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HARDEST DEATH TO DIE iy camp where so many men are gath ¬ ered there are humorists and humorous incidents in abundance One of the best stories concerns a recruit from a prairie town who arrived at Camp Upton L I with one of the detachments After being at Upton a few days his company was sum ¬ moned lind the officer before whom the men lined up started detailing tltem off for target practice the following day Youll be shot he announced to the first man and then continuing down the line lie said youll be scorer youll be marker youll be shot etc etcThe The raw troojRT was one of those designated to be shot and fell out of line with the others simi ¬ larly chosen The fact that he was to be shot the following morning for no offense of which he was cognizant troubled him but he did not like to ask questions as the other condemned men apparently were but little concerned concernedOn On the way buck to the barracks however he could hold in no longer and turning to the man nearest him asked Is it true that we are to be beshot shot in the morning H yes and its tough toughluck luck was the reply from the man who was miffed solely because he realized that it meant a march of several miles to the range carrying a heavy rifle Some tinie later the recruit made his way to the camp telegraph office wired his brother in Buffalo that he was to be shot in the morning and requested the relative to come on and take charge of his body bodyThe The next morning the embryo warrior learned that being shot meant that he vas to shoot at the targets and he spent the remainder of the day trying to think of what to suy to his brother who in answer to the telegram came to Upton prepared to arrange for a funeral Leslies Weekly
