| Show 1 ure life at ivest point of all tho fie drills anti exercises in 1 which tile the cadet excels tie lie la Is at his fits boat best in those hose of the mounted service I 1 during daring horsemen are arotlin t lie youngsters a niter ter two years caM practice lit in the ald I 1 hall und and battery drill Is I 1 1 ing haill light a 1 famous pla 0 for exhibition watch I 1 tho the boys as they go 0 to o their stations 1 the bonlore Bon son lors lit in their whig riding dress gauntlets gauntlett gaunt lets arid and cavalry 8 sabers ibera swing T I 1 1 easily into the saddles of tho somo some what vicious looking steeds that tire are I 1 1 hold held I 1 in n readiness for them adjust f 1 their stirrups tako take a inary i land a nd surreptitious dl dig with their halt spurred 8 ficeli to t 0 test the iho mettle of IT 1 i air nags nagi then clatter off to their posts to look ovir over tile tho horses find anil drivers of their detachments the yearl I 1 lit in their that r natty all ell jackets stand ready aitho ht tho guns the iho bugla blares thia the signal cantio neen mount and like tit BD many nginr eglit moo KeiS they spring to their seats on oil the ona thesis chests and with an knottier Alier bugle blast und mid ol of hoof anil and wheel mid and clink of tr u til onaway goes the battery bit tery down the gravelly plain tire itro it few to 0 o aarni arn them tip nip to their work the buttery battery com coal I 1 liander I 1 a young orl illery who knows ills bild trade swings them to and fro faster aster and faster froin ono one formation to another I 1 line I 1 lie and bit tory and athenas though ordered dared to check the advance of nu ara 11 enemy swarming up tho the heigh is and livo alvo him film canister on lster ut at short range ri iio with cracking whips arid plunging steeds and raffle and roar of hoof and wheel el and hoarse a ted earn com commanday commanda III manda ands H arid stirring bugle beald up tho the plain hay boy caillo at te arall until opposite tho th 0 crowd c ir oava ol ill spectators at tho the word guard 1 tents when othero is id it a short sudden blast tl a elm alm ivanous shout hout from tho the cl ilof a a vision of roaring rearing horses as 03 the iho Ilou lieutenants tenants and sergeants halt short on oil li una with the brilliant g generally tho the most moat picturesque hor horseman soman of tile warlike throng und and always posted on tho the flank nearest t iho h 0 ladles id n lalaah a sit of fabors in the afir a sudden budden rel rein ilin in of tile the line ol of ell colsson culs son and it ngin gradual dual settle down to a stand long before which nim ble bla its cuts cats tho the cau nol leers davs lave sprung I 1 from their boits anti and are aie streaking 4 it across the gap gall tu to where the caleta tire aru settled on their excia ad chargers around swoops flit gun eun with sudden swirl that will nigh uil b them tile three an each limber seemingly flagging flanging fla nging all ao aa though seated on sti citing pla plasters S ter a there la Is a rattle and bang of if hooks hoarse shouts 01 ol drive silveon Dil veon on to tile the gun teams groy gray ind and white forms leap nud ind away to in an and d out among tile tho wheels an ancl if rami oera whirl in tile the air there Is s a belch of hame flame smoke and thunder builder cloud a bellowing roar mother ther another half a dozen in ili quick successions siona thick sulphurous haze iaze settle down on tile he plain arid and envelops guns und find gunners cunner and sud only deftly colaes another blare or of bugle cense firing Is ii the shout and the ilinko ilailo scene of buena vista Is ovar evou von wore the smoke haa cleared away ay another order la is given with p exciting response plunging h 0 ries crackling whips a rush of teams bams limbers and chaissons caissons cala cais aora sons the ho black muzzles or of the guns it udden sudden whirl AV 11 bri rubout atio ut of wheels wh 0 els arid and band handspikes spikes and the next instant moke und au flame anra a to belching to in thunder hunder chips over uie very ery ground where here stood the waiting teams a moment before then cornea comes stil bill af signal it stowing slowing away of ol 01 hand und anti ram lammers mere a rapid rein about of tile the limber lei in 8 art an ther ither blare anti and away they go tt ollete ahito legs of tho the canno huh ing ng tit in a race jacb beside their blundi p g sun guu a rush the road to the idge edge of it grassy level beyond an other ther sudden Budden whirl into battery it thundering hunder lug sulfate baluta to the rocky height to the west an all echoing roar from rum the groat great anti and parrots at the tha seacoast sea sen coast down b the iho hudson and the point fairly trembles with tho the shock anti and con e u ion chere is no hour of tile the d jay y to match the excitement and tan it of that of ot battery I 1 drill captain ClA charles arles king in harpers May magnine nine |
