Evening journal., 1898-08-31
UNKEMPT NEW YORK DANDY.
How War Levels All Social Ranks
Among the soIdierE-Where
Mans a Man for a. That.

Lying alongside the steamer Yuca-
tan. government transport, on board of
which was the First regiment of United
States volunteer cavalry, otherwise
known as the rough riders, / saw an in
teresting incident. The deck was COW
cred with rough men, nearly all of
whom had weeks beard on their
faces. l had been talking with some of
them, and they were complaining a
little of the travel rations they had
TO eat, and more of the confinement on
board the ship, and still more Of the
water they had to drink We were at
that moment filing the tank of their
ship; but they had as yet none of the
water, and had been drinking Croton
water which had been brought in the
ships casks from New York more than
two weeks before, and was hardly fit
10 drink OF this they were allowed
bus very seant half cupful at a time,
which they had TO drink while they
stood in the presence of The men who
doled it out. That they should be hot
and thirsty and not be able to get
more than drop of dirty water seemed
to these rough western riders very far
from the thing they had enlisted for.
Well, as our steamer lay alongside
the Yucatan, the purser of our boat,
who is always a very well-dressed
young man, was walking. immaculate,
down the deck He heard his name
called from the mass of rough Eiders:
"Denisonl Denisonl" The purser
looked, and saw rider as rough as
any of the rest advancing to the rail
of the other ship and looking eagerly
toward him. The man was dressed,
like the others, in clothes which were
like the brown drilling overalls and
jumper of a farmer, only dirtier than
farmer ever wears. The mans face
was covered with weeks beard. He
was a pretty tough specimen. The
purser did not recognize him. "Well,
/ don't wonder" said the man, 'but my
name is B., and 1 am from New
York" The purser had TO look twice
more to recognize the face of young
/ New York millionaire who had ridden
several times on his steamer, who had
treated him with good deal of con
sideration and who, when the purser
was last in New York. had given him
n fine dinner at Delmonico's.
The purser was certainly shocked
and a certain hungry look in the million
aire private s faceled him to ask what he
could do for him. "Give me a drink Of
cold water, for Gods sakel" said the
soldier. "Why, perhaps / might FIND
you a cold bottle" said our purser
"That won't do" answered the New
York man. "It's against orders tC
pass any liquor aboard the ship, and
couldn't violate the regulations if yol
could. But j guess they'll let you Civ
me drink Of water" Sc the PURSE
went and got a pitcher of good, fresl
spring water, and put some ice in il
and the soldier took a glass of j
eagerly, and gave the rest in the pitch
] cr 10 his comrades. There was nj
drink in the world that could hav
q compared with that for deliciousness
Even the officers of the regiment ha
no better water than the old Crotoi
the men had been drinking. One o
the officers on that same day offere,
the steward of our ship two dollars 70
lump of ice, and the steward had 4
refuse. Then the officer told the stew
ard Of sick man on board who neede'
the ice, and of course he got lump o
p The ice for nothing for the invalid
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