Arizona republican., 1898-11-10
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some instances two soldiers took cor ners Of a tent and tore it to pieces. Others were thrown into 3 pile and burned, and the air was full of the smell of burning cotton and grease. But some Of the tents had associations and after being branded were given to off, cers and men.
 Cooking utensils and dishes were
 thrown into a pile and battered up and broken with the blunt end of an axe Canteens were thrown upon the ground and blow from the heel of a heavy soldier battered them out of fu-
 ture usefulness. And so it went all through ',he cOmmissary and quarter master equipment. Whatever was good enough for use was packed and cared fer
 Firearms were inspected by an ord nance officer from the arsenal at Rock Island, who also took charge of the haversaeks. The ordnance department IS more liberal than the commissary department, and if a revolver or rife is q | all rep3irable it is not condemned, but is sent to tbe arsenal Guns that are so badly damaged as to be worth less or not worth repairing are broken up
 Sixty mules and one horse were con- demned and sent to Fl Reno, along with lot Of condemned harnesses They will be used in some of the In dian, schools in that vicinity.
 Tn all about one-third of the total equipment cf the two regiments from Kansas City have been condemned and destroyed by the inspector.
 Lieutent Willis Cline Of the Twelfth United States infantry, one of the mastering officers in Kansas City, went through the Santiago campaign at the head Of his company. In speak iag of the destruction of condemned army equipment he said:
 Tn the case of equipment used by the soldiers in the Santiago campaign it's destruction was absolutely neces- sary. The day before the troops left Cuba an order was given to burn all havers2cks. The soldiers marched up and threw their havers3cks upon piles of brushwOod. Weed was piled upon them and they were fired. Most of the haVersacks were saturated with the grease of the fat meat carried by the soldiers as rations, and when they were fired they blaZed Up and burned readily. However. some Of the men had forgotten to empty their haver- sacks and had left cartridges in them. As soon as these got heated they began tO CA P4CUC et4Att tA4C DtA4l-to LSN. T. fS4 enc scurried cut of danger as fast as possible. The havers2cks were burned because they were dirty and useless for reissue, and because Of the possibility Of their carrying infection.
 When we got to Montauk every thing was taken from the soldiers blankets, uniforms, tents, underclothes. caps and shoes-and all were burned for the same reason. Everey soldier was then issued new equipment of every sort
 The old regular army first sergeant was the great chap to accumulate stores and equipment Of all kinds When he wanted new axe he carried his old one to the quartermaster and showed that it was unfit for use. He was issued a new one in it's place. But he always carried off the old axe, into which he put new handle and made ic as good as new. Soon his shrewdness in imposing on the quartermaster brought him Q fina store of axes, with which he supplied himself and his friends. Under the new rules con- demneG axes are thrown into the fire and their temper withdrawn and they are rendered useless.
 The chief reason for the destruction of condemned army property is to pre- vent it's accumulation and to keep it from coming before the inspector again.-Kansas City Star.