Show A SECRET ARMY I 1 the tile following is compilation from popular tribunals I 1 the vast strength and determination ol 01 the great sail aa francisco vigilance committee was wits well illustrated by their swift organization of a military force there promised to be plenty of work for fighting men even though no pitched battles occurred the vigilante lantee a therefore determined to organize their entire association into centuries or military companies comp inies cofone of one hundred me men neach each ten companies banies to constitute a regiment ae As every a to ry member had bad his number nu the tile president mounted a table and called out 11 numbers one toone to one hundred will please assemble antho in the southwest south west corner of the room numbers one hundred and one on to two hundred take the first window ana so on till all the members present had bad formed themselves into fifteen bets sets many frenchmen were present who had drilled before and understood military tactics better ilian than any oilier cliss class they formed their own companies nominated their own officers I 1 and became some so me of the best drilled and meet most reliable troops of the committee before the ilia evening closed I 1 fully two thousand men were present and many had already commenced drilling for efficient cervice Fer vice after the army was improvised there followed the aa necessity of aramin arming it fortunately several thousand good flintlock flint lock muskets which had cost tho the government fourteen dollars each were then lying in a warehouse and andhor for tho the use of f these five thousand dollars were v ere paid 0 drilling wae was kept up during the whole period of the vigilance v I 1 irilan cc movement tho tito military force numbered at ono one time fifty five hundred undred li lighting fighting men mon none of these received any pay a no costume was stipulated but it was um understood ler stood that so lit far as possible all were to dresa dress in dark colon colors and wear weir s cap and frock coat some companies wore bulls belts ard some carried ca aried cart ridge boxes each company had its 0 own drill room where the members worked night and day to acau accustom ctorn selves to the use of arms and anti to 0 acquire skill ill ili military tac tice ties they were in deep carnot and learned rapidly although the ranks were filled with ith men of brains accustomed to question and to command no discussion whatever was 1 allowed in regard to orders the 1 penalty of disobedience was prompt 0 expulsion from lie ilia association there were four regiments of infantry a battalion anu ana two squadrons of artillery a rifle battalion and a pistol battalion they soon became as Is efficient as regulars A boi so observer telle tells that an alligator makes a menagerie of his life mouth lie ile is alazy lazy dog and instead of hunting bunting for something to eat he lets lila his victuals hunt for him that as rhe lie lies ties with hie his great mouth open apparently parent ly dead liko like tho the possum boon soon a bug bux crawls into it then a fly then several gnats and a colony ot of mosquitoes the alligator does not close his mouth yet ho lie ia IS waiting for I 1 a whole drove of thing things ho he does hia his eating by A little later a lizard will cool coot himself under tho the shade of the upper JAW then a few frogs will wi 11 hop up to catch the tile mosquitoes then mosquitoes and gnats will light on tile frogs finally a abole village of bisects insects and reptiles settle down for an afternoon picnic then all at once there ie ili an earthquake the big jaw falls tho the alligator blinks one eye gulps down the entire menagerie and opens his ilia great front door again tor for visitors IT IS a st joseph paper which f vouches for the tile truth of the following story for the truth of the ladys final reply all mankind will vouch youth tho the following conversation heard by a reporter on the street latt lait night I 1 I 1 in is suggestive are yon you still tugging away at a those of yours yee yes dear pyou you know it digusta me to seo see you walking through the streetz making your toilet docs does it dear 4 why ac do yell know that I 1 would I 1 just as soon sw see you pulling on your a acock locking in the streets as your I 1 ili gloace glov it 0 v PS ce P S I 1 I 1 most men would wa was all sho she bald ad and be had bad nothing tlde olao to babi ay |