The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-06-07
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Serving out leo to soldiers in camp may seem
TO tho public something OF luxury. II It 10 n
luxury. 1t is one for which the troopers would
gladly exchange some OF the so.caled neccsSi-
ties Major BrIdgomnn believes In making his
men hard, Just as hard as they can stand and
still he in good condition. and he also believes
in making them Just rs comfortable as posi-
ble. within military limits. when they are not
working. When a man Is melting of flesh at
the rate Of pound or more day, IL Is pretty
hard on him to have to get along on lukewarm
water. for he requires considerable amount
OF liquid and lie wants IL cold Hence he
prizes his leo above even the food for
which he has 30 voracous an appetite
To each tent, accommodating two troopers
is served out 'nmEoi ice az big as MI IT 4 In
pounds. Tho trooper takes his ice. PUSHES It
down 10. his tent, sets 1t on the ground In the
and tho rest Of the. day tho .perseyerinR sun
chnscs that piece OF Ice out from the shadow
n rSopS Se sEs H%s 9s part
every time he gets of duty long enough to rush
back to his quarters, In the afternoon 1t is the
his drinks but his apportionmeht OF the ice, Is
exact and judIcious' with extreme care he
to chill ono tin cup OF beverage is knocked of
II Is made to do duty for succession OF drinks
Ice is form q properly to be- guarded with itn
some care AGAINST other agencies than me
was Preparing a cooling concoction this after.
noon cnrelessly lifted his, bucket and left his
fee II the suneh, beside his tent In the the rear ear
experienced soldiers who had been dispensing
hospitality with the result that their Ice had
t. m Re and
NATTER matte speS So Practical form dd The covet
business take that a few seconds later the lump
Of Joe was being cherished in their own tent
the while tho despoiled recruit was opening
bottles in his own quarters. Then said one Of
the .lesroilors to the other. exculpatnely:
1t would have melted away In minute.
What's tho matter with having 1t melt.
Catching up his wash basin which was half
full. he went softly. out and poured the water
ON Thu, spot where ths ice had stood; sprinkling
artistic verisimilitude to tho thing. When. the
recruit came, out from his tent he stared hrst
At IL the bI9tch Of wet ground then at the n sun
himself and the orb OF day and the general
scheme Of the universe in, one long drawn.
he went out To look for n thermometer and see
If the heat hadn't broken all records.
That man Lee Of the British Army that was
along with us on the march must be first class
kind ofman." said one OF the non commissioned
officers Of the Second Troop. "On our last
days march saw him do pretty nice thing.
In field AT the ton o. one of those confound-
edly long and dusty hills this side OF Sing Sing
thcr" was a farmer at work He stopped to
look at the column. and suddenly no dropped
his hoe. Strengthened up and stood Mt the
salute. He must have sighted Col. Lees uni
FORM for it was the British Army salute he
gave with the back Of the hand out Lee caught
sight of him, too. turned his horse out OF line.
rode over to the wall, called the man to him and
shook him by the hand. Ipassed as they were
talking and as near as could make out the
farmer had seen service in some regiment
that Col Lee had been in. The man was 80
ratified and nattered at being treated that way
by Colonel that he could hardly talk. sup
pose It was like bit OF home for the English
man TO see the old army salute again but |
70 do, and III bet that farmers grandchildren.
i he ever has any. will hear about how Col
zee left Coy. Roosevet's side and rode out OF
line to shak" hands with him"
hear over In Luxury Row" the soldiers
name for. general headluaEters said another
Trooper. that the other British officer. Col
Iirani Contra! Station the day he came up
here. His train from Montreal was an hour
ate which gave him seven minutes to get his
Well. he walked right over the ropes and took
The thing In hand himself. and when the
Pee kskill train pulled out he was on IL with all
IN the next train heard the attendants saying
hat the foreign officer. whom, they guessed to
records all to smash