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"A Corporal from my Headquarters?" repeated the General, beginning to understand. "That's another development of that irrepressible Shorty." And he called: "Corp'l Elliott." "Yes, sir," responded Shorty, appearing at the door and saluting. "Did you raid the establishment of a person named" "Eph Glick," supplied the Provost-Marshal. "Yes, Ephraim Glick.
Wid thim eyes an' that shmile on yer face, d'ye think ye c'd fool owld Daddy Dunnigan, that was fir-rst corp'l t'rough two campaigns an' a scourge av peace f'r Captain Fronte McKim?
"And see you," continued Harry, "stand off all three of them rebels, who was tryin' to bayonet you, until Corp'l Elliott came raring down, swinging his gun like a flail. Great Scott! didn't he lay 'em out, though! I saw it all, as I was loading my gun in nine times to shoot one of the rebels attacking you, I'd just got the cap on, when Corp'l Elliott loped in."
"DETAIL for guard to-morrow," sang out the Orderly-Sergeant, after he had finished the evening roll-call: "Bailey, Belcher, Doolittle, Elliott, Fracker, Gleason, Hendricks, Hummerson. Long, Mansur, Nolan, Thompson." "Corp'l Klegg, you will act as Sergeant of the Guard. "Dan Elliott will act as Corporal of the Guard."
This on the march of the army from Dalton, Ga., to Calhoun, Ga., and on the 16th day of May, 1864. Specification III. That said Corp'l William L. Elliott, Co. Q, 200th Ind. Vol.
"Well," retorted Shorty, "we're goin' to have a real door, a winder, and a plank floor, all the same. They're to be had somewhere in this country, an' they'll have to run mighty hard to git away from us." The next morning the Orderly-Sergeant said: "Corp'l Klegg, you'll take five men, go down to the railroad, and report to the Commissary to load the wagon with rations."
The President then took the book and administered the same oath to the Judge-Advocate. "I shall now read the charges and specifications," said the Judge-Advocate, "which are as follows, and he read with sonorous impressiveness: CHARGE: Insulting, Threatening, and Striking Superior Officer. Specification I. That Corp'l William L. Elliott, Co. Q, 200th Ind. Vol.
"I'm afraid there's no use of picking up Corp'l Klegg and Shorty," said the Lieutenant, with tears in his eyes. "They got the rebel flag, but they're lying there stiff and cold." "Well, bring them back, anyway, so we can lay them beside the other gallant boys who have fallen to-day."
The Orderly-Sergeant looked down the line, and called out: "Here, Corp'l Klegg, you're not fit to go. Neither are you, Shorty. Step out, both of you." "Yes, I'm all right," said Shorty. "Feet's got well. I kin outwalk a Wea Injun."
Specification I. That said Corp'l William L. Elliott, Co. Q, 200th Ind. Vol. Inf., being then on duty, and in command of a squad of men, was openly and noisily intoxicated and drunk, and incapable of performing said duty, in violation of the 45th Article of war, and the discipline of the Armies of the United States.
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