The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-06-13

Bu~danese-what tho soldiers called a " fuzzy
a tight. As coon as he had any strength again
he proposed to a native orderly that thoy two
should massacre the wounded n the other beds,
work out his plan. The doctor had q very UNI
hts nose. The man understood bullets and was
not afraid Of them. but this, magic stun that
sent him to sleep cowed him Altogether, and he
So a doctors life IS always q little bazardous
himself senior Iohioer in charge OF what Is left Of
tho command, IL the Others have been shot down.
A. doctors are alyeys full OF theories, believe
quito help mortally wounded men, because they
know that 2 dying man may have Z last, message
hold his hand. This In q most noble thing to do
under ire. Chaplains have done It also. but it is
Another v. g. Of my acquaintance-he Is any
thing but g d~octor,,once saved a trooper whose
original. The man was on foot and the enemy
Zulus this time, and they are beautiful fighters
h5wSs soTinF down Sy5 at 2 rpSn ", and he , . said ndd,, XIery
his officers life by double-weighting the only
horse p there was s,, ..o,.
1T you don't get up behind mo. I'll get of
and IN give, you such a licking as you've never
flsta than assegais, and tho good horse pulled
them both out of the scrapc. Now by the rcgu-
violence a subordinate Of his service is liable TO
to lose his commission and to be declared :" In,
capable Of serving the Queen In any capacity
The humor and honor of fighting ia by no
there was a war in New Zealand against tho
Maoris, who. though they tortured prisoners
own sake. One Of their chiefs cut of a detaeh:
mont of our men in n stockade. where he might
s sSort st starred nroSIsi them ,n 0ps sent H iS i e sanoe shSy OF TS SIs
fun TO fight weak men, but he would be happy
tN N,A nat NtaN, q mr. m fttl rNnnl
As to honor, the Beers in South Africa did a
very pretty thing. Tho war against thom was
o crown N cut snS and %dn SGT By Mr.. Giadstone, but It is 5
some consolation to remember that they beat us
were splendid fighters in their own way-at nine
hundred yards, lying down behind a long rihe'
were at some pains to find the Generals sword
was on their side. and they had killed a brave
man and were sorry for 1t; A..
knowledge that 1t paid to shoot straight. Two
or three men won the cross for saving wounded
had BEEN n killed at LSins's Neck. picked, up a
wounded comrade who was shot dead In his
arms e4t he went we out e efnd "a Sn .hi sMy E an two more re
Wesselstroem and Hajuta-,both defeats for us;
The only good thing in the whole wretched
corps and running tho Beers utterly. as some
unWlbB people tuOuSnl WAS our uutS.
There are many cases in which mon. very
young as a rule. have forced their way through
cut and held on in the face Of heavy are for just
so long as served to bring up their comrades.
Those who have done this say that the getting
tho minutes drag like hours. lies between the
arst seufflc with the angry faces in the smoke,
others are tumbl!ng up behind. They say it Is
q, bad as the old Did Rugby, union MO game 9 .so of I, football . ! B Sdl
dare. that yOur own side may have time to como
Most men, after they have been shot over a
little. only want a lead to do good work; so the
result Of a young mans daring is often out of all
proportion to his actual performances. For in
rebel ram Alternate he only rissked his iifeI,it
was all that he had about him, of course-but he
deck in an. engagement. Still, that particular
way Of risking made 1t possible and easy, for the
crew tIH.. OF m the launch tSnm ito to o follow ", MS ,Ss lead iv and 40 Ss se1
dared alone.
All courage does not lie in furious valor. Here
Il a o oeoe st esihs neS ABOUT Wo itI not case o Of the c xsrS
age OF Ulysses. one might say,
"A A column Of 5rpSo .s al hssayiliy I, Weighted c Ehs will
q pass where the enemy, hidden behind rocks
were picking them of at known ranges. as the,
Ruard-company after company facing about OF
the narrow road and trying to keep down tn
it was twilight and it was cold and it wa
raining. and It was altogether horrible.
The rear guard : L q began beg to- to ff Sod too ~ quickly Sa6H am
the bearers put down the ambulances much to-
often and looked of the road for possible cover
nasty little brsakdown-and after that wouli
company that WAS specially bored and sulky
and there were shouts from the column In tn
a Ssss Of I paI Soothing aRRa h4 He k thsFi his is m nsish +
when they aTsa VIA: til se%s one along II
l Then my friend:I am rather proud that he
, s III dF tSe boRii n his fG Docket R,s B Bepesu sed he s0 Sidn'
want any one to see how his hand shook, lit
There was q roar of rather cackiy laughter an
!. prs ssSi%!ffpttssll n Eff ,s ssia 4 p hs' %yss XIV are =
bu ieGn t this Is a ' Very big sP but~this s' little BIT tu
went along tine column. and even the wounde
Q laughed. and every one felt better.
Whether the enemy heard tho laughing or wa
{ impressed by the one-two-threefour firing, thu
d followed 1t will never be known. but the colum
a run. That is what Tcaii the courage Of Ii
o much enduring Ulysses, but the only commel
as eSe al, heard ss ada On x ths e ne rs was trs tns SSy,S oS y,
necessary"
8 OF course. he must have been a good boy fro
9 the beginning. for little bits Of pure inspiratit
g. never yet come across a V. c. who had not u
It strictest notions about washing and shaving al
d keeping himself quiet and decent on his WI
n through the civilized world.
IS Indeed, 1t Is very curious. after one has know
70 hundreds of young men and young officers. to
still at u distance and watch them come forwa
It to success in their. profession. The clean al
d considerate man always seems to take hold
circumstance at the right end.
h One of the latest and youngest of the v. C.s
IN used to know distantly was a beautiful bell
whom they called aide-de-camp to some big OF
D cial in india. So far us an outsider could iudg
his duties consisted In wearing a uniform fac
p with blue satin and in seeing that every one G
1t joyed himself at the dances and dinners. |
would wander about smiling, with eyes at t
y. back OF his head, introducing men who we
Or strangers and a little uncomfortable to gil
" whose dance cards were rather empty; TAXI
10 old and uninteresting women in to supper. nj
10 tucking them into their carriages afterwards;
to steering white-whiskered native officers
ss covered with medals and half blind with &C
I'd fusion through the maze OF a leveo into I
III presence of the Viceroy or commander-in-chi
y or whoever IL was that wanted to see them.
A few years later his chance came, and
ut made the most OF 1t. We were then smoki
at out a nest OF caravan raiders, slave dealers. n
nc general thieves who lived somewhere under I