Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-07-01
! comes attached Ia soldier lad he will
part with life rather fAan show a sign OF

comes attached Ia a soldier lad he will
part with life rather fAan show sign OF
Inconsistency.
Turtles and terr6pinS- have been known
to let go when it thunders, but the Florida
fly can supply both with points in the ad-
he ring line. This Niy nakes himself par
lies In wait by the million. Incidentally he
Hes-and usually wallows-in the sugar,
preserves and butter. Dining at the Tam
pa camp, therefore, is not an unalloyed
pleasure.
A novelty to the District officers and men
is provost guard duty in Tampa and Ybor
City. Once every three ldays Colonel ITar-
ries' command called upon to furnish
details for both places. The officer in COM
mand of the provost guard, while on duty,
Is in supreme control of the military side
OF Tampa life, and, in that connection is
responsible for the suppression of any
disorder In WHICH individuals in uniform
may be involved Acting under orders, l
reported, with detail consisting of one
sergeant and nine priyates, at 5 O'Clock
Yesterday afternoon to Chief Burke of the
Iampa police force for twenty-four hours
OF provost duty. Lieutenant Redman of
Company was in command of a detail
OF the same size at Ybor City. Headquar-
tiers were established in a police station
IN the center of the city, the men being
assigned to a large room on the second
floor. provided with an electric fan end /,
plenteous supply of man-eating mosquitoes
Night of Provost Duty.
The chief of police declined firmly to take
a hand in any fracas that even indirectly
related to the military. The guard had not
been on duty more than ten minutes when
nlghly excited colored waiter hatlesS
ana GREATNESS, rushed into the station, and
with much difficulty managed to explain
mat de so1ers war cleanin' out Nose s
saloon portion of the detail with bay
onets fixed and belts bristling with loaded
cd sole nr
mentioned, three blocks distant but on
reaching it learned that the trouble was
over In the middle of the street not far
away enlisted man of the 69th New York
Regiment was lying in the dust glance
suHced TO show that he had reached that
stage of tntoxication known as dead
drunk A comrade, whose sobriety was
hardly less advanced, was imploriag the
fallen hero by all the saints known to rise
and come on" The fallen one was car
ried to the station. where he remained
until morning. developing delirium ire
mems about midnight. The comrade in a
humorously dignified manner, insisted that
the case was not one of alcoholism. His
fellow soldier, he declared, had a sunstroke,
Notwithstanding the fact that the fall oc-
CURED after the sun had begun1eo disap-
pear in the west
little later the entire detail was sum-
moned by telephone to a store half a mile
away A wholesale raid by soldiers in
progress, so the message ran. Wellnigh
exhausted, the detail found everything
quiet on reaching the store designated
Nothing was known of any trouble or of
the call for the guard. Thus the night
passed. A few more intoxicated volunteers
were brought in, but nothing of a serious
nature required attention.
The Police Patrol System.
Tampa has police patrol box telephone
system similar to that of Washington, but
on scale much smaller. On the list of
calls are two that seemed to me unique
fast wagon and slow wagon. Inquiry
brought to light the fact that in respond
the patrol wagon trots. In all other in
stances the animal walks.
The existence of the Districts volunteers
Is not without it's humorous side, and ut
terances that provoke smiles are constantly
heard. On the occasion of the last prac-
tice march to Tampa Heights reveille was
sounded at a. m. AS he crawled from his
dog tent one private, yawning and stretch
ing, exclaimed with much earneStneSs:
This army life is one continual round of
pleasure"
A prisoner in the guard tent. after con-
hnemeM for fourteen days, was overheard
to say as he viewed himself in bit of
cracked mirror:
IF mamma could only gaze upon her dar-
ling how
1t was a company commander talking in
his sleep after day of arduous duties,
who mumbled earnestly night or two ago:
on. If l only had the individual here
who blew up the Maine!"
From what is heard on all sides it would
seem that the District regiment will pro-
coed somewhere before very long. Officers
Tampa. US they did from Camp Alger and
later from ChickamauRa EFSEA