The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1898-09-01

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7 Captain lin a jovisl tone)A-'tWeil,
Drake, they tell me you were out jast
night sy,sa an, ,sry9csJ',i i,ltpiefta
Drake--"Y az. '4tahta, a.
! Captsin---t,G Got any tobacco 2''I..ai :. ~,
l. This is the extent of the reprimsndl
We presume the captain can essAy get
Sergeant Wright or somebody else to write
to the Republic that this il, q. lie, but,it g
I the truth inst the same and lie one Of the
reasons Why the, captain. wasn't, loyed
overmuch by his men. tWe, would like
to suggest TO yoppg- Wight that .ce1tsin
private letters be himself has, ,wptten do
not agree With his present Position as
the captain's defender.
Other numerous reasons for the boys
[disliks we're given but would take TOO
much epace to enumerste. His attack of
German measles" disguised them. He
| allowed his copMapdr to be without
kbFead when other captaipsl provided their
companies with it. He visited the boys
barracks only to criticise and com plain
When it became necessary to detail a
man to come to North Yakima for recruits
he sent DR.. Drake from Tacoma and
turned down several Yakima boys who
would have liked a trip home and who
he had led to believe would be sent
When these recruits did arrive the cap
tain's reception of them was not encour.
aging.
One tof these, a young man very
well known in church clrcles, ss soon as
he was off duty stepped into the ser
geant's office to greet the captain who
was also off duty. The captain did not
80 much as notice him for time and
when he did it was with an unmerited
rebuke; Take tn at boquet off your coat ;
soldiers don't wear flowers" With this
the captain turned away from the private
without further greeting or conversation.
The little bouquet was gift which had
been bestowed upon the young soldier
that morning by the Red Cross ladies,
who made the same gift to every soldier
alike and also furnished refreshments
upon their arrival in the city. The cap.
tain's act was not only an unkind act to
the soldier, but also slap at the Red
Cross society, and the boys didn't like it.
Another one of the recruits was former
member Of Co. E. who was absent when
the first call for volunteers came, and SO
had to wait for the second call to 90 to
the front. He was rated as the best
drilled, man in the stateTof Washington,
and yet he was compelled to drill in the
awkward squad. This q emed 50 pre-
posterous that an under officer excused
him. His absence was noted by the
captain, Tho ordered him to be returned
to the awkward squad. The writer did
not get his information from the boys
directly effected, but from other boys who
were annoyed to see their mates picked
upon In these ways. Three men have
deserted from the company and it is said
that three others have expressed an in.
tention of taking their first shot at the
captain in case the company ever gets
into action.
Many more things might be said, but
the above is sufficient. The writer has
eaten and slept and camped with the
boys of Co. E, shared their bad grub and
hunger and slept under insufficient GOV.
ers as they have. He does not now and
never will forget the warm sympathy ex-
pressed by his mates when he was forced
to leave them after second attempt to
make defective pair of eyes pass the
examining surgeon's test. Neither will
he forget the cordial reception he receiv ed
from the boys in barracks when he Wis
Fited them nortthe feeling Of discomfort be
discovered among them, and let 1t be
said here and now that come what INDY
be stands for the boys -drst, last snd all
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Tive Millions q Year.
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