. "With touch of elbow;" or, Death before dishonor; a thrilling narrative of adventure on land and sea . mpany F. of the 8th Cavalry was detailed forprovost duty at these barracks, the writer at the timebeing 1st Sergt. of the company. While engaged in thisservice many curious incidents occurred characteristic ofthe men with whom the Government had to deal. Hereis a case in hand: A Canadian who had received a bounty of about $1,300,and whose wife and two little children, a day or two beforethe time set for his departure for Governors Island, ar-rived in Detroit for the purpose of bidding the h
. "With touch of elbow;" or, Death before dishonor; a thrilling narrative of adventure on land and sea . mpany F. of the 8th Cavalry was detailed forprovost duty at these barracks, the writer at the timebeing 1st Sergt. of the company. While engaged in thisservice many curious incidents occurred characteristic ofthe men with whom the Government had to deal. Hereis a case in hand: A Canadian who had received a bounty of about $1,300,and whose wife and two little children, a day or two beforethe time set for his departure for Governors Island, ar-rived in Detroit for the purpose of bidding the husbandand father good-by. They were not permitted to enterthe barracks, and the substitute could only meet hiswife and children by gaining a permit to join them on theoutside under guard. The writer was detailed for thatservice, and all day and night remained with his littlecharge, taking in the city and its strange sights; the re-cruit, meantime, paying all bills for oyster lunches, thea-ters, etc. When the small hours of the night came, andwith them the necessity for rest and sleep, we repaired to. Colonel Elisha Mix, Eighth Michigan Cavalry. With Touch of Elbow. 69 a hotel where all occupied one room with two large beds;the recruit with his little family occupying one of these,and I the other. After locking the door and placing thekey under my pillow, I retired for the night and sleptsoundly until morning; and on separating the man andhis wife the next day, she with her little ones to go backto her lonely home in the forests of Canada, and he to beheld under guard and treated as a common felon untilsafely landed at the front, I could but share with themthe sorrow which this parting caused. Meantime promotions were in line and Elisha Mix,originally Captain of Co. F., had reached the rank ofMajor, and 1st Lieutenant Samuel Wells was made Cap-tain of the company; and by the unanimous choice of thecompany the writer was promoted to the rank of 2d Lieu-tenant, and, soon after, in
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