The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1915-03-30

was TO be had and, Of course thare
wasn't a woman within miles te helm
~ even not water was to be had.
and l was just nineteen. Some ona
had told me that to lance q Ia by,s
gums would prevent ~convulsions
borrowed a knife, all reeking with to-
oacco, TO see what that would do.
-Ihen-we had taken five days and
IlshtS TO cover one-half of q Journey
usually accomplished in thirty-six
portation, a light wagon, from Fort
Meade, and the rest of the tourney
was made in short order, the baby |
ROWING momenta,ily better. But
mat is the sort Of experience one
doesn't forget, n it ranks in my |
memory with the time that I picked |
up a New York paper and read that |
my husband had been severely |
wounded in the Philippines. Yes
IN reply to an exclamation from the
interviewer, u things are terri
bic at the time. but it's all in the
days work, and they give the army
woman a chance to prove her metal.
There was no hardship, no very
grave discomfort, after we reached
the post" Mrs. Scott went on.
though, of course, the quarters were
primitive according to modern ideas.
The worst thing was that we had no
coal, n the wood we burned was
green. AS dear old Gen. Sturgis used
to say, we bought cur wood by the
gallon, and many a time have
watched the suffering green logs
and seen the water run out in pud-
dies on the hearth.
Dakota Winds Howl.
THE fires were blazing hot, though
when once they We're started, and a
lucky thing is was, for the Dakota
winds hoWled outside and many a
time the Jugs rose inches from the
floor. At times the snow was so deep
drlfted that q sort of ditch was du3
about the house, and for weeks it,
White walls were the only thing that
could be seer from the windows.
Those We're the days when Jack Frost
would nip an ear or freeze the tip
of your nose in a t~winkling unless
great care was taken"
The SCOTS, somewhat later, spent
fully eight years at Fort Sill, in Okla
homa, where Gen. Scott served first
with his regiment and then on spec.
ial duty. Secretary of War, RedfieIc
Proctor. conceived the idea Of having
a company Of Indian soldiers with
each regiment Of the army-an ex
pertinent that proved anything bu
! successful. Gen. Scott, however
achieved the distinction OF being ths
? one man to bring his compan.
: through it's full term of enlistment
+, NhAO 0HA 0"0
!, charged.
I Gen. Scott is, however, a recogniz
. ed authority on Indian affairs. A
u one time ne was ordered to Washing
, ton with the idea Ia he was to de
; vote most Of his time to writing
book on the subject. But just the
= the Spanish war broke out, and, be
fore all else a soldier. he was off [
see something Of h fighting an
later to serve four years in Cuba a
= chief of staff TO Gen. Wood, the mill
C tary governor.
. Since then Gen. Scott has devote
= most of his spare time to his note
- and to combating the
. Institution officials who are mos
anxious for him to retire from activ
:, service and devote himself entirel
:, to his book
To the initiated one glance at tn
SCOTS delightful drawing room show
- that they have served in the Ph1hI
pines. The great wicker chair in or
= corner, with it's ~fan-shaped back an
- it's h~Ourglass base, is evidence 81
- ough: not to mention sundry delgh
~, full bits from the orient that add II
- charm of originality TO a room
az once handsome, dignified, and HON
like. And in the dining room,
:, beautiful wal apartment. tapestl
- hung and overlooking the splend
g panorama of the city, stands a IA
's ~cinating relic Of their Philippi1
u days, a great war gong, beaten o
of q curious gray bronze and call
de the fruit Of the sun" The large
"a one in the islands, it was captuT
81 in a skirmish with Dato Hassan-
na "The much abused Philippine c
;4S mate is not nearly 50 bad as it
la painted" said Mrs. Scott. i agr
with q friend who remarked that t
major with a colonel pay alwa
"a found the climate perfectly satisfa
tory. You KNOW" she explaint
IAN officer serving in the constat
larry or the Philippine Scouts alWa
enjoys the pay and pereuisites OF t
next highest rank. and. somehow.
oh always agrees with him.
1--WE were in Jolo for three yea
the while Gen. Scott was governor or
Sulu archipelago, and l found the
interesting and pleasant
How about the Sultan OF Suit
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