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Show How Gorman Ofllcors Treat Privates. The following is tho experience of a German army private: "During tho second maneuvers," he snvs, "I was sent on ahead to select quarters for my company. Tho polico supply tho names of householders who aro expected to sholtor l.ho soldiery, and I had to decido on tho number of men who should bo nssignod to each place. It scorns that our major dis-patc.hod dis-patc.hod a courior with a mospago for our captain. For somo reason the message mes-sage was not delivered. The noxt; day the captain called mu out and, in tho presence of tho wholo compnny, ro-nuked ro-nuked mo for not delivering tho message. mes-sage. "I did not receive any messngo," I ventured. "Shut your month, you liar," ho thundered. And again ho bellowed: "Why didn't you deliver that mosnngo. you T told him a second time that I had not received 11113 moo-sage. moo-sage. The captain's te.mpor broke nil bounds. With an oath ho rodo his horse at mo full tilt, hurling li 1 L li nnmcs nt me the while. When ho had ridden right up to me 1 fully expected ho would run mo over, but I dared not move he suddonl3 reined in his horse, and drawing a long dagger from his bolt, shouted, livid with passion: "I have half a mind to stick this through your vilo body, you Sehweinhund ! " Onco more ho awkod me about the message and onco more J answered him. "Then five days' eonlincniont and broad and water' bo your punishment, 'you liarl" ho rotortcd. m He ropcatcd the question several times and increased my term of imprisonment impris-onment each time 1 answered in the negative, until my term of imprisonment imprison-ment cqualod fourteen days, i was placed under arrest. Next day T was rcleasod. I afterward found that the captain had discovered his mistake, but ho never reforrcd to it. Livingston Wright in tho World To-Day. |