Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1898-11-09

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ished with the identity of the solu4 and
she attacked him with all the savagery Of
Il Spanish guerrilla.
Now, how does it come that your suit
isn't worn any" was Aer first shot.
"Oh, that's easy to explain responded
the youth. my old clothes were such a
sight when | got back to camp they made
me put on new ones. They were afraid
would disgrace them"
well, what troop did you belong to in
that far away country?"
Troop ID. Could have been corporal if
l wanted, but would rather fight in the
ranks, You know"
The other girls were getting restless, be-
cause their idol was being impeached, and
looked indignant at the quizzer.
''Oh, troop d. was it?" came the retort.
Now, you just run away from here as
fast as you can. My Jack was in that
company and he wrote me that all the boys
had their mustaches shaved off before the
battle and you've got one mile long,"
And the would-be veteran abandoned
gingerbread and girls and went in search
Of other hero worShipers two miles away.
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When a soldier enters the detention hos
pital all of his clothes are burned. One
man who had been furloughed asked for
his clothing and $12 that he had left in
his shirt pocket. 1t was all of his funds.
and ne relied on it to pay his fare home.
He was told that his clothing had been
burned and the $12 also, as no one had
thought to look in the little pocket. At
this news the weak and miserable fellow
collapsed, and 1t was necessary to again
put him on his cot. He was lying semi
conscious, overcome with disappointment
and the hopelessness of his position, when
a nurse went to his bedside. ''It was all
mistake about your money being burn
ed" she said, "and here it is" With that
she handed him $12. The poor fellow
could not at first realize his good fortune,
but finally he smiled and then fell asleep.
The nurse was Miss Harriet L. Hawley,
daughter of Gen. Hawley of Washington,
who cast her lot in the detention hospital
when help was greatly needed there. The
S12 was really burned, and Miss Hawley
told fib, for which she will no doubt be
forgiven. She Lad collected the money
from doctors and nurses, subscribing the
most herself.
Some of the volunteer soldiers who were
put under the command OF regular army
officers soon after the beginning of the war
found it little hard to learn all the lingo
OF the camps. An officer sent young
volunteer orderly to requisition at the
quartermaster's stores some tentage, and,
when he returned, questioned him: 'Or-
derlyT' ''Yes, SIR" did you get the
tents orderedy" "Yes, SIR" did you
get the wall-tentsT ''Yes, sir" "And
the A tents?" "Yes, sir" "And the dog
tents" "Yes, SIR" "And the flies for
the wall-tentsY' Files, sir? No, sirg"
What? Now, why didn't you get the
fiesY The soldier saluted respectfully;
at any rate, he combined salute and n
motion which brushed away a cloud OF
dies from in front of his nose Camp is
full of them, sirp' he answered.
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One of Admiral Sampson's married
daughters, the wife of Lieut.. Roy Smith,
lives in Norwich, and has a small Ameri-
can of her own at the public schools. The
first time they sang the ''Star-Spangled
Banner" in his room the patriotic young
ster rose to his feet, and there he stood
reverently and resolutely till the song was
over. That's the naval rule, to stand un-
covered when the great national anthem is
sung or played. With naval father and
grandfather he followed the laws of the
service. 1t was rather an unusual pro-
ceeding, and his playmates undertook to
guy the little patriot about it, but he stood
his ground like hero. The incident reach
ed the ears of the local school board, and
the order at once went ont that all schol-
ars of Norwich must stand while the ma
tional hymn is sung.
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A recruit had just joined his regiment in
Santiago, and, meeting an old chum who
had gone over, with the first expedition,
he asked him if Cuba was as bad as they
made it out to be in the United States
mo, not at ALL" his chum replied. "The
Iact Of the matter is, there's lot of young
fellows come over here that don't take
proper care Of themselves; they eat and
they drink, and they sleep and they die,
and then they write home and tell their
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