Arizona republican., 1899-03-29
CELESTIAL JACKIES.
Philadelphia Has a Naval Reserve
 of Chinamen. x.
The Yellow Skinned Recruits Are Enthusiastic Supporters of Uncle Sam and Are Eager
 to Fight.

Philadelphia boasts of the honor of
 maintaining naval reserve composed Uf Chinamen. With the exception ol
 the officers-and even several ot these
 are followers of Confucius-the entire
 body of iaclies wear pigtalis The hu- cieus of this novel addition 10 Uncl9
 Sam's fighting forces attracted no lit tie attention during the recent peace
 jubilee celebration in the Quaker city
 Rev. Frederick Poole. who conducts the Chinese mission in Philadelphia $
 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 natown, and what he says goes.
 Race street, between Ninth and Tenth. is the center of Chinese popule- tion in Philadelphia. The mission is 1t No, o29 Race street. Here MT. Poole has labored for several years in an almond-eyed vineyard, redolent of opium and chopped suey. He has grad ually 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 "speciaF' attached to the Sixth district police station, and that is saying a great deal.
 In his efforts to organize the Dewey Chinese naval reserve of Phil adelphia" MT. Poole was aided by Will liam Careless, his right-hand man; Eng Chang, the missions official in terpreter. and Lee Toy. When the scheme 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 Toy; lieutenant. junior grade. William H. Bateman; ensign, William Careless: surgeon. A. G. Bakes; first gunne1's mate. William Lee York; first boat swains 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 queua. Chinatown's mayor has a great hold upon his subjects. He dresses in Amer ican clothes, and only on state occa- sons does he don the flowing robes of the Celestial empire.
 When Ii Hung Chang visited Phiia- delphia on his American tour Lee Toy was very much in evidence. acting as a member of the reception committee as the representative of Chinatown. Then what q metamorphosis was there! His black suit of broadclOth and patent | leather shoes were exchanged for Q rS1 ,O lo1r R11+ wonderful part of it was that a lux uriant pigtail hung down his back. | much to the amazement of his Cele>- | tial followers. A diplomat is Lee Toy. |
 1t the time of the peace jubilee the | organization was in a raw state. Now | it is thoroughly organized. Che even ing recently 42 enthusiastic Chinamen enrolled themselves. and since then | every laundryman 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 ment 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 lan- yards. haveTsacks and canteens.
 With the exception of the American officers not a single member of the Dewey naval reserve is a citizen of the United States. Yet everyone is eager to ''go fightee for stals and stlipes" \. Y Herald