Show KEI iv IN DAYS als OP OF gt 01 the best way to get brooms was the money and buy them A veteran of tile civil war in III corn coal on tho the so called riu imi circumlocution gave some ing of the of alio rep tape during the days tit of tsoi 31 1 I was quartermaster sergeant lu III a new york regiment abid fad aven detailed to assist in handling it bunch of liu lie said bald bat at the end cud of tho the first week I 1 discovered that we were out of bro barounis unis ana when I 1 re ted uie the matter to the lieutenant lie told we luo to stop atop oly oil bit the ordnance store when I 1 rode lu in to got get the niti rat loii i I 1 made out a requisition for half a dozen brooms and lie ho signed it when I 1 got to the store I 1 showed it to the sergeant in charge and ho be laughed ut tit me 1 I you must got get it signed by the major he be said 1 I finally hunted up the major and he told me that the order must ijo be on army form and not on foolscap I 1 told him that my party were recruits and we had haa no station cry ile he told me to go or to bend to washington and pot got some I 1 explained that this would take long and that the brooms would not do any good it if we did dia not pet get them sooner ile he then asked if the lieutenant was the commander of my corps I 1 answered that of course lie ho was not thou then I 1 was toll told he must put und under L r hl hid S n name anie for fo officer fleer commanding 1 11 1 I went back to camp ani and after writing out a now new requisition had III HIP desired improvement made when ahei I 1 returned to the major lie explained i d that it was all wrong instead of saying required for such a regiment find and comp company nily six brooms I 1 should have concluded it with brooms sir 1 T I 1 scratched out the line fine and rewrote it it I 1 was wag then told such corrections were not allowed and it a new nev requel tion was necessary I 1 drew up a now one and asked if it win wai nil all right the major reluctantly said saia lie he thought it would pass I 1 then rode back to camp imp and got it signed taking it to the ordnance store I 1 will was informed that nothing could bo be issued on such huch nn an ader dur it lind had to lie be rt registered I 1 asked for further particulars and wits was informed that this could be done at tile majors office once more I 1 trotted back find and eventually a corporal placed my paper under a stamp find and inflicted a mark something like a sen seal again I 1 went to the ordnance store Is this all right now I 1 asked yes answered the serge sergeant atit its a bit irregular but it will do may I 1 have tile the Iro brooms onis now bowl you cant have them thein at fill all 1 answered tho the sergeant eor geant severely owhy why in heavens name naine cint cant I 1 because he be replied as lio lie turned away we auy any we ivo aro are all out of them |