The age-herald., 1898-09-17
TYPES OF SPANISH SOLDtERe

ander Johnson, Company K, Second rGeor- gia, at Brigade hospital. of tuberculosis. The Fifth cavalry executed a calistbenic drill at Brahan Springs yesterday after- noon in the presence of a crowd of over a thousand people. The drill was something novel and beautiful, music by the band be- ing by no means the least attraction. Two battalions of the regiment dismount d. were lined up, the men being four paces apart. The men had their carbines. no oth- CT equipment being necessary in the exer- else. The commanding officer gave the command First exercise" the band struck three cords during which the men got themselves in position, then began atcltchy waltz. The exercises continued wi bout further command until the band ceased playing The drill consisted of four eXer- cises and the regiment went through them as one being, every movement being exc cuted at the same instant.
 The privates of the First Florida have had lots of fun since donning their new uniforms. The uniforms are of canvas and look just like those of the officers with the exception of the sleeve decorations and the ordinary town man can not distinguish the difference. To add to the deception nearly every man in the regiment purchas- ed "U S. "" and sewe dit on his collar. A sergeant came to town, and being mis- taken for an officer, ordered two privates under arrest for a joke. The same man liebrated two of his friends who were in the tolls of policeman. Yesterday the or der caL.e for the privates to take off the '.U. S. Vs' and most of the devices will now become the property of the Hunts vile girls.
 The men of Company H, First Florida have presented Captain Bushnell with a handsome silver service testimonial oi their esteem.
 The First. Florida regiment will probably be mustered out. Some of the boys have received straight tips from Washington. The war department has telegraphed Colo mel Lowell in regarding to holding one bat talion and mastering out the other two. but Colonel Lowell has advised against this.
 Prosper Lazard of Chattanooga, the man who furnished the men at Camp Thomas with bread for four months. collected what was due him yesterday. Colonel Nye. head of the army supply depot. gave him a check for s172,OOO.
 The charitable ladies of the city have To- cated a Soldiers Rest" in the Schaudies building on Madison street. The rooms have been provided with chairs, tables, couches, writing materials, stamps and everything q penniless soldier may need when off duty.
 Gustave De Agnera of the Sixty-ninth New York hospital corps, has been sent to the government insane hospital at Washington, having become a harmless lunatic. Agnera wanted to buy the Hunts vile hotel. Just after he came here with his regiment he took dinner at the hotel and saw that it was doing a rushing busi- ness. He considered the money invested in the hotel to be well placed and after becoming crazy was consumed with the idea of buying the establishment. He sent several telegrams today to his father in New York asking for money and the amount requested was fabulous. The re- ceiving clerk at the telegraph office soon discovered Agneros malady and would take no more money from him, saying he would send the messages collect. Receiving no answers, Agnero filed a message to President Mckinley asking him the cause.