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Emery County Commissioners held their May 12 meeting. Commissioner Gary Kofford said, "The outdoor pool will open Memorial weekend. Twenty eight lifeguards will be ready for the outdoor pool season. We have heard several good comments about the pool. They say the staff is friendly and helpful."
The county will purchase a new Town and Country van to replace the Perkie Van which is worn out. The 2009 property tax exemption list was approved. This list includes churches and other various organizations. The commission ratified the employment contract for Michael Olsen.
The commission approved the advertising for a humidifier for the Museum of the San Rafael. Dan Wells was appointed to the Emery County Care and Rehab board. The commission will begin advertising for a member for the Emery County Care and Rehab board from the eastern portion of the county.
Under the citizen concerns category, Bill Dellos said he has been approached by people who use Straight Canyon for rock climbing and they would like a restroom put along there. The commissioners said they are looking at the problem, and Commissioner Jeff Horrocks has been in contact with the BLM and will continue to work with them to see what can be done to accommodate these recreational users.
The commission signed an interlocal agreement to cover an administrative salary adjustment for the Emery County Special Service District number one secretary Leslie Bolinder.
The commission approved an amended application for transportation, utility systems and facilities on federal lands for the Cedar Mountain Communication Site. The Cedar Mountain Site was recently cleaned up with the change from analog to digital signal. The amendment to the application is to reflect what equipment is actually at the site now.
The Drug Task Force Grant was approved for a total of $73,168. The JAG grant was approved for $10,000, this is a stimulus grant.
The commission approved a $225 sponsorship for the Rocky Mountain Coal Mine Rescue competition which will be held on June 3 and 4 at CEU. This will include the fee for two commissioners to attend the awards ceremony dinner.
The commission approved to donate the snowplow at the airport to Huntington Aviation LLC, the company taking care of the airport. County Attorney David Blackwell will see the title is transferred to the company.
The commission approved fee waivers for the Clawson Town Hall project and restrooms for the park and the Emery Town fire station project.
In personnel items the commission approved to hire Clay Collard as part-time lifeguard at the Aquatic Center. A merit increase of 3 percent and a 4 percent cost of living increase was approved for Cory Collard, Jessica Labrum, Troylynn Bentley and Aaron Knighton for successful completion of their six month orientation as part-time lifeguards.
A 3 percent merit increase was approved for Marilyn Collard, instructor, and Stayler McOmie, head lifeguard for successful completion of their six month orientation period as a part-time lifeguard.
Ninety day temporary employees were approved for the Aquatic Center including: Jessica Murray, Justin Cox, Karen Royall, Julie Hall, Stevie Feuers, Shala Pitchforth and Kaylee VanWagoner.
A 3 percent merit increase for Summer Clark was approved as a part-time library janitor. It was approved to change existing agreement with ECSSD#1 and include monthly stipend into current county wage for Leslie Bolinder. A cell phone stipend was approved for Leslie Bolinder.
The commissioners gave their report, Commissioner Jeff Horrocks said, "I applied for the vacant seat for the Division of Wildlife Resources and will know soon about that. We will be meeting with the Ferron City Council and Jim Gordon to discuss EMT training.
"We met with the travel bureau and Mike McCandless and Tina Carter will be attending a conference in Layton. The blue prints are ready for the information center booth planned for the well in Buckhorn Draw. There will be a small building there that's manned during holiday weekends and a restroom will be placed there. The Star Trek movie came out and a small portion of that was filmed by I-70 and Eardley canyon.
"We met with the fire district and Garth Childs was re-elected as chairman. We discussed training and will be applying for a grant to purchase eight new fire trucks. It is now $290,000 per unit and we hope to replace our aging trucks. There will be a prescribed burn at Joe's Valley and another later on at the Pines.
"I met with the Green River Water Conservancy on water and plans to assist the farmers in the area," said Horrocks.
Commissioner Laurie Pitchforth said the remodel plans for the Emery County Care and Rehab in Ferron are going well. The county has plans to go to the community impact board for funding for the project. "The librarians for the county met with librarians from throughout the state and exchanged fun ideas for libraries. They are very creative and we encourage everyone to support our local libraries. They have copies, enlargements and other services. They stay right on top of things.
"We had the Miss Emery golf tournament fundraiser. It was very successful. Miss Emery earned a substantial amount of money. The fair theme is "Sagebrush and Surprises." We advertised for a lamb fry vendor, but didn't have any bidders. We want the lamb fry for two nights of the fair. There will be a commissioners chili cook-off contest one night at the fair. The recreation district along with Millsite Golf Course and the Emery High Golf Team will sponsor a junior golf clinic on June 1. On June 6 will be a Royal Tea party fundraiser for Miss Emery at the Museum of the San Rafael. All little girls are encouraged to come and get their pictures with the Disney princesses. There will be a program and lunch. The girls will visit various stations for activities. They will make a necklace, get their fingernails painted, visit the fairy godmother and have a buggy ride" said Commissioner Pitchforth.
Commissioner Gary Kofford said the Children Justice Center home is nearing completion and an open house for the high school kids was scheduled for May 18. Another open house with the state dignitaries will be held in June when the building is finished. "I attended UCEP training which explained IRS and travel rules to keep the counties on track. The pool will host the Senior Night party at the Aquatic Center. "On the Moore road phase seven we are waiting for a 404 permit from the Army Corps of Engineers. It will go up for bid as soon as that gets here. We have met on the Temple Mountain Road and the design is complete and the bid will go out May 30 with work beginning by mid-July," said Commissioner Kofford.
Commissioner Kofford said the airport project is finished and will be a great addition to the county.
The next commission meeting will be May 27 at 9 a.m.


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Debates of May 30th, 2012
House of Commons Hansard #130 of the 41st Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament's site.) The word of the day was human.
- Question Period
- The Holocaust
- Bring Back the Salmon
- Patriotes de Longueuil 1999 Soccer Team
- Royal Canadian Air Cadets
- Africa Day
- Birkdale Art in the Park
- Veterans Affairs
- National Anaphylaxis Month
- Penn Torah
- Laure Frappier and Raymond Poisson
- Restoring Rail Service Legislation
- Aboriginal Affairs
- New Democratic Party of Canada
- Markham
- New Democratic Party of Canada
- Mailing of Human Remains
- Restoring Rail Service Legislation
- The Environment
- Employment Insurance
- Fisheries and Oceans
- The Environment
- Employment
- Co-operatives
- Natural Resources
- Aboriginal Affairs
- Search and Rescue
- Rail Transportation
- Contaminated Water in Shannon
- The Environment
- Health
- Fisheries and Oceans
- The Environment
- Employment
- The Economy
- Search and Rescue
- Aerospace Industry
- Foreign Affairs
- Transportation
- Agriculture and Agri-food
- Resignation of Member
- Points of Order
- Public Safety
- Government Response to Petitions
- Interparliamentary Delegations
- Committees of the House
- Canada Elections Act
- Citizenship Act
- Private Member's Business
- Government of Iran
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- Business of Supply
- Groundwater Contamination
- Canada Pension Plan
- Canadian Human Rights Act
- Rights & Democracy
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Rail Transportation
Oral Questions
2:50 p.m.
The Speaker Andrew Scheer
Order, please. The hon. Minister of Labour has the floor.
Rail Transportation
Oral Questions
2:50 p.m.
Lisa Raitt Halton, ON
Mr. Speaker, sadly, the truth hurts. Delaying even a day is an $80 million bill to the Canadian public and they are preventing the Teamsters, the people that they say they march shoulder to shoulder with, from returning to work. It is a sad, sad day. It is a calculated move by the Liberals. It is irresponsible and it is arrogant.
Contaminated Water in Shannon
Oral Questions
2:50 p.m.
Élaine Michaud Portneuf—Jacques-Cartier, QC
Mr. Speaker, the victims of the contamination in Shannon have been seeking justice for 10 years now. The Department of National Defence and Environment Canada knew that the water in Shannon was contaminated with TCE but they still allowed people to be poisoned.
We are talking about people who are now suffering from cancer and other serious illnesses as a result of this. The people of Shannon deserve better.
For once, will the Minister of Veterans Affairs stand up for the people in the Quebec City region and for veterans who are victims of the contamination, or is he going to once again let the Prime Minister's Office tell him what to do?
Contaminated Water in Shannon
Oral Questions
2:50 p.m.
Steven Blaney Minister of Veterans Affairs
Mr. Speaker, I have done more for the Quebec City area, and I invite the members for the Quebec City area to continue to work as my predecessors did. We are proud to be Conservative members from Quebec and we will continue to work for Quebec.
The Environment
Oral Questions
2:50 p.m.
Nathan Cullen Skeena—Bulkley Valley, BC
Mr. Speaker, I want to give the Minister of the Environment an opportunity to clear the record.
Every time an independent, arm's-length expert raises concerns with the Conservative government's reckless agenda, such as the Auditor General, the Parliamentary Budget Officer and now the environment commissioner, those experts must be wrong and the Conservative government must be right.
The Conservatives may be content to drink their own bathwater, but to ask Canadians to do the same thing is reprehensible and wrong.
Will the Minister of the Environment clear the record and clear the good name of the environment commissioner and Canada?
The Environment
Oral Questions
May 30th, 2012 / 2:55 p.m.
Peter Kent Minister of the Environment
Mr. Speaker, two weeks ago I remarked that the environment commissioner's greenhouse gas inventory numbers were out of date. I said that he was under-informed on the federal contaminated sites program. His office has since come back and as much as admitted that fact and suggested that it would like new information to update and do a supplementary report.
With regard to the numbers he offered yesterday to the committee regarding his estimate of the number of federal assessments under the CEAA 2012, his numbers were wrong.
Oral Questions
2:55 p.m.
Matthew Dubé Chambly—Borduas, QC
Mr. Speaker, when it comes to health, the Conservatives do not know what they are talking about.
Yesterday, a report gave troubling statistics about children's physical activity. Half of all children get only three hours of exercise per week and are sedentary for 63% of their free time.
However, when asked about this, the Minister of State for Sport said, "More and more kids are getting involved in sports." However, that is clearly not the case.
Does the Minister of State for Sport agree with the report and is he aware of the extent of the problem?
Oral Questions
2:55 p.m.
Bal Gosal Minister of State (Sport)
Mr. Speaker, keeping our kids active and involved in sports leads to healthier, happier lifestyles. That is why our government is working hard to provide families and children with opportunities to take part in physical activity.
We have upgraded the children's fitness tax credit and continue to work with partners like Participaction and Le Grand défi and the provinces and territories to ensure young Canadians stay active and healthy.
Oral Questions
2:55 p.m.
Matthew Dubé Chambly—Borduas, QC
Mr. Speaker, yesterday the minister could not even answer if he was worried about childhood activity. Once again, he could not answer if he agreed with the report. Now he cannot even say clearly if he even read the report. The minister has fumbled his portfolio.
Childhood obesity rates are rising. It is important for Canadian families to get kids moving. The minister thinks the Conservative approach is working despite all the evidence that the problem is getting worse.
Will the government pledge to do more than exercise its talking points to get Canadian families and children active?
Oral Questions
2:55 p.m.
Bal Gosal Minister of State (Sport)
Mr. Speaker, under our government, working with Canadian Tire Jumpstart, we have helped nearly 400,000 kids to get involved in sports if they wish to be involved. That is why our government is working hard to provide families and children with the opportunity to take part in physical activity.
We have created the children's fitness tax credit and continue to work with parties like Participaction, which was cancelled by the previous government, Le Grand défi and the provinces and territories to ensure young Canadians stay active and healthy.
Fisheries and Oceans
Oral Questions
2:55 p.m.
Kirsty Duncan Etobicoke North, ON
Mr. Speaker, in an unprecedented move, four former fisheries ministers have criticized the Prime Minister in an open letter stating:
We find it troubling that the government is proposing to amend the Fisheries Act via omnibus budget legislation in a manner that we believe will inevitably reduce and weaken the habitat protection provisions.
Is the government really so incompetent that it cannot find any way to protect farmers without gutting the Fisheries Act?
Fisheries and Oceans
Oral Questions
2:55 p.m.
New Brunswick
Keith Ashfield Minister of Fisheries and Oceans and Minister for the Atlantic Gateway
Mr. Speaker, there have been no substantive changes to the Fisheries Act since 1977. This is 2012.
I respect the individuals who made the comments, but I believe that what we have proposed would strengthen our habitat rules. We are focusing on recreational, aboriginal and commercial fisheries. The rules that we are putting in place will actually strengthen many areas and provide a clearer answer to Canadians as to what they can do in and around waterways.
The Environment
Oral Questions
2:55 p.m.
Geoff Regan Halifax West, NS
Mr. Speaker, Canada's capacity to deal with a major oil spill in Atlantic Canada or the Beaufort Sea is being decimated by the government. Conservatives are curtailing the work of a noted research centre at the Bedford Institute of Oceanography. They are phasing out research on the biological effects of oil and gas. Worse still, they have put world-class oil spill expert Ken Lee on notice that his job is in jeopardy, if one can imagine.
Why is the government being so reckless when it comes to protecting our coastal zones?
The Environment
Oral Questions
3 p.m.
New Brunswick
Keith Ashfield Minister of Fisheries and Oceans and Minister for the Atlantic Gateway
Mr. Speaker, as I mentioned earlier, our government will continue to provide advice on the effects of contaminants. That is why we are establishing a national advisory group that will provide advice on priority issues and will manage a research fund.
Through this new advisory group, the department will continue to provide science advice on contaminants and will provide funding to universities and other facilities to do the research.
Oral Questions
3 p.m.
Linda Duncan Edmonton Strathcona, AB
Mr. Speaker, in October last year the Minister of Public Works and Government Services , with much fanfare, announced a $1 billion contract to upgrade the Canadian army's fleet of LAV III combat vehicles. The General Dynamics Land Systems Edmonton plant was to create 110 secure, highly skilled jobs for five years.
I have been advised that only six months later, these workers are already being laid off. Can the Minister of Public Works and Government Services confirm if these promised jobs are being cut?


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I happened to be in Auburn yesterday when I received a text message from my brother saying simply "the Toomer's trees have been poisoned and are probably going to die." Sadness and anger hit me as I looked across College Street at the 130-year-old live oak trees, which are such important symbol for the Tiger family, of which I am a proud member. I immediately started to ponder what sort of person does such a thing and why on earth would they take out their sports-related aggression on a tree.
As I was driving home last night, I thought about this incident and how I hope it can become a teachable moment for the girls we serve through Girl Scouts. When Liz Brent, our CEO, and I speak to United Way's and other groups, we always tell people that we are in the business of changing lives; that the girls we serve will grow up to serve their communities well and, indeed, make the world a better place. Our volunteers make certain Girl Scouts know right from wrong; that they understand the importance of volunteerism and always leaving a place better than they found it. It's the great thing about our program, and it serves girls throughout their lives.
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By GARY ARRINGTONSports writer
Through three basketball games last week, the Emery High boys' basketball team is still struggling to define who they are. At times they are a run and gun type team and then at other times they slow it down and struggle to get off a shot. Emery lost two of those games while winning once.
On Tuesday, the Spartans traveled to Blanding and lost to the San Juan team 70-63. On Friday, Emery defeated Canyon View 43-40 in their opening game of the Coal Country classic. On Saturday, Emery lost to Morgan 63-56 in this year's final tournament game.
In Blanding, Emery fell behind early and could never quite catch up. They lost the opening quarter 20-11 despite 8 points from Kyle Johansen. Although Emery scored better in the second period, they still the lost the quarter 23-19 to trail at the half 43-30. Johansen scored another 6 points in this period and received scoring help from Dempsey Jeffs as he finished the period with 7 points in the quarter and 9 in the half.
Emery won the last two quarters, 21-18 and 11-9, but it was not enough to snatch a victory. Johansen led Emery in the game with 20 points, Jeffs ended the night with 12 points and Nevin Jensen ended with 13 points, 12 in the second half. Tyler Killpack finished with 7 points, Jordan Gee and Cameron Hansen added 4 points each and Karson Jensen had 2 points.
On Friday in Castle Dale, Emery got the early lead at 13-7 after the opening period but barely led at the half 20-16. Emery had too many turnovers in the opening period, did not rebound very well and despite having the lead, did not play as good of defense as their coach would have liked.
Emery hit three 3-pointers in the period, two by Gee and another by Nevin. Gee hit another three in the second quarter.
In the third quarter, Emery did not take advantage of the Falcons despite Canyon View seeming to want to lose the game. Emery led 31-30 at the end of three periods. Nevin added two more 3-pointers. Emery took the lead at 5-4 in the opening quarter, then saw their lead disappear at 39-40 in the closing minutes of the game. Emery took a timeout with 1:04 left to play in the game. Nevin hit two free throws to put Emery back in the lead.
Canyon View took a time out with 17.5 seconds left and the Emery defense did not allow Canyon View a decent look at the basket when play resumed and Emery got away with the win. Nevin, Dempsey and Jordan all finished with 11 points in the game. Karson had 6 points and Cameron and Kyle had 2 points each.
On Saturday night, this was almost a tale of two different teams. Emery lost the first and third quarters badly but won the second and fourth periods almost with ease. The score after the opening period was 16-6 for Morgan and Emery was almost shutout in the third period but a 3-pointer by Karson Jensen with 1:25 left in the quarter gave Emery it's only points of the period. Emery lost the quarter, 17-3.
In the second period, it was a different team on the floor, same guys but a different team. Dempsey led the way with 9 points including two 3's. And then in the final period, after having scored only 26 points so far in the game, scored 30 points and won the period 30-21. Emery put up shots with a sense of purpose and scored at will.
Five different Spartans hit a 3-pointer in the period. Karson led the way with two 3's and 10 points. Nevin, Dempsey, Jordan and Gatlan Huntington also each hit a 3-pointer. Jeffs finished with 7 points and Nevin with 5 points in the period.
Dempsey led the team with 16 points followed by Karson with 13 points. Nevin had 8 points, Cameron and Kyle each had 5 points, Jordan finished with 4 points, Gatlan with 3 points and Tyler with 2 points.
Morgan scored the first 8 points of the game along with first 13 points of the third quarter. Emery cut the big lead down to 6 points at 59-53 but could not get any closer.
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Shamo is a fighting seinen manga about a boy named Ryo Narushima who was a 16 year old bookworm in High School and getting ready to go to Tokyo University. One day he snaps and brutally murders his mom and dad with a switch blade, leaving his sister to watch as he cut them up. He's sent to a juvenile reformatory where he meets Kenji Kurokawa, a prisoner from a different jail who comes to the reformatory once a week to teach karate to the boys. During Kenji's lessons Ryo finds that he has a real talent for karate. Thanks to a law that protects minors he's released from the reformatory two years later at the age of 18. From there Ryo's life changes forever as he sees that he's shunned from society and left to fend and survive on his own.
This is probably my favorite seinen manga to date. The storyline is very psychological leaving you to wonder what the hell is going on in Ryo's mind. The fighting can get very bloody and gruesome, but the artwork is simply stunning. The manga is currently ongoing with 25 volumes, but sadly only up to about half of 18 has been scanlated so far. The latest to be scanlated was chapter 186 by Manga-Sketchbook.
Shamo also has a live-action movie currently in the works. Go here to find some info.
Latest Chapters
Volume 18 Chapter 178 || Volume 18 Chapter 179
Volume 18 Chapter 180 || Volume 18 Chapter 181
Volume 18 Chapter 182 || Volume 18 Chapter 183
Volume 18 Chapter 184 || Volume 18 Chapter 185
Volume 18 Chapter 186
Shamo - Volume 01 || Shamo - Volume 02
Shamo - Volume 03 || Shamo - Volume 04
Shamo - Volume 05 || Shamo - Volume 06
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Learn when you should begin using a water filtration system in your home. Find out how to identify an earthy smell coming from your home's water supply.
LESLIE: Doug in Utah, you've got The Money Pit. What can we do for you today?
TOM: Hmm.
DOUG: … that is coming through when we take a shower, when we use the sink; and the situation is the house is only four years old and what could this be. And it hasn't always been that way. It just started within the last couple of months.
TOM: Doug, are you on well water or city water?
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For much of the legislative session, there was one thought that would enter into my mind, perhaps more than any other: This marijuana stuff is pretty boring.
Seriously. For a drug that's capable of making everyday experiences pretty interesting for a whole lot of people out there — and can make those old Allman Brothers vinyls sound even sweeter — for the most part, covering the Legislature's attempts to regulate the newly legalized retail pot industry had been quite the snooze fest.
So, thank goodness for the last few weeks of the legislative session, which produced a slew of pot activity — including some profound philosophical debates over the regulation of the drug — that managed to put the "Wee!" back in "weed."
But things surrounding the implementation of Amendment 64 — the voter-approved measure that legalizes recreational marijuana use — sure did start out slow this legislative session. There were committees after committees after committees, many of which started at 7:30 in the morning. Ugh!
And from those hearings emerged super-exciting terms like "vertical integration"; "excise tax"; "egress"; "ingress." But, I digress.
Thankfully, the last couple of weeks of legislative pot talk made up for all of the months of boring regulatory language, trite marijuana puns and over-used Cheetos references.
Thoroughly entertaining debates over how to tax the drug and where people should be allowed to congregate to smoke it emerged at sessions' end.
And the political lines over those issues became about as blurred as highway lines might appear to a stoner on his way home from a String Cheese Incident show at Red Rocks.
"It's been all over the place," said Rep. Jonathan Singer, D-Longmont, in a recent interview. Singer was the sponsor of House Bill 1318, which puts in place an Amendment 64 taxation model.
Singer said it was "refreshing" to see that debates over marijuana knew no political boundaries.
"Ninety percent of the folks here have this really open mind about it, like, `So, what do you think?'," Singer said. "And my answer is, `I don't know, what do you think?' And were figuring it out together."
Breaking news: Republicans don't like taxes. And they, like many people, don't like drugs. So what was fascinating to observe over the last couple of weeks of the session was members of the Grand Old Party arguing in favor of lowering tax rates on retail marijuana sales. Their argument was sound — they didn't want the drug taxed too high, out of fear that the black market would benefit.
But the irony is that the end result of lowering taxes on marijuana makes it cheaper for people to buy drugs! That irony was not lost on Singer.
"The traditional conservative argument for less taxes kind of steps in the way for the traditional conservative argument for less drugs. So, how do we balance that?" Singer said. "Same thing on the progressive side. There's people on that side worried about social factors of drug addiction and the social factors of incarcerating people because of drugs.
"It's a little off kilter."
You can say that again. Case in point was a fascinating debate in the Senate over whether the state should allow the existence of marijuana clubs, where people could have a common place to enjoy the drug, like "Cheers" for pot smokers. Wouldn't you like to get away?
This issue sure made for some strange political bedfellows. Sen. Pat Steadman, D-Denver, joined forces with Sen. Greg Brophy, R-Wray, to propose an amendment to one of the marijuana regulation bills, that would have treated marijuana clubs like cigar bars — only they wouldn't be allowed to actually buy the drugs there, just smoke them.
Sen. Vicki Marble, R-Fort Collins, argued in favor of Steadman's amendment — which, now that I think about it, could very well be the first time that a Colorado legislative reporter has ever written that sentence. Awesome!
"The last thing you want them to do is to hang out in a back alley and smoke it," Marble said on the Senate floor recently.
Democratic Sens. Cheri Jahn of Wheat Ridge and Gail Schwartz of Snowmass opposed the pot club amendment, along with Sen. Larry Crower, a Republican from Alamosa.
"Kool-Aid is legal, but do we need a place to drink Kool-Aid?" Crowder quipped during a recent Senate debate. "If you want to go to a party that has it, then go ahead and smoke it."
See what I mean? Pretty cool, eh?
"The political lines are blurred, in some sense, in the Republican caucus (on this issue)," said Rep. Bob Gardner, R-Colorado Springs, in a recent interview. "This topic cuts across party lines and philosophic lines that are really complex."
By the time this column hits Colorado Community Media's papers, the General Assembly should have already wrapped up work on the implementation of Amendment 64 regulations.
Jahn said she's learned a lot about marijuana over the course of the session.
"I know more about this than I thought I ever wanted to know," Jahn told me. "Who would've thought? However, if you really look back at over the last five or 10 years, you could really see it's been moving this way and the attitudes in Colorado and through the country have really changed."
That may be true. But legislators like Gardner — who opposed Amendment 64 — would just as soon be talking about something else.
"I've heard more marijuana testimony than I have on any other subject in the General Assembly," Gardner said. "That is astounding to me. I never thought it was something that was a good use of our time, but we have no choice."
Vic Vela is the legislative reporter for Colorado Community Media. Email Vic at: email@example.com. Also, follow Vic's legislative updates on Twitter: @VicVela1


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Skip to comments.The Battle of Gettysburg Through a 13-Year-Olds Eyes
Posted on 04/23/2013 5:44:26 PM PDT by NKP_Vet
My children have long been urging me to give them in a short story my experience in the Battle of Gettysburg. I was then a girl of thirteen, living on the Seminary Ridge which today is known to every child who studies the history of the Civil War.
I shall never forget the June afternoon when I stood on the Seminary steps with my parents and other persons to see a Confederate host marching in the Chambersburg Pike. It seemed as if Pandemonium had broken loose. A more ragged and unkempt set of men would be hard to find. Many wore parts of Union soldiers suits which, I suppose, had been picked up on the field of battle, or had been discarded by our men. A squad from the main body was sent over to the Seminary to find out whether any Yankee soldiers were concealed there. After the investigators were informed that the building was a theological school edifice, a guard, was placed around it, and we felt perfectly safe. I do not think any property was destroyed at that time, excepting a few cars containing government supplies, which were burned and also the railroad bridge, a short distance from the town. Early the following morning our unwelcome guests took their departure for the purpose, they said, of capturing Baltimore and Washington. Shortly after the enemy left our place, we were made glad by seeing regiment after regiment of our own men come and encamp around us. We gave them a royal welcome.
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An endlessly fascinating subject for me ...
thank you and if you ever see more like this could you please ping me.
Shelby Foote would have loved this.
I have always sympathized with both sides; the soldiers I mean. But the Union generals who used a scorched earth policy on the South, which included murdering innocent women and children, I have no sympathy or time for. Hopefully their maker dealt with them in a just way when they left this world.
GG Grandson of Duncan Black, 15 NC Infantry, 1844-1921
GG Nephew of Daniel Black, 15 NC Infantry, 1846-1863, KIA
G Nephew of Travis Porter, 3rd NC Infantry, Captured
Jul 3, 1863, Gettysburg, Died Point Lookout POW Camp,
Dec 1863
Have you heard of this 15 year old boy who has had some books published on the civil war?
impressive are you in the SCV, here we are. camp 1316.
Lets not forget the women and girls raped by those soldiers, bummers and ex slaves as well as robbed , land taken, not allowed to vote etc
no , do you have an info
The site is bookmarked.
Thanks for sharing.
I was fortunate enough to spend an extended weekend at Gettysburg with our Boy Scouts and a re-enactor (and friend) who was our guide.
It was something I will always remember...
Thanks for the post. I had three great-grandfathers in the war, on both sides, but none of them fought at Gettysburg.
Really? Have any such general orders been found?
So many pathetic scenes took place during those days. I remember going into the yard, late in the afternoon, about a week after the battle, and finding there an old man supporting the head of a sweet faced old lady on his shoulder. I walked up to this couple and asked if I could be of any assistance, for I saw the old lady looked faint and weary.That's about as heartbreaking as it gets.
After listening to the pitiful story told us of losing four sons in the war, and knowing their last son had been in the battle of Gettysburg, and walking all of the twenty-one miles over the mountains from Chambersburg, since there was no other mode of travel for them, and carrying all this distance a satchel filled with dainties such as Charlie was fond of, we attempted to help them. And their son Charlie was found lying in one of the rooms of the third floor of the Seminary building in a dying condition. The cries of that mother as she bent over the body of her boy were heartbreaking. For a short time consciousness returned to Charlie, and he knew his parents, who shortly after had at least some measure of comfort in taking his dead body home for burial. The answer came from the trembling lips of the old gentleman: Mothers most tuckered out, but if we can find our boy Charlie, I guess she will be all right.
"Women and children, black and white, were robbed, brutalized, and left homeless in Shermans infamous raid through Georgia. Torture and rape were not uncommon. In South Carolina, homes, farms, churches, and whole towns disappeared in flames. Civilians received no mercy at the hands of the Union invaders. Earrings were ripped from bleeding ears, graves were robbed, and towns were pillaged. Wherever Federal troops encountered Southern Blacks, whether free or slave, they were robbed, brutalized, belittled, kidnapped, threatened, tortured, and sometimes raped or killed by their blue-clad liberators.
So where are the orders, or do you only have the word of a Lost Causer?
Yep. THAT's an unbiased source!
Rochester Union and Advertiser, July 13, 1863.
A Visit to the Gettysburg Battle Field.
Gettysburg, Pa., July 7th, 1863
Editors Union: Presuming an account direct from the field of the late dreadful and sanguinary struggle at this place, may prove of interest to the friends of our brave Rochester boys who participated in its glorious results, I pen you a few observations of my experience during the past twenty-four hours.
Through the persistent efforts of an influential citizen, I obtained a pass from Gen. Schenck to leave Baltimore and proceed to the battlefield, and left with a party of friends in a carriage on the eve of the fifth, it being impossible for any civilian to go by railroad. On arriving at Westminister we met Sedwick's baggage trains, and were obliged to remain over night, though we could find no food for man or beast, as all the towns, and most of the residents on the Gettysburg "Pike" were completely cleared out last week by the rebels.
We proceeded early in the morning, and ere long we had plenty of indications of the late struggle, in the ambulance wagons filled with wounded, and others on foot, plodding wearily along, most all of the men exhibiting wounds of some kind. When within six miles of Gettysburg the signs of desolation were striking, in the destruction of all fences and crops within sight. As we approached nearer, dead horses in the road and adjoining fields became plentiful, causing a stench quite sickening. We finally left the road and turned into the cemetery, and soon found ourselves on the now celebrated "Cemetery Hill" for a time, during the most critical period of the engagement, the headquarters of General Meade. At this elevated point we had a fine and comprehensive view of the field, it being the centre itself. The sight here was appalling indeed, the beautiful repose of the dead being one mass of ruins-the imposing arched entrance gate being sadly disfigured by shot and shell-the fences, the ornamental iron railings being felled and scattered in all directions, the chaste and beautiful marble shafts, monuments and tablets lay broken and dismantled, the ground strewn with soldiers' accoutrements, muskets and dead horses, whilst cannon balls, fragments of shell, grape, cannister and cartridges lay thickly strewn about; also some few champagne bottles which I noticed on the graves near where Meade's headquarters were. Off to the right and left could be seen thousands of new made graves, with their pine head boards. On an elevation, alone among the graves stood a wounded horse.
We left this heart sickening scene to pursue our observations on the left, reading many of the inscriptions on the graves, eager to see if any belonged to the Rochester regiments. We pursued, in the course of the tide of devastation, our way some two miles through the thick made graves and dead horses, which latter were now as plenty as stumps in a new settlement. Some you could observe no wounds upon, while others were mangled horribly, and some, from their position, holding their heads up, you could not believe were dead until you approached closely. The ground, all the way, was literally covered with muskets, broken artillery, wagons and wheels, caps, coats, blankets, haversacks, accoutrements of all kinds, playing cards, letters, books, &c., &c., for miles. Whole boxes of ammunition, now broken, were also seen. By most of the solitary graves lay the occupant's out-fit complete, and the food he had with him at the time.
We now proceeded through the first woods on the left, northwest of the cemetery. The trees were completely riddled by shot and shell, while missiles of all kinds were as thick as berries. After passing on through the woods into the fields beyond we first saw the dead rebels who had not, as yet, been interred. This sight was disgusting in the extreme. They lay in all positions, the faces being black from decomposition. The frequency of the sight seemed, however, to harden us to it; so after cutting a few buttons off of them, we left them with a requiescat in pace.
We now cut off to a neat looking farm house, with large barns attached which we thought outside of the line of battle, but on a nearer approach we saw that the premises were within the devastating fire which had swept by it as with the besom of destruction. But all was lonely and silent now, the doors were open, the plates and some food on the table, the house ransacked from cellar to garret, everything broken and strewn about as if by malice. A carnival of demons would not have left a blacker picture of ruin and riot. A shell had entered one side of the house and burst among the bed clothes, where we found fragments of it; the clock ticked solemnly on, and was within three minutes of my watch. In the front yard were four new graves, while within a stones throw were from twenty to thirty dead horses. On going to the barn, which was riddled with bullets, we found a dead horse in a stall.
We put our horse in the barn and pushed on further to the left, and to the first range of hills or mountains went of the village. Here were evidences of a dreadful conflict and carnage, and the rebels lay thick on the ground, and were also buried by hundreds in large pits; some containing as many as five hundred bodies. The stench here was so intolerable that we were obliged to hold large bunches of pennyroyal to our noses, and breathe through the herbs. On going up the steep and rocky mountain side, we came to an impromptu stone wall fortification, which , on entering, what was my surprise to see a torn and dirty copy of the "Union and Advertiser," also a scrap of "Moore's Rural New Yorker." I knew well then that some of our boys had occupied the very spot, and the post of danger was well defended, for within a hundred yards of that stone wall I saw a hundred rebels laying stiff in their gore. Horrible and ghastly indeed was the tale thus told.
I finally came across three privates of the 140th Reg't, who said that their regiment had occupied the place, and had lost their brave Colonel. They were doing hospital duty to the wounded left a few miles further on. One of them named Campbell, who lived at Lyell Bridge, said their loss was 131, killed, wounded and missing. They showed me some fresh made graves from which I copied the following names: S.O. Webb, Co.. G; Chas. Speisberger, Co. D; Justice Eisenberger, Co. D; Ph. Bechner, Co. D; John Zubler, Co. B; Rob't Shields, Co. C; John Allen, Co. C; John Hindel, Co. C; Rob't Blair, Co. D; Corp.. John Evans, Co. D. I was told that Col. O'Rorke was temporarily interred at their camp hospital about 5 miles northwest of Gettysburg, as no one could be spared in the emergency to convey his remains home. Among the officers in the field hospital are Capt. Starks, wounded in hand, Capt. Speiss, badly, in breast and leg; Capt. Sibley, in thighs; Lieut. Klein, leg and side; McGraw, leg off; and Smith, the "Razor Strop man." wounded leg. All are in care of Brockport surgeon, who belongs to the 140th Reg't.
Every effort is being made to get the wounded into the regular hospitals, but there are thousands of them and it will take time. Thousands are flocking here to aid the sufferers, and here is the place for the Relief Associations to send their "aids and comforts." Meade's army is hard after the fleeing pillagers. From conversations I heard between Union and Rebel officers, they all agree, while mutually complimenting each other's bravery, that this was the most severe and desperately contested engagement of the war. From its track of desolation and ravages, anything worse is beyond imagination.
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Amazing how a 13 year old girl was thrust into the position of being a nurse, stenographer, and perhaps the last thing many of those men on both sides would see on this earth. I have twin girls, both aged 12, and I couldn't picture them having to see the horrors of war the way this young lady did.
Letter #73
Headquarters, Artillery Brigade
1st Army Corps, Camp near Hagerstown, Md.
Tuesday, July 14, 1863
8 oclock a.m.
To the Editor of the Mohawk Valley Register:
I have had not one moments time to write you since my letter from Emmittsburg, just before the great battles of Gettysburg. The intervening time has been fraught with the greatest events and battles in the history of the war. The battle of Gettysburg may be set down as the greatest ever fought on the American Continent. Of course you and your readers have long since had the main particulars of the battle and its results. Suffice to say, it was the most complete victory the Army of the Potomac has ever won, and the country owe the highest debt of gratitude to the noble army which has fought so bravely and suffered so much in its cause.
The first day (July 1st) the advance guard of our Corps met the enemy about a mile northwest of Gettysburg, and Major General John F. Reynolds, Commanding the Corps, was instantly killed by a Minie ball from the first volley of their skirmishers. His body was being borne from the field as Colonel Wainwright and myself were rushing to the front to post the batteries, and we bared our heads in sorrow and reverence for the brave and noble General who had fallen at the moment he was most needed. Our troops were hurried forward and thrown into line of battle, and the batteries came up at a trot and were thrown into position and the battle opened immediately. Very soon after the 11th Corps, commanded by Major General Howard, came up and immediately formed line on our right. The enemy then outnumbered us more than 5 to 1, and soon becoming aware of the really small force he was contending against, threw his forces upon our lines in masses. But time after time our troops gallantly repulsed him, and a Brigade of Brigadier General Wadsworths Division charged and took two entire regiments of the enemy prisoners. Our Artillery, commanded by Colonel Wainwright, and the Batteries of the 11 Corps, commanded by Major T.W. Osborn, were splendidly handled and did terrible execution. The line of battle run from northeast to southwest, in a semi-circle--the center resting on the hill near the Seminary, just outside the town. About 2 oclock p.m., the enemy threw his forces in masses on our left and center, occupied by our Corps and after a most terrible and stubborn fight, our left was turned and compelled to give way, and the order was given to retire which was done in very good order, all circumstances considered.
Battery L, 1st New York Artillery, lost one gun in coming off the field, having all the horses on the off side shot down, and Battery B, 4th U.S. Artillery, lost one caisson and the body part to three more, but all the ammunition had been used out of them. While I was posting the 5th Maine Battery near the Seminary when the rebels charged our line, a Minie ball passed through the rim of my hat, and soon after when we were falling back a shell exploded over my head and a piece passed through my hat, just grazing my cheek--two close calls for one day.
Colonel Wainwright had a ball through his pantaloons near the ankle.
We fell back through the town to Cemetery Hill, where we immediately established a line of battle, under the direction of Major General Hancock, Commanding 2nd Corps. The enemy occupied the town and took our wounded prisoners, but did not feel disposed to renew the attack. The loss in our Corps was very heavy--the 3rd Division alone losing over 1700 in killed, wounded and missing. The Batteries of the Brigade lost 89 men and a 106 horses. Captain J. Reynolds, Commanding Battery L, 1st New York, was severely wounded in the head and it is thought will lose his left eye. Lieutenant Davison, Battery B, 4th U.S., was severely wounded in the ankle, and Lieutenant Hunt, 5th Maine Battery was severely wounded in the side by a ball in the thigh. Lieutenant Stewart (Stuart) of Battery B, 4th U.S., and Lieutenant Miller of Battery B, 1st Pennsylvania, were slightly wounded by pieces of shell.
During the evening and night of the 1st inst., the 2nd, 3rd and 12th Corps arrived and were immediately placed in position--the 12th Corps occupying the extreme right and the 3rd Corps the left.--Our line of battle was in the shape of a horseshoe, of which Cemetery Hill formed the toe and center. Our Batteries were posted on the right of the hill facing the town and to the right, and the 11th Corps Batteries on the Cemetery grounds, on the left of the hill, facing the town and to the left.
General Meade arrived at 2 oclock on the morning of the 2nd, and assumed command.
About 3 oclock p.m., July 2nd the enemy opened a terrible fire from over 100 pieces of Artillery, on our left and center, and soon after attacked our left, in force; but our men met and repulsed them handsomely in every charge and drove them completely from the field. They then attempted to take Cemetery Hill, and charged up the hill from the right of the town, in the face of 20 pieces of our Artillery pouring canister into their ranks. A few of them succeeded in getting up the hill and inside our works, when the cannoneers of Battery I, 1st New York Artillery, seized rails and knocked them down and drove them back. Thus ended the second days battle. Our loss in General officers was very large.
The 3rd day (July 3rd) was the most terrible of all. At 4 oclock in the morning, the enemy commenced the attack on the right, occupied by the 12th Corps, supported by one Division of the 1st and the 6th Corps. This fight was confined entirely to the infantry, in the woods, and continued until 11 oclock a.m. without an instants cessation. The firing then ceased. About 1 oclock p.m., the rebels opened an Artillery fire on Cemetery Hill from 150 pieces of Artillery, and we replied from about the same number--and for one hour and a half ensued one of the most terrible Artillery fights that has ever taken place in the world. The air was full of shrieking, bursting shells and shot. There was no place of safety or retreat. The tombstones and iron fences in the Cemetery were smashed and broken. Guns exploded, limber chests were blown up, and gun carriages knocked into fragments.--The very demons of the infernal regions seemed let loose. Horses and men lay dead, bleeding and wounded side by side. And then came the charge of 20,000 yelling, whooping rebels; but it was a sorry charge for them for they only rushed to certain death. Our Artillery turned all their fire on them, and the infantry met them with volley after volley from a line of works a mile in length. It was the last desperate struggle of the enemy to turn our left and gain a victory; but they were met by a veteran Corps (the 2nd and 3rd) supported by the 6th, the strongest Corps in the Army. They rushed on our riflepits and were met by men who had been through many a hard fought battle and learned no fear, and they were soon put to a quick rout, the Artillery mowing them down as they fled. About 3,000 of them were taken prisoners. The prisoners said that General Lee had addressed them that morning and told them they had nothing but militia to fight against and were assured a win.
We drove them two miles and occupied the field. Shout after shout rent the air from our victorious Army, and the band struck up Hail Columbia. Our victory was complete! But alas, the sad details! I immediately rode over the field, and God forbid I ever should see another such sight. In places I had to ride with the utmost care to keep from trampling on the dead and wounded. The shrieks and groans of the wounded were most appalling. The very air seemed filled with misery. Victor Hugos pen would utterly fail to describe the scene--it was beyond portrayal. In one place I counted 7 dead men piled one on the other. Our Sergeants exerted themselves in every possible manner, and the immense Ambulance train was busy night and day taking off the wounded; but still at a late hour on the evening of the 5th, there was still between two and three hundred of the rebel wounded uncared for on the field.
The male citizens of Gettysburg acted in the most cowardly, niggardly and miserly manner. Not a man offered to take up a musket in defense of their families and their homes; not one offered his services in caring for the wounded on the battlefield. They slunk into their cellars like whipped curs and never showed their dastard faces until the enemy were miles away. Bah! Such a patriotism!--They are not fit to carry hogs offal to bears! As soon as they found the enemy had retreated and they were safe, the miserable, sneaking scoundrels turned their houses into sutlers shops and charged our soldiers the most exorbitant prices ever dreamed of by the supreme god of extortion. They charged our soldiers a dollar a loaf for bread which can be bought for ten cents in any bake shop in New York; and I paid a good Union man fifty cents for six little, dirty, burnt biscuits.
The enemy were in full retreat and we left Gettysburg early on the morning of the 6th in pursuit. We marched to Emmitsburg, and encamped near the town for the night. Next morning, (7th) at 4 oclock precisely, we took up our march for Middletown, Maryland, passing through Mechanicsville and Lewistown, and at the latter place turned to the right over the Kiltoctin Mountain, by way of Hamburg. It rained all day, the roads were very heavy, and the guns tugged hard over the rough mountain road. We arrived at Hamburg, just on the top of the mountain, at dark, wet and weary and the five Batteries were crowded into a little open space not large enough to park one Battery decently; but was the best we could do, as the rain was falling in torrents. The night was pitchy dark, and the horses were unable to go down the mountain.--And there we lay down on the wet ground and spent the night on the mountain.--The friends at home can hardly conceive the privations and hardships the soldier has to undergo in a campaign like this. You may think it strange, but I saw many a poor fellow struggling up the mountain that day, with his heavy knapsack, haversack, gun and canteen, and his bare feet exposed to the sharp, cutting rocks--having worn out his shoes on the long marches. And dozens of others I saw who had sunk down by the roadside by fatigue, unable to proceed another step. But all these hardships are forgotten by the soldier as soon as he gets into camp, and he scarcely remembers them as a dream.--One good nights rest and he is ready and willing to go through with them again, if necessary.
At daylight on the morning of the 8th, the men were turned out, the rain still falling fast, and we again resumed the march for Middletown. The distance was only 6 miles and we arrived and went into camp between 9 and 10 oclock a.m. We were happy in anticipation of a good nights rest, and I was just about to sit down to a good dinner at a house where we had established headquarters when the order came to move immediately towards Boonsboro. I crowded down my dinner in a half masticated state and we resumed the march. As we neared South Mountain Gap, (the old battlefield) I heard the booming of Artillery and learned that our Cavalry under Kilpatrick and Buford were having a hard fight and were being driven back towards the Gap, on the other side of the mountain. The 1st and 11th Corps marched up the pike at quick-time, side by side, and we were very soon filing through the Gap.--A Division of the 11th Corps was immediately thrown forward, and the rebels struck a hasty retreat. We occupied the mountain gap until 6 oclock on the morning of the 10th, when we commenced the march towards Hagerstown. We only marched 5 miles, to Little Beaver Creek, where our forces were thrown into line of battle on a range of hills on the north side of the stream. The Batteries were planted, earthworks thrown up in front of them, rifle pits dug along the entire line, and everything got in readiness to resist an attack, should one be made. The 1st, 6th and 11th Corps were here while the 2nd, 3rd, 5th, and 12th Corps took the Williamsport Pike. About noon, our Cavalry had another fight with the enemy and drove them some distance.
We lay here until 10 oclock on the morning of Sunday the 12th inst., when we received information that the enemy had fallen back and that our Cavalry occupied Hagerstown.
The three Corps were immediately put in motion and about 3 p.m. we again formed line of battle between Funkstown and Hagerstown, and about 3/4s of a mile from either place. The enemys line of battle was just the other side of Hagerstown. Again we fortified ourselves in case of an attack and passed a quiet night. During the afternoon of the 13th (yesterday) one of the enemys Batteries threw three shells into our skirmish line but we made no reply.
It is said that a council of war was held yesterday morning, and that Generals Meade and Sedgwick were the only two in favor of attacking the enemy in his present position.
Williamsport, Maryland, July 14, 1863.--11:15 p.m.
I take this opportunity of finishing this letter, which was interrupted by an order to move immediately. Our skirmishers advanced over a mile this morning and could see nothing of the enemy. The Cavalry was then sent out to find his whereabouts, and Lo! they went away down here to Williamsport, six miles and found that General Lee had crossed the Potomac with his entire army, while we were asleep, and left us in the lurch!--I have no comments to make. We immediately marched to this place and went into camp. But Mr. Lee cannot shake off the Army of the Potomac so easy.--We shall follow him up sharp and fast and now for the chase. At present it is--all quiet on the Potomac.
Yours truly,
A. Matthewson
Thank you for posting this. It's a shame that Lydia Catherine thought her story was already too long. I would have enjoyed reading much more about those trying times in Gettysburg.
Don't you know that unless events were acknowledged in official Union Army sources that they didn't happen?
And if they were admitted to, then they weren't war crimes; they were simply what the American people living in the South deserved for attempting to leave the loving embrace of their morally superior Northern invaders.
In other words, there were no orders to commit such atrocities.
"In other words, there were no orders to commit such atrocities"
'In other words' the Union army leadership tolerated war crimes.
You attempt the evade that fact by pretending that war crimes only existed if they were ordered.
Lets see you produce a record of the court martial of Union troops for committing arson and theft and rape to demonstrate that war crimes were not tolerated by the Union commanders.
But of course arson and attacking the civilian population was the well documented strategy of Sherman in particular, who at least had the excuse of being insane. His superiors who knew what he was doing bear a greater guilt.
I just finished his account of Gettysburg from his trilogy. That man's passing was a true loss.
If there was a well documented strategy, then produce it.
Fabulous, wasn't it?
The detail he achieves is encylopedic. If there is a more definitive account, I don't know what it would be.
War is hell. I think I heard that somewhere.
Interesting account. It's imagery brings the scene of the battle back to life. Thanks!
wow brilliant, thank you
The 15th North Carolina was assigned to General Cobb's brigade during the Battles of Crampton's Gap and Sharpsburg before transferring to another brigade. Four of my ancestors served in the 16th Georgia which was also in that brigade for those battles.
I was one of Hampton's rear guard, and was probably the very last Confederate to leave the city, yet I saw no cotton burning in the streets of Columbia, nor did I hear any order from any one to fire the cotton, but I did hear one just the reverse. It was given to a detachment, three companies, from the 9th Kentucky Cavalry that was ordered back to Columbia as a provost guard after the Confederates had evacuated the place and before Sherman entered it.
I asked and obtained of Col. Breckinridge, the Brigade Commander, permission to accompany the detachment, and was present and heard this order given the officer commanding: "It is Gen. Hampton's order that you return to Columbia, bring out any straggling Confederates you may find, and see that no cotton is fired." Having no time to lose, the detachment immediately proceeded on its mission, passing down in front of Sherman's skirmish line, which was in plain view, and entering the city in advance of him.
In the suburbs we met Mayor Goodwyn and other municipal officers in carriages, with a white flag, going out to surrender the city. During the parley, which, however, was a brief one, we hastily visited different streets in search of straggling Confederate soldiers, but found none, neither did we find any cotton burning. Falling back as the Federals advanced along the street, the detachment passed out toward the east.
I remained in the city after the detachment had gone, just keeping out of the enemy's reach by falling back from street to street till pushed out by the advancing infantry (they had no mounted men in the city at that time), yet I saw no cotton burning in Columbia. Basing my conclusions on what I saw (the Federals, in possession of the city), on what I failed to see (any cotton burning in the street), and on what I heard (the order to see that no cotton was fired), I can safely say that the Confederates had no hand in the burning of Columbia, Gen. Sherman's official report to the contrary notwithstanding."
Why were bales of cotton stacked in the streets of Columbia before Sherman got there?
You're very welcome. I've always enjoyed sharing the fruits of my research with other people.
Bales were moved into the city for protection, not that it did any good.
They didn't do any good because they weren't meant for protection.
Why did Sherman order the destruction of certain buildings if he was going to torch the entire city?
I'd have more respect for the ned-confederate cause except for two things.
They're outraged by alleged mistreatment of southern women by Union soldiers, yet support a government created for the primary purpose of perpetuating an institution that gave 1/3 of the women in their "country" no practical legal protection at all against rape.
They may exist, but I've yet to see neo-confederates posting about their horror at American "war crimes" in WWII, Korea and Vietnam. By any standard you care to use, these vastly exceed the greatest atrocities claimed against Union soldiers.
Which makes it look very much like neo-confederates aren't really against rape or killing of civilians as such. They just object to their own people being on the receiving end of such.
That's a perfectly logical position, but it hardly stands out as morally or ethically consistent.
They're usually too busy condemning the United States for actions ("atrocities"?) against indians (southern US troops appear curiously and conspicuously absent from these conflicts...must just be an oversight ;-)
is there any need to label neo confederates?
Neo this neo that, it's all we ever hear form the left when talking about our side.
very good read , thanks , how long will it be when the usual trolls come out getting their digs in and fight the war over again but behind the safety of their computers
Is there really a need to label people 'trolls'?
Troll this, troll that, it's all we ever hear from the left when defending the Union side of the Civil War.
Sorry, no intent to label.
What non-judgmental term do you prefer for CSA apologists? I will be glad to use it.
BTW, I am not anti-southern. I think the demonization of the southern heritage is destructive and much of it aimed indirectly at today's America and American conservatives.
I honor the Confederate soldier, who fought as bravely as any man in history, against great odds. However, I agree with Grant that the cause for which he fought, whether he realized it or not, was among the worst in history.
I understand, with Lincoln, the trap the South was in in 1860 and the desperation it felt. I believe many if not most of the southern people and leaders were honest in their belief slavery was a good thing that should be preserved and that it was necessary to their way of life.
I believe they were wrong, but honestly mistaken.
The only southern group I consider despicable are the fire-eaters who intentionally, out of hatred, greed and ambition stoked the fires of sectional bitterness. Those who labored to convince their fellows that slavery was good and produce philosophical justification for it.
"Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness."
The bales weren't for protection, they were moved there as to be protected, i.e. not burned. That is what Sherman's Torches were doing, burning everything.
Since there is NOTHING to apologize for, there is no proper term.
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Anyone else notice the way Kyoraku is drawn in this chapter?
One thing that strikes me is that he almost looks like he's reminiscing about someone he lost, everyone's face is shown in the panel with all the Captains reactions but his is covered somewhat from his hat.
If I recall correctly, he was present when the previous war took place?


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Skip to comments.Iraqis prefer AK-47 over M-16 for performance in desert heat
Posted on 07/11/2010 1:30:09 AM PDT by ErnstStavroBlofeld
The U.S. military has supplied about 10,000 M-16s to the Iraq Army. But officials acknowledged that the Iraqis have decided to maintain the AK-47 as the lead assault rifle.The Iraq Army has determined that the M-16 was more accurate than the Kalashnikov. But officials said the Army concluded that the AK-47 was more reliable in the searing Iraqi summers. U.S. Army advisers have completed a course on the M-16 assault rifle for Iraqi soldiers at Camp Taji. The two-week course, which took place in mid-June, was meant to help the Iraq Army introduce the M-16 and, in some units, replace the Soviet-origin AK-47 Kalashnikov assault rifle. "For their first time, they shot very well even compared to some U.S. soldiers," Sgt. Kevin Averre, in charge of the training, said. Officials said the U.S. military has imposed restrictions on the use of the M-16 to the Iraq Army. They said the Iraqis were required to register each M-16 to ensure that they are not sold or given to Al Qaida or other insurgency groups.
The U.S. Army, amid an accelerated troop withdrawal, has maintained its assault rifle training course in Iraq.
"Many Iraqi soldiers on Camp Taji do not use M-16s, and as the weapons continue to arrive, U.S. units will remain actively engaged in the training of the Iraqi Army," the U.S. Army said on June 21
(Excerpt) Read more at worldtribune.com ...
That explains everything.
I could help find a home for those unloved M-16s.......
The AK-47 is a low maintenance relationship. The M-16 is a fussier mistress.
Iraqis prefer AK-47 over M-16 for performance in desert heat
"Do I really have to say it?"
'Series' for people who don't know what a TOILET is, expecting them to maintain the finicky M-16 in tip-top shape is a bit of a stretch. They'd have to clean heir weapon more than they clean themselves.
Will someone please buy 'the military' a clue.
I prefer the AK myself, it's like Superman, indestructible. (impervious to the elements)
So I hope we take them back then than have 10,000 fresh M-16's out there.
The AK is a good rifle in a lot of ways. Simple, easy to maintain, capable of being used even by the dimmest specimen of humanity. And it is durable.
You're all missing it. The Iraqis believe that Obama will cut and run as soon as possible and there they'll be standing there among a thousand Muslim terrorist holding an American M-16.
"The AK 47 is the weapon of choice among our enemies and has a distinctive sound" Gunny Hightower
Add to the above, the AK is FAR less expensive to purchase and maintain. The M16 might be a decent weapon, but it isn't the "be-all, end-all".
That's Gunny Highway. Just watched it last night.
Keep your powder dry.
I am recalling the first complaints about the M16 from our boys in Viet Nam - that is when they started to chrome the chambers. Why dont we have an american version of the FN?
Accurate and mud proof.
Me too. you would think I could remember for 12 hours...... bad sign
especially after seeing it many times
...Exactly!...I just finished reading Rory Stewart's "The Places in Between" about his walk across Afganistan...those tribal people are so backward they wipe their ass with their hand...the M-16 is not a rifle for mud people.
1. Who wants to put the money in developing something they can't sell to the public.
2.We don't have an industrial infrastructure anymore.
We do in both inch and metric patterns:
Thats Gunny Highway. Just watched it last night.
Keep your powder dry.
That should be: This is the AK-47 assault rifle, the preferred weapon of your enemy; and it makes a distinctive sound when fired at you, so remember it.
You men do not impress me.
Accurate and mud proof.
Reasonably accurate for a service rifle, but heavy, almost 12 pounds loaded. And though reasonably reliable in mud, not as happy with sandyb conditions, as the Israeli troops who used the things from the 1950s until the mid-1970s found out. They called besom the broom, and though the Israelis adopted the *sand cuts* on the bolt and bolt carrier as used by the British on their L1A1 version, there was a lot more sand in their area of operations than those sand cuts could digest.
I like the FAL, don't misunderstand me. But I'd far rather carry the Rhodesiam R1 version than the T48.
Meet me at the gun range and I'll change your mind.
My range is off my back porch, and it's just about good for about 600 yards, the distance for the NM course.
But that last line was a quote from the movie, so it's not my mind you'd have to change.
See, on Free Republic we pretty much get the nit of things before it is all over :)
You're all missing it. The Iraqis believe that Obama will cut and
run as soon as possible and there they'll be standing there among a
thousand Muslim terrorist holding an American M-16.
I remember seeing a report (during "The Clinton Years") about how
some M-16s issued to the Israeli Defense Forces ended up in the hands
of the Palestinian "freedom fighters".
IIRC, the Israelis eventually found a way to convey booby-trapped
M-16s to the Palestinians.
E.g., gun blew up in their faces after a clip or so.
Later, I think I heard that Clinton had put plenty of M-16s into the
hands of the Palestians "police force" allied with Arafat/Al-Fatah.
Mad me ill to think of this.
These gentlemen wipe their butts with rocks. How well do you think they'll do cleaning their rifles?
I thought the Aussies finally got it fixed with helical cuts.
The trooper on the left is flagging his buddy. Are they Rhodesian? I don't recognize the camo pattern.
You are right on target. They won't maintain them, or do the necessary marksmanship training 30 seconds after we 'un-ass' the country...
A Soldier of mine gave an IA soldier a large bottle of CLP for his AK47. The fool dumped the entire bottle all over his rifle, and called it clean.
You can't fix stupid.
The sand cuts were a Brit development, their improvement on the first batch of FAL test rifles they got from FN. All the *Commonwealth* rifles used by former British colonies/possessions had the sand cuts, including the Canadian C1 and C2, Indian Ishapore-built 1A and 1A1 rifles, the Australian Lithgow-produced L1A1 and L2A1, and British-produced L1A1s [Enfield and BSA, from about 1954 on] and most Israeli rifles- which were *metric* pattern, not *inch* or *Commonwealth.*
The Rhodesians used both L1A1 rifles sent their prior to their Unilateral Declaration of Independence, and after that, mostly metric pattern rifles, particularly South african R1/R2 versions- without sand cuts.
The Australian L1A1 SLRs [pronounced *slurs* by the Digger troopies] worked fine in mud. I wasn't around them anywhere operational where there was that much sand [there's plenty to be had out back of Alice around Pine Gap!] so I can't say how that might have worked out. But my Lithgow L1A1, now fitted with a DSA L1A1 lower receiver, works pretty well in the grit.
Indeed. The camera angle makes it look like the R1 is pointed his way, but those lads were so scrupulous about muzzle discipline that I suspect that there's a bit of camera angle involved. Grey's Scouts could be a little more sporty to be around, as their horses didn't always cooperate, so usually carried their gats muzzle skyward when possible. And the lads in Armoured Cars could be a bit risky to be around.
The only AD I saw, which holed the borrowed VW Rabbit I was using, though not while I was in it, came from a .303 Browning MG on a RhAF base where an armourer had failed to clear a gun properly. He let the bolt go forward, with no belt in place but with one round in the feedway, and BANG!. Of course, if there's been a belt in, there would have been a great many bangs, those aircraft guns ran at around 20-25 rounds/second.
The green beanies mark the troopies around the Mog mortar carroer as Rhodesian Light Infantry, reckoned by many, including themselves, to be Rhodesia's Best.
You cant fix stupid.
At least he didn't drink it.
"But officials said the Army concluded that the AK-47 was more reliable in the searing Iraqi summers."
Yup,,,They won't boil over!...;0)
I discovered the struggle for Rhodesia while doing internet research for a paper at command and staff 'college'. The army struck me as both noble and brave, defending what they must have known was the end of their way of life.
Sad to see what has become of the country they and their ancestors built.
Well, not that I saw at least...
My involvement was just a bit more personal,m but you're spot-on about the nobility and courage of the troopies, at least that I saw displayed by the EM, most of the NCOs and junior officers. That can't be said for some of the more senior personnel unfortunately, the most notorious of whom was probably Slick Richie Stannard.
Sad to see what has become of the country they and their ancestors built.
True that, though of course it's not quite all over yet. But it's certainly been a hard couple of decades for those of the RAR.
Cheers, mate!
Scribbling the Cat: Travels with an African Soldier By Alexandra Fuller
I've read it, but don't have a copy. You might find this one to be an interesting bit of advanced study.
Thanks Arch,
Looks like a good book. I worked in eastern Africa for two years and while the place is high frustration with all the lost potential, I enjoyed the experience a great deal.
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Canada comes back to win first round in World League qualifying
OTTAWA – Canada took a giant step towards returning to the FIVB World League next year defeating Slovakia 28-26, 25-17, 25-17 Saturday night to win the two-match first round qualifying series in comeback style.
With the victory, the Canadians take the series based on total sets for and against. The Slovakians won the first match of the series on Friday night in four sets.
'It was finally our time to show we are a good team too,'' said Canadian team captain Fred Winters of Victoria who led Canada with 17 points. ''We are ready to start having some strong international results and this was a great way to head into next month in which we'll face more big challenges.''
In the first set, barely a point ever separated two teams. With the score tied at 26-26, a Gavin Schmitt smash and a block by Ottawa's Adam Simac put Canada up 1-0 in sets. With some needed confidence, the Canadians steamrolled over the Slovakians in the second set then overcame a 10-13 deficit in the third seal the match and the series before an appreciative crowd of nearly 2,000 fans at Scotiabank Place.
''For us this was a very big accomplishment,'' said Canada's head coach Glenn Hoag. ''These two matches were a great opportunity to evaluate our team which something we haven't had a chance to do often in game situations. I hope our team can grow from this.''
Toon Van Lankvelt of River, Man., added 16 points for the winners and Gavin Schmitt of Saskatoon 13.
Canada will now face Puerto Rico next month in Kingston, Ont., in another two sets series with the winner qualifying for the 2012 World League.
The last time Canada competed in the World League was in 2007 when it placed 13th. The FIVB World League, now in its 22nd year, is a 16-country intercontinental tournament that runs for over a 6 week period every summer and offers the biggest cash prizes in the sport.
The Slovakians were vying for a first ever World League appearance.
''Canada were able to play better and we could not,'' said Slovakia's head coach Emanuele Zanini. ''We played good in the first set but we were not able to capitalize on our opportunities.''
''We made a lot of mistakes,'' added Slovakia's captain Michal Masny. ''Our attack in particular was much worse than yesterday.''
Canadian roster for the World League qualifier series vs Slovakia July 29-30 at Scotibank Place in Ottawa:
Players: Nicholas Cundy, Edmonton; Dan Lewis, Oakville, Ont.; Justin Duff, Winnipeg; Dallas Soonias, Red Deer, Alta.; Adam Simac, Ottawa; Dustin Schneider, Brandon, Man. ; Toon Van Lankvelt, River, Man; Steve Brinkman, Bowmanville, Ont.; Gavin Schmitt, Saskatoon; Adam Kaminski, Chatham, Ont.; Fred Winters, Victoria; Gord Perrin, Creston, B.C.; Richard Wilcox, Calgary.
Head coach: Glenn Hoag, Gatineau, Que.
Assistant coach: Vincent Pichette, Gatineau.
Team manager: Julien Boucher, Quebec City.
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