The herald., 1898-09-11
ARMY CAMP LIFE SEN BY MISS HAMM
Pathetic Fight for Life on the Way From the
Firing Line to the Hospital
The Head Of the Nurses Staff Continues Her Narrative of
Sights and Scenes at the Southern Military
Rendezvous-A Troopers Story

KEY WEST, Aug. 10.-(Special Core
spondence to The Herald) There is a
popular belief that commercial travellers
have the largest stock of stories, jokes and
dry sayings. but l begin to believe that a
| camp of bright young soldiers deserves the
first prize. Today new story was told
There was a country editor who received
the news of Dewey's grea. victory. IIa
wanted to illustrate the event in his paper
but the only portrait resembling Dewey
was in a cough medicine advertisement.
The knight of the pen was equal to the
emergency. put al the top" he said to
his foreman, "the line, The Comma nder
of Manila Then run in the advertisement
the two portraits and the text, Before an ]
After Taking ;.
There is grave orderly In camp, who
has an odd way of expressing unpleasan;
opinions. To a private who was painfully
verdant, he put the question: "Have you
cut all your teeth yet?" OF a stupid gen
eral he said: "You can see ~ his face that
lie is trying to remember what he doesn',
know" He complimented young farmer
who served as cook one day: 'How nicely
you must have fed the stock on your faith
er's farm" To a friend who said he could
whip his weight in wild cats, he replied
you'll find out soon; all the Spanish fight
ing is done by Mausers."
The spirit Of the men is wonderfully y
cheerful and patriotic. I saw a wounded
trooper of the Third cavalry as he was
lifted from the train ct Tampa. Turnina 2
to the man who helped to carry him, he
said: I'm just as eager to get back to
To 90 q.
going to get the bes, of the Spaniards yet
The doctor doesn't think I'll get we'll. but
he doesn't know the things I've got to live
for"
Troop cheered madly for Lewis Freeman
of Winomac, Ind, and his comrades. The
crowd gathered around, but all they saw
was a young private OF the regular army
% years old, with fresh, young face, hi.
| body bent almost double from a serious
wound in his back, one shoulder a almost twC
irches lower than the other from the effec
/of the wound, and the neck twisted from g
strain. But to Troop he was an Adonis.
Here's Armstrong; knife. l got ii jus:
after he died, and" turning to me, I'm 60
ing to give this lady Armstrong; belt and
cartridges. for she's been good to me and
the boys"
There were disappointed expressions on
the faces of the troopers, so gave the beii
10 one and divided up the cartridges, keep
ing one for myself. Then their cheering
and hurrahng knew no bounds
Freeman, in company with a wounde i
sailor from SIMPSONS fleet, was lifted OF,
the train. Freeman, you ought to be in
the Pullman" said one man. Then all his
comrades began to feel around their pock-
cts. ''If you'd only let us know you were
coming" they said in chorus. I'VE would
have saved money"
ALLOW me the pleasure" said a news
paper woman (Ilss Hamm-Ed), and she
secured berth and made arrangements
for nice meals to be served to the wounded
soldier until he reached his home. Only
an upper berth was to be had, every lower
berth having been taken by business men,
The reporter was nonplussed, as was the
conductor. The train was to leave in ten
minutes. Finally the woman plucked up
courage and told the men in the car of the
hero.sm of Freeman, and said he was going
home to die, and In his condition could not
get into an upper berth. They all settled
back comfortably to their newspapers.
mumbling something about war running
business ANYHOW Finally the stateroom