The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-04-11

who have no hope OF getting tho prize. and have
made no effort In that direction. In this frst In
ss@ H. xsPp bis fdss eye r. Pi h. Ss SSs t her men np %so aSss' t Sa
the primary purpose OF capturing the orderly
berth. These no goes over carefully after the
iittio finger OF tie ioft-hand glove OF ono Of them
~ not 30 white as snow. and the wearer IL out OF
shs g 5Gn ~ snot hss!s + sa = = a 81 IA d y ia, n o ane
Thus tho Adjutant nssorts the orderly charac-
tiers and weighs them, Then. amid the quiet,
on, and whose money Is on the men Of their out
fits, he walks up to the fortunate soldier, says
simply, Commanding officers orderly" and IL
Is ali over. The soldiers whose men have not
won go back to the barracks and spend tho
morning swearing that the Adjutant is partial.
especially II the Adjutant happens to belong 10 q
different arm OF the service from their own.
1t often happens, however, that three or four
80 nearly alike In their perfection hat tho Adj
tutant finds II impossible TO pick out the orderly
from an exterior inspection. TIE first thing
cumstances is to open one button Of the soldier
blouse In order to ascertain II all of them have
find that at least one of the men has nothing
underneath his. blouse but his undershirt, hay
ing left OF the flannel shirt OF blue because his
blouse did not ft well over it The omission
puts him out Of the race. Tho rest OF
the men being found all right as re.
xamines tho remaining men to see II they have
on Government straight socks. Those that arc
Wearing rs ah,g sPGks T Of their own private purchasing s
90 thhhb " bAb. hAhAo w
possible respect perfect and equally good for
Adjutant win drill. Ho viii give them tho
manual OF arms all straight and correct for
about hve minutes. both men going through tho
movements. with skill and precision. Then,
suddenly, the Adjutant will give a trick com.
mania command that is wrong, which in drill.
stance. he will command tho men to
come TO an order arms which in the army
manual is incorrect. Almost invariably, how.
tN n N N III Tho men fnr IN Gingla A.n NIL
his guard, viii, make tho slightest move
ment toward obeying, the before
The Adjutant's eye has caught tho slight
movement, and after his game fight the
i MAN W. who has made i loses, and victory goos
us occasionally happens, the selection cannot BIO
made even, by the wedding process of driIling the
guard manual, and, with a penknife, the men
cut the pages for the highest letter, and the
winner gets The orderly assignment.
When u soldier makes an unsuccessful try for
orderly u Is said that he was run off " by the
victor. There Is one man, in the United States
years, and has the distinction OF having never
beer run of in an orderly battle, and who never
corporal In tho Fifth Artillery. He has been a
sergeant many times, but, like, Mulvaney, his
jooced.' The very first time this man went on
guard In the army he won the orderly prize,
and during al ,tfahss years that he was a private
ply impossible to beat hin, so por-
fectly did he get himself up. and his
success as an orderly character made him famous
throughout the army, Whenever he was trans:
ferred to a new post all OF the orderly buckers OF
the post would Immediately put away their or
stand no chance with the new bucker in the
post; For three years this man was stationed ut
the Fresidio OF San francisco, one OF the largest
posts In the country, and during that period not
q single man OF the orderly buckers who had
been battling for the prize among themselves
DetOrc hl1 arrival Illnn any affnrf IN M AN
against him, SO that he did not walk his post
once while stationed In California.