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Hooker Leads Potomac Forces
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' 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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Butt Falls Grange
Ted Fredcnburg, newly in
stalled master of the Butte
Falls Grange, presided at a
recent meeting and installed
officers who did not attend
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monies at Central Point.
Officers are overseer, Leon
ard Stratton; lecturer, Ban
Fulton steward, Everett
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man. Mr. and Mrs. F. G.
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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
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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
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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
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Faye George, . educational
committee, read a poem en
titled "Somebody Else."
Master Wayne Marshall an
nounced committee appoint
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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
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Parking Ticket Supply
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Eureka, Calif. - CUPD - The
public learned during the
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Several citizens took ad
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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
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Dallas, Ore.-0IPD - Albert
Cornelius Ullman, 83, the
father of Rep. Al Ullman (D
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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.
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