The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-09-02
NEWARK BOY IN MANILA
Lieut.. Louis huffman Who
Was Brevetted at Santi-
ago Writes Home.


One Of Newark's many soldiers in the
Philippines is Lieutenant Louis Meredith
Nuttmann, of the Fourteenth Infantry
Lieutenant huffman is an ideal soldier II
form and fact and won for himself q name
in the Santiago campaign, where ne was
sbrevefted for bravery In action, says the
Newark Sunday Call He was born in
this city. June 2s, 1874. He attended the
Lawrence street public school, and in 1885
entered the High School. He left the
latter in 1891, two weeks before grauu-
alton. in order to enter the PeeksKHl
Academy to prepare himself for West
Point. He entered the competitive ex-
aminations Of the aspirants for West
Point in 1891 while Congressman Herman
Lehfbach represented this district. u
kaufman was the successful candidate
and Mr.. Lehlbach has never had any oc-
easion to regret his selection. He was
graduated from West Point in 1872 ana
with the rank of second lieutenant was
assigned to the Twenty-irst Infantry,
then stationed at Plattsburg. He fought
with that regiment in the Santiago cam
paign. and there signally distinguished
himself in action, for sshich he was pre-
yetted. During that memorable fight he
was aide to General Pierson. After the
surrender he was assigned to the com
missary department to bring supplies into
Santiago. At the conclusion of the Cuban
hostfiities he wa made first lieutenant,
and after a furlough of two months was
sent to join that regiment in Manila.
Shortly after his arrival there he was ap-
pointed aide to General Overshine, which
position he is filling at present. Lieuten-
ant huffman is an ideal soldier, fully six
feet tall, of splendid physique. command
ing presence and, in short, a fine type Of
a handsome fellow
He is at present stationed at Las Pinas,
about twenty-five miles from the city of
Manila. Below is an interesting extract
from a letter to a rising young lawyer.
one of his former s~choolmates in this
city.
sIn each OF these towns we have taken
and occupied we lave established a civil
government. General Lawton was present
in each town during the election of the
Major, or '~Presidente,1 as he is called
in Spanish. A certain number Of families
are represented by a principal" in the
Council. an equivalent to our Alderman,
and these principals" elect a 'presi-
dente'' and vice ~presidente." They have
charge of all municipal affairs, and have
Jurisdiction in crlminal cases and civil
cases up to 500. !.
1--WE will not Interfere in their municipal
affairs at all, while things run smoothly
and to the satisfaction Of the natives.
aere II might be injected that General
Lawton caused the arrest and inearcera-
ton of one of these .spresidentes' who
was found to be in sympathetic
cation with the Insurgents, and had ar
ranged to give up the town to A~gulnaldo.
|-Ed.)
h Council at Inues was troubled pc
csuse II found that we would collect their
road taxes. The spaniards collected this
FAY every year. and the natives say that
Il the money they collected for this pur-
nosa had been used for building roads
tbev vo1ld not only have the best ROADS
- tha world but they would be paved
with silver. As it is. the roads are or
were till recently, mere APOLOGIES ~
highways. ~
1--WE are working on the roads now. We
have to. for our own convenience, IN oraei
10 get them into condition TO nani oui
a~r,nplies over them. The work Is nol -
hard. for ali the towns we occupy are U
the Manila bay. and the 0 in no place
i far from the beach. whore we can ge'
nlantv of beach gravel and shells. so W
! ought to have pretty good roads ATOMS
,,ere IN ! wear or so. Of course we arr
not going to wear our men out any more
than ;s absolutely necessary by buiidlne
roads IN the wet season for thankles:
| Filipinos.
81 confess I cannot see the end OF TINS
war in sight. and do not believe that tn
| coneiliatory policy will accomplish the re
| sllt desired. War and Mercy do not go 70
eether. The more mercy the Longer thf
| war. This is particularly so with these
| ~neonle. who have had Spanish tyranny
| for 300 years. and have got to be prough
| around Fly easy stages to our way Q
I doing. They do not comprehend our KIND
ly treatment of the captured and WOUND
| cd prisoners, and our standing offer no
only of amnesty. but also $50 for every
rife turned in to us. They think we arr
dead easy and I am beginning 10 pc
lieve that we are.
There are men living right here in thi
town who are known to have been IN
n~argents. They may have sympathle
with them still. but as long as they pc
have they are allowed freedom. Unde
the Spanish system it was once an IN
surgent always one. and they we're treat
ed accordingly. AS | said before ines
people do not understand such things an
must be slowly educated up TO gu
methods. / think they would have niue
more respect for us If we used some 0
the familiar Spanish methods. and J
unnld end the nsurrection much sooner