forward, its commander not altogether satisfied with his faith in
Private Dunning. The expedition had failed, but something remained
to be done.

In the little open space off the road they found the fallen horse.
At a right angle across the animal's neck face upward, a bullet in
the brain, lay the body of Trooper Dunning, stiff as a statue, hours
dead.

Examination disclosed abundant evidence that within a half-hour the
cedar forest had been occupied by a strong force of Confederate
infantry--an ambuscade.



TWO MILITARY EXECUTIONS



In the spring of the year 1862 General Buell's big army lay in camp,
licking itself into shape for the campaign which resulted in the
victory at Shiloh. It was a raw, untrained army, although some of
its fractions had seen hard enough service, with a good deal of
fighting, in the mountains of Western Virginia, and in Kentucky.
The war was young and soldiering a new industry, imperfectly
understood by the young American of the period, who found some
features of it not altogether to his liking. Chief among these was
that essential part of discipline, subordination. To one imbued
from infancy with the fascinating fallacy that all men are born
equal, unquestioning submission to authority is not easily mastered,