The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-09-02
THE COW AND THE VOLUNTEERS

| The Twenty-second Kansas Killed 1t,
the Seventh Illinois Ate 1t, but the
| Kansas Laughed Last.
The incident occurred while an i'm
patient army of young Americans chat
ed in Virginia camp, and ii has to do
with farmer, his COW and certain rep
resentatives of the Chicago regiment
and of the Twenty-second Kansas vol
unteers. The COW strayed out of her
pasture near the camp one day and
crossed the path of some members of
the Kansas infantry. Long weeks sub
Sistence on corn beef and hard tack had
| made these Populists not responsible
for their action when in sight of so
many embryo steaks, so they We're
| tempted and fell. There was a volley
from the despsed old Springfields, and
dying snort from the Inflated bovine.
Topped up their whiskers and had trans
formed themselves into butchers
In the same vicinity at the same time
there were number of men belonging
to the Seventh Illinois. They witnessed
the unlawful deed and were properly
Mortified at their comrades glazing vio-
lation of army regulations. They
watched the boys from Kansas slash
and quarter and carve. and heard them
chukling over their find. It was i'm
mediately decided that punitive meas
ures should, be applied to the foragers
and debate began as to the best meth
DDS. Finally they agreed upon a plan.
Strategy was to be used to deprive the
Kansans of their booty and the meal
was to be seized by the Seventh as a
reward for it's vigilance.
1t was remembered that the Illinois,
ans had just been relieved as provost
guard and that the Kansas regiment
probably was unaware of the substitu-
ton of another command So, after the
happy Westerners had nicely prepared
the beef for transportation, the willy
Irishmen made a reconnaissance in force
and confronted the guilty butchers
Men and COW were seized in the name
of the division commander. The Kan
sans pleaded for liberty and offered
half the beef for their release. The
offer was refused. They saw terms in
the guardhouse before them They heard
the merciless banter to which they
Nouid NC SubJcttCt Will lIlc SlOIy VAST
told. But their pleadings were appar-
emily in vain.
For obvious reasons, however, the
captors were not especially vigilant
Before the party reached the edge of a
little wood the captives saw an oppor-
tunity to escape and they all made
dash in the direction of their camp. The
boys Of the Seventh did NOT follow, but
proceeded toward their quarters, loaded
with beef. Three hours later the whole
army had heard about the coup of the
Irish and they We're the heroes of the
division.
A sigh of satisfaction escaped Major
Larry Enniss lips as he finished his
porterhouse steak, contentedly stretched
his legs under the mess table and
searched through his pockets for a
match. 1t was the day following the
discontinue of the Kansans. There
had been a change in the rations of the
officers and some of the men of the
seventh, and the pulpy, stringy, canned
meat had been replaced by fresh meat |
Major Ennis smiled wisely as his
striker put a box of cigars in front of
him. Just then an orderly presented
himself and with the division COM |