"I move," said Robert Ingalls, "that we take the name of the
Rossville Home Guards."
"If the enemy should invade Rossville, you'd be the first to
run," sneered John Haynes.
"Not unless I heard it before you," was the quick reply.
There was a general laugh, and cries of "Bully for you, Bob!"
were heard.
"Order!" cried the chairman, pounding the table energetically.
"Such disputes cannot be allowed. I think we had better defer
obtaining a name for our company till we find how well we are
likely to succeed."
This proposal seemed to be acquiesced in by the boys generally.
The business meeting terminated, and Mr. Morton was invited to
commence his instructions.
"The boys will please form themselves in a line," said the
teacher, in a clear, commanding voice.
This was done.
The positions assumed were, most of them, far from military. Some
stood with their legs too far apart, others with one behind the
other, some with the shoulders of unequal height. Frank alone
stood correctly, thanks to the private instructions he had
received.
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