Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-08-20
BOYS ON y RAMPAGE.

a recent Associated Press dispatch
from Tacoma states the pathetic fact
that the North Dakota troops en- route
TO the summer encampment i'm WASH
ngton state, cleaned out diverse and
suudry restaurants. Adjutant- General
Poole of North Dakota characterizes
the reports as "overdrawn,' and calcu
lated TO place the gallant militiamen
of North Dakota in an unjust light. 1t
is a burning question at present,
whether the state Is responsible for
damages to the pie and various other
iixin's which the ravenous soldiery de-
voued. or whether it is up to the
! United States war department to set
| tie, and then settle the alleged Offend
ers
This pleasant. or. unpleasant. little
episode, according to the geography OF
the observer, recalls with some vivid
ness, a similar escapade at wilmington.
Dol, at the time of the Yorktown, Va,
centennial celebration, in which the
gallant Ninth Massachusetts regiment
posed In the heroic statuesque The
Ninth regiment was sent to represent
the Old Bay state, upon whose seal APP
pears indelibly engraven, God Bless
the Commonwealth of Massachusetts"
and was supposed to embody in its con-
duct all that profound ethical dignity
and scholarly bearing that might be
expected from any body Of men fresh
from the shadows of Harvard univer-
sity. ana the caves of the Concord
School of Philosophy. But, the Ninth
regiment is to Boston what the Sixty
ninth is to New York city, which car
ries the green banner bearing the yell
low harp Of Erin 20 brach, at the fore.
with the flag Of our Union" and bears
undying resentment toward their
orange ribboned fellow countrymen
who came over with Cromwell"
What induced Governor Long to send
that particular regiment to represent
the state, when regiments composed of
native sons" ike the First and the
Fifth, were Immediately handy and
willing to go is one OF these mysteries
Of statecraft whose solution no Boston
politician has yet ventured to attempt
The regiment had not been on the road
oyer two days. when disquietng reports
reached the ears Of Governor John d.
Long. Hc was much pained, and would
tain dlsbelievo them. When the regl-
ment reached Wilmington, "lts Irish"
was ready for most any kind Of a rum
pus. The quartormaster had been al
together too saving in his bills of fare.
i'm order to make an economical show
ing and the boys" were yearning for
oustard pie, with all the iiNin's thrown
In. The result was that when tho train
stopped To change engines the entire
aggregation Of Mioslan philosophers
from The Hub made break for tho
depot restaurant where they grabbed
everything within reach coffee urns,
steam roastors and all. The waiter
girls shrieked for help and IN turn
grabbed onto the fast disappearing
plates of oatahles, But, bless you,
while one girl was clinging frantcally
to a plate OF mince pie and yelling
"Poncc!" another brave soldier boy
would clasp both Of his prchonsiblo
arms around her plump waist. ana nm
her open mouth with "swatr kisses
til she couldn't breathe, let alone
scream. In not over Hvc minutes. the
long lunch counter was as bare Of food
as is a telephone pole of foliage while
the hilarious soldiery sWept ont Of tho
depot To the cars loaded TO the
guards with culinary moroies. The