The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-12-09

he had been in bed the Mauser ball
thlt made two neat little holes in his
quarters-one going in and the other
coming out-would just as carefully
gone through him,
The rear, as a place of safety, in an
engagement. when the modern army
rifle is used, means location either in
a deep and well secured hole or point
two miles behind the firing line.
The American soldier may not always
behave himself-few people debut
when one sees him In action with his
dead and wounded comrades about him,
going on as industriously as a wage-
Garner working by the piece. he can re-
member that he behaves himself under
| fire, and can overlook his shoFtcOm-
ings at other times.
But there come echoes after
the fight is over. You may
go by a shack. and seeing little group
Of soldiers gathered around display OF
some kind, that at first you do not qunte
understand. There is blanket with
large Up. D." marked in one corner, two
suits, Khaki uniforms-one quite new,
| a pair OF worn shoes, and campaign
l
| effects, and cigar box containing a
few letters, photographs, q necktle and
some other little things, used more for
decoration than for any Of the more es-
sential features of warfare. There IL a
speaker, and you-soon discover him TO
be an auctIoneer, for he says, after the
| first words you do not catch: Sold to
Smilhy! two dollars" The blanket Is
gathered up by "Smithy," and one by
/ aAh, nj dfffnF-
| ent hands. What do you want with
them old shoes?" says big Tennessee
an, who has only been with the COM
| pany about two weeks. ":Well, don't
need 'ern," replies the company cook,
'but knew Pete ever since we were In
Cuba. He has detail In the kitchen
with me- and he always held his end up
| -he only ''soldiered" when he was hi
ken. not when he was llften, and I'm
Just willlag TO give the price; we were
| bunkieS at Jefferson barracks, and came
in on the same transport The box of
/ trinkets is TO be shipped to an address
\ that the cook knows. So, all the effects
OF Pete Doyle, late private, Company A.,
| Twelfth United States infantry, have
been disposed OF according to regulation.
His final statement. inventory of effects
and proceeds from the auction are for
warded TO the adjutant general, United
/ s5tHGe9 army, VINO VIII TURN llGLll VNCl
to the legal heir. II wouldn't "a bought
them Shoes" says the Tennesseean, US
the cook picks up his purchases. mo,
don't believe you would But, say, you
| had better quit talkln' until you get
| old enough at this business to be trusted
with ammunition. and get sentry out
post where your feet will get so cold and
you'll shiVer so d. hard that you'll
shake your safety loose. and your gunIl
20 of, and you'll swear to the corporal
that you saw a Niger slippin' up on
you, ana you shot at him. You rockies
are most all the same kind. Doyle was
right next to me when we got that flank
fire from the niger trench that laid
out as husky q soldier as ever Kicked
with KraG."
II Is an officers duty. when man
under his command liz dead, to settle up
his estate, and turn the account over to
the adjutant general. United States
army. Letters often come after poor
fellow Is dead, and the officer exercises
the function Of the dead-letter office In
opening the letters, and returning them
to the writer's. II possible.
The mothers letters are returned.
and she IL written at some length, so
that she may be consOled by IN account
Of the last brave deeds Of her boy. and
the writer sometimes pauses, not for
long, to wonder who may some day MI
a like Office for himself. 1t IL dell
cate matter. too, at times, to return
the letters that have come from each
OF the two sweethearts. who may be for
tunate enough to live far enough apart
never to know one another, and thus TO
make It possible for each to console her
self with the right TO mourn The loss OF
love she knew to be true.
Everybody has forgotten now about
the impeachment way the insurrectos
had Of keeping US awake last week,
and we are growing to consider II
quite dull in Angeles.
General Lawton is of Mt our right
now, al San Isidro. and in position TO
move in on the flank OF the insurgents
that are entrenchcd nj Baubnn md Ma
baleat. on the line OF the railroad so II
Is thought that the troops In our Inn
mediate front are vnmooslng farther up
the railroad We can not leave our
base here until we are prepared 70 gar
rlEon all the towns along the line Of
mnrch, and that we can not 90 until
the new regiments are In the field.
! have told you about the wealthy
Filipino lawyer, who lived In such de-
cent style In large, magnificent home
with q galvanized iron roof and light
ming rod. / WINS amused to-day when
a lamp was brought In that originally
belonged to this Filipino plutocrat 1t
looked funny; II had no provision for a
chimney, though II looked ne II II need
ed one. examined It. and found Il
had works OF BOme kind, and being VIII
ing 10 run thu risk on an Internal ma
chine. discovered II had provision
that wound up for blowing wind up
from the bottom and creating "A drpuEht
such nR a glass lamp chimney ordinnr-
lily docs. IL was the llTEt chlmneylcsS
lamp had ever seen. and thought
TINT Mt least once the Garmans or jap
anese had beaten our traditional Yankee
Ingenuity. was happily relieved, on
close examination. to ind the maker 9
name. and "WRtCTtOwn. NJ "" and
my pride was upheld by knowing that
II there had to bc lamp that Winds
up tho Yankee made II.
Since my adventures beyond our OUT
post some months ago. ana the com
handing officers injunction IN stay In
side the lines where l belonged, l
haven't had much chance for becoming
hoy scout" vnnturcd out the
! other day. however, when the colonel