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Show In Cuba, one night during the El Caney affair, General Lawton was watching a lot of his soldiers file past, and among them he noticed a burly negro corporal, a six-footer, who, In addition to two guns and two full cartridge belts, was carying a dog. The soldier to whom the extra gun belonged was limping alongside his comrade. The general halted the overloaded soldier. "Look here," he said; 'you marched all night, fought all day, and are marching again." "Yes, sah," responded the negro. ne-gro. "Then," said Lawton, "why on earth are you carrying that dog?" "Why, general," said the no gio, with a grin, "the dog's tired." |
