The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-05-31

Mrs. Elite" and gave her to distinct
lily understand that the very next time she
was not ready to get into her ambulance
would be pulled down over her head.
toilet or no toilet, breakfast or no
breakfast.
John, you would not dare do such
thing and expose me to the entire
camp" was Mrs. "Ettie's'' response.
Told "white Lie"
well, those are the commanding Of
ficer's ORDERS" which was. of course. q
fib But he thought white lie" would
be more effective, and that by letting
her think the commanding officer was
riled she would do better in the future.
And as a matter of fact she did. But the
inevitable happened in few days: she
got over her lesson. and became later
and later. Finally her husband decided
to try his experiment.
Tomorrow morning. Elite after
having delayed the command for an
hour or more this tent comes down
with the general. So l advise you
to at least have finished dressing"
She laughed but sure enough as the
command prepared to march out OF camp
the next morning, Mrs. Elite was not
ready, but down came the tent Mrs.
Elite had. fortunately. finished her
toilet, and was calmly sitting in the
middle Of the tent space eating her
breakfast. The balance of the command
marched by as if they were going TO
leave her, but she sat there as smiling
as you please.
My wife was indignant. Andrew. you
are not going to treat Mrs. Elite in that
manner; let me out this insta It that l
may be with her" I told my wife the
whole matter was q bluff. to make Mrs.
Elite do better in the future. and she
appeared satisfied. The command
| marched on for mile and halted. In
the meantime an ambulance, which had
been left In ravine in charge of Cap
tain Elite drove up. but she did not
move. She calmly kept on with her
breakfast until It was completed. and
| then signifed her Willingness to join
the command II is significant fact
that she was never late again.
Infantry Best on March.
| II is an established fact that once
| settled down to marching the infantry
man can outlast the horse. Some
cayalrymen viii take issue with this as
sertion. AS an instance. IN Greeks cam
paign of 1875. against Sitting Bull I re-
call a spirited dialogue between two
soldiers. We of the infantry. Chambers
command, were ploddihg along literally
pudding in mud for our trail lay over
an alkali country which means no veg
| citation whatever and a light soil. and
the going was awful. Every step a man
would pick up several pounds of mud
The infantry were in the lead, with a
small cavalry detail in advance. 1t was
we'll into the day when the main body
OF cavalry caught up with us and there
was the usual good-natured exchange oil
| chaff between the soldiers One of the
cayaIrymen swung around in his saddle
and addressed one of my men:
casey. old man. how are your corns!
Is Il fine walking? Don't you want &c
ride horse?"
Casey. In the richest brogue you ever
heard replied: ITO hell wild your
| harse. Gwan now we'll walk yer harse
off his legs and thin Well eat him."
This was a veritable prophecy mas
much as Crooks command was reduced
Ito horse meat as their only feed sup
ply. This too is the only time In which
a large military command il the United
States army was put to such straits for
food.
Now for the army woman's daily lifo
marching across the then wild and
wooIIy West and living in tents for three
months. Ambulances were always fur