The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-09-13
ROUGH D E ORAToRY.
ONE OF COL. RO0SETELTeS MIN PRAC-
= TICEs a Political SPEECH.

Snye-Tho Camp WtkOd Photographic
Kept busy by the Colored soldisrs-A
school for Buglers-A Regulars Advice,
CAMP w1KorF. MoSTAUK Po1Nr. L. l., Sept. IL
Might had fallen upon the camp. and except
for the songs OF the negro troopers who were
holding an impromptu concert and an occa-
sional burst OF laughter from the other camps
whore men we've gathered about the big open
fires, the cavalry division was silent. The
writer's horse was picking his way gingerly
across the hillocks between the rough riders
camp and the lake. both he and his rider hav-
ing lost their bearings. when the horse pricked
up his ears inquirinRly and turned his head
toward a quarter OF the compass whore could
be heard n strange rising and falling note.
which presently resolved itself into the tones
OF the human voice. Urged onward. tho horse
with some reluctance climbed the intervening
hill. Below was a small. natural amphitheatre,
and somewhere near tho centre of IL was the
source OF q voice which proclaimed in ~oratori-
cal tones:
"Feller citizens. 1 amt a voter in your free
and glorious State. Out where 1 vote l have to
ride fifty miles to the polls. through a region
principally inhabited by ki-yotees an pizen
snakes an tarantellers an such like measly
varmints. / amt had the advantages that most
OF you gents before me with clean collars and
diamond pins in their neckties has had; but 1
tell you. Teller citizens. in q crisis like this I'm
with you. LOuu applause. NDcSInS 10 me- ike
that's about the place applause ought to come
in.) You have nominated for Governor Of your
great State the whitest man that ever set
finger on a trigger. Great cheering. I've
knowed"-
"Ker-chug, ker-chug. ker-chug!" interrupt
cd a frog Town in the swamp.
I'll attend to you later. you white-livered
rep-tyle.' said the orator. IF you're goin' to
cheer. cheer in the right place. Yes, gents Of
AIs. s.NatIs---N A~i ry,l yana&sn anaarn la-
when Col. Roosevelt tremendous cheersl con-
scented to run for Governor, 1t was a ~foreEone
cinch that every man in the State that isn'ta
yaller dog would get up ats o'clock In the morn
in to vote for him an keep on votin' until the
polls closed. Tumultous yells. tell you what.
fellers-I mean my noble Teller citizens-ifI
seen q man before me that / thought was goin'
to vote any other way than fer the Colonel OF
my regiment. which l have the honor to belong
to, I'd draw a bead on him right from here.
Great sensation"
"Haw-haw! Hee-haw-h aw |" snorted an army
mule In the oflng.
Prolonged laughter" amended the orator.
You guys-gents-that amt seen the old
man in a scrap, can't appreciate the kind OF a
Christian an scholarly gent that he is. How
any pop-eyed skunk can have the nerve to get
up an make a race ag'in him is one of them
mysteries that had ought to be solved with a
piN piiSOSSA D"b "i"N WV NAhF Nhy -
That misguided guy'il never be heard of again.
He'll be swept under in Il tidal wave an froze
up in an iceberg an fell on by an avalanche. an
Col. Roosevelt. our glorious candidate. will
marcn on to victory with the American flag in
one hand an q Spanish scalp in the other"
At this point the auditors horse Weighed and
the auditor himself furnished a round of ap-
plause.
What's that 2" inquired the speaker. Il
UnC- INST Unin' 10 mt in gOma mora loud
cheers. Who are YOU"
The writer explained and then asked: "Prac-
ticing up n little Z"
Yep said the rough rider. We're all goin'
on the stump for Teddy"
The artillery Sergeant was giving one Of his
tions from his own experience. to an audience
fln resp pefdiHr sfSe g l, aIs text wSs that Nr th fs
there should be a%nythinG he didn't know. to
c99SeaI carefully his laGk OF kn9wledEe; =, .,o
service; iiSs more 'PeT years a thai than You boy: has Rot Il hairs '%s
on your chins. and at that there ups and comes
something now and again that | have to learn. !
krowit? Not me. lets on that it's all 4 d g
TO me. and goes at it blind ill | learn it. When
years ago. there. was a new kind of fancy gun
arrived at Fort Slocum. ana the Colonel got or
ders to send n man upthere to learn the boys
Sergeant says he to me. I want, you to
msn, there on that brown Robinson piece.
Yes. sir says l, %saluting.
DO you understand the mechanism OF IT,
says he looking at me very sharp: ,-
IN, s,T TIL be sure ~ t6 sir. M says |: I see, seen them shoot
%'That's very curious says he. seeing it's
only been IN Use in this country for less than n
ahead. anyway. says he. for i You cant put t
through there's no man. here that can,
ing f1g msy h sndsf for orf I'd P sSI ed 'n ap 'r enough lsfnf to
know that, the new artillery was no more like
i hiRS 9 @ bew Kind and of Srr e gun a thH I 8 a p0f thiSnhF 9Gtsr ii i
Ss$Sf IS e stTs fSisa 5S4 I'M iStio T nT ID Sbq gSoi "a;
on the train, a man that always keeps up with
the latest thing in the artillery line. He asked
about the new gun. THAT started him. He
was. all over the place with enthusiasm about it.
'oueer?' says he, Not q bit when YOU
you.' and, he fshed out a bit of paper and a
pencil and went to making diagrams.
from one thing to another until I'd the whole
aErangemen down on paper and when
drill on that piece that made EN- think i was a
the moral Of this is, Never say you don't, know
a thing till you're sure you don't. for luck and
hole With glory, PPrriisvaGtee Mcaanus, Il You MfhH have
the mate to that cigar in your pocket. can use
BuRlers' school begins at any hour In the
morning and keeps up Internationally all day.
saving station. where the Signal Corps out
look keeps, watch for incoming transports. The
instructor is some master Of the art of buGllnR
who has found leisure to teach the aspiring
youngsters the knack Of sending out a pure, far
reaching tone from the instrument. Some
times he has three or four pupils at once. some
times ten or a dozen, In the latter case the
lifetime. By itself the buGle's note is a stir
ring thing; but when several buGlcs operptod
bic. squawk and blare In various measures. it
is too stirring for the average. man. and in
spires a desire In his soul to stir himself to
heard. This is q matter of difficulty. A
bugle note carries ALMOST as far az n
across the hills the effect is unearthly, par
~ticularly II there is n gusty wind blowing and
the notes come by snatches. Suddenly there
will be the relief OF silence. then the clarion
notes evoked by the expert, bugler ring out