The Winslow mail., 1899-01-28
CELESTIAL JACKIES
Philadelphia Has a Naval Reserve
Of Cinnamon.
TIC Yellow Skinned Recruits Are
Cnth usiastic Supporters of Uncle
Sam and Are Eager
to Fight.

Philadelphia boasts of the honor of
maintaining a naval reserve composed
Cinnamon. With the exception OF
le oflicers-and even several of these
.te followers Of Confucius-the entire
dy Of jackies wear pigtai!s. The nu-
.Ieus Of this novel addition 10 Uncle
ans fighting forces attracted no lit
attention during the recent peace
u0ilee celebration in the Quaker city.
Rev. Frederick Poole. who conduct.
be Chinese mission in Philadelphi@ 5
hinatown, is the father Of this patrl-
&c project He enlisted the aid OF
jea Toy. and that meant Instant sue
cess. For Lee Toy is the mayor of Chi
Iatown, and what he says goes.
Race street, between Ninth and
Tenth, is the center of Chinese popula
ion in Philadelphia. The mission is ii
o. 929 Race street. Here Mr.. Poole
aas labored for several years in an
almond-eyed vineyard, redolent Of
plum and chopped suey. He has grad
ally won the confidence Of his neigh
eors. and, with the aid Of Mayor Ice
Toy. has accomplished good results.
lie is even more respected than George
Lutton. the big special attached to
he Sixth district police station, and
hat is saying great deal.
In his efforts to organize the
Dewey Chinese naval reserve of Phil
delphia" Mr.. Poole was aided by Viii
lam Careless, his right-hand man;
Eng Chang, the missions official in
.crpreter. ard Lee Toy. When the
eheme was first broached there was
tremendous excitement in the Chinese
arters. from cellar to "top side"
The following officers were chosen:
lieutenant commander. Frederick
Poole; lieutenant paymaster, Lee Toy;
lieutenant, junior grade. William Il.
Dateman; ensign. William Careless:
surgeon. A. G. Bakes; first gunne1s
mate William Lee York; first boat
swain's 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 err
roll. Although Americanized to the
extent Of having sacrificed his queue,
Chinatown's mayor has a great hold
upon his subjects. He dresses in Amer
lean clothes, and only on state occa-
sions does he don the flowing robes Of
the Celestial empire.
When Ii Hung Chang visited Phila-
delphia on his American tour Lee Toy
was very much in evidence, acting az
member Of the reception committee as
the representativ of Chinatown. Then
,rhat a metamorphosis was there! His
olack suit of broadeloth and patent
leather shoes were exchanged for
siIllen 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 Cele>-
tial followers. A diplomat is Lee Toy,
At the time Of the peace jubilee the
organization was in raw state. Now
it is thoroughly organized. One even
inr recently AZ 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
tackles will be armed and equipped ct
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 Ian
wards haversacks and canteens.
With the exception of the American
L.licers not a single member Of the
Dewey naval reserve is citizen OF the
United States. Yet everyone is eager
to go fghtee for stalls and stlipes.
N. Y. Herald.