Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-07-02
OUR BOYS IN BLUE
Their lot Cannot Sc Sad to Be
a HAPPY One.
Duty ON The FRONTIER
2asostsi-aa "a Ws~hls-sos sadly De-
znssaIs1s- tiss, sssss--A tous stssnt
frrfsfre.l ~ DsnceT- and Msa-

- CO "a see my sat 10y or yo0ax
r1z1 witt a1J anSittoa f,r tise tatcre
sAosid eniisf ia elmer The army car
naTy Ia tiase Of peace. said . dis
t.ng1ixbed oaleer a. the war t~,~rt~
E.ent ta-eay
IA sa-sms - nae thar no career eonld
b chosen @sth l.s-s pro.I'eet Of reward
Err titieenee. Intelligence and capa-
tllity. 81 course I esaid not say these
tainss pahiiciy. sor NC have bard
saoogh time keeping oar ranks full
Eo@. snt ought not Ia discourage
eniisttnents Al = matter of fact. how
ever. anr regular army i composed
n1ainiY a foreigners. many n them
AIT nafnraiizeei.r
Why j. th- service di~tas,-fni7~
Let ne give jon an example II ray
o~n experisare. My compauy Is sta
ga the Upper Mississippi, where il -
ilkriy - rrFasin Tor many y~ars. unless
sa3ied oet ~ >oEDe emergency There
- uAadsleaiaF Eaopotony IN the life
Ne lad which Is relieved but snce .
ys1r when the governments supplies
arr sent L. IA l ase,l ~ wonder Why
eauarry people would stand out on
tacir trent DIOR ~trp-. or IA their front
ysri-. Z, -5k At railroad trains pass
- pa; usisse rsiani 10 nov. apPre-
e.afe tke Loneliness s0d uio.aotoBy Of
fara life even h-tser than folks ON the
farsas The ps~.sng railroad trains.
although they all iorpk very much alike.
tesii - rslis.ve The Enonotsny ~ gazing
int, AIR same fsrlily faces all the year
l,.anJ. aud talking - the same neigh
tors tom day 1, day. Hut the farmer
a. AGA lonely compared with .he sol
Gitr ga q tr1utier pa~t. | have ~~~n
thc e-} many time. when the pass
ing q = freight train or a cattle train.
oaee = week. would have furnished
ueN ys>sip f,r ~ and relieved the ter
ritle sanrus~s 81 camp life. We would
have fravflssi t~~nty or thirty mnes.
willingly. juAt - -re a train rush by
sli e.snu1t understand what home
Il. sne~. - until you have lived sssh
hfr for SIX months or fnor-. But when
you think II living that way for year,
cr two s-ars. " or mp - twenty years
yea can p.-~sibly have better idea of
how lreaAfsl and unhappy life !, 10 "
tveaty years - an exaggeration,
t.a't ~
No 10 Is not Gen Crook spent
tvs.ats years In the service without OBJ
faisl,r a single leave Of absence. of
c.sur.e that i an exceptional case.
u..s,r beard - ANY other officer who
servs,d th4t bong withou, leave. but |
ucation twenty year. A. the time linn
~ 4 nan may serve on frontier posts
ard ies1 the most depressing sort Of
existence for frota ak mopths a. TWEEN
6 wears. and Jet hs j. expected To be
hatps al the tim. because he Is serv-
ing hi> sosntry. tell you thea - no
20 iA IT."
AZ friends conversation was so I'M
.nai aud - Interesting that pressed
h.ln Z. tell ne iaorr q army life
-of course an 0fiic.r can get leave of
shs,s rs,,.- n continued. but he Is not
crsitied - il. know II officers who
htse married In haste ~ repent at
leisure. married solely 10 have some
es,apaniouship on the frontier; mar
RE. ouly 70 find afterwards that
therc was iac0ropatabllity between
kl.lard aud wife Then The poor
riri e.s ds.osn.-4 o. . terrible life. more
-errihie. htcaase there are very FEW
rira al tAe army pests, and their
sfrek z Gossip soon runs out Even
vt,a husband ami wife arc well
matssi the life a woman leads Is one Of
aii,o>t ssfnrn.l misery; for woman i
particularly a social creature, and At