A soldier-doctor of our army, James PKimball, late colonel and assistant surgeon-general, . a shadow ofdoubt. It speaks well for the life of an armysurgeon that fourteen years had left no tracesof care upon his face and no silver in his you have eaten at the same mess-table,morning, noon, and night, through a wholecampaign and marched together on horsebackhundreds of miles over the Western Plains andcamped in the same sagebrush and cactus, anddrunk of the same alkali water, and longedtogether for a good many things that youcould nt get, the memory of the experience istoo well
A soldier-doctor of our army, James PKimball, late colonel and assistant surgeon-general, . a shadow ofdoubt. It speaks well for the life of an armysurgeon that fourteen years had left no tracesof care upon his face and no silver in his you have eaten at the same mess-table,morning, noon, and night, through a wholecampaign and marched together on horsebackhundreds of miles over the Western Plains andcamped in the same sagebrush and cactus, anddrunk of the same alkali water, and longedtogether for a good many things that youcould nt get, the memory of the experience istoo well rubbed in to be easily rubbed out. Oneimpression made so long ago was easily revivedand strengthened,— namely, that the dutiesofthe army surgeon do not necessarily impairthe finer sensibilities, and that our friend withthe gold leaf on his shoulders, wherever found,— in tent, in saddle, or on the piazza of hishome at West Point, — was always and for-ever in word and deed a gentleman. That same mess-table of the Yellowstoneparty was rather remarkable for its make-up. §^^h 2£^^;^~.. wo PS o >rw HHOa, O Jw 3 YELLOWSTONE EXPEDITION 77 Literally, the board was, as the surgeon wrote,my amputating-table, which we carry alongin the medicine wagon. But this fact did notdisturb the appetites of the convives. They weresix, including General Stanley, several younglieutenants, the war correspondent, and theChief Surgeon. As Mr. Barrows wrote, theintimate camp life promoted good fellowshipand made some lasting friendships. At headquarters of the Expedition therewas a distinguished group of scientific men,with the commanding generals. Colonel FredGrant and others. From time to time thissociety was varied by English guests, oftenyounger sons who were seeking their fortunesin the Far West, or others who were simply en-joying the wild for its own sake. At one timethere were at headquarters three of thesehigh-bred camp-followers; among them LordFrewen. Men like Morton Frewen bro
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