Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1898-09-10
wHlPPLH BARRACKS.
Our Correspondent Quotes the Scripture
on Corporal Manning.
AEoTHGR LIVELY LITTER.
WHppLE RARRacKs. Sent. s.

And ,hou shalt remember that thou iar)
boudma1 in the land OF Egypt; therefore
command thee to d this thi R"-Dcut. "a. ~
AMI Corporal Manning tiled o. do Il
In the New Mexican OF SEPTEMBER Oh
lie attempted ~ cJnfute, justify or tx.
cuse the facts heretofore published ID
The CITIZEN But he fails niisgrably
He deserves credit for his effort aud pity
Tor his failure. | have read the article
lt IL entitled "fhe other Side" Week
peeted TO read something. But wa read
only what Hamlet answered no attic
words, words, words" full Of sound and
fury, (asBumed) signifying nothing NJ
we're deceived as badly ~ the piOus
Bfahman who went out 10 purcbase n
One sheep ft for sacrifice. He met a
rogue who had a NANCY, uncleRn eur in
n bag. The rogue said unto him: 'Oh,
BrHhman, l think thou art hunting q
sheep and | have here one sweet Of flesh
aud line OF wool and we'll 6t for saeri-
hce." Upon seeing II the piOus Brghman
exclaimed, "Oh. thou OF false tOngnel
This IL not a sheep, but an ugly cur
unit for sacrifice" Than another rogue
approached, and yet another, aud they
persuaded the Brahman that the dirty
cur was a real sheep aud he took II and
sacrificed IL Hnd the gods In anger smote
him s0rely, The only difference Is that
the New Mexican correspondents ex-
pulsion fools nobody. Everybody knows
Il Il, what II Is Every little helps, AS
the old SOW said when she snapped az a
gnat. IL Is self contradictory. In
the headlines 1t admits d~issatis.
faction at Whipple. Farther down
the column 10 states that
no men are dissatifed except tho7e who
could not make a dollar Rt homa. 10 they
could not make a dollar az home, why I'm
the name OF Aristotle are they dlssatis-
6ed with tl5 80 and found here2 Again,
there are not many, as stated, In each
company who speak Spanish. Again,
he says, These petitions consist mainly
OF charges against officers and a fearful
plea for public pity These are false
words either iammed into or emanatiuR
from a nabby brain and written by a
false hand. He speaks OF the mighty
appeals OF the disgruntled volunteers"
His " mighty appeal has gone forth.
Ills white flag has gone up. lie wants
to 90 home TO nurse. He has solicited
afidayits OF physical disability. We are
creditably Informed OF these facts. II
they are true, like the poisonous reptile,
he has turned his poison upon himself
No wonder he said TO a fellow soldier:
81 have 70 write a letter which | hate To
do" Why should he write n letter which
he hates 10 writeY Hence our text.
He says: "Ihe petitioners made a
grand mistake In attempting TO place
their officers IN a false light" There Is
only n way 10 answer such STOP. IL
IL false. Any illogical thing um-bob
can get a logical conclusion with major
and minor false premises-but the cOn
clusiOn will also be false. | might M
we'll say OF Mr.. Manning-no woman
has horns-he IL no wOmRn-therefore,
no has horns. Although | did not sign q
petition. | saw them and know that no
officers names we're mentioned therein,
nor In the remotest degree referred to.
He further says:
1t was ascertalned that a member OF
the Albuquerque company, named vii
COX. intended 10 desert, and one OF the
more intelligent recruits induced him 20
sign a previously written appeal and
send IL 10 Delegate Ferguson. Ia IL,
the soft Jobs held by the officers we're
enlarged on and the grievances OF the
brave soldier boy SIT forth In terms war
ranted TO wiring sympathy from o door
bell"
No one knows to-day II Wilcox has Dc.
serted. Few believe Il. II IL IL true IL
IA because of threats made after the Fer
gussOn letter appeared. | say to you and
my cOuntTymen, we came forth TO endure
the grievances OF the brave soldier
We sought thsm and have found
them not. How, then, complain Of themY
The officers, he says, 'mOrtgaged their
pay 10 provide comforts for the members
OF their companies" What OficeTsp
What cOmfOrtsP The silence OF the eter
nal hills, only, answers. The Santa Ne
boys are all right. They were before the
Manning letter. and they are yet as |
write. More than 30 per cent OF them
desire n discharge. We do not want
not even the comforts Of
life." but only such necessities as are
easily Obtainable. and az ought 20 be had.
Yet this hallOwed scribe sOlemnly thus
THE luxuries aud sOme OF the
comforts OF life must be dispensed with
temporarily" What kinA OF worms this
bird ate before building his nest here
would weaken ones appetite 20 know.
For sure he wants 10 leave IL now, eggs
and all, and sing patriotic songs" at
home. Now notice what this suoculent
spTOnt says after trying to conylnos
everybody that everything Is all hunki-
doris
at Ia safe to assert that the officers
arc a little pleased with the existing
conditions ~ the enlisted men. They
are Disguised with being held I'm ram.
barracks and receiving no con.
from the powers that be, aud
will gladly welcome release or activity"
Then there are some existing uondi.
lions, are thereY But listen 20 this war
BILE: ITO be sure. lack OF comfort, sick
ness, rigid discipline and general hard
are features OF army life; but the
expected IL and fairly scrAm-
bled for opportunities 10 suffer for their
country" Now, what did you intend 10
write about, sisterp You are out at the
hole where you went in, for you
say: Some OF the Santa Re boys feel
that their usefulness expired with the
declaration OF peace and would be- glad
10 return TO their renumeratiYa posi
WHY do YOU lot say how many
''sOme" isp You have not contra
iicted one fact stated Ia THE CITIZEN.
You have uneOnsciOusly confirmed most
them. Private Burton OF your com
Dany was the other day hid from sight in
lonely grave on the mountain side.
You know the incipienoy OF his fever was
N the guard house, whence be was taken
10 the hospital TO die OF tho fever. You
that since THE CITIZEN has called
attention TO that hot bed OF disease. IL
has been condemned and abandoned. To-
lay, the Albuquerque boys. for the first
lime, ate like men, at tables. Everything
has 80 improved, not only In the Albn-
luerqne company, but In others. Per
the officers were not willfully and
maliciously remiss, bat only negligently
%. Their improvement shows your work
one OF supererogatiOn. So You are
and let 90. W.
Robbed the Grave.