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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFOHD, OREGON MONDAY. JANUARY 21. 1163 A 3 !2?-W- rtk urn?. i - V." Ct X -- Hooker Leads Potomac Forces ' Br MERTON T. AKERS ' UP! Corr.ipond.nt ' The Army of the Potomac, Its morale dragging in the Bottomless Virginia mu d where it was encamped, got a new commander Jan. 23, 1863. The news that President Lincoln had relieved Maj. Gen. Ambrose E. Burnside came as a surprise to no one. Hardly a month earlier Burnside had lost the disas trous battle of Fredericksburg when he sent his blue legions across the Rappahannock Riv er and up the heights against the massed fire of the in trenched Confederates of Gen. Robert E. Lee. Only a few days before be ing relieved, Burnside had ought to retrieve his military fortunes with a quick winter march to flank Lee's army This campaign has come down In history as the "Mud March" because the big ponderous Army of the Potomac mired down In the Virginia country fide In a two-day rain. To cap his mismoves, Bum side had demanded the dis charge from the army of four general officers of his com mand and removal of four others from duty .The alterna tive he presented to Lincoln was his resignation. Lincoln chose to remove Burnside in stead of the eight general of ficers. Many Surprii.d The President's choice of a auccessor did surprise many in the army. The new com mander the President desig nated was Joseph Hooker, ma jor; general and commander cf one wing of the army. "Fighting Joe" Hooker had been one of Burnside's sever est critics, being guilty of, according to Burnside, "un just and unnecessary criti cisms of the action of his su perior officers, and of au thorities" and having "en deavored to create distrust in the minds of officers associa ted with him . . ." Hooker was one of the generals Burnside wanted to relieve. Despite these charges, some of which the President knew to be true, Lincoln appointed him anyway and wrote him a letter on Jan. 26. For a letter from the Commander in-Chief to a subordinate, it was remarkable for its frank ness, its advice and its warning. "I have placed you at the head of the Army of the Po tomac," Lincoln wrote to Hooker. "Of course I have done it upon what appear to me to be sufficient reasons. And yet I think it best for you to know that there are some things in regard to which, I am not quite satis fied with you. I believe you to be a brave and skillful soldier, which, of course, I like. I also believe you do not mix politics with your profession, in which you are right. You have confidence in yourself, which is a valuable, if not an indispensable, qual ity. Great Wrong "You are ambitious, which, within reasonable bounds, does you good rather than harm. But I think that during General Burnside's command of the Army, you have taken counsel of your ambition, and thwarted him as much as you could, in which you did a great wrong to the country, and to a most meritorious and honorable brother officer. I have heard, in such a way as to believe it, of your recent ly saying that both the Army and the Government needed a Dictator. Of course it was not for this, but in spite of it, that I have given you the com mand. Only those generals who gain success, can set up as dictators. What I ask of you is military success, and I will risk the dictatorship. "The government will sup port you to the utmost of its ability, which Is neither more nor less than it has done and will do for all commanders. I much fear that the spirit which you have aided to in fuse into the Army, of criti cising their Commander, and withholding confidence from him, will now turn upon you. I shall assist you as far as I can, to put it down. Neither j you, nor Napoleon, u ne were allvt again, could get any good out of army, while such a spirit prevails in it. "And now, beware of rash ness. Beware of rashness, but with energy and sleepless vi gil, go forward, and give us victories." Hooker's reaction to the let ter, as recorded by Noah Brooks. Washington newspa per man was: "That is Just such a letter as a father might write his son. It is a beautiful letter, and although I think he was harder on me than I deserved, 1 will say I love the man who wrote it," Others, however, recorded that Hooker considered the letter a rebuke. Hooker, him self, said the command was conferred on him "for his sword alone." Hooker's appointment was hailed by the troops. He was known as a fighter and as a general who always made sure his men were fed and clothed well two consider ations which loom large to soldiers. Other generals in the Army of the Potomac did not think as well of Hooker , as the troops. Maj. Gen. Rarius Couch felt President Lincoln had made a serious mistake on the ap pointment. William F. Smith said that "Hooker would start out to make a spoon and spoil a horn." O. O. Howard felt skeptical about Hooker's per sonal conduct. Carl Schurz said Hooker "is a man with no firm moral force but he is a good soldier . . .," George G. Meade said "Hooker is a very good soldier and a capi tal officer to command an army corps but I should doubt his qualifications to command a large army." A West Pointer of the class of 1837, Hooker was 48 when he came to command of the Army of the Potomac. He was a veteran of the Mexican War but by Civil War time he had resigned from the Army and was farming in California. A faro dealer lent (or gave) him $1,000 for the trip east to get into the war. The gam bler also stocked Hooker's steamboat cabin with food and drink for the long voyage around Cape Horn. Fought with Distinction After some delay he was made a brigadier general of volunteers at the same time as U.S. Grant but was ranked' two places above Grant in the Army Register. Hooker fought with distinc tion in the Peninsular Com paign and at Antietam, where he was wounded in the foot. He had tried to argue Burn side out of the last assaults at Fredericksburg. He always rode a white horse, this new commander of the North's biggest and show iest army, "tall, robust, bronze-haired, sharpeyed . . ." Hooker got the name of "Fighting Joe" by mistake. During the Peninsular cam paign a newspaper printer in New York dropped the hy phen from the slugline "Fighting-Joe Hooker." It appeared in print that way, the proof reader letting it go into the paper purposely. The name stuck but Hook er never liked it. ". , . that name has done and is doing me incalculable injury," he told a reporter. Hooker, who came from Hadley, Mass., was the fourth commander of the Army of the Potomac. This fighting army, badly led for two years, would have only one more before it hit its stride. Court Records MEDFORD MUNICIPAL COURT John Chepin, Improper lane usage. S10. Donald Jason Simpson, improper lane usage, SIO. Bernard Kent Plumer, violation of basic rule, $10. Oscar Jackson, disobeyed stop sign. SIO. James Lewis Yates, violation of basic rule, $25. Florence Mildred Kezck, improp er lane usage, SIO. Raymond Edward'Mencke. viola tion of basic rule, $25. Thomas Fenton Storey, disobeyed traffic signal, $10. . ASHLAND MUNICIPAL COURT Rolland Charles Bailey, violation of basic rule, Slo. Richard Louis Schroeder, ob structed vision. $10. Clarence Edward obeyed traffic signal. Theodore Kucera, basic rule. S15. Robert Douglas Evans, violation of basic rule, $20. Ronanld Allen Wilson, disorder ly conduct, $50, work detail. Raymond Lewis Thompson, vio lation of basic rule, $15. 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Officers are overseer, Leon ard Stratton; lecturer, Ban Fulton steward, Everett Moore; assistant steward, Earl Dcen lady assistant, Mrs. Roy Green; chaplain, Mrs. Ben Fulton; secretary, Mrs. Frank Terry; treasurer, Mrs. H. J. Arnold; Ceres, Mrs. Everett Moore; Pomona, Mrs. Leon ard Stratton; Flora, Mrs. Ray Chambers; executive commit tee, Elga Abbott, Leth Mead ows and Ray Chambers. Gate keeper is Frank Terry and Mrs. Ernest Smith is the home economics -committee chair man. Mr. and Mrs. F. G. Haworth, Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Allen, Steve Deen, Harvey Dcen and Marvin Cothrin were obligated in the third and fourth degrees. Miss Laura Deen was instructed in the first and second degrees. Guests at the meeting were Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Kec and daughter, Cecilia, of the Shady Cove Grange." Refreshments were served during the social hour by Mr. and .Mrs. Elga Abbott. ... ., Lake Creek Grange A letter was received from Sen. Wayne Morse in answer to a letter from Lake Creek Grange, concerning the clean ing of the debris along Little Butte creek from the Dec. 2 flood. He said he had con tacted federal officials and was requesting full informa tion as to what could be done. He also stated that he was asking for information as to what could be done by the federal government to pre vent future flood losses in this area. 1 Fire Insurance Agent Cecil Kce explained the slowness in receiving verification from the home office in Seattle, Wash., for new applicant. Since the Columbus day windstorm, office personnel has been busy. Kee said ho with keeps his policy files him at all meetings. Mcrton Bradshaw reported that representatives from Jackson County Stockmen's association who attended the meeting at Portland, did not bring back an encouraging re port for stockmen. Faye George, . educational committee, read a poem en titled "Somebody Else." Master Wayne Marshall an nounced committee appoint ments: agriculture, Morton Bradshaw, Claus Charley, Chan Stokes; educational, Pearl Bartling, Arlcne Sto ver, Ellyn Charley; legisla tive, Murray Bartling, Bob Gilkey, Loyd George; ways and means, Lcland Charley, Kent Stover, Al Humpert; home economics chairman, Nora Bradshaw; fire insur ance agent, Cecil Kce. The secretary read the fourth quarterly report for 1962. We have a new mem ber, Walter Gilbert. Members who cleaned the hall after the December flood were given a vote of thanks. Murray Bartling thanked Grange members for the gift given him as an expression of appreciation for his years of service as fire insurance agent. . Bartling resigned recently. Parking Ticket Supply Exhausted at Eureka Eureka, Calif. - CUPD - The public learned during the week end what police have known for a week the sup ply of parking tickets has run out. Several citizens took ad vantage of the situation but City Manager Ronald Bartels said "meter maids were go ing through the motions of marking the tires of guilty cars anyway. And meter maids, he might have added, have long mem ories. . BEGINS INTEGRATION Orlando, Fla; - (UPD - The Orange county public schools will begin gradual Integra tion next fall, school Supt, R, Earl Kipp said Thursday. Wild Blur Chase Inability To Find Recipe for Exotic Filipino Dish Upsets Lecture Writer By DICK WEST Washington - (UPD - My doc tor keeps telling me not to let little things upset me, but 1 can t help it. Take this mat ter of "bluts." I spent half a day recently trying to dig up some data o n "bluts." 111? I The upshot l?" ll was that I dis-eV-..'.-tfr.Adl covereri there isn't any such thing as a "blut." This threw me Into a fit that lasted for hours. In fact, I still haven't fully recovered my equanimity. It was all the fault of a chap I know who lives in New York and who, like most New Yorkers, thinks of hipisclf as a man of the world. Knowing that I was writing a series of lectures on "great dishes of the Western world," he dropped me a note that was fairly oozing sophistica tion. "When are you going to Ullman's Father Dies at Rest Home Dallas, Ore.-0IPD - Albert Cornelius Ullman, 83, the father of Rep. Al Ullman (D Ore) died Saturday in a rest home where he had lived for the past 18 months. The senior Ullman lived most of his life in Montana, where he operated general merchandise stores. 1 He was born in. Chicago. I. : . , j . Survivors, in addition to the congressman, are another son, Miles, of Alexandria, Vs., and a daughter, Mrs. Robert Sprague of Salem. . , writ a l.ctur. on bluts, th exotic Filipino dish?" h asked. "Some of my best friends an blut esUri." How's that for a status symbol? A person is entitled to choose his own friends, I always say, but some people obviously are pretty hard up for companionship. "I assume you know," he added condescendingly, "that a blut is an unhatched chicken egg that is buried three months before it is eaten." As a matter of fact, I didn't know, but I wasn't about to admit it. I went to the library to read up on blut-cating and spent the entire morning con sulting reference books. In none did I find any mention of "bluts." The nearest thing to It that I ran across was "bluet," which is a typt of wild flower. That wouldn't b . of any help unless I were writing a book called "Pleat don't Eat in Bluett." Finally, I called the Philip pines Embassy, and there I found the answer. An author ity on food of the Islands told me that the New Yorker with the blut-eating friends must have been referring to a balut," only he didn't know how to spell it. Furthermore. I was in formed that a "balut" is not a chicken egg at all. It is a duck egg. Besides that, it is not necessary to bury the egg. You simply let it Incubate for about 13 days and then boil it for 45 minutes. Remove shell and there you have a "balut." I asked my embassy contact if the incubation time for a balut was always 15 days. "It depends on what kind of a balut you want," she re plied. Personally, I prefer my ducks fully hatched and roast ed. So I guess you could say that I have been on a wild blut chase. IJ I YaMiNes ThurtFb. 14 217 E. Main, Mtdford, Or. San Diego. Calif. - (UPD -Howard Lec White, 33, chose the wrong policeman Satur day to ask if his car was parked legally. The officer recognized him as a Tennessee prison escapee, . Public Notice! , In regards to a recant letter to th Mall Trib une Editor by an Irata readai; and du to th r , fact that a talaphon answering tarvic ap pears to ba tha ultimata target for hit torn- -plaint, wa with to advise th public, our '. clients and protpactiv cliants that our firm was not involved. 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