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H. M. Stanley, the explorer, was not endorsed by the Veteran, and no deserter will ever be. A comrade at Waco, Texas, writes regarding H. M. Stanley's record as a Confederate soldier: "The Missouri Republican, in war tales published a few years ago, gave it, and it is not much to his credit. It states that while he was acting as Paymaster's clerk he absconded with the funds entrusted to him with which to pay off the regiment. Possibly, this was not so, but it has never been denied. Such renegades should find no mention in the Veteran."

The story of his extraordinary life was given as a matter of history. It is deplorable that a man who has done so much for civilization should ever have been faithless to any colors, expecially when their people would have made any sacrifices for them, even to the surrender of their lives.