The Washington herald., 1915-10-10

Austered him. He would stand guard duty
mosquitoes. hardtack, treat. and fire with equal
ly perfect unanimity. No blondes in history
ever come in comparison distance of him ex-
cept the Jack of Diamonds and Queen Catherine
of Russia.
y remember. one time. little caballard OF
Spanish men sauntered out from behind patch
of sugar-cane and shot Bob Turner. the first
sergeant of our company. while we were eating
dinner As required by the army regulations,
we fellows went through the usual tactics of
falling into line, saluting the enemy. and loading
and firing, kneeling.
That wasn't the Texas way of scrapping;
but. being very important addendum and
annex to the regular army. the San Augustine
Of getting even.
by the time we had got out our Upton $
Tactics. turned to page 6fty-seven. said one
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS a couple of
times. and got blank cartridges into our Spring
fields. the Spanish outfit had smiled repeatedly,
rolled and lit cigarettes by squads, and walked
away contemptuousy y
4 went straight to Captain Floyd and says
to him: Sam. don't think this war is a
straight game You know as well as do that
Bob Turner was one Of the whitest fellows that
ever threw leg over a saddle. and now these
wire e-pullers in Washington have fixed his clock
He's politically and ostensibly dead 1t amt
fair Why should they keep this thing up9 If
they want Spain licked, why don't they turn the
San Augustine Rifles and Joe SeeIy's ranger
company and carload of West Texas deputy
sherifs on these Spaniards and let us exoner-
ate them from the face of the earth9 never
did, says |. care much about fighting by the
Lord Chesterfield ring rules. I'm going to hand
in my resignation and go home if anybody else
| am personally acquainted with gets hurt in this
war. If you Can get somebody in my place.
Sam, says |, I'll quit the first of next week
| don't want to work in an army that don't
give its help chance. Never mind my wages
says l. let the Secretary of the Treasury keep
en-.
We'll, Zen, says the captain to me. your
allegations and estimations of the tactics of
war, government, patriotism, guard amounting.
and democracy are all right. But I've looked
into the system of international arbitration and
the ethics Of justhabe slaughter little closer,
maybe. than you have. Now. you can hand in
your resignation the first of next week if you
are so minded But if you do says Sam. I'll
order c9rporal's guard to take you over by
that limestone bluff on the creek and shoot
enough lead into you to ballast submarine
airship. I'm captain of this company. and I've
swore allegiance to the algamated States re-
gardess of sectional. secessonaI, and Congress
sonaI differences Have you got any smoking
tobacco winds up Sam Mine got wet when
swum the creek this morning.
The reason drag all this non ex parte evi-
dence In is because Willie Robbins was stand
ing there listening to U.S. was second SER
geant and he was private then, but among us
Texans and Westerners there never was as
much tactics and subordination as there was in
the regular army We never called our captain
anything but Sam except when there was lot
of major generals and admirals around. so as to
preserve the discipline.
And says Willie Robbins to me. in sharp
of voice much unbecoming to his
light hair and previous record:
You ought to be shot, Ben, for emitting
any such sentiments man that won't fight
for his country is worse than horse thief. If
| was the cap. Id put you in the guardhouse for
thirty days on round steak and tamales. War
says Willie. is great and glorious | didn't
know you were coward.
I'm not says |. If | was. Id knock
some of the pallidness off of your marble brow.
I'm lenient with you. says. just as am with
the Spaniards. because you have always re-
minded me of something with mushrooms on
the side. Why, you little Lady of Shalott. says
[, you underdone leader Of cotions. you
CLASSY fashion and moulded form. you white
pine soldier made in the Cisal pine Alps in Ger
many for the late New Year trade do you know
Of whom you are talking to? We've been in the
same social circle, says |, and I've put up with
YOU because you seemed so meek and self-un-
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