The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1903-02-05

over to LipowitZ, who began at once not
only a thorough study of the new system
by himself. but also assembled the Ser
geants and Corporais of the company III
his room of evenings, in order to teach
them by means of matches and beans the
company evolutions, their respective posi-.
lions, and in short. all the intricacles OF
the new drill. At these theoretical teach
ings | was present as often as my time al
lowed, as we'll as at the daily drill, which
was now resumed, as the buildings were
all finished. Lieut.. Gallagher also inter
ested himself in the matter, and acquired
a full knowledge of the company drill as
taught by the new tactics.
About Dec. / our company received a
contingent of 40 recruits, composed OF
much better material than the original.
We now had two hours drill every day,
Upton's tactics in the morning and bay
onet exercise in the afternoon. L can con-
scientiously say that we had very we'll
drilled company from that time forward,
with one exception, however, which was
brought about by the rapacity of our old
peddler. Magentie, who broke his promise
of abstaining from selling liquor to the
garrison. and thus caused the biggest
drunk" l ever saw, and which it fell to
my lot to subdue.
A MESCAL DRUNK.
The commanding officer had gone out
hunting; Lieut.. Winter was still away es-
cortfng the railroad people; Lieut.. Gala
CHER had gone toward the Huachuca
Mountains to look for some wood suit
able to make furniture, as he had brought
his family with him, and First Sers I
Grew. who was Acting Sergeant-Major,
was left in charge of the camp. About 3
o'clock n. m. he came to my room and
said: Spring, l am going out riding for
couple of hours; take charge OF the camp.
He had not been gone half an hour be-
fore coming events cast their shadows
before" and their shadows were cast IN
rapid succession, promptly revealing awIui
realities My First Duty Sergeant, VIII
liam Burns,* came to inform me that sew
eral of our men were staggering about.
Upon my going into the company quarters
/ saw, to my establishment and mortlhca-
ton, that the men were well provided with
mescal, which they drank from canteens
and tin cups. Still, as yet, none had be
come boisterous. Upon my going to notify
the Sergeant left in charge of Crews
company of the existing circumstances.
met several staggering cavalrymen. we
soon ascertained that their company was
nlso well supplied with the fiery liquor.
/ Immediately doubled the guard and told
the Sergeant in charge to watch the door
os nv room, which be could easily see
from th1 guardhouse, for signal, upon
seeing 6hich he should come on run
with an the men not on sentry duty
held a short consultation with Burns
and Serg't Henry, Of the cavalry, the re.
suit of which was that l had Assembly"
sounded three times in quick succession.
This brought all the sober men and all
ctbers that could still navigate to roll
call in front of their quarters; while
Serg'ts Burns ana Henry, with several
Corporals and a few stout men, each armed
with a good club from the wood piles,
entered the quarters and poured out all
the LIQUOR they could find, knocking down
without ceremony any ard all men who OF
fered resistance. Then / signaled the
guard. who came on the run; they led,
dragged. and carried the drunken men to
the guardhouse. around which they were
securely tied with ropes fastened to the
projecting rafters. Of course, there were
a few Scraps" but, still, the impending
randemonium was nipped in the bud.
Toward 5 o'clock the commanding Off
Ger returned. As he came over the north
ern ridge about the first objects he must
have seen were the 40 delinquents adorn-
ing the walls of the guardhouse. His Or
DERBY presently hunted about for whomso-
ever might be in command: but before he
reached me had already approached the
commanding officer and begun to explain
the situation.
Immediately 10 men were ordered to
mount and search the neighborhood care
fully for the source whence so much
liquor flowed. They were not long in dis
covering Magentie with a cart hitched
to two oxen, although he and his vehicle
were pretty well hidden in the under
growth along the edge Of the creek about
a mile downwards. Upon the cart there
we're two barrels that would contain
about 30 gallons each; one was empty,
the other nearly full. A number of men
IN different stages of intoxication were ly-
ing about and a few were picked up on the
way. Magertie was made to drive his
cart to camp, where it stopped in front of
the guardhouse, while its owner was led
before the commander. AS any intellig
BILE conversation between the two was out
of the question, / was sent for to inter-
pref.
Col. Brown was in a state bordering
Upon fury; Magnetic was a sample of per-
sonifed humility and utter detection. The
conversation was rs short as the "corpus
deficit" in the shape of two barrels was
bulky. The remaining mescai was ordered
to be locked up in the commissary store
house; the oxen were put into the cattle
corral, and Magentie was led TO the guard
house, where he had to carry pretty
heavy log in front of the building all
night, with one hours intermission in
every three.
The following morning Magnetic was
again ordered before the high tribunal, and
] was requested to tell him that as a mat
ter of fact his mescal, oxen, and cart
could be lawfully confscated then and
there and sent, together with his person
and necessary witnesses. TO the nearest
United States Marshall; that, for various
reasons, principally on account of he (Ma-
gentie) having large family, the COM
handing officer would apstain from the
said legal proceedings, but sentence him
to imprisonment in the guardhouse for the
term of one week, during which he would
have to police the camp thoroughly, using
his cart and oxen in the removal of all
brush, papers. sticks. and other impuri-
ties: that upon the expiration of said week,
he Magentie) should take himself, his
oxen, and cart, without the liquor, be-
yonI the limits of the military reserva-
ton, and never set foot upon it again, un-
der penalty of being shot forthwith.
This sentence WAS executed to the great
relief of Magentie, who hardly expected to
escape the loss of his property.
REMOVAL TO TUCSON.
Nothing worthy of mention occurred till
the beginning of March, when our whole
garrison was ordered to Tucson. Here
we found a camp already established un-
der tents, over which a long "ramada," or
brush shed, had been erected The camp
was officially known as Camp Lowell,
changed to Fort Lowell afterward, and
moved about seven miles norrhward on the
borders of fhe "Rillito" Creek. The brush
shed was simply n roof composed of raft
efs covered with several layers of