New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-08-07
GENERAL CRiH4WS KIND HEART.
A SOLDIERS ANEcDoTE ABOUT HIS TREATMENT
OF HIS MEN.
From Tho WashIng.on star

OF HIS MEN.
From Tho Washington star
General william Montrose Graham In command no
O. amp Ascr :, called Paip :. b ago G abe nn Dy
headed ofIlccr. who has always tried 10 impress
also ut-hcarted bur he never contriyed 70 make
this stick Tho artlllerymcn have generally been
ahlc TO penetrate billy" o;raham's very thin armor
thing ~ his hands they have always got H. An
a thrcc-ycar trick under Graham was speaking
OF that officer TO star, man ne Other Gay;
when first won't to the Preside Of San Fran
cisco" said no. Il had been out ~ the service
for couple Of years. md had f2rgotien some OF
landed 10 tho cllnk - soon "a ! did. ! Joined one
~ thc batteries ~ 'hc 5h Artillery Of which reg,
comfortable soldering In the finest post in Amer
house / knew ! WAS likely TO get worse dose
stances. FOR had already put in ten years at
soldering and ought TO have known better.
II thought ! was In more than fairly good luck
when the summary martial only gave me- a
month and month-that ls months CONNIE
pay l say confinement in the guard house. but
that is hardly the right term. man who gets "A
ggsTh eor M E set or to- wok a ase ca
right after breakfast. and he doesn't get rid OF
instructions 20 shoot him dead II he makes the
fain,cst cnort TO got away-uniil recall from
house prisoners work consists Of post policing al
together picking up scraps. saving wood shovel
nrisoncr in The Mil at that time and the post
provost sergeant received me cordially for 1t was
in the spring season, and the provost sergeant
wanted the post whitcwashed. was set TO work
withdrawing the Presdio-that is. all OF the sheds
barns. outbudings. chicken coops. pavilions. and
so 1t wasn't dead easy work. not by a good
out Of the service and this heavy whtcwashins
Job told ne. and wished had been good. I
and drtccn foot poles. to reach up TO the tops OF
barns and brushes with no handles at all. My
handles and the lime got into the broken blistsrs.
and my sentry gave me the laugh. and | wished
hnrd. though' and at the end OF eighteen days |
had about finished withdrawing the post. and
pretty friendly with the provost sergeant and he
fcll sorry To see my hands In such shape They
were swddded In bandages, and they were Just
about badly bungei up as they we'll could be
When was turned into the guard house after m
ishng work on the eighteenth day OF my month,
the provost sergeant came into my cell, and said
say, rye got no more work around for you to
have half dozen prisoners 80 I'll just get you
II gave him tho laugh. l Ind been soldering
too long not to know that soldiers in the clink
don't get their guard house terms RENTED unless
went snri the old "a ;e5EEe9n who
good many years m con the old man into turn
Ing YOU loose o-morrow morning.
saw to It that my hands were fairly covered with
great handagcs. They looked as big boxing
TO take up In front OF Colonel Graham's quarter,
10 rake the grass that had been cut by an extra
duty man IN" day before I taken up there
and grabbed a rake and began with difficulty on
account ~ the condition Of my hands to rake
grass the colonels lawn. BY and by Colonel Ora
ham appeared At one Of his front windows. smok-
Ing cigar with his hands stuck in his pockets
lie sized me up, and then he chucked up the win
dow.
Look here boy said he. ms rough as the
dickens. what ails your hands,
~ told him they were just a hit splattered I'D
and burnt by lime from whtcwashing'
what did YOU do 10 get yourself In the guard
house? he asked
"'Cantccn.' said l.
"'And YOU an old soldier said he WHY can't
You leave that sort OF fool business to the re-
cruits2'
Then ne slammed his window down, and In a
minute ! heard him ringing his telephone bell
The telephone ran TO the guard house In five
minutes tho sergeant OF the guard appeared and
told to take my blankets out OF the guard
house.
odd mans turned you loose by phone said
he"