Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-10-31

plunss nat mn lakes when ke
gets a.chshcs % % n. sWim@i1s after
having been long denied TINT pleasure.
There I stood scrlIbbihg away when I
heard Z shout. II was from one 81 the
lteamstefs and be relied the one word.
Injuns. That one word was enough.
| you may be sure. Out Of the stream
! scrambled and made for my rifle.
Ny men had NOT heard. or having
heard did not understand Anyway I
did some yelling on my own account
and then they hustled ont and did the
most natural thing and that was to Law
hold OF their guns and buckle their
waist belts around their naked bodies.
In the very brief meantime / saw d
bunch OF Indians Off beyond the
, stream and they were coming like the
wind, too. All were well mounted. In
fact, remember that thought that
they were On the fastest horses that
had ever seen run. The leading two
were but . few score yards away when
| ] got hold Of my. rifle and Is threw
| the gun up TO my shoulder as II 10
Hire l saw them duck down over their
horses, shoulders in regular picture.
book style. At the same time their
mounts swung off from the direct line
towards Us and more fortunately still,
| towards the flank away from the
wagon train. As my men came run.
ming mp continued the motion Of
drawing q bead. and the Indians In
rear also sweryed off. That gave us
time to think. ! gave the command,
Come on, men. and we dashed into
the stream. not exactly fully piano.
piled, but sufficiently So and hustled
Lup to the opposite bank where we had
cover, and reaching there we cut loose.
We downed one FELLOW 1t the first
crack and as one Of them swung back
to get the buck On the ground We
winged him, too. After that they
swung around again and then we de-
cided to Ga amer them. That we pro-
ceeded to do, swinging out over the
prairie and By. our advance covering
the WAGON train q Sit more eflectually
than when we we're on It's flank Well,
We didh,t set any more Of them and
they didn't GET any of us and the
whole f1eus didn't last over five min
utes. but that must have been j most
inspifihk military display and spec
tacIe when those infantrymen and
their officer went hotfooting It out
over that prairie as naked IS were Mr..
Kipline,s people, for nobody could
have been any more so. II Is true
that they were clad with military ar
dor and cl6aked ebout with zeal, but
that Z about aIL And there Is another
thing that e. true In connection with.
tie cast and that IL that could see
my commission as an officer IN the
army Happening offs0ref those sand
hills when / cot up on that creek bank
ana feah16d that land ~ of my men
we're IA swimming in Indian country,
and that there was not even one; sem
5inel tt keep watch. Pretty close call,
son; WeAti't s s
Active serviee always makes i big
demand upon the supply officers Of
the Army. and b as1diti to the de-
'i1and TOR supplies ~ se individuals
have - keep sharp ookout for the
property that they have Iii depot ofl
st0lehouse. lest that. too. disappear,
and without receipt For. be Il known.
that the accounting branches Of the
supply departments are powerfully
hard 70 persuade that supplies and
equipment have been regularly issued
unless the necessary receipts accom-.
pany the retnrns Some latitude I'M
time as to the date when receipts are
forwarded Is allowed and that latitude
saved one quartefmaster the painful
necessity Of paying FOR II tons Of hay
that unaccohntably disappeared from
under his charge at one Of the North
western posts He was Undoubtedly
~short, and 1t was equally clear that
the board OF survey that he had re-
quested to act would not clear him;
50, as he used to tell It. = just packed
those II tons Of hag IN my trunk and
awaited the time when could get to-
some post where tie NJ. was ahead
on hay and then got receipt for
the amount and forwarded the same
to the q IL general Yes, they said
that l had taken fery good care of
the hay, but lon' I see why Il did not
get Just the least nGsty. for 1t was in
that trunk for over ihree years Some
times. though. quartermaster gets
ahead" on property and then the rule
Is that he must take il up. He takes
II up as so much hay or hoe handles
or whatnot and there Is no such thing
as crediting the money value OF ar
ticles SO taken up to the value Of the
articles short Of other description.
This last rule was enforced ct one
time IN the case Of chief quarter
master OF Granite army Of the west
with what that officer thought was Q
peculiar hardship b him. He came to-
the closing Of bis accounts and when
hts finals were forwarded to Wash
ington they were returned with q
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