The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-03-23

They are trying to keep it very quiet
but nevertheless battery A Of the Kansa:
National Guards, located in this city, ba:
sensation in its ranks that threatens Il
end in disaster either to the company Oh
some members of it.
From what little could be gathered out
side OF the company it seems pretty GER
| tain that court martial will take place
next Monday and that two of the bold
| boys who belong to it will be dishonorably
disc narged
These boys goo into trouble, it seems, in
manner that enables them 10 symDa-
thiZe with Billy Breckenridge and appre-
clate the temperture of the locality in
winch he Is moving at the present time
In days of yore love and war were quite
chummy, but times have changed and the
young man who asplres to be a warrior of
the present age must graduate from the
Sundry school and not from the royster-
ing hauntS of gaiety.
lt was at first reported that the I'M
fortunate young men who fell by the way
side belonged to the Light Infantry, and
tnere Is where reporter for the EAGLE
Hrst sought information concerning the
matter. They Indignantly denied il and
most emphatically stated that there was
not a man In that company but what Was
IL w as IidJ Iucy
were all gentlemen, but it was suggested
that gentlemen" sometimes fail from
grace. This. they would not admit, and
asserted that true gentlemen, as meas
ured by the Light Infantry standard, must
De as well equipped and ready to fly to the
abode OF angels at the call of Gabriel, as
they would be to fall into line for a county
seat war. at the long roll of the company
drummer boy.
The trouble at the armorv, it appears,
was caused by "A lack OF viligence on the
part OIL The two young men who are
now Charged with conduct unbecom-
soldiers and officers, in permitting two
females to get into Camp without the
countersign. 1t is understood that the
common, everyday privaUes defended tue
garrison against these females and re-
pulsed them. In their retreat they en-
coantered the officers who captured them,
IL appears, as conLreDanuS of war and
marched them to their own lodgings,
where they were discovered by the vigil
lance of the sentry. At any rate the fe-
males were cUurtmartialed next day. but
not according 10 military rules of dis
cipline. Judge Babb administered the
law to them in the good old-fashioned
Way, in the police court, where they have
been known for some time. 1t is claimed
that no harm Was Intended Pre-
vIous TO the militia taking possession
OF their present quarters the place
was garrisoned entirely by women. At
that time the two in question used to visit
there, and not knowing change had been
made they were going there on anther
fraternal visit when the alarmed privates
Tired volley Of warnings which caused
them to retreat. It was during this re-
treat that the officers met them in the
grand stairway and not knowing their
decided TO be gallant with them,
to make up. as it were, for the rudeness of
the privates.
The details of the court martial are
very hard TO get AS none of the members
If the company seem willing TO give out
any information. Some of them DENY the |
affair altogether, but they are few, saying
hat there was little trouble but that il
WAS about smoothed over
The military rules are very strict 10 NAT
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