Omaha daily bee., 1888-04-29

tary literature OF the day dainty lueX
d'sprit about bacon, beef, bread and
mess pork. To him tho reporter APP
piled for information in these terms:
"They say that General Crook is a very
unconventional sort Of q man INT
averse TO red tape. Can't you say some
thing rbout his peculiarities?"
my dear fellow, you see we're up
here on the sixth floor and we don't
have anything to do with those fellows.
But I'll tell you what, I'll introduce you
TO a splendid fellow on the fourth floor
who can tell you everything"
So the introduction was effected and
the reporter became acquainted with
the man who could tell him everything.
He must have beer u nineteenth assist
ant to the acting adjutant's chief clerks
orderly, because he was smoking acob
pipe and wore n ~seersucker coat.
1.-THE Mail would like to get some
thing about the personal peculiaritios
of. General Crook-kind of pleasant,
gossipy article, don't you know-a nice,
| conversational talk about him"
81 can give you the military record
| OF General Crook" said the obliging
nineteenth assistant TO the acting adju-
tant chief clerks orderly; II can give
you his record out of the army list
| Coulee's you know-but / don't know
MN DcTSOIldllN, DtCuuSC 4 HtNtI StINcu
under him, but ! can introduce you to n
man who has served under him and
knows him we'll. I'll take you in and
introduce you to him."
So the nineteenth assistant to the act
ing adjutants chief clerk s orderly, and
| the reporter went into the % where
| this man who had served under General
Crook and knew HIM from A to lizard.
1.-The Mail would like to get some
thing about the personal peculiarities
of General Crook-kind of a pleasant,
| gossipy article, don't you know-a nice
| conversational talk about him?"
The sergeant-he's q sergeant, this
man is, who knows about General
| Crooks personal peculiarities-medi-
tated very deeply, bringing his finger
tips over his nose, and thinking very
profoundly.
"Well. that's a very delicate NATTER"
| he said quite deliberately; "a very deli
cate matter. 1t is true that I have
| served under General Crook, but 1T
would be unbecoming in n person of my
rank to say anything about a superior
officer. l can get you his record in the
army l~ist-Coulec,s, you know. Now, if
you we're to go and see Colonel Corbin
in the next man of his rank
wouldn't feel embarrassed in speaking
about q general, but you see my posi-
ton, don't you? You'll find Colonel
Corbin very friendly and easy of APP
proach."
So the reporter vent in and saw Col
onel Corbin. Colonel Corbin was very
friendly. He was also smoking a pipe
which was either a composition pipe or
q meerschaum that had been burned by
some careless smoker.
!'Coiorel. Corbin, the Mail would like
! a., rnt cp,pothipn ahnpf tho ,arCppn1
| peculiarities of General Crook-kind
of a pleasant gossipy article, don't you
know-a nice conversational tall about
him.
"Well really, I don't know much
about General Crook personally. Now,
CT you'd like to get his army record l
ian show it to you in the army list
Coulee's, you know. You had better go
and see General Williams in the next
ROOM. Pe knows General Crook well,
and very likely he'll tell you all about
him. Then he's more nearly the gen.
erals own rank than | am, you see.
That's the general right in there"
So the reporter went in and saw Cen
eral Williams. General .Williams,''
said he, 1.-THE Mail would like to get
something about the personal character
istics of General Crook-kind of a
pleasant, gossippy article, don't you
know-a nice conversational talk about
him."
II should very much like to oblige
you." said the general, very atfably,
but with much the same horror depicted
on his countenance as if President
Cleveland had asked him to make one
of a party to rob a church, but, really,
it would hardly be the proper thing for
me to say anything about my superior
officer. 1t would be like-why, sir, it
would he like a breach of confidence.
| have known him so Intimately that |
should feel as if it were a breach of
confidence. Our profession-the mill
tary profession-looks at such things in
a very different light from any other"
The reporter inquired whetherit We're
true or no. that General Crook by pref
erence wore moccasins.
General Williams smiled pleasantly,
and passed it off without imparting any
Information on this, the crying question
of the hour. Now, if you wanted to
know something of General Crooks mil
itary record l could give it to you in the
army list published by Coulee." The
general pushed an electric button. 1t
didn't work. He pushed another one,
which did work, and a fourteenth assist
ant orderly found time to answer it, and
was told to bring an army list. He found
it after awhile, and brought it to the
general, who very c~heerfully showed
the reporter the picture OF General
Crook, and said the army list was for
sale by all newsdealers.
YOU'D better see General Crook
himself when he comes" said General
Williams. ''Then you can get "a better
idea of him"
''When will he be here?"
81 shouldn't be surprised to see him
any moment, but / don't really expect
him before the last of this week or the
first of next. You'll find him very
easily approached and not at all stiff"
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