Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1900-03-02
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fore their seA-legs could reach tho
swing and stride Of the marching step;
Jet, to all appearance, as unconcensdly
at home "a though they had been cam
paigning in the Philippines since the
date of their enlistment. This, to be
sure, in the case of more than half
their number, would have given them
scant time in which to look about them,
since raw recruits were nor numerous
than seasoned men. But no matter
what may be his lack Of drill or prep
aration the average Anglo-Saxon never
seems to know the time when he doesn't
know how to fight. So, with all the
easy assurance Of q veteran, our Yankee
"Tommies" wriggled into their blanket
rolls and trudged away to the posts
assigned them. and once more the army
assumed the aggressive.
There were changes in the compost
ton Of the forces even before the move
began. The dudes and the coughs"
parted company; and the former, with
Stanley Armstrong once riding
silent at their head, joined forces with
Stewards riddled regiment up the rail-
way toward Malolos. Col. Frost had
succeeded in convincing the surgeons
that he would be a. much out Of place
a. his name itself in such q cline and
climate, and vas in dadly expectation
Of IN order home. Billy Gray, nending
only slowly, had been sent to CorreEi-
dor. where tho bracing breezes Of the
China sea drove. their tonic forces
through his lungs and veins. and the
family rising hue Of coming hearn
back into his hollow cheeks. The boy
had been harder hit than seemed tho
case ct first, said the. fellows of the
tenth; but the wise young surgeon
Of the Second reserve" and a grave
faced colonel OF infantry could have
told of causes little dreamed Of in the
regiment-were either given to telling
the half of what he knew.
That something most unusual had oc-
CURED in the room of Mr.. Gray the day
that the sad-faced, kind old general Wis
tied the hospital at least half q dozen
patients could have told; for an at
tendant went running for one Of the
women nurses, and the doctor himself
hurried to the scene. It was on his
arm that, half an hour later, Mrs. Gar
| rison slowly descended the stairs, her
flimsy white veil down, and silently
bowed her thanks and adieux as the
doctor closed the door of her carriage
and nodded to the little coachman. It
was the doctor who suggested to Col.
| Frost that Manila air was not conducive
to his wfe's recovery, and recommend
ed Nagasaki az the place for her re-
cuperation until he could join her and
take her home. The Esmerelda bore
the White sisters over Hong-Kong way
within a week; and they left without
flourish of trumpet, with hardly the
futter Of a handkerchief; for, since the
battle Of the 5th of February, neither
had been seen upon the Luneta. Their
women friends were very few; the men
they knew were mainly at the front.
The story got out somehow that Garri-
son had asked to be relieved from fur
Their duty as aid-de-camp and returned
to duty with his regiment, and that
Drayton would not have it. The gen.
erals manner toward that hard-work-
ing staff officer, though often preoccu-
pied Is Of old, grew wen kinder. He
did not see the sisters of for China
he was "far too busy" was the expla-
nation; but he offered Garrison a fort
nights leave and urged his taking it,
and was obviously troubled when Gar
rison declined. "You need rest and the
change of air more than any man 1
know" said he; but Garrison replied
that change Of scene and air would not
help him.
There were two young fellows in
khaki uniforms landed from the hospi-
tai launch on the back trip from Correg-
idor one warm March day. One wore
the badge of a subaltern Of the-teenth
regulars, the other the chevrons of q
corporal and the hatband of a famous
fighting regiment Of volunteers; yet
the same carriage bore them swiftly
through the sentineled streets Of the
walled city, and the guards at the Ayun-
tamiento sprang to their arms and
formed ranks at sight Of it, then dis
persed at the low-toned order of its
commander when it was seen that, in
stead of stopping at the curb and dis
charging an elderly general officer, it
whirled straight by and held two youths
in field uniform.
"One Of ems young Gray, Of the
-teenth; he that was hit in the charge
on the Panay road" said the officer Of
the guard to a comrade. "But who the
devils the other? He had corporal's
chevrons on. Some fellow just got q
commission, perhaps" And that was
the -QnlxRaz the aoldier could acnonnt