. Memoirs and recollections of C. W. Goodlander of the early days of Fort Scott, from April 29, 1858, to January 1, 1870, covering the time prior to the advent of the railroad and during the days of the ox-team and stage transportation. And biographies of Col. H. T. Wilson and Geo. A. Crawford, the fathers of Fort Scott . as there was in the cannon. Lanethat day ordered all citizens here to be musteredin fort service as an emergency force for a periodof fourteen days. When Gen. Lane organized uscitizens into an emergency force as fourteen daymen, Joe Ray swore he would not carry a musketnor wo
. Memoirs and recollections of C. W. Goodlander of the early days of Fort Scott, from April 29, 1858, to January 1, 1870, covering the time prior to the advent of the railroad and during the days of the ox-team and stage transportation. And biographies of Col. H. T. Wilson and Geo. A. Crawford, the fathers of Fort Scott . as there was in the cannon. Lanethat day ordered all citizens here to be musteredin fort service as an emergency force for a periodof fourteen days. When Gen. Lane organized uscitizens into an emergency force as fourteen daymen, Joe Ray swore he would not carry a musketnor would he join any company under Lanesorders, so Lane ordered him arrested and put inthe guardhouse. I, as a corporal, was detailed totake Dr. Miller and John G. Stewart, as privates,and arrest Joe. We did so and put him in theguard house. Joe would stand at the door or atthe window, and how he would cuss persons asthey went by. Now, Joe was a great coward, andwhen it was proven to Lane that Joe was a borncoward and could not help it instead of being dis-loyal, Lane ordered him released. Years after-wards, when Joe would get a little full, he wouldgo for me for putting him in the guardhouse. Hewas kept in one day and a night. In after yearswhen we would want any fun with Joe we wouldbring up the guardhouse Guard House of the fort as it looks today. Now-used as a calaboose for the eitv. EARL Y DA YS OF FORT SCOTT 69 There were some forty men, including- BenMcDonald, Charley Drake and myself, who weremustered into service, under command of AlexMcDonald as captain. And by the way, McDonald,Drake and myself were never musteredout, so Isuppose we are still in the service. After Lanehad ordered all the troops but our company to thefront, he ordered our company to open ammuni-tion and load it in wagons. After we had done thiswe were then ordered out on the hill with the bal-ance of the troops. As we were marched out wemet the cavalry returning from the battle of Dry-wood, they
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