The Officer Of The Day Is Responsible, In A Way, For The Prisoners, So
Of Course Lieutenant Todd Went To The Ice House To Find Out The Cause
Of The Trouble, And On His Way Back He Accidentally Passed An Old
Barrel-Shaped Water Wagon.
Not a sound was heard, but something told
him to look inside.
He had to climb up on a wheel in order to get high
enough to look through the little square opening at the top, but he is
a tall man and could just see in, and peering down he saw the wretched
prisoner huddled at one end, looking more like an animal than a human
being. He ordered him to come out, and marched him to the guardhouse.
It was a strange coincidence, but the officer of the day happened to
have been promoted from the ranks, had served his three years as an
enlisted man, and then passed a stiff examination for a commission.
One could see by his walk that he had no sympathy for the mother's
baby. He knew from experience that a soldier's life is not hard unless
the soldier himself makes it so. The service and discipline develop
all the good qualities of the man, give him an assurance and manly
courage he might never possess otherwise, and best of all, he learns
to respect law and order.
The Army is not a rough place, and neither are the men starved or
abused, as many mothers seem to think.
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