Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-06-20
4 SOLDIERS IDEAS.
What One CT Them Eas to Say about
Army Life.
Kansas City Journal.

Kansas City Journal.
a journal reporter had al Interesting
chat last night with Private j. G. McWil-
lisms, Company II Fifth regimen,
United States iniantry, while bolh were
waiting Ct the Union depot for TIE sfE.val
Of the remaining four companies OF the
regiment. Last Thursday while his
company WAS lying over in Kansas
City he received permission to visit
his uncle, Mr.. E. Lsilbsck, at Ills
Charlotte street, who had been seriously Il
for some time. The hours passed so quick
Iy that when Mr.. McWIliams returned
to the union depot his comrades had al
ready left for their rev stations il Texas.
McWilliams repoIt ted st once by telegraph
TO the quartermaster at Fort LesVel-
worth, from whom ne received orders
early yesterday morning to await the sr-
rival Of tha balance of the regiment. In
order not to get left 5 second tina ne
watched the union depot pretty closely
all Cay Yesterday and last night.
Mr.. McWiilisms Wss en- the General
Terry, the sost that WAS sunk At 0mGhs,
end rad considerable quSrtity Of bag
gage soaked, by what he called "Mssouri
river export" He stated thai the troops
Vet to come are in command Ct Lieutenant
C0lsnel Melville a., Cochran, very
popular officer, WHO is very copsiderate
towards the soldiers OF his command and
always looks after their interests.
"EsBopld MOI BE surprised" he said,
"it the cause Q; This delay is that Colonel
COCHRAN is. quartelipgf with the railroad
ffeiSls about the trsn sngrtation. You
see, thcse lAilross people. Imagine thst
any. kind of ACCOMMODATIONS are good
enough for soldfsrtS bus they capt come
Gny OF their emigrant or tourists; sleep
ing cars on the colonel. According. to
his notions, nothing Is too good for Uncle
Sans boys. He quarrelad with the rail-
Lsad officials just on that account when
we started cut for B.smsrS, D. T., end he
made them come to time. he always
does. II we should get another war. you
would see Colonel Cochran climb up the
ladder and be great general in less than
no time"
"Where is your home?" inquired the
reporter.
an Pennsylvania, replied the soldier,
with quick glance st the interrcgstor.
: "How did you come to enlist in the
arsN?"
"Well, now, stranger, you are coming
pretty clsse home. might tell, though,
but, rightly considered, it would be of no
use to you; it would only satisfy an idle
curiosity. l want to ssy, though, that
most people have an erroneous ides OF
the regulars. Why they should be such
rakes as is generally supposed, don't
know. They come, on the average, Of
as good families as the maiority OF
our young business men, and are just as
we'll educated. Several privates in my
regiment are graduates Of reputsble COL
leges in the east, and still they hsve en-
listed in the army. Each has had his
own and good reasons, though he may
not parade them on every occasion. A
good deal has beer said OF the demoraliz-
ing influence Of IRs in the bsrracks snd
camps, but it is really not half as bsd as
Is generally suppoGs6fssjt is $snly hard.
But If we'osp stsad, ff' reckon the So
ciety peopls ean-;.. y 's;s,.,s.,sssjssasls ="
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Lsrge, ripe, .nsSscherres at the Fort