The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-08-19
Chapter xi- Reeogleetions of nantxss Fora Ise2- 1906.

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 Blow bugse. blow, set the wild eehoes rlow sSsie; [ answer echoes. dying, dy-
 ing, dying, so,
 Anan1 the pleasant memories Of the .,snter If 1s6z-s that come back to me now after the lapse of so many years like the distant sounds ot swset hn ss.a sic over the long drawn Vsisy rhorus of bugIes that greeter our ears svzrv nornipg and evening ara tattoo. There is nothing swesssr shan the note of a buEie, especisily rzhsn anneuncIng another day to one w,ha has been in the saddle yisitihs nlrket posts since 2 o'clock. Ina 1,s lss kim before sp5riss, alone hpop ...ra ton. listening for 'Feveilie iIoan ,,s .eraaf armies at once. out upon tls sttl1 ar thn first call comes, say, from s hu~lar in gray. like 6 defianee. lh .*a,tiv fhe challenge answered run \ raSaral then from another ana a9r ~sss~ Faderal and Confederate, every rn~ln. tn both armies pFemptiy 9V'n. snr in the chorus. ep ane ao%n h,,i river for twenty miles asoAs s.alrv srn. from artIllerynaen ana essAAt '. .,,r,,sanas upon thousands or pugles hlcsv some near by. ringing clear anS e1, thnfr "xrild echoes flying anu -. .A..,arsng echoes dying. dying, dying -s,, .zs eflll air Of the gray mofnlhs s< ,,iled with a diapason grander inaii any ever conceived by Mozart os . Handel. .,,.h atten- ..s-, rrss devoted to drill. Captains IF- Assaa to the commanding officer or tne
 -s.ant fn FTaFdae's Tactics eFess sse~ninr at 9, First .sergeantS igenl v
 company drill occupied tIou, ~ to f2. and battalion drlh Wss na" evarv Afternoon. Some Of me p's s,.sSi aeers protested agaiHst so mucn u rnt- ,ae < unnecessary and fatiRn'ng, ny, ss., r,antain Mordeeai. who was ar ans ny. ccnspieuous fopfhis Faliantry lu .s4S ssrartIItnr" said he, ''in all tnsse se.sa-- ,,ovements is of no practlcai va , ne We have never in any pAt''e Hss . neea to do anything more tnan n,s n,s,,,t forward ar backward, or eS uS ,,.,,fn f,is . ar left flank. or, to wheel7-eN S''''' ? navond this Is useless ., pvt tha abiectlen did not prevail .s,ttr xvas persisted in till the res fvnaat heeanae noted for its pfoueisi-
 S ~sSiant Captain MoFdecai hved to t, make a manly retraetion, as we sh"i' see later o,, ner- A..s .s rood as in any regiment lh tke .rvav The aim of the omcers wa a,,atiyate individuality, sense o,
 raSaship and to keep alive tRa' -,tSa which was inborn In every c9lt ssaerate To this end nothing eoh, trthuted more than the mens ron oi honor made up by themsslses. anu .ta raeord shows, up to this time th' ssl had always been faithfully man' a,,t As d specimen of the metnoa o disefpline pursued the following inei
 srhs most common and probably, al aorravated a violation or oraets s aecurrea at Banks Fora was wnat me -e .sllaa srunning the blockade" to se ~,h,sxev' vis, slipping of to Freder scirsh,,rr at night without leave. Pun s.nrsaut ag course always followed de vaetian. hut the penalty>had never peel r,erv severe. until one night John pa sav veteran. who had served m th Rritish army and who was m aii enacts his inerdinate love Of wnlsks, srrsrtea a model soldier, lost his III Snritr run of the blockade Wnsl re ana two comrades were returnlnl Sro,s FraaerfeksbHFg. Daley gave ou the xvav. He had lost his power O ioccmotton and, his friends thought was too heavy for them TO carry they left him to sleep n oh -, wavaise Snow was on the ground ou ,t wae not considered very cold, an nis comrades supposed the whiskey | ehe man would keep him warm, put nn Fortunately the poor fellow freze Heath. The facts came to light an the punishment that followed was,
 First, a reprimand from Regiments peaaauarters read out at dress pa rade in which was pointed out th checking want of comradeshiD display ed hv the two soldiers. who. then selves to escape from slight punish ment had risked the life of the friend
 second, the culprits were for weel confined to the gnardhouse, and dai ing this period were made to walk b. hina the kettle drum to and fro alon the line of the regiment every evenin at dress parade. wearing each barr shirt (a barrel with both ends out ar arms projected through holes on tf side), pIacarded Here is man, vi deserted his eomrade and Left him
 freese to death in the snow"