The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1901-10-20
SCAPEGRACES NOT WANTED.
ARMY AND NAVY OFFICERS
BOTHERED BY RICH MEMS SONS.
Young Men VINO Have Enlis'ed and Have
Then Repented Trouble m Gan
Make WIN IMMUNITY TIVE Democrat
iyrd Army Pests-A Rich sailors
Long aud 10, Gus spree in Japan.

Long aud 30, aus spr~e in Japan.
A chief yeoman in the navy serving
on the South Atlantic station recently
came into a legacy 81 10000. Being
asked N he Was going Ia try TO get out
Of The naval service. he replied that he
was not. lie said hat he liked HE billet.
and tina Il would b. no hardship for him
To serve out his time. or two or three en-
lis;ments more. for that matter.
Last spring a unns soldier who had
seen hard service In Cuba and In the Phil
ippinss fell heir To n large estate hFuueathed
To him by an uncl" in Minnesota He
wa stationed NJ Fort Mcpherson at III"
time and te had just reenlis'ed. His
reply To inquircrs was that iIe hadn't
the slightest notion ~ trying - get his
discharge. that soldering had changed
him from a hamm-scanIm roysterer
to a lcvel-headcd man. and had. In fact.
been the making Of him. and that he de-
cidedly intended to finish GU the long
remaining butt 81 his No. > enlistment.
To Judge from these two instances. II
might seem that n" possession Of money
did not turn the head- ~ all enlisted men
In tho two ~servicsS But such cases. IL
must H. said. ar very rare. II" buck
soldier or the hlu"iackr' who unexpectedly
come- into money generally goes into
the air. 20 employ tho sporting phrase.
lie essays To storm the War or III" Navy
Denarttncnt la tho effort to get his dis
charge. and when he fails In these Efforts
he IL pretty apt 20 play 10y had conduct
for a bobtHil or n bencling. ~ dishonora-
bile discharges are respectively known
In "a. army aud navy or he will simply
take French leave
Nor arc the -on- - wealthy fathers who
don n uniform 20 spite their folks any more
sensible, a. a rule When they come to
themselves and find that. 30 far a. their
superior~ ar. concerned, they are just ike
any other Bul or Jack IN the ranks. they
almost invariably hrgiu their frantic Wrig-
q M Ia shes their blousar for good aud all,
ant they uSr the liberal spending money
alloVoi them by their parents IN their efforts
g. effect this end
few wears az, "A Young fellow whose
father wac a millionaire lumt-rmau 81
Michigan took Ou after a CaruuSe al Port
sheridan, uoIr thiDtgu He had h''u "a
IimIr nd va ,g-'rr al hi~ ne, hhi 81
his sd,rlfi,1 AZ Uoidletr ~ and Ind had
money - burn Sinc,' hs hovhood He WAS
an only IN. stslwart and clever, but a
~uatgrdI-torI aCaIs grace md black si'~'p
Alsut a No., after tait Young man iuund
p himself with 70 Springfield on hi- shoulder
humpirg hi ittic In-t with only ~" shelter
- q ruhtor pnncho, he rubbed hi~ eyes
thought q over agi reached IA" CuuCll'
SION that b. didn't ike soldering a l'tI'
li' Tho ncNt dsy h" respectfully -"t.
. mi'tod an expression II this feeling =" 80
/ Ctrtnir - III COMPANY. uud Wis gritaIN
laughed az ~ bic pains
Nothing disheartouod. he wont :. th'
I DN.re cf tl' C~,inuaudiug officer a stern
stuug' man. famous N his day iHr hes
gInllfi.- Throughout IN" Army, nrd '"i'
hin mat b" really believed "" was awratN
'uff. ~.rvic'. and would th" commanding
Dni~,r l., cpusiderafo enough 20 ohtaii
. li. immediate discharge The command
iIE officer appeared a. H. ~ two mind'
about putting the Young man IN The guard
hDtI.. for his impudeuc-', hut hrAlly chh-H
hum hack "a barracks With a r'sASi
Whepupon the young man, doing Ia
duty right up TO the handl" ana giNlni
none Of his superiors a -hanca az hin at
pruIer military grounds. inaugura'e'
a little scheme 81 has own. He was
nemb.r Of two 81 the SWEETEST clubs i
Chicago. Every evening, then, he "oul
dof his uniform. after having gDf IN" ~
guircd lenve ~ ahs"rc". don q swell sui
II mufti, drive to a ,hioag" hotel Hud ~
himself out I'm his evening CLOTHES, an
r"uiir 10 his clut-
MANY of the officers II Fort Sheridn.
Weir. mentors of th'-.' clubs. III
Young buck soldier would elaborated.
salute thorn, a. thu regulations required
every time h" passed his oitl"'rs al theS
clubs Sometimes he'd salute each a
them fftv times a night al the two clubs
apparently passing 10 and from the room
iu which they lounged especially Tor TN
rur,p-e. and they'd have IN return hi
~-alutrS every time he made no cnor
II, chum with them. although he was a
terms - intimacy with moet OF the hi
mon II the cIuhs. and his friends In IN
club didn't caro- anything about his littl
.-capad" ~ Joining the army as q buc
soldier - long a. he was himself ana III
SON II hts father -,
uation Tor the Fort Sheridan oihccrs,
miscellaneous private soldier proNhn
around their clubs every night, aud lein
madr much o. 10y his sleNs Of friend'
and forcing them 90 return ms salute
every two minutes or ~ during thei
hours ~ relaxation Tn" officers com
manned aucrouSlv Ia the club authorize
Of this situation, which they truthful
said caused them Ia look and istl ndlc
ulouS. and they werr informed mat, ~
asnuch a. the Young man t"haNed Minis
with j~rrfec' prnpriety and WIS a meIntE'
In excellent standing. they'd nave Ia gri
AID loAr 4, 50 the officers, finding
lupnssihle to associate with thos" VIII
mingled on terms q equality with enlist"
men. temporarily gaSS up att"ndanc
al tne INb tlhl~ -
The Young man did his soldering lk
any veteran, never missed a call, move
drank ,n excess while he was wurkinl
ms little dodge. never did anything To- Civ
his supcriors an Opportunity To- r~s'rai
him to the limits ~ the post. one day
about a month after he had lsen ~ IN
saryicr. he went over to SoaISlds Ro'
and talked to the laundresse- and toll
them that he believed he'd send them som
flowers on the following day. He ~
their names Bridgrtz and N"rahs an
Kati.s and Naggies and ~ on. When b
won't To Chicago that evening he stopIs-
az his horistis.
The next dav. Will" the commandin
oeicer wa AT lunCheon at his quarter
tho hell changed Two uniformed driver
81 flower wagons stood on the steps, an
thew solemnlv inquired where. In the pos'
could be found Mrs. Bridget Monahar
Mise Katie O'Hooihan, Mrs. Norah Bran
nigan, and - on, for whom. the howe
wagon drivers said. they had wagon load
If choice cut flowers and plants tn
commanding officer. oNrrhearing the cpl
, lo1uv ~ the door, came ont and take
with the drivers. He was too grim a ma
To- -.-a the hunur Of tho thing. hut b" toll
tho drivers that they would find tho I-'r~0I
,hcy w.r- IN -,ar-h Of ia the quarters a
~. laundr-s-~ Ito a~c.rtsin"d frot
, them the name Of the qus-.rly g"nsruii
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