The sun., 1898-10-30

the post, and one day the Wanderer uil.l''
conciously followed suit, and before hehn'
realized what he was doing, he was ir y;
an arm chair tilted back to a comfortable
position, with his feet ON the post, ant
found it quite comfortable position. "a Il
*~* 70,
Why They Fall Out. lti
1t is matter OF surprise to many peo,nt
pie that in all large parades moving nveil I
long routes, such large number Of thfot
participants are compelled to fall out bt &c
fore the end is reached, or even befodd,
the reviewing stand is passed. lg i
Even the inspiring music Of the banked
can. not keep snch men in line. Than
can he seen sinking down on curbstoneugh
or dragging themselves across the sid, tn
walk TO find a seat on some box or die, 0
rtep. In warm weather, people gentREN
ally ascribe it to the heat, and think Porte
more OF the matter. rintoI !
What l.; .l ..,l ... r ~ effrie
imagined by one out OF hundred. Evmber
military men are, in many cases, igntalle,
ant Of the cause. Men will be overror.syy yrs31
on short marches and even in armorimiti
during inspection, They will become iIptiss
and after little while will be appaliHe't
emily all right again.
The secret OF it all, was learned
by the Wanderer from George T.
Swan. who is tho day.tender Of
the Market street bridge. Mr.. Swan
served nine years in the First Delaware
Volunteers, rising from private up to
sergeant. He has taken part in large
military parades in New York, Philadet,
phia and other places and has seen
many men overcome. and, on one occa.
sion caught friend OF his in his arms
as he was about to fall in the street. He
says the secret of it in most cases is that
the men are not properly dressed; that
is, their clothing is nearly always too
tight to allow the chest to expand prop
erly, which makes the men breathe with
difficulty and gasp for breath after a
short march.
Of course, a hot sun beating down on
the men hurries on matters. The men
who are overcome are often the most
robust and healthy--men who could
work all day in the harvest field in the
not sun or with pick and shovel on the
street, il properly dressed.
Men on parade, especially members OF
crack military companies, always want
to look as spick and span as possible.
The coats are usually buttoned up tight !
high up in the neck and stand-np collar
is always worn, usually celInoid one,
which will not wilt. The cCat must fit
tight across the chest, and, in fact, along
its entire length. There must be no
looseness or wrinkles.
In case Il man puts on sight amount !
of flesh tue coat at once becomes too
tight, and it is mild form OF torture for
him to drill in it or make short parade.
A long parade is almost ont of the ques-
tion. The strange part is that but one G
man ont of hundreds understand this, and |
thinks something quite different is the
cause when after marching for time in !
a big parade he Suddenly becomes short
bteathed, and after walking short dis !
taTce. further falls over in the street or ,,
sinks into comrades arn,s.
Mr. Swan says he was almost taken i'll
on one occasion but stuck to his post,
and when relieved unbuttoned his coat,
and found that it was the tightness of !
the coat that lad caused all the trouble. !
He is still erect and soIdierly looking, :
although ont Of the guards for SOM time. +