"And a Little Chitd Shall Lead Them"

I believe that I got no more fun out of any. story of the late war, than the following:'

A draft company from one of the big cities, turned out to be an unusually big, husky, rough lot of trnro-fisted men, but when they got to training camp they found themselves under the Captaincy of a little, pale-looking, insignificant, mustached officer. This proved quite a shock to them.

The first night in barracks, one of the rookies, who was evidently the "educated pig" of the gang, said: "Do you know what this company and this Captarn rernintl nre of? That famous quotation from the Scripture.-'And alittle child shall lead them."'

This proved abig hit utith the gaqg, and became the watchword of the company. Whenever the Captain passed a gang of his men standing about, none would look at him, but some one would say in a sort of aside: "And a little child shall lead them." This got mighty "old" to the little Captain, and one night just before dark the bugle called the Company out, and they lined up, wittr the little Captain mounting a box so they could see him good. There uras a light in his eye that was not reassuring, and he boldly announced:

"Tomorrow morning, one hour before daybreak, with a full pack of equipment on every man's back, this gang of rough-necks is going to start out on a thirty mile hike'and a little child shall lead them'-AND HE'LL BE RIDING A HELL OF A BIG HORSE.''