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that ali the army officers who have become
af w11 to oG Tho or
the infantry branch. and In nearly every case
the loss of reason has been traceable to the
frontier soldering. Not u single artilleryman
or engineer has figured In the lists OF insane
army officers since the rebel lion.
Notwithstanding tho sou-parnlyzing shifts
to which cavalry and infantry officers are con-
MSers oas4 ResG msg
through Joyous days. For the cavalrymen, Fort
Myer near this city. ia perheps the star assign
ment of the lot An army officer OF good car
rIage, good address, and good habits may have
u lot OF fun in Washington tU atone for what
MESQUITE country OF the Texas Panhandle or
among the red bluffs OF south Dakota. There
are many opportunities here for him to don his
full drcss uniform, which may have been
wrlnkl,ng in its case for any number Of years
previous and the only dnngerons eompettlon
ton drawing rooms is that Of tho young attaches
of legations who. as Is being exemp flied more
manners than morals. The cayalrymen are
generally leading spirits In the fnx hunts thet
sinia KIN. during @ Tie season. and the drills Of
the troops stationed at Fort Myer, which are
participated in BY the crackajack riders OF the
different troops, are frequently attended by the
slnnrtest people in the various Washington
social sets, including any number of pretty
young women with sufficient orscwomanship
TO take part in the drills themselves, were the
SsXt to Fort Myer, the wcarers of the yellow
are perhaps more partial to Fort Leavenworth.
Kansas, than TO any other post In which their
branch is prominent. An exceedingly beautiful
has gradually. during the last twenty years. so
extended its influence to the adjoining hand:
Kan>a that the city has become practically an
adjunct To the fort in a social sense. There are
as many h5ta,iSn w,hn I tip nan
dares OF the Fort Leavenworth garrison
there are AT West Point. Moreover. the soldier
ing at Fort Leavenworth is eusy enough for
cavalry men. infantrymen. and light artillery.
men. and the atmosphere OF the post Is found
sufficiently lively by officers who have been
hurled for u few years in Fort Spokane. Idaho:
Fort Grant. Texas, or other "i-on-the-!nRp
carr'.o%s. whose situation arg nnLy THHrlei hats IN
Infantry officers are generally rather partial
to Fort sheridan. near ShicaIo winch mas i3r
now bahshrd Tor its sins to unspeakable Ar-
2ona. AS no good reason has rs yet been nd-
srn % 1--WE Wy In any nr ne"r Cncago It must To ak
for granted that the "doughboy ohcers only
nourioh their fondness for Fort Sheridan be
cause it is revimental headqnarcrs, with
band attachment, and because the post is roomy
and comioi table Moreover. II is within hitting
distance OF civ ization, for lndianap0,is may DO
reached by only few hours ride The officers
stationed at Fort sheridan have frequently
been known to venture into Chicago the ohlce
of the General commanding the department
being in the Pullman building
The infantry officer who has done his four or
at Fort sidney. or AT Fort Sae!iin., or al tnrt
As>tnihoine, in any of which and many similar
sight OF human Countenances other than those
OF his. s.comrades in arms. halls with rapture an
Fort Douglas. near salt Lake City; san Antonio
Barracks. near san Antonio. or omaha Bar
RACKS, near Omaha. Alter rev IN, lnlerhihao,e ~,
n,Eht-howiing coyotes OF play Ing endless whist.
or even OF occasionally scouting through Art
Zona after the ev.r-e elusive Apache KID. there IS
glee in the prospect OF pulling up for while at
post whore cigars do not wither or freeze be-
fore they are smoked. where al OF the fenlinin.
the ortnance sci geant's good hearted vile and
where n wspaprr or magazine is net begrirned
with "A Kali dust before II finally reaches the
Fort il. <. Russell is only a short distance
and for this reason it woold naturally seem TO
view. But 1t is not The reason 1t has achieved
reputation am0ry army officers which classes
OF the des"Ia'e posts to be avoided. il po>eto.e,
at all hazards. Is that the town OF Cheyenne
as been practcaly Pres,a4sd over for great
rancnrGu> hatred for enlisted men of he United
Stare- army has made soldering. either for of
tictrs or men. anywhere nenr the ,hlrt 6urgh
In Wyoming an actual misery. tn" enlisted
man wh,' ventures into Cheyenne In the murn-
Ing from Fort ID. A. Russell no matter how up
ri :ht he may carry h m>elf or how scrupulousiy
lie may turn his glance from the liquid known
a, red eve" t. through the insrrutn"nialit Of
Cheyenne cnlahopse before night and the bit
tern"ss which has sprrn up over repeated i'm;
the officers stationed AT Fort d. \. Russell TO
the making of formal complaints 10 the War
Department in cases where special injustice has
been done.
Thcravalry or infantry officer who has been
cult!NRting - love for the b' Rntiful white s"rY-
t. = ns military nttnUhc MT Berlin. or Paris. or
Vienna. or Rome. would probably not suffer
from shruuksn spirits were he ordered to pro-
coed to the United States and report fer duty 10
the commanding officer at Fort Nclhcr-nn.
near Atlanta. Ga. Fort Mcpherson l. actually
one or the gem posts OF the whole lot. and the
life pursued by the army officer there. ~ in
nearly Mi the posts south of Mason aud pixon's
line. has sutliCleat dnlrC far NicHfc to invite n
good many hundred applications to tie War
Department eIery wear tor assignments In that
region. In Atlanta more than In any other u
dislike for the North. owing to the rebellion.
d ed out fact attributable not only To the iu-
ttuCnCr of the Intr Mr.. Grady. hut also 20 the
large number ut northern people who lave rS-
tahlishCt ih"m-clyts IN Atlanta dur ne recent
years: SO that Fort MrphCison. aside from rs
lov"lIucss n place OF residence and its con-
fjguiiy 10 tho remarkably lovely city Of Al
lHntR. is IN "A social sense one OF the most de-
sirahr of american military posts.
Assignments as instructors in the various
State military academies through tho country
are 30 longer sought so pcr>istcnliy as they
once were. Tor the reason thRt The military
spirit appears Ia I've dying out III n majority OF
these institutions during recent yenr-. ana tho
officers official Gcsi ignHted by the War Depart
nicnt to suprrintcrd the work Of military IN
struCiiOu have found little or no work To do. or
pcred a> to render their duties ns Instructors
und~-irahr. The War Department i seriously
contemplating, in fact, the cessation of such