Omaha daily bee., 1898-07-03

SPRAY OF THE WAR WAVE.

Torrey's Rough Riders could hardly fare
worse with the Spaniards than they do on
American railroads. In the former case
! they could give shot for shot.
The regular marines, who were disposed
| to scott at the volunteers, now admit that
the amateurs are their equal in fighting
and staying qualities. Thus does pride
concede a fall.
In the opinion of an advanced lingo, we
must, as the trustee of civilization, annex
the Philippines. He declares the Spaniards
in that region eat vegetables and gravy
| with their knives.
Congress did the proper thing for Hob
I son, but his mothers tribute is far more
| precious. ITO us, nearest and dearest to
him." she wrote to a friend, sit took no
Santiago to proclaim him a hero
In the enlightened view of an editor in
| Havana, the Spaniards cannot recognize our
| soldiers as a regular army because we have
not recognized the belligerency of the Gu
bans. However, when our soldiers send
their cards to the Havanese it is likely they
will recognize them sufficiently to scoot for
shelter.
The sounds of revelry that DRIFT from
Havana indicate a serious condition of af-
fairs. When Tim Gillooly's boisterous
daughters awoke the hungry troops at the
siege of Sebastopol he was promptly hustled
to the guard house. Called upon to ex,
plain his unsoldierly conduct, he said: "Bo
hevens, captain, l laughed out loud to re-
lave the pain in me stomoch.'' The Havanese
are troubled in the SAM spot.
One of the privates at Chichamauga whc
looked and yearned in vain for the paymas-
ter, unburdened his soul to a friend in this
| wisp. ''Thn civilian WIN has never knDwn
what it Is to ramble around with less than
a cent in his pocket-something at least
that would jingle-cannot realize how big
S14 or SIG looks to a man who has been il
a condition for weeks where he would run
four streets to look at pictures in a coin
catalogue"
During one of the sham battles at Chicka-
manga Company F, Second Nebraska, cap
tured no less a distinguished person than
Colonel Fyffe, commander of the Third Ten
nessee, who had ventured too far from hi:
line. He did not like it a bit and drew
his sword in a demonstrative manner, but
he did not use it. The boys rushed hin
within their lines so quickly that he did
not have time to explode a few swear words
Later on good feeling was restored and the
captured colonel complimented the Nebraska
boys.
An Ohio private at Chickamauga conceived
the idea that the troops were not handled IL
an up-to-date military manner; that the
officers were inefficient and deficient in the
rudiments of tactics. So thinking, he put
his thinks to paper and sent it to his HON,
organ. 1t was printed, and when the
paper appeared at the camp the officer!
concluded that the private was troubled
with brain fever. He was sent to thu
guard house for six months and fined 81,
a month for that period.
Colonel Edward Duffy of the Sixty-nintt
New York has a particularly unruly privat
in his regiment. By way of punishment
he at different times put him in the guar
house, set him to digging bitches and hat
him in heavy marching order for hours
This had no apparent effect, and the colone,
finally sent for the man. Look here
private" said he, "if you don't behave your.
self III have you sent home" Since ther
the former unruly man has been the meek
est private in the regiment.