The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1902-07-03

his pompadOur in salute and disappeared
for two days. Then he came in with
about pint of chalkwhite liquid in a
milk jug that was made out of Il joint of
bamboo. tasted the alabaster stuff, spat
it out and, turning to Juan, l asked:
Que nombre este!'
''Leche, Senor'
"Que animal?"
"CarabaO, SenOr."
That was it. Some water buffalo had
been induced to contribute to the hospital
supplies of the United States Army. 1t
was not a success. Later, in Manila, the
hospital authorities contracted for the en-
tire output, or down pull, of Il small band
OF Australian cows some speculative per
son imported, and there was milk i'll mod
crate quantities for the fever patients
thereafter. But for the others condensed
milk was all the company or officers
meSSeS ever saw.
By a system of savings in the ration
was enabled to accumulate n company
fund, as did all commanders, and addi-
tons to the ration for the company mess
We're purchased, including condensed milk
for the coffee. We were gone Il year and
three months, during which time fresh
milk was stranger to us. When we
landed from the transport at San Fran
cisco on our return one of the boys was
invited by q friend To take dinner with
him at Il restaurant. He was handed an
elaborate bill of fare and urged to order
anything it contained that appealed to his
palate, no matter what it cost.
Carefully he scanned it from top to bot
tom, and then from bottom to top again,
and then looking up with smile of an
ticipation on his face. said:
Give me a bowl of bread and milk"
The emergency fund did good work in
all the companies, and yet 1t was the
means of creating trouble for the officers
who held it. On the transport going over,
and occasionally in the evening in the
crowded quarters at Cavite, some of the
officers, not only of the regiment, but of
the Generals staff and the ship, played
poker mildly, for very moderate stakes,
and merely for amusement. As soon rs
the regiment landed some of the men of
the suspicious and gossipy type began writ
ing home that the officers We're using the
emergency fund to gamble with, and were
squandering it instead of spending it on
their companies. As q matter of fact, but
few dollars were lost or won by any of
the players, and the officer most COM
planned of lost nothing, being one of the
winners, and therefore could not have
squandered the fund, as charged by some
of his company.
Others wrote that they did not know
what had become of the emergency fund.
they had never seen q dollar of it, and
that the Captain must have spent it on
himself or stolen it, apparently supposing
.. ~ VIZ ~ cG sNeh ~ Lne men 10
op.nu' 'e"i VI peiis tluSt lui,u Ior
e .h sehcles ana 70 care ior the SICK, for
III. Piopel expenditure Oh "hIch the zap
tam was IespohslbIe Only 10 the orSanlZa-
ton which placed it in his hands, and not
at all to the men of his company
Even If divided in the first place, it
Will ha'e peeh put doiiar each lof the
~ ~ anu WIN nav uohe theil no e0ou
10 -. . WIN lulte nuiiiper Oh doi-
az spent upon Se'eIai SICK men these
.II ius.ies VINO coiipiaiheh because
si! ,iu NJ. SCI any Vi II Mouiu nave had
III ,uh ieSS 'h'n eoiiar IL DIVISION h''d Deeh
ii"ie.
Anosner equaliy 19ollsh ana groundless
So o ,h mtit .t n9ine ny some oI the men
vs. mm2 'iat the olfcers stoie the Aed gross
, ~ oIi 'ne .ianspoit anu s0iu IL 10 the
m 'uu MP tne money III me HTst
W. PW n lileie vas no such Iriit on ihe snip.
~ su.u "iiou. an! lruit aNaii;ipie LOT
.,ao mHateter' Crihiiii'ii heSh-
sInct VI the o3hihiissaTy department, TO
s wn,rn navE aileuny Giludea. men we
stsoppeu d: IioHoluiu zen. Anderson au-
M iiI iNeu iiiS piiSau CohiilissdFy 10 pur-
Chase some CANNED Iruit ana open sales
u ,ni, tiiielit On !he snip, ana as nave
~ I'ar inIs II uil was purchaser py
e oh o.iies' .iie ineii having no money ana
th",, seu ~ tiie men ana NOT plid i2r by
i 1Menn ~ unt 90 pa! uay Two months later.
ia;t un 81 ial .iuiii ste"lins any Irult, the
en-. H. ist themselves III large sums
- -. II ~ "a lhe men, III! own ac-
'U,ni',.,i ma s-un |oiiiiissafs III this way
So 81, H. .,;. A..
cnI;fnr,io 49,, . ar.i. Mas eiie 1utPut vi
y ~ U.s." III uoiis Ieu cIoSs ior
800, , inaih' anu ,nc sisnt VI 'nis on the
u mp n9 tN - an tle Iouhuatioh thefe
tol,, ,,,'t ~ tie s'pI! ihat ir,ht had
So '' ri .ne snip ny tne heu Cross
,,r;t.o, ,-i,l ~, VI; olher coihpiaihlS
r;ndI, ~ M nS noi'iiers VINO uia hoI take
.hn " t ,HIipiine Ut once as Is Always
III Ill ms WIS put repetition or
ha,n', 1917 , uuiils ne cisll War. me
dr. pt H. ' frni't WIN ic.tels from sol
ItTio. at ahe iio1t complaining Oh thelT
omceTS ana relating all the mean and
,",,lIitI 11osaip VI thc camp. II VIII
i.,,'t aiwh!s De so under the volunteer
SS!a.en., esPeciany ulder the system OF
slit a, tl9ops where the ehtlfe regiment, OFF
~. anu niei' .oiiies iioili d sLhe!e local
~ "a iesilheht orsaiizeu IN mat way is
az inuea - u a iaiiiiiy analr. Everybody
nGie t ti.i ne mas an ownership III IT,
,,, 40 " Say soiietHinS ABOUT us
seineht.
Nv, WI W. tIe utter apsurdily or
Gr,,as S S;, ho. "Itiis .iS the Red
90 IL az vi tiaiu hiu sent no
~ ,iia IN tut - alsIoi anu that they cou!d
49,; i."intu ny Wiling ~ me san iran
81 80 s'.iets .nal ~ aiso had not, ana,
iqr;neI' Notwithstanding the officers com
p . VI W. wen hho"h peIore they