Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 94, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 April 1912 — CAMP FIRE STORIES [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

CAMP FIRE STORIES

WITH SHERMAN TO THE S Ui One of Most Exciting Features off March Through Georgia Was Seek, • J tog for Buried Treasures. A story of General Sherman's marefclr through Georgia, told bT George Ward! Nichols, American author, who was' ip member of Sherman’s staff. ~ff!choil# tells Of the efforts of the Union soldiers to obtain food, described as treasure. f I Aa the rumors of the advance of our w army through Georgia reached that frightened inhabitants, frantic efforts were made to conceal not only their personal effects—plate, jewelry and! other rich goods—but also food, such as bams, sugar, flour, and so on. A large part of these supplies were! carried to neighboring swamps, buts the favorite method of consealmentj was the burial of the treasure in the! pathways and gardens adjoining th#| dwelling house. Sometimes also that graveyards were selected as the best! places of security. J Unfortunately for these people, th« 3 negroes betrayed them, and to thej early part of the march the soldiersj learned the secret. It is possible that! g

supplies thus hidden may have escaped! ; the search of our men, but if so, It was I not for the want of diligent explora-1 With untiring zeal the soldiers hunt-j ed for supplies. the ana#f| baited, almost every inch of ground in]| the vicinity was poked by ramrods,, pierced with sabers and upturned with] spades. The universal digging want | good for garden land. But it was distressing to owners &Rg the exhumed property, who saw itj'T rapidly and irretrievably It was comical to see a group of thesei red-bearded, barefoot, ragged veterans; punching the unoffending earth in-aiiM apparently aimless, bat certainly in a. most energetic way. If they struck a vein, a spade wa& lnstantly placed into execution and the. coveted wealth speedily unearthed. Nothing escaped the observation of: these sharp wltted soldiers. A woman; standing upon the porch of the house, apparently watching their lugs, instantly became an objeet of] suspicion, and she was watched untils some movement betrayed the place of] concealment. The fresh earth recently thrown upig| a bed of flowers just set out, that slightest change of. appearance or post*] : tlon, all attracted the gaze of these* | military agriculturists; it was all fair] spoils of war, and the search made one] of the greatest excitements of thejj|

The Soldiers Hunted for Supplies.