The Sunday globe., 1901-07-21
WHAT A ROAST!
General HarrieS, Stand Up and
Take il Cool.
AN EX-SPANISH WAR SOLDIER
UnsosOms Himself About The Campaign Of
The District BOYS IN Cuba Holy Joe,
Dr. PIes, and About Everybody Else Gets a
Whack Over The Knuct0S. and More
"a-ComIn.
EDITOR OF THE GLOBE:

EDITOR OF THE GLOBE:
Noticing that your paper is for tBs
right and defends the soldier, | wish
to say that | was a soldier in the Dis
trict of Columbia Volunteers. and
many things happened in our short
campaign which went unnoticed bV our
colonel, that would put to shame apV
upright man. | feel that space in your
valuable paper is limited, and I can
not write in detail all would wish TO
fiarrles, when he rode that mule from
La Guasimas to the trenches near San.
llago looked as much of an ass as any
ever saw, but he made sure to carry
along his rubber blanket, and 1t was
big enough to shelter half dozen men.
while the poor devils behind him had
to take pot luck and dodge the rain.
drops. Well, there wasn't any scraD
at least we did not have any, except
scraps of hard tack, and they were
mighty scarce. / know / helped buv
embalmed beef and sow belly too. time
and again. Well Harries was attacked
with fever, on Kettle Hill, and n pri-
Yate was sent to fan him. [ guess the
poor devil got tired, for he hit Harries
on the nose and was fred instaptsr
1t was good thing that we did nor
have any fighting. for a prominent
Treasury official told men he believed
Harries would have fallen in a ditch
land there were plenty Of tbem) and
consequently, regiment without col.
onel, though perhaps better of with.
out He kept Simonson from return.
ing to the command of his company.
atter QuiniRe lDr) Cox and Surgeon
Pyles had sent him to Washington lbv
proxy. Strange that Mock. 2 Junior
lieutenant, who was acting adiutant.
should be put in command of Simon
sons company. and that Savers. the
senior lieutenant Of the regiment
should be transferred to Co. G., and
afterwards Mock made captain, and
rusty no-coms We're reduced and un-
derstudys filled the vacancies. Does
Harries remember one night when Ser
geant Jones, of the 20th U. S. Infantry.
was going about his duty as sergeant
OF the brigade guard, and a District OF
Columbia sentry attempted to run him
in the guard-house. Jones. outranking
the corporal who was called told him
to come to the guard-h0use, and Mock
interfering called Jones a Cd d-a
liar. | remember this so do many 9th.
ers. Lieutenant Smith, of the goth In.
| fantry, stood in the moonlight and
| heard it all. Did Washington ever hear
| about it? I guess not Not even the
/ sergeant was reduced n was stated
| that the people Of Washington sent one
| hundred and some dollars, but | heard
| afterwards that Holy Joe and others
/ drank it up. ! know Holy Joe was
- on board ship en- route to Cuba
for he caught me in the act Of steal.
ing can of condensed milk, and
could smell it on his breath and tell ].
by his actions while he and some other
officer danced aft Pretty, this. for a
sky pilot; and that day at Convention
Hail. when we received a medal. each
one fOC the battles we didn't fight, in.
stead Of applause, Harries and Holy
| Joe we're hissed roundly. beginning at
| the northeast corner of the hall and
/ gradually everybody i'm the hall took
| it up. Our dearly beloved President
was there, and what his thoughts were
about the matter heaven only knows.
| When Major Urell came up for his
| piece OF bronze he was applauded loud
and long, What a contrast As far as
| have seen of Harries he has been
! piling up mistakes one after the other.
/ That man, on the 18th Of July, 1898
| ordered the regiment in froRt OF the
! trenches (where we dare not 20 before
| the surrender), standing to attention
| and to sing one verse of My Country
/ 'Tis Of Thee" II was My Country"
| then and has been ever since, sayeth
| Uncle Sam Ye gods what warfare.
/ For the benefit Of those who are not
| acquainted with Harmes I would sug.
/ gest that you give him a pair Of muddy
| boots and dirty trousers, put him
worm-cutting and you coud not tell
| him from the other dagOs, for I believe
that's the fttest place for him. Ben
/ Nhipp, who had been a first sergeant
of one of the companies and who is
now a lieutenant in the ID. c. militia,
told me personally that VIII, Colonel
Harries brother. was a natural born
fool, and said he knew the whole damn
| family, and this scorpion has now got
a graft and is boss painter between
the Navy Yard and the Departments.
The majority Of the people know all
this to be characteristic of Harries,
but they don't want to be mixed up in
the deal.
A Washington paper gave out a
statement that Harries had his haRd
gTazed by Mauser bullet Funny how
he could tell II was a Mauser. I hap
pened to be on guard one day and some
prisoners were sent to us from the
20th Infantry. ! was ordered to take
one up to the hospital I informed DR..
Pyles OF the man being a regular sol
der and he could not do too much for
him, whereas he would give the volun-
teers a capsule and send them to their
tents On the 1lth day Of July 1898.
when nearing the trenches, Harries
dismounted. He and Dr.. Cox we're bo-
gether. [ heard the ping of a bullet,
as did others. and then I saw Harries
stepping to the left and his face was
a sickly green color. DR.. Cox had tal.
len 10 a sitting posture. and the third
time he tried succeeded in rising to his
feet. Is this the dashing conduct that
inspires the hearts OF men? Should
any whipper-suapper wish to champion
Harries they will find I am loaded to
the muzzle, and fire low" is the COM
mand. do not wish to gain notoriety,
and do not sign nay name, but Harries
and a few others may remember the
fellow who they all but accused Of be-
ing a Spanish spy.
To be csntinued should the occasion
arise
Ey-SPANIsH SOLDIER.
Dali IA.