Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-05-29
AT THE WHITE HOUSE
The President Will Review the Vet
Grams Of the Philippines.
PREPARATIONS FOR TIE EVENT
A Soldier From Manila Describes
Provocations Suffered.
GEN. YOUNG A CALLER

Mr.. John A. Merritt, the newly selected
postmaster for Washington, was at the
White House this morning to pay his re-
spects to the President The commission
for Mr.. Merritt will be issued in a few
days, but he does not think the change will
take place before July /. 1t is not known
when Mr.. Madden will be ready to enter
the Post Office Department as third as
sistant postmaster general. He and Mr..
Merritt have not communicated with each
other on the subject.
To Attend Commencements.
Judson w. Lyons, register of the treas
ury, and Alfred B. Cosey. arranged this
commencement exercises of the law de-
partment of the Howard University at the
Congregational Church tonight
President b. L. Whitman of Columbian
University saw the President this morning
and invited him to attend the closing exer-
cises of that institution.
1t is now certain that the President will
attend grand review of the volunteer
troops who have served 50 calamity and
faithfully in the Philippines. The affair has
begun to shape itself so that it is known
that the review will take place at Mime
arolis and St Paul. and that nearly all of
the volunteer regiments now in the islands
will be present as the guests of the two
cities named, and the aggregation of fight
ing men Will be one of the greatest and
most brilliant gathered since the civil war.
The President in talking to Senator Carter
today, expressed his delight at being able
to review these veterans of the country S
latest war. 1t is understood that the vol
unteer regiments of Kansas, Nebraska, Col
orado, California Oregon, Washington,
Montana, Utah Iowa, South Dakota, North
Dakota, Pennsylvania, Minnesota and Ten
nessee will soon begin to leave on their re-
turn to this country. According to the
present program, a number of the regi-
ments named will have left Manila by June
10. The others will be quickly put aboard.
The great occasion in the two western cities
ought TO take place about August l or 10,
although the date is now indefinite.
Will Be Guests of the Twin Cities.
The program of the War Department is
to muster out the volunteer troops at San
Francisco and give them travel pay to
their homes. st. Paul and Minneapolis will
take the soldiers to those cities and pay
their way home afterward, thus leaving
the men with their travel pay. The SOL
diers will likewise be the guests of those
cities, which will pay all expenses.
After going to st. Paul the President may
go as far as Yellowstone Park, but it be-
gins to look as if he will not get to go to
the Pacific coast.
Tainted by the FiIipinOs.
win Sendl carter, at the w Hlte house,
Sergeant Fisk of the Montana regi-
ment. He arrived in Washington Saturday
night from the Philippines, bringing with
him four demented soldiers, to be taken to
St EliZabeth's Asylum. Sergeant Fisk left
the islands the last of March, after having
gone through many weeks of campaigning.
He said today that the American soldiers
stood mans insults from the Filipinos be-
fore fighting began. They would get in
front of outposts at night he said,
and curse and abuse us. They had learned
all the foul names of the English language
and applied these to US. In addition, they
would march companies of their men over
our sentries and cause the Outposts to re-
tire. When did get at them, however,
We paid this up in full. How our boys did
fight! We opened the eyes of those natives
in quick time, sure"
Gen. Young Calls.
Gen. P. NJ. B. Young, who will leave San
Francisco on June ID for Manila, paid his
respects to the President today. General
Yourg will leave here Wednesday for San
Francisco.