The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-09-17
RAGGED SOLDIERS
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II A10RrrTxo from yosohsms
M n W 10 her father on indianapolis.
MAN. lnd. Mn ~ De Motto Dce--
N\v fnx an American resident 81
Japan. tells % the srnpre~Sson
maize there BY the appearances
81 United states soldiers returning home
from the Manila campaign and 81 efforts
made BY American women at Yokonama
10 cheer the troops on the way. Her let
ter as reproduced ~ the Chicago Tribune.
ID 40 follows:
"'You can't walk three STEPS without
seeing an American volunteer said .
friend TO M one Day recently.
What exclaimed
"rer. the town "a fsii. TIE trznspor.
Hancock r. here and the boys have Sore
leave A harder looking lot. eexxinx your
pardon for saying so 7 never saw
THIS friend - Dane. A man who
has Travelled all over Europe. but has
never SEEN our own glorious lxnd. The
nert dag. the 4sh Of July. I went down
town mypeif. ana I Sw, wlras everyone
else vas seeing. . ins lot Of men. but
the cioshes'
"'You call those men soldiers SAID one
0reastic German Z should say they we're
framps.' And we Americans hsd 10 say
meekiy: Yes, they do look hard. but there
are excuses 10 b. made for them They
have had hard year
But the sight Of dsrty-nay alfry--
cicsheg tooth brushes stuck through ma,
bands. ragged coats, or more frequently
none. made ~ biu1h. II Wa aa veil for
~ 10 put on a brave face and try 70 ex-
plain 10 our European friends that clothes
did not mako the man. and all hat sort
- hing. The fact ssarsd Va IN tbs face.
- all 4h<m.
eiss than soldiers
Our German friends, accustomed 20
their band bcx' sofdiers. who are always
on dress parade. smiled ssrcastfcalIy. Our
English cousins laughed az ne 'rasamurin
TROOPS. and We swallowed our wrath AMI
smiled sschIy emile. for Yonchama has
only little over 1000 foreigners. not in
Guiding the Chines~. and 81 thai number
over 40 are British. and We are but IA
And when the fairly IL small 10 behovves
each one TO Try and keep pace.
The Hancock left and meetinx Of the
American women was called by our con-
sufs wife. IL was decided to open head
quarters on the Bund, the street facing he
bay. AMI 10 give the volunteers. who were
expected on the transports to follow. n
place 10 stay.
This vas done and when the Warren
steamed into the harbor from fs Rund
were flying two flags, one American ara
one japanese
The Colorado boys came IN IN crowds
II ~as a forstaste Of home. they told US.
the first bright spots IN fourteen months
They were given advice a. 70 what 4,
see ard how TO zee a. what so buv ara
where. A luncheon OF andwscha~ cake
ana pie, washed down by IeuonaSe scrd
tea and other cool drinhs was served .h~u1
81 noon, ard they Iouu0ed shout talking
~ US and reading tire latest pacsrs and
magssInes But with . fec exceptions.
Their app~ararre w1s 20 bstspr snan rre
nvst lot ciesn. decent uniform vas the
exception. not the ruye
Then our German, English ana ether
friends said: Thosgh we must ~ that
we have never seen HARDER. reuensy.isoh-
ing men. ~ the same fine we have never
seen better behavior And the Jspaness
police said WITH establishment: viewer
have we known such thine. Among MI
these men not one arress for drunkenness
or ds~prderiy conducsr
And We began 20 feel better
Before they Jeff the officers carne in
and fhsnked ~ personally for all thar wa
being Zone.
"NOf came the Sherman. and our en-
p~rienee was much the Same. But iass
FRIDAY. august III. the Grsrt steamed in
10 our harbor and through the courtesy
~ the JAPANESE officsais vas permitted 20
so along the pier instead ~ lying 90 from
shore, - The others had lone
The nrst 70 land were me officers They
had heard ~ 10 BunJ. and tncy came o.
rert 70 ~ 70 express IN advances their
delight ard thanks.
AZ m.@ here cams ne boys In blue.
sbcus ~ strong vim the band NJ the
had, marching up the Bunf % the heat
9uarerE Tho ofnr~Ys, drawn 10 tn linn