The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-06-11

fight as a member Of The Third regiment
always -
Everybody who has tusea IN the Tairi
regiment ar any tine during the last swe
years knows Roswell q. Ernmoas not hv
taAs Understanding name. however, bat Ia
nisissrly known as Happy Iacks. Ecr a
year Mr.. Ennions WAS cagnniss1rY = -
ssans o. the regiment. and the - os<f -
teaaeat Or All feeding and shipping Ntas's
"hen the Third went Into camp HIS
frame - gigantic, He can stand. and sup
peri seven men with his sinswy muscles,
lie IS as fleet gszeEe and "a awkward
as i baby elephant. HIS face : ike sha.
or merry, healthy hey.
Last July HAPPY went fow1s IS New
tfaeans with car lead of mules. hal dad
sssn purchased here by the SpsassA <sv-
eminent. He had al Opportunity 10 so 10
tuoa. and ne accepted Il. Bur his OBJ
servassons there were not extensive.
II Happy USED his muscles in snioaiiag
American mules and driving stxm 10 sae
spanish yards. In this he w4rke. Cd
by side with Spain's warriors. *
Taey were sickiy looking little feilows -
sa-a he yesterday. The yellow svver
hadn't done thing to EN-. Thatss the
reason they couldn't fight. Asssr~.->sr
mules were ualoaaed ! went hack 70 the
ship and stayed there till We sieered Tor
home aSaiE
4 went back 20 WASHINGTON, Kan. ana
wasn't feeling first rate. | WAS. arpaSy
and dreary. Every bone in my ltHafiIkkd
a peculiar distracting ache ffh5iisi{y
not blood seemed almost 10 sSS5fs as
II rushed through nay veins. on shAi
pam IN my head! as though assss, assatf
was eating my brain I was in she midst
or the yellow fever. In A month | was
reduced in weight com us 10 Las reup -
30 You can see how sick l was. Il am
pretty nearly well now want To ga
with The boys and fight in Cuba. X, peces-
sary." ss7fF sye'
Happy Jack" is the one rnana an sne
+ hisu regiment who. can enforce asscitssln.S
IL makes no difference whether the soldier
~ stirred oy liquid excitement 0o0eOoJ
can control the widest man amaug fhe1n
oy sheer force Of VIII. When the rpgi-
mens was in camp at E.xcels.or snn4tnss
last year Happy" auellsti mob aImost
singie-handed. He it was who, when de-
tatied 20 bring 70 camp soldierA who IA
tons. III
Il believe IN discipline, he 80 m
you va got the ability TO DO a ttrrw-v,, ~
10 IL. II 1t takes "a leg. then you can stand
on one'
III was at Psrtle Springs two ys &<aSt
that Happy" spgang into real FAM S5w
ever. The town boys OF Warrensburg. on,
lecied TO the boys of the Thlni ssslns
there, and about the second day after fhe
boys arrival several OF the town men nm
uertook to beat 81 few of the tAuasoas III
me soldiers used their bayonets. and con-
sequences We're becoming serisas whIn
Happy heard of it. He settled the mar
rel IN about i've minutes. and the stowD
had TOO wholesome a respect for Nc IN /,
thereafter to cause any more traAk. a.
peciaaly as Happy" spent every nishf In
town looking after his lambs,
another incident OF that same camp wa :
"aen the regiment men threatened rs lar
ana feather newspaper man who haf
siandered them in his sheet The mon
had the Youthful writer IN It's cf,it ches.
ana only "Happy's" control over his fellow
soldiers prevented tn. carrying out OF the
programme. which. besides the things
mentioned; included toss in blanket
ana ducking In the lake
every man In the Third is glad Happy,
~ BACK again. Hereafter he viii 4csrssv
the colors, and not soldier doubts Ina,
Happy" Jack viii defend the fia,. z.ss@,.
his last drop of blood. $3.50