| Show inspection in tile ho Hegi ilar sorrier service but I 1 want to teu tell you it alone the clio musket carrier carder who he shii ks a faculty facility which creeps in once in a while over in fit the officers quarters if this were not true the alie privates soldier so successfully now well take it if on inspection for instance ill venture to say that knapsacks are not carefully inspected more inore than once out of 0 fifty inspections made anade at the various posts ina in a year I 1 had a knapsack which I 1 packed in fit inthe the spring pring of 18 1870 76 a and nd I 1 never unpacked it until I 1 left the army 11 where lid did you keep your clothes in my box whit what was in your knapsack fold 4 old to togs S its an old gag and works beautifully you take a pair of trousers and a pair of drawers fold them together with the legs alter alternating g T then I 1 ten you yon take an overcoat of course these are old clothes which have been cast aside and andreae lea leae 0 out the cape and possibly the sleeves the idea is to use as little and ma aerial as possible but fold it in such a way that the colors blue white gray etc will show up regulation fitI fashion tion take an all old pair of slices shoes and cut thim down until only the soles sole and counters are left polish up the counters an and d shove the things down into your knapsack and there you are when your knapsack lies on the ground open she looks all right and snug and not worthy of more careful examination but it if youre caught at it yes ive been there it was in the fall of 69 during my first term of service in the regulars I 1 forget now all about the punishment but I 1 know I 1 was put in the dump they were grading oft off a portion of the pa parade ade ground as long as the lasted then I 1 had police duty ditty as a regular thing for about three months and during the whole time had no passes to to town and yet you yon tried it again as of course its a sort of satisfaction to realize that youre getting the best of your superiors its funny when you yen dont get caught at it detroit free press |
