. The Keim and allied families in America and Europe. C—Member of Committee to present a bill to the U. S. Congress on Humane Work-1910,October delegate toState Conference of D. A. R of Pennsylvania at Wilkesbarre, Pa. 1900, delegate toState Federation of Womans Clubs at Williannport. Pa. 1900, December one of two organizers, also char-ter member and First Vice President General of the Humane Society of Reading, Pa. 722 THE KEIM AND A little over a year later Keim hadan amusing meeting with Gen. Sher-man. Old Tecumseh had become in-censed at the reports of some -of thewar correspondents, and h
. The Keim and allied families in America and Europe. C—Member of Committee to present a bill to the U. S. Congress on Humane Work-1910,October delegate toState Conference of D. A. R of Pennsylvania at Wilkesbarre, Pa. 1900, delegate toState Federation of Womans Clubs at Williannport. Pa. 1900, December one of two organizers, also char-ter member and First Vice President General of the Humane Society of Reading, Pa. 722 THE KEIM AND A little over a year later Keim hadan amusing meeting with Gen. Sher-man. Old Tecumseh had become in-censed at the reports of some -of thewar correspondents, and had issued or-ders just before starting on his Meri-dian campaign that if any newspaperman was found along with the armyhe should be tried by a drumheadcourt martial as a spy and be shot be-fore breakfast. Keim went to hisfriend, Gen. McPherson, to see whatcould be done about it. He wantedto go along on the Meridian campaign,but he didnt care to be shot beforebreakfast, nor after it, for that suggested that Keim seeSherman The general had heard of Keim andknew the character of his work, andhe received the correspondent about this order of yours, ask-ed Keim; does it leave me out?Cant I go? I wont have a d—dnewspaper man on the expedition,said Sherman, not one, but thatdoesnt apply to you. You are not anewspaper man—you are a volunteeraid on Gen. McPhersons staff. SoI am, said Keim, I had nearly for-gotten that. And Keim went on theMeridian raid and on the Eed riverexpedition, and was in the thick ofthe fighting and campaigning of that ALLIED FAMILIES. time, and his account in the Heraldwas the only one ever printed. An incident occurred down therewhich showed me that there were somedangers in the work of a war corre-spondent, said Mr. Keim, in talkingof his career a few days ago. I camenear being shot for a spy. One of Mr-Bennetts rules was that each of hiswar correspondents should once a week,send him a private letter giving suchinfor
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