The Indianapolis journal., 1898-06-19

or gush, neither do they spare examples of
it that come within their observation. Iheir
criticism is faulty no doubt, but their falth
is undisturbed One captain OF the mir
teenth Infantry. who, though strictly
disciplinarian takes human interest IN ms
men, told of a company library ne nad es-
tablished at Governors island: Th1nk1ng
that Kipling would please them he LAID III, IN a
store of 'Barrack-room BALLADS. and ram tll
Tales but found them, after some months
of the library's existence, stlll unworn Mrs.
E. D. E. n. SouthwCrths works were out
that KipIing was all .'gush,' and was only
about soldering anyway. They nad no
stomach for realism, which was what they
found in kipling
ALL VOLUNTEERS.
One fact is seldom noted in estimating the
character of United States regulars, and
that is that essentially they are all volun-
teers The sentiment that rates regulars
below volunteers in popular estimation is
in some ways a curious injustice. The
American regular army contains, as every
American should know if he stopped to
think not one man who has not entered 1t
of his own free will. They are not con-
scripts neither are they drafted. The opln.
ion of the people is curiously neglectful OF
this When the President has issued call
for volunteers, and at the same time ehort
is being made to recruit the army to a
larger Organization, a man, thanks to this
sentiment, or misunderstanding, VIII JOIN
the volunteer army every time, serving MS
this because, in the regular army, ne loses
his identity, of which an American has
morbid fear and because afterWard, as
volunteer, he will be more written about ana
sung. 1t is hard to see how, by joining the
regular army, his brother has been any less
patriotic. OF those who join the regular
establishment, though the worldly Sacrl1ce
may be relatively less, 1t IS enure talKed
with one caValryman, who had re-enilsteq
just before this Spanish war. Why!
asked, and; .''Oh, because / got the war fe-
ver,'' was his simple reply. This man may
fill a nameless grave, while his volunteer
brother may be tableted and non0red py
abundant relatives and friends. Inc vol
fees and deserves all praise. Even MS
bravery If he is brave, is the greater, Pc
cause he is usually of less tough materlaA.
On the volunteer however, when ne mas re-
turned to civil pursuits, will rest the great
duty: that of according all honor to ms
brother in the regular ranks, who was also
a volunteer.
Aesthetically the regular is capital. TO
begin with. he is a big sound. healthy am
NAL, adapted as by nature to ms speclnG
purposes, As literary and artistic mateTlstl
no less than by popular opinion, ne mas
been neglected. His quality, as mas Deen
said, Is hard to fix, but 1t Is there, any
somebody some cay will be clever enough
or not he follows in the footsteps OF the
native author called Roe" OF MattneW
Arnold s Indifferent phrase, may pe stoi-
ing up material for more novels Caplaln
King knows that the regular has cnaracter
and humor. He even has his Mulvaney
who before Kipling was, made use OF one
of Mulvaney's big phrases Ihere Is
private who had never heard OF MuiVaney
when ne said his colonel mao Inc ans anSluIs M,,i
vaney and all of them. much more lhan tns
Van Bibbers, ere worthy Of young Amer
ica's pen and pencil.