The Saint Paul globe., 1900-04-29

So terribly does battle inf1ame the SOL
dier's thirst that, in the, midst Of the
Widest hail. Of bullets he will stop, and,
holding his rifle between his knees, take
a swig from his bottle In the Modder
River fight men Were offering sovereign
for a single draught of water.
UNION JACK OF PRETORIA
A story has been circulated about
woman having saved the British flag at
Pretoria in 1851 by concealing 1t under
her clothing, but 1t is said the story is
not true. John Scoble, correspondent
to the Cape Times, was ON the spot when
the Union Jack was buried. The flag
that was saved-not by a woman-was
the colOrs of the particular regiment en-
gagged The flag which was buried was
the Union Jack 1t was put into a coffin
a service was read over it and tomb
stone placed at the head Of the grave.
Upon the 'In Memoriam'' card printed
at the time were these words:
In Loving Memory
of the
BRITISH FLAG IN THE TRANSVAAL,
Who departed this life
On the 22dt day Of August, 1881,
In his fifth year.
''In other climes none knew thee but to
love thee
ReSurgam.
During the night the grave was rifled
by some one whose identity never was
discovered.
STRANGE DUEL.
Three Of Col. Pitchers men were un-
able to hear the signal to retire when Col
Pitcher withdrew from Iadybrand, and
were taken prisoners by the Doors. Sub
sequently a duel was fought between one
of these men armed with a sword and a
Boer armed with rife. The Ia ter shot
the soldier through the hand, but was
Immediately run through the bcdy by his
adversary.
BATTLEFIELD WILLS.
Every British soldier has serYe1 out
to him when he enlists a little volume
containing, among other things. three
blank forms ready for will making. Usu-
ally a soldier pays no attention to this
pocketbook, and goes into battle with
his will unmade After he, has been hit
by a bullet and begins to realize that his
chances of getting home are small q
soldier begins to think more carefully Of
the loved ones left behind him.
AS a result many queer and pathetic
wills have been found upon the bodies OF
dead soldiers, and In every case the
wishes of the testator have been respect
ed.
The body Of one soldier was found on
the battlefield Of Elandslaagte who, be-
fore death, had scrawled with the end of
lead bullet on the inside of his helmet
the words: "AlI TO my wife"
When an English army invaded At
ghanIstan one soldier was caught while
doing scout duty and shot down when
none of his comrades was In sight. Weeks
afterward his body was found lying be-
fore a tall rock, on which he hi d writ
ten in letters of blood: 'I want mother
to have ALL In both cases the war Of
fee held the wills to be valid. and saw
that the proper distribution Of the prop
erty was made.
IDENTITY. TICKETS.
The wounded Thomas Atkins comes OF
| the field with his identity ticket in his
coat, and the wounded Boer arrives with
| a much more elaborate document In his
pocket AS an evidence of the complete
and carefully thought-out arrangements
! for war which the Transvaal and the
| Free State have made. these identity
tickets Of theirs are most remarkable
Each is printed on a strong card. back
ed with green-colored canvas, which holds
together like the syllabus OF a debating
society In addition to full particulars oil
| the identity and address of the owner