The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-06-27
SCAPEGRACES IN UNIFORM.
ToRTHL ESS SONS or RICH MEN VINO
MAKE TROUBLE IN III 1RMT.

Influential men drift into the United stated
fighting establishments. The army Is especially
afflicted by them. They rarely mako good o.
even passable soldiers. Few Of them servd
a complete enlistment.
Rich mems sons In the army generally CON
trive to keep in a kerment the outfits to which
they are attached. The son Of an ex.Mayor Of
Rochester. n. Y, enlisted In New York city q
few years ago, after several visits to q Koeley
cure institution and inebriate asylumR, and
with a record in general for utter incorriRibil.
ity. He passed the army surgeon who en-
aminod him for enlistment with the greatest
ease. for, despite his dissipation he was a.
sound us a dollar. He was sent to David's lei.
land when that post was a recruiting station
for three months drilling In the awkward squad
before being assigned to a regiment. His rel
atives sent the young fellow 30 much money
that he was able TO keep himself In o francs
most OF the time. The Captain Of the company
OF recruits 10 which the young man belonged
noticing the bad start the lad was making, and
impressed with the brightness and aptness hs
exhibited during his lucid intervals, decided
that II would be best TO fire him of to n regi'
nent for disciplinary purposes before he bad
been at the recruiting station u full month. 50
the young fellow WAS drafted to pIuueed with
q batch Of thirty recruits, under the charge Of
a sergeant, 10 an artillery regiment stationed
on the Pacific coast He notified his relatives
OF the move he was about TO make. and By 70
turn mail vol money from each Of them.
From the hour the batch Of recruits left New
Rochelle to take the train at the Grand Cen
trial Station for the West, until they turned up
In various states OF dilapi dalton on the Pacific
coast. twelve days later, the sergeant In
chargs Of the gang had his hands full. Mona
OF the other recruits besides the Rochestel
nan had II cent, but he had money In plenty,
and his disposition was large and generous.
Half way across the continent the sergeant, a
diKiiihed man and an old.timer In the service
found II necessary, every ten minutes or so.
n nlshs an "%G day s,,d 10 v pTs ,b ,ss 1 Sewn oG loo1 h. from rom
IN the middle OF the car aisle, there 10 sit upon
l uniil T aai,a h.s ESQ sbs bounds Of si1eT sss and bone.
sition OF a little temporary wisdom. Tho
iS}s man WHOSE wad was creating al
cords by the sergeant half u dozen times before
the train got 10 Chicago; b9, the noneyed re;
i"y.TiaSNE BROKE out a{{Eresh, b the tine they
dows out Of their special car. the sergeanb
gave them up; each Of the recruits having 90
, ,idd fbsinE tired Of mauIins Them: So be see
for which they were bound he would .prefei
never did: The es:k ee eHS He from Roehes,ef
,hereupon loaded the car up with BOTTLES from
tuinult Went on. At Gienn's Ferry, idaho, the
train was hemned in between two washouts
ss;'e5 bred The bisses! shack in ,,he place on
Though no one was killed. When This inter.
every one " them was a wreck. in shape to DO
patched up by the, surgeon, except the son OF
4 sh? aa lffSsAG as 5s ss,M"s "n ss * Ts; as fresh as
ne found more money. sent by HE folks, await
ing nm when he got 10 his post, and he imniedi-
aiCii eGi uut 10 WIN ltc Affection al Inc ak taE-
1eries in HE regiment by taking all hands TO The
had practicalIy sacked the canteen, and about
oiie'half OF them we're in TIE guard house. The
young man from Rochester couldn't be ioUched.
calls: The cantecn couldn't weigh him down q
PHh II. tins,,, The he co,mmandin n officer was puzzled.
eral OF the department, ordered him to Open 10
e essln y1 ~ Vas so no e9sa'r re"psnea 4 Than !he;lsoeh;
IN. posi- there again. and again illustrated his
ff rnn ebs s s,an,iI'y to get under she weather
s sn1ss IN in s sr's' Of Tf io,,r being S "ary he S % 70 The The
aho NE itochesier man persisted in declining to
present any handle by which be, too: could DO
conclusion uat the young man was too warm q
member for army service, and 10 prevent, the
Krs'sy sred ""i,'' r]sScef Ss,dH'v a fa1 Mt, hoe s'fR" Gn;o ans
hIe Of the guard was discipline restored.
The only son Of a rich tanker in Denver made
wrtsEic oq, Of iis responsibiitsy Of ri" t afse 81 his /
people had abandoned him. he enlisted in the
w.s, therefore ASSUMED e, one Of o. The infantry
bands as a musician; His people in Denver
adopted THIS novel method OF getting rio Ut tho
obligation to live with the woman he had mar
for. The baud t" which lie was attached wSH al
EnEel Island, An hours run by boat from San
ceeded to make lie bearabie not to say hilari.
GUS Tor his fellow wird.%iammers He didn't
an and III h. y lhf R"2A!' abe nHS 'h tS ss, inia , 9l%bSt
iiis Original liheraliiy look the form Of proyid-
FFranrisso Tor his Fellow % mHusiDians Ss'f He 3" SAW
y wnnntt ,hsE were an provided With evening suits,
cisco trom the island. and he acted DC master Of
ceremonies OF the rcvels, which took place in a,
private supper room IN one OF the besi hotels in
yer had been at Angel Island for a couple Of
tSs, ih the bs S,iirS %s. Of fur Ln1 RGs! @ SSsas o 70 s notice ss.
tee'insly inferior qualify. 4 few weeks later
eie wh1'9 ha band d. Te'nt1ned to The post on The Gov
9uet night In such a condition that The music
The band furnished for morning guard mount
was like that beard In n Chinese theatre. and
The adjntant ordered them all in arrest. The
Denver recruits connection with the exceed
although the officers, Of course. knew ali about
T. aud so nothing could be done to him. The
band was disciplined, With little or no effect
The music remained atrociolsly bud, and tho
musicians began to grow, so stout that some OF
Then tho officers OF the post, including the
commanding officer, an exceedingly pompou0
old gentleman, who is now u lrigadier General.
began 10 run across the Denver recruit, done up
In the height OF well-faohioned evening clothes
and slit,rring with diamonds, every time they
went over 10 san Francisco for Il night AT their
club, or functions. This vas uncomfortable.
He is only a soldier, you know said o
YOU'VE Officer, expostuleting about the matter.
True was the reply: aren't youi"
Three months after the young man had
Joined the army he received his discharge with
out honor whcretfler the music Of the band
soon became 1T 10 he heard, and the officers
moi TIE lenNeTllg In The uIA wing rooms Of
San FtanrisCo, no longer as a cornet player In
"A regular army band. but rs a harum-scarum
young civilian against whom was pending q
sensational divorce suit