I have often thought of this incident since when I have heard the noise of a few disappointed politicians who had deserted their associates.

There are always more of them before they are counted.
A week or two before leaving Corpus Christi on this trip, I had been promoted from brevet second-lieutenant, 4th infantry, to full second-lieutenant, 7th infantry.

Frank Gardner,( *1) of the 7th, was promoted to the 4th in the same orders.

We immediately made application to be transferred, so as to get back to our old regiments.

On my return, I found that our application had been approved at Washington.
While in the 7th infantry I was in the company of Captain Holmes, afterwards a Lieutenant-general in the Confederate army.