id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt nyp.33433081764130 Miller, Delavan S. A drum's story : and other tales / by Delavan S. Miller ... 1909 .txt text/plain 32839 2027 85 leading by the hand a little lad, the smallest soldier boy that I had ever seen. He came to our tent one night after dress parade and said to my drummer boy: "Say, my lad, if you'll pardon an old drummer boy's impertinence, I'd like to offer a bit of criticism about were just learning to beat its head when the angels whispered to the little boy and he went away, where the soldiers were drilling with the big cannon, and the officer taking me to my father said: "Soon after the old drum got hit that day, "The big Heavy Artillery regiments, numbering more than many of the veteran brigades, furnished a lot of amusement for the bronzed, battle-scarred men who had been fighting at the front years old; and then became a drummer boy for the regiment, afterwards the Second New York Heavy Artillery. ./cache/nyp.33433081764130.pdf ./txt/nyp.33433081764130.txt