CHAPTER VI.

JONAHS AND BEATS.

The Jonah as a Guardsman—A Midnight Uproar—“Put him in the Guard-house”—The Jonah Spills Pea-Soup, and Coffee, and Ink—Always Cooking—Steps on the Rails—Tableau—Jonah as a Wood-chopper—Beats—The Beat as a Fireman—Without Water, and Rations, and Money—His Letters Containing Money always Miscarry—Allotments—The Beat as a Guard Dodger—His Corporal Does the Duty—As a Fatigue Detail—Horse-Burying as a Civilizer for Jonahs and Beats—The Detail for the Burial—The Over-worked Man—The Rheumatic Dodge—The Sick Man—The Chief Mourner—The Explosive Man—The Paper-Collar Young Man—Forward, Grave-diggers!—Hurrah! Without the H 90