THE WOLF HUNTERS 



over to the fort and began looking up material to 

 begin the work in hand. By searching the ad- 

 jutant's office and quartermaster's store I found 

 the requisite blanks and books for opening up a 

 full set of company accounts, including muster 

 and pay rolls, for I found the lieutenant had little 

 or nothing in the way of papers except the invoices 

 of property he had received. Having duly estab- 

 lished an office in one of Lang's rooms and got 

 everything ready for business, I said to the lieu- 

 tenant: 



"Now, Mr. Lang, in order that you may get 

 the full benefit of my services in this work, it is 

 best that you have your first sergeant and com- 

 pany clerk in attendance here whenever they can 

 be spared from their other duties, and let me be 

 instructing them, so that they can continue the 

 work after I get things straightened out for them." 



"A good idea," he admitted. "I'll go over to 

 his office and have a chat with the sergeant about 

 it, and if he thinks he'd like to learn your style 

 of keeping accounts I'll invite him to come over 

 and see how you do it and bring his clerk along." 



"Why, lieutenant," I said in some surprise at 

 this evidence of slack discipline, "I thought you 

 were in command of the company." 



"So I am; so I am. Why?" 



"Well, in that case, it's your place to order the 

 attendance of your sergeant and clerk and their 

 place to obey promptly." 



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