Daily Arizona silver belt., 1908-03-10
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[copyrigit. 1907. by P. C. Eastmentl
 Say. captain." said the recruiting sergeant as he entered the room where his superior was seated in building on South street. New York, I've got a finn dandy of recruit He's swell" He isn't the sort we want"
 But he says he's bound to enlist either in the army or navy"
 Bring him h."
 The captain had seen Thomas Dal- tons kind before. It always began with false name-the first name that came into their heads-and 1t almost always ended In desertion or tragedy. He sized the young man up as he stood al the desk. and he made mental memoranda as follows:
 7 Hasn't got through college yet. Got into some scrape. Old man has given him dressing down. Young fellow Is proud and won't stand 1t. Hasn't the money to go abroad or take tour out west and is going to enlist In spite Of the. governor Old man, will buy him out of the service in six months. The mothers tears will make him do 1t. He's bound to take the army or navy. Six months of discipline will take some of the frolic out of him. and I'll give him show to settle down."
 Tue usual questions were asked and answered. the young man was Sent to the surgeon. and before sundown he belonged to Uncle Sam. The sergeant being now his superior officer, started out to ratronize the fresh fish" It didn't work. He wanted to talk confidentially. The recruit was mum. Nothing further was learned about him. and after three or four days he was sent of to Jefferson Barracks to go west to Fort Thomas. They want ed recruits out there. The Sioux were threatening to go on the warpath again.
 There are men among army officers who should never have been commis- stoned. Their temperaments unit them to preserve discipline and rule as they should. Such man was Captain Cole man of Company c. He was quick tempered. irascible. peevish and n mar tinet. and of the ten captains in the regiment he was oftenest In trouble with his men and was obliged to re- port the most assertions. James Dal- ton was assigned to Company c. and within two days and for no reason that he or his comrades could argue out the captain was down on him and showed 1t in various ways. It wasn't two weeks before he was in the guard house for some dereliction that would have been passed over in another. The colonel was a fatheriy man. and In bis desire to be fatherly toward the young recruit he made matters worse.
 Dalton asked for no ones sympathy He gave nc one his confidence. He f tried his lest to obey, all regulations and fit himself for q soldier He would have had praise from the right sort of officer. Indeed. he did have It in q way from the lieutenants of the com pany, hut there was nothing but growing and fault finding from the | captain. Ills conduct almost created q scandal at the post. One day on com pany drill lie was singled out and needlessly rebuked and sneeringly crit icised and ordered of to the guard | house under arrest. There was nut tering up and down the ranks. but this only provoked Captain Coleman to add other charges. That night in the guardhouse gray haired corporal said to Dalton through the slats of the door:
 What it's about I dunno. but the captain isn't giving you square deal"
 And 1t will grow worse instead of better" replied the prisoner.
 You can bank on that. He's hound ed dozen men out of the company since got these stripes. Itll be court martial and five years for you if he can bring 1t about"
 And what shall I dor"
 I've got to go out to post No. 3. shall be gone fifteen minutes. The heavy iron poker has got in with you somehow. If was inside there, be lieve I could pry off these slats with it."
 "Thank you"
 When the sergeant returned, Dalton was gone: also one of the muskets and belt of fifty cartridges. Over on off cers' row private soldier with a mus ket in his hands stood for three or four minutes looking up at q certain win. dow as if thinking 10 send bullet into the opening. Then he lowered the musliet and turned away and crept from the fort between posts Nos. and $. It was q summer evening. with the crickets singing and the sentinels drowsed as they walked. Daylight brought excitement and hustle. A member of Company G had deserted Three mules had been run off from the corral. Indian signal smoke had been seen at daylight, and by sunup set tiers came pouring in with the news that Red Bull had broken loose and | ,.. If