The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1875-10-17
mc..'ng Star ana Catholic Messenger.
RBw oRIE ANS, SUNDAY. OCTOBER II 1878

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on my part to leave Mora, with your whole
company, without fret informing You OF orr
intention. Life in Morals not very lively; and
our men were growing shockipgiy tired OF IT,
am responsible for their health, and found
myself forced to adopt violent measures to
preserve it, We are going league from 9a, here
1t is even reported that there 10 q guerilla
rowing through the Mountains. ard that he
has been joined by some disbanded soldiers |
of SaTs6eid and Compoverde' What a chance
for fun (! We will thus be enabled to indul ge
in little diversion while waiting for the
march on Tarrsgopa. do not ask you to put
yourself at the head of our expedition. l sup
pose even, that, if you were ordered to bring
ns back, your honor would only permit you to
good enough, however, to advise our brave
colonel Of our departure, and tell him that
whatever lay happen, we are all devoted to
him, for life and for death, and that each one
of ms Il was always remarkable for foresight
has ten rounds of cartridge at his service. III
we are let alone, be assured that the entire
be tn roate for Laredo at the first roll of the
drum.
Your faithful friend,
"THE LIEUTENANT PoLIDoRo."
This letter filed me with CONSERVATION. I
felt that had been guilty Of weakness and
negligence. was not only puzzled sus-
pected perfdy, treason. did not yet under
stand the singular forms which insubordina-
tion often takes among italian troops. The
Russian soldier 10 little more than O savage
the German, when he qusrrels with his officers
in the Reld, becomes gross and brutal; the
the Spaniard beroically disbands, placing
every reverse to tho account of the ignorance
or cowardice of his officers, and then sets abent
in some defile of his mountains the English
man shows himself, in war in everything
else, a close calculator, weighing the pros and
plains of the insufdoiency or bad quality of his
provisions as witness the mutiny of the feet
in the reig of George III, when it became
20 nnAp rrnl and h oh
only suppressed by the GOODNESS of Pitt. But,
when the Italian mutinies, he does it with
Incredible niceness, and, unless he has some
vengeance to execute, (Which he will carry
ont with uncommon feroctyD he remains an
"Cor6lsa J" cried !, to Brocard. 1--WE are in q
ouE comrades. Aud I thought this Polidoro
'And no is your friend. captain; doabt it
yet formed true idea of the audacious reck-
lessns So and impulsiveness of these Italians.
AL this would be bat G pleasantly, without
disci plno at the ontset of o new campaign did
not give the affair Importance and what
nakes it worse is, that they say the colonel
Preparations to repel an attack from Campov.
aEde. He iR furious against you, and wishes
10 have private interview with you."
besido myself with rage, and, if At that moment
man had bat given me q look of ridicule, ]
would haverun him through the body.
said !, az entered san-Polo's quarters. ~
confess that deserve no consideration. You
told me what had to expect Punish me.
permit me to so aloneto those mutineers and
bring them back"
What I hear is then true. sill, replied San
Polo, whose appearance of concentrated apge
bodied me no good. Bot, having given me
thtgrhrust, he added. softening little:
Listen to me, BIurdelaine, Notwithstanding
H,D oil 60 -ob
hold upon the company, you nevertheless
m efl:er whom ] esteem both for head ant
heart, and heard very Hattering account o
J0O before yon Joined the regiment. am sin
esIcly sorry for you, aud that rogue of Pol
idoro has so bewitched TIE men that after al
yuu arc not Sd inexcusable."
"ThADks, my colonel"
But" continued San-Polo, 1--WE must la
aSIde such considerations in camp. You ba
thewapt of tact to prefer grade, when tn
Emperor offered you with his own hand tn
Cross Of the Legion. That was in his eyes
tBnlt which, be assured, he will not soon for
get, and am sure that you would have re
ceiyed both if you had chosen the Crosse"
Ibowed my head, but did not reply.
Your conduct after that, if you wished T.
your mistake, which seemed to the Emperor
piece of youthful stupidity, might have chang
ed its Guise and shone forth as the generon
impulse of O soul born to command.
HIspoak not now, captain, as your supero
Gfficer, but as your friend Speak privately t
1ienteuapt BTocard. Present yourself to thes
IMMUNE oTB aud leLo DlOOuy example recall Lnet
60 duty. have full power from the command
ing general TO manage my Italians as l thin
proper. You will decimate your company"
lstarted, borror-stricken.
"You have your orders, sir. Now, no della
D or pity. Remember that prompt and vgorou
action il necessary not only to reestablis
yOur reputation but to replace upon thos
men the yoke of discipline, so rashiy broker
Binder our persent regime little is said and les
written about army sffSirs, and the news
the insu bord nation of n handful of Italians
an Obscure corner of the peninsula will scarce
ly reach the Emperor's ears. will see that
skept out of the bulletins. 1t is too small
mRtter for headq uarters to be troubled abou
md in ten days all will be the same as
nothing Of the kind ever happened. Wei
yOn have heard me; what more do you desire
aske6 San-POlo, astonished at my inmobilit
md silence
Pardon mon colonel! l replied, with man
mIsgiyIngs. How can We decimate men
whom NO have such Immediate need befo
aha euemyY' And / showed him Po!idoro
Setter.
He read It through rapidly, and shrugge
hin shoulders but when he came to the pa