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INTIMATE SKETCH OF THK LATE OQt* !> I>. <. A II.LA lil>. IV-pmred by Mr*. Ksthcrinc CtalUnrd, W ulow oi 11i? ,,llon? of Cnlebra," at the R*m|U?*m of 4 ol. August Kuhn. News und Courier. Rldgeway. 8. C. December 19. 1913. My Dnr Mr. Kuhn: My brother. Jau Q I* vis. asked me If I could tend to you any notes on the personal side of my hus \nd*s life. particularly his early life, when he was In the MfcftJOl and later "in the store" ut IfJongl He simplv did his duty so simply, so qulstly and o efficiently that al? though he was always ths Idol of his family and friend* there Is little to tell not too personal to he Interesting. He was? always a wit of the first or der. and "Dave Oalllard's" sayings were always rspeated. I never knsw htm until later, and 1 his wit and originality and charm | were always recognised. In Wash? ington I used to laugh and say we would die of Indigestion, we were of? ten Invited to dinner. He could malts any dinner "go." Could en? tertain any kind of an audience?old ladles adored him, and children came to him as companion of thslr own age. His comrades in arms and his subordinates always loved him. I have seen hundreds of letters this summer from people whom we had net end whom I had forgotten, from voung men saying what an insplra 'Ion he was to them, from the old sol? diers of hie regiment besides all of our personal frlenda. Of course there is, here a great deal more than you will want, hut I sedd it Just aa 1 have written it; you may use what you wish and then will you kindly re:urn It to me. for I wish to write later some reminiscences. Since we were msrried I have rone everywhere with him, the desert, the tropica, have lived In tents and In palaces (Cuba) with him. so I know all of his life. Everyone recognised his wonderful versatility, and once In Waehington, Just before the Panama detail. I was complaining of our many moves and short stations. "Nev? er mind.'' said this officer. Col. Wlll cox, "Some time when they Want some one of wide experience to do something great they will pick Da vie." am. fa lees thai a week he was put on the Isthmian Canal commis? sion and given chaige of Culebra Cut. Thanking yoy for wishing to write something of my huiband, I am, with kindest regarda, most sincerely yours, Katharine Oalllard. Mrs. David D. daillard, Ridge way. S. C. Col. (.alllarri'i Boyhood. David DuBose (iaillurd. son of Sam? uel Isaac and Susan Richardson Du Me Oalllard. sjsjsj torn at Fulu u. P. 4?. Mumter tgejBfi the summer hOBH of his parents, September 4, 18&9. j Until 1S73 ha. with his parents and elutera, lived with his grandfather.1 David St, Pierre Du Pose, at his hi nv In Clarendon The tine character anil lofty Ideals of hla gWkndf.ither was an inspiration to him. also he ever held , hla memory dear, naming his only son David St. Pierre. In hla honor. The school there being very poor, in 1172 ha left Clarendon and went to Wlnnsboro. Falrfield county, where he lived with his grsndmother. Mrs. Da? vid Oalllard. and attended Mount Zlon Institute for three years. But hla family, aa with many others, had lost their all for their loyalty to the Lost Cause, so In that pitiful strug? gle with poverty which tnoae early years of '7 0 saw It became necessary for him to do something for himself. Hie high sense of duty already de? veloped. Impelled him to accew what? ever he could get. which ?ai a posi? tion aa clerk In the general store of Fleming McMaeter. There early and late ha worked swept out the store, waited on cus? tomers whatever there was to Ik* done but alwaya with tho asme ac? curacy, seal, light-henrtedness and efficiency which he has ahown in his later achievements. Hut he alwaya hoped for better thlnga and when In 1871 H M-?unj Pavi*. who was alwaya Interested 1? him, told Mm of a competitive exam? ination offered for a vacancy at Weat Point from the congressional district of the Hon. J. 8. Richardson (Sum ter) he gladly took out those neglc-ct ed but not forgotten sehool book*. His mind was nrlUtor.l. taking In knowledge "in the whole" and seem? ingly already aealmllated, #o when the examination was held, under Prof Leland. a Weat Pointer and one tim** professor at the Citadel, he eaally won. Soon a rloud appeared on the horl* son of hla hopes, for some one had raised the question of hie eligibility for ?ppolntment from Sumter, when he li\ed in Falrfield This question wa* taken up by the law nrm of H A tlalllard and It M?ane Davis. They wrote to Col. Itirhardaon, "ho had cancelled th' appointment, but he was not com Int? el Then R Means Davl* wrote t" Hobt Lb eoln S#er?tury of W.ir a: Immediately eggea the reply that the M..OOI aoii lakes the reeld' n'e of tit* father. Convinced, Col. Richardson I again appointed him. He left the store and went seriously to work on his Studies, Ills oid-tlme friend, Prof, R. Mt I Pmvifl, now principal of Mount MOB, sitlstTfl bin in every way. e\?m letting him teach some of the classes, laughingly saying there was no hotter way of studying geography and his wry than by teaching thorn. One of his classes was "D" third, made up of all the incorrigible and ineliglbles si A" third. Later be left Wlnnsboro and with n ion vy saved from his slender salary as ? c'a rk he entered a preparatory school near West Point, at Highland* Falls. There his Instructor was Lieut Charles Breden, who has only recent? ly written Mr. H. A. Oalllard that Col. Halliard was In the first class he taught Lieut. Breden was of the 7th cav? alry, having been stationed In Cuba la 18 76. A few months after leaving he. In the Rosebud Cueter-maasacre campaign against the nioux Indians, waa almost literally idiot to pieces, and was carried for hundreds of miles on a pony trailer before his wounds could be properly dressed. He was retired and began teaching. Enters Went Point Oalllard, successfully passing the entrance examination at West Point, I ontered as u cadet In September, 1880,; He was much handicapped by lack of preparation and usoc often to say howl easy it seemed for those of his class-' mates, college graduates or carefully i prepared In high schools. But in spite | of all of this, he graduated No. 6 In a olass of 31, conceded by every one to hate been the most brilliant class ov- ? er graduated from the Point. Ho was cadet quartermaster, waa known by all aa "David" for being tall and I slender and rooming with W. L. Slbert' of Alabama, who waa a giant and ap? propriately called Goliath. No better \ nick-name than what happened to be his own, could be found. "David and Oollath" later met at Panama on the nontmlaelon, After graduation, Oalllard was as* i signed to the corps of engineers, th. training corps of the army, und was sent to WlUetts Point, L. I., to at? tend the Engineer School or Applica? tion. TlilS school waa under Gen. I Hurry L. Abbott, WnO has sine bees catied tne "Father of the 1 tame Canal " He was a member of tne "New Company" (French) and of the First American commission. has written a classic, yearly revised by htm, though ?t years old. on the 'Problems of the Panama Canal." He always spsal.s affectionately of "his boys" as he terms the engineers in charge there. Ooethals, Hodges, Qall laiV and Stbert. After two yean at w (Jetts Point Oalllard was assigned to duty us assistant to Capt W. M Blsck, In charge of rivers and bar ? ? ft of 1 "lorida. 'n Oetober or that year (Oct. 6) hi I married Katherine Boss Davis, sister of H. Means Davis, who had been sc instrumental In starting him on hlrf army career. While In Florida, stationed at ft.; A Jgustine. he repared old Fort Ma-' rlon, had charge of the survey of St.' AtfgjUStlne hurbor. where be began hil interesting series of experiments With] eta waves, completing them 15 years t lster, but at the first opportunity for again observing them. These experi? ments are embodied in a book called "Wave Action and lta Relation to en? gineering Structures," which Is the authority on the subject and receiv? ed recognition from engineers all ever the world. tu November, 1890. he only a first lieutenant, waa appointed a member of the International boundary com? mission to re-run the line between the Unltsd States and Mexico. In the burning heat of Death Valley and over desert sands, still showing traces of Emory's survey in 1864, so rainless is the country, he worked I early and late, enduring hardships anil trials with cheerfulness; he al WSJfS ma le the best of everything, could always se? thut bit of human In , .all things, that bit which if seen U like the Celtic salt and will save any situation. Hotel Clerk SueplohutM. Once he and Lieu*.. W. P, Jackson rode across the desert to San Diego1 from Nogales, Arizona. This was a I reconnolssanee scout for the surveying > parties which were all under him . They arrived In Ssn Diego in tnch ! condition from the alkali dust and ?cactus thorns that the elefkf a! tit hotel did not wish to rssfistei thei until they showed their money i ir posely not telling him horn the: were. And later wtl ( m down clean and sbavi d ked fo mall for Lleuts. Qall I son, the now smllir . . i ? . ilng them, turned the register to them 1 to sign- His recreation there was hunting, and many delightful stories 1 ha had to tell of his experiences ! with Dr. Edgar A. Means, medical of? ficer and nat uralist of the expedltl Ml, and who later went with Boosevelt to Africa. Dr Mesns waa one of the pell I ' carers In Washington on Dscomber I, t 'ol. Oalllard's beer sense of humoi end wonderful ability as a raconteur t would keep a room full of people! atniiw'd, but with the telling he put j mo much of his own personality that it is almost impossible to retell hie! stories. An experienc e on this reconnoissance trip across the desert particularly de- ( lighted him. Hot, tired, thirsty and' dusty they were Hearing the ranch of Honor-, noted for his hospitality, j Hero they hoped for everything. But, when they arrived the Senor was ab- ( sent; but the Senora would set- them.1 She appeared and they asked politely and In their best Spanish whore they could net a drink of water and u bath. The Senora pointed to the . horsetrough, and when asked where they might sleep, she waved her hand over towards the corral and said, "Out there." They looked to see if they had grown hoofs, but there was nothing else to do but comply with her gen? erous (?) permission. 80 undreeslng and selecting a soft spot on the corral ground, they rolled themselves In their blankets and went to sleep. Over-sleeping the next morning they found that though the Mexicans were not hlspltable, they were curious,! and a large crowd had gathered to see j the Americanos dress. It was only after urgent appeals to the Senora that they had the crowd "called off." Not being ancient kings of Frunee. they declined the honor of dressing to an audience. Work at Fort Monroe. The survey ended, Lieut. Oalllard in February, 189Q, was ordered to Fort .Monroe, Va., where be erected some important batteries. In October, HIS, ho was ordered to Washington | as assistant to Col. Charles E. L. B. i Davis. Later, though only a first lieutenant, be was put In charge of the aqueduct and water supply of. Washington; was also on the board lor consideration of Increase of watei j supply. The abondoned Lydecknr Tunnel, abe OfhU h had been such a scandal,! v.iug to be reopened and this bazar-' dous ta.sk, for there was much faulty masonry, v?as given to Capt. Gaillard.) Ho also cleaned out the aqueduct, itsj first cleaning for thirty years. While in Washington, ths settlement of the Alaska boundary hanging over the diplomatic okies, Secretary Laraont or? dered Capt. Gaillard to Alaska on a secret mission. He started at a day's notice and finished in three months what was considered eight or nine months' work. Secretary Lam on t waa so gratified that he recommended Capt. Gaillard for the place of engineer commission? er of the District of Columbia and was qulto Indignant when told that it was Impossible, for the engineer commls lojaer must, by law, have served morej years in the army than Capt. Oail land could muster. "Put him In any? how," said Secretary Lamont, but bi? ter, seeing It would create a danger? ous precedent, he gave it up. Both -.ecretary Lamont and Secretary Onley complimented him officially on the ?. ork. Lamont becoming a great per- ( sonal friend. in the excitement of the blowing up of the Maine in February, *98, and In] the mad rush of every one to get off, he was the first officer to leave. Gen. Wade having telegraphed the chief of engineers asking that Capt. Gaillard be assigned as engineer officer on his staff, as he was slated to go at once to Cuba. Secretary Alger, wishing to send Shaffer, his personal friend, In command of the Cuban army. Gen. Wade got no further than Tampa. In the many vacillations and changes there Capt Gaillard used laughingly to say that on Mondays, Wednesdays j and Fridays he loaded himself and horse on the transports, and on Tues? days, Thursdays and Saturdays un? loaded them. e When Oen. Wade went to Chicka mauga, Instead of Cuba, Capt. Gail-1 lard went with him. When the order ' was given for the raising of three volunteer regiments Of engineers Capt. ; Gaillard on Juno 7, 1893, was ap? pointed colonel of the 3d, recruited inj the South and Southwest. ? The Very Best It. -Iment." fteaatoi TUlman recommended him \nd his own brilliant record seconded ' it, and the :*d engineers, mustered in in St. Louis, became, under his com? I mand "the very bent regiment, vol? unteer or regular, r have ever seen.' 1 (Jen. John C. i} i?as.> There wa ' much t ilk of Incorporating it in iti en I tlrety In the regular army. On i>'?t talion of this regiment, under Major R Ignr Jadwin, C. B., received the flag of surrender from the Spanish army 1 : .. riy thousand ou Ken Tear's Day, 1 v?!?( 01 Mntausas, Cuba, Gen. '. to i and others who were to have boci there wer.- detained by a norther on the ship. J Another battalion under Col. Gail? lard cleaned up Cienfuegos so effect? ually that during the American occu ' patlon there was no fever there. He also selected tho alte for Camp Bowell ' on tho Point and away from tho in? fections of the city. On May 17, 1R99. i the 3d engineers were honorably mus l tered out of service, and Col. Gaillard j one*: mors a captain, tool: station !r , Washington as assistant to the engin? eer commissioner <"m March f?. 1101, he was ordered to Duluth, Minn., In! charge of the improvements of the* Duluth Superior Harbor, built the huge concrete pier at the entrance and begun and tlniahed largest dredg- 1 ing contract, 1,000,000 cubic yards, over at that time undertaken by the, United States government. On the concrete pier he erected hie instruments and completed the export iments on waves, begun fifteen years before In St. Augustine. When the general staff was organized his ability, so well know, put him In the first de- ' tai of officers for that duty and on j June 6, 19Oil, he was ordered to Van? couver Barracks as chief of stiff of the department of Columbia. Later! he went to St. Louis on special gen? eral staff duty under his old com? mander, Oen. John C. Bates. In No- \ vember. 1104, he was sent to the War College 1n Washington and in Oc? tober, 1901, was sent to Cuba with the "Army of Pacification" aa assistant to the chief of staff and head of the bu? reau of military information. In February, 1907, he and Col. Ooe thals were the first officers selected when Roosevelt decided the Panama Cabal could be dug by the army en? gineers, "who would stay there until ordered to leave." Col. Oalllard knew nothing of this selection, being still in Cuba, and' crime to Washington in a blinding* snow storm, dressed in his tropical clothes, In obedience to an order from tho Secretary of War and not knowing of the honor awaiting him until the Secretary told him. Departure for the Isthmus. In another blinding snow storm he left Washington with Col. Ooethals Pot Panama In February, 1907. Much hag been written of his work there.' but unless one could have seen his animated face, his telling gestures, no' one crtn realige how much his heart was in the "work." fcarly and lato he was at it. Preak fffftting at 0.80 and going out over some part Of the work, walking any? where from five to fifteen miles, he wan thoroughly conversant with every , detail. When urged that he spare himself and make his observatiom frrcrn the motor car devised to run on tho railroad tracks ho would say that his insp< lions were not "motor car ins? .lone." He was everywhere on the work and his personal note book shows such entries aa there: 'No hand brakes set on 4 down-hill cars.' "Bridge tower, no conductor till 7.M.' "Joseph Canchey loafing." Gordon about 300 yards, no e?; | at bridge," was the last entry ho sjtt U beforo going to hospital July 2b. The great Interest In "making the dirt fly" felt by all the country reach? ed Its culmination in Col. Oalllard t home. Every night, so soon as the returns were made up at the office in E.npire, 1 the total per division and per shovels given was telephoned him at his home in Culebra. The telephone calls always came during dinner, generally coinci? dent with the salad course, and onl> once, when President Taft was dining with him, did ho fall to excuse him? self, leave tho table and receive? th?. "yardage." When the amount first . reached the 'total of 500,000 cubic yards there was great enthusiasm. Inj March, the height of the dry season, j the highest point was always reached.' The yardage later rose to over 80, 001 cubic yards per day. Col. Gail lard was such an economist that his wife used laughingly to say that if he tried to run the house as he did the 1 central division she would get a di? vorce. Every penny was considered and by rearranging the system of loading trains he so increased the output anu lessened the expense that there was practically a saving of f 17,000,444 over I the estimated cost, although the slides had increased the amount to bo taken out by many million cubic yards. The estimated cost was supposed to in , crease as the cut deepened, but in the twelve months prior to col. GalMord's supervision the cost was $1.50 per cubic yard; in the last twelve months it was only 0.47 per cubic yard. When the slides threatened his of? fice in Empire so that it literally hung , over the cut, he refused to build B i now office on account of the expense! ' involved, but had a "surgical opera ' tion" performed on the old, having three rooms nearest the break sawed off, and then onl> because he conoid I < red the safety of the office force, . "i d<> nol mind slipping down," i? said. "I" slide one always sees the trees Btill upright, thoui i they ma) i?e L'tM? yards from their original site, .fo why cannot .-> house go down t li ?l.illle Wtt) .'" Acquired Much Knowledge), He was u man of wide reading and , Interested in many things apart fron. ' his profession. On the boundary sur I vey he collected many specimens for j Dr Means, among them a new species of mountain sheep and a jack rabbit, afterwards called Lapus Oaillardl in his honor, and of the characteristics of his namesake ho made many witty te marks. Memoirs and history, Pepys's and Evelyn's diaries, everything show? ing the human side of history inter? ested him. Ills collection of Panamanla is prac-j ttcglly complete, the early history, the deeds and misdeeds of the old pirates he had at his linger tips. From an old map given him by President Obaldia,, taken from the archives of Panama, i he had located every building In 'Panama Viego," and it used to bo said that of his numerous guests none were really persona grata until they had seen the remaining bastion of the old city wall and had read Esqueme llng, the chronicler of the buccaneers, the source of all pirate lore, a copy of which was always placed under the hooded electric light on the bedside table of all who spent the night. While on the boundary survey he became interested in the Salton Basin, and made a 'saddle reconnoissance" of that locality, predicting Just the dis? aster which afterwards occurred should *n irrigation ditch be opened' from the Colorado River. When the disaster came his recon? noissance Bketch was the only thing available, so it was used and publish? ed; a inoro careful survey later i changed scarcely a detail of it. Col. Oalllard's personality was a large fac? tor in his life. It was most unusual and most winning; inheriting a spark-1 ling wit from his French ancestors and the keenest sense of humor, but hs innate gentleness and courtesy ev? er prevented the slightest sting to his wit or allowed him even to say or do, on unkind thing. His soft, Southern voice, with his Charleston accent, never changed, al? though he declared he had lost it, not convinced to the contrary until he had been recognised as a "Charles tonian" in accent by the veriest strangers many, many times. Only last spring, when in Winns boro, the scene of his early struggles, the laurel leaves already on his brow, he greeted his old-time friends, none too humble to be remembered, with the same wonderful simplicity and cordiality which had been his when :< lad 'in the store." To the world he will be a great en? gineer, but to those given to know him personally even h'.s great achieve? ments must tatiA a secondary place to that charming personality, and sim? plicity and beauty of character. The officers of his old regiment, the 3d U. S. volunteer engineers, are speaking of erecting a monument to his memory. There could be no more appropriate place for this than a well-known spot on the slopes of the Culebra Cut from which he has polnt ed out to many of tto< groat o* this world the slg'it of the wonderful j man-made canon, the child of hisj brain. Ob one side may be given a list of i his great engineering achievements, but somewhere could be copied an In? scription I once saw on an old stone: Sacred to the memory of Wm "Born, lived and died a gentleman." JOE HOG AN IN JAIL, Upon the announcement of the Su? preme Court decision Wednesday af? firming the sentence of the recorder In the sentence of J^e Hogan the cash bond of $1,000 which had been put up in the case was withdrawn by Hogan's bondsmen and Hogan was again placed under arrest, later to be taken to jail where he is held. Up to the present time, so far as known, no arrangements are being made for the payment of the fine of $4,500. Hogan, unless the fine is paid, will have a sentence of nine years to serve. As he is a city prisoner, and not under the jurisdiction of the gov? ernor, a pardon cannot be granted by the governor, it is understood. Boy Injured in Runaway. Wednesday afternoon a negro boy by the name of David Dutton was in? jured in a runaway on North Ms in street. The mule he was driving ran away, the wagon striking a telephone pole at i:he corner of Main and War? ren streets, throwing the boy against ihe pole. His head struck the pole with considerable violence and he was knocked unconscious. He was I taken to the hospital and it is re? ported that he was getting along nice? ly. Mr. Eugene Hogan of this city last week butchered one of tho largest hogs which has over been killed in his county and protably in the whole -t?te. r.?ho hog weighed 64 8 pounds net. WHEN BV MAD CAT. Eugene Benenhnley, Son of WUlie Benenhaley, Suffers Sefferns Wound. Willie Benenhaley, who lives near Dalzell, is in the city having his so:' Eugene, a boy of five years, treated with the Pasteur serum for rabies. The boy was bitten by a mad cat last Sunday and has suffered considerably lrom the wound since that time. Since commencing the treatment the swell? ing has gone down in the hand end he is somo better at present He was playing with the cat Sun? day, when it ran off from him. Fol? lowing to catch it, it Jumped at him and bit him in the hand. Later in the day the cat ran at him and tried to bite him again. The cat waa then killed. Later it was remembered that the cat had been bitten by a mad dog last September and the head was brought to Sumter, where Health Of? ficer J. H. Forbes sent it to Columbia for examination. The examination proved that the animal had rablee and the father of the boy was notified to this effect and the proper method of treatment. The serum was sent for and is being given the child. OflLANTA DISPENSARY CASE. Cornea TJp on Its Merita nt Next Term of Court In Florence. Columbia, Jan. 6.?The Olanta dis? pensary case was aired in the Supreme Court this afternoon on a motion for supersedeas. The Florence dispensary board ordered the establishment of a dispensary at Olanta, in that county. A case was brought to question the right of the board to establish the dis? pensary in that town. The legality of the appointment of two members of board was questioned. The case comes up on its merits at the next term of court in Florence, unless the appeal now pending should be settled in such a way as to dispose of the matter. The dispensary was opened for a short while and was closed under a temporary restraining order. VITAL STATISTICS FOR lfls. Report of Health Statistlos for Sum? ter During the Past Tear The health officer of the city of Sumter has arranged statistics ef health for the year 1913 in the city of Sumter. As the reports of other cities have not been seen by him. It in Impossible to .say how this health record compares with other towns. Deaths reported, tctal, 147; 45 white; 102 colored. Deaths from tuberculous, 1$; 1 white; 16 colored. Deaths from Pellagra 5. Deaths from contagious diseases t. Deaths from suicide, 1. Deaths from train accidents, 1. Death from natural causes, 122. Births reported, total 118; 60 white ?8 colored. Contagious diseases reported for the year: Smallpox, 19; typhoid fever 18; measles, 9; dyptheria, 8; scarlet fever, ?? Cases of tuberculosis in the city January 1, 1914, 1 white, 1 colored; 2 I uspicious cases, white. M MTKR COTTON MARKJDT. ?rre?*ed Dally By Fl sat VWnf Cotton Bayer. Sumter, Jan. 8. Good Middling 11 3-4. Strict Middling 11 5-8. Middling 11 1-2. Strict Low Middling 11 1-1. Low Middling 10 1-2. Strict Good Ordinary 10. Staple co'.ton nominal. ve? Vor* Cotton Marken. New York, Jan. 8. Open Close Jan.11.80 11.79 Mar.12.13 12.14 May.12.02 12.04 July.11.97 11.99 Oct.11.45 11.45 Real Estate Transfers. H. J. Harby to Frank K. James, lot on Pierson Street, 1120. Julian Dultant to E. W. A. Bult man, 50 acres in county, $2,454.56. , J. L. McCallum to Frances C. Brad i ley, lot on Chestnut street, $1.660. j Wm. 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