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other of their favorites. Brodie was running a big 

 mining business ; but when the Maine was blown up, 

 he abandoned everything and telegraphed Tight and 

 left to bid his friends get ready for the fight he saw 

 impending. 



Then there was Micah Jenkins, the Captain of 

 Troop K, a gentle and courteous South Carolinian, 

 on whom danger acted like wine. In action he was 

 a perfect gamecock, and he won his majority for 

 gallantry in battle. 



Finally, there was Allyn Capron, who was, on the 

 whole, the best soldier in the regiment. In fact, I 

 think he was the ideal of what an American regular 

 army officer should be. He was the fifth in descent 

 from father to son who had served in the army of 

 the United States, and in body and mind alike he 

 was fitted to play his part to perfection. Tall and 

 lithe, a remarkable boxer and walker, a first-class 

 rider and shot, with yellow hair and piercing blue 

 eyes, he looked what he was, the archetype of the 

 fighting man. He had under him one of the two 

 companies from the Indian Territory ; and he so soon 

 impressed himself upon the wild spirit of his follow- 

 ers, that he got them ahead in discipline faster than 

 any other troop in the regiment, while at the same 

 time taking care of their bodily wants. His cease- 

 less effort was so to train them, care for them, and 

 inspire them as to bring their fighting efficiency to 



