Colonel White adjusted the wick of the lamp on his field desk. Leaning forward in his chair, he pushed a bottle of whiskey across the table to his second in command, Lieutenant Colonel Gibson. The lieutenant colonel, known to all as “Gibbs”, picked up the bottle and poured two fingers worth into his empty glass. White said, “We got a new man today, Jedadiah Crow. I"m most impressed with him, he"s from California. I"ll introduce you to him in the morning. Then I want you to take him around to meet the other officers.”
“You commissioned him then?”
“I did. If Crow passes muster, I think I"ll have him lead our scouts when we move out.”
“That might upset a few officers. Every lieutenant in the regiment wants that job.”
“Yes, I"ve thought on that, but none of those lieutenants have lived wit
