Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-04-19
HOURAT THEARM0RY
,.uAr IS HEARD IN THE OFFICERS
Room ON SATURDAY NIGHT.
,,,or uichok Tells Good stories About
How He Killed a Hear and
Escaped from y Wolf

~, closed their eyes in slumber, or,
80 sin worse, your sweetheart IL out
nm If Won have one) you can find
,.,s,n, hours amusement at the Armory
J ,tc FIRST Virginia regiment.
90 ~ ,oy have q military turn you will find
~. material 70 suit your fancics. for mp
t.,, o'clock nearly every night the steady
.r q The volunteers going through
w. ar.Us rcsounds through the long
gri thrstcntOrian tones Of the OFF,
A'..'' living their commands pervade tho
limiting. In fact, the whole scene
'....,f- mo- words Of the poet:
. r,... aN-.1 note. the drums lOud beat,
E. .,..,r tho wide land everywhere the an
a'' ...,-.ur troad Of hurryng feet
,.,,-U that the white-wjnged angel Of
r-. sprcal her wings DER the land
...e f,yorite expression of the gallant
rra.. pcrNaps YOU take no interest in
.-..y. affairs Of war, and yearn for
....., moro tranqull-somethIng not
s...rl 20 mako each separate hair
.- IFS ends. This you can find in
SOM mental headquarters, in other
-. no room where the officers congre-
a-I exchange thor views, military,
.-.r and cosby, upon the current
.,-,. ~ the day.
WHO YOU SIZE THERE.
.rrmgauv Is excellent, the personnel
..r,r,I Where can "A more genial,
...r- Gentleman than Colonel Henry
... tp found Though invariably
and over concoctiug some new
.f. fhr interest Of the regiment, he
,. ends time 20 have pleasant word
...-.rulv. and when occasion offers.
...- quite frequently, no can talk
o. ....' be we'll "a tho next one. II is true
..'.r Percy Halves. Of the cavalry, is
..r.r. more enthusiastic on the sub
Iu+ fr,n everybody knows that the
...Ta courier Of the late strife is Of
,.-t temperament from the Colonel.
...r..t-C Colonel Phillips can tell some
..r tales OF the hardships en-
.-,.-.I lu those terrible times, ana, al
.r D.. Grim vi-ugoi war" has long since
..s. rs "wIuklcd brow" the gal
,.. ..rfplprato still loves to dwell on
s.-. days when the BOYS who wore
D. ..-.y wont chccrfully forth 10 Dire for
g., '..-a they loved 80 well.
.t.tlT uf all the pleasant gentlemen
. .-. .rr meets az the Armury on Sat
..r.~.,,Ht would be a delightful but I'M
..rura,ion. The reporters who
..... --.uui never venture IN that room
r ,f,y have finished all their daily
....r1rvt,.n for they know too well
..r.a I'M such good company they will
..-.... .'l tie rest Of their duties. Colonel
r.-.. l.lt said, knows how to give the
......rr news TO the scribe better than
,-. man .u the CITY. In tact, the newspa-
.r-.m.l frequently publish what he tells
,..-r r.r-' 70. that Is 10 say, III exactly
e.. ,,.rE- Dee gives IL to them 10.
Urrp THAT Is VALUABLE.
,,-.r-r work for n reporter IL rather
rr-.tr-. ANYHOW, unless he has been IN
i,a ranks" and sometimes when the
g. .-. r..,..;rr errlbes return to their desks
.r1t midnight, after being out on q
....a FIR news. they become so daZed
......rsr don't know whether a corporal
hands "a battalion or captain regi-
---, at infantry. This Is where the
-.-.rrra assistance Of the kind officers is
t.r,For man the reporters love is Ser
,r.., Major Ihckok. who seems TO know
.r.-vthrr, about military affairs that Is to
hs known. and little more besides. He
.,v..s helps the scrI0os but pleads TO be
lrg. out Of print"
ucFoE's EEWINIsCENCE5.
A few nights ago, a representative OF the
U.-lTr,v was asking the Sergeant about
matter, and the pleasant gentleman gave
... Irf,rmgtion. but wound up by saying
.r..-so don't mt nv name in the paper"
% viii keep II out this time" replied the
-rrrtor, but only on one condition-that
,.a riyo me an hours interview on your
s.rsuturos while YOU were In the United
.,.'es army on the pralrles." Sergeant
HeElk Looked Mortified; but the reporter,
who had been "laylng for him" Tor weeks,
..srl the opportunity and hurried away
H 81 q inc
.. .sr,tr which marked the French Revolu-
,.a.s.. when they bore the condemned to
te u.l0tIne.
rtlp realiuC-room things were quieter,
ami here the tObacco-smOke could be cut
with knife.
"Now. tell me all of your adventures"
sad the reporter.
NOT ~ THE NINTH CAVALRY"
"WIl.' SAID the Sergeant, with q sly
smile over hisface, g enlistedin the Ninth
regiment Of cavalry
At'l.s point the reporter took out his
notebook and wrote something, and the
.Hrsr exclaimed in terror: For Heavens
,.saGrut put that down! That's a mig
r.rru-mtut. was just foOhng then. l
vasIu Tho Fourth infantry"
Being Ioassured that he would be safely
placed among the Caucasian race Sergeant
H -.f continued: Il joined the regiment
a. I..t T,ttgTman, Wyoming, on March II,
JEST. and served for five years. Fort Fet-
'..ar is the plaCe.whero General Custer
.-r lis expedition against the Sioux,
n which be was subsequently killed. My
.-r.4v was then sent TO Fort Leaven-
WORTH KIM. and ] accompanied them
".ra We afterwards went into the In
.a. Territory, and later on, when l be-
..". sergeant aud was put on detached
.-E... went al over the West"
Now t0r some of your regular yarns"
Ell. tie row@Uapcr-man.
"l4.r't fkoto tell my adventures much,
everybody doubts them" replied the
r.-- .L' CoUl-uaturedlv, :" but here goes.
F. ,Ee Won bear story"
e..r or 4HE THREE WAS MOST FRIGHTENED?
"Iw.ui Us were out hunting one day in
q. vicinity Of deep ravine which was cut
'rar-au Of water. The land on each
s.... the creek elOped down TO u and
r.- 0l ore side OF il and my companion
Oh ,....r.r. lie would call across 10 me
W and t.cn, and thus we kept posted OF
UI others whereabouts. Exactly IN a
t--' Inc from each other, but on oppo-
$50 ...s II the raylne were two large
Wees. Hs was near one Of these and was
90 t.e other All of q sudden heard
r.. bang and % great rush through the
'-.ss Then veil reached mo: On
. trr he goes, HicbOk, kill him!
.T.. t..n ] saw "a big grizzly bear coming
.- g,l / cracked HlOOse at nm, but
-- ..y. missed him by ten feet. Seeing
..Ia.ri % hit him / skinned up a
H.. -.# dropped my gun. On looking
.- '.e rElre after l got out OF the
'... NJ tae grizzly | saw my compan-
.. d. '.e tr,o just opposite me. The bear
t.. 20 follow me and started up the tree,
PUG succeeded IN killing him with my re-
V's- Meanwhile my friend sat up IN the
Y ~. '.n opposite side and shot across at
i". Tho animal was riddled with bullets,
o. D. Was fully ten minutes before We
On. down from the trees, when brown
w.. Was '0y friends name-yelled across
...w Il be was dead. l answered yes:
7 Gu going 70 wait up here htt-e
la, Sergeant in referring 10 this incl
e.'' Ni Pc trembled so he could feel the
Is stacking. while hrs description of the
r which his hair turned heaven
'-.+ Wa. exceedingly amusing.
5seUED FROM THE WOLF.
o'r. r.. o huntsman started and he will
"a. a. a. o.y and all night about his adyen-
-... a,i after the bear yarn the Ser
tH. proceeded 70 relate another occa-
...t Na"l his hair stood on its ends. II
'-- -a tue summer Of 1888 in Wyoming
~. Two Of US had been out hunt
~ az day, tranping over hills and pral-
Us .H4 TIylTgs NyitlOut killing q thing.