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A SUDDEN ORDER.
In June, 1878, Jack was ordered to report to the commanding officer at Fort Lowell (near the ancient city of Tucson), to act as Quartermaster and Commissary at that post.

This was a sudden and totally unexpected order.

It was indeed hard, and it seemed to me cruel.

For our regiment had been four years in the Territory, and we were reasonably sure of being ordered out before long.