Democratic Sentinel, Volume 17, Number 5, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 February 1893 — Observed Strict Discipline. [ARTICLE]

Observed Strict Discipline.

Sheridan and Grant were traveling on a steamboat together, with other officers. Among the passengers was a young Englishman who uhed to take a hand at poker with them. The usual limit was fifty cents. The Englishman one day wanted to go out and get a cigar, and asked' Gen. Sheridan to play his hand while he was gone. It was four jacks pat. The Englishman, when he returned, asked Gen. Sheridan how it had panned out. “Oh, the General bet me fifty cents,” said Sheridan, “and I called him and he won the pot.” The Englishman looked in amazement. “Well,” he said, “I have heard of military discipline, but I never heard of it going that far. ”