South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-01-02
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Willie Robbins, just as the republi-
can party dragged il in 10 help out
the election in 1898.
IF anybody ever had heroitis, II
was that Willie Robbins From the
minute he set foot on the soil OF the
tyrants OF CASTLE he seemed to en-
gulf danger as n cat laps up cream.
He certainly astouished every man
Ina our company, from the captain
up. You'd have expected his TO
gravitate naturally to the job of an
orderly 20 the colonel. or typewriter
ia the comm issa ry-but not any. He
created the part of the flaXen-haired
boy hero Who lives and gets back
home with The goods. instead of dy-
ing with an Important depatch in his
hands at his colonels feet
"He was out for bloodshed,
laurels. ambitions. medals. recon-
mendatious, and an other forms of
military glory. And ne didn't seem
to be afraid OF any of the recognized
forms of military danger. such as
Spaniards. cannon balls. canned beef.
guupowder. or nepOtlsm. He went
forth with his pallid hair and china
blue eyes and ate up Spaniards like
You would sardines a Ia canopy.
nustercd him. He would stand
guard-duty mosquitoes. bareback
treat. and fire with equally perfect
unanimiy. No blondes in history
ever come I'm comparison distance of
him except the Jack of Diamonds
and Queen Catherine OF Russia.
II remember. one time. a little
caballard of Spanish men sauntered
out from behind n patch of sugar
cane and shot Bob Turner. the first
sergeant of our company. while we
We're 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 a very inn
port1nt addendum and annex 10 the
regular army. the San Augustine
Rifles had 10 conform 20 the red
tape system OF getting even.
by the time we had got out our
'Jptous Tactics turned 10 page
ST.. said o-three-one-
two-three' a couple OF times and
got blank cartridges into our Spring
fields the Spanish outfit had smiled
repeatedly rolled and lit cigarettes
hy squads. and walked away con-
temptuously
"I went straight TO Capt. FLOYD.
and says 20 him: sam, I don't think
this war is straigh game. You
know as well as 1 do that Bob Tur-
ner was one of the whitest fellows
that ever threw a leg over a saddle.
and now these wire-p ullers IN Wash
iuEton have fixed his clock He's
politically and osteusibly dead II
amt fair Why should they keep
this thing up? If they want Spain
licked why don't they turn the San
Augustine Rifles and Joe SeeIy's
RauEer-company and a carload OF
West Texas dcputy-sheriffs on 10
these Spaniards. and let US eXoner-
ate them from the face Of the earth d?
I never did SAYS I. care much
about lighting by the Lord Chester
field ring rules I'm going 20 hand
i'm my resignation and go home II
anybody else I am personally &C
0uainted with gets hurt In this war.
II YOU can get somebody IN my
place. sam, says I, III quit the first
OF next week. I don't want 20 work
iu an army that don't give its help a
chance. Never mind my wages says
T. let the secretary Of the treasury
keep en-
Well Ben says the captain 10
me- YOUR allegations and estima-
-ous OF the tactics of war. govern
meat patriotism. guard-mOunting.
and democracy are all right But
I've looked into the system OF inter
ua -iOnal arbitration and the ethics OF
sustilable slaughter a little closer.
maybe than you have. Now. YOU
can hand lu your resignation the