Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-06-25

shan t,shooteIs' bars on the port side
oi his chest. Bilrs historic home is In
Broad Ripple, Ind. but hc hiked out
Of there years ago and hasn't seen the
old folks in long while.
You just ought 10 see that horse,
SAYS Bill. speaking Oh the lamented
glorious steed he left behind him. For
" hen il VAS said that Bill had c'-
crlihing." the horse he lett behind him
WAS unfortunately not included. And
pcrhaps that means more 10 thu tall
sergeant Of the cavalry than anything
else. Above all things, Bill loves Il
horse. and when they told him AT Fort
Sill he had been ordered east and that
hc must leave Rio. who had carried
him man! Il mile over thc plains oi
Mexico, he allowed he almost ruther
1T IcrShin' gc; along without his help.
But order is orders. Specially in th"
rcg'lars.
say. that hors" could "prn doors
and take the cork out oi bottles. 10 say
nothin' 0! havin' II shot now an then,
an clinbin' stairs to the upper deck Of
barracks. Why, many a night when
thor wuZ northrr hlUwin' Ur l;io has
came up an pulled Il blanket over me
an tucked ii in as much as you Kin
tuck anythin' in on one o them mar
"r- gage beds"
someone inadvcrtcEtly-it wasn't
loohcd upon as lnadvcrtant at the time.
although il was SO regarded when later
rrcallcd--inform.d Sarge Bill that
ed up on the day he arrived. The
sarge contributed To the gai"ty nf the
uld-t timers 10y announcing that h" WAS
right there on that cleanup stun"
nnd. says lin" sun:
Tho Iirst thing hr does Is discover the
3JlSt machine gun battalion OF tn"
li>th brigade at target practice With
their automatic cannon. The little
quick -lirers were spultcrin and sput-
term all over the distant targets.
Mint that wonderful" says Bill.
Almost as wonderful as | kin do with
my little Colt
lis dat So" said the negro sergeant
in charge Of the firing squad. What
dyer mean. as good aS yuu lin do
II mean" says l5ill. "lll bet YOU ten
kin stick more shots in the bulls
eye. in proportion to shots fired. with
my little ol colt than you kin with
year machine gun. an ri only fire ten
shots at that"
Eyer crazy" said IN" negro soldier.
Say. frlIrrs. here's a man wants to
give away ten bucks. Ah'm Soin' to let
you in on it," The negro machine
gunncrs all grinncd widely and made
up Il purse of the required amount.
Il stream OF bullets sprayed into and
around the target. Then Sarge l'ill
stepped up with his little old Colt au-
tomato with a blue steel barrel about
these revolver Shots" ordered the ser
g"ant 10y phone Ia the man in the pit.
l'ill'S gun sting song of ten quick
shots. and the way hc reloaded was Il
Every shot went to the center Of the
"bull," and then he nonchalantly put
the gun away and gathered up the
twenty.
You see" nc said. its easy when
YOU know how. | win. | put more
shots into the target in proportion to
;. 49, .o.~s.. --.S-uoE-rsrr1l-i- - r
the number fired than you did" He
strollcd away, leaving the negro ma
chine gunncrs looking rather mystiticd.
Something had happened. but they
couldn't quite figure out what ii was.
Til II IIill Strull.I around the corner
of Il communication trench and found
II hnnch Oi SoIdicrs, out Of sight Of
their. superior officers. engaged in the
;"nll, p,stimc nnnwn as African bill
lizards. Then according to tn" vcrac;-
Gus writer on the sun. this is what
happened:
I'm Il good shot" says Bill. I'll
shoot s. just to keep up tho reputation
of the regular army.
Got YOU" said rollicking hoy in
olive drab. So Isill rolled and rolled II
few times and his number always
turned up and never w:is seven. and he
finally rolled away with all the ready
money oi the African billiardiSts.
That was Just q start for Bill, as far
as cleaning up was concerned. He
pitched a winning ball game that day.
ran Il road race. winning little more
"kalr." and the last thing he did was
Ia stroll down TO tn" rcmonnt station
Ia look over the horses there. Willy
Warnkc. the Jockey. who is the star
rider OF the outfit. was out in one of
the corrals dom his durndcSt to get