The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-07-17

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stationery and spiritual entertainment
can be obtained. A rod or so away Is
a canteen. running full blast. A rev
stiff poker games are going on In the
vicinity and crap games abound. be
sides other liquids. seven carloads or
beer are consumed daily on the
grounds. A pious visitor asked a cam
teen keeper for a drink Of water. W.
don't handle It," was the laconic re-
ply.
Who are the private soldiers? They
are from all walks of life. They are
mostly young, but they are of all ages
within the law. The raw recruits come
in painting under a weight OF personal
property that must soon be
look awkward enough and excite the
open contempt of the uniformed vet
eran of six weeks standing who boasts
of having lost 30 pounds In weight and
who claims to be as tough as whale
bone-and looks II. The Imaginative
and adventurous join the army; in
other words the romantic natures; the
temperaments that are predisposed 10
acts of conspicuous virtue and heroism
or to the commission of great crimes
are here found. Memo is here, not
infreuuently, lighting for all because
no one. he f%ancies, cares for him
Spoiled darlings In whom the sadie
principle is strong, longing for home
yet rejoicing in the belief that their
absence is painful to mother, sister or
sweetheart. Every grade between
these two extremes may be found. A
couple of years in Chickamauga ParH'
with its life in the open air, it's regular
hours, abstemious diet. wholesome and
developing exercise. and strict disci-
Mine. were worth more to a young
man of 90 than the same period in Yale
OF Harvard. He would learn TO be a
man, and being a man Is as high an
honor az any college or university can
confer.
Chattanooga, Is miles north, is the
center of attraction for soldiers on
leave. The past few days, since the
payin of the troops, have witnessed
on the streets of the city scenes that
were varied, some picturesque, some
ludicrous, some disgusting. When the
war first began and the first soldiers
arrived here, they aroused enthusiasm
among the natives and people on the
streets watched them with about the
same degree OF curiosity as children
viewing a circus parade. But the
regulation army blue has become so
familiar as to excite no curiosity nor
comment.
Old Sol has scarcely observed guard
mount when the advan guard of vol
unteers begins pouring into the city
via the Georgia avenue depot daily.
Once out of the crowded car the boys
separate into squads of from two 20
u and start out to take the town
at will" First their thirst must be
slaked, and in doing this not all OBJ
serve the tender mandate of their
mothers TO imbibe only such beverage
as comes from The Old Oaken Buck
ct" Be it said to the credit of the
volunteers. however, that many of
them find satisfaction in soft drinks"
Each succeeding hourly train from
Camp Thomas adds it's quota to the
contingent of blues, and as the sun
mounts toward the zenith Market and
Ninth streets are moving masses of
volunteers, out for a good time, and
improving every moment of freedom
from the discipline of camp.
Here comes a group of gay New
Workers. a la Bowery. sweeping every
thing before them with their swag-
gering I-own-the-earth-you-keep-of
air: following them Is a squad of quiet,
> transformations fellows, whose insignia
indicates that they are from Nebraska.
Unlike those in front of them, they are
. decorous, promptly give way for ladies
to pass, and are considerable of the
rights of other pedestrians. On the OPP
posite corner a crowd begins to gath
er; a succession of yells needs no in
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somebody doesn't ear who knows IL.
The gaping crowd blocks the sidewalk
until a policeman advances and starts
the hilarious patriot along between two
sober comrades. Further up the street
comes a squad Of cavalrymen, with
their cross sabers glittering on their
hats. There is a careless swing to theil
walk. an independence in their carriage
n an open. candid look on theil
, faces: but they are quiet and observant
of all Jules of street etiquette. The
, four-crush, conical hat ~pronounces
: them from Grigsby's cowboy regiment
who have won an enviable reputation
: in the city, as the following clipping
; from the Chattanooga Times viii
. prove
Colonel Grigsby and the remaining
officers of the cowboy regiment Ger,
: tainly have good cause to be proud 81
their men. The men received theil
money and seem to be enjoying 1t, al
, though not an enlisted man or an Off
: Ger has yet visited Chattanooga anS
/, become drunk and acted the genera
rowdy. The Rough Riders are show
ing themselves superior in every re
, spect, and they are becoming familiarl!
: known as the crack regiment of tn
: park"
out of 156 soldiers under arrest 70
!, disorderly conduct in the city, not on
. IL from the Sd regiment.
: There are many little vagaries o
dress and manner that distinguish tn
: rank and file of the volunteers seel
on Market street. There Is the SLOW
a emily dress. the hat tipped well to on
side and front; there is the prim, nea
!, dress: there is the numbering gait sug
gestive of plows and hay rakes; ther
is the quick. snappy. decisive tread q
the city chap; there is the manly
straight. athletic form, and its anti
thesis in the long. lean. lank n un
calmly figure. There are the expires
! sionless faces, or faces marred an
SCARED with vice. the cheeks bloatec
n the eyes red-swimming Golgothas Z
unrestrained passion-happily thes
a are decidedly in the minority. Their
is the frank, open face, then there
tho t~houghtful expressive. sedat