Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-07-04
THE GLOBE REPUBLIC SUNDAY MORNING. JULY 4 1895

br,cL rcI, uL.,h vo ,,.rcr,rIv worn witt,
tb, ,.rvx, 1..,,,,..,I in t,,,. ,.f,t.r. or othar
,,,i,,ios of bI,cL oft hat. wt,i,.h wrr,.
,,,orr, T., s,,i,o ~ ro-,,,r,,i,,s R,t cv.rynu,,
hal on his ,,,, mr. b,, a rrd Maltese cross.
tho had -, Of 'ur division
Some had leg .in,-s som, Ind NOT: some
old hands yy,r, IN fryor " ~'ufIinr IN,
trous,r,s iutn tb, sfnrsir-. and twin, thrm
tb,r, with striurs The hr,aI -nrS given
ont hy tho rnynrnm. n. and usually Stll,sl
..,,urio,rs~ y.,ra TN , most T, -hi,nnhl. foot
wear. this was the only mart of ~. uniform
which rrivote ert.,rnri., ,Iil not muci i'm
nr,vn unou Oly one thiur about our
r-rt-un woulI hay, uIaasn a military or TIC:
our Guns wor, conn and hri rht The load.
carried on our shoulders also varied, and
suited each mans idea of comfort at the
nxp.u~e of rx.r,ion. som, cluny to their
knansacks-I think only one " thos, got to
CIT y~hur- in our cnmrtnv; sonnc kept their
ovrrcnats. hut thrs wnr,, ~ M aiormrn. the
rnod,,dos ,iurirr that hnt .umn.r, ami thu
d,rlirs hay, hron wearing rh,.n ever since
Tn. c,nrrcn hn,er,ark and tin Gun. it wa
Iifi.,l, to lis,s,n,c with. then there was
Iiiri..ultv in KNOWN winch to throw away.
the ruhh,r blanket IN, wooden blanket or
tho MEG, of sh,l,cr tent. The>r last through
some accidental confusion. We called ''pon-
cbo.. q" most Of us kept rs many as two
on, of the Inst proun Of articlc5. and
rather think the rulls,r was the mos.
ro,u,lor
Tba C,rr.l,~,.os -ra,tIv e,viai tn,
.Ya,Leo gu,r blank f. AMI Their officers
III or,or, ,I,o,p :, ch,r-a very " ill
ircIv - tharo w,re ony nkeiv to be hai,
some f,w irwin pars were retained not a
hond, thir, N carry but n mivhty handy
;,,,,I,,,,,rt N have n, NIGHT | know one
,,,o, who ,t,ck to bis MN hut never had
,r,,t,o,,tlo 70 carry II birn.eIf Tom would
-. u I'm moo, evorv Iav for tn. nriyiIc,.
- frv,r,, y. after the owner Mt ni-ht d x
ard II ,rrv would toke the burden the r :,
of the dav for n simi ar concession So tn.
owner Of the irving pan rcvolei in its en- ioy-
mont in the sweat Of other fellows hruws
perfc,.t capitali.t, but he had had the
rorya to 90 IN on the ground floor AMI de
relop the enterprise
In our own lit,l. partnership Eugene car
RI d the mot of the grub and most Of the
sbelt,r, and We seldom Sc. arated O her
syndIcatas were formed OF three, four OF five
m n on similar terms
We had forty rounls of cartridges be-
~ides. unl these We never used to throw
away A man always kept his cartridges
.omehow. They were Of paper, aud thong .
ihe IN a,tics told US to bite them, we alwa IS
broke thau with our fingers at the muzzrr
and poured in the powder The days OF
t.reech loa lars had not Yet fully como, and
We used the clumsy rnmrol But il We felt
the ball slide down easily. We knew that a
smart banc Of the butt on the ground would
do the rnmminy lust as well
When cur co,o,,nl had called us 20 atten
tion. he sat on his horse a moment perfectly
ytill, hut with his eyes grively scrutinizing
our ranks from right to left; tn n, quickly
braciny himself, rang ont in his clear tenor
yoice the few commands which put US IN
motion on a Journey Of which no one knew
the end.
And now we swing along the rou,b Vir
-inia roads in route step There is vely
iiS.'' ''o.'9i,,. ,., l.,n,, tba,
I,'so,j,,, nd ia,,,f ,rast, any s,rsn,tn j.,
eHu1''''o.' On, W -, -
, 80 ~. W.; n ~ - s,o1.
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ss?: ::. s5s% 8 III that 1$$ ,s 5:$s;% Ss'
the weight Is easiest carried on the should r,