Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-07-02

and thereby plunged himself into a court
martial mess. ought TO possess instructive
features for new men in both of the ser
vices. land and sea This young mans
companion. fully aware that he had vio-
lated regulations and deserved punish
ment IeVel-headedly accepted his dose of
log packing, and after he had walked post
with his log weighing down his shoulders
Tor tie period specified, he was turned
loose, and probably walked then to his
tent and pounded his ear" as old SOL
diers term the act of sleeping after unusuaI
eNeruon- The young man who couldn't see
INTO the log-packing business and chucked
II TO the ground with the declaration tbat
ne hadn't taken on for that sort of thing
VIII learn 1t may require some considera-
Die effort and hardship on his part but he
VIII learn The soldier or sailor who
doesn't apprehend the entire meaning of
the WORD obedience when he first iumps
case He generally turns out tcIg and
rlght-minded after he has done a trick or
Two IN Suardhouse or brig. Some recruits
n aoS; er, remain buckers until they
achieVe their finish. The finish of a uni
formed bucker-"bucker' is a phrase en-
pioyed In both services-is always the
same. His days are made so dreary and
unloyous Tor him that he Is usually COM
PEELED TO desert. If he fears capture after
desertion. and therefore continues in his
service, only to keep on bucking, he is due,
number, stamped in big red figures on the
lett shoulder of the striped jumpers dished
- ~ iLiiCtrS ana naval convicts. The
Snrohic QUICKER knows this just as well as
MS peaceful and obedient comrade or ship
mate 1t seems, therefore. extraordinary
enough that any uniformed man possessing
the sense that he was born with should
adopt persistent bucking tactics while in
the military employ of Uncle Samuel
Always n Few on Hand.
tS
ers, and neither is the navy. Scratch a
bucker, and you will always discover that
he is man who donned a uniform for the
cakes and ale and the beer and skittIes of
II He Is not a man who is ready to take
the game or soldering sailoring as in
comes along. He would be a perpetual
kicker in civilian life. The difference is
that. while he might make his incessant
kicking as civilian go through all right
ana De a nuisance to his neighbors, he can't
MAKE IL stick in the army navy. There
Is the book of regulations 1t was devised
Tor the bucker as we'll for the man of
ooedient DISPOSITION: All hands have to
that book of regulations The bucker takes
II that the book is all wrong-thereby oe-
coming Known TO his companions m arms
as a "barrack lawyer or a '.man-o'-war
ohaw. according to his service-anJ begins
10 buck Then it is pretty nearly over with
him. Ills wind-up is in plain view bigger
on the horizon than a Liverpool Oil barge
gone very lightly upon military offenders
Inc courts-martial have taken the COM
parative rawness of the regulation viola
tors into consideration. Now military reg
u!atlOns In time Ct war and in time of
peace are very different indeed. War mag
miles minor military offenses a good TWENTY
fold. And yet, the volunteer soldiers who
have thus far been brought before courts
martial have received much smaller SEN
fences than regular army soldiers get for
similar offenses in time OF peace. For ex-
ample. down in Chickamauga a private
soldier slugged his first sergeant-"top''
sergeant, rmy name. He got a-summary
court-martial and thirty days in the guard
tent This. in tire of war. IT, a month
before war was declared, a regular army
soldier had thrashed the first sergeant of
his outfit. he would have got a general
court-martial. and a sentence of three
years in a military prison at the very least
But then. regular army soldiers are sup
posed to thoroughly understand the inevi-
table aftermath of Righteousness So are
volunteer soldiers, for the matter of that
but they are being given time TO permit the
rule of obedience to thoroughly soak into
their minds. which is quite right and prop
er- But. IL this is protracted the
courts martial of the future will not be
quite SO lenient they now are 1t will
then be bad time for buckers to engage In
bucking
There are ways in both the army and