Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-11-10
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from the ASSISTANT AcJatant Senesai
asking him 10 procure suitable quarters
for the msn. The coming OF the SOL
dlers vas the chief subject Of converse
ton daring the afternoon and evening.
A. the anti Chinese public meeting held
in YsAlsr's Hall . telegram was read
from Mayor weishaeh. Of Tacoma, stat
Ing that the troops would arrive 81 Se
a sle At O'Clock Sunday morning. The
night vas DARK. and the weather cold.
dams and dissgreeable, bat neverthe
less several hundred persons remained
down town 30 vItnsss the arrival nj tbs
first government troops ever Stationed
in SEATTLE. At 30 q. u, tram con-
sissin2 Of ten passenger coaches and a
baggage car came rolling in over the
store Line road. having on board Gov
eYuor W. @. Squire and stan, and ten
COIN tanies Of Cnited States troops, be-
longing to the Fourteenth Infantry, m
der command of Lieutenant Colonel |.
ID. De Russy.
In compliance With the request Of the
Assistant Adjutant General, Mayor
Yesler had secured the Pacific House,
lLf Ia ALL HtESttt 1ba bAS Cta1A1Ao No
ater, on south Second street. for the
soldiers TO quarter In. Notwithstanding
the lsteness Of the hour at which the
train arrived, there were between two
aud three hundred citizens on hand TO
see the soldiers. Some delay was 90
cssionsd by the officers familiarizing
With the surroundings, and
the soldiers did not leave the II ain for
their quarters till about o'clock.
Half an hour before leaving Van
couver the soldiers bad been paid Oh
each one receiving three months pay.
When once released here they we're per-
feosly happy, and from the time they
Jeff the train until Sunday evening the
regulars knocked about the streets hav-
ing e Jolly good time spending their
money as rapidly as possible. Quite q
number OF the men got drunk, and in
tvo or three instances committed as
sauits apon unofsnding Cinnamon who
CHANGED to pass in their way. No seri-
ous damage was done to any Of the
Chinese, however. One was thrown In
the mud, one pushed dewu stairs, and
one or two we're otherwise mistrsated.
Sunday evening General GibboR, De
Commander, arrived. and
complaints we're made TO him of the
conduct of some of bis men, where
upon the General issued an order that
all soldiers should report at headqusr-
tiers It the Pacific House at once, from
which place no man or officer shall be
permitted to leave without written per-
Those of the soldiers who
bad acted badly were placed in the
guard house, and yesterday afternoon
we're set at fatigue duty, digging trench
%, ohoppine wood, etc.
The officers srs quartered in the SEQ
ond and third fats of the Pacific House,
and take their meals at the Brunswick
and other restaurants. The soldiers
are CHARTERED in the ground floor Of the
bot do their cooking in the
vacant lot north OF, and across the
street from their quarters.
The sidewalk on Main street, on both
sides, was crowded with citizens all day
Sunday and yesterday, gazing at the
soldiers, especially while they we're pre-
pariug their meals. The Indians seemed
very much interested in the Rans, and
two or three times yesterday soldiers
we're approached by Indians who want
ed to buy their weapons
Yesterday morning at 10 o'clock foul
companies (i50 mem under command
OF Captain Carpenter, left here by raj
for Tacoma. They were accompanied
by United States Marshal George. I've
hsndred soldiers and about a dozer
commissioned officers remain here. Tn,
officers are mostly all West Pointers
and fine looking men.
Lieutenant Colonel De R1ssy, in con
versation with the writer sunday even
ing, said: II am very much PLEASED
with Seattle. and greatly surprised a
its size and apparent business import
anoe. four hotels and your opera hous
are far ahead of those usually found il
much larger cities. and some of tn,
private residences pointed ont to me b,
ths Governor would be a credit to
city several times as large" The Colone
came from Omaha to Vancouver only
few months ago.
How is IT," said the writer to a good
looking young fellow on picket duty
that so many smart looking younS
n4en enlist In time of peaeef Il cal
hardly be from patriotic motives, an,
one would not think that $l3 per montl
would be sufficient inducemeht."
lyon are right" said the boy in blue
A great many who enlist are Ger
mans, Irish. or foreigners of some kind
Who take TO the army a. an easy mean
OF making a living, bat in nine case
cot Of ten when you fad an American
boy eulistipR in time of peace you cal
put il down that he has been in som,
trouble or diseraced himself, and Join
the army 10 hide from the world. Nov
take my case. for INSTANCE. My pareat
are weil-to-do people in st. Louis, No
Two years ago l was salesman In
Wholesale produce establishment, anS
getting along finely. By prudence and
economy had saved mp from my SALARY
several hundred dollars, and was on
gagged 30 marry q splendid young lady
Shortly before We we're 20 have beer
married took her home from the thea
ter. and on my way home / stopped ints
q saloon with friend to get cigar
In the back room there vas q keno ans
faro game running. ] went In TO se>
the men gamble. and after looking or
for q while pat down bet on the 90,
and 10 won. put down another bel
aud IL Won again. That evening oui,
$50 winner. For three nighss 10 sue
cession played and won, and finally /
Imagined that faro vas game invent.
ed jost TO enrich ne, and that I had
struck the only true system 10 beat il
Finally. however, the tables turned, and
found that my system could loss a
well ~ win. But to make long story
shsrt. one week after l put down my
nfst bet | had lost every dollar I had IL
the world, nv watch and chain, and
everything Of value I possessed. Nv
employers learned that had been gam.
bling ard discharged me. Overvhelm.
ed with shame and disQraee borrowed
enough money from my brother TO take
me to Cincinnati. While there | be.
came very dependent, and had l noi
been coward would have committed
suicide. Bat two teings were left fol
me 10 do-saicias or 10 enlist--anc
Of the too evils choes what I consid
cred the lesser, and joined the army
enlsssins for i've years. | have served
three years. aHd but for dia9racine my
mother, whom l dearly love. would b
tempted 60 desert. Sose Of the bsys
shsn they get tired Of army life, ssea
some little thing. aud get eours- mar
ttAled And "bob-tAiled." or kicked out
of the SERVES. Theft 10 the msAnes'
thing q soldier can be guilty Of"
young fellow formerly in the employ q
A. W. Piper in this city. He advances
10 the writer and spoke.
"Hov did yca happen 10 join th,
ARM = asksd the reporter.