The Portland daily press., 1900-01-06
CAPTAIN GLIDDEN.
career of a Promising Yoasg omcer
from Maine in the Philippine.

The many friends In Maine and else
where Of Captain Joseph Warren 0lidden
Of the army, who now for nearly year
has been seeing service in the Philip
pines, have from time 20 time been hear
inGvery pleasing reports concerning him.
Captain Glidden is q son Of Col. John
n. Glidden OF Newcastle, Lincoln coun-
~, who has been for several years a
member Of the Governors staff, and Is
now, with mem ers OF his family. spend
ing the winter In the south Of France.
Captain Glidden Is o Harvard college
graduate, and at the outbreak Of the war
with spain, was practioins Law In New
Yorky City. He was appointed BY Presi-
dent MCKINLEY to second lisutsnantcy
In the regular army, and having passed a
most creditahle examination, was IS
signed to the 4th In fantry and orderd to
Santiago, Cuba. He reached his regi-
ment sons weeks after the fall OF San
tiago, to find 1t suffering In common
with the rest OF Gen. Shafter's forces,
from the diseases that were proving to DO
nore deadly than Spanish bullets. and
after such an Initiation into army life,
Accom- panied the 4th to Camp Wykon, l..
l. Here he acted as adjutant until he
YVES stricken down with typhoid fever
and Was taken to Newport hospital.
There forIa week or more he lay critical
ly Ill, but finally rallied and convalesced.
A couple Of months in his old home at
December he rejoined his regiment,
which in the meantime, mad gone to Fort
Sheridan, Ill.
Having been recruited to its full
strength OF over 1900 men. the 4th was
ordered to Manila, and early In the last
year Lieutenant Glidden sailed on the
Grant for the far East. The Grant, it
will be remam bered. was the first Ameri-
oan transport that ever passed through
the Suez Canal, and the young lieutsn-
ants letters to his friends at home
showed that the voyage, though long
and at times q tedious one, was greatly
enjoyed. The ranking offioer on board
was the late Gen. Lawton, and Lieuten-
ant Gliddeu was strongly drawn to him.
Seldom, indeed, has . letter been re.
ceived from the young subalt-ru in
sung; and the latt,r's death must have
been to BIN personal blow.
The battalion Of the 4th to which Lieu
tenant Glidden was attached, was sta.
toned for weeks at La Iona, near Ma
Mia. and 1t was not long bsfore he heard
the music of insurgent bullets. From
La Iona church he went with his regi-
ment to linus, and participated In some
of the lively skirmishes around that place
of which We heard last summer. He had
now become quite familiar with his new
profession and had proved himself to be
such an effio lent :fiioer, that he had been
prom oted to feat lisutenantcy. At
linus he was made battalion adjutant,
after having been for quite while In
command OF company. Later on he
was promoted to u oaptsincy In the Vol
uDteers, but was ordered to remain with
the 18th until his new regiment should
arrive from the United States. From q
copy Of the New O:isnt, an American
paper published at Manila. we learn that
during the opsrat ions In the vicinity of
linus, beginning with the attack by the
insurgents upon that place on Sept.
9th last, Captain Glidden commanded
three companies os the 4th, which. as =
friend OF his remarks, Is 'pretty good for
a Newcastle boy only about year 10 the
army" Since then Captain Giidden has
been serving as IN aid on the staff OF
Gen. Waeston, and il is supposed that
he ha, been in the thick OF the campaign
that has scattered Aguinaldos Northern
forces to tho winds and driven the insur-
gent leader into hiding.
Captain Gliiden II about twenty eight
years of age. and has the blood Of
Colonial and Revolutionary soldiers In
his veins he has strong physique and
Is a fine "shot'' and a splendid horseman.
man of principle. brave, modest. atfable,
A warm he arted and able to adjust him
self to circum stanoer, he knows how to
handle men and is deservedly popular
both With his superiors and with those
under hiIu. II his life is spared and he
remains in the servi,s, he is sure, from
the promising beginning that he has
made, to win an epvIable reputation.