The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-07-30

teniion with blouse closely huttoned TO
the neck with right hand TO his cap palm
20 the front and the other by his side.
little finger 70 the seam % ;he pants,
palm slightly oUt.Tards and arms fully cx-
tended, looks the typical reg ular" Of the
cid school, He knows To law but mis- cap
isin's orders. His blouse bears four chev-
rons worn diagonally across the sleeves.
above the cum which means twenty years
of discipline and iron rule OF drilling and
marching Two OF the chevrons show each
A red stripe between them. telling the ini-
t-ated Of service in his country's former
wars.
In his early manhood he had been a SOL
der, had fought against the Seminoies and
the Comanchea, had followed the flag OF
his adopted country in Santa Ana's CAPT.
tai ana across the plains from the Rio
Grande to the Red River OF The North.
I'm the days gone by he had served the
lieutenant's grandfather as orderly from
Vera cruz 10 the city az Mexico; had
Joined the fathers company of the First
United States infantry ~ Fort Atkinson,
Iowa, in 1877. had carried the dear cap
tain" from the field Of Monterey With
copper bullet in his shoulder. When the
captain became major Of the Fifth he had
upon re-eni.eIIng gone 70 that regiment
aud had made believe horse for the cap
tain's new baby boy 1T Fort Tow son, had
made wooden Sw0r.s for the tSddlng
youngSter and taught him 10 charge on
the feafhered pets Of rotten row. az Fort
Phantom Hill At san Antonio he had
explained io Master Joe" the calls winch.
taking me place 81 the town clock, marked
the going and coming u the military ,cm-
munlty When his major became lieu.en-
ant colonel Of the Second, Sid Murphy
found his way 10 ihe far-uff frontier post
- Fort Pierre - re-enlist in the new COM
maud Here he had ~ The risk Of his life
i'm severe blizzard whiGh overlook them
: me miles away from the post taken OF
his buffalo oYeFcQat TO wrap around his
boy protege under the preteuse that il
hinderei him breaking i path for the dis
couragea horses. ard whrn found AZ last
by the reuet party sent on; from TIE fort
he was unconscious and 50 badly frozen
that he lay for weeks in the hospital.
Finally when his enlistment had expired
IN lsG$. he had Gated on his cid com
nsn5er a. division headquarters. near
Washington ana. finding the boy 4 Neu-
tenant in New York volunteer regiment.
Immediately enlisted therein - serve TN
der the thru generation. N3ts rigid figure
and formal salute t1r sergeant reports the
detail co0plcte some few minutes later.
After the necessary preIninaries the
squad q twenty men march away 20 Ill
vision headquarters, SalusinE. the lieu
tenant reports for final Instructions He
* directed "a proceed 70 Gales Ferry with
MS detachment and eUIsav0T 70 secure the
arrest q Ccj. Randolph of the rebel army
who Is IN the habIt Of frequently visiting
his fathers pace "The cavalry have been
ordered - make a recon oIssance dong
tha read passing Csntervile and the Brick
church and Shout. rrI{aV. you u boar f.y-
break In the morning. saaui1 Ihe colonel
h~a captured yuu aiil return without fur
ther delay. reporting 70 me "a; Twelve
Mile Ordinary. wnere my aeaa1uar,evs
VII be established t;oa8 afternoon. lest-
tenant" and th~ general turned 30 other
matters.
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