Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1894-11-24

Then went oil ON my own thoughts,
the spucaliing Of the boots and the rat
tie Of the rifles making good accom-
panimcrt. and the line of rcd coats and
black trousers suitable background to
them ull They concerned the forma-
,ion of u territorial army FOR lndia-an
army of specially paid men, enlisted
for lively. cars service in her maj
csty's lntis possessions: with the
option of cXtcndinT on medical ccrtili.
Gates for another i've, and the certainty
Of o pension ut the end. They would
bc such mn army us the world had never
seen-onc hundred thousand trained
men drawing annually Eve. no, fifteen
thousand men from ENGLAND. making
India their home. and allowed to marry
in reason. Yes. thought, watching
the line shift to and fro. brcal, and re-
form. we would buy back Kashmir
from the drunken imbccilc who was
turning il into u hell. and there we
would plant our much married rcSi-
mcnts--the men who had served ten
years Of their timc-and there they
should breed us white soldiers, ana per-
haps Il second fighting line of Eurasians.
At all events kashmir was the only
place in India that the Englishman
could COLOMBO, and IL we had foothold
there we could.
Oh. 1t was n beautiful dream! left
that territorial army, swclled to quar-
ter of million men, far behind and
swept on as far us M independent India,
hiring warships from the mother coun-
try. Guarding Alden on the one side and
Singapore on the other. paying interest
on her loans with beautiful regularity,
but borrowing no men from beyond
her own bordcrs-a colonizcd manu-
featuring India, with permanent sur
plr1 an her own nag. had just in
stalled myself us viceray, and by virtue
Of my oi.icc had shipped four million
sturdy, thrifty natives to the Malayan
archipelago. where labor is always
wanted and the Chinese pour il too
quickly. when became aware that
things were not going smoothly with
the half company. There was great
deal too much shutting and shifting
and "as you wercing." The non-com-
missioncd officers were swapping ut the
iacn. and fancicd 0ulsss backed one
# lis or,icr3 with an oath. He was In
no position to do this, because he was
junior who mad not yet learned to
pitch his word If command in the same
Icy twice running. Sometimes he
grurtcd, and clear, full voice with a
ring in II has moro to do with drill
than people think. lie was nervous,
both on parade and In mess, because
hc was unprovcn, and knew it. One
Of his majors had said in his hearing:
"0ulcss has q skin or two to slough
yet, and he hasn't the sense to be
aware OF it," That remark had stayed
in Oulcss' mind ind caused him to
think about himself in little things,
which Is not the best training for q
young man. lie tried TO be cordial ut
mess and became overeffusive. Then
he tried To stand on his dignity and
appeared sullsy and boorish. He was
only hunting for the just medium and
the proper note and had found neither
because he had never faced himself in
q big thing. With his men he was as
III ut case rs he was with his mess, and
his voice betrayed him. heard two
orders. and then: Sergeant, what Is
that rcnr-ranls man doing, d--n him?"
That was sufficiently bad. A company
officer ought not to ask sergeants for
information. He commands, and com
mands are not held by syndicates.
Il was too dusty TO see the drill &c
curntely, but ! could hear the excited
little voice pitching from octave to
octave and the uneasy ripple OF
badgered or bad-tempcred files running
down the ranks. Ouless had como on
parade rs sick Of his duty rs were the
men Of theirs. The hot sun had told on
cvcrybody's temper, but most Of all on
the youngest mans. lie had evidently
lost his self-control. and. not possessing
the nerve or the knowledge TO break
OF till he had recovered Il again, was
making bad worse by using lillian
guagc. That Is TO say, he was abusing
his command.
The men shifted their ground and
came close under ths gan I was lying
on. They were wheeling qraFter-right
and they did Il very badly. IN ths hat
uFnl hope Of hearing Oulsss s4,er
n1nin. lie could have taught them