Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-06-21


review vac 10 decide the matter, and
that the commands pronounced To lie
foremost in Gisci line and efficiency
would be design led TO embark. The
transports that Las. conveyed the ear.
lier expeditions to the Philippines be-
gan TO reappear in the bay, and coaling
and reftting were hurried TO the ut
most. The man most eager to get away
was Stanley Armstrong; and if merit
were TO decide the matter it was con-
ceded among the volunteers that in
point Of style and equipment the
.Primeval Dudes" held over" all com
pctitors. even though every competitor
believed itself more than a match for
the Dudes if actual campaigning and
fighting were in contemplation. Sen
ators and members from the states
represented by the volunteers at San
Francisco led burdensome lives, for Of
ficers and men were pulling every wire
to secure the longed-for orders for an
immediate voyage 10 Manila, when, all
on a sudden, the hopes of all were
crushed. Spain had begged for peace.
NO more men can be sent to Manila"
Merritt put on mourning forthwith.
But Armstrong had been studying
the situation and was not easily daunt-
ed. He was man whose opinion car
ried weight. and from the very first he
had maintained that while $1,000 or co.
600 might be men enough to hold Ma
Mia, $4,000 might not be enough to sub
due at once the forces of Aguinaldo in
case they should turn upon the Ameri-
cans. which, said he, placidly, they will
most certainly do before we are year
older.
The Dudes, therefore, much to their
disgust, were kept steadily at work.
Other regiments, protiting by example,
followed suit; but in others still, a
small proportion of their membership,
believing. as they said, that the Jig
was up" took to lawless and unhal-
lowed expression of their disgust and
became thereby a nuisance to the
neighborhood. San Franciscans, who
had wept copiously when others sailed
away, would have seen these patriots
sent into exile without shedding tear.
Every man of this command will
yet be needed and yet be sent" said
Armstrong So, too, did the veteran
division commander, ard the brigade
took heart accordingly. The last OF the
regulars, with the recruit detachments
for regiments already in the Philip
pines, had been shipped 10 Honolulu,
there to await orders, ard September
seemed destined to go by without
change for the better in the prospects
of the men still left in camp about the
reservation. The Primes, convinced at
last that the boy they sought was not
to be found in California, had gone to
Santa Anita visiting their kindred. the
Lawrences; and Armstrong, buckling
down to hard and constant work, was
striving to persuade himself that he
did not care that the mornings no long
err brought with them the carriage and
the fair face of that gentle girl; the de-
partment commander himself had gone
to take a look at his new responsible
tiles in Hawaii; little Mrs. Garrison
still held court. though with dimin
ished retiHue. at the Preside. when one
day. Just as October was nshered in,
there came a message from the adiu
tant general in town. Would Arm
strong drop in at tie office al the first
opportunity? \ matter Of some i'm
portaucc had come up in the generals
first letter from Honolulu, one on
which Armstrong's opinion was de-
sired: and the colonel, hoping for It'd
ines 81 chance TO move even that far
- tile frant, made Immediate oppor-
tunitv and took the first car for the
rhelan buildine. The adiutant gener-
IL looked up from a Uttered desk as
Armstrong entered.
Ill i coed - YOU to coac so prompt
H." said l.a I'm fl a stew. to tell THE
truth. ara vaft yeur advice" Then
lie tarl lis bell Excuse ne to any
one vto comes for tile nest ten min
utes. said lie to the attendant who
entered 4 have business with Col.
~ttang.'
No sorer Git the orderly vanish than
the man of the desk wlirgG full or
tha aau Of tie saddle. "Armstrong."
said liz. ven defended Gray anG proved
BIN innocent What else las Canker
against linn"
Nothing that ] know II why?'
''Neeau~e les got him fl arrest again
1T IIoao,elu. a'a The cl.0 is worked
up over something. Loak lere-do you
suppase-Ct yea ever hear bout Ger
tain letter. tlat were stolen trcm Cen.
DAYTON teut.
"IIaard yc.. Vi,e" N,7the laok
of Ciz.ti ittrent WHICH 1a- nrearea
in tile grave ta of tile a. ncl cave