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Show QUESTION OF RANK. Fort 'Dourlas Officer Was Once Refused Re-fused Meal in a Restaurant. The Saturday Post tell3 a good stcry of the early days in the army of Captain Cap-tain Thomas F. Schley, who is stationed sta-tioned at Fort Douglas. It is as follows: fol-lows: ; Captain Thomas F. Schley, Twenty-third Twenty-third Infantry, U. S. A., son of Admiral Schley, did not enter the army through West Point, but rose from the ranks. Unable to secure an appointment from his congressional district, he . volunteered volun-teered as a private iii the regular service. serv-ice. He had been carefully educated and after his enlistment devoted himself him-self to the study of military science. In I due time he applied for an examination, hoping to secure a commisrion. He was ordered to report at Fortress Monroe, and. after the ordeal of examination, in which he felt he had acquitted himself him-self creditably, he went to a first-class cafe and ordered a dinner in celebration celebra-tion of possible honors in store for him. He wore the uniform of a sergeant. The proprietor saw him, and as it was the rule of the house'not to serve privates pri-vates and non-commissioned officers, young Schley was politely but firmly told that he could not dine in the place. The situation was embarrassing. There was a fashionable company present. pres-ent. Officers of the post and summer visitors, attracted by .the conversation. were cunousiy watcning tne outcome of the affair. At this juncture a member mem-ber of the board of examiners entered, and, approaching the young sergeant, offered his congratulations, informing Schley .that he had 'passed with honor and would no doubt' receive his commission. com-mission. "I am just going to have something to eat and should like to have you join me," added the officer. "I should be delighted to do so, but I have been asked to leave the dining room on account of. being only a noncommissioned non-commissioned officerr"' Schley replied The proprietor rose to the occasion declaring that he would serve neither at the expense of the other, but that both should do him the honor to allow him to serve them, a dinner of his own choosing. Schley was too happy over the good news he had received to cherish cher-ish any resentment, and the two sat down to a dinner such as the pay of even -a commissioned officer does not permit more than once or twice a quar- |