The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-05-20

loot In N" stirrnp. The "inCh was stu To-
long. II slipped. aud saddle. slddlcbag
aud all clmr near piling ~ on The ground
They wer" pushed back into rlac" and tl'
u"Nt time ! inst jumped ON withNlt reference
10 M" -lIrflp AWh} ~" went '~lhl'rflhi
down IN" road III" a mix wagon, me ~ tuI
s'tlpurh on th" san" sd" "l tie -dddl.hhi
with III" plates ratilius against Ih"ni IKE
comic up"Tn sword against n I'm urin"f. W
Mrf" bound Tor lrIg., and u MAS r\p''itt
That "" should reach II This morning w
W"i" 10 march all ulgll unless "" got n"al
lruga before day light In that ease w.. Wei,
Ia stop aud 10 on To M" q IN lhr morning
~ lHF MARCH
II Wa just beyond the outpost that cHlIgh'
ir, WIN IA" r"nr guard. Ia, column NC
halted for something The men had not oaughI
in-t"r thHn the advance guard "" went OF
.""h very slowly, Tor hall II hundred yards
then, stopped again. Then on "A few rods. th.i
another stop. So over and over again, Al
IA, meant trouble Tor me-. The pony would
carry m" ali right when gulng ahead, but l'
objected 10 standing still with m" on his back
u Wa. necessary to dlstnUuut AT every hat
Then there Was u circus about getting on again
saddl" twisting, saddl"bagS Hopping about
r"u"ho working loo" ia its la~hings. Hall
a mile ol tbs was enough to convince m" that
It va. easier to hike and lead IA" pony than II
was To try To rid" M" beast. II" could earn his
bugrd and keep. such a. lac was Likely to get, by
that But the beast objected TO being led and
made himself an informal nuisance, Nl'r a
while u soldlrr appeared who Wa WILING IL
lead hun for the privilege oilnak!ng hum carry
free. unenCumber"d, and J. cheerful as the
Joyous gentlemen IN the .onS. who ate. toiliue
all the day raklng in ia" nrw-inoNn hay gayly
launched their bark upon The stream.
The rear guard are interesting companions
for II hike on a staTlit night with IA long journey
IN prospect. Their" ar" sure 10 be some men In
IA" column who's" martial ardOr peters out before
they get very far from camp. They start out
with large enthusiasm, and early reach the
CONCLUSION that they have mad" a mistake,
! Then the. problem becomes how to get back to
"anp b"fOr" they get 50 far way that they
'aunot go back without AN escort. which they
know l. Impossible. II is III" business Of the
rear guard e. deal with this declining en-
ihli~lasm. In the Lieutenant IN omman Of the
rear guard last night found an old friend of
NJ" GUNNER of 'Os. when he was an officer IN
ono of ia" first volunteer regiments TO CONS
old times when a man cam" ~louChins along
toward the rear. What, this? What's this?"
a.k'd tn" Lieutenant ,t'prl,hs quickly up to
the man. Nv hat COMPANY do yOI belong TOR
Where are. YOU going: What's the matter
with yon?' tn" man wabbled about and
and tried To make reply, but his voice was
thick and his speech inCOherent, lie was
drunk. That l. ia" way Of vino: II, comes on
on" suddenly some time after il is drunk. and
III" effect sometimes Is terrible. This was u
VINO az III the early Stage.
y uuid better get into town quickly" said
In" olliC'r, or The Insurgents are likely TO get
you, and | wouldn't much care if they did "
The mnn stumbled along and staggered ont
Of sight down the road II the lag did not come
on too ia-t he reached the outpost, for IL was
not very far away
It was a I'm" night for hiking. cool and fresh,
with Just a little breeze. The road was rough,
but hard The Spaniards who built it used Tor
metal round stones the size of your two fists,
but they piled them on thick, and hard use and
long neglect have not broken up the road badly.
or course, the men stumbled a good bit IN the
dark, but II was tar less tlring than the soft mud
path, and slippery clay 80 commonly called
roads out here. from Nueva Cacrres the road
leads first almost due east for several miles, 1t
trayor~es very level country. The bluo-black
heaven was filed with lnnumerabls shining
dots that lighted UP the night just enough
10 show the shddOwy outline Of the column
-truug out ahead uf ~. Beyond, straight
IN Our path, rose HE rough, shaggy outline of
lsafoe, upon whose slopes an occasional red
Si"am showed where some fugitive, nom Maya
was CaNIpln on los bOSQucN, aN their friends
IN town said The talk went up and down the
column al sight of these, that the Insurgents
had heard "l our coming already and were
burning signal fires
W" had made PERHAPS two miles from town,
or "A little more" whan a man fell out OF line and
was picked up by the rear guard, The officer
sP"k" to MN for a moment and then sang out,
'fa,s the word Lieut. Long wants 10 know
what To do with Bennett Of COMPANY 4. ramps. "
| p the line went the message. man after man
picking It ny and hOwlIng II ont 10 somebody
ahead. The rear guard dropped behind. hut
the. column kept On at its regular pace. The
hail died away, and Bennett and his misery
seemed to have been forgotten. took adj,
vanlag" of the opportunity to get along a lit
tie faster and catch Ip with the adj
vance ON the. way ! met the Major surgeon
going back to look after Bennett Presently,
when ] was half way up the line heard a mes
.agr coming along from the rear Wait for
and vanished toward the advance In a few
moments back came the query. What's the
matter with the rcar guard" That skipped
down the column striking here and there ike
n COLL ball iplIpI in Tho drive Tho rnnr ytnrH
did not choose 10 explain, but simply repeated
the old demand, Wait for the rear guard "
This time the rider came to halt and rest. and
with il the word Went down 10 the rear 10 rasS
the word when the guard had caught no Some
jay at the rear responded An right" 10 this
order, ana that wa INTERPRETED AT once 10
mean that IN" guard was mp 80 on We went
lh" delay had enabled me- 10 got up with the
head Of The column, whore ! fell in with Major
FrederlCk and tn" old discussion of the value
Of mounted infantry for the sort of police
patrol work so many Of our men are having 10
do nowadays. Twin brother 10 this suhiect is
the question. as 10 whether tho instruction
was inevitable or could have been avoided bv
more skilful diplomacy in the summer of as
That brings up the Question Of whether Agui-
nGldO j. an honest. bur misguided enthusiasts
IT merely a Charlatan. Then YOU swing on To
the whole conduct of the war and how long il
will take 10 Restore complete TRANQUILITY, and
your nights work is Cnt out, II would have
been 50 IN this case but "" suddenly saw the
southern Cross, unusually distinct aud clear.
Hlll lI'U llf Olu IbNt stars D'Ein 10 wheel
baCk. and We jumped ~ 900 miles in a minute.
ana Il was
Home, boys. homc, and IT'S home We ought to be,
Home, boys. home, In our ain countrce,
Where me ash and the oak and th' weeping willow
They all bloom so sweetly In old North Amerlkce.
WET FEET on 4 COLD NIGVr
We had passed through the CoCuanutS of Com
CepClon and were well on the way To Palestine
] ak was very low and subdurd Occasionally
a I'm cup cllnhed against II bayonet or n boot
heel rang on a rock. The tread of marching
feet seemed mutlled by the nlEht The Major
sad II was curious that no dog had heralded our
advance. | slaily they bark as If all the beg
gHrS were coming 10 town at once. 4 single
long drnwn howl rose from far ahead 10 ieor
at his r"lnark. The road bent sharply to the
RICH and descended through a dncp C,t TO n
ltrl" stream. The bridge had been down for
months. Judging from it, remain. II would
have been n very simple thing to r|ptlaCc il.
but ia" genius Of tho insurgent Government
had preferred "a make the detour and the heavy
cut :" rs 10 cross by u ford and make us get
our feet Wet On a raw night hOIe they catch
HIM and soak hi head in that stream for as long
as II took H. 10 hike our feet drv again n
was only u little more than ankle deep and no,
nlt"on yards wide, Just enough 10 give one wet
leet and MI his shoes with water 50 that they
sqnelch"d il out in drops AT every step. The
thought OF my good stout pony and COmiurtable
saddle somewhere on the road to \ueVa CaccrrS
I'D not help M, temper Mac. IN ahead with
Nh" Colonel. rode through drv Shod and dis
,reet!v withheld comment ~ the Colonel noun
dcrpd in and out
We had been ,1ving that il would be- y great
surprise ~ The people IN the towns along tho
route when they got NJ IN the morning and found
that a little arWy o' the dreadful Amcrirauos
had gone through IN the night and had mo-,
stopped 10 cut u throat or loot n ,holec Just
b"Sld" the road ~ N" top Of the bank r. We
came M from this stream stood n guod-si2cd
nipa hut. The men talked a little more than
usual, swearing about the ford, and the Nli,r