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The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1898-05-03

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The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1898-05-03
THE PAY OF SOLDIERS.
Nolau GERS wn! bo Cccatcd Like soldiers IN
tho Regular Army --Thetr Pay and
Rations Other Articles Furnish-
cd by the Government.

Since war bc:wcon the Uuitca
States and Spain is no longor a pos.
sibility, bn' fact. the manner in
which the Uni,cd States will take
care Of tho mon who arc ready TO
risk thoir lives for tho conntrv's wel-
fare has become matter Of general
interest What tho pay Of tho men
in the regular army shall br, how
they arc 10 he sustained and VIII, [
other cmommonts they arc to receive
has al been laid down in the military
regulations that have been issued
from time to time Tho hundred
thonsard volunteers from the vari
ous States Of the Union, for which
tho President has called, will Of
course hc treated in like manner and
will be subject to the samc rcguia.
tions,
The Official Army Register for tl!r
year 1897, published by ordcr of the
Secretary Of War, in complain c, with
existing laws, gives tho pay OF the
officers Of the regular army in active
service, which will also apply to the
officers of the volunteers, as follows:
Lieutenant general, 81 200 per
year, or $9lG.17 per month; major
general, $500 per year, or $625
per month; brigadier general, 5000
per ear, or S45S,33 per month. To
the pay Of tnese three officers 10 per
cent is added after five years srr,
vice, 20 per cent after ten years ser.
vice ana 40 per cent after twenty
years service.
! REGIMENTAL OFFICERS
The rogimontal officers receive the
following pay:
Colonel, $1,000 per year, or per
month S29l.37; after five Yeas ser
vice, 20.S3; after ten years ser
vice, $3.50; after fifteen years ser
v;co S375 which :. tho ,,x;,,
omonnt ullowod hy Inv
Jiouton,rt c,lo,u 50 OOO ,>o.
vour or NO, month so5O. ,s.,m fro
voars, sorv,co s>75. ,rtor 10, r,,ors,
s,rv;co S3OO. ,rto, Gftoo, roor,,, .o,
vice s;325. uftor twcutv ve,r.,, cor
v;co S333 33 which J., tho r,,x;>r,,
amount allowed bv law
Major. So, 500 nor vc,r Or NOR
month S2OS. 33: ofter five vcors, sor
vice, S22017. aftcr ton voors, sor.
vice. $3.50. ortor frtoen vo,rs COY
vice. S27OS SO: aftor twontv voors, sor.
vice, S2S1.G7.
CAPTAIN, mountod s. 600 nor
year or Der month SlfGG1. oi,ar
five Years service, SlSl 81: after ten
years service, 5000; after fifteen
Years service. S21GG 81: after twontv
years service >s23333.
CAPTAIN, not mounted, SlSOO Dor
year or per mouth, $50; after five
wears service, SIG5: after ton voars,
service, $3.50: after fifteen voors'
service, sl05; after twenty yours'
service, S2lO.
Recinental adjutant and regimen.
tai ouartcrmaster receive the same
pay as captain not mounted.
First lieutenant, mounted 81 G0C
per year, or per month. Sl33 33,
aftor five yeurs' service, SIlG 81
after ton ycnrs' service, SlGO; after
1lttooh years service, Sl'3.33; after
twenty years service, 9loOoL
First lieutenant, not mounted, 81,
oUO per year or per mouth, Sl2o;
after hVo years service, Sl3I5O;
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1898-05-03
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The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1898-05-03

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often" That was
the explanation of
q business man,
who, contrary to the
prevailing custom,
ou,p1pve1 male Sta.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1898-05-03

No pNiITIIiWcsIuns iTIra'' nc CoIumbIa with Southern
North Carolina. Solid trains between Char.
ieston and Asheville. Connections from
roints on Southern Railway to Augusta,
AIKEN and other points on "The Charlesfon
Line; at Charleston with Clyde Line s1eam.
ers 10 New York and Jacksonville.
r. - a. nEnM1ERSON, Traffic Manager.
General Onlcas: Charleaton s. C.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1898-05-03

Sl.OO PER BOTTLE n all DruC Stores,
or scnt by express on receipt Of price.
Rn0KS Containing mvalma!s!o Information OF
rncc interest TO all women, will ho scnt
TnGC to any address, upon application, by
The B3ADFIELD REGULATOR CO.. Atlanta Go
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1898-05-03
ATLANTIC COAST LINE !
FAST LINE

Between Charleston and Columbia,
Upper South Carolina, North Caro-
lima, Athens and Atlanta.
PASSENGER DEPARTMENT.,
"IlMtNGTON. II T. Nov 9th, 1897.
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The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1898-05-03
THE CH Ia RlE.kTON LINE,

UOUblp Daily Trains DttWcpN Chal IcStOM
Columbia and Augusta,
QUICKER TIME.
SOUTH CAROLINA & GEORGIA * K q
PASSENGER DEPART RIMENT.
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The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1898-05-03

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SDaily,
Nos. 81 and So Solid trains between Charles
10" ard to'nu bin
A. NJ EMERSON, Gen. Passenger Agent,
D. Il. htNil, r. NJ. EAIERSON
"'i.i Manager. Traffic Manager.
The times., 1898-05-22
Rhodes and South Arrien.

After remaining in a condition OF
partial eclipse for the two years which
have passed since the Jameson raid
into the Transvea1, Cecil Rhodes is on
deck again. with all of his old conf
dence and, apparently, with as much
power as ever He has just been again
elected a director of the British char
| tered South African Company and is
! heels over head in schemes which
must certainly become questions of
grave imperial politics, if prosecuted.
Not content with the project to unite
the South African states with his COM
pany's territory. Rhodesia, this colossal
boomer proposes a union of ali the
Dark Continent under British rule. The
idea which he is promoting in London
at the present time is to secure govern
ment aid for railway from Rhodesia,
eight hundred miles to Lake Tangan-
yika. This construction would cost
two million pounds sterling, but it
would bring the south of Africa into
direct communication with the sphere
Of British influence in the north.
Rhodes declares that he will march
north by this line, while Sir Herbert
Kitchener moves south from Khar-
toum, in the Soudan, to meet him, and
that between them, they will gobble a
continent.
The chances, however, are that this
most magnificent but jug-handled de-
sign will not be permitted to come to
fruition without fight. France al
ready has shown her teeth most Wig
orously and viciously on the Congo and
the Niger, and does not in the least
seem likely to submit to exclusion from
any share in the plunder of Africa. In
fact we are of the opinion that France
is working and even arming against
the very consummation that Cecil
Rhodes. and perhaps Mr.. Chamber
lain. are striving for. The wonderful
uplands of the NyanZa country are COW
eted quite as much by others as by
the English. To put the whole area
within British control, through the es-
tablishment of such a commercial and
military line as the Tanganyika rail-
way would constitute, would be op-
posed to the interests of the French
nation, and not much less to those OF
other continental powers, who quite
conceivably might Join in a common
movement against the land grabbers
from the Cape. But they will manage
to get England in some more hot
water before they have done.
The times., 1898-05-22
PeriIs of the Pioneers.

(FT0m the Chicago Times Herald-)
when the cat is away the mice win
play" While the garrisons of frontier
Army posts are massing at Chattanooga
or advancing in force for landing in Gu
ba the disturbers OF Indian tribes may
find their opportunity. Recent years have
seen remarkable movement 70 the new
lands of the far west Fertile valleys are
transformed into farms, and the almost
interminable plains are dotted with home
steads where a host of pioneers are pre-
pairing the way for an advancing army Of
producers.
But the fighting strength of that picket
line of civilization is extremely limited.
The villages are small. The homes are
widely scattered. Safety has depended on
the soldiers. who have convinced the
tribes of their ability to punish depredat-
Ors. There are Indians enough 10 strike
such blow as the Sioux struck in 1867. as
Black Hawk inflicted thirty years before.
With such leaders as Sitting Bull IN the
North or Geronimo in the SOuchwest-if
those chieftans nave left any true s,rc-
cessors-the redskins might make a fear
ful reprisals.
The peril to the pioneers IL by no means
an imaginary one That vengefuI spirit
of the Indians has not changed In an
these generations and the garrison
guards OF regular soldiers left at the va
rious posts in the West might have their
hands full before Autumn.
The times., 1898-05-22
The Great Spanish Victory at Ma
Mia.

Frem Ell Heraldo, San Juan. Puerto Rico.)
Victory arisesi
Our fleet, composed of nine ships. and
under command of that brilliant and IL
lustrious sailor and warrior Don Patricio
Montijo, has thrashed the Yankee squad
ron which sailed from Hong Kong for
the Philippines. forcing ii to withdraw,
after infiicting serious damage, thus
teaching the Yankees a lesson.
Thus has resulted the decisive triumph
which the Yankees expected in the
waters of the Pacific.
We said so. The Yankee squadron was
respectable. but it was woefully insult
ficient to fight our fleet. the patriotism
and gunnery of whose crew made the
odds Overwhelmingly in favor of glorious
Spain.
Wherever our ships find American
ships they cannot but destroy them. Ma
Mia furnishes the first instance. There
wooden ships for the most part attacked
the armored and protected ships of the
Yankees, and, in spite of the infer.ority
of our ships, the victory was ours
The little gunboat Ligera met in un-
equal combat with the formidable dyna-
mite destroyer Yesuvius, but inflicted
greater damage than she sustained.
Our sailors OF today, readers, are
achieving as great victories as we won
in the Levant. at Trafalgar and at Callao
They are worthy successors of Galiano,
Gravino and Churruca.
Hurrah for the navy Viva Espana,
The times., 1898-05-22
ON SUNDAY MORNING.
BY the Bo'sun of the OIympiI

BY the Bo'suH of the Olympia.
vessels in two lines.
When the lookout hailed the deck to
give US warning,
That the entrance of the Bay was but
scarce a mile away.
With chance TO fight the Spaniards in
the morning.
Every ship was stripped for fight in the
silence of the night,
And Old Glory ev'ry masthead was
adornng.
As our gallant commodore swept in past
Corregidor:
Bound to teach the Dons lesson in the
morning!
Thus into ManiIa's Bay steamed we on
the first of May.
Random shells bold Dewey treated but
with scorning,
For his thought was but to meet and an
nihilate the fleet
OF the Spaniard, ere his breakfast in the
morning.
Hearts of steel" brave Dewey cried. as
his heart was filed with pride,
Watch my signals BE alert for ev-
cry warning"
do not waste a single shot, and We'll
make Manila hot.
Whilst the Maine will be revenged this
Sunday morning."
With his flagship in the lead steamed our
Yankee fleet with speed,
AS the daylight Ger Manila was a
dawning.
And the gallant ''boys in blue" sent
their shot so straight and true.
That each broadside did dts work that
happy morning.
Oh, the shell few thick and fast. as the
Spanish fleet we passed:
And their wrecks we left there burning
as a warningler
For we smothered them with shell, and
their batteries as well.
And Old Glory flew triumphant on that
morning! ai"
Now no more wild cruel Spain ever sweep
the seas again..
For her treachery an open hole is yawn-
ingI r 81
Her torpedoes and her mines failed her
in the Philippines,
And her flag was lowered humbly that
May morning! =,
There is glory nI-the thought of the les
son that We taught,
When we brought the Spaniard humbly
kneeling. fawning!
'Ts that God in whom we trust, proves
our cause is very just.
Since only dagoes went to - that Sun
day morning!
May q 1898. -S.
The times., 1898-05-22

for craftsmanship, and that the only
raw recruits in the whole force of Mas
sachusetts men now in the service are
those who filled the places of the few
men thrown out on physical examina-
tions. There are still left, according
to this officer, a regiment Cf infantry
three troops of cavalry three light bat
teries, an ambulance corps and sig
nal corps. No Massachusetts regiment
has yet hinted at any condition in vol
unteering, and by the way. people who
have made sneering remarks about the
prevalence of race prejudice in a State
which led the fight against slavery
would do well to note that the only
company of colored troops in the whole
United States which is serving with
white troops comes from the State of
Massachusetts.
1t is difficult to see why, at time
like this, any person should try to dis
credit the patriotism of any section of
the country with arguments which
have no ground in fact. There is a dis
position on the part of some people in
other parts CT the country TO laugh at
any mention of d bombardment of Bos-
ton. Such an occurrence. however. is
not beyond the range of possibility,
and there is no particular reason why
after furnishing all the men for ma
tional defense that the National Gov
ernment Will take, Massachusetts
should not protect her own sea coast.
Nobody is laughing at the fears of
South Carolina and North Carolina and
Florida, although two-thirds of the
United States Navy is in their vicinity
ready for action. 1t is surely not to
the discredit of any State if it Is rich
and patriotic enough TO raise and equip
all the troops needed by the Govern
ment. and take care of itself besides.
OF course, there are unpatriotie people
in Boston, just as there are in other
places. There is a newspaper in Bos-
ton which has been shivering at the
notion of war, and upholding the Tory
cause for many months; and there Is
also newspaper in Virginia which de-
clared. less than a month ago, that
there was no war spirit in that State;
reputation in the State of South Caro-
lima which abused everybody, North
or South, who said anything whatever
in favor Of fighting. A Tory is a Tory
wherever you find him, and he can
make more noise than a dozen patri-
OTIS. There is one professor in Harvard
College, who need not be mentioned.
because his mean and unpatriOtic ut
terances have been read by almost
everybody in the land; but there are
twenty Harvard boys in Roosevelt's
regiment, all ready TO fight like men,
and they are not talking. The country
as a whole is intensely loyal to the flag.
and ii is not good TO abuse any partic-
ular State because there are one or
two noisy and nefarious Tories in it
who make more racket than all the
loyal Americans.
The times., 1898-05-22
The Negro Volunteer.

The statement appeared not long ago
in a New York paper-and it seems to
have had some circulation-that the
recruiting officers in the Southern
States were not able to raise any col
ored troops. The idea was that the
colored man was not as loyal to the
Government as he ought to be- Those
who have watched with any attention
the reports of these officers know bet
ter. In many places there have been
more negro volunteers than could pos
sibly be used. In some places, being
told that the quota of the State was
full, the negro has enlisted in the reg
ular army This is a form of patriot
ism not displayed by very many of the
white men who have been unable to
get into volunteer regiments The
simple truth of the matter is that in
stead of being unwilling to enlist for
service under the Stars and Stripes,
the negro has been more ready, in most
cases, than his neighbors wanted him
TO be. All the comment which one
leading South Carolina paper saw fit to
make on his readiness for enlistment
was that he might be useful for the
purpose of digging trenches. The
statement was freely made by certain
State officials that no negro troops
would be accepted if white men could
be found to fill the quota. Regiments
here and there refused to enlist at all
for fear they might be brigaded with
colored troops This, of course. to a
negro who read the papers and did
The times., 1898-05-22
III-Timed sInnders

Not long ago somebody saw fit to
make the charge that Massachusetts,
was sending undrilled and undisciplin-
keeping her National Guard at home to
take care OF her coast 1t is difficult to
see why anyone should make so silly
a charge, unless. indeed. it happened
TO be true; for Massachusetts, has
never shown herself deficient in patri-
otism. from the days OF '76 till now.
She may not say so much about the
old flag as more talkative Americans
DO. but she is just as loyal. for all that.
and in country as big as this there is
room for all the people who shout and
all the people who keep still. This
charge of disloyalty. however. brought
number Of Massachusetts, men 10
their feet with rejoinders. Senator
Lodge was one. He said that Massa-
chusetts had furnished her full quota.
and she had furnished it entirely from
the National Guard, In which is a reg
iment Of heavy artillery. The quota
does not exhaust the militia of the
State, and several of the troops, which
have not been mustered in because the
Government would not take them. are
guarding parts Of the Massachusetts,
coast. where there are United States
batteries and mine stations. ..Thev
are performing this duty for the Unit
ed States" Senator Lodge concludes.
at the expense Of the State of Massa-
chusetts." In 81, Massachusetts sent
about half the men of the State into
the army. and from this statement of
Senator Lodge it looks as if the only
reason for the presence of Massachu-
setts militia on the Bay State coast
was that she had more militia than the
Government could use. Lieut.. Col
Curtis Guild. jr., of Gen. Lees staff.
late inspector general Of rife practice
OF the National Guard of Massachu-
setts. says that the regiment farthest
TO the front and nearest Key West is
the Second Massachusetts Infantry. in
which less than five per cent of the
rank and file are without decoration
The times., 1898-05-22
SUNDAY. MAY p. 1898.
Tint Foreign Interrentton.

Again We are informed that the
powers of Europe will interfere to keep
us from the possession Of the Philip
pine Islands. The story comes from a
source which makes Us suspect it
Nevertheless We are compelled TO rec
ognize the fact that there may be
something in it We are told that the
Republic Of France is unwilling that We
should acquire any territory in the
waters Of Asia. We are warned that,
II we should attempt to do so, we might
have TO recede from our position or
fight
1t would be hard to conceive a situa-
ton in which we should take an atti-
tude of absolute hostility toward
France. But such a thing is quite pos
sible. II does not follow, because our
Gallo friend can put three-quarters of
g million Of men in the field, that we
should take any nonsense from her.
We are not prepared today for fight
with a first-class military power, but
We viii be in a few months, and We
never viii be otherwise again.
1t is for this that our friends the
British are eager TO join hands with
us. They know that there is potency
IN ten million brave lighting men.
They know that they only have to
cover our coasts with their navy until
We can organize the soldier force of the
nation, to make it the dominant power
OF earth.
1t is that which lies at the bottom
Of the Anglo-American alliance!
The times., 1898-05-22

any thinking, was not particularly
pleasant. Here and there the leading
colored men of town or county ex-
pressed themselves to the effect that
if the white man did not want them
to enlist, was afraid they would en-
list, did not want to enlist himself for
fear he would come somewhere near
them, they We're not SO desperately
anxious for service in the Island of
Cuba that they cared to go down there
and do all the work which the white
man did not like to do without even
the chance of getting a commission or
any sort of honor out Of it. This is
tolerably straight reasoning, and it is
scarcely distinguishabe from the way
in which any other American would
reason under like circumstances. II a
case can be imagined in which any
ether class of volunteers Of particu-
lar nationality were treated in this
way-denied any position beyond that
of a nom n-commissioned officer. Stunned
by the rest of the army, and frankly
consigned TO the most dangerous and
unpleasant work of the invading force,
it is extremely doubtful whether they
would rush to the recruiting stations
in any great numbers. In spite of all
this, however, there have been many
other leaders of the negro race who
have said and said emphatically, that
they were ready to stand by the old
flag at any time and in any place, and
were not only willing, but anxious, to
prove once more that the American
negro was just as patriotic as any
other American, and could fight just
as we'll He has had his part in every
war that this country has seen, and
has always acquitted himself with
credit. But the way to get him to en-
list in this war is not TO tell him that
the quota of his State is full, and no
negro troops will be accepted, and that
his desire to go to war is nothing but
a love of adventure and show. There
is some love of adventure in the make
up of the average recruit. white or
black, and he is all the better soldier
for that. But TO sneer at man, and
discredit his patriotism, and refuse his
services. and then charge him with not
offering those services. is a piece of un-
fairness Of which no man. in this land
of the free and home Of the brave,
should be guilty.