Show A A HORSE BID ID IT S How Bow the Young Missourian Got IDs His is isS S S Appointment to West Point New York Turk Sup Sun One of the recent graduates of West Vest WestPoint Point tells this story F or fell in with an old army officer after the exercises ex He looked me over and asked ask d me m a good Among mong others he asked how I came to be appointed and I told him that it came about in the usual way A recommendation does not necessarily necessarily mean merit be he said saidI I 1 assented to this I I r do not think that passing an ex cx examination always ys means merit he added as a crusher fI fr 1 said I r supposed not I had l ad re resolved reSolved solved that I would not violate any of the Ule rules by getting into an argument meat ment with an old regular re I r now on the t e retired list listI S SI I I knew a oung young man who got here he continued just after the civil war because he was mentioned m e by the tho e com corn commanding manding officer In an engagement for bra very and the youngster never ever in tended to be brave he did it because he did riot not know what he TV as doing or because Tie lie 1 could not help it He j is 15 dead now non and I do not mind telling YOU jou about it itHe ItHe 4 He was at headquarters in the army of the Potomac and as Jie 1 was a agoo S goo a sort of fellow he hel got gor In w with ith a agen general gen ral of one ot e pf f the tl divisions who lived pretty high He and this young man went on ona a bat hat on one occasion 1 Not INot to speak disrespectfully of the 1 dead the tile young man got as an drunk as a sailor on shore leave While he was in that condition the division got orders to go to the Ute front Treat and this young fool tool was put in inthe inthe I the saddle and told to go in the other othet direction dl cUon But the engagement came cameon camen cameon on n quickly and the horse on which he het sat t being like Jobs Fobs war ar charger mell battle bat le and I In hick of t The he e young Y nS Tool to 11 TV him had hadt J t jU to hang on and an the J horse plunged and into the thet t fray fra it mila Je that horse hors and rider cam of Jt it ale Jh he e commander o mander oC of the tb division witnessed what I related and In his I I report to Grant he made special men tion of or the daring of the fellow The result was that hat the fellow was Tras ap P a cad et t He H was yas a graduate J i 1 believe b l e of f the Missouri university before o e he went nt into the army so he be was isabl able to tco pas h re reut But ut what I want to impress upon you sou ou young ou gm if had h d not nor b been drunk he would have kept his horse from being so io s reck reckless reckless reckless less And In that case he be might not have beth beet mentioned m for bravery and consequently he would not ot have been b n appointed a cadet He was a good fellow e to his soul but he owed Q ed ills his education by hr bythe b the his horse tse fo getting lf drunk r I added a ded M said theold t regular you know what Lincoln said id when some somebody somebody body bOd told him Grant got drunk And with that he turned evi evidently evidently dently satisfied with his lecture |