Springfield in the Spanish American war . ing on his side began tocut a hole through the staves of one of them. This was rath-er difficult because of the sentries, but it was finally accom-plished, and much to the foragers intense satisfaction, the 48. insertion of his hand through the hole and into the barrel,revealed to him that it was filled with bottled beer. Satisfy-ing himself in the only proper manner, that there was no mis-take, he acquainted the members of his squad and a few oth-ers with his find and soon an impromptu picnic was in prog-ress. Under the very noses of the sentries, the
Springfield in the Spanish American war . ing on his side began tocut a hole through the staves of one of them. This was rath-er difficult because of the sentries, but it was finally accom-plished, and much to the foragers intense satisfaction, the 48. insertion of his hand through the hole and into the barrel,revealed to him that it was filled with bottled beer. Satisfy-ing himself in the only proper manner, that there was no mis-take, he acquainted the members of his squad and a few oth-ers with his find and soon an impromptu picnic was in prog-ress. Under the very noses of the sentries, the contents ofthat barrel of beer disappeared before morning, and to thosein the secret the night passed very pleasantly. The next morning four companies and headquarters of theSecond were transferred to tbe transport Orizaba, the com-panies being G, B, K and D. The transport already had onboard the Eighth and Twent3^-second regular infantry, andas a result our boys were crowded about on the decks andcompelled to sleep anywhere they could. The officers werecrowded into the staterooms and their experiences on theOrizaba were not mucli more enjoyable than those of themen. Some of the regulars, with a fine contempt for volun-teers, did their best to
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