The Oskaloosa herald., 1900-09-27
TIC KNEW The BOYS.
Army Officer Who Remembers
Members Of Company r.

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ands. He remembers the boys Of 90.
r, as be was with them on the Iloilo
expedition and in much of the cam
paigning in Luxon. He has an espe-
cial tender spot in his heart for the
51st Iowa foot ball team, Of which
Harry Dutton was d member, for they
worked hard aIlnight to save his sup
ply boat which had been toolheavily
laden.
Captain Jeffery's service Ia the vol
unteer army began at Camp Merritt
San Francisco, in June, 1898. His
work in the military camps there drew
out the warmest commentator Of his
superior officers, and also Of the San
Francisco press. In the following Mo-
vember he sailed for the Philippines
in the transport Newport being quar-
termaster of the vessel. He was sta
toned at Manila for a few weeks, be-
fore the outbreak of hostilities With
the natives; and he was detailed to
accompany the expedition to Iloiio
under General Miller, in the capacity
of chief quartermaster. It was while
acting in this capacity that important
duties requiring both marked admin
istrative ability and fearlessness fell
to the lot Of Captain Jeffery. How well
these duties were performed the rec
ord shows. In General Miller's re-
port he tells how Captain Jeffrey, by
clever s~trategem, captured a Spanish
vessel, the Samar, right under the
guns of a Spanish gunboat and fort
The owner OF the Samar was willing
to sell her TO the government, but
could not agree to deliver her, as the
Spanish needed all the boats they
could get. But General Miller needed
her too and as his report states, with
out her could not have made the land
ing at Iloilo. How Captain Jeffery
succeeded in securing the Samar In
the face Of these difficulties and with
out loss of life, is told by General
Miller as follows:
"The vicenti Captain Jeffery's
steam launch) steamed past the fort
and past tho Spanish gunboat Elcano
and went alongside the Samar. The
captain was informed that she was in
a dangerous position, as she was right
In the line of the guns Of the United
States ship Baltimore; he was ordered
to weigh anchor while getting up
steam, and was prevented from COM
~municating with the shore or the Ell
cano, which he wished to be allowed
to do. When everything vas in read
mess Captain Jeffery ordered his pifot
on the bridge and reported the Samar
to me alongside the Newport under
her own steam. When they passed
the Fort and the Elcano the Spanish
flag was hauled down and the Ameri-
can flag was run up. The seizure of
the Samar at that time was a military
necessity.
Upon getting her alongside the
Newport it was found she was a steel
ship and well fitted on that account
to resist small arm FIRE.
"While waiting for instructions from
Manila the Newport met with an ac-
cident, blowing out one Of her cylin-
der heads. She was costing the gov
eminent 8 1000 per day, perhaps n
falling the necessity Of going to Ma
Mia or Hongkong, under tow, for re-
pairs. At this juncture Captain JEFF
Raru oonR an-o5 NTH ~ ahfaF -
Mr.. Dixon, of the Newport, and they
went on shore together, mourning the
danger due to the hostile feeling of
the insurgents; they obtained some
steel plate, riveted it on the cylinder
head so that the Newport was able To
make her homeward trip without loss
to the government.
"a few days later, while Captain
Jeffrey was in a machine shop attend
ing to some repair work for the Samar
the native soldiers took possession OF
his steam launch in the river. Cap
tain Jefery had been informed by a
friendly Filipino that it was not safe
for him to be seen on the water front
that night, but With HE small party
went of from the rear Of the shop, and
in a little row boatreached the Samar
in safety.
ut twas Captain Jeffrey who hoisted
the Stars and Stripes over the Span
ish bank at Iloilo at the time Of the
landing, and established a hospital
there; and with ahandfull of soldiers
cut off from their command when
their regiment pushed through the
burning city, saved from fire property
valued at 81, 500, 900, as per a list fur
nished by Senior Esteban de la Rama,
a wealthy Filipino who gives Captain
Jeffery the credit, in a letter written
to me, Of saving his property from
beinglooted and from being destroyed
by fire. Captain Iefsery then landed
commissary and quartermaster stores
for the army and saved the command
from a water famine which confront
ed it when the city was burned.
81 wish to say that whom there was
any hazardous or important duty to
be done, he showed marked executive
ability, promptness and readiness In
executing my orders.n
No herd Of hogs Is safe unless
given veeey's Star Anti-Uholera 1t