San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-01-22

from the room.
The lieutenant calmly finished his in
spection of the quarters, = red spot burn
ing in each cheek as he walked around
from bunk to bunk. Then, as he turned
away and lightly descended the stairs,
Sergt. Ross voice was heard to say
REST" The men looked quickly about
at one another. Some of them stretched
their arms to full length and gave a long
sigh, as though. to find relief from the
strain. And then little Duffy announced
his opinion:
'By CAD, fellers, if I'd been the lieu
tenant I'd have knocked tbs top of his
ID head Off"
The garrison court which tried Trooper
Welsh for insubordinate conduct had
found him guilty, despite his statement
that according to the tactics he wasn't
required to get up and salute, he being
at work. The evidence of the sergeants
established the fact that he was playing
cards when the lieutenant approached,
and that the spur cleaning was trans
parent sham, introduced for the occasion
and for evident purpose. But in view
of the fact that he claimed to believe
that, as the captains orderly, he was not
under the ieutenant's orders, in view of
the fact that he had apparently been
only ten months in service, and of the
further fact that his captain gave him
an excellent character and pleaded for
clemency for the recruit, the court saw
fit to let bin off easily with fine. Mr..
Mason, the adjutant, and Mr.. Hearn
were strongly of the opinion that he
ought to be returned to the troop at
once and taught his duties as a soldier.
But the colonel was away just then;
Maj. Kenyon, of the infantry, was tenn
porarily in command, and he would not
disturb old Blauvelt's STRIKER"
Indeed, it seemed as though the troop
commander was disposed to resent
Hearn's having ordered the man to be con-
fined, though the young officer was actual
ly in command that day, the captain be-
ing on sick report. 1t is certain, too, that
Mrs. Blauvelt made some very acrimoni-
Gus criticisms of the ieutenant's action,
and that the first story in circulation in
the garrison was by no means creditable
to either his tact or temper. Welsh
spent only two days in the guard house
this time, but his language during that
brief incarceration was such as to in
tensify the feeling among the men that
he was no novice in garrison affairs.
He was loud in his threats against the
lieutenant, and full of argument as to
the propriety of his conduct.
II was at work, by God! and had par
ticular occupation, to use the language
of the Tactics, and you'll find it in para
graph 1871, and wasn't required to rise
and uncover Look at it and you will
see for yourselves" he complained.
And it was Sergt McKenna, of the in
fantry. who retorted:
"And where did you, a cavalryman,
learn the numbers of the paragraphs i'll
infantry tactics, Welsh? And while you
were about it why didn't you learn par
agraph SOB as well? That's the one that
covers your case, me buck, and, begad!
if I'd been there you'd "a dropped that
spur-r and got ON your feet ID quick,
or I'd "a jerked the backbone ont of
yees. Where did y2u learn your in
fantry tactics, say?"
And here Welsh could only redden
with mingled wrath and confusion.
From this time on the impression gained
ground that he was deserter from some
foot regiment, and one who had again
enlisted in the army, but under an as
sumed name.
Within the week after Capt. BlGuvelt's
departure Trooper Welsh was twice
again confined and brought before gar
rison court. He had accompanied the
captains family to the train, and carry
ing Mrs. Blauvelt's numerous bags and
baskets into the sleeper was borne away,
apparently unavoidably. The conductor
wired back that he had safely landed
him at Barclay, thriving little town
ten miles to the east, and that he had
abundant means to buy his ticket back;
but he was gone fOrty-eight hours, and
at the expiration of that time was
dumped in disheveled condition at the
post by the town marshal, with the in
formation that if it had not been for the
crossed sabeI3 ON his cap he would have
had him in the county Jail for drunken
and disorderly conduct and resistance to
the officers of the law. where does he
get his money" asked that official. He
smashed about twenty dollars worth of |
glass windows and paid all fines, costs |
and damages, and yet had some ten dol |
lars to spare"
The men in c troop could have told |
where he got his money, but, as that was
won in gambling, nothing was said by |
them about it. Welsh was tried for alb