The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1861-08-28

~ "''o So'i'u upon 20 "a
" y 70 rs def~nce. Being large bodied ma,
Il rallied. ond enrolled my self with lie HON
/: uuards' The drlI is very severe or me ~,
4 hot weather, although am constantly !.
} lowed an attendant with fan and 4 pi,che
y lof ice water.
d nm constantly reminded ,ha, enc Of IN
y frs requirements OF d soldier l. "a ,h,ov
Z OUT ms chest and draw Ia his stomach
Having been burned out several times y iii.
occupying rooms in an attic, have bad con
''oersole practice in throwing out ms chest.
OUT oy Whist system of practice could / ever
, hope to draw in my stomach! Icant..drss.
lup"-n's no use trying. If nv vest Lu,.
IONS are in line sm far ir the rear. and ifI
toe he mark fearful bulge indicates nv
position. (There is no room Tor srcumen,
W regnrd 10 nv body can
see az glance just where stsnd.) One
evening we hadr new dril sergeant who va
near sighted Running his eye down The
line, he exclaimed sharply:
what is that man doing 10 the ranks
with bass druu,l'
ne pointed At me, but hadnr any drum
II was the snrplus stomach that couldn,t
Jra in.
o." 'he bui' Of numberess jokes, as you !
may wei suppose. They have got story !,
% the Guards that when | first heard ,be !.
command, "Order arms.' / dropped INV !,
nuske', and taking out my note book began !.
Q draw an order on the Governor for wb., i
rms wanted. They say ordered Win n
ns steam gun, with pair Of Dahlgren how. \
GERS for side arms Base fabricstors. Mv.,
"o'''on never extended beyond a riasd /.
annon, and they knew H..
Although ia resrect TO size belong 10 The ).
hfav'es,' my preference is for The light in. ';
'niry service. NV knapsack Is marked n,
gh' infantry. One evening the spectators i
'emed eonvulsed about something, and NV !,
'mrades Uttered BY plat,ons whenever nv a.
'ck was turned. IL was all mystery 10 y.
2 until ! laid of my kns psack. Some I;
'e'eh had rfasedtne 'wv nn.i is,sa--, .Il
had been parading all the evening labelled we
Light Inian,v' The above j. one Of tbeIT !
ourand annoyances 10 which am eubjsc lilo
q and nothing bu, my consuming patriot. De-,
p could ever induce me TO submit to il. I,ov
HE'D ~ The call Of my country, and am MOI a.
be put out BY the raIlying Of my com. l-,
les.
overheard a spectator inquire Of the dril .,
geant one day: no.
I DO you drill the whole Of him q once?, .llo
No" he returned. in an awful whisper and
drill him by rquads., re.,
would have drilled him If had bayo. he
I Of I
'pecificsiions have been published In re. 90
q 10 my uniform, aud contractors advcr. I;vs
d for. The making will be let out 20 ,he ~,
est responsible bidder. In case the han,
'rdS are ordered 70 take the field, spe. che,
commIssary will be detailed to supply him,
fa''ons. That reminds me Of harrow Sch,
incident. On last dril night, an old ~
ner, who dropped ID to see Us drill, took
aside, and said be wanted 10 sell me a AZ,
!, ro"s''' oNe" inco
Wy ancient asriculruris,,v said I, smiling y, .
= simplicity, IL have no use for oxen y .,.h
'erhaps not at present. quoth he, ..butIh.,.
~" WV mem there
! 's'ao'y 'n"oysd. not h
,o'' 'a'ons' tona
~ GUARDS pad me delicate compIi mar K
at the last meeting. They elected me your
ID Of the Regiment" with the rank ofn. !
Compliant, and the pay or chief "B low no, .,
Iwas about TO return thanks ia 4 neat|ter or
appropriate speech, when reporter who Now,
present assured me il was no use--bel lbs ~
ot the whole thing in type. speech and snd G,
q could read i in the evening paper. Be do,
I'd they kept meat and appropriate BY pls
q" standing In type continually. 1 got lchloro
fws ana he'd my peace. or inju
tours ior the Union. including and ii
The Stars, also tho Stripes, ,ionins
FAT CoSrRiBUroR. you y,
seland Plaindealer. su,oso
sacriic
Suppose you go TO war, you can not man.