The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1897-07-15
TIE FATAL UNIFORM.
COLONEL SEXTON TELLS HOW Mt
CHANGED HIS LIFE.

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was orasniaif,o ) regiry.T,t. fo he IAN
posed excIusiyeIv. of r,ao who Drofpssaa
religion. The scheme naturally attTant-
ed a GREAT. deal az . attention ne na,,ars
were full az IT, yves selected - c.7,-
tain one of the new regiments comma
nies Protest against the selection was
made m accopnf IF nv aoo--tbaI, i,,gt
IL. The matter WAC carried mn 70 fhe
adiutant general of the state, Who fnal-
| IL decided in NV favor NV 400 fra
singular character of the case and the
popularity of the regiment ca1sa(3 s,o,,
an amount of newspaper eossin tbat.it
| seemed as though everybody INST have
heard of the matter at least All This
time I never wore nv Uniform outside
| of carnn. The dear sir, therefore sew
err saw me- exceTs in ci+izen,s f,lathas
asIt's an o,,trape I, che sa;d inst after
we met a very voufhfnl lookiny man j.,
captain's Uniform On one of orr walks
tthat sych youno men arc frustad with
the RESPONSIBILITIES of command Tdon,t
know what the counfry i coming To ).
.sFor a moment 1 was overcome nv
the shock. When I recovered nv breath
7 told her tbmyouth did not necessarily
dabar man from nossassinn of tha
qualities Of commander She declined
| to be convinced. and the conversation
became decidedly chilly Instead Of
making nv customary call when we
reached her house. / stoned at the front
gate
!" Laura I said. T must tell Won
goodby. nv regiment has orders to
leave for the front tomorrow tt NAV
be that we never shall see each other
again.
.pnt we did All fasl;o,ab,a f9t,;ca,,o
came to Camp Donalas the newt dav To
sea the final dress 7,arade If tba ,n,7cb
talked Of Y. M q a rae,;,,,ant and T
could see the dear girl an,ong the crowd
NV new captain's Uniform gave me- .
good deal of satisfaction inst ST tbat
time, I can tell YOU. The colonel of the
repiment had asked me IN account of
the power Of nv voice. to act as adm
tant for the occasion That furnished
additional qualification The narade had
the magnificent splendor that only a
dress parade can have. and the solemnitv
of this occasion was vastly increased nv
the reflection. not to be dismissed. that
MANY of those among regiment and snec-
tators were seeing each other for fine
last time on earth The hand nlaved as
though speaking our last farewell to
our friends. Every one. Z am sure. was
deeply impressed. Tt was at this time
that the dear girl had her first and last
view of me in nv CAPTAINS uniform.
Officers to the front .and center!
Marchp ordered, with all the dignity
could assume. AS they reached the
center they saluted me.
Sir, the parade is formed. Il said.