St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1899-02-04
CHINESE NAVAL RESERVE.
rhiludelphia Has . Novel Aaditios
to Uncle Saa's Fight
Ing Forces.

Philadelphia boasts Of the honor Of
maintaining 4 naval reserve composed
uf Chinamer. With the exception oil
the officers-and even several OF thesn
are followers of Confucius-the entire
body OF tackles wear pig.ai!s. The M
cleus of this novel addition 10 Cncis
Sans fighting forces attracted no nj
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-
otto project. He enlisted the and Oh
Lee Toy. and that meant instant sue
cess. For Lee Toy is the mayor OF Chi
na,own, and what he says goes.
Race street. between Ninth and
Tenth. is the center Of Chinese popuia-
ton in Philadelphia. The mission is III
No. e.o Race street. Here MIR. Poole
has labored for several years in an
Acknowledged vineyard. redoient 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
Jutton. the big special attached to
the Sixth district police station, ana
that is saying great deal.
In his efforts to organize the
"Dewev Chinese naval reserve OF Phil
adelphia" Mr.. Poole was aided by Will
liam Careless. his right-hand man;
Eng Chang. the missions official in
,erpreter. and Lee Toy. When the
scheme was first preached there was
tremendous excitement in the Chinese
ouarters. from cellar to "top side.
The following officers were chosen:
Lieutenant commander. Frederick
Poole; lieutenant paymaster. Lee Toy;
lieutenant. junior grade. William IL.
Bateman; ensign. William Careless:
surgeon. A. G. Bakes; first gunner
mate. William Lee York; first boat
swain's mate. Harry Lee iup: cox
SWANS. Wong Kee. Wong 10. Harry
Wong and Wong Johr: 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 queue.
Chinatown's mayor has great hold
upon his subjects. Tie dresses in Amer
lean clothes. and only on state occa-
sions does he don the flowing robes vi
the Celestial empire.
When Ii Hug 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 n metamorphosis was there. HIS
black suit of broadcloth and patent
leather shoes were exchanged for :.
silken robe and sandals. But the most
wonderful part of II was that lux
uriant pigtail hung down his back
much to the amazement of his Celes-
,ial followers. A diplomat is Lee Toy
At the time of the peace jubilee the
organization was in n raw state. Now
| it is thoroughly organized. One even
ling recently 4c enthusiastic Chinamel
enrolled themselves. and since then
every Iaundryman in Philadelphia ha'
been filled with martial ardor. Collars
and cuffs remain nnlanndered. and even
rantan 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
tackles will be armed and equipped al
once. Subscription lists have been
started and arrangements made fol
drilling the section every Monday night
At the old Second regiment armoTy
The men will have two sets OF uniform
the regulation white and blue-and
will be armed with carbines. cutlasse'
and knives and equipped with Ian
Yards. haversacks and canteens.
With the exception of the American
officers not a single member OF tn
[kwey naval reserve is a citizen OF thu
limited States. Yet everyone is eager
to "go fightee for stalls and stlipes.
Ia. y. Herald.