The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-06-25
volunteers in the Blue Grass.
Fom Harper's WeeklY.


These nountaineers created a good deal
of interest Twenty-Five per cent. OF them
were rejected, / was told, because of their
extraordinary hight
One big fellow went to town, turned into
a saloon, and called for whisky. .
II haven't had a drink for ten years."
he said. Il came down here to fight for
the United States and to free Cuba, and
they won't let me fight, so I'm going back
home and tell them that they say down
here that / am too big to fight. l haven't
had drink for ten years, but / am going
to get on a big drunk now" And he did.
The rest of the rejected cavalrymen
went home weeping and cursing by turns.
1t was a contrast to the camp of the
regulars this camp of volunteers. 1t was
like picnic ground. All the soldiers who
were not on duty seemed to go where they
pleased and do what they pleased. 4, One
sentinel walked his beat with girl on his
arm, and ! myself saw a typical scene.
lieutenant was escorting the coloneFs
daughter through one Of the CAMPS, and
a sentinel stopped and presented arms
"Why is that, George?" said the girl.
Dear me- didn't know you'll Can't you
shake hands with me?1 she added to the
serious soldier, who stood at rigid atten-
ton.
George grinned helplessly, and with a
comical compromise between his dignity
as a SOlOlef anu ms pSTSOhdi IeldtiOHS with
his superior. said. eyes, 1 can, il Jim,
there, will let me?"
Lieut.. Jim at once let him.
MAY I see your gum" said the colonePs
daughter. z"
Sure" said George. with pleasure
Lieut.. Jim smiled uneasily and looked
conscientious.
you go TO the guard house for that,
George" he said. Don't you know you
mustn't give up your gun 10 anybody but
your commanding offfcer?'
IT am the commanding officer here"
said the coloners daughter, and the gall
liant lieutenant, kook off his hat do not
think George went to the guard house.
At first the volunteers almost starved
So one morning a company lined up before
the colonePs tent, sang him a song. and
told him how hungry they were, Then
they said they had a request to make
which they feared he might not grant
The colonel told them to make the re-
quest fearlessly.
please, sir. have you a calendar ask
ed a deep voice, respectfully, at one end
of the line.
"a calendar?" said the colonel "Why,
certainly. Orderly But what do YOU
want with a calendar" he asked, a bit
mystifed
please SIR" said squeak from the 1T
tlest man, at the other end Of the line
we SnOuiu IKE TO eat tue udlcs. anu
lhereupon the soldiers ran.
Now this dearth of food got abroad and
proved a blessing. 1t touched the hearts Of
the mothers i'm bear-grass and bluegrass,
and now these boys nave the fat OF the
land in plenty.
That afternoon there was a regimental
drill I'm one of the pasture-felds of Ash
land, through knee-doep bluegrass. and
with the singing OF ineilow-larks overhead
The rnOuntalneers, who had no uniforms
and were undrillcd, kept The crowd back
one big fellow in slouch-hat, who was
pushing it back firmly saw a girl with
a bicycle, and her Escort, retiring before
him.
lie put one big sunburnt hand on the
mans chest, and with the other took or
his hat. Lady" he said, you come out
here where you can. see"
They drili well, these volun teers-some Of
the companies exceedingly Well-and the
officers charging UP and down the field IN
a running walk or rack or gallop on their
Southern gated horses, were a contrast 10
the sturdily trotting regulars, and-Shade
of Custer and Substance of Chaffee at
Chickamauga--I saw one of these officers,
when his horse did strike a trot, post
to IL
At dusk the crowd melted away, and the
star and crescent rose over the monument
Of the Great CommOner and sank among
the hills OF the capital, where lived that
gallant Crittenden, who with $50 other
kentuckians, went to cuba in 1851 TO fight
the fight we are fighting to-day. Critten-
den and fifty kentuckIans were captured,