slia uer (i .lvc.t in, aiid will proceed iuiilieiliutclv
to San Atitonia.
There is a droll punishment bring ii.flicted on
one of the men as I am writing lliis. A sentinel
sh pt in: his post, and it has been pdjudgnl ih.-i
lieb 'taken In the spnng, and tl ree buckets if
water dashi I over him by w ay nf w aking him i.p, !
and that he then be marched en.'e r nmd the
ramp to the heat i f a s!il irv ilrnoi. The fell
bears it very philoso hiiully, but mausre the
dui'kioe, still looks sleepy.
We have had some Inn in i!ie way of calrliir.g
nhiskeyvendi rs to-d.iy. The intrudurtimi of a
iliup ut t ie rriif, 11I llito ramp, is strictly prohibit
ed ; yet the men will steal nut and get il when
thero ate th"n mean enough to bring it lu re
Fw a day or two, notwithstanding all the vtgi-
lance that had been used, a canteen would oeca-
sionally be slipped in, when finally it was dei i-
di d to g.i out a id make a search for the vender.
He was found, repri.11.1nd1 d, and sirietlv fi.r'ud-
den to sell any more. Uutto d iy Ihe boys ap
peared In be as well supplied as usual, and the
Adjutant with 11 iomc, hud to piy the gentleman
another visit. He found him and Lis li,:tmr. and
without further ceremony gun' ,1 half burel til il
tn mother oa th, and brought the gentleman into
camp, w here he is in durance meditating on the
lyiunny of military regulations.
