The sun., 1890-04-29
DISCONTINUED SlLDIERS.
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TlLION or ENGLNHE&a, U. a A.
Thev gsy They Have BssjTrsppea Hsts q
laFs OF Hoe Csrryine Saa OnIoa Neea.
ann. and KinderGart<a Runtah-s,ta


RARE OF Hoe CarryinS Saa 0nIon VVeoS.
ing. and KindsrEarttA Punishusuta.
Company Z Of the Bakalbn Of Engineers.
Us. A, probably contaha hore dlscontented
YOung men Just now tan kny other civil or
military body Of its aiD IN the United Statea.
TIE company Is statbnsd permanently At
West Point and is commanded By Capt George
NSQ Derby. Its membeihip was originally linn
tied TO fifty. Last sumnr the limit was raised
70 100, and circulars VIII optimistic desorip-
tions OF the advAntagoaof service In the En-
0ineers' battalion in Eebral, and In COMPANY
L In particular. were sen out from West Point
with a view to filling up II ranks. Most OF the
forty and odd men who wfe moved By the cir
oulars to enlist are bright energetic. fairly ed
ucated young fellows froa southeastern New
York and vicinity. Thv left comfortable
homes and comparatiNly lucrative oc.
cupatons TO wear the blue and gold
Of Uncle Sam. Man, OF them are
CORY enough for It ow. Instead OF
tumbling into the bed OF pses described in
last summers circulars, theSsay. they dropped
upon n nest Of thorns from thich they cannot
escape with honor until the nd Of their Ave-
year terms OF enlistment Toy attribute the
beginning Of their misfortune to the alluripR
rhetoric Of the circulars, and ho continuance
OF them to Capt. GeoRe McC. Drby. their COM
mander. The loudest com plaint against Cant.
Derby are that he persecutes fs men almost
necessarily with petty but disag neable punish-
ments tor the most trivial offnces, that he
keeps them so busy with the loNest kinds OF
manual labor that they have no lmo to learn
anything about military engineering and that
most promotions to subordinate oosts In the
company are regulated by his caprts or preju-
dice. rather than by the merits Of he mon.
"Our principal complaint is aeainst the
blacklist" said the spokesman Of O crowd OF
Company men last W dnesday. "Bl,oklisting
consists in making nan report at he guard
house at z, 8. 8, and 10 o'clock every evening.
Its object Is to keep man from hating any
leisure for enjoyment q leaving the post It 10
not severe punishn9nt but very annoying
use 1t much. and whn Capt Derby was in
Italy this winter Lieu Biddo. our nrsI Lieu.
tenant, blacklisted pry few mon. Derby,
however. blacklisted 10 all the time and for
everything. Why to other day when wo
we're building ponton bridge he blacklfsted
q man he caught tkinR chew Of tobacco
from another. Our rom orderly put the room
IN order last week an then went out on duty.
two miles Of. WhiI he was gone Q private
e. of forgot Derby oaSa the hS obss st
out Of place Ssi, lsleeeter and backlistod thS
only two chairsI SD ri time ago. One % OF them hem
Set on e bunl E1hout either mattress or
Hated him: TB lait time We marched to the |
Raymasters ok man couldn't keep MP with |
the company. Ee gtt thirty days blacklist, A
wrinkle in the fheets or blanket or pillow. or
any other smilr trite. Is punished with more
SSreeabie, beS has eI5ended ext The ti@e 9ee to 1 10
O'Clock. Foreriy the last report was at 8.
LiGhts are p oHt at 9:46 so blaoklisted
Stanbie dow stairs and out to the sH1 guard aard
house withoulights to make his last report.
Sometimes S1nsny e az aS eleven men pick their
make this latreport
!, Now what p men want f. that this black.
nssd' to be "a that court martial offences
should BE- It'd before 2 court martial Ifa
out and bltklists him. sometimes for three
months. aAough the man himself would
shn9 With You see per6g SHa wants
IhoW bis &hority by doing all the Furnishing
nimsSi 5a H. instance ans the other day Tucker
J light n CAP tain saw him and blackiisted +
him TmSs demanded ao court martiS
lned O. the court martial for being
1rIn5; 1IIIIS.d AtahouSh a ina, man cannot be
Who was diatisded with the decision put him
on the blaSlist for thirty days. Bowe de-
leer, Derby ave him thirty days more. Bowe
till insistedn seeing the commanding ofilcer.
DeHy 9k min on the blacklist alto
blacklist tlnst ever since he has been here.
10 got clean iscouraged and filed himself up
ie took outaGorse without permission and
vent kitingRpund till he ran down non-com-
nlssioned yiler.. Now he has three months
,eing turne Hto a lot Of old grannes by this
'lakllstln bhLess; The mon are encour-
70 Nhsr to the for
n TIE Capt. aipS Rtty fashion.
2, look ut Eychs case. he came in one
light and w4leRettinR into bed said he'd {
airy out thsIeibw who was talking loud and I
ang him ovd tb banisters II he didn't stop. I
y ith that thePthr fellow ran out and shouted {
Corporal. Cd poal Private Lynch Is going to {
anG me ,oyf tie banistersp and Lynch got
ncklistedn =
Nothing i1tbe rosy -hued language of last
U ummers ciThaI excited so much derision as 1
be suggesnd that members Of the company 3
light leHra |sonetbing about military en- {
What do$ study ?" echoed the spok kesmau.
Well. abYutverything that ranges between
'eeding tlrAtrden and washing dishes. We 2
~ post holS sprout potatoes wash windows. d
4nouses. carry nod, cart manure, o
low EIaS8te stone. wheel brick. keep house. o
aw Wood7 4ovel dirt and scrub floors. A a
ian doesnthVe time or energy for anything @
lse when hSHets through with all this. This Q
ist wintSrihs been hell. We ripped out Q
verything the in the front OF tho barracks. q
arned aSathe rubbish. and put up new q
artitions. rugged up brick aud mortar i
u you couidt rest. And then when inspec-
on came DSy expected US to show up as | o
traight and TN as cadets. You sec that fel- Il
Nv there in H,eaked straw hat with winRBr d
nd the spokehan pointed out q fonorn-l -lOok- n
lg man in thoyoralls OF n day laborer and | X
lth the air OF tAllroad hand in every inch Of Il
- We'll thatsbnway. Tho Captain is always Il
ullyraREinG I'D. AL last wintor Conway w2a p
umping himse\up and down stairs carrying b
%. God knowhow many brick he carried. .,
hen as soon ASPIRING came he was put to | n,
eodinR onions tho garden, When inspoo- n
OH cnmothe I$tair looked him over and
~; conway. Qnway. you are not straight te
9ldier; your sApld@ hlades don't meet. I'm OF
I aid can't mak you first class The Cap is
NJ won see us 10 br q minute. Anything n,
nj up the time pd mako US hustle. After o,
e nave liked eEe1thhR for tho cadets down a
q that little greed Whero you SEQ the coast "
unB tho Captain NIlSSy: L don't like to see d,
on men stand arohd doing nothing Go out pl
nd pick up those kIOk Clear away those Is
lts OF glass. Pick Sp hose stonek 1 don't %,
30 to soc my men ide.1 b,
" Then We have fatikldso called because IL IL
the most fatiguinR wed they could set ue at tr
10 also known M picand shovel or wheel VI
arrow drill Every od gets into his worst ID
ERALS. takes pick and howell and goes out I'M
te da9o on railroadb dig and throw up III
" rom ;5V 10 ~ :5O 4. aud from 70 $3.50 10