The National tribune., 1897-10-14
MS 11hy
VIaufel Blooms
Va ....... And Men and komen
Live Near Natures Heart....-
pu 1nuN McEL,ROY

der straps off you. ] want you to turn
over new leaf at once, sir. Stop yoaE
Internal pick-nicking and stump-speaking,
and 30 to work studying your tactics ana
drilling Learn your tactics, and make
your officers learn them. If they don't, re-
port them to me, and PHI settle them. l
want YOU 10 keep your men IN camp, ana
not have them roaming all over the c'un'IY
from Dan 10 Beershebs. | want you To driii
them-drill them all the time. l want you
to clean up your camp, and make 1t TOOK IKE
a place where men live and not 4 barnyard
/ want Won to make that lazy AdJutahs oi
yours get up his papers and make the proper
reports at the right time. and want you 10
take your worthless Qnarermastef 10y ihe
back of the neck and kick him OUT ol camp
unless he attends to his business You "a
what say 10 yoa? Let every wore "i IL
sipl, into your mind. or il will be the worse
for YOU"
Pollack's heart sank at the thought OF
being under such + rant.
After The Colonel hid gone the General
stormed around awhile over the task OF
beating sediership into the heads OF the
hopeless material surrounding MN, ana
then, noticing the Tennssseeans. came up to
/ Pollock and said. somewhat cordially:
Some more East Tenncsseeans, | sup
pose. We'll. the Government needs you,
but, great Mahomet, what a time I'll have
making soldiers out OF You. i haven't time
to attend to YOU now. Here, Lieutenant,
take ca rye of these men, enroll them, and
get sun.e cnts and raiions for them"
In ihs newness and strangeness OF the
/ place Pol ock and his companions quickly
forgot their indignation at Ger. Nelson.
| For awhile the supplemented mount
aineers could only walk through the great
camp. gazing in opeI-eyed wonder at all
they saw.
MANY more men were gathered there than
they had seen in all the meetings put to-
gether in All their lives. 1t was stunnin.
revelation of the immensely Of he world
outside their valleys.
The vide expanse of tents WAS much
more striking TO them than their own
| picturesque sweep OF mountain and valley,
which custom had made commonplace.
The immense quantities of food distributed,
the piles of clothing in the great tents, the
cofrais OF horses and mules, the trains OF
huge, substantial wagons covered with can
vas and each drawn by six mules, the bare
Of the bugles. The crash OF The brass bands,
the richly. uniformed officers moving and
speaking with an air of certain, godlike
authority. the frowning muZzles of rows of
brass cannon, men being moved hiiher on
and Won over the level fields by hundreds
and thousands in drill and manuvers the
everywhere peryading atmosphere OF earn
estness force and mighty preparation dazed
them.
As they sat down for few moments on
stumps to rest they watched a regiment
sweeping forward in line, with shining
bayoue.s leveled to a charge, while a battery
of artillery mannvered at a gallop, and a
battalion Of cavalry charged with flashing
sabers. Pollock spoke:
How / wish that Miriam and Father In
rule and the boys could see all this. Hits
worth waikiki clean acrost the mOuniings t
see"
Hit ssrtinly air." accorded Web Brain
ard and the others.
And wouldn't hit delight Elder Storm
monl's soul,n continued Pollock. He
would see the getherin' o the hosts o. the
Almighty agin the legions o. Apollyon fur
sartin. But what'd he think O that ragin
sw arm, cussin' terror up thar who is GIN
era boss?" And Pollock indicated Cen
Nelson's tent with a jerk Of his thumb.
Pears t me-" said Web Brainard. that
I'ye done heared the Elder tell bout very
much sch man in the Bib c, who wuz Com
mander-in-Chief o King David's army.
HIS name wuz JOab an he wuz he creates:
fouter OF Israel, but lie had a lot o monty
bad streaks in him. Probably this Jinerul
Nelson's the same style"
/ reckon he Is, - assented Pollock. He's
, Presidents Lincoln's Joab"
Thereafter they called him, among them
selves, Joab Nelson"
They 'uns say that we kin jine any
kind o company that we'uns want L,
said Web Barnard, surveying critically the
different arms as they manuvered in the
field before them. Seems t. me I'd ruthel
be with them e'er big brass cannon. We'un.
could jest lope up 4 Kunnel Rhea an blow
, him an his hull crowd 4 etarnity in three
! shakes o lambs tail'
Pollock shook his mead doubtfully. "E
|, we could only git at they'uns we could
T But yo' don't think Kunnel Rhea'd eycl
I give we'uns SIGH show at him. His gang'c
1 begin runnin' fer the rocks an trees Jest e;
soon Ell they'uns seed we'uns a-comin' witt
: the big guns over the farthest hill. Hosse!
t couldn't hold they'uns out in an oper
r field"
We mout ketch they'uns some times
afore they'd git chance L skip out. Lord
e how I'd like T. pint one o them big thing
{ right inter the crowd round Kunnel Rhe:
< an let her co." persisted Web.
] think we'd be sartiner T. git they'un
D eff we iined a critier company" said Amo
e | Beckwiih. My grandfather wuz in tia
a / mounted spies under Jineral Jackson
7 an they run passel of lnjuns inter
e bend o the Tombigee River an massacreet
u every copper-clored heather o they 'uns
o I'd like t gsllop with one o. them lonj
e swords IN my hand right inter Kunne
o Rhea's camp AM split heads till my arm
Il wuz tired. Jewhillikins, wouldn't W
X make that e'er camp graveyard
p" No, said Pollock, decisively. :" I've biI
q thinkin' hat all over. Hitd be a great him
Z git at them hellions with them big cannon
? or on crtter-back with long swords. Blu
J. we never kin do hit. They nns is TOO sllipp
- and skeery. We'uns We got 4 hunt they'nn
II right L their holes, same ez vo' would pain,
e ers and snakes. Weuns can't do hit wit
: big caBnOns or Oh hossback
Hits got TO be with guns man fur man
|. Pm in favor o inin' them fellers on f,o,
! We'uns can git al they uns squarer and faire
that-a-way. If they'uns meet us out in tn
e olen we'uns can settle they'uns auic
l. enough with bullets. All / want of any
n they 'uns is stand up afore me with his CUR
l'll take keer q him. Ii he wants u skull
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