Then I discovered there was no onn thore
willi utitlmritv to Rive orders. All those In
authority hail taken tho first ttaiii for Wash-Ington,
eai r enough to get out of the enemy's
country Ho 1 stopped up to the engineer
and nkud why he didn't start.
"'I
have i:o orders, cold he
" 'TIi.ii
1 will give you ordeis' I ronlled:
'start at once for Washington. Oh, yos, I
have aiitiiorlty,' nnd I wave1 at htm my
from (Jen. Hurnsldo. 'Start nt onco, but
run ami cautiou'lv. Tho train ahead
may hotnpp.,d anywhere, and, brides, these
sick men tiinuot stand much jolting.'
".My orders wero nhoyixl, and I acted as
conductor on the Journe. .Most of tho time
I In the cm s looking after the Mck. At
Alexandria the engineer stopl anil said he
could not rim to Washington without order.
