The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1898-10-06

"nObe WIG tonbrois tne East LiNerpOOl
News-Review, the Only Republican
Daily Operated There, Tells
of Experiences In the
Philippines.
Harry Palmer, formerly of East Liver
pool, q Republican, a soldier of the war
for the preservation of the Union, now
a member of the Tenth Pennsylvania
regiment at Manila, writes to the Pitts
burg Dispatch some glaring truths with
reference to the conduct Of the little
fellows that the administration appointed
to Office, or through whose influence they
got there His wife now controls the
East Liverpool News-ReView, the only
Republican daily In East Liverpool, and
il will be interesting to note what
excuses Congressman Tayler has to offer
for the conditions complained of, He is
going about this district defending the
conduct of the war under Secretary Alger.
In doing so he is endorsing all the in
oompetents that were appointed to places
of trust by the secretary of war or by the
war department, at whatever instigation.
In doing so he endorses the Mohawk, the
wormy hsrdtaok and the maggotty meat
as the proper diet for soldiers. He will
be heard in defense of these things at the
Tabernacle this week. VIII he answer
the East Liverpool News-Reviow manH
Here is what Palmer writes from Manila:
IHE POOR PRIVATE.
To be national guardsman in Penn
50 ylvania, especially when comm ission
backs you, is q glorious thing. To be q
Pennsylvania national guardsman in San
Francisco is grand feature, where you
are wined and feted and made much Of.
To be United States soldier in the
Philippines is to be a slave, subject to
the caprice and insult of every whipper-
snapper who sports shoulder straps.
The volunteers have been miserably
fed, and at times they go to bed hungry.
took my company ration to my colonel
~. 4
"I am stout and healthy man, Ool-
onel, aud q good soldier. In the name of
God, do you mean to cause the boys to
mutiny by feeding them in this mannerr"
The colonel made reply: sergeant,
is that really all you get at your com
pauy mealH" assured him that it was
when he said
"You bring your tent to headquarters
at once. I'll see that you get enough to
eat at least. There's thousands of pounds
of -four at the commissary, and I'll in
struct your captain to see that you, at
least, have plenty of bread"
BY the way, we had neither bread nor
crackers at breakfast; nothing but
few miserably' fried potatoes and pint
of coffee.
The men thanked me for making my
kick, and Captain Shaaf ordered me to
my quarters, where went at once, and
was called coward. Had I refused l
would have been called a mutineer and
shot upon the spot, as warning to men
who are SO foolish as to believe that they
have any right which politicians are
bound to respect,
And yet they call this republic of ours
the model republic of the world. God
pity the model Don't dare to term me
weakling, coward, a poltroon, a
Prumbler or kicker. I served three
years and seven months In the old war.
/ served fourteen months at Anderson.
Vile. am stout man, mentally,
physically and morally the peer of any
soldier who carries sword or gun, and
yet dare say TO you, the editor OF the
Dispatch, the friend of the masses, the
friend of the rank aud file of Merritt's
army, that have been in hades on these
Philippine islands for the last five weeks.
was offered captains commission
by Colonel Hawkins while at Gretna
Twas proud Of the fact If l held COM
mission today l would resign tomorrow
and go home. WhyN Because / am on
the inside circle and the entire plant is
rotten from center to circumference, Men
are being used as mere machines or
puppets for the advancement and
ACKNOWLEDGMENT of the few, Even the
chaplains are hot on the trail of the all
powerful dollar, and have become mere
dealers In tobacco, as the men must
have the weed and will pay we'll for it,
and the percentage on Investment is al
least 100 percent.
told my wire, now In control of thu
Sews- Review, East Liverpool, that Goo