The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-06-01

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TheArn1y

These are the times that try women's
souls as well as men q. and nowhere moro
sorely than IN the regular army. Used nt
all times to inconvenisnoes which maze
their sisters In civil life stare with
amusement that they should endure
them. Just now their life IL more than
ordinarily hard. For, of course. the ree-
uiars are the back bone OF the army aud
are ordered hitber and thither % the
wind bloweth, and their families ara NOS
left safely behind In their own homss, bus
must vacste those quarters to the next
comera
AZ almost every post In the country, in
lieu Of draperiss and bric-a- brac, packing
GASES and buriap are the adornments OF
halls and rooms; and the hon sskeepep
struggles along with as few dishes, poto
and pans as she can SO that the last day.
packing may be as light % possible. In
stances Of the philosophic way in whioh
she accepts the inevitable are without
number. For your true army woman re-
8 ards war and the discomforts Il entails
on her az . doctors wife does bis night
calls or his irregular hour or his visit 70
q patient with . contagious dissass. 10
Is q sad part OF his profession, bus part,
no matter how dire its consequences. So
the army woman-and the ideal ID probs-
bly, the daughter OF one oflcer and the
wife Of another--paoks away hss prsttx
things and tries only to think of the
prizes war can bring--not Its hlanka
FAMILY REUNION AT CHICKA-
MAUGA.
II 10 told OF family with wide rami1-
cations In the army that the meeting Of
father. sons. sons-in-lAw and brothers At
Chickamauga was the nrst oooasion when
all had been together. But the pleasure
OF the meeting was marrsd BY the knoWl-
edge that wives and daughters mothers
and sisters hac been left behind to COM
plete the packing. Think OF what that
Is remembered that the posts we're rs-
moved from cities and that all depend
ence for carpentering. packing. etc., had
up to tnat time been placed on the SOL
diers. When the troops wsie withdrawn
the women had their own hsmmering tc
40, and who shall say how many crates
were made By hands shat the satirist aU-
cuses OF being unable to hit nail on the
headf
The haste with which fual orders came
when they did oome at last-for mobiI-
ization was another hard feature for the
army woman to face. Ono young engi-
neer gave MP his bridal tnnr ana oarrlad
OF his day-old wife to his new post. That
was no such hardship however, 90 came
10 young cavalry ofl1cer far away on
the plaira Hts betrothed was visiting
her sister on the post when orders came
% night for the troops to march at day.
break. 1he young oidcer hurried over to
tho house where she lived and besought
her to have him on the spot. AZ there
was sure to be uncertainty II mot danger
Of death anead OF them. she finally cone
sented. and her sister agreed that sucn .
course or action would be for the best BY
the time everything was re0dy 10 was
midnight and when the groom left the
new wife discovered that she had beam
married with only one slippsr ON. In her
nervousness and excitement she had not
noticed the fact.
FROM PILLAR TO POST.
Another young woman, whose wedding
occurred but little before tho Maine dis
asser, diregarding all "signs Of the
ttmes" Came to her new home and eocs