The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-05-05
He BUeLED FOR RAYS MEN.
CARL YEIsER WAS ONE OF THE
CHARACTERS OF THE REGIMENT.

The Boy Was sixteen When He Came
Down to Macon From His Home
at Rome TO EnIist-The Surgeons
wouldn't Receive Him, However,
Until He Got the Written Consent
of His Father-Car1 Got 1t After
to Carry Gun, He Was Given n
BuSIe-Snys Everybody GambIed
and Has Odd Views on the Practice.
The Regimen Didn't Have Any
IInmunes When 1t Left Savannah
for Cuba, Hut Carl Says All But
Three Are Immunes Now.
One of the greatest characters in Rays
Immunes was Carl Yeiser. Carl was
bugler; not much of a one, by his own
admission, but he says he learned to
make a racket and that was all that was
necessary to get the boys up in the morn
ing. His bugling was thrust upon him.
He had to have something to do, or the
wisdom of enlisting him would have been
in question. He was too small to carry
gun, SO they decided to give him
bugle.
Carl halls from Rome. He gave the
folks the slip and got down to Macon
when Rays regiment was being organized.
A soldiers life had peculiar attractions
for the boy of 16. and he hung on in the
hope that the surgeons would accept
him and the mastering officers receive
him. Disappointment was in store for
him however
fortune to get in with the friends he had
made until just about the time the COM
maud was leaving for Savannah to take
the TRANSPORT for Cuba.
In the meantime Carl had become close
ly associated with a young officer from
Savannah, who allowed him to sleep in
his tent. as the boy had no quarters
assigned him and was not recognized as
member of the regiment. Carl was
all broken up over the prospective de
parture of the regiment without him. and
the young lieutenant found him in tears
about it.
The surgeon was looked up by the lieu
tenant, and was asked to take the bow in
That officer said he could NOT do If nm
less Carl could set word from his father
OF MS willingness 10 allow his son 10 toin
the army. Carr was told of that and adj
Vised 10 telegraph his father He offered
objections to the plan of telegraphine. hui
said he had an Old letter. received some
weeks before, that gave the permission.
re left 10 hunt that up, and it was not
long before he returned to the lieutenant
with document upon which the ink was
not dry
The letter was received by the lieutenant
without question, and Carl was told TO
take II up 10 the surgeon. Whether that
Olncer suspected or not was never known
AT any rate, he accepted the young recruit
The commander of the company to which
Carl was assigned. was in despair as to
what he should do with the youngster
who was rather small for his age. Finally
he turned bugle over 10 him and told
him to start to work. He hammered away
at the thing until he got so, as he said
he could make a racket"
Carl was discharged with his regiment at
Macon on Tuesday. He came on down to
Savannah en- route to Jacksonville, where
he expected TO join his father 1t occurred
10 him that he would like to stop over
here to see the lieutenant who had be-
friended him. The ex-officer was glad to
see him and took him to dinner.
The family of the young officer COM
plains that he has never told them much
about his stay in Cuba. OF Carts short
comings they had nothing to say. He
talked for two hours about Cuba and told
anecdotes and experiences in an iuimitable
way
What did you do on the transport while
you were coming back? ?" one of his in
terested auditors asked him
1--WE gambled," was his unabashed re-
ply.
You mean you played cards" was the
correction. No, sir, we gambed."
"WeH, but couldn't you play cards with
out gambling?" why nobody ever
heard of soldiers playing cards without
gambling" was the Information Carl
gave.
yes, sir, there were games going all
the time. 1 never played much myself,
because l couldn't exactly see where any
thing was made. 1t always looked to me
like the fellows who won didn't have any
thing. l couldn't see where the money
went TO myself Some of EN- would go
broke. but nobody seemed to get much
richer. Now there was Poole Poole
had $40 when he left Santiago He was
a hot player and he was sure he was go
ing to WIN fortune between Santiago
and Savannah. Well. sir, they started
out to playing the first thing. and
Mr.. Poole was begging to-
bacco the next day" That was as strong
an illustration as Carl could use.
Carl received $1o4 when he was muster
cd out Tuesday in Macon He had $3.50
when he loft yesterday afternoon for
Jacksonville. In the meantime he had
bought a tremendous trunk and filled il
full of all sorts of things. Just before
he got away a reporter met him. One
of the Ray badges decorated his coal
and he stil had the buglers uniform
with the two stripes down the trousar.
well, were you sick in Cuba?" he was
asked. "Oh, yes, l had the fever Thai
wasn't anything, though Every man IN
the gang but three had it, We weren't
when we got back"