. Autobiographie d'Oliver Otis Howard, général principal, armée des États-Unis . difficile à porter, elle a dit notone adverse mot. Je l'ai vu regarder moi que je descendedla pente vers le débarcadère de ferry, regardé en arrière, et a ondulé mon chapeau que j'ai disparu derrière la corniche et les arbres. Le train rapide au-delà de l'Hudson, émergeant du tunnel, m'a attrapé, s'est arrêté trois minutes-utes, puis s'est précipité avec une vitesse et un bruit croissants. Ainsi nos jeunes hommes ont quitté hap])y maisons à l'appel de theircountrys; mais les femmes malades, héroïques qui ont lapidé et attendu, méritent la plus grande sympathie. Un officier de l'armée à New York m'en a parlé

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. Autobiography of Oliver Otis Howard, major general, United States Army . hard to bear, she said notone adverse word. I saw her watch me as I descendedthe slope toward the ferry landing, looked back, andwaved my hat as I disappeared behind the ledge andtrees. The swift train beyond the Hudson, emergingfrom the tunnel, caught me up, stopped three min-utes, and then rushed on with increasing speed andnoise. Thus our young men left hap])y homes at theircountrys call; but the patient, heroic wives who stayedbehind and waited, merit the fuller sympathy. An army officer in New York City told me of myelection to the colonelcy as an accomplished fact; sothat I telegraphed to Blaine that I was en route, wrotea brief note to my home, and went on to Boston by theevening train. In the early morning I walked throughthe crooked streets of Boston from the Worcester Sta-tion to the Revere House, breakfasted there, caughtthe 7.30 train on the Boston & Maine, and sped offto arrive at Augusta before five the same afternoon.Here I received Mr. Blaines reply as follows: 112. Oliver Otis Howard, Colonel Third Maine RegimentUnited States Volunteers, 1861. Colonel of the Third iNIaine Refifiment a Augusta, 29th of May, 1861.My Dear Howard: You were chosen to the command ofthe Third Regiment yesterday and pubhc opinion is entirelyunanimous in favor of having you accept the position. Youwill be at once notified of your election officially. The regimentis enlisted for three years, and will be called into service atonce. You must hold yourself ready to come at a momentsnotice. I understand the Lieutenant Colonel is an admirablemilitary man, one that will be both efficient and agreeable. Truly yours, in great haste, [Signed] Blaine. This letter did not reach me at West Point. Assoon as I found that I was chosen to the colonelcy, in-stead of asking for an enabling lengthy leave of ab-sence, I tendered a resignation of my army commision.Washington officials of the War Department were stillobstruc

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