Daily camera., 1899-02-10
CELESTIAL JACKIES.
Philadelphia Has Naval Reserve
of Cinnamon.
The Yellow Skinned Recruits Are
Enthusiastic Supporters of Uncle
Sam and Are Eager
to Fight.

Philadelphia boasts of the honor Of
maintaining a naval reserve composed
aI Cinnamon. With the exception Of
the ofiicers-and even several of thesG
are followers of Confucius-the entire
body of jackies wear pigtai!s. The nu-
cleus of this novel addition to Uncle
Sans fighting forces attracted no llt-
tie attention during the recent peace
jubilee celebration in the Quaker city
Rev Frederick Poole. who conducts
the Chinese mission in Philadelphia s
Chinatown, is the father of this patri-
otic project. He enlisted the aid OF
Lee Toy. and that meant Instant sue
cess. For Lee Toy is the mayor of Chi
uatown, and what he says goes.
Race street, between Ninth and
Tenth, is the center of Chinese populs-
ton in Philadelphia. The mission is al
No 929 Race street Here Mr.. Poole
has labored for several years in an
Acknowledged vineyard, redolent Of
opium and chopped suey. He has grad
uallv won the confidence of his neigh
bors. and, with the aid of Mayor Lee
Toy. has accomplished good results.
He is even more respected than George
Luton. the big "speciaI' attached to
the Sixth district police station. and
that is saying great deal.
In his efforts to organize the
dewey Chinese naval reserve of Phil
adelphia" Mr.. Poole was aided by Will
liam Careless, his righthand man;
Eng Chang, the missions official in
tarpreter, and Lee Toy. When the
acheme was first broached there was
tremendous excitement in the Chinese
quarters. from cellar to 'top side"
The following officers were chosen:
Lieutenant commander. Frederick
Poole; lieutenant paymaster, Lee 10y;
lieutenant, junior grade. William h.
Rateman; ensign, William Careless:
surgeon. A. G. Bakes; first gunner's
mate. William Lee York; first boat
ewain's mate. Harry Lee Yup; cox
swains Wong Kee, Wong Ho, Harry
Wong and Wong John; color sergeant.
Eng Chang.
The prestige of Lee Toys name had
much to do with the scramble to en-
roll. Although Americanized to the
extent of having sacrificed his queun.
Chinatown's mayor has. a great hold
upon his subjects. He dresses in Amer
lean clothes. and only on state occa-
the Celestial empire.
When Ii Hung Chang visited Phila-
delphia on his American tour Lee Toy
was very much in evidence. acting as
member of he reception committee as
the representative of Chinatown. Then
what a metamorph osis was there! His
slack suit of broadcloth and patent
leather shoes were exchanged for
silken robe and sandals. But the most
wonderful part of it was that lux
uriant pigtail hung down his back.
much to the amazement of his Cele>-
tial followers. A diplomat is Lee Toy
At the time of the peace jubilee the
organization was in a raw state. Now
it is thoroughly organized. One even
ing recently 42 enthusiastic Chinamen
enrolled themselves, and since then
every laundTyman in Philadelphia has
been filled with martial ardor. Collars
and cuffs remain unlaundered, and even
fantan has lost its allurement.
The questions of uniforms, equip
mcnt and drilling quarters have been
thoroughly gone into, with successful
results. The full quota of oriental
jackies will be armed and equipped at
once. Subscription lists have been
started and arrangements made for
drilling the section every Monday night
at the old Second regiment armory
The men will have two sets of uniform
the regulation white and blue-anl
will be armed with carbines. cutlasses
and knives and equipped with Ian
wards haversacks and canteens.
With the exception of the American
Ulcers not a single member of the
Dewey naval reserve is a citizen of the
United States. Yet everyone is eager
to ''go fghtee for stalls and stlipes. -
n Y Herald