Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1891-01-16

| pa1u no attention 10 btle other companies
| plainly halted in front of G, and was
scanning the mems fpces with eyes that
were full Of gloon. Next he strobe
around the right of tho line and passed
down in front Of the rear rank until he
reached the cgnter, where the taUest
men were standing, and where he fixed
his gaze upon ono soldier, tail, slendec,
but muscular fellow; he looked him over
from head to foot, but passed him slowly
without one word. 4 sergeant Gle closer
noted Tint the fingers OF the soldiers left
hang tHitchod and closed as the colonel
approached, and that lump scanned to
rise in the braWIly throSt, but was quick
( " rulpcd down. There was no other
symptom, though, and LieUt. Mason,
! the adjntant, who had joined his colonel,
saw that the mans eyes never Wayered
from their look straight to the front, al
though he might have pa!cd a triiie IN
der that stern, searching gaze.
Half M hour bstcr, inspection being
over, the colonel sat in his Office. holding
An investigation. The captain Of
| troop WAS absent on sick leave at tho
tame, and the Command had deYolycd
upon a voting officer who had won a fine
record n their Arizona days, and VINO
was regarded throughout the regiment
as perhaps the most promising of all ne
s1Dal@ruS. lie was an excellent hpr."
man, q fine tacticiuu. and o drilluastCr
Of whom his men had become vastly
proud, Under the mid hammered sway
of their captain, a war veteran Of u;l-
certain years. { had fallen about to tho
foot IN proficiency in drill and horsemau.
ship. But hpmoment young lIealn rot
command they began the turning over
Of Il very new Leaf. Little instruction
Of any kind except mountain ecolriny
had been irnpar;ed in Arizona. hut when
they came eastward, and old Riggs,
their former colonel. made wav for a
much better soldier. discipline and drill
began on the instant.
For few weeks G troop had to take
all the raspings, aud the men were dis
hcartencd as much by the ieors Of their
comrades rs by the sharp raps OF their
colonel. lIearn. too, was frettinc him
D. self half to death. but when his captain
was taken i'll and was compelled to turn
= over the troop to his subaltern the
= youngster "took hold" in a way that
e filled MaSona soul with delight and
that speedily enchanted the mon From
being the worst. G troop soon challenged
all coMcrs for the right to be called the
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Hrarn on tne result Of his excellent
effort. TIC young fellow had that facul-
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