The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-07-31
COMPANY A, TWELFTH.
Some Interesting Sunday Reading
for the New UIm People.


Special Correspondence The St. Paul Globe
CAMP THOMAS, Ca, July 2.-Trumpeter
Burgess is on duty again.
Corporal Peters and Private Beverly took a
little stroll down to the Chickamauga river
the other night to do little 1rst-class laun-
dry work at less than half price. They were
half through with their task when something
tey tell it to the boys: 1--WE were Washing
our clothes and were about half through
when something made a noise loud enough
to scare one a dozen of Gabriel's angels
to death; anyway, it startled us SO we didn't
stop to finish our toilet. We just made a
bee line for camp, with Beverly in the lead
and we made the dust fly. We're going to
turn out the regiment tonight and look into
matters: Every time Corporal Peters took
a step he made a rasping noise in stepping
over the high bumps that he ran against and
friVate Beverly thought 1t was that darned
wildcat getting nearer each time. When they
mad got themselves under control from the
speed they were making when they struck
camp, they were half mile the other side
OF the Fifth Pennsylvania troops. Anyhow,
the boys have their think so, even If they
old change their say so.
rushing business. He in some mysterious
way slightly sprained his ankle and was de-
talleo TO quarters, and you should have seen
looms. One thing is evident, his work is far
superior to any one else we have seen in
TINS trddo regiment gu and he enjoys rstclass
pes In the camp, but they wouldn't hold
JOB as trst-class butcher and they only draw
nall as much fee as the professor
corporal Mckittrick was chief of police
today.
:, Private schwear has begun action against
Prof. Koehne, for he says he cut his NOUS
tach t off, and he didn't tell him to.
While on food duty at Lyle, Corporal Her.
r1an thought he would like to have people
know he wasn't a low down second-class pri-
Tate in the rear rank and last set of tours.
off Ia ~ do
double.quick for the first military tailor,
took off his uniform and hed himself off be-
f hind dry goods box and waited till his
didn't wait long when. the tailor completed
the job, and Corporal Herriani stood up with
ms uniform on as proud as little six-year-
with brass tips on the toes. He was standing
In front of mirror admirings those stripes"
when the tailor told him the. bill would be
s2.25: Well as the corporal told us, the floor
The worst of it was, the same job would
have cost him rs cents II he had waited till
he returned to our regiment. When he re.
turned to the company campIhe wasn't half
SO independent and proud as Heretofore.
The warrants have been issued to the new
corporals and now the, privates have to get
Company had another one of their pow
vows and if 1t wasn't for taps they wouldn't
have quit before reveilie.
A sudden rain came up the other day
and stopped several games of -.
1t takes Corporal Fren to interest the boys.
He can often be seen out under a large tree
ing to him telling where, he has been and
the experiences there. Mr. Freln was bern
in France, and has Travelled all over Europe
and the United States, and speaks five differ
ent languages very fuent.y. We have heard
great deal from the genial corporal, as we
attended school with him for several years at
tie state normal at Mankato, Mimi
officers tents.