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Show V V V COURAGE . Ill Mllwaukuo Is located one of tho( sevornl Institutions maintained by a grateful government for the comfort of Us batt'e veterans. Admission to and resldenco In these soldiers' homes presupposes worthiness, mnn-hood, mnn-hood, loyalty ami courage at a time, when tho nation was passing through n period of storm nnd stress. The senrred Mid shattered Inmntes nre supposed to have traveled boy'onil tho rango of further conflict, to have earned a surcenso of strife and to hnvo merited n peaceful ending of their days whllo pursuing tho short pnth that leads to tho grave. Their environments hnvo been mndo pleasant pleas-ant and soothing, and the passing hours aro devoted to exercises no more strenuous thnn exchanging of reminiscences and experiences tho fighting over ngaln of battles which have helped to make the nation's history. But tho gallantry of tho old boys is not entirely a memory, tlielr hero-f Ism is not altogether a thing of tho past, their valor was not whplly ex-pended ex-pended when they fought rebolllon hand to hand under Grant In tho Wll; derness,, or marched with Sherman to tho 'sea. A few dayB ago a case of leprosy wn3 discovered among the Inmates In-mates of the Milwaukee home. A veteran had been unaccountably stricken with the dread and loathsome loath-some dlseaso. It meant !mmed!ato( and probably permanent Isolhtlon, not only for tho afflicted one hut also al-so for his nurso and attendant. The commandant and surgeon decided to ask for a volunteer for this desperate sorvlce, tho prospects of which wcro moro hopeless than ever confronted forlorn hopo chosen to storm a gato or lead n charge. No less than ten of tho grizzled ho-roe's ho-roe's instantly stopped forward from the ranks In response to tho dnll. Ten true men wore willing out of love for n comrndo and In the cause of humanity, human-ity, to entor Into worso than solltnry life Imprisonment and to Invite a lono ly, lonthsomo death. Thero was nono of the stirring music of battlo, whoth-or whoth-or of brass hands or singing bullets; nono of the mhd enthusiasm of heady youth; nono of tho trampling of tho, horses, the waving of tho banners, the shouting of tho captains There was simply tho cool, cnlm, splendid bravery which weighs, then vontures, and which docs and dies. It Is of such Rtuff that rcnl heroes nro made In every ago of history. Theso glorious glor-ious ten by thnt one net did moro to establish their fnmo for courage than all they ever did In city's tlenc or stricken Held they established beyond be-yond dispute tho right to claim h nation's na-tion's trlbuto and a hero's grave. Deserot News. .i , |