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Show AMY OFFICERS WE 4 ' C C A S I 0 N A LLY something happens, and it usually happens hap-pens in some forsaken for-saken portion of tour United States or territories there-nl there-nl of, where civlliza-V civlliza-V tion is not and I murder and sud-' sud-' den death are most -n plentiful. Accord-(JfOTU Accord-(JfOTU ingly when that something happens somebody in Washington Wash-ington says things and somebody else does things and behold, there spring up from somewhere sundry happtlv profane Boldiery who carry civilization in their cartridges and progress at the point of the bayonet. For. In mo tor husband to Manila, They were ordered at once to a native village up the valley, where a company of infantry had been stationed to guard the water supply for Manila. Ma-nila. The natives, you see, had a habit of throwing throw-ing the bodies of victims of cholera into the rivers riv-ers and wells, thereby making life most unpleasant un-pleasant for those whites who had to drink. Such things are not mentioned in the society reports of the press. Of course the wife could have remained behind, be-hind, but she did not. She was possessed with the archaic belief common com-mon to the army that Her husband came in for dinner and rushed away again. Whereupon little Mrs. Army Woman went to her trunk and for the first time unpacked all the finery of the days that had been. "I found a dress which I had worn at a dance at the Presidio the last time,'' she said, "and I cried and I cried " Before leaving, the husband had pushed a chest against the door, locking her in completely, this being deemed the safest plan. Therefore on leaving leav-ing he had to crawl through the window, and as he hung on the window sill she bent forward and kissed him. Then she heard him drop with a splash into the disease infested pools below. Altogether Alto-gether it was as nice a spot for the pursuit of happiness hap-piness as could be found. Then she went to the loneliness and the dark and the centipedes and cried. The wind whipped the banana palms against the house, the rain slashed down, she heard the lizards scudding around and a big one outside, in a mango tree, called "tuck-coo" so that she jumped up in fear and alarm waiting and wondering. All through the night she lived the horrors. - - M - , - f! ;CKCI f ffeWiJ tor husband to Manila. Her husband came in for dinner and rushed rfl STirS ' .4WWi They were ordered at away again. Whereupon little Mrs. Army Woman vALSL&uNJLS nce t0 a native vlllaSe went t0 her trunk and for the first time unPacked . . o t rM a t t v up the vall'ev, where a all the finery of the days that had been. ' W .JS? V companv of infantry had "I found a dress which I had worn at a dance rnething happens, AT V been stationed to guard at the Presidio the last time," she said, "and I d it usually hap- ZCfcKN, V the water supply for Ma- cried and I cried-" ns in some for- Znfe$8g& nlla. The natives, you Before leaving, the husband had pushed a chest ken portion of J'&d 0$?) see, had a habit of throw- against the door, locking her in completely, this r United States y IfSUSft?-' M S the bodies of victims being deemed the safest plan. Therefore on leav- terrltories there- J iMMtM of cholera into the riv- ing he had to crawl through the window, and as , where civlliza- f ers and wells, thereby he hung on the window sill she bent forward and ,n is not and J making life most un- kissed him. Then she heard him drop with a irder and sud- Jgj&k 1 jf leasant or those ,.hites splash into the disease infested pools below. Alto- n death are most v , - who had to drink. Such eether it was as nice a spot for the pursuit of hap- mtiful Accord- J I things are not mentioned piness as could be found. ;ly when that ' wLt 'Ji in the society reports of Then she went to the loneliness and the dark mething happens iS"-1! the press and the centipedes and cried. The wind whipped tnebody in Wash- 'MI 0f course the wife the banana palms against the house, the rain Ston says things J J? k i " could have remained be- slashed down, she heard the lizards scudding e does things- 4$ltifffii HI hind but she did not. around and a big one outside, in a mango tree, spring up from MWWMj-MMW She was possessed with called "tuck-coo" so that she jumped up in fear happily profane WMWtW the archaic belief com- and alarm waiting and wondering. ' civilization in A, i ' monto the army that All through the night she lived the horrors. 1 progress at the pw aMsSsV;MB': et. For in mo f& iMV filj II 1 1 " J J filjr ie Pce of the wife Is by her 'P! JteCmWW mm$ mi husband. So with him she plunged MfMMfl WtffiMlMl&T through the jungle to the camp. She KT$ Jf ' slgW$k nSbPt W lllM was the first white woman ln the W'iI7 B iM'W M I p's-til''F I p,ace and the only other one of her i- 4s fr l Miim m ' kind was 20 miles away. The situa- 'Wp i ' ' fjr It If i MwM&'KJSs? ?W' tion was decidedly pleasant. The HftsPf lil'S" WA f Tl WMfMt house was like an inverted waste- $ iM! ' ' 'WW ffMf o Whh . paper basket' a threrrd br mm MMl WjW A . V T2. tiW&d W boo shack set up on bamboo poles. "kjl YJ&- A lit One room was dubbed the centipe- N fcXT7 tv YfrKlM &J& dorium because well, because ev- J&S$W'' . ' WW&MfM- ffi ery time the bride went in it she Llj2 ' i few, while con- jjjiw jr VSl found centipedes and other things. X5. JsSz :ees are prolific 'M, Jt- IjT 'M Therewere other advantages. There I at it Is impossible jliMg . Vs, 'was no stove and the cooking had " fOY A ?JJ WMCS gentleman from mWEi Jlk" " if A" P to be done over hot coals. Also the AD WOPV AT A 0ACF IT ughkecpsie, N. Y., H&i 1J!PJ water had to be boiled and par- j- ffyZ)0 ' ' mother, hopping in LJIV twYfiSW P boiled; not alone the water for ti, fanatically desir- f M K'7 JW t jk drinking purposes, but a American citizen klhJ.'i Jk ? Jt also for washing. o, has little regard fejjgf -U B .": M K'to'y; "There was so much The storm passed and there followed the silences, ites at large. And, PSfefPil :" cholera," she explained. weird, uncanny, of dripping water, of moving as Sammy, Jr., the '&ca, The meals were served things underfoot. Ultimately she heard the splash- eman who has en- Ssi ! with wire nettings over ing of kindly American boots, and looking outside est known to him- i the dishes and above and saw a wet specimen of Private Sammy, marching ' it is to catch the H W about them and around philosophically up and down on sentry go. She d generally clear 1 MV J- therp was the one thought called to him, half hysterical, and he answered that follow after K Jiwk cholera. There were her with cheering words. Reassured, she waited s his work and he I E3 fer VyI other delights. The Moros for her husband's appearance, wrapped ln an to circumstances, OUT WAC X ' V were out. A sentry had army blanket, chilled to the heart. Later when ally nonpolitical. ZT 7A&T ' V I been boloed. The roads her husband and daylight had come, she learned ns on occasionos t' U were knee deep in mud that she had been sitting opposite a window with Moro is sent yelp- WOMAN ft iP?- Si and the rain poured down a lighted candle by her, offering a splendid mark nd Sammy Jr. re- TH fZACF MfcFS&Kt& in torrents. tor the prowling Filipino sharpshooters a pleased grin There came a night This was an experience and one which the fat s force him to n when the very soul of her gentleman in the bank had never Imagined. To eps. Once there P was tried to its uttermost. the army this ignorance and narrowness is mcom- ier, Mulvaney by ' The rain had fallen cease- prehensible. The agony and bloody sweat of J t-i Vi Miner flontli hnA PTinilpH him Rfl flftPTl that Prl- ments of stress, the viewpoint of the army Is charmingly charming-ly crude. Follows then a hysterical splurge. Also, sometimes, a congressional con-gressional Investigation, Investi-gation, or mayhap garlands and honors hon-ors and whatnots. It depends upon the circumstances that is, the political polit-ical circumstances. To the men of the army the garlands gar-lands and frills are accepted with childish delight. Somewhere in the bottom of his well-drilled well-drilled and cleanly heart there Is the coonsciousness of having done a big thing well, and being be-ing most intensely human, he gives ear to the praise of his fellow citizen. citi-zen. And then the place of the wife is by her husband. So with him she plunged through the Jungle to the camp. She was the first white woman in the place and the only other one of her kind was 20 miles away. The situation situa-tion was decidedly pleasant. The house was like an inverted waste-paper waste-paper basket, a three-roomed bamboo bam-boo shack set up on bamboo poles. One room was dubbed the centip-dorium centip-dorium because well, because every ev-ery time the bride went in it she found centipedes and other things. There were other advantages. There ' was no stove and the cooking had to be done over hot coals. Also the water had to be boiled and parboiled; par-boiled; not alone the water for drinking purposes, but alsn for washing. again, garlands are few, while congressional con-gressional committees are prolific The army knows that it Is impossible to explain to the gentleman from Long Island or Poughkeepsie, N. Y., that a little brown brother, hopping in and out of the brush, fanatically desirous desir-ous of clawing up an American citizen with a poisoned bolo, has little regard for the federal statutes at large. And, of course, neither has Sammy, Jr., the uncommercial gentleman who has enlisted en-listed for reasons best known to himself him-self and whose duty it is to catch the aforesaid Moro, and generally clear the path for those that follow after. Private Sammy does his work and he does it according to circumstances, which are essentially nonpolitical. Therefore it happens on occasionos that the aforesaid Moro is sent yelping yelp-ing into eternity and Sammy Jr. regards re-gards himself with a pleased grin. Also, circumstances force him to Dther untoward steps. Once there was a famous soldier, Mulvaney by "There was so much cholera," she explained. The meals were served with wire nettings over the dishes and above and about them and around therp was the one thought cholera. There were other delights. The Moros were out. A sentry had been boloed. The roads were knee deep in mud and the rain poured down in torrents. There came a night when the very soul of her was tried to its uttermost. The rain had fallen cease- The storm passed and there followed the silences, weird, uncanny, of dripping water, of moving things underfoot. Ultimately she heard the splashing splash-ing of kindly American boots, and looking outside saw a wet specimen of Private Sammy, marching philosophically up and down on sentry go. She called to him, half hysterical, and he answered her with cheering words. Reassured, she waited for her husband's appearance, wrapped in an army blanket, chilled to the heart. Later, when her husband and daylight had come, she learned that she had been sitting opposite a window with a lighted candle by her, offering a splendid mark for the prowling Filipino sharpshooters. This was an experience and one which the fat gentleman in the bank had never imagined. To the army this ignorance and narrowness is incomprehensible. incom-prehensible. The agony and bloody sweat of hiding death had gripped him so often that Private Pri-vate Sam -cannot understand why the gentlemen who employ him for this class of work do not realize that there are particular horrors connected with it. Being of the army, he does' not speak of them, but his gorge rises within him when fat gentlemen sneer at the uniform which he has made respected. But he remembers the pursuit of happiness and the day conies when he is ordered home. Then it is that the army and its women, gathered aft, watch the walls of Manila fade from their vision. The crowding thoughts chase each other across their brains, forming themselves into memories, mem-ories, horrible and happy, of cholera and poisoned bolo, ol the perfume of the ihlang-ihlang and the love nourishing while the constabulary band played songs of home, around the the Luneta. San Francisco Call. name, who took the town of Lungtungpen, "na-kid "na-kid as Vanus," and who, prior thereto, helped the department of information of the British empire, em-pire, with the judicious administration of his cleaning rod. Which goes to show that between Privato Sammy and Private Tommy there is a healthy Anglo-Saxon understanding particularly as regards the treatment of black and brown brothers. All this is merely preamble, but when the Moro has been carted away and the congressional committee has committed Itself and the garlands are forgotten Private Sammy goes back to his own life, which to him is a highly important affair. af-fair. Somewhere, somehow, there remains in his brain an Impression that he is allowed the pursuit pur-suit of happiness and he pursues It. He does It in his own way and in divers places. The turbulent tur-bulent tides of Juan de Fuca. which race by the gun-crested heights of Fort Worden, have heard lessly. Pools were under the nouse ana tuoiwd was unusually on the rampage. The rain came down in such gusts that she had to fasten down the windows, thereby making the house too dark for reading purposes. So the day long, while her doctor husband wandered about through mud and rain with chlorodyne in hand, she peered through the slats, gazing at the bamboo palmtrees whipping whip-ping to and fro before the fury of the storm. At the appointed time she prepared dinner. She produced pro-duced her row of cans. In her girlhood days there was a household joke, "What we cannot eat we can." Now as she gazed at the canned milk, the canned butter and the canned meats she wondered if she could eat all they can. Somehow Some-how or other the fleeting thought of the girlhood days made her choke. You see it was the rain and the storm and the centipedes and things which got on her nerves. his raucous chorus; the watermelon patches dot-ling dot-ling the desolation of Fort Riley know his footprint. foot-print. On a Florida sandspit, in the snows of Alaska, in the heat of the islands, he pursues it i.nd catches what little there Is of it. The world which praises and abuses him Itnows him not, nor his life. The point of view is entirely different. A ponderous civilian at (ho window of the paying teller of a local bank observed an officer in uniform standing behind him. "Well, I guess the country is safe," observed the rotund one, gazing superciliously at the uniform. uni-form. "Thank you, sir," said the officer, saluting. This officer was a boy lieutenant, and his sarcasm sar-casm was natural. For within his sliort space of years he had played with the fangs of death and made snooks at the powers of darkness. A short time previously, al Luzon, he was ordered to And the bodies of two soldiers that had been murdered. The orders were to find the bodies, so of course they went -and did. With seven troopers and a surgeon he pursued his way through jungle scrub and cholera infested lauds, without food, drenched with rain, sleeping in swamps. They found them. One whs tied alive aver a red-ant hill, after being slashed with a nolo, and the other had been knifed ami gagged adtli a portion of his own flesh. Presumably the supercilious circumferential gentleman did not Know of such things and this is what stings there seem to be so many citizens of the coun-:ry coun-:ry whose ideas of the work of the army is equally Smltod. Unfortunately, the men who do big things cannot talk about them. It follows that what the man of the army has to undergo, so must the woman of the army. The outside world knows the army woman as she is not. It sees in her life a succession of society events and realizes not the horrible other side. Here is an illustration: Some years ago, in "the days o' the empire." little army woman went as a bride with her doc- |