JOINING THE ARMY
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The following incident occurred in Colum. bus, Ga; about lhe time the United States Quartermasler was organizing the "mule regiment A tall. lean, lanky green-horn came into town, and having been shown the gentleman who was purchasing the mules, walked up to him, and commenced by say ing-ssWell stranger, Pve heard that you wanted few ablebodied men to drive your mules down to Mexico: if you do, Pm to rent" "Yes," said the gentleman, "we dc want few; are you good driver;" "Ahoui the piertea that you ever seed, and as for cussin' and hollern' at baulky team, why. haint no equal in the whole conniyn Il think we'll take you," said the gentleman; scall down sgaun tomorrow at 10 o'clock We have some mules to brand then, and will brand you at the same time.n "Do what:n asked the astonished ''cracker." Twill brand you; that is, put U. $. on your hack with hot iron; ,ha, is the way we mark all public property" '.Hot hell ,-Good morn. in, stranger; don't care much about goin' no how, Judge Kalhoun writes that its mon- strons unhealthy down thar in Mexico" And of he mizzled.