The Advocate and news., 1898-09-21

Oh LuS SICK lISL pE6Lly AIbQuoHI-
ly, but when the doctors got to making
him take the medicine issued to him in
their presence he had to think up some
thing else. He could stand the tablets,
but when castor oil and salts got to
coming too regular he was forced TO
work or work some other scheme. He
always tried the latter and was most uni
fOrmly successful.
One boy from the Twenty-second had q
Topeka hotel waitress guessing last week
when he called for some punk. She
looked at him In q decidedly embar-
rassed way and politely admitted that
she hadn't the slightest idea what he
was talking about. The situation was
considerably improved when he told her
that that was the army name for white
bread.
When the boys first went to Camp AL
ger one of the boys got pass through
the lines to Washington to get tooth
repaired. The next day two boys got out
on the same excuse. BY the third day
the cases Of this kind had increased to
seven or eight, and before a week had
elapsed every man in the regiment need
ed what the boys called tooth carpen-
ter. Then the colonel quit issuing passes
for this purpose and something new had
to be tried At Camp Meade one private
had a sister visit him. He got several
permits to go to the city with her Only
a few days passed until all the boys had
relatives at Harrisburg or MiddletOwn.
AS fast as one excuse would be worked
to the limit another would be developed.
$&#
Army fare is not very much varied.
There is enough Of it, but 1t gets pretty
tiresome The first meal at Leavenworth
compared favOrably with the average. 1t
consisted Of stewed tomatoes, bacon,
haTdtack and coffee. The boys thought
in the hurry attending the opening of
new camp an important matter had been
overlooked. The meat had a slight sus-
piciOI Of lean in 1t, and they confidently
asserted that If it had been noticed 1t
would have been condemned. One pri-
vate said that this was the greatest short
order establishment he had ever struck.
On the train the breakfast served was
canned beef, hardtack and coffee. The
canned beef is generally referred to as
canned horse.
During all the time that the regiment
was at Camp Alger a provost guard was
kept at Washington. When the boys
showed up there they were promptly
Overhauled by this guard and If they did
not have papers which permitted them
to absent themselves from camp they
were promptly arrested and sent back.
A private asserted that he was run in
and held by the guard at Washington
and was four days getting back to camp.
He wanted to go after a drink Of wa
ter and two armed guards were detailed
to go with him. Judging from the gen.
eral cut of the narrator's countenance
the guard was fully warranted.
%&#
A Topeka man had western Kansas
private visiting with him several days
last week. When he got ready to turn
in the first night he looked at the bed
and in a reflective tone said: do you
know that tonight will be the first time
that have slept in a bed since the
night OF the day that l enlisted" He
proceeded to give evidence that his re-
marks were the whole truth by sleeping
until o'clock the next morning without
a break. Five o'clock, the usual hour
for blowing the reveille, passed without
the slightest indication Of wakefulness
The next morning he complained about
the discomfort attending sitting on
chair He had gotten thoroughly used to
sitting on the ground.
One night while private was on
guard duty near Colonel Lindsey's head
quarters a heavy rain storm came up.
The colonel went out and called him into
his tent and had him wait there until
his orderly could go to the guards tent
and get his pOncho for him. When 1t
arrived he went back on duty again,
hanv, tnrnvyf6nH vryAfh oil loh hIo