Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 243, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 October 1912 — Good Advice for Sentry. [ARTICLE]

Good Advice for Sentry.

General Sheridan was once halted by G. M. Woodward of Wisconsin when the latter was a “ high private ” in the army of the Potomac and on picket duty. A man on horseback came along, and he greeted him with the proper salutation: “ Who goes there?” “A friend,” was the reply. “ Advance, friend, and give the countersign!” said the young private. "I am General Sheridan,” said the horseman. Woodward gave him to understand that he didn’t care if he was Gen. Sheifidan; that he wanted the countersign, and he brought his bayonet into close proximity to the general’s person and demanded the proper answer. Sheridan smiled, gave it to him, and, as he rode away, turned to remark: “ Young man, there’s a regiment oi Infantry coining Just behind me. Don’t molest ’em.”