The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-02-18
Kissing HEIR IN FORT SLOCUM
Tuy UON. ARTHUR FRENCH MAS
ENLISTED ~ orr ARMY

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Tho Hon Arthur Reginald French, eldest
ron and heir to the title and estates Of Baron
ii, Frpvne. a large and not over wealthy
landowner in County Roscommon. Ireland,
f,r,,u- for Lis difficulties with non-rent
,.-us tenants arrived here on the Cunard
steamer Tmbrt ON Jan 10. went to the
pcgi, Hotel at Eleventh street and
r-os -lv and about three days later dis
s,oeir,d a, completely as though the earth
had widowed him.
o.. -rutlemany appearance and pleasing
address. TO say nothing Of the quantity
H-! cAreHeni quality Of his baggage, 20
,,i. b lrlures -ed tho hotel people that as the
.a,-.vrlt by without his appearance they
h,d aY particular uneaslness about him,
iankas mat he probably was with friends
.usvhate and would return in his own
good time. But when week and then ten
or Twelve days elapsed and he still failed
~ show up his room was vacated and his
D. gg,ge put IN storage.
Las, Thursday Mr.. Give Bayley, the
Tngi-h Consul here, received letter Of
in1ntry about the young man. 1t came
rom Denver and was from Capt William
French Of New Mexico. an uncle OF the
missing man There was quickly an e1-
change of kilograms between the Consul
and Capt French, and cable MESSAGES be-
tween the Consul and Lord de Freyne. The
result was that yesterday the police we're
rltlfed, a general alarm was sent out,
private detective agency engaged, the
newspapers told and all the machinery of
a thorough search for the Hon. Arthur
Reginald French, missing heir to peer
- 1. 10, oct n "a N
Al this time the Hon. Arthur Reginald
French was up at Fort Slocum on Dayid's
Island. near New Rochelle, clad in tho
srnpIe and serviceable blue uniform of a
private in Uncle Sans army, a regularly
enlisted man in Company A. Eighth Regi-
ment. where he was found last night by a
SIN reporter. to whom he laughngly told
1.-THE chain Of circumstances which brought
hun where he was and which have left him
a perfectly contentel and excellent private
soldier in the army Of the United States.
II vas quiet as a hospital ward in Com
pany 4 barracks when the reporter walked
in Nobody paid much attention to the
visitor. save TO look up when the door
opened.
A tall. good looking young man, with clean
cut features a Roman nose, a fresh COM
IleAlOn, NdI n DlOnl nan aAlh a alltAA FNAiANJ
mustache. rose from cot far down the
line on which he had been lying and came
forward He evidently was not in the least
surprised that a visitor had called. He
was smiling and there was a suspicion of
twinkle in his eyes he extended his hand.
Il have just been reading something
about it in one Of the evening papers.
raid Private French, standing very erect
t.f,,o III or, A b,a fla m frotaara
and evidently a little at a loss whether
- laugh the whole matter of or be a good
deal troubled about it, Il saw IL all in
tAe evening paper with big head lines
MYSTERIOUS Disappearance and the rest
Of IT, Dear mel what rumpus to kick
up over such a small thing! didn't dream
of such a fuss. | supposed an obscure
Englishman more or less in this big country
didn't amount 10 much and might very
well drop out Of the ranks without such
to-do about IT,
Il enlisted because had pretty strong
notion Of doing SO when | left home.
had an idea Of going up to Canada and join
ing the mounted police up there in the
Northwest. But the more l heard and
thought about that country and it's 40
degrees below zero the less I liked it. SO
lust enlisted in the American Army, and
here am. What's more, like 1t.
I came out here nominally with the
idea OF going on my uncles ranch in New
Me1ico-Capt French, l mean. That's
ny uncle Willie as we call him. He's had
a ranch out there about twenty years.
wrote to him to telegraph me care Of the
steamship Umbria. wanted him to tell
ma how TO get out to New Mexico. His
ranch is near a place with some such name
as Simeron. or something like that At all
events | did not know how 10 get there.
and no telegram from Uncle Willie came.
Then YOU had some idea Of enisting
when you started for this country Private
French was asked.
Why. yes he replied u had You
see | have 10 do something My private
income wont answer to live on. I've got TO
do something and soldering rs the only
ting know how to do. / don't know much
about that. but it happens TO be all do
know in the way Of earning living, 80
naturally thought Of that.
OF course there was the plan OF going
on my lnole's ranch and it was perhaps
with the idea that | was going there that
! left home But ] don't know anything
about ranching Maybe i couldn't have
done anything at it when 1 got there. Be
sides I do like military service. I'm con-
tented and at homo in IT, I wish | might
see some service, too. That is why liked
the American Army. ! am hoping our
regiment may be sent out TO the Philip
pines I'd like to go there
But about all your belongings at the
s. Denis? Didn't you imagine some in
curry might be started from there7- Private
French was asked.
Why. no-not necessarily" he replied.
owed small hotel bin there and thought
the traps would cover it. When ! enlisted
] knew would have no more use for civilian
clothes for while so just abandoned the
traps thinking they we're worth enough TO
cover tho hotel bill that they would be
applied to that purpose and that would be
he end ~ It. have just VT ltten letter
~ the hotel, telling them will pay the bill
whom I get around 10 il. have arranged
~ have my little income put in a bank at
home 70 my credit. and will draw against IT
when the time comes around.
didn't make any particular mystery
r61ut my enlistment. had a Few ac-
uusintances in New York. men had met
~ the steamer coming over, went around
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