The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-11-10

70 inspection. nort armsl.

For inspection. port armsi"
one sWeltering afternoon at FerOze-
bagh, Bengal, at general fort para6e of
the Twenty fourth Hussars, CAPTAIN
Net 5rgat was about to insect 3 troOn
on their parade ground. The troop ser
geant-majOr had inspected them. ana
sucking subaltern, whom the men
sWore al almost audibly. but without
Vlce-tOr they lOathed fort parades. the
sun was hot and their helmets tight
had, Stthout comprehension. nosed
their buttons and pouch belts.
called 10 attention by their CAPTAIN.
MIN they cursed silently and atrocious-
~. For they hated hirl more than an
bad things known on earth or suspect
ed in hell He had exchanged from the
infantry some two years before. a fact
IN itself condemnatory to horsemen.
Added thereto ne hinched when mount
ed at Held days, rode coward at a
charge ard was an unmitislted bully
and tyrant at al times. often HAD B
troop with much pretended swea ting at
bit and reins and more surreptitfous
squirting tried 20 ride over him at field
days. Had he led the troopers would
have made that their business. And
Nethergat enew i, and loved his men
accordingly.
He inspected them as if they were
IeDers.
Tisn't exactly what he saws. it's
the way the sanguinary hog saws il and
Looks at a man" Thus complains the
nessrOoIn. Now he passed In silence
the first two files, hating contempt
uOusly at the third
What's this fellows name, sergeant
major?"
Evans. sir"
Nethergat knew that well. but that
form of insult is ever effective.
usual"
The troop sergeant-maior said moth
ing He knew his captain lied and
that Skew Evans was. as ever. Spfck
and span. The man himself stared
straight to his front his face, as rigid
as that Of a IiindoO image. He was
well used 10 this hazing from his cap
tain.
jor?" al %
Eighteen months. sir. Joined the
depot at Canterbury just after YOU
embarked for India. Only been out
here six months. sir"
Aw, thought he was a demned re-
cuit Make hiU prisoner when the
dismiss sounds" The captain con
tinued his inspection. Shoulder armsI
Stand 81 ease stand easy"
Said Dillon 20 his captain as they
waited the March On" What crime
snail I have put against Private
Evans?"
Dirty on general parade, of course. "
beg pardon, sir. eleanest man on
Parade. Colonel won, like it. sir"
The captain picked his teeth prior
TO exercising his large gift of verbal
OnensiVeness, but checked himself. He
had reasons for pl8cating Dillon
10 as you damn please, he snarled.
''There' S the trumpet Troop tenshun.
Fours right Quick march,
Two old mustaches just off guard
foxed the inspection from B troop bum
galow. Said one.
What's that pig Nethergat always
down on Skew Evans for? Skew's a
good man, amt he?"
yes the making Of a blOomin smart
hussar-gOod rider. saveys horses
straight chum said the other, Skew s
pal Some day" he observed reflect
ively, zone o these ere board school
'cruits with an uncut saiTn put a bull
let IN old Nethergat''
skew viii I expect. If the internal
sWaddy don't let up on him"
Nc I aXed him 0ncet if he didn't
feel that way. Skew looked up as
black as a dust devil. but he says. let
him rip; he'll be bailed up worse than
shooting one Of these days. I'm on is
track ADJ INT told skew he'd trans