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titledRaidMUTINYAT MESILU CAMPCorporal Who DisobeyedWithout Trial(By Capt. George II. Pet tit, Firstifornia Volunteer Infantry,and First New Mexico Volun-afcionconteer Infantry.)The middle of August, 1862found the “California column,on the Rio Grande.riousand tedious marchcam,of tomda,after a long fromCampLatham, about sixteen miles westigateorfrom Los Angeles, having march ed through lowcrCatiforniathe Colorado desert, across th«»o beentire length of Arizona, thcncc through that part of New Mexico to the Rio Grande: themarchs onbeingthat985res(ent*saidImerandcientea ofr, by loto*entiremiles, and a summer that was known as the hottest aods most severe one in memory of the oldest inhabitant.The season was halter thmt it had ever been known before, and there was a tack of water on thefateri atr de*i tonneientire trip, except what was found in the several water holes on themarchGen. E. R. S. Canbyregular army, whoof thefc inliterit'ill,V u g-thea ir-irri d aiinto►roaawas in com* mand of the department of MewMexico, had turned back the re belarmy, under Geb. H. H. Sibley,it the battle of “Apache canon,” but this victory and the subse-of the rebelguent withdrawalforces from theproperly due toterritory wasCol. John P.Slough, and his second Colorado volunteers. Colonel Slough was soon afterwards made chief justice the territory, and was killed m an altercation with Col. Rviier:heir:ivason on December 15, 1868, while Co*. Rynerson was a member ofColonelialivTlhc lcrrilor:lt;l1 council.Rvnerson was chairman of a comsawf ailm 11 teeietlviste.greatly censured the supremecourt fnd district couft of theterritory in Santa Fe of which Judge Slough was chief justice. Judge Slough heard of this, andguard from company K, had been put in the guard house and ironed,including Sergeant Miller andCorporal Eckstein, formed me that the men of theMe also in*company were very much exercised over the fact that Sergeant Miller and Corporal Eckstein. ^ Corpptalwere in irons. It should bercmem be reded officers were never put in ironsexcept for some outrageous act. The first drill ofplace soon after the guard mount.On this morning when the drillcall was sounded. I appeared1 appeared he-and when thefore the company, first sergeant had made the rollcall, I excused him from the drill,to allow him to work on themuster roll ot thetakingcompany command ofandtheuponCorporal Smith, who was on the left of the company, stepped two paces, to the front, saluting me, bv bringing his left hand to the piece as he stood at “carry arms ’ announeed\that he would not do any more duty until the irons were removed from Sergeant Miller, then in house.theguardt During my five yeaft'andfifteen days as a volunteer officer during the war, I never held anbut on,this occasion,{in ation of the fact thatmanCorporalSmith was as good a soldier as I had in the company, always ready for duty, temperate’in all [things,and in fact, ta. [model admonished him that he was making a mistake, and advised him to do his duty as he should do, and that I would do all in mvregarding the rights of the noncommissioned officer** who wereliein irons{in^theguard!house insisted in the[i«dve|he tM coil me need, and as I learned afterwardsthing had all been arranged since reveille, that alljthemen would stick together, and follow the corporal, f then askedif there were any other man who,1i ft I«r
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Las Cruces Rio Grande Republican
Las Cruces, New Mexico, US
Sat, Jan 09, 1909
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