr Taft was invited to the birthday dinner I see that as soon as Mr Taft heard about the election in Cleveland he told time Filipinos that be was coming back to the Philippines in two years as a private citizen looks like he was giving up hope doesnt it What that Uttte Haley calling Job Get up and go and see whats the matter Job Are you asleep already Laws I wish I could sleep like that Now Emily you neednt chime In Your fathers asleep wont come to you and my rheumatlz is so bad A drink of water The soap has made you thirsty Well now Emily get up and get It yourself I cant find my slippers In time cross of Christ I glory towering oer the wrecks of time you would One and all lead your voices and your hearts to swell the harmony as the voices or ninny waters And this seme principle which you see ituetrated here has in It under Christ the premise and potency of the peace of the world when the na- tions of the earth shall walk In the light forever The Salvation Army fer some time after It came into existence bad no name and one was finally given to It in this way A bill advertising one of the services bad been printed which called the workers at Rugby the Halle lujh Army In preparing a new clrcu kin for another meeting one of the sec- retaries changed this name to the Vol unteer Army Gen Booth seeing the name after a moments thought took a pen and crossing out the word volun teer substituted salvation And Sal nation Army it has been ever since QU- a a lit mar- riage sot even U I have got a aisle 8ft my Of eetttH I give you credit for able the a they Is defi- nite l f law God und aicd Job hers 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How He and 119 Other Spartans Charged an Armyand Turned an Impending Rout Into VictorySaving forEnglandthe Great Domain of North-

ern India

Washingtons cosmopolitan populationincludes many persons whoso lives havebeen crowded with events of Importancebut It Is provable that very few even Inthis city in the evening of lifeand with the eyes of memory review arvr eventful or career thanthat which lias been the portion ofThomas Bradley Thornett late captain inthe United States army and soma time asoldier to every geographical divisionsave South America and Australia

Capt Thornett will be eightyeight yearsold on February 21 he puts it

the day before Goorge Washingtonsl th birthday until a few weeksngo when a severe fall down a flight ofstone steps Injured him ho was as erectas in days when as a young dragoonin India he helped to capture the greatKohlnoor diamond which Is now thgchief gem In the diadem of EnglandsKing and of the Emperor of India andwhen with 138 others h cut his waythrough an army and helped to win anempire for his mother country Indeedsave for a slight stoop and a per-ceptible difficulty in walking he mightanswer a tall to arms morrow andsit his horse as martial a figure as anyother man

India the Crimea the west coast ofAfrica Canada and the United Stateshave In turn been the scenes of his milltary service He has served at varioustimes in every branch of the militaryservice and has been In command of asmany as men at one time He hasbeen thrice decorated by Englands latoQueen for distinguished gallantry underfire holds a medal for the best swords-manship of his day in the Royal Canadian Rifleg awarded him by Sir Williamtyre G C B was designated by GenStoneman during the civil war as thePrize man of the Harris Light Cavalryfor drill swordsmanship and riding andprizes a number of highly laudatory testimonial from high officers in both theKngHgh and American armies as to hisability and distinction as a soldierAmong these More recommendations fromCol David Campbell Gen Chauncey MeKeever aad Cot for signal gallantry on several occasions Only severewounds received In the service of theI nlon during the early years of the civilwar terminated his military career

GOIIICH of Military StockCapt Thornett come of a family whichhas had a part in th military history oftwo century and half a dozen countriesBorn at Wigtown twelve fromGlasgow Scotland he was a son of

his wife His father WItS an officer in theBritish fleet at the battle of New Orleans when Andrew Jackson won one ofthe most decisive battles of war ofmother was of the guestsat the ball given by the Duchess of Rich

mond at Brussels night before thebattle of Waterloo and the guns whichsounded the Urst deep note of the greatNapoleons doom awoke her from thedeep sleep following the fatigue of thathistoric social affair Noble German bloodflows In the captains veins for his mothers mother was born in castle of Messlngham on the Rhine Incidentally thisnoble lady would have delighted theheart of President Roosevelt and otherfoes of race suicide for the captainsmother was one of her thirtythree chitdrone

Capt TlHjrnetta career seems to havebeen predestined from his earliest yearsfor when he was but two years old hewas found astride a gun on a Britishmanofwar A vessel of Admiral Cochrans fleet had been wrecked on the coastnear Plymouth and as the future captains father was an officer on board theflagship his mother took him to the dockto await the arrival of intelligence as tothe safety of the husband and fatherWhile they were waiting there with otheranxious relatives of the officers and menof the fleet the flagship came Into theharbor and docked and the admiral cameashore to reassure the waiting throngWhile he was assuring Mrs Thornettthat her husband was safe the twoyearold boy toddled off and wandered prob-ably with the help of some friendlyJackie aboard the ship After his wor

rim mother had searched everywhereelse she sought him on the vessel andfound him astride one of the big smoothbore guns surrounded by a group of admiring tars and oblivious to everythingelse but his pleasant and appreciativeaudience Thus did he get his first experience of a military life

Was Student nt OxfordThe elder Thornett and his family hnd

removed from their Scottish home toLondon when the boy was but a fewmonths old and when ho had completedhis earlier studies he was sent to theancient university town of Oxford tocomplete his education There he formedone of thoso friendships which are per-haps the chief delight of college life andho and Lord Dudley Ward became

chums Having completed his education young Thornott went into tho worldto make his fortune and as a railroadsuperintendent in Ireland and ln mercan-tile life in England ho was In a fair wayto make it when financial reverses and adifference with his young wife to whomlie had been married when but twentythree years old caused him to form thesudden resolution to enter the army forservice la Inaiu where the English gov-ernment was Just then having serioustroublo in the Punjab the northernmostportion of that vast empire with thewarlike Sikhs whp have since becomethe chief ally of their conqueror andwere her salvation during the Sepoy re-bellion

Thornett the selfexiled was enrolledas a private and assigned to the ThirdIight Dragoons tho famous KingsOwn Arriving In Calcutta Thornettand his fellowrecruits marched 1173miles to Join their regiment and then be-gan their part in the groat Punjab

They joined at Umballah shortlybefore the battle of Ramnugger in whichtho intrepid Havelock was killed withinright of Thornett while pressing a dar-ing cavalry charge beyond the point ofsafety

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nals turned a disastrous defeat into aglorious victory and saved the great do-

main of Northern India to Britain Thorwas one of those 120 men and one

of the sixty just half of thecame back from the swirling valley ofblood and death to live through otherfights but none nearly so warm or soheroic Capt Thornott thus describesthlsv remarkable battle and the partwhich he and his comrades played in it

On tho morning of the 13th of Jan-uary isis we broke camp and marched-to a short distance from the village ofChllllan where we halted The forceshad been already allotted their severalpositions and the generals were nqw attho head of their divisions ready to formline of battle The general commanding-the AngloIndian army intended at firstmaking an immediate attack on the enemybut altered his mind on account of thelateness of the day It being then about2 oclock p m and for another reasonthat there was a scarcity of water In theneighbourhood he therefore gave ordersto the quartermaster general to form thecamp when alt of a sudden a body ofSikhs seen Issuing from the Jungleand commencing a cannonade some of

balls striking very near the generalhis staff This challenge was quickly

replied to and a dash was made for theonemys outpost which was charged andtaken A general engagement was theresult

The battlefield that Rajah Shere Singhad chosen by a strange coincidencewas the same upon which Alexander

and King Porus fought 500 yearsB C It was a complete Jungle com-posed of high bushes very like tho jes

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detp ravines In the rear of these ranthe Ghelum or Thydaspes river and itwas a remarkable fact that the AngloIndian army covered as much ground asthe English army did at the battle ofWaterloo but was still outflanked Thiswas pertly accounted for by the spacescaused by the jungle

SIkliN Wreak Grent havocI was with a squadron of the Third

Light Dragoons which formed the bodyguard of the commanderInchief when theattack commenced but wo woro very soonordered to join our regiment on the extreme left of the army Just at thistime an aid rode up to General Campbell and ordered him to take the guns Inhis front At the same time General Popereceived orders to move rapidly forwardand attack the enemy Three regimentsof cavalry were posted on our right flankwith two troops of horse artillery whileInfantry with heavy and light artilleryfomefl the center and two regiments ofcavalry with artillery were posted onour left flank The battle now becamefurious along the whole line infan-try had great difficulty In making formations In tho dense jungle and were atgroat disadvantage In not knowing theground One cavalry regiment on theright was thrown Into confusion by some-one calling out threes about Just asthey were upon the enemy causing a dis-astrous retreat not only to themselvesbut to the artillery In their rear overwhich they rode and one troop lost all itsguns besides the casualties in killed andwounded the Sikh horsemen followingclose upon the rear of our retreating cav-alry but they were checked bj the ral-lying of two of the fleeing squadrons

Our canter met a similar fate butmore destructive in loss Of life GeneralPennywick was in command of the divis-ion and his orders to the men were notto fire a shot but take the battery ofguns at the point of the bayonet thesame as they did of yore In the

The consequence was a brigadecharged up an incline through the Jungleand came onto tho guns posted on thehigh ground and took them In doing so-up rose a Sikh regiment from ambushand fired deadly volleys Into these bravemen and their cavalry dashed Into theflanks of the brigade almost annihilatingit One British regiment lost thirteenofficers and 500 men killed and woundedand the remainder of the brigade sufferedfearfully

Prodigies of ValorGeneral Campbells and General Glb

berts divisions were doing prodigies ofvalor Often the regiments under theircommand hud to fight back to back thefront and rear rank blazing away at thesame time taking and spiking gunswhich were retaken not having beeneffectually spiked and were fired at usagain Our right had been turned andthe center broken which placed themboth on the defensive To make mattersworse Shereslng and Otterslng were concentrating some twenty thousand menwith artillery to attack and turn our leftIn order to get in the rear of our armyAs I before stated the left flank wasguarded by two regiments of cavalrywith a complement of infantry and gunsbut was rather weak as three squadronsof the Third Dragoons had been orderedaway to support the center The enemyoutflanked us and won advancing so thatour left had to be thrown back Everymoment matters became more critical andthreatening when General Sir JosephThackwell ordered the Fifth Bengal Cav-alry to charge supported by the remaining squadron of the Third Light Dragoons The Fifth dashed into the junglehut was assailed by such a storm ofbullets that they could not stand andretreated Many of their officers werewounded in endeavoring to stop the menbut to no purpose This unforeseen retro-grade movement did not deter CaptainUnett and his squadron of the Third of

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which I was a member The order givenwas Trumpeter sound walk trot gal-lop three cheers for the Queen chargeand in went that gallant one hundred andtwenty men

Squadron ChnrfjcK an ArmyThe Sikh cavalry was drawn up In

front to receive the charge with infantryand guns on each flank but nothingdaunted the one squadron of the Thirdrode through their cavalry like a wedgepaying no attention to the heavy firing ontheir flanks although it had dropped ascore out of their saddles Onward wenttho remainder of the squadron neverdrawing rein until they had gone clearthrough the right of the Sikh army

Capt Unott now found his men scattered but ordered them to cut their wayback The two armies seemed partially-to cease firing expecting the total annihilation of those brave men and the con-sequent advance of Share Sings forcesBut when everything was at its greatesttension the remnant of the squadron wasseen cutting their way and eventuallyjoined the army covered with glory withthe loss of two officers and sixty menkilled or wounded and on the authority-of Gen Sir Richard tile charge ofthe COO at Balaklava was nothing com-pared to this of CMC squadron of theThird Kings Own Light at

This charge theSikhs it was getting dark thebattle ended with now and then a shotOf defiance on either

Lord Cough was very to drawhis army away from the field of battlefor he know full well that all the wounded would be slain but he had no alternative1 therefore the recall was soundedMany of the wounded got away with theaid of others tho cavalry especially dismounting The loss of the AngloIndian

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Saved I ml hi to BritainThe battle of Cnttlianwalla will be re-

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as there was hardly any force to railback upon between Chilifanwalla and Cal-

cutta The troops had not ar-rived then the Rajah of Cash-mere with Ills large army who mighthave assisted Sberesing Had he doneso the army under Gen Lord Goughwould have been not taking intoconsideration the loyalty of theSepoys

All night long the jackals could behowling and the feeling In camp

knowing they were devour-ing the killed and wounded The mistymorn broke and a detachment was or-dered out to bring in the wounded to hos-pital and bury the dead There they laywhere they had fallen In heaps a ghastly

of the poor fellows with theirarms raisejl as if to ward off the blowsAfter performing the obsequies the menraised mounds from which could be seenthe Sikh army and a battery waserected opposite tho enenys The armynow continued to occupy the groundwhere we encamped after the bat-tle and was kept at work throwing upentrenchments and reconnoitering the Sikhposition

Bnttle of GooferntAbout the middle of February tho

Bombay army Joined us On the 30th itwas rumored that the enemy had stolena march on us and evacuated their position In out front On the 21st we brokecamp In pursuit and marched to Googeratwhere we found the Sikhs drawn up togive battle Orders were given for theSixtieth Rifles to deploy as skirmisherswhen the enemy opened a cannonadealong his whole line This continued onboth sides for some tlmo before tho In-

fantry deployed for closer action and thebattle became general and lasted until 2p m when the enemy retreatThen a simultaneous wasalong our whole line and theof Googerat was won About 5000 cav-alry and twenty guns pursued the fly-Ing Sikhs and on passing the commanderlnchlef he his helmet closedhis telescope That Is theway to beat them

The line of retreat taken by the ene-my was difficult to follow as a numberof deep ravines had to be crossed andthe guns had to be drawn through themby the dismounted cavalry The pur-suit was kept up until dark when wereturned to camp after being eighteenhours in the saddle The enemys Idssmust have been terrific as we were cutting and shooting them down for hourssparing none as the soldiers bore In mindthe cruel massacre of their wounded corerades at ChllHanwalla

The next day Gen Sir Walter Gilbertwas sent with his division after theremnant of the Sikh army and afterforced marches he came up with themwhen they agreed to an unconditionalsurrender and their army filed backthrough our lines

Spoils for the VictorsiThe campaign was now virtually end

ed and the annexation or the Punjab-to Great Britain was determined uponand the order to that effect wasmulgated Previous to this Mooltanwith its fortress and its dependencies-had been captured by the Bombay armywith an immense quantity of stores am-munition guns and other valuables with

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on Joining our loadgold offering a gold mohur for

a little arrack The Kohlnoor diamondwas one of the taken and wasafterward presented to the Queen ofEngland

The army marched back Into theirseveral cantonments and each officerand man was given six months battaequal to six months pay As soon asthe money was paid the canteens werethrown open for several days and leavewas given to the men for that periodAfter the activity of the campaign barracks life became unendurable and Ipaid 30 the purchase money for mydischarge

Enters Civil Life AttainSailing for England exCorporal Thor

nett accepted a position as collector ofgoods on an Irish railroad and wasonce moro a civilian for four Thenthe war in the Crimea broke out as aresult of Russias attempt to bully theSick Man and Thornott offered his serv-

ices to tho secretary of war and wasgiven a commission In the Engineers asbrigade quartermaster Arriving in the

he was put In charge of the trans-portation of supplies for Gen Viviansbrigade which consisted of a body ofFrench cavalry a Highland regiment andabout 30000 Turkish and Tartar troopsThe brigade headquarters were at Kertcha health resort midway between thestraits of Kortch and the Sea of AzofAgain ancient history made the regionfamous for within a mile was the tombof Mithradates and other ancient royaltombs were scattered in tho vicinity

Quartermaster Thornett was put Incommand of a wagon train to forage onthe Arrarat road as far as what wasknown as the Spanish farm and on

there was ordered to take command of a large body of troops and

along the front of the formid-able Cossacks of the Don who werepresent In force He wus Instructed toavoid provoking a general engagementbut to develop the strength of theenemy and he performed this delicateduty with such success as to elicit thepersonal commendation of the

general and to assure the mentionof his services in general orders It was

then as it would be today fora quartermaster to be placed in com

of a brigade especially In front ofand the honor thus bestowed

upon him the regard In whichhis by his superiorofficers

My brother officers remarks CaptThornett in his whimsical way thinkingto jolly me said I a lucky fellowto be promoted to brigadier general and-I No but I should have been

allowed to come in contactwith tho Cossacks

Next Sent o AfricaThe war ended soon after this incident

and Thornett and his wagon train weresent home by way of Malta and throughFrance Having surrendered his com-mission la this service and failingto get a barrackmaatershlp through amisunderstanding of his desire he wasgiven commission as ensign in the GoklCoast Artillery and sent to the

of Africa where however as thewere quiet there was little to

fight save wild and the deadlyfever On one Ensignwas sent out with 100 men tolieutenant who was stationed in the Intrior and arrived only to find that theofficer and his entire family had fallenvictim to the deadly climate of the Jungle Desiring an exchange from this un-healthy post Thoraatt to theWar Office for it andof the Influence of Sir John Burgoynewhose attention had been drawn to theyoung officer by his services in theCrimea he was given precedence on theexchange lists even over officers who hadwon the Victoria Cross and was trans-ferred to the Canadian Rules aslieutenant

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SUNDAY MORNING CHATAt the impressive service held at the

First Congregational Church Tues-day evening when Dr Samuel Wood-row was formally installed as pastorRev Dr Oliver Huckei of Baltimore de-

livered the charge to the people In hisaddress he spoke of the historic placethis Washington church holds In Con-

gregationalism calling attention to thefact that outside of New England whereit had its origin denomination foryears progressed very little being con-

tent to settle down and stay there Itwas tho organization of the First Con-

gregational Church in this city just atthe close of the war that Inspired a forward movement in the denominationthrough which broader fields have beenentered and Congregational churches havebeen In all sections of tho

Even the South oncethought to be Quite outside of its domainhas been successfully entered Dr Rachelsaid that nc church In the denominationIs watched with so much interest by altthe others as Is the First Congregational-of Washington and that the prominentposition it in the spiritual and In-

tellectual the Nations Capital Isa matter of great pride to Its membership He spoke of Dr Newman theformer pastor who with the mind of astatesman and the heart of a saint haddone much In making the church whatit Is today and congratulated the congregation on having secured as his successor one so well fitted to carry thegood work forward as is Dr Woodrow

The Mount Pleasant CongregationalChurch celebrated Its twentyfirst anniversary last Sunday and the pastor RevM Ross Flshburn preached an earnestInspiring sermon appropriate to the dayhis subject being The chief corner-stone He said among other

From the outset Christ ourleader He It was who united In covenantfellowship those nineteen earnest livestwentyone years ago He it was who

the purchase and equipment forchurch of the han on Howardavenue was who led us to thespot where this structure stands and badeus build for his His kingdoms sake HeIt Is who now leads us In the ways ofservice not only In our own communitybut In many lands whither our gifts are

John W Chlckertng a pioneeramong Congregatlonalists In the Districtoffered the opening prayer The offertorysolo Handels I Know ThatMy Redeemer Liveth was beautifullyrendered by Miss

Mount Pleasant Congregational Churchwas organized Just nineteen members November The first

were held in a modest frame strucwhich stood on Howard avenue now

Newton street The first pastor RevCharles H Small rendered devoted serv-ice and when Rev Dr Flshburn wascalled as his successor In 1894 he found-a flourishing membership of 124 In 1S3S

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when the Prince of now EdwardVII visited that after thiswhen Prince Arthur of Connaught visitedthere Lieut Thornett was thoseInvited to dine with the royal

that dinner he sat between the daugh-ter of the Governor General and timeSpeaker of the Houso of Commons

He Union ArmyLieutenant Thornett however was more

anxious for active service than for theeasy life of military routine and socialdiversion which he was lendIng and whenthe American consul informed him thaihe could secure a commission in the Unit-ed army he sent in lila papers and

commission He went to NewYork armed with letters from prominentAmerican residents In Montreal to Gen-eral Kearney and others of influencein circles and meeting Col Vielein that city was offered and accepted thepost of adjutant in that officers regimentwith the rank of captain This force wasknown as the Union Guards But CaptThornett was not destined to seeservice In this command for in a fewdays he was made captain of cavalry bytelegraph from the War Department andwas assigned to command a troop thenforming at Hartford Conn which withanother troop commanded by a CaptainMallory formed the First squadron Con-necticut Cavalry These troops were sentto Camp Scarsdale and placed under com-mand of Gen Viele who had been pro-moted to that rank Here Capt Thornettperformed the duties of adjutant to Vieleuntil his squadron was merged in theHarris Light Cavalry and ordered toWashington

Trick of Volunteer EngineerReaching Harrisburg it was

further progress was barredthe Inability of the railroad to find anengineer who would take a Federal trainthrough Maryland One of the troopershowever volunteered to perform the ser-vice but proved to be a Southern sym-pathizer and detaching the engine leftthe train and its occupants stalled on the

at Cockeysville Md after derailingIn the wreck thus caused two

inen were killed and several wounded andseveral horses were also killed One of

men killed a Sorgt Lyon was anephew or Gen Lyon who was the firstUnion general killed in the war GeLafterward Gen Kllpatrick was en thetrain and was talking with CapL Thornett when the wreck occurred

The trip however was resumed whenanother engine and a new engineer hadbeen secured and reaching WashingtonCapt Thornetts camped along theBladensburg road the horses werereceived and Capt owing to hisexperience was made offor the regiment and preventedtractors front palming off several thatwore unfit for this arduous servicE forwhich they were Intended White campthe Harris Light Cavalry and nine otherregiments were inspected by Gen McCtelian after which Thornetts regimentwas ordered scions the Potomac to ArItoKton Heights where it enean ped neartime Lee mansion

Wounded In Civil MrnrCapt Thornett in addition to serving hi

the Harris Light Cavalry was captain inthe Seventh U S Cavalry and the Sec-ond New York Cavalry He wasduring the seven daysRichmond said fought gallantly in severalother battles on occasion saving atroop of cavalry from annihilation hycarrying orders wider lire He was sobadly wounded at the Battle of WhiteOak swamp in 1SK as Us compelled-to leave the service and then took uphis residence in Washington where hehas lived

Cnpt misunderstanding withhis hUnt to take sol-diering as a profession was adjusted uponhis return after the campaign in the Pun-jab and she accompanied him to Amer-ica They had several children beforeshe a few years ago some of whomnow in this city One son waskilled in military service la British Burmah and another was a member of theCanadian Rifles There are several grand-sons and it need not be surprising if lasome future war of this countrys aThornett inheriting the martial spirit ofthree generations of fighters should dis-tinguish himself

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needed The contiaiml of newmembers brought about in thecourse a few years whoa extensive im-provements wore made anti a large audi-torium was added making the completededMce one of the most perfectly equippedand most commodious in the city In 1991the church was dedicated Prof Stevensof Yale Divinity school preached thesermon President Roosevelt was alsopresent sharing in the ceremony of con-secration

Without overlooking the spiritual inter-est of the church attention is given tomaterial requirements as well a gymna-sium audi featuresamong Its branches

Dr Fishburn was not a stranger toWashlngtonlans when in 14 he ac-cepted the call to Mount Pleasant Churchas for two years before that time hewas assistant pester of the First Congre-gational He Is not only alma to theneeds of his own church but Is alwaysready to aid every good work in theDistrict On several occasions his de-nomination has shown the appreciationIn which he Is held he having servedas scribe of the Washington MinisterialAssociation and moderator of both theWashington Conference and the NewJersey Association His popularity amongthe members of his church is proverbial-in Washington Dr Fishburn is one ofthe preachers who hRs In his congrega-tions a large percentage of men

The missionary mass meeting at whichit was estimated there were 6000 personswas one of the memorable events of thegreat Episcopal convention held In Rlchmmond Va Bishop Alfred Magill Ran-dolph Bishop of Southern Virginia andthe Bishop of London were the speakersBoth delivered notable addresses alonghistoric lines The Bishop of London hadwith him many original documentsbrought from Fulham Palace relatingto Virginias early history He showed anumber of these during the course of hisaddress one being the original commis-sion from King George II to the Bishopof London giving him spiritual juris-diction over Jamestown Va and a largepart of the Western World

Among the very Interesting things saidby Bishop Ingram was the following

The Church of England the samewhich planted the church in Americacame to England within 200 years afterthe birth of Christ Long before StAugustine came or Miletus whose suc-cessor I am came the church was thereDo you doubt It Why I haveover the documents to prove it Youmust be wary how you dispute with theman who has to the munimentroom of can go back tothe year 315 There have been no breaksIn the records save during the time ofthe and there was no break inthe the Bishop of London saveduring Cromwells time Rummaging inthe room though I really do not knowall it contains I found a rare old docu-ment bearing the signature and seal ofCromwell appointing an old Presbyte-rian colonel to be governor of RhodeIsland I thought It would Interest himand so I brought It over and gave it toMr Roosevelt The church made Eng-land a nation Long before the

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Midnight Lectures

LECTURE NO 13

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Whod take you autemobillng JobYou cant tail me that Look t thetimejl You promised to be home earlyand hero It Is near 1 oclock WhatThe carburetter got entangled with thetorneau I dont believe a word of ItAnd anyhow you know flint I dontknow what a carburetter is hereIve been sitting up and waiting knitwaiting for you to come and ten meas you always do on Saturday nightsthe news of the week I want toknow something about alt these polltics and tie elections and so on Thechildren Theyre been asleep tothours I had the hardest sort of atime with Emily tonight I herin to take her Saturday bath herself and when I went In I found her

her nails with year toothjust as I was scolding her

she slipped on the soap and fell downbumping her head on the Littie Haley screamed and Brollywallowed a lot of waterIts lucky it wasnt ftrthe lye might have hurt her iaetdesAs It is I dont think shell eat muchbreakfast in the morntog and thatslucky the price of victuals up ashigh

Say Job I see theyre going p giveanother dinner to Mr Bryan awfully curious to know whether theyllserve cocktails at the banquet If theydo that may be the one thing tharnkilt Mr Bryans Presidential

talking about polities I see thatwouldnt have Mr Burton for

mayor and people are saying that thfethat Mr Roosevelt isnt as popebe was No wonder It took

him two weeks to kill one little bearIf a tunas to be a hero hes gotto be the time Even MrHobson and John Wesley Gaines hVtso munch of heroes nowadays

The papers say that London te gladthat Mr Hearst ws beaten in New

If that makes the Londonersthey must have bad a good time

over since Mr Hearst got Into poMUcsthat is except that time he woo electedto Congress Poor Mr Hepxst Imreel sorry for him that is I would beIf he so much money tospend And talking shootpolitics I wonder why it woo thatPresident went flow toOyster Bay Just to vote over a Chineselaundry Do you suppose he oM It justto emphasize his longing for a elenaballot I dont see why he cvoMnthave sent his vote hy mall Theyradvocating a parcels punt nowadaysand no matter how heavy the voteswere the malls could carry em

Did you soc Job where the judgelet those Yale students go who werearrested for cheering Dixfe ae K aThan a right to cheer anythingbe I remember when SarahSeagriras husband she married aEnglishman you know went to aFourth of July meeting at Broad Rtpnteand they played My Country Tin ofThee and John Seagrhn he cheeredand applauded and WhOa they nakedhim to stag it he sang God Sve OarGracious King and somebody hk himwith a beer keg He came home m adreadful ness He had one eye aHblack sad blue and his none had Wedall over his new suit I think k wasshame Poor Sarah was so mortifiedShe took her hosfeaad down and hadhim naturalized the next day It wsa good move for John cause he got

2 for voting tile Democratic ticketnext foil

I see that General Elliotts been talk-ing about time difficulty ofmen fur the service And nowonder If say one aa improbablestory hes toW to go and tell It to time

marines Just as if they bed to ttsteato things I believe that time ma-

rines are takers do youWhy dont they make some of time

members of the Annantas taUntitd do em good I dont know whatthe worlds coming to Job Heres afamous doctor says that before longall human beings will he legless isntthat awful Last week I wasyou about ft OMUI who hail InveRted asecret pocket for trousers anti now itseems there wont any need fortrousers I dont know how you menUget along then wont have any chanceto kick about things I cant see thatIf what he says comes to pest thatitll be such a misfortune only I wishit had have Happened before our timesthen we wouldnt have had to worryso much about buying shoes Therewas Jane Dabneys cousin Mttt Tottenbury who had his leg cut off asawmill at Bloomfield He thought itwas a sad misfortune at flrst hut hesoon found out that be only had towear out one shoe at a time founda man In Davis County whod wet Weloft leg it was the right that Milt hadcut so they formed a shoepartnership and one would wearright and the other loft of a pairshoes Only thing was that Milt worenumber tens and the other man hedbeen bitten in the leg by a horse andbad to have it eightsThey used to take turn and turn aboutin buying shoes so for six months Miltwould have to wear a tight shoe thatmade corns and the other six monthsthe other man would have to wear ashoo that just wriggled on his footBut It was economy anyway

Whats that Job Youre sleepyThats what comes of riding In automo-biles I wish you were like that boyIve been reading about tonight willieyou was out gallivanting around Hesgot some m w sort of disease that minkshim keep his eyes wide open and hehasnt been to sleep for two weeks Ifyoud get that Job there might besome pleasure in living with you youold sleepyhead-

It does seem Job as if these herdtimes about money had caused a let

of Commons assembled In Wes nChapter House the church had a prllament

Bishop Randolphs address said Onepresent was a masterpiece He pointedout the power of education travel andcommerce under conditions that existtoday to spread the gospel spirit seying that it Is this spirit which bridgesthe gulf of hatred prejudice and

between nations and between sister communities of commonblood and common heritage that it isthis spiritual force which overcomes thedivisions between the various ccleclastical organizations of the Christian worldBishop Randolph concluded with theseeloquent words

Whatever may be our name church-men as we call ourselves or Methodistscf Presbyterians or Baptists if I shouldannounce the hymn Rock of ages clefttor me let me bide myself In Thee or

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of trouble I see now that the governmarfts teeued a lot of new moneynotthat FT seen any of it knowsant see any mtmey on which theyve

left eff flie words T We Trustaad the Christian societies are complainIftg and want the words put back onI never did hold with the mixing ofmoney with religion anyway By theby I ee that the telegraphers strikeis called ole I hardly knew it was onHd you Job Mrs Miggtae was tellingme he sent a telegraph to her husbandin Philadelphia last week and it got thim in about twentyfive hours Thatsabout their usual time so It there

strike I dont see that it affected thecompanies much You always could geta telegram to New York almost as quickas a letter

Theres some scientist not Dr Wileysays that man cant live on onions

alone I should think not leastways Ishouldnt want you to try it Job Iwish as matter of fact that whenyou go to those freelunch countersyoud leave the onions alone entirelyThey only make you sleepy sos yoccant talk to me when you come homeDo you ever reed those nice articles byBeatrice Fairfax I was reading one

which she advises girls never tomarry just to reform a man I callthat sensible advice I know that

hasnt reformed you much Jobthough heaven knows TV bon patientenough with you I tell you what be-

tween the ton Ws whisky and womenthe meall take the whisky every timeAnd when they throw m free lunch thehandicaps all the stronger thats thereason theres so many oM maids Imglad to see that at the elections thtemperance votes growing What thiscountry needs is to take the fee awayfor marriage licensee and put it onheavier for liquor licenses then therewont be so much talk 0 race suicide

Are you in on tide demonstration thatlabors getting up m Washington JobI suppose you wilt he anything thatllgive you a chaste for another holidayI suppose that menus youll spend theday spending mooney instead of makingsome Wen you neednt come and tryand borrow from me I havent paidfor little Haleys shoes yet I see therewc a lecture advertised on Theproblem of the imperfect I do wishyoud leave gone Jolt you might have

out what was the matter withyourself Some one ought to tell youI cant

I was so tickled to road UM other daythat some one lies discovered that theprettiest women are the stupWist Inever claimed to he a beauty Jobyou know that and no ever calledme pretty Why when you was aeouTtlng me the best you could find topratee about me was my good senseand I lemon that constant associationwith you hasnt suede me any betterlooking Its fine to know that thereare susie compensations m this world

cheek this sdeatlst man proves to youthat rio got some braise la my head

one thing and that is those improvingtalks 0 yours OR Saturday night havehelped me a lot I understand thingsso muck better now

Say Job did you see where a negrowag arrested down South for killingdogs and selling them to people formutton Isnt it dreadful IH neverbe to eat spring leach and mintsaucri again I dont see Bow peopleeouM have mistaken it unless it wasa shepherd dog he killed

Isnt it funny now life gets moredangerous all the white Job Weve nosooner used to dodging automobilesthan here we find a new difficulty inhaving to dodge the sandbags thatpeople drop from baaooas and airshipsSometimes you know they get in ahurry and forget to cut the hag beforethey throw the sand out sad a bagdropping from a mile or up in the airh likely to hurt any one I dont seeWily they cast fee water for ballastand Just tWIt OR the faucet and let itrun out That way they might irrigate

country as they go along Thatwould make ballooning popular sportin Arizona They might offer bonusesfor the balloons dropping the mostwater Say wasnt that fine aboutHehtzes son the pickle man you know

marrying a poor nurse who nursedhim white be was sick That is shenursed him all right She wasnt apoor nurse she was a good nurse butshe was poor and so he married herWhen I was a girl I always had anambition to he a Florence Nightingalebut I dont suppose any rallHonalresdhave got sick if I had been do you

Job Please dont go to sleep yetLook dear I havent told you anyof the foreign news yet I want toknow if you think Its true that theChinese Emperor Is getting

as say tie I guess hesnever been very strong since the Dowager got hold of him And they saythe Kaisers sick too and wont beable to go over to England Over inJapan the Mikado is said to be notvery well but I guess thats because

too much birthday celebration re-

cently Hes fifty years old you know-I wonder if Mr Taft was invited to thebirthday dinner I see that as soon asMr Taft heard about the election inCleveland he told time Filipinos that bewas coming back to the Philippines intwo years as a private citizen lookslike he was giving up hope doesnt it

What that Uttte Haley calling JobGet up and go and see whats thematter Job Are you asleep alreadyLaws I wish I could sleep like thatNow Emily you neednt chime In Yourfathers asleep wont come to youand my rheumatlz is so bad A drinkof water The soap has made youthirsty Well now Emily get up andget It yourself I cant find my slippers

In time cross of Christ I glory toweringoer the wrecks of time you would Oneand all lead your voices and your heartsto swell the harmony as the voices orninny waters And this seme principlewhich you see ituetrated here has in Itunder Christ the premise and potencyof the peace of the world when the na-tions of the earth shall walk In the lightforever

The Salvation Army fer some timeafter It came into existence bad no

name and one was finally given toIt in this way A bill advertising one ofthe services bad been printed whichcalled the workers at Rugby the Hallelujh Army In preparing a new clrcukin for another meeting one of the sec-

retaries changed this name to the Volunteer Army Gen Booth seeing thename after a moments thought took apen and crossing out the word volunteer substituted salvation And Salnation Army it has been ever since

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