The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-11-14
|RNY PUNEHMEN1S.
factory Troopers Were For-
merry Disciplined.
WHICH BROUGHT REFORM.
|urried In Sand ana De-
~ Red Ants-''Tree Tot
nd .Bull Ring Trotting."

correspondence New York Sun.
~ private Hammond. who. at
ian the other day, Is said to have
ed by the heels a distance Of 500
ding some stairways, by order
cer Of the day. for declining to
be work allotted to bin as q
70 prisoner, attracts more atten-
than it would have done twenty
Then cruel and unusual pun
indeed were melted out to refrac-
hrs of the United States army.
avs ten or thirty day trick in
house was not comparatively
ter. as it is now. The soldier
hays lands in the guardhouse for
SIS. INSTRUMENTATION, neglect of
nv other violation of regulations
FORK at some job around the post
rue call in the morning until
b fatigue late in the afternoon.
is never hard. 1t Is mostly of
ng-around sort--policing around
|rs. sweeping brick walks. wash
bws, trimming hedges, moving
pnething OF that sort. The only
connected with the work is that
rs performed under the watchful
Entry with loaded gun. On the
u, the guardhouse prisoner gets
ht-that Is. he is permitted to
PEACEFULLY on the comfortable bunk
Irdhouse cell, while his comrades
not committed themselves have
eir turns standing guard over him
be watches of the night. For this
-account soldiers are often heard
their intention Of getting themS
b the guardhouse for the purpose
hier who worked himself into the
e prior to 1879 did not get every
bor any night in, from the day he
term until its end. He walked his
hours on and four off, from the
to the termination of his SEN
he did not carry gun while ON
bhoudered an Embarked log, from
tht feet in length, and weighing
nry to 100 pounds, and the man
lr carried the rifle. The business
lldier with the rifle was to see
Soldier with the log kept on the
and down in front OF the guard
I'm the time he went on post until
pit the end OF two hours, by an
Rrd house prisoner, to whose
the log would be transferred. It
the sentry's duty to see that the
per- did not drop his burden. The
fould shift it from one shoulder
Ter. or carry it from one shoulder
Ter or carry it under his arm, or
~ in front of him, or any other
bose, but he had to carry it, and
keep moving, on pain of being
with the point of bayonet. There
reds Of old soldiers still in the
lates army who did their little
Flcks at tree packing" in the old
none OF them speaks with the
negree of enthusiasm of the Job.
house prisoner of large physique
luck in those days. A 100 pound
variably bestowed upon him. The
Pgs were reserved for the prison.
Is bulk.
a hard game and no mistake"
ID soldier of the arsenal here in
ng upon this punishment OF the
1t had one advantage. IL would
rum cut of man who had been
foot qulcler'n anything | ever
(ard Of. 1t was pretty raw for a
mad been ur against sutler store
week Or so to be slammed into
Pefore he had even begun to think
erlng up, and then be chased out
the clink with one of those big
I'm trees on his back that felt like
ton, hut at the end of the
hours he'd be sober all right. and
xt two hours he'd begin 10 feel
+, whereas il he'd been left in mis-
leep it off he'd ha' woke up
while packing a los on the second
pony OF the guardhouse at Fort
|rth that Chief Douglas, che vi
men OF the NsZ Perces tribe,
rounded up in bunch at that
n 1878. made his escape. Doug
90 refractory to be permitted TO
tn the tribe, which was cncamped.
q by strong chain guard. in a
ack OF the post, Sc he was placed
ardhouse. lie whucped it up 10
Ntent in the guardhouse day and
ping all hands awake. that the
ng officer decided 10 give him
nrill to make him sleepy. Doug
was a gigantic. sinewy, magnifi-
ing lndian--could not see the
III at first, and merely shook his
a look of unreasonable disgust
was requested to 80 on leg parade
ieony. He was locked in his cell
he did some thinking. The next
pc sent his respects to the officer
pro- and requested the privilege of
with a log on the balcony. His
as granted, and Douglas picked
isgcst log in the cord, probably
aNado. and began his march back
on the balcony. The sentry pa
most on the ground below. About
pur after Douglas took up his log
sentry saw The tall figure of an
miiair. Douglas picked himself
traction of second. and was off
Pods like n dear hound. The sem
AT MIN, but the redskin never
ld he gained the shelter of the
sst surrounding the post before
nder OF the guard knew what was
r. The whole post, cavalry and
urnsd on. after the Indian three
tier he lespel from the balcony.
douglas about fur months later
the punishments Fleted out TO
ymen who got into the guard
er she old regime was .t'trotting
ing.' Tbs bull ring is the cir
< upon which the horses are ex-
hen there is not much doing
e Post In the way of drills on
inciement weather. Every cav
has it's bull ring. Upon the
race OF the bull RIG the frac-
airymen OF a couple of decades
eoi'ired 10 chase the intangible
GUAR Intervals, named in the
every day of his confinement. His
work was no as-you- please
iatch, either He could go at any
e than a walk: but he was not
walk. II he chose to work II
tering the sentry was agreeable: