The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-06-11
A SEARCH FOR A REGIMENT
ATTEMPT or A WOMAN TO LOCATE
THE FIFTH IMMUNES.
Tho Quest mt the Army Building and the
Quest on Governors 1sland-She Comes
Near the Object of Her search Only to
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Tho Quest mt the Army Building and tho
Quest on Governors 1sland-She Comes
Near the Object of Her search Only to
BE Sundered from 1t Irrevocably.
This is the story OF a womans search for the
Fifth Immunes. The search really began be-
fore the regiment left Santiago A letter was
addressed to the Secretary OF War to find out
when the Fifth Immunes would be coming
north for muster out. In due time the reply
came back and fixed the day not earlier than
which" the regiment might be looked for in
New York The search then resolved itself
into course OF waiting until the newspapers
should publish the fact that the regiment was
in port. The publication of that fact served to
renew the search.
When other regiments came to town 1t was
easy to apprise ones self Of that fact by stroll
through the streets. But on the day when the
Fifth Immunes came back from Santiago there
was no sign Of the regiment on the streets.
After a whole morning spent in the vain
effort to bring about an accidental meeting
with some stray Fifth Immune in order to ask
where the rest OF him were and where there
was chance OF seeing his Colonel. the inves-
tigaton gravitated to the Army Building. Very
probably there exists some who can get the
Information they want at the Army Building.
But for woman to get of Broadway cable
car and to walk straight in from Whitehall street
and hone to find out things and come right out
well. there is a revelation In store for the one
who tries It,
The question propounded to the Army Build
ing was. in its earlier form. Where can find
the Fifth lmmunes just In from Santago?"
The first to essay not the solution but the pro-
crastination OF the question was the elevator
man. He was not quite sure. but he thought
that on the floor above there was a man who
kept track OF that sort OF thing. When the next
floor was reached he showed distant door
across the court where the information was
supposed to be kept. 1t was not exactly easy
to make ones way through the narrow halls.
for there was a crowd Of soldiers in all sorts Of
attitudes. They did their best to make room
and in some slow fashion progress was made
to the distant door. Alas! 1t was locked. and
there was no indication Of where to go further
in the hope OF faring better One Of the soldiers
in the khaki and canary OF the cavalry prof
ferred his services.
DO you think could help you. ma am ?" he
asked most politely.
why, yes. you may be able to. I was d.
rrected to go to this room to find out where are
the Fifth lmmunes that have Just come up
from Santiago. Do you know"
"Gant say that do ma'am, at least not OF
What regiment is it again"
Fifth Immunes"
=" Hi BunkieH he shouted across the court
become Of the Fifth .Had-'ems since they got
back from Santiagot
quiry came to naught.
tell yopp what you had better do, mann,
waiting down here for i've found that it takes
me a story day to get up to the Paymaster.
ssa hhs SS SST d the Ss to
right up sbee s11Fes and see the
You'll find some body up there can tell you"
But IT was not to be. The Pay ONCE had not
to pay that regiment, therefore so far as con-
cerned it that regiment had no existence. But
the suggestion was made that on the floor be-
ton and 1t might be possible to discover at that
point. But the floor below was equally barren
thinking DEVELOPED the possibility that there
was man In the Engineer Office who had been
and he might know about it. The man in the
Engineer Ohce proved, temporarily at least.
fore his Information NV was D not Ola available. but
the suggestion was repeated that on the floor
below there was man who was certain to
of the Army Building was to begin at the top
and settle slowly downward. acquiring infor
case also. and. after several excursions ito to
various points of interest or possible sources OF
the ssash wound the the 9Har
noon had been all but exhausted. there was
held conference on the subject and various
that by this time the question had advanced to
It's later form, one which seemed better to COM
now askea in his iorm WSsre ssn Tai
the s. man who can tell me where can find the
At hs as pase o TH tia
talent settled, that really there was one in
the Army building who could be expected to
70 get that Information was at the headquar-
ters OF the Department of the East. and that
was on Governors Island and 1t cost nothing to
go over on the Government ferryboat. BY this
time the day was so far spent that it was idle
t 10 tnin6 0i gong oyer to GoTern0rs Island
up to the search for the Fifth Immunes and
success had not begun to dawn.
There was a mi-military deckhand on the
ferryboat whose duty 1t was to ascertain what
for there is in evidence a large sign declaring
that it Is not to be lightly undertaken as
pleasure trip Tn The msntGn that it was
General Of the Department OF the East served
to secure passage. The dockhand had not
sort out his passengers. There was one cabin
labelled men, one labelled women" and an
some occult judgment the deckhand decided
that the investigator was entitled to the accom-
modations Of the officers and waved the way
to the little crooked stair which gave access to
The woman being at last fairly ashore on the
island the first sentry at the picrhead was
asked to direct the way to the Assistant
L
don't know him yet But | know where the
Guardhouse is: that's 1t yonder and there's
sure to be some one there can tell you where
to 60"
BY way OF the Guardhouse the office Of the
Assistant AdJutant- General was reached. The
question was once more repeated There they
did not know the regiment: it was not in the
service. But it was explained that it was in
the service and that 1t was under command of
a distinguished suhaltern OF a cavalry regi-
ment in the regular establishment. This slim
Mlated search along somewhat parallel lines
The Department OF the East had nothing TO do
with any lmmunes. but 1t was willing to he OF
assistance in finding subatern OF regular
cavalry.
Say" said the clerk with whom tho nego-
tiatiOnS had thus far advanced. do any Of you
remember that Lieutenant OF cavalry who
wrote the two books on Napoleon? He's been
on detached service for year or SO. What's
This gave some one the clue. He consulted
something. and supplied the information that
he had been Colonel of the Fifth United States
volunteer Infantry. 1t almost made ones
heels click together to hear it rolled out that
way. fItth lmmuneS was nothing as COM
pared with that, Anyway, there's whore that
clue broke. The Department of the East
would moi NJ myth h1,