Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1898-08-18

haNWAhh ~ NNNEAN hNHfA AANH NNNhAtuAAN
asked who did itY" Not one OF the men
knew anything about 1t and their terribly
nervous condition proved they spoke
truly.
As usual, the regimental base ball nine
made sick Pfeseott's muscular pride last
Sunday. Twenty four TO seven.
Barracks wal news OF to-day. The
Wal is over. This war is not over. We
will q 10 the front. We will 20 home
to mother. We will stay here IL we do
not go away from here. The last il the
most reliable.
Our liver is normal and supplied with
the requisite amount of gall; and when
there IL good reason TO kick we can kick,
and kick hight For two mornings the
route to the officers quarters has been
full OF itinerants going up to exhibit
what the quartermAsters call breakfast.
There is 10 use mincing matters. The
men have been treated shamefullyl Six
weeks service, and the government has
furnished the men nothing whatever but
a roof and some measley rations which
would make the men curse only and
fall out OF the ranks. Company A, per-
haps, is better served than some others;
but this mornings bill Of fare consisted
OF a cup Of coffee N, two little slices Of
bread, a quarter Of au onion (ye gOdsD,
aud a bit Of shriyoled fitch the size OF a
half dollar.
The supposed nutty man, Jones, who
started Tor Washington to-day. was &C
companied b. NcGuire, OF the Ph@nix
company, and young MeCOrd, son Of Col
McCOrd, u the same company.
The men who wear stripes are the
exposures Of all feminine eyes. The pri-
Yates are onto the game, and now when
they go TO the city, "a the cleaning
comes on apace they stealthily chalk
down the outside seams Of their
breeches, step high, count stars,
and are real proud and mean.
They were Barnhill, Norton and Tate,
aud all three have supernatural magma.
tions. They we're keeping honest people
awake while boisterously telling what
they knew Of the islands Of Philip. Barn
hill knows OF one island where they inter.
grated the strawberry and milk weed
and are %perennially supplied with straw
berries and cream. Norton, who loves
fitch. knows OF another island where
they turned the hogs In with the cent?.
pedes and now raise an fifty fold increase
Of hams. Tate, who spends most OF his
time hunting bees among the rocks,
knows OF one island where they inter.
married lightning bugs with bees and
now the bees make honey by night. And
Sergeant Walker listened and cOnniyed
at the escape Of an occasional grOan with.
out official permission.
Schneiiiger, the baker, had missed
them before. Cake after cake had mys-
teriously disappeared from the pantry.
This one he loaded and left exposed. The
lad who got II IL of duty.
For military men only: The %corpOrals
have left of the alphabet aud taken 10
learning to count on the drill grounds.
Some count as far IA two, others go az
far ~ four and keep on repeating It 80 Gs
not to forget II. 1894; 1894. Not
one can count to seven.
sergeant whiting wonders where I'VE
will go to when we get done staying
here"
The noble Percy aud we accepted an
invitation to call on the Rev. Wyckof, OF
Prescott. He is OuT cousin, and as a sky
pilot knows we'll his chart. We we're
intended for the same-but let that pass.
We were pleasantly entertained.
Mrs. Wheeler was In the hOlp up near
Grants, n NJ, last Sunday morning. 1t
was very interesting for a little while.
Before breakfast the men want revenge;
after breakfast, they want breakfast.
The mel are getting very impatient.
They want to 20 where they can do some
real work. do not know a man In Com
pany A who enlisted on account Of the
wages They can do better at their usual
ayOcatiOns. Many can earn ten times
more at home. They are losing interest
a. they lose hope of action.
Sampson and Bob. the eagle and dog
mascols, have good health and plenty OF
1t The balance Of the company are fairly
we'll; and this reminds me that Schnei.
digger, who is legal tender for Sampson,
and Sampson himself have some mis-
understanding between them II hap
pened this way:
1t was guard mount In the morning,
The proud bird had made his toilet;
SChneidiger then, without warning,
Thought he would sam some Joy let.
Nov Dwight Wheeler'd made a crosstree,
Lined about with shining brass.
Upon this Schneid mounted Sampson
TO gaze on Us as We pass.
Proudly marched he through the nnklets.
Held the noble bird ON high,
sam looked down upon his crankletsi
Ana did not attempt 10 fly,
Bird symbolic Of our freedom,
Brave IN peace aud fierce 10 war,
Looked he down nom OH his tyTie,
Spled his Schnetdig from aiar.
Then he spread his wings Ear sidewise,
His tail feathers did expand;
SChneidig had not time 20 sumise,
to beat the band.
But Capt, BOrradails asks for an OK.
PLANTATION, and having a good stock OF
the latest styles, We go; for he will moi
come. W.
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