The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1894-11-17


He wonld never enter the banl 81
when an officer was there, and should
one happen IN, even the verl
4 est cub IN the whole garrison.ia
Schramm would spring back from
the counter and stand attention andf
at salute, never presuming to GOMEZ
forward again until the shoulder strapsk
1 had vanished. This naturally gave umr(.s
bragg to the public, which, very prop-Fs
erly, preferred moneyed sergeants to
i mortgaged subs, but no one at the post}
could truthfully say that Schramml
ever in the faintest way failed in thes
respect and Difference due his superiorsf
j in grade. Is
| On the other hand, there were thosefs
who saw that Schramm's new captains
was taking frequent opportunity tol
| treat the young German with scantl
| courtesy; it was apparent from the1
moment Of the return of the troopl
from the field They had already be-fs
pnn the homeward march whent
! Schramm was ordered by Tintop tot
auait, their return to headquarters,E
Init Capt. Bragg declared that schrammk,
had shirked his duty with the troop.
The medal OF honor awarded him wast
! presented by Tintop and pinned 9nf'
Scbramm's breast in presence q tnal
whole command, and Bragg sneered AL
the coloners conmendatory renarks|
land sneered again in Thornton's presre
lence as the troop marched IN from
parade. Perry was already dlsg ~
with having to serve longer IN u troop'N
but no transfer could be obtaaneo.
Schramn1's duties in barracks hnoi
stables were most scrupulously per-
. formed, but never to the extent OF w1n-e
ming expression of satisfaction troms
Bragg. Schramm rarely asked to &c ex =
cused from duty, but often put in Tor al
pass to- goto town. There was no goooE
reason for refusing SO good ~ man, sol
Bragg growled and grumoled ana
}. finally said he couldn't have his horses;
u ridden all over creation, and schramm'
must walk thereafter OF hire coach}
anI-four. Schramm never by word or
: si,rn showed irritation. He received
the blunt, ilAnatured reply with slleno
ssaaute- He hired Curran's buggy, ana+
then, an evening or two therea1ter,'
siust before stables, came loplng baeG
) from Butte on a splendid bay, Lieut.,
,tF1yvard's favorite horse, which that Of
/ ficer had xainly asked three hundred
9 for when he needed money to go east
Z on sick leave, and failing to obtain his
? price had lent him to the Empire
= |stables i'm town. Schramna, it tram
S Ispired. had bought the entire outfit" y,
!, Equipments and all, but had the bride
: and housings stored and replaced by;
d lmodest black leather and dark blue
l blanket. Bragg forbade his keeping
2 his horse in the troop stables, and
Q ISchra,nm, flushing slightly, replied,
y with the utmost self-conmand and re-
n aspect, that he could not presu me to
g think Of such thing. Mr. Curran had
a kindly consented to take charge Of his
t horse i'm his private stable, where
t Schranm, you may depend upon it,
1 paid roundly for forage and grooming :,
q Then it next transpired that schramm'
8 had named his new acquisition Rand"
a and as Rand, in his capacity as inspector
& general had frequently raped Bragg
;. over the knuckles, this gave greater
T. offense to Bragg. Then famous
Il opera company, crossing the continent,
+ struck a blizzard and were snow bound
y in special car at Butte. There was A.,
4 big ball with fair-sized stage in town
The owner urged performance. and
e the manager agreed to give ''Faust' ON!
a guarantee that took the owners
breath away. He braved the drifts,
however. and galloped out to the fort
and told his story go ahead" said
Tintop. "You shall have the band,
and we'll all take seats. But when he
heard the price Tintop retracted. We
cam stand the fguretlaat u.s. ] can t.
and few OF my officers can" Neverthe-
less the owner fourd means to give the
front row Of the gallery, all around, 1T
reduced rate, AID there the fort con-
tingent looked down on the t,vo-dollar
seats in the so-called parquet, and lust
before The overture began in marched
forty s,rgeants. cavalry, infantry and
staff from Ransom. each man in his
nattiest dress uniform, and took pos
session of the rows of chairs reserved
for them, and after the opera was over
did these non-co1nmissioned officers adj
journ to Conway's, where another
bountiful supper was spread in his big
room, and then back to the fort in the
dawn Of the frosty morning to the tune
OF soldier SONS and merry sleigh bells
"schranm's stag party" was the talk
OF the post for weel; thereafter
Bragg thought it an outrage that en-
listed men should be allowed to sit in
public entertainment in presence of
| their betters. Tintop, on the contrary.
said he was proud to see SO many OF his
men intelligent, soldierly. and so thor
oughly capable Of approaching such
| music and such company. AS for the
opera people and the local manager,
they were enraptured. Connie, you
may be sure, was there to see She
and her friend Miss Franzen had been
! brought thitber and taken home in
| carriage from the Empire, and invited
! and escorted by the principal of the
! public school, TO whom, it TRANSFERRED
later, tickets as well as instructions
had been sent beforehand, and it was