The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-08-29

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Hammond" l answered.
ain speaking TO your superior officers always
say. Mr.. Hammond. SIR What's your name,
sir r.
"Mr. Hammond. SIR"
"Whcre are you from, Mr.. Hammondf'
Boston"
Boston, s-i-ri n you please"
Boston. sir" l repeated.
"The Hub, chi Where is Boston T.
Not comprehending the meaning Of his ques-
tion. I hcsitatcd. He asked again:
"where Ia Boston, Mr.. Hammond -
Idon't know what you mean, SIR"
Il mean exactly what l saidi Where Is Bos-
tonf'
81 can't answer your question, sir"
do you mean to tell mo you don't know
where Boston isl Boston is the capital Of Mas
sachusetts and Massachusetts is in the United
States OF America. Now do you know whore
Boston is Z"
"Yes, sir" I replied.
DO yon think | came from Boston, Mr.. Ham.
mondi Well. I did Some pretty good people
| come from the Hub. On what street do you re-
aide T.
Commonwealth avenue, SIR"
commonwealth avenue. My spoon lives
on Commonwealth avonne. DO you know what
n spoon, ~ ;no9m, Is your b!st girl Are
dooH't Know, sir. Hwha;ts her nnmcr.
81 didn't ask You to question me, Mr.. Ham,
mCpa. insGeh II yoa know my 'spoon'f"
"How do GU know you don'tf"
Another candidate put in an appearance and
I was turned over to Corporal BENTON, II menu
Der of the third class, who, III during this time.
had heen rendiIR a newspaper upsii c down,
hand area room" ordered Lieut.. Gerald.
CORPORAL Benton usbered me into my new
apartments. To The right as we entered were
two alcoves. and in each WAS m iron hunk.
Tho hunks. table, waslIstand. and two chairs
was bare bare. I was instract:d in tie military art
Of standing at attention. when anybody. with
s sTino1,tdI , set iGSr .f, rGG h Ii1rpGFSSi aS %s sns r %sI @ Soa
comfortably seated in n chair when. with n
knox. tho door few open and he stepped In.
said he. BE GuicS about i, Ike this" getting
M i.om Il chair and standing at attention as
"Try again. sir"
After several attempts under the immediate
supervision of my instructor. he left the room.
when you hear the command. candidates,
ISrr ? ok ps %ith tie s other Fs sanaIa Il taons and nd 'b &c
quick .loutiL Understand, sirf
] h1i not waited long before the mman
T TSsn @andiSs,e turn Tn.f oni d R5Smp 1he IRON MA sir S,ys Of
sc; hrst into line. fIe smiles on the faces o1tho
net officers showed that their orders had been
: The day after my arrival. as I was returning
to my room from tho hospital, after having sue
nearly bumped into cadet Who had purposcly
stsprcd right In front Of me.
sir |" aske, ne In a contemptuoue sort OF a man.
ner. Showing his face up TO mine so that tho
Take your eyes of: me-. sir! Don't look at
He passed. and / had proceeded only a. few
steps when another cadet fro!a ono OF the bar
rack windows called nut:
stop that Erinninzl What do you mean by
Mr. Csndidnt","
While strolling along the walk in front of The
taller asked me II was nota candidate. I re-
piled in the Affirmative.
You look ike a beast" Ia name applied to
Whats your name, sir r.
Nj Bamnond, SIR REPLIED; ,
tel! me the color II b"s h"ir:.@
\ glance was srn n, lent 20 see that II was =
call il auburn. SIR" said I. ''-
n. "A;gH IorR be MI NJ hi. ysii! !. &.t the 60. Gwner Of the
During the progress OF our examinations the
Commanding Gmn"r'l OF The army made an
~bartnlion OF cadets. The candidates were e~'
cused from examinations during tho afternoon
o. the Te oT sS od A idS1D, Si, tn H"mn the es"r ron%
Humphrey wNsa candidate from Alabama. This
was hi. second trl.l for admission to the acad.
the year precious and received A resppo!nt
meni. Any Information that Humphrey couldn't
Ing. On the above .,fternoon he WINS telling
US what happened the year before tf
devil. him. Words passed and no slapped
p Ihs ssf sis d iR nhs trsS' the a" ,nnsier sv wst ssssi
up by the classmates Of the cadet, and they
selected ono OF ,hoir nHnhsr, who was about tn,
Texas to sustain the dignity o. their class. A
challenge was issued for a pueiltstic encounter
ftorI. and we all nrose and stood at attention NJ
Lieut.: Gerald entered til" room.,
asked the Lien enant. Cant yon gcn'lcmer
, have a few hours recreation without ,makint
:. a'cep down, stairs while this racket is so,ni
|, or ~ h"r"l Fall in"
/: .idn,t take US very long TO get into line
) ourselve- g%nu.tted IN the floor IN tailor fashion
/ our backs 10 tho wall, aud fncing the Lieutenant
We we're each In turn requested to sing \ song O
!. ou own selection. while visiting a schoolinat
a ~ For, W'rreni whose father was an officer o
! Point productions. and when my turn came
r Fang the following:
t And 40 upon the LIST Of June
II ported wild witt, 10y
o H'ncrforth without alloy;
For q sumner In my native town.
a Upon my muscil 20 right through
= This Big Menagerie.
0 But, ah, my bold. denant pluck.
$ Winch plainly all the way
d For more than one long dayi
y They pu, me ,hroSst a Q course Ss. of sprouts.
a fr IN Wnln no 10 q uets
: And then | lie rned another dodge
In this Big Aenagerie.
The nrst time that ] went on guard
70 The night was dark g pitch.
3 They took my gun ard then threw me
o Right In FVlt Clinton ditch.
For the cOnmandapt ! then did call,
n But not q steI came he.
a Aud they threw me up in u blanket
In this Fig Lena y.rie
IF They call Us beasts and vile reptiles.
D. And gpNdn"ss only knows
Al I'd rather b" a kangaroo
r In one or ths circus shower
For esen = Little monkey,
a Far happier he than We.
For they don't know what studying 10
- In this Big M-nagerio.
" During the SINGING one of the candidates hi
permitted the shadow OF a smile TO pass ov
70 bis Countenance. He was directed to step TO u
front and taken to task for not having bett
n control over the muscles OF his face.
10 "NEhat DO yon sec funny to laugh At, sir
in asked the Lieutenant We WIZ NOW navel
OF pIsaaurc OF hearing you recite Mary Had a u