Arizona republican., 1898-11-07
NOT 4 LiVERYMAN.
Uncle Sam Refused 10 Board inc
 Fourth Illinois Beer Horse.

l The president has come ao the reiiel of colonel of a German regiment whc
 was court nlartialIed and sentenced t0
 be suspended fer six mcnths cl half 1 pay for feeding, at government ex- pense,, a horse whose duty consisted in transporting the beer drunk by the members of the regiment. The joke. i if there be any, appears to be n the chaplain, for it was alleged tc be the chaplain's horse that was thus fed by
 the federal treasury, when, as mat
 ter of fact, the chaplain trudg3d along with the rest of thg regiment affect. ColCnel Andrell is in command Of the Fourth Illinois, a regiment recruited from the southsrn part Of the state, in that portion kncwn as Egypt. The
 great majority of his command are Germans, and like all patriotic Ger mans they love their beer. It is with them one of the necessities of life. o. dered to one Of the Florida camps, these men scon found life amid the dulness of camp routine unbearab-c without their allowance Of the bever age that cheers but does not ineb!iate when indulged in with moderation. A
 mutual assessment plan scon PrCVid5d them with a daily invoice Of beer, but how to transport it from place to p,ace, especially when cn the move, was the question ever which these patriotic Germans long pondsred without reach ing a satisfactory conclusion.
 They were willing to buy 3. horse for the purpose, but when they fcurd that it could not be car5d fer by the gov ernmena this idea was abandoned. But there was brilliant mind in that reg inent who solved the difficulty. The chaplain was entitled tc E: horse, to be fed at government expense, but the chaplain did not believe himself able to purchase the animal in the first in stance, so he was ret and never had been mounted. Why not, then, buy q horse and carry it Cn the rolls as the chaplain's h-rse, and have it cared for by the government? The government stood to feed the chaplains s horsa, if he had one, and the government would net be cut c1nt. The suggesticn was made to Colonel Ardell, and that off cial, not s.cpping to think Of ;he def- nite distinctions made in the war de- partment and ether branches of the service, agreed and the tray licg can
 
 Subsequently friction arose In the regiment, and several charges were made against the colonel, which firal- 1y tock the shape Of court martial. He was tried, and ccnv.c icl resulted on the sole count in which the horse incid nt played prominent figure. Then Colcnel Morrison of Illinois, the well known politician and statesman, whc has grown gray looking after the interests of his constituents, and one or two ether personal friCn3s If Colo 7 neI And5ll came to Washington pest i has.e to intervene.
 Great Scctt," said CcIonel Morri- son. If you are t. court martial off cers for such 3 thing, where will th2 army be inside of the next sixty days Colonel Morrison thought it an outrage and talked freely .5o the p-cs:dent about the case Ass:s ant Judge Ad- vocate General Major M-rrisOn was called to the White Hcuse Saturday night. and all he could say was that Colonel Andell had been guilty Of a technical violation cf the law.
 Well replied the president. i've nus settle these things cn a bri;ad basis. The lines must rot be Grawn 5co finely The chaplain was entitled 70 the fled of lhe horse, and as this 1orse seems. to baYc bse1 used for the general good Of the regiment. With tho possible exception cf the chaplain ldded the president, with a smile, T an see that no harm has bsen done"