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Show THE MISSING COW SKIN Ei THE following is an instance of mil- Ml itnry thrift and of a red tape system r I obtaining in Germany. jj J One morning in the year 1SG0 the Prus- ' JS Inn Guards were breakfasting hurriedly, i P They had, on the previous day, fought m the battle of Soor, and hnd accoinpli.hed ? altogether a nine dnys' march. That wuc. 1 g not the era of canned meats, and to each . ' Ti regiment had been allotted a certain num- ?' ber of cattle, which hnd been killed, ! j skinned and cooked, but while the meu pl were still eating scouts came in with the kfy news that the Austrians were near at Sil' hnnd. !1l The men got into marching order and MW In a few minutes were in rapid advance jPfe toward tho enemy. The Grenadier & Guards, conspicuous always for their de- ijl apntch, hurried to such purpose that they 1 IK fujlcd to secure the skin of a, cow that KR hud been made over to them for rations. 3 jjj When the olhcial who was responsible . for the value of the hide came to ask for ' kftffi It it had to be reported missing. lu- ' Rjl qitiries were then Instituted, evidence Ji ITi wn-s collected and a voluminous corre- j s.ppndeuce, lasting fourteen or fifteen i' uSSS mouths, fuilcd ft) account for the skin. J fe) There had been a cow. She had been Qg made over to the Guardsr She had a hide. fjg Tle hide was government property, roi- '' S relenting a sum fixed by otllciul tariff. The government must bo credited with ' fefe , that sum. The hide was not forthcoming . Who should be lespousible for tho cialx feBfe. , vnll,0? ( f 'gtert . Finally it was decided that the colonel SjE7,8 . of -the regiment was the ono to be held 'j kcK'c accountable, and a year nud a half after j JSP tho conclusion of tho Seven Weeks' War T tills colonel was requested by the War J S OUIce to remit tho s.mi of three thulers, $oi jtho price of one cow skin lost bv the 7'Sh0 Vienadier Giunlb. When the sum was 1 1 & Dad the subject wasr ut last oUlciaily 'SJ dropped. ; JStot |