The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-09-13
III they set out for tho place in larFe


on the hill they SGT out for the place in larE
sit right down and I'll TX you up" said tn,
Photographer to the first group that came. n,
come pack"
selves as, they looked in their evcry-da attire
and hne-looking, picturesque follows they arr
-thoy, had no use for. Each mar, when he reap
! peored, wore n shirt which le had Just bouRh
&C the little store on the hill. had a clean hand
Rerchief consplcuously. protrudinR from his
demeanor In Keeping with the serious bushes,
~, hand. With the rough riders II, is lust the
6GtunaeeF way. They cons side themselves IN I'm IN,
groups such a. have been taken here might bt
useful In diplomacy as q warning e other ma.
tions not to engage rashly In war with us. The
air hero seems to he peculiarly conducive tC
good photography. and many Of the landscape
views taken here are sinGularly fine speci-
From here to New York the returning soldier
goes through a course OF almost continuous
ovation. Except where woods border the rail
road on either side there Is sure to be some en-
thusiastic Long Islander shouting greetings al
him from an adjacent roadway or patriotic
householder waving n flag ut him from an up
per window. In the village there is a never
falling crowd to give him an e6th ,Ss re e;
same enthusiasm which they exhibited at the
the stations and cheer the, boys in blue. TO be
sure. it's apretty. rusty blue in most cases,
brown. but the .dinGier the uniform the
more heartfelt tho geeting to IT,. At the
station near the ss9mPthe military onthpsiasm
things TO eat and drink board the train and
rush through the cars dispensing their bene-
outside and pass flowers and fruit up through
the windows. In some ,of, the towns, this is
dGTS th Ey gIIvr rsgq nS5 f indiIi SSrGSin aSnI}t1s in n
tho earlier days when the boys wore sent away
from here i'll fed. or not fed at all. for the long
oII UnA M NNN1 ~ NnNn nNF ~ lhnrN mir
in reality too sick to travel. there is no Doubt
that this charity saved many lives. There is
soldiers receive them with no less gratitude.
Recently a motherly looking woman, assisted
by two young men. endeared herself to ono
cartul OF soldiers by carrying a case OF beer
man, When, she had returned to the platform
Say m na!nHH "' You lady that gave us the
all He tore the Is C Camp wikofI badge from his hat
threw her a " lucky stone with the hole in tho
m sfRst want thro,,,, crh, wit, mo. ,o
called.
spa nheFS at = san Mag Jaan D"i sSoa u sS9S another Sa I e u sad
the woman lodged the bullet.
A shower of keepsakes OF, many kinds fol-
war cabinet for the recipient, A benevolent
woman at 9noGue llst a day or two ago. carried
fine assortment Of wholesome food. but was
disappointed to find that nobody seemed to
want II. Finally she approached a young SOL
dier who was leaning back in. his seat and Of
fered him a piece of roast chicken and q bottle
Thank you, ma'am." said the young fellow.
setting them down in the seat beside him.
Are you feeling too sick TO eat them now ?"
she asked, "Trya little of the milk. 1t will do
No, ma,am, /" he said; II don't feel too sick
to eat. I'll try
Poor fellow" said the woman compassion
atoly., Have you had anything to eat this
What did you have ?"
',Woll-er-eggs and coffee and pie and cake
and ginger ale and preserves and an orange
and some toast and a piece OF chocolate cake
and some corr. bread and"-
Then why did you accept this 2" she asked
with some severity.
We'll, ma'am. l saw nobody else was taking
any and i didn't want you to he disappointed"
- You should have left it," she said. for
th SBlN wh9 zone need 1b i; II " aS dGn, Tia vorro ,o,,ou.
;" we don't any Of us need It. Fact is. we're Just
with all the stuff we've put into our
selves in the last week."
Besides those who come to give along the
way. there are those who come to beg. Scores
Of small boys line the station platforms and
the air resound with their unceasinR
Gimme a Mauser bullet. Mr.. Soldier"
" Nah, don't give him none. He's got three
Say, I'll give you an apple and n piece Of
gum TOR one
As long as the train runs slow these urchins
chase it up with their clamor. The soldiers
are good natured, and generous. and many n
Of miscellanies and eventually TO be traded Off.
probably. for u new style top or a postage
or a rare birds egg.