Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 137, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 June 1912 — A Benediction. [ARTICLE]

A Benediction.

Gen. Pendleton, wiuTwas a clergyman before the war, but who, havlnr graduated at West Point, joined the army and commanded a battery at Bull Run. He stood by the guns, and when ready to fire he would say: “Now, boys, made ready! May the Lord have mercy on the poor sinners. Fire!” ■