Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-02-03
4 PRIVATE SOLDIER.
NC LIFE IS NOT eY ANY MEANS AL
TOGETHER UNHAPPY.

-, arc A. fic % set OF men az one could
Att 4, command. The blncklcgs and the
1,,gtsrtls arc soon dismissed, oven u they
49, h, 10. In. and today Uncle Sam ~
.,,i..s every man who wishes TO enlist un
,ti. fas 20 bring certificate " good
I'-,ster from his last employer. aud to
.',i.fy Inc recruiting officer In many othci
-. tbat he has no oyil habits This rule
w. Zen In force only fcw years ond has
.i-.,ty improved tho character Of the Gu
T.-t men aud deceased the number OF do
,.-tIeBt 10 u wonderful degree
rb,arriy g. betlor thing for the aver
a., Ufsn thlh b. generally supposed. While
N. psy-thidrcndollnrsn month 81 small,
Z, ,,u't BE- remembered that Il IL thirteen
t,fsr.a monihovor and aboycall expenses
a. f.sl. clothes. lodging, hospital attend
,ssr and EDUCATION. The clothing allow.
Sr., I. 90 large. TOO, that every man IL able
N ave more or less Of IL according TO the
IN, he takes Of his clothes, and sons Of
tssm make - very considerable Item q
thI4
rs.,l,c. an increase Of pay. and he las the
ose8tuui.yoi becoming through cnielcncy
B1nt5mm..siuncd onlcer. with SIN
GREATER incrcgso Of pay. Moreover, II ho
i.maiulous and has or gets fairly good
rIl.tilon Lc j. attended every help rather
DIAN hiudercd, rs Is popularity supposed,
irm becoming n commissioned officer
TIL sOLnirg's HOVE.
Thearny j. TO the enlisted man home,
A, Insurance company aud u bank. Tho
government permits him 10 draw interest
naay sum NJ money he may deposit, and
Eba tllergble safe Institution. Ii he i
iiir.d or used up through sickness he {.
diner uurct back 20 health or pgnsioncl
Or liic. II lac grows old In the govern.
uent Wryi-o hr Is retired ON pension Pre-.
ttly a. an officer g., AMI after nll tho
work OF a soldier T. not particularly hard.
That % D. not ID dislgrucablc one is attostcd
By the fact that great majority Of the On.
ltod n,u, and necessarily tho better ones,
fctn.it and practically spend their whole
lv.s boz the army
The happiness mud comfort of the soldier
dpeul principally upon tho commanding
tleor of the company 90 which hc may Dr.
ttisnd. The company h. family aud
god company commander, 20 regard g.
iie average soldier 10 q child from bis
v5ry trtining lie must cat, sleep aud
work at q certain time named by another.
a1l he is well foi and well clothed accord.
" y
at who has charge OK him lie cannot
rlu bug "a handkerchief without the per
mission % such an uf.ecr.
ia man b. drafted into u good company
thefr j. no reason 10 iho world why he
Should not enjoy lie 20 the utmost II
will BE- furnished an ubnnlnncl OF good
clothes, and will be TAUGHT 90 take pride
IN Keeping them In good condition. lie
4 ttININ D.
tul, but Of tho bust quality and OF buli-
ctHl variety
LiYE ~ ruE AEiG
out Of biz small pny uu English soldier
ha TO pay for hi. vegetables unl amy ox-
Ia meat he may have Our soldiers got
uasc than they can eat Of every ching thai
y furnished, and arc permitted to trade
Tho surplus OF Tor any daintlOs from tho
Commia arr department that they may
wish NJ government contract price. Then
700, every company la tho army has "a
company ganlgn that supplics il with veg
tial.ts, aal again the garden X % success
according TO the efforts Of tho company
commander Then thcrc are why's In which
company makes money 10 supply its
mess with still greater dHihtics and iia
igiding rc1m with literature, and often
WITH billiard and pool table1
beyond keeping hlm.elf ana his accom-
teulenis clean, attending drills nnl dong
guard duty the enlisted man Inns to tul.u
b. tum every three or four days doing
lhc work Of lgbOror about the poet This
q The cryiNs shame u the army to-day
The men are not enlisted 90 artisans nor a.
isusvp, aud they should not DO expected
70 do such work. Il Is worthy NJ notica
that they do the work, nevertheless, very
eAu,Hully Some day, when the officers
have agiiHtcd the matter enough. an this
VIII DO changed. rnd the soldier will be uX.
r1id 70 do nothing but actual military
duty
The soldier on the frontier has oven moro
amusement than the oiiieor. The writer,
tale lieutenant of cavalry, hns many
lne when alone with a company In tho
hIa wished that he could No down NJ tho
g'Ap iiir with tho men aud enjoy their
ae and share In thor conversation.
lhey have the opportunity Of playing oil
torh " games aud the timo to practice
them too,
a GOOD COMPANY.
Is probable that they have moro 20
,gey "tagoyernmont post than they would
nave ~ their homes, and they usually have
opportunities for sport 10 the way OF hunt
~ and fishing that would be onyied by
many rich New Yorker There are nj.
Ways post schools for the education Of tho
soldier and there are always post libraries
That contain sufficient number OF books
10 Keep them busy reading
lht Wr.tcr served In q company Of cav
airy In which three men had saved up con.
tdgrably over si.OOO, and almost all tho
V'ltn sums less than that, down 10 twou-
y I'VE dollars Hall the company wero
men who were on their second, third or
fourth enlistment. They had billiard
table that was said 10 DO the best one IN
Arizona, a garden that yielded profit
nom the sale uf vegetables of over eighty
dollars a month"; besides furnishing the
Company table with every variety that
could be asked for; drove VI forty or more
A"ii very valuable live stock In The Gar
Nrsil, chickens, a milk COW nnd a mule to
save the men from tho harder part u the
company work. Tho company fund "
Nady money amounted, at times when the
writer had charge OF Il, 10 several hun.
unds " dollars The men had Hplendldly
equipped reading room and formed alto
o., her an exceptional company.
lhc result Of such a state Of affairs was
We gratifying fact that only one n,in had
uv'vite! from the company Ia years, while
hl The time there wcr dozens Of appllen-
l'"ns from men IN other companies to bo
transferred 10 this Que whenever vicancy
occurred init It is fact that tho men
I"d better food aud "a greater variety OF Il
tNah any officers at the different posts
where II was stationed while The writer
was with Il, and IL IL doubtful whether
sul H',h OF the same class in tho country
,v,'e hnlt ~ comfortable mud happy a,
'rS'o same men In that cavalry company.
New York rimcs.
Harry bays Of Tolegraphy.
vas at baltimore when the CLAY ron.
, sgeylon met participated in the Whl4