The times., 1898-07-03

NJ is fur lnush, wot Y gets from Tn COOKS;
is fur private, wit gun in his hooks.
A is fur achin to get out of here;
L is fur large which we says before beer;
G. is fur gurls, which wants L be near;
is fur tnemy---.e -never fear;
Il is fur rookie, who drills wit tear.
= Lays of Camp Alger.
Private Hooley lay in the shade of one
of the trees which border the big parade
ground and painted He gave his rife
vicious kick and savagely famed him
self with his hat.
"Wots sodger? wy, a sodger's five
degrees lowvr'n a dog. -
Say, il d main guys in dis job didn't
owe me S13, I'd quit. All, me neck wit
patriockism Any mug wot springs dat
graft Il get Jumped
q got me own song about KILN Span
yards. wy we'se been doin' d. slob act
fur mont now. an search me If dey've
kilt Spanyard. 1 tink dey tink d air
an d mails IS 'spahyard, fur desc mokes
don't do nuttin'. but wear Free Cuby'
rags an send Remember d Maine enVel-
opes wit stamps on"
sd reason wy Use sorry dey didn't
blow d whole Navy up is dat dey would
Ol y NC +ilb4S ma hS AitAS iNiiNAiiSN-A'4 -
rest O. d boats. Wy,nell don't dey fur
| git d Maine fur mint an remember
d Army?
"Say, lemme tell y, on d. dead. Dere
/ never wus bigger mob OF boes campin
! in one joint. d on'y diff is dat desc boes
! don't hev TO bat fur handouts an dey
buns in joints wit flags round dem. Desc
! lads don't even carry gun, dey on'y
! lays round an yells at d lads wot's
workin'..,Y kin tell d .boes. cause dey
/ wears ~. S. " on dere collars. Dis
| mus mean Used t shoutin' violently
cause dey don't DO nuttin' else.
AN de way dey's rememberin' d
| Maine is wit maxim y drill tell yer hair
/ is full of soapsuds. Y just goes out an
comes in an does it over agin. Ah me
ear hez a green pain wen l t'ink of it.
Il sees Wot desc marks are. Hobson
/ an dem is It. Wy, dey amt nutt!n. II
dere's easy ting wotlr pay me fare
! to Cuoy dere won't be no more Span
yards dere. Ner 1 wont hev no collin
| right, ner guide right, ner comp ny,
halt Jist imagine d insult [ me lamps
TO hey to be showed W ere | walk! Wy,
me record is no wheel factory.
ID on'y time / feels as wot me wrongs
| is revenged IS Wen l sees desc rockies
/ wearin' horse collars wit d drill Ges
| maybe dey" don't wish no Maine wus ever
| built. l pixies a lad wot wus leary an
looks a Doe witout a match on a crimpy
night, an | sezl to him, sez /: .Adolphus,
! Wy did y leave maInawT An he don I
say nUttin' an / seq, sez l. Ray fur d
'Merican eagle" So d lad sez Ray an
I pipes his heat, an l kids him, an ne
trows d graft dat he wus d real Amer
lean s:UH.
:" I amt no Irish, ner, SWitzer, neither.
sez he.
Wat's, dat about 4Iris4a2 sez I.
sez l was no lrish,, sez he; I'm a
patriotick American. '"'
Den I wants t hit him, but I aim
Queerin me foxey, fur l thinks l hez a
Spanyard, an I goes near him an l sez:
| 'Haby EXpanyOl? An he sez, l know
wot dat *, dat's Spanyard-'
Den I knows l amt twisted an /
gives him bat. Jist easy one SOS he'd
last longer Anyway, desc marks DON
know a Spanyard frum any other guy an
dey sez he's a American, an gifts me
pinched an trun in de guardhouse.
Say. " en- l gifts me hooks on any mark
wot sez Tell wit Spain" I'n-anyway
dere won't be no work fur no hospittle
corpse. Any gang of Xaps W at I'D say
dey wus tightin' an den Jug a friend feI
KILN d'aennemy Amt no white people.
wait till I git me tirteen dollars W al
| AeS ONtS me al II say NsOl 1 Inns al
dey kin fire me if dey likes. I amt stuck
on no army, anyway, an me gurl kir
do d rinkey-dinkey act if she likes.
I'm goin to join d free Ireland army
tell Wit free. Cuby-'- I'm goin' We're
dey's fightin', an talkin' ony comes II
at waek."
If standard thermometers are to bt
trusted Camp Alger was not enough 4
roast in yesterday. AT 2 D. m. the theT
mometer at Capt. Greig's tent. in the
Sixth Massachusetts, registered 104 de
grees in the shade. A thermometer a
Col Hoffmans tent registered 100 de
grees in the shade at o'clock.
Drilling was out of the question alto
gether, and it was hard enough to have
to exist in the terrible heat
This is indeed a fine training schoo
for Cuba." said Col Hoffman, of th'
Eighth Pennsylvania And the boy.
doubt if Cuba or any place very far soutl
could exceed yesterdays awful heat
Guard mount has been changed to 6:3
D. m. owing to the heat. Although guarC
duty is at present very strictly enforced
Gen Graham seems to think that th'
lines can be even more rigidly bound. Th
following general orders were issued yes
: terday:
Headquarters Second Army Corps
July l, 1898
General Orders No. 3S.
THE attention of the major genera
commanding the Second Army Corps ha
been attracted to the irregular method
practiced by the various organizations +
the performance of guard duties. He
therefore, enjoins upon commanding Off
GERS a systematic course of instruction
with their respective commands, con
forming strictly with. the United State
Army regulations. 1895, the drill regula
tions and the guard manual. Officers o
the day and officers of the guard Wi
e give their undivided attention to the dut
h of instructing the members of their re
spective guards and will assure thmselve
by frequent inspections that sentinel
> understand and obey their general an
special orders.
The inspector general of the corps wi
make frequent inspections from time
+ time throughout the command and wi
report at these headquarters all irregu
: larities noted, the progress made in COZ
recting them and such other matters q
may require the action of higher aU
= thority.
: by command of Maj. Gen. Graham"
! The Second Brigade were disappointe
in not moving yesterday, but are sti
resting ready to move at an hours notice
The Eighth Ohio will be first to receiv
| the welcome orders and the colonels ter
l. is being eagerly watched.
Col Girards wonderful conglomeratio
!, | of duties to be imposed upon hospit;
!. nurses have resulted in a proposed il
vestigation. Private Freedman, a Regl
;, lar Army nurse, who has been statione
i at the First Disvision hospital for som
S time fell asleep last night while on guar