The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-10-08
Her Dark Red Hair Played
in the Breeze as. the
Soldiers Sailed Out
of the Bay.
AND DOYLE SANG Of II
His Verses in the Souvenir Song
Book Which Preserves What
the Soldier Bards at Manila
Put into Rhyme.

unteers can do good many things be-
sides drilling and marching and fight
ing. An aggregation of the kind is sure
to include clever fellows who, in their
way, contribute their share toward
making life cheerful for their compan-
ions in arms. The forces at Manila and
in that neighborhood brought into mo-
tice several men answering this de-
scription. One product of their contri-
buttons to the gaiety of the campaign
is little pamphlet in which have been
preserved to literature the verses they
wrote. These lines, of course, are not
of the style and finish, in all cases, that
would call for the encomiums OF the
professional critics. Yet they are not 50
bad. In fact most of the selections in
the little paperbound pamphlet are
comfortably good, some of them are
clever and q good deal above the aver
age of the poetry that reaches the gen
eral public.
The pamphlet has bright tinted
title page which reads: "Souyeni,
Song Book. Twenty five Original Songs
Eighth Army Corps. Price Twenty-Five
cents. American money" The song
book was printed in Manila. the cover
is adorned with the Filipino flag and
the Filipino coat of arms The preface
announces that lin presenting to our
boys in blue this pamphlet Of original
songs and poems, the compiler begs to
fat lah
the best and most diversified collection
possible. 1t has been his aim to have
represented in this book the various
| regiments of the Eighth army corps"
The preface also goes on, in explanation
| OF the emblems on the title page, to
say that the three stars represent the
three rebellious islands, Luzon, Wis
I cayas and Mindanao, while the eighth
rays Of the central emblem represent
| the eight provinces of these islands
| and SO on.
The collection includes twenty-five
contributions. In instances the air is
named to which the words are set For
instance, Dewey, the King of the Sea-
written by member of the Astor bat
| gal Son." Frank T. Hines, of the Utah
volunteers. contributes six verses that
sing the slores of the Utah volunteer
to the measures of Marching Through
Georgia. From Utah also comes a
three-verse song which tells of The
! Old Army Hardtack," in the measures
| of THE Old Oaken Bucket"
| In a good many of the verses one
| finds glowing reference to DeWey-he
| appears to have been a, favOrite with
| the soldier poets. The advance of the
I Colorado boys on Mamma is set forth in
| stately stanZas written by George Tay-
| lor, one of that states volunteers 1t
| sketches the whole affair up to the
| moment when
| ''Oer the walls of old Manila
| Soon a flag of truce was run
| McNal Howell puts in four verses a
tribute to the Oregon boys which can
be rendered in the tune Nelly Grey"
| OF course Dixie gets paraphrase-it
| is the "Nebraska's Battle Song" writ
ten by Ira Kellogg.
In this little pamphlet of rhyme and
| song Montana is represented This
states regiment did not lack a poet,
two of his effusions are in the list. He
is w. H. Doyle, a. private in the COM
| pany made up at Kalispell. In one of
! these Doyle describes the experience
rather unpleasant, which was the lot OF
| the Montana boys on the first day out
when, on board the transport Penn
| sylvania, they steamed out into the
| Pacific bound for Manila. The Doyle
| masterpiece, however, is written in
praise of 1.-THE Girl With Dark Red
Hair The Montana boys were ac-
| quainted with the heroine of Doyle's
| four-verse rhapsodie. They had been
| the recipients of much-appreciated Ia
| vors extended to the soldiers during the
trying days when they were getting
bad food and faring hard generally IL
| their camp on a miserable stretch OF
ground near the Preside.
The favors thus received are a part OF
| soldier experience which the Montana
| boys will never forget. One fair young
lady among those who administered tn
the comfort of the men. during their
stay in the California camp, was the
last to wave to therA = last farewell
when they sailed out of the Golden
Gate. She bravely held her post at the
| bow of a tug boat which for a distance
out of the harbor was the transports
escort She was the central figure, the
soldiers cheered Justify and gave
| hearty manifestations of thanks for
the attention thus bestowed upon them.
| Later on the muse filled the heart and
mind of Doyle. In verse he paid trt-
| butte to the girl whose hair was of au-
burn hue. and all the members of the
| Montana regiment agreed that in his
| verses the thing was we'll done. Doyle
| served with the Montana regiment but
| did not return with its members, pre-
ferring to try his luck at greater length
in the region of Manila. OF course, the
| Montana public has an especial interest
in Doyle, in the girl and in the verses
in which her praise was chanted.