The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-05-12
N FAVOR OF THE CAN1EtN
..wY CHAPLAIN SAYS THEY RE-
sutrED IN IMPROVEMENT.
american saloons Superseded Phil
.,r,ue Gin Mills, Where Poison-
oss Liquor Was soId-Condemns
pem ocratic Critics-Good Advice.

HARRINGTON. May io.--Chaplain Chas.
= pierce. Of the United States army, who
- b<en on the firing line with our troops
= fhs Philippines since February 4, 1882
- commanded to report 20 the adJutant
~.rsrai upon the physical and moral well
~ Of the American soldiers there. His
,,noft reads as follows:
= am commanded by you to write with
-, fear or favor. / have no favor to
~ general, because. although I have
sssn n Manila for eighteen months, my
~ort Is there and l desire to return to It.
~ "a fear, I have never known such a
ss.f,ns In the army MY treatment has
siwsvs been courteous, and / have al
avs been permitted to say. freely and
srsntly, all that thought necessary, in
~ matters involving my legitimate
rphere Of work
Saloons I'm Manila
AS 10 matters of moral import have
Nm pained 10 note In many alleged in
tsrvIsws IN newspapers n disposition TO
i've 10 the facts but a partial publication.
/ have read the statement that but two
saIocns existed In Manila at the time OF
n occupation by the Americans. As
aysf saw the city. only eight days later, I
s,r saw that this figure is too small: and
although It is a fact that more public
ssIocns exist today. II is also true that
,nsfe are not 80 many OF them as to In
xnivs 1 net increase In the number Of
si1ces IN Manila where liquor may be pro-
cured but on the contrary, a diminution.
ina truth Is land I have not yet seen
statement OF this fact In any newspaper
rufDorting to give AN Interview with per-
sons who have returned from there) that
N American saloon has superseded some
tAine else What It has superseded Is a
moat important question in this interest
~ controversy.
Native Gin shacks.
when first saw Manila the streets
vofe practically lined with little nipa
kdts, perhaps about twelve feet square,
d which the natives were selling, at a
tsbacco. but also native gin. These gin
pha1hs' should certainly be included in
ne number OF drinking places existing at
The be6inning. and their number was very
vps % hery ana villainous that its effect
upon such of our men ms used II was de-
parable. II became my duty to bury two
ss!disrs who never recovered from the
Nm IN the service about eighteen years.
and received from his officers. In per-
sinai conversation with me, commenda-
Ton 80 fatterinR with regard to his
that II might be coveted by any man. He
had never been drunkard, hut this ma
i've poison was so virulent In Its effect
ihn ne became maddened and fingered
ii his delirium a whole week. never hav-
hg recovered his reason, at the time OF
NJ death. Our authorities set to work to
restrict this traffic by system which
finally resulted In its prohibition.
Good of the Canteen.
7 am not personally an advocate Of any
nixon. but ] am forced to give nv tcsri-
bnny that the substitution of regimental
tanteens In which only beer was sod In
Sace OF this traffic in native gin. resuit ed
b most immediate and perceptible ini-
provement In the sobricty of the troops.
ikould welcome the day when all men.
md Il agreeable BY their abstinence, 10
tnmh out the market for oil rnlt or
ghdtuo,ls products That milennial age,
Nsveet. has not dawned. and my opinion
y that II IL better to accept such forms o.
feeuction as are feasible than to insist
tpop theory which however ideal. Is I'm
possible Of enforcement
Restrictive Regulations.
Il bear my cheerful testimony to the
Afnest effort OF the commanding general.
ncumbents Of the provost mar shal gener.
Gfs once to crush out the more danger
oos forms oy this traffic. and TO impose
arh restrictive regulations as viii. reduce
the whole business 10 a minimum The
Whole history OF our occupation of Manila
has been one OF development, and prog.
~, along physical intellectual and moral
ines. and ! believe that no man could
Muse 20 admit Il had he been permitted
y see the progress OF this work and to lie
admitted. TO some slight extent, into the