From the Tan-Yard to the White House: the Story of President Grant's Life
From the Tan-Yard to the White House: the Story of President Grant's Life
Thayer, William Makepeace, 1820-1898
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They cried in derision, ' What a colonel ! ' and made all sorts of fun of him. And one of them, to show off to the others, got behind his back and commenced sparring at him, and while he was doing this another gave him such a push that he hit Grant between the shoulders.'* On the morning after Colonel Grant took command, roll-call was an hour behind time. "Return to your quarters," was the Colonel's brief reprimand, not waiting for the morning report. As there was no report, there were no ratio...ns during the day, and a hungry set of fellows they were at night, and nearly as mad as they were hungry. At the first dress-parade several ofiicers appeared without coats. The Colonel surveyed them from head to foot, contemptuously, and then said, — " This is a rf/vjj-parade ; ofiicers are expected to wear their clothes. Dismiss the men to quarters." That was all he said. The men laughed as they 126 FROM THE TAN-YARD TO THE WHITE HOUSE, marched back to their quarters, satisfied that the Gover- nor had now provided them with a commanding officer, with whom no one could trifle.
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