The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-09-07
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stick, tell your
The man obeys the order and through
weakness falls on his knees. "There. Mr..
Dusaule, you see the effect of his carrying
stick9 The men become SO accustomed to
it that when deprived of it they tumble"
soldier who had made away with q
couple of cartridges, on the discovery of it.
feeling sure that he would be by the coun-
oil condemned to the discipline. rushed to
the trapeze and hung himself.
But listen to the remark of the same cap
tain:
IA bad soldier, that Loupat, is he notp'
inquired the captain. WAS he skilled in
gymnasticsr'
s'No. captain" answers Dusaule, che
knew nothing about it. He could scarcely
this reason, deprive him Of his wine, but it
did no good"
And yet see!'' reioined the captain. 'He
was able to climb to the top, tie cord to it,
wrap the cord around his neck and then
drop ~ into ITO space i must be very difficult to
can display energy only in evil-doingr'
Another illustrations: "a poor devil can't
keep up with the troop. He is tied to amule.
This is q notorious fact.) With his KNAPP
sack on his shoulders, the strap of his gun
is bound to the tail Of a mule. He really
has not the strength to lift his feet from the
ground. hence shufaeqelong to keep up with
the too rapid gait Of The animal, raising
clouds Of dust. sergeant, switch in hand,
mounts the mule. Suddenly the man
stumbles on the rough road, falls first on
his knees, is rolled to the ground, dragged
| by the mule, which continues on. He is on
his side, his arms fearfully strained, his
! face pale and turned backward, his mouth
wide open and all black; he shrieks with
pain.''
The chronicler of the "Ellair," from
which we Gull these statements, adds:
1.-THE disciplined call 'tombs' the tents
under which they sleep. They are barely 70
inches GO centimeters) in height, and are
not 70 in breadth. They are entered by
upon the ground. It is under such tent,
exposed to every severity of the weather,
that the laborers must recruit their
They get no ration of either coffee or
wine. Their first platter is supposed to
contain meat. the second soup; and if pun
ished, the soldier must remain in this tent
without moving. receiving only one ration
of soup out of four, or one only on every
other day.
frightful. First, the cell of IRONS The
soldier has the same rations as for tine SIM
pie cell. But he has his feet passed through
bar. His hands are manacled behind his
back. And thus ironed he is pushed into
his cell: When, every other day, soup ia
he may, tapping it up like dog.
II he wishes to drink he must
take the neck of his canteen
between his teeth and hold his head far
enough back to let the water ho~ into his
mouth. II he upsets the platter or let's his
canteen fall, for twenty four hours he is de-
priyed of drink and for thirty six hours of
food. II he cry, or complain. or groan, he
is gagged by a piece of wood across his
mouth and fastened behind his neck
As was said to u.s. ''There are three now
at the end of the ravine who already for
several days have been ironed, their limbs
numbed with cold and alive with vermin.
When We mounted guard. piteously they
begged of us to throw a little water on their
bloody gag and on their swollen, discolored
wrists. Translated from La CrOix.