The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-05-11
EPISTLES TO ST. PAUL.


had spent a good deal of her time in the
neighborhood of the street of company that
comes from a town not very far from St.
Paul. She was good to look upon, and she
enjoyed herself. He-of course there was a
particular '.he"-was a second lieutenant, and
he was very attentive. She enjoyed his at
tentions with that gentle melancholy that
goes to show that girl is getting all the
good there is in life.
Along late in the afternoon the ru1nor got
about camp that order. had come FOR the
removal of two of the regiments to the front.
The girl became positively fearful In her
interest in the young fellow, and she almost
reduced him to tears at the idea of leaving
her.
1t took her quite two hours to make up
her mind that she must go. Couldn't he come
into town with her? No? Wasn't that a
beastly shame? 1t was, and he was more
emphatic in his characterization of it than
that. But they had to part. He took her
to the car of course Two or three cars went
before she could make up her mind to part
from him. and when he finally left her he
was in a rage against fate and her face
would have done for study of patience. She
had told him that she would wait
The car in which she sat had moved about
four blocks when young fellow in uniform
sat down beside her. She looked at him,
and he at her. She asked him when his
regiment would leave. He ventured guess,
and presently he was asking her where she
lived. She was stopping with friends IN ST..
Paul He admitted that he was stopping in
Minneapolis and was sorry that she was not
going over there. Her tears had disappear
ed and she seemed almost resigned. They
got very much interested in each other in
tba Inn hat before
arrived at University avenue. and he was
quite as devoted and much better-looking
than the other fellow.
When they got to University avenue she
asked for a Minneapolis transfer.
The man who really wants to do something
for his country and does not desire to be
obliged to beg for pension arrived in Camp
Ramsey yesterday. He looked like well-to-
do country storekeeper, which he had right
to look. for he the same. He had note
to Col. Reeve, and he presented it in the fore
noon.
''Glad to see you, Mr.. Blank said the
colonel, and he proceeded to entertain his
caller.
The stranger did not permit him to waste
much time in social amenities. He got to
business at once.
Look here colonel" he said, edo you
really think that there is going to be a war;
Reeve looked at him and remarked that he
thought it possible that there was something
| coming off presently. In any event, it was
evident that the troops were. going to the
front.
well, then," said the stranger 81 guess
that l might as well be in it. Now. what can
you dc for me? I'm going into the army"
well. we want substantial men, said the
colonel
But what sort of job do get?" he per-
sisted.
"What do you want?" asked the colonel,
getting interested.
How about lieutenant colonel?" he re-
marked. and Reeve did not fall dead, but
shook his head
We've hired all the lieutenant colonies we
can use," he said
well. make it an adjutant," said the man
from the country.
Il don't think 1t can be DONE" said the
colonel. we've had lot of adjutants around
here with pretty good credentials
Then l suppose I'll have to come to it, -
said the man in resigned way "Just en-
list me as regimental suffer If that is the best
you do
Col. Reeve explained to him that he couldn t
hire any more suffers as things stood and
the would-be recruit then guessed that he
would try some of the other colonies if Reeve
would give Inn note.
He got couple of notes the effect of
which was to promote the gayety of nations,
but up to late at night there had not been
any more suffers hired.
so the boys at camp don't relish army
rations," said of the "boys of 81. -
We'll, they will get used to them, and, If our
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see days when they will be mighty glad to
get them. But sympathze with their feel
ings now. We underwent sharp transition
from picnic fare to hard tack in the first
days of 81, that this grumble of the boys at
Ramsey recalls. We had Jared we'll while
in camp at Racine and when We left for tn =
| front we were greeted and fed sumptuously
| at every city we reached at meal hour.
1T was grand holiday excursion from
| Racine to Harrisburg. There soldiers had
| ceased to be novelty. No enthusiastic crowd
| greeted US; no one, in fact, but the newsies.
| and they looked on US with mercenary eyes.
| We were dumped out into field where tents
! stood that other boys had vacated We
| dropped with dull thud into army life,
| THE first sergeants were ordered to go
| down town and draw ratons. When the grub
| detail returned with our rations we all
| gathered to see on what rich fare Uncle Sam
proposed to feed his valiant sons. An obone
| box was denuded Of Its cover and we sampled
| the hard tack, each imprinted with the letters
B. c., meaning, it was at once surmised
that they were made before Christ conjec.
! ture made reasonable by their impenetrability
| Next was lot of very rusty-.ooking sal,
| pork. These constituted the pieces de resist
| ance of the feast. We were indignant Offer.
| ing such stuff for food to men who had left
! all the comforts Of home to defend their coun-
! try! 1t was an outrage. We were not lone
! in taking action. Such an insult could orly
! be reEeZrted by emphatic protest We sum-
| moned the fifer and drummer We recovered
| the hard tack box. On 1t we piled tie pork
| We made burial detail to dig a grave. We
| selected pallbearers. They lifted the box
| the musicians took position ahead of them
| and struck up the dead March From Saul: -
| We formed in procession behind the corpse
| and, to the mournful music, we marched
| through the camp to the grave, where, after
| suitable remarks by the improvised chaplain
! we laid that grub, away in final rest But
we went supperless that night and then next
day had to patronize restaurants We made
no impression whatever on our finty-hearted
| Uncle, who continued dishing out the same
| kind OF grub and, once in a WHILE getting q
mite stingy with even that. We never
| buried any more rations.''
| The Philistine.
| Presented With n Cane.
J Sergeant Jim Ross of the central station