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* Editorially Speaking:..
. realize its«possible deadly effects, is one
Let's Row Our Weight In The Boat
Few people in the Back Mountain realize that twenty-
one sufferers from rheumatic fever in this area are pro-
vided with daily doses of penicillin, year after year by the
Heart Association, until] infection is overcome.
Last year, collections for the Heart Association
amounted to $1,700 in the Back Mountain. The bill for
penicillin amounted to $4,636. We are in debt to the
Heart Association, which absorbed the difference . . . in
debt morally, if not actually.
In addition to all this, two infants were rushed to
Philadelphia for emergency help, and the parents assisted
with their expenses while awaiting the outcome.
The larger percentage of collections made in the area
remain in the area. A sizeable percentage goes to the re-
search that makes possible fantastic new discoveries in
heart surgery and treatment, improvisation of new instru-
ments and techniques. More and more lives are being
saved each year.
And it all takes more and more money.
Heart surgery means that babies who would have died
even five years ago, now at least have a chance for life.
With advances in research, more and more parents may
hope that their children will live.
~ Rheumatic heart disease, stemming often from a
strep throat so mild in character that mothers do not
the main con-
tributors to’ heart ailments. It takes money to provide
the staggering amount necessary for year after year doses
of daily penicillin.
Let’s at least row our weight in the boat.
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From
Pillar To Post...
by Hix
¢ It got to be a game the other night, two small boys making
their contribution. :
“What is the most soothing sound in the world?”
“What the most objectionable?”
Opinions varied on some things, but a fingernail dragged down
a blackboard ranked well up toward the head of the list for objec-
tionable noises. In the way of soothing sounds, everybody men-
tioned a small brok chuckling through a meadow, and the song of
the surf,
Well, maybe not in those precise words. It ran something like,
& . “WELL you know how the waves mash down on the sand. ‘That's
pretty slick.”
The sound of a waterfall, the burble of a little brook, was on
everybody's list:
But what about smaller quantities of water? The drip-drip-
drip of a leaky faucet, or the sound of plumbing late at might. Is
anything more annoying ?
Then, is the thin line between smoothing the feathers and rais-
ing the hackles, a matter of quantity?
The most mournful sound. Everybody agreed on that. A train,
late at might, hooting its lonesome way among the hills, or even
better, across the wide prairie.
A close second, the mourning dove which insists on building a
nest each year on a ledge above the bathroom, and startles visitors
in temporary retirement by who-whooing outside the window, caus-
ing their nerves to suffer shattering damage. Nothing really beats
a mourning dove for high class mourning.
The most beautiful sight in the world. The afterglow on Mount
Rainier when all the world is in shadow and the peak stands out,
pink against the purpling sky? The first crocus? Heavenly shade
after a burning sun? A reflection in a fern-fringed pool, with trout
darting smoothly under an overhanging rock ? Blue shaddows on new-
ly fallen snow? Crystal icicles making a rainbow of the sunshine?
What is the most delightful thing to touch? The softness of
a kitten's ear? The velvet petal of a pansy? Fresh sheets sweet
from hours in the sunshine, bleached by soft winds? A baby’s soft
little head? y
The most delightful smell, fresh-baked bread, hot and brown
from the oven? The indescribable smell of the sea? A piney
woods, warmed by the sun? Lilacs after a gentle rain? The utter
cleanliness of the smell of towels which have frozen to the line,
thawing on the kitchen table? ”
The most comfortable thing in the world. Being able to sit
down after slogging through the mud, take off your dhoes, and wiggle
your toes in complete relaxation? Warming your hands over an
open fire? Watching a kettle steam on the stove, with hot coffee
in prospect? :
So many things in life revolve around comfort. Food to eat
when you are hungry, clear cold water when you are thirsty, a place
to lie down and rest when you are weary. The fundamentals of
life, the things you cannot live without, the things that are common
to old and young alike, the things that everybody can agree on.
IMMORTAL WORDS OUT OF THE PAST
Whom, then, do I call educated? First those who control
circumstances instead of being mastered by them, those who meet
all occasions manfully and act in accordance with intelligent
thinking, those who are honoralbe in all dealings, who treat good-
naturedly persons and thinks that are disagreeable; and further-
por more, those who hold their pleasures under control and are not
overcome by misfortune; finally, those who are not spoiled by success.
Socrates
Things do not get better by being left alone, Unless they are
adjusted, they explode with a shattering detonation.
Sir Winston Churchill World Crisis, Charles Schribner..
Only
Yesterday
Ten, Twenty and Thirty Years
Ago In The Dallas Post
rr HAPPENED J{) YEARS Aco:
Rural routes were extended in
Dallas, Route 2, handled by Wil-
liam J. Corcoran, was lengthened
almost three miles to take in
Meeker. Four routes were main-
tained, and two Star routes, the
highest route mileage of any post-
office in Luzerne County.
An unseasonable electric storm
left Dallas without power, when
trees fell across wires. The C. W.
Kunkle home was struck by light-
ning.
Joseph Anthony opened an up-
to-date shoe repair shop in the
Gregory building.
Beavers were removed from Beav-
er Run by the Game Commission.
Mrs. Samuel Kasson was buried
in Marsh Cemetery. ;
The Nation was preparing for the
Bi-Centennial of ‘George Washing-
ton. ‘ & x
Hayfield Farms produced: two
ton-litters “of Chester White pigs.
One litter of ten, weighed 2,700,
the heaviest ton-litter in the State.
IT HAPPRNED 20 years AGO:
Mrs. Fred Eck was elected presi-
dent of Dallas Woman's Club.
Dale Warmouth, compiling class
records, found the names of many
graduates who were in the armed
services: ‘William Snyder, Air Force;
Keats Poad, Army; William Glen
Knecht, Air Force; three Austin
brothers, all in the Air Corps: Leon,
Chester and Gordon; Edward Lum-
ley and James Hummmell, Air
Corps; Charles Girton, Air Corps;
John Garbutt, at Hickam = Field
during attack on Pearl” Harbor;
Bob and Ed Wallace, Army; Francis
‘| Kamor, Air Force; Leonard Hooper,
Field Artillery.
The ice harvest at Sunset was
ruined when a Chevrolet dump
‘truck went through the ice, but
the truck, belonging to William
Casterline, was able, after being
dried out, to go back on the road,
clearing snow from Lake highways.
A bull and eleven cows were
burned to death in a fire at the
William Payne farm.
Noxen workers got $7,000 in back
wages, retroactive to November.
Lehman's star trumpeter lost a
tooth while playing basketball.
Band and relatives were awaiting
the outcome of dentistry. Lenora
Parks, with much trepidation, was
anxious to have the tooth installed,
to see if she could still play the
trumpet.
Joe MacVeigh gave $100 toward
the Dallas Band uniform fund.
A nearby cannery was on the
lookout for 2,000 tons of tomatoes.
Jim Hutchison was urging farmers
to cooperate.
Bus routes were being planned
to extend service to Goss Manor
and Parrish Heights.
Mrs. Thelma Agnew, 26, died at
‘White Haven. oa
Robert Fleming, in training at
the Naval Air Station in Jackson-,
ville, said, in a letter, that this
schedule was pretty full, but he
liked it. .
Carl Schlingmann resigned as
manager of the Country Club, to
become manager of Hotel Reding-
ton. :
Donald Warmouth was chaplain
of Armored Force replacements at
Fort Knox.
Married: Emma Ruth Shaver to
William J. Broad. Araminta Smith
to Howard Martz. :
German prisoners, taken in the
recapture of [Eastern Libya,. were
pictured repairing damaged build-
ings for the Allies. Sen
Local Red Cross completed 95
articles of clothing. Supplies were
limited.
Wesley Himmler was appointed
by the court en banc to fill the
vacancy on Dallas School Board
created by the resignation of
George Ayre.
rr narpenep 1() years aco:
Mary Weir was elected president
of Dallas Woman's Club.
Emory Kitchens bodv was re-
covered from the Coosa River, Ala-
bama. The con of Mr. and Mrs.
Sterling Kitchen was victim of a
drowning accident. :
Rev. William Williams announced
that memorial stained gass win-
Aows would replace the plain win-
dows at Prince of Peace.
Mrs. Harold Dickson took a turn
for the worse at Nesbitt Hospital
where she was receiving rabies
shots after being bitten by a mad
fox. and died.
Mad foxes were still plaguing the
area, bitting stock and farm pets.
Mrs. Primo Berrettini, 37, died
of heart failure.
The bodv of Dallas’s first vietim
of the Korean War, Frederick
Brown, was exnected to arrive with
a military escort. :
Dr. J. C. Fleming, 61, a praetic-
ing physician for forty wears, died
of a heart attack.
John Stevenson, 72, Shavertown,
died after a long illness.
E. Humvhrev Owen, 86, charter
member of Prince of Peace Church,
died at his home on Lehman Ave-
nue, ;
THE DALLAS POST, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 19€
C2 C322 CEERI
Rambling Around
"By The Oldtimer—D. A. Waters
ICC ALEC ESO CERN
SHIRE
Twenty-five years ago, as we are
reminded by Anthony Lewis in THE
NEW YORK TIMES MAGAZINE, a
recently elected, highly popular,
politically adept, Democratic Presi-
dent submitted to Congress a mes-
sage in an endeavor to secure by
subterfuge what he could not get by
the ordinary processes of govern-
ment. ‘The Congress, which had
acquired the reputation of acting as
a rubber stamp of approval most of
the time, suddenly asserted its in-
dependence and staged a fight so
hot that the Senate majority leader
died of a heart attack and the plan,
commonly called the plan to “Pack
The Supreme Court” was strongly
defeated. The Congress objected,
not so much to the ends to be at-
tained, as it did to the method of
doing it. It was the general opinion
that a few temporary victories were
not worth destroying the Supreme
Court. 2
Now another recently elected,
highly popular, politically adept,
Democrat President has submitted
to Congress a message proposing to
gain by. subterfuge what the Con-
gress has even declined to consider
in. ordinary procedure. And the
plan’ ‘does not advance any item
that would be of ‘any real benefit
to anyone in the country. It in-
volves no question of high principal
as did the one a quarter of a cen-
tury ago. In plain words, the pro-
posal is made to pay off a political
debt and secure increased political
support.” No argument is advanced
that it would save money, or pro-
mote efficiency, or do any real
good, except perhaps, to the job
holders.
One of the best arguments to get
anyone to support a project is to
tell him he is “entitled to it”. It
is the favorite method of union
‘leaders, politicians, and other pro-
moters the world over, from the
darkest spots of Africa to the side-
walks of New York. It makes no
difference whether ‘the project: dis-
cussed has any merit in itself, or
whether it will be of any real beae-
fit to the supporters, or whether it
really “entitled”, There may be no
real “rights” involved at all.
‘With the smallest plurality since
1884 in counted votes, and percent.
agewise probably the smallest since
popular vote was recorded after the
Civil War /(except in the Hayes-Til-
den election of 1876), President
Kennedy appreciates that he was
elected in the cities and nearby
urban areas. Outside of the solid
south, he carried only two states
with. less than 65% urban popula-
tion, viz: Minnesota and West
Virginia, both having special local
conditions. Including these and the
South, he carried twenty-two main-
land states and most of them by
big-city votes and mot rural votes.
In several of them a single city up-
set the vote out of the city to carry
. . . Safety
LINCOLN and JABER JACKSON
Thursday evening, Feb. 8, 62
Harvey's Lake, Pa.
Mr. Howard Risley.
My brother tells me that
are slways ready to hear a
War story.
Here is one that has never been
published as far as I know, and
you can use it any way that you
desire. I suppose that it could be
copy righted if you would wish to
do this with’ this story. I am will-
ing for you to do so.
My father Jabez C. Jackson told
it to me when 'l was a young man.
In ‘the Civil War he was in army
camp in the south. ‘He was a
member of the 53rd Penna volun-
teers. and was a corporal.
- One day the captain sent him
on a mission with the proper papers
to report to the paymaster and
bring back the pay for the company.
He tells that the paymaster came
to camp with a circular tent and
sheet iron trunks that held the
money and with his staff of helpers
he soon had the tent set up -with
a counter all around and the chests
in the center.
After laying the order on the
counter the paymaster himself
picked it up and turning his back
he leaned over in the trunk and
counted out the money turning
around and laying it all on the
counter he says ‘“here’s the money,
sign here,” which my father did
and proceeded to count the money
and discovered that the paymaster
had short changed him. So after
trying to get the paymasters atten-
sion to no avail, the chests were
locked the counters and tent were
taken down, and my father saw
he was in deep trouble.
So he went back to his captain
and told the whole story. The
captain wrote a note and told him
to report to the colonel. When the
colonel read the note he had a
puzzled look and finally said to
father. “President Lincoln is in
camp today and hurry on and see
him, here is a note”
So father said that he came to
Lincoln’s tent, which was open and
there were guards standing outside.
Aides and messengers were coming
and going and he walked up to one
of the guards who spoke sharp to
him and told him to “stay back”.
Father said he stood wondering
how to see Mr. Lincoln who was
sitting in the tent on a camp stool
and looking out from the tent,
you
Civil
beckoned for him to come in.
is. anything to which anyone is’
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the state.
We fought the War of 1812 lage-
ly because the western “Var
Hawks” bore down on the natinal
government and insisted upos it.
We fought the Civil War largely lue
to playing one section of the cun-
try against another. Now we are
embarking, for political advanage
only, on a proposal to play the city
against the rural people. The pesi-
dent says the urban people are fen-
titled” to a seat in the cabinet as
if an official's place of residece
would have anything to do withthe
welfare of the country. This isthe
silliest political argument advarced
in his term.
While the President himself has
several homes, he came from B30s-
ton. . The Secretary of Agriculiure,
supposed to represent the farners,
lives in Minneapolis. Secretary Dil-
lon lives in Washington: Secreary
McNamara in Ann Arbor; Secreary
Day in Los Angeles; Secretary Tdall
Chicago; and Secretary Ribicof in.
in Tucson; Secretary Goldberz in
Hartford. And most of the ohers
live in suburbs or .small bwns
classed as urban rather than rural.
Certainly there is no lack o city
representation in the cabinet.
For census purposes, “U-ban”
people are those who live in aplace
with 2500 or over, plus certain
fringe areas around cities of over
50,000, less certain excepted areas.
In 1950 the figure was changed, in
a single instant boosting the urban
population from 59.0% to 64.0%,
and dropping the rural from 41.0%
to 36.0%. The urban has since in-
creased to 69.9% and the rural
dropped to 30.1%. “Rural” people
are not all farmers. As of 1950,
“most recent figure I have, nearly
sixty percent of the rural residents
were non-farm.
And the middlemen, the ruination
of - prosperity for the farmers for
generations, are practically all ur-
ban.
This currying political favor for
the urban residents is a continua-
tion of the “urban” renewal and
similar projects. At Christmas time,
I visited several of the homes in the
so-called slum areas to be razed in
a mearby city. The people were
foreign born, some illiterate aliens.
But they had Christmas trees, elec.
tric stoves, electric refrigerators,
televisions, radios, and offered me
my choice of holiday drinks (which
was none). Considering the way
they had been brought up and lived
in their homelands, they were living
in luxury. If they had not been so
informed by the dogooders, they
would not have realized they were
underprivileged.
And none of us over middle age
were brought up with the facilities
their children now enjoy, although
we may have lived in better look-
ing homes. We probably were not
as comfortable, and may have been
noticed my father waiting and he
no happier. :
Valve . . .
So he walked by the guard who
also had seen Mr. Lincoln motion
to him. So he says that he walked
in and saluted Mr. Lincoln who
greeted him with a hearty, “I see
that you are from Pennsylvania”,
and My father said, “Yes Sir”, but
he said that he was very nervous.
Mr. Lincoln probably saw this too,
so he asked what part of Pennsyl-
vania and father said from Car-
verton, Pennsylvania on the moua-
tain back of Wyoming Valley.
Mr. Lincoln gave a cheerful laugh
and said “I understand from others
who have been there that it is .a
very rocky country and that the
farmers have to put brass noses on
their sheep, as they wear ‘ them
out trying ‘to get a little grass
growing between the: rocks’.
Father says that they both
laughed and he felt much more at
ease. Then Mr. Lincoln said, “Now,
son, tell me your business,” and
father told him everything just as
it happened.
Mr, Lincoln said, “there is too
much of this deviltry going on
which must stop,” so writing a
note and handing it to father he
said, “Hand this to your captain,
and now, can you tell me what you
know of a ring of draft dodgers that
are banding together in your sec-
tion of Pennsylvania?”
Father said that there is a group
of men who are known as Copper-
heads that have gone in hiding on
the Dutch Mountain above Red
Rock and are known as the Fishing
Creek Conspirators.
Mr. Lincoln said that some of our
boys are going up there soon with
a new kind of artillery piece that
shoots a steady stream of bullets
and by turning a crank can cut
down a whole regiment in a few
minutes.
A relative of mine that was a
boy in Kingston during the Civil
War says that he saw this gun
used.
There ‘was a train load of solders
that stopped at the D. L. & W.
station in Kingston that came from
the south and the soldiers took this
gun and placing it on the platform
pointing it towards the mountains,
they turned a crank and moving the
gun at the ame time in a horizontal
position the stream of bullets cut
off all the young trees a few feet
was used to route the copperheads
that had settled on the Dutch Moun-
tain, 1 suppose that this was done
that it might be soon known by the
draft dodgers.
Garfield Jackson
Harvey’s Lake, Pa.
above the ground. And this gun:
Looking at
T-V
With GEORGE A. and
EDITH ANN BURKE
Stanley Halloway, the English
actor who portrayed Alfred P. Dool-
little in “My Fair TLady,” will be
the star of “Our Man Higgins,” a
half-hour weekly situation comedy
to be televised next season by the
American Broadcasting Company.
This is the American Broadcasting
Company's answer to the success
that the “Hazel” series are enjoy-
ing.
As an Eniglish ‘butler, Halloway,
like Hazel, will have a famiy, too.
There's a- middle-aged suburban
couple with a daughter, 18, at col-
lege, two sons, 11 and 8, and a red
Irish setter named William.
The family acquired Higgins in a
package deal, along with the elegant
silver they inherited from a dis-
tant relative in England.
Japan Buys Victory At Sea—All
twenty-six episodes of “Victory at
Sea,” NBC-TV’s documentary about
‘Allied naval activities in World War,
2, have been purchased by a com-
mercially operated network = in
Japan. Seventeen films in the series
are devoted to action in the Pacific
and cover events from Pear] Harbor
to Hiroshima.
The English narration in the film
will be dubbed in Japanese by the
Japanese network. The new sound
track will have to conform to the
spirit of the American version. This
is the customary stipulation when
television shows are sold to foreign
countries.
John Carson has been selected
as the permanent replacement for
Jack Paar but he won’t take over
until October. Jack will leave the
show March 29. During the interim,
several comedians, including Milton
Berle, will act as guest hosts.
Jack will remain as host of
“Who Do You Trust?” until his
contract expires in September.
_ Robert Horton announced last
week that he would not appear on
a regular television series for at
least a year after completing his
present assignment on
Train.”
Horton, who is 37, is eager to get
inte Broadway musical plays. He
has a good baritone voice and has
some summer stock experience.
His next dramatic ' assignment
will be in the starring role of a
“United States Steel Hour” show.
He will play the role of an insur-
ance investigator in ‘The Perfect
Accident,” which will be broadcast
on Wednesday, Feb. 21, at 10 p.m.
This will be the last year for
“Wagon Train” on NBC. The show
has been sold by the producers to
ABC-TV.
NBC has been casting about for
a replacement and has come up
with a television series based on
Owen Wister’s “The Virginian,” the
novel about cowboy life in Wyom-
ing. ‘One publicity man has called
it a “Playhouse 90” with spurs.
There is some talk that Robert
Horton may star in a few episodes
of the new series for NBC.
‘When “Wagon Train” is presented
on ABC-TV, after all the re-runs
are used up, the role of Flint
MeCullough, the scout portrayed by
Mr. Horton, will not be maintained.
In the absence of Horton, there will
be a guest star each week. John
McIntire, who plays the wagon-
master, will continue in the role.
ANSWERS MRS. BARNES
February 14, 1962
To The Editor
In answer to an inquiry made
by one of your readers about:the
legal implication of a Board of
School Directors’ acceptance of
gifts and/or ‘endorsements, Section
'216a of ‘the Public School Code of
1949 is quoted:
“It shall be lawful for any’
school district to receive and hold,
absolutely or in trust, any devise,
bequest, grant, endowment, gift, or
donation of any property, real
or personal, which shall be made
to said school district or for any
of the purposes of this act. Any
such devise, bequest, grant, endow-
ment, gift, or donation shall be
administered by or under the direc-
tion of the board of directors of the
district to which it is made, sub-
ject to all the conditions and trusts
thereto annexed. The board of
school directors shall not be obliged
to accept any such devise, bequest,
grant, endowment, gift, or donation
unless it deems it proper so to do.”
Sincerely,
Robert A. Mellman,
Superintendent
Dallas School District
Luzerne County, Dallas, Pa.
Mr. Risley:
Harveys Lake Boy Scout Troop
331 would like to thank you for
your kindness in printing our an-
nouncements and news.
Our thanks fo Mr. George Ruck-
no for the use of his pond for our
ice skating party and to the people
response to our Christmas candy
sale.
Our gratitude to Mr. Wayne Smith
for the use of the Winter Wonder-
land trailer and Mr. Howard Jones
for allowing us to park it on his
property. The response to the dis-
play was so great it will be open
next Sunday, February 18, for all
those who didn’t see it this week.
SM. Arthur West
ASM. Thomas Smith
DALLAS, PENNSYLVANIA
Discovered By A Chaplain
By REV. CHARLES GILBERT
Here is the story of a woman who shared life with another.
The first time I met her was a little more than six years ago
when I was first sent as week-day chaplain in a Convalescent Home.
She was a bright little woman handy with needle and thread. She
made herself a kind of foster mother to a girlish-looking woman
with a childish face who at first sight called her “mudder.” One
could see that there was something lacking in the mentality of the
“little girl.” She needed someone to love her and look after her.
Mayme took little Annie for a roommate. © Whenever Annie wan-
dered very far away Mayme would call, “Come to mother,” and
there was real mother-love in the voice 5 which Annie responded.
Mayme saw to it that Annie was always clean and well dressed,
for Mayme made her dresses. Annie played with dolls and Mayme
made doll dresses too, clean and pretty. %
Mayme has been a member of a Methodist church since she
was seven. Annie's people were Catholic and Mayme saw to it that
Annie followed her Catholic instructions and took her regularly to
Mass in the Home's chapel , . . In Protestant services Mayme used
to play the hymns.
“You do a lot for little Annie,” 1 said. “Yes,” Mayme replied,
“but Annie does more for me than I do for her.” :
Which was true. Anybody could see that.
Then little Annie died. Annie was 48 years old. Annie was my
friend too, for I was Mayme’s friend and Annie wanted me to pay
attention to her when I came. I did the best I could but I didn’t
understand Annie’s squeals and signs, Mayme did and interpreted
to me. Hy
Now that Annie was gone I could see that a light had gone out
of Mayme’s life which could not at her age be replaced. Gradually
she lost her sight. Every week for months Mayme has told me the
same story, “I'm getting blind, I can’t see anything. My father went
blind and I can’t complain if the same thing happens to me.” |.
That is the way it is. She doesn’t ‘complain. The beauty of
the mew Home and its location on a hill on'the Crest overlooking the
Valley means nothing to her. ih : : 4
When she with others was transferred to this new Home in her
own county she could not understand the change. “What did I do
that was wrong that I was taken away? I never found fault with
anybody.” I explained where she was as best I could and make a
point of seeing her often, sitting down to visit with her and say a
prayer on leaving. She is getting: more calm and aeclimated to the
new surroundings. CR) nT
This is one of the things a chaplain runs across.
“Wagon |
“ONLY A LOAN”
by Laura Davis Samuels
I've a message to give :
To all Mom’s and Dad’s,
One that I would like known.
When God blesses you
With each little child, ;
Just remember!—It's “Only a Loan.”
From the moment they're born
You give: of your love
Every pathway of life they are shown.
So take of each day
All the joys you behold,
But remember!—It’s Only a Loan.”
Hold tight to their hands
And the memories you share,
Keep every hour all your own.
For there comes that time
When they're no longer yours,
You Discover!—It's “Only a Loan,”
of the Back Mountain Area for their
Thank You All,
100 Years Ago This Week...in
THE CIVILWAR
(Events exactly 100 years ago this week in the Civil War—
told in the language and style of today.)
Fort Donelson
Captured by North
Confederate Casualties Severe;
15,000 Are Taken Prisoner
FORT DONELSON, Tenn.—Feb. 16—After three days of absorbing
Union gunfire—an onslaught that left some 2,000 killed or wounded—
Conjogerais forces today surrendered this Cumberland River in-
stallation. }
Unofficial casualty figures in-
dicated the battle was one of the
bloodiest so far in the war be-
tween Union and Confederacy.
In addition to their 2,000 casual-
ties, the Confederates gave. up al-
most 15,000 men as prisoners-of-
war. : ; . 3
At least 500 Union attackers fell
dead in the prolonged assault. An-
other 2,100 were wounded.
* # 3
IT WAS the second decisive vic-
tory in two weeks for the Union’s
Brig. Gen. U. S. Grant, who led
his troops ten days ago against
nearby Fort Henry. He captured
that bastion and routed the garri-
son.
Many of the Confederates
seized here today were fugi-
tives from Grant’s fierce wa-
ter-and-land assault on Fort
Henry.
Fort Donelson is—or was—con-
sidered the key defense point of
Nashville, current headquarters
of Gen. Albert Sidney Johnston,
area commander for the Con-
federates. :
Three chiefs of brigade—Simon
B. Buckner, John B. Floyd and
Gideon J. Pillow—were assigned
by Johnston to keep Fort Donel-
son strong. :
Floyd, ranking officer, is the
former Secretary of War for the
Union, having served under Presi-
dent Buchanan. He is now under
indictment by a Washington grand
jury for juggling federal ds.
GEN. FORREST -
force was to be augmented by
units aboard the Fort Henry river-
boat fleet, which was approaching
Donelson as it steamed up the
Cumberland River.
Upon landing these men,
Grant would have about 27,000
seasoned soldiers ready to go.
The riverboats—ironclads com-
manded by Flag Officer Andrew
Foote—let loose with their hot-
shot and the fortress reeled. An-
swering Confederate gunfire dam-
aged the majestic warships, but
couldn’t stop them.
Foote was wounded in the
Union units under Brig. Gen.
John A. McClernand and Brig.
Gen. Lew Wallace fought to turn
back the Confederate forces re-
treating from the fort.
Forrest's cavalry was the only
unit to make a clean break, escap-
ing through the lightly falling
snow into the swamps.
re y
Bowling Green
Occupied
BOWLING GREEN, Ky., Feb.
17—Units of the Federal Army
under Gen. Don Carlos Buell were
in martial command here today
after a routine occupation. Buell’s
forces reportedly are continuing
their drive toward Nashville,
Tenn.
* w *
IN CHARGE of cavalry for Don-
elson’s defenders was Lt. Col.
Nathan Bedford Forrest. Forrest
alone emerged with a frace of
victory; he led his horsemen out
of the beleaguered fort in a suc-
cessful retreat before the Rebel
capitulation.
The assault has earned the
swiftly-rising Grant a new
nickname — “Unconditional
Surrender,” a play on his ini-
tials.
That is what he demanded of
Buckner when the latter sought
truce terms after Floyd and Pil-
low escaped.
Grant left Fort Henry for the
12-mile march to Donelson four
days ago, with some 15,000 men,
including seven batteries of artil-
lery.
% % %
FLOYD'S command was under-
stood to have numbered some:
20,000 troops. Grant’s 15,000-man
(Copyright, 1962, Hegewisch News
S7attats. Chitacs 83, Ill. Photo: Na~
tional Archives.)
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