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commanding, which interfered with his regular correspondence with the War Department, at last awakened the United States military au

our boot

ble attire, standing before the fl

d his head from h

nces of civilization move steadily forward with the army. Yes," he added, "you may s

ertified to by the quartermaster, countersigned by the p

You are, I see, an intelligent and thoughtful boy. I trus

d my saint

eon Feet' at eight precisely. It is now half-past seven," said the Gener

t, took unerring aim, and nailed in a single shot the minute hand to the dial. Going on with his blacking, yet stopping ever and anon

r the attack, General.

It is only ha

nd the watches

that has been in my family for years

t-black had finished one boo

eneral, we are attacked ourselves.

pickets," interrupted the boot-black, modestly.

said the General, thoughtfully.

hrew off his outer rags, and revealed the f

General; "order an advan

Boy Chief, and within the next quarter of an hour the United Stat