The Anaconda standard., 1899-01-01
ON THE WAY TO SANTIAGO.
TWO Phases of the Character of Private
Asgic.

Two p,.sos Of a., c,o+ IF p,;,.,t.
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AgSle was the moving spirit among
the ENLISTED men OF the regiment. lie
was Philadelphia boy and his right
name was something else. While the
regiment was at Tampa he inslnuated
hlmseit INTO the good Sraces OF one 'ol
the ElilaSe pelles. After a couple OF
ciahuestlhe meetings. on the streets ne
received an invitation TO visit the young
woman at her nome he went accom-
panied by non-comn1ssionedo officer as
a sort or chaperon and guarantee OF
good falth. his summons at the door
nell was answered by the young Wo-
man mother IN person. She invited the
calierS 10 take seats IN the parlor ana
shlleked shfllly up the nan stairway:
A-a-a -aggie! Two soldiers''
Inc non-com used to initiate this
snrlll summons capltally, and ever after
the private was known throughout the
reglment as" Aggle.
From the day that the regiment lett
us armory to the afternoon of July l.,
Wheh ne llmped or san Juan NH with
half dozen bullet wounds in his body,
Assle was the lie or MS company. HIS
t,lst eHplolt was at Lakeland; RIA.
9.iict Iit oiuels nau peeii ISSUED thaI no
,,it,see't uitiseet mai sn.. HIs!t tle Nliiase
Ni.lou' pass anu passes were nol
eass - set: itieIe were reasons the
natto - 49, lCi - w 90 a ~ y.
W iS pa leu ~, ~
H. a,,t,a, ~ ,,,l 80 ei,1 a, n
he dnidad 70 ,os,rt 80 trou a. 80
,,,r, -, - ~ ne, " ~
tna ~ 80 ~, ne al ~ y
haclr 1-era on axnant;",, TO- tbo oti,a,
wise rieid rTIn. and " nra ne,sn,ittad frao
evil and enfranna 60 81 Gi,si, ona 80
and rode holdlv nm tn the auardbo,,ee
Tnfort1lnatalv tho officer of the 90 ri
was on thp snot and recoeniza5 the
rseud6 teamster
Halt that MAN., he called TO the sen
trv as Aggies tried to ride boldlv NV
Then hurrying up. he shouted:
''Dismount from that horse. sirr'
Aggie sat silent and motionless.
"Dismount from that horser' repeat-
| ed the officer
Not a word or motion came from the
! impassive Aggie
| DO you mean to dsobey me, sir?''
| shouted the now INDIGNANT officer.
Aggie gazed down at him and meekly
| replied: mo, sir"
"Then, sir" roared the officer, "Why
| don't you dismount from that horse?"
| because, sir" responded Aggie, with
| impressive deliberation, "it isn't a boss
| It was too much for the officers fun
ny-bone From a fit of screaming an
| ger he went into a parOxysm of laugh
| ter And through his intercession on
the following evening Aggie secured the
coveted pass
Aggie's first trick at guard duty was
on board the transport Vigilancia on The
| voyage to Santiago. He was on the
| second relief and on duty from g to II
| in the evening, His most was in mar
row gangway on the second cabin deck
| There was nothing there to euard-n0,
a thing to do for two LONG hours but
stand like a fool and fiddle with =
musket" Right beside Aggie's pos,
| there was staterOom and in that
| stateroom game of penny ante was ir
| progress. Now if there was ANYTHING
in the wide, wide world more than an.
| other whose Establishments Ageie coulG
not resist it was the seductive game OF
draw. The stateroom door stood oper
and the chink of the pennies and niclels
| and other echoes of the game titillateC
| Aggie's ears Finally, one of the plav.
ers spied him and invited him to sit in
| The temptation was too great Asgie
! put his gun down lust outside of the
door, stepped into the stateroom and Sc,
in for just one hand. Then he STAYED