THE IISTE1TING POST .
In reference to scouting and patrolling, now being
studied by our industrious n.c.O.'s, the following,not
published in any text-book, but gleaned from experience,
may be of interest.
HOW TO PE A. GOOD SCOUT.
1. Always lend money, marbles, and your tooth-brush
to anybody who knows your first name .
2. Keep your squad, and any others who may be short,
in tailor-made cigarettes at all times.
3• -ive your best girl’s name and address to your pal,
and afterward, if he wishes- to spend a furlough in her
home town, provide him with the necessary funds to do so.
4 . Never rudely break in on the meditations ol a
member of your squad, tp request him to sweep under his
bunk, etc. If he don t it, quietly do it for him.
5* invariably pass the hash,etcat the hirst Call
therefor, if you are using it yourself at the time, never
mind,there may be some left.
6. Never report a man absent from iormations, etc. It
might offend him, and cast a shadow over whatever festivil
ities he may be attending.
7* i on OWING THE ABOVE RULES will break you in as a
good scout, will break you financially, and are also
guaranteed to break you in the Army sense of the.word.
The semi-annual outing of the Company Clerks’ Asso
ciation was almost a sucess.
If the Haines basketball team played as enthusiasti
cally as their fair rooters root for it,they would play
some game. All of the automible horns in town were present,
(two)
We were almost in the mood, to compose a pome on
"Spring, beeautceful spring", but have decided to postpone
its writing to a more seasonable date .
An enlisted man will never greet the new Array Pay
Bill with loud and boisterious cheering# Yet if they don't
pass some pay bill before july,automatically the 1908 bill
comes into force. And that would-be a deep,aark misfortune,
not to say. calamity . So, Congress,ao the best you can.
(contributed) Chile in soar:h of local color for an
article on prohibition, which was to have been read at the
Annual Banquet of the S.O.L. Society of Timbuetoo,two prom
inent members of this garrison were incarcerated, confined,
jailed,or jugged by the Chief Operative of the Rising Sun
petefctive Agency.
Steady -^ehrmond will not be among those particioa-tinr
in the Juneau s ...oYsr # The manager of the Foosier - i^:e
will not let hi*u perform at* this time .