The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-09-05
NPHEt WWhT

customer of the outfit. n pronounced, slope shouldered
hllnchnack OF 80 Some years back he and his drum had
struggled to see which could look the more battered. He
won The drum had no leather straps to hold the heads
taut; frayed ropes attached to ordinary barrel boons n
served that purpose.
y few guns had straps, others rope. The corporal un-
dor a wide brimmed straw hat stalked proudly about in a
pair Of rubber overshoes. Most OF the pr!vates were bare
footed, while the officers wore black shoes or white canvas
sneakers-the DISTINGUISHING mark OF an officer being his
shoes A Colonel arrayed in seersutker tr6users, a dark
blue coat with the alternate buttons not yet burst off. in a
blue and red French forage cap and a sword from our War
of 1879 reviewed the waverins line. which oscillated before
a fence Of decayed boards and rusted corrugated iron, with
animals and people passing between the commanding officer
and his ragged troops.
There was not a bayonet among the potpourrI ~ runs
some of which had no breech books. while the muzzie load
ers' which seem to be the standard Hsytian arm, were
minus a hammer or a trigger. The barrels Of many Of tho
guns were bent or twisted; some had for a stock a pointed
silver of wood.
The tactics were simple, addressed in French and de-
lciousy enforced. When the men failed to respond the
Lieutenant would bin them over the legs with his cane, or
perchance try to kick them a bit. But being stationed in
front of the soldiers where they could see him--and per
form the african dodser' act-his opportunity for light
pedal exercise was not as favorable as it would have been
could he have operated In the rear, following the German
custom Of standing behind the line. Generals on donkey
back and. when the troops we're disbanded, a Colonel, who
stepped up and offered to carry your bundle for 10 cents
made the review a military pageant.
At the intersection OF cross streets in a large open
space many little individual wigwams, constructed OF three
poles tied at the top in the form OF a three sided pyramid.
make a market. A mat of loosely woven PUSHES care,sssrv
thrown over the top affords a bit OF shade. Within these
tiny tabernacles sit their priestesses, presiding over their
wares, with a fire in front of the temple, where the vestal
does her cooking.
AS rs per cent. of the women smoke you see on the
booths which line the streets quantities OF little red clay
pipes shaped like those our American Indians used. These
and tin lamps in the form OF bottles with a crude kind Of
wick and vast amounts of bread are the goods most dis
played for sale.
Slippery cobblestones the size Of a mans head pave
the billy streets, At a goodiy elevation stands the Hotel
Communal. a hosiery about the size OF q chicken coop
with "Iiberte, Egalte, Fraternite' proudly emblazoned
across its whitewashed facade. Tall electric arc light poles
Of rusted iron still decorate the street corners, monu-
ments of a quondam attempt at OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES used
for hitching mules. Electric light machinery was in
stalled. but the light burned only one night, as the JAG
melltes either would not or could not run the plant.
In some Of the squares large boilers lie on their sides,
while on the waterfront massive cubes Of concrete nom