Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-06-09
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Though the service in the Philippines is
very severe on the soldier, the caValrymap
gets fat on it explained a prominent or
ficer to Il Star reporter. 1T has been no
ticed that the average cavaIryman gained
mere flesh in Cuba and Porto Rico also
than men engaged in the other arms of
the service. Now. l don't mean to say that
all cavalrymen are taking on fat as a con-
sequence of their service in the Philippines.
but the record shows that more than ma
iority have and do In the Philippines or
dinariy the weather is pleasant enough.
that is. one can get used 10 it in time. ex-
cept for the drenching downpours that
fall without any previous notice or warning
whatever The rain of Saturday afternoon
last was more like a Philippine rain than
any | have experienced since my return.
1t Just simply pours down. In this respect
the Philippines are identical with Porto Hi
ca. But somehow the cavalryman stands
the rains better than infantrymen. though
his horse has rather hard time or IL. IN
enlisting for the cavalry recruiting officers
never accept an enlistment from man
WHO weighs over 100 pounds, while tor IN
fantry or artillery recruits who weigh up
to 1870 pounds are accepted There is an
Ot her restriction about cavalry and that IS
iii regard Ia height. An nfantryman or ar
tillcryman is accepted it matters not how
tall he is. for there are uses to which even
the tallcSl man can be put. But 1t is not
practical to put a man over five feet ten
inches in height horseback. and all
above that height are declined. Ordinarily.
the tendency in the cavalry service. and
especially the modern cavalry service.
where the men have to be as agile as circus
riders. is tn take off flesh during the sum
months. 1t was expected that this
rule would be the experience in the islands,
but ii has nn:. In these countries nearly
all those who are mounted take on flesh.
while nearly every one else loses at certain
seasons. There are lot of cavalrymen IN
he Philippines who have passed the one
hundred and sixty-five mark from twenty
10 thirty-tive pounds. This change has
come to some in less than year. Our
cavalrymen have been in the Islands over
TWO years and have had that much expert
euce enough 10 try it anyway.
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In the matter of a tipple drink the
Cinnamon are somewhat in advance of
other nations. and particularly Americans"
volunteered a police officer who has done
duty for several years in the locality
known as chinatown to a Star reporter.
First. to the quantity. Ordinarily.
when our hoodlums start in for a spree.
with beer as the basis. they have to calcu-
late on the wherewithal to purchase from
expenditure of from dollar to a dollar
and half. not including the amount that
is necessary should the spreer indulge to
any extent in treating others. for the aver
age American seems to be more happy
when he is paying for the drinks of others
than when he is drinking on the quiet. The
drinker therefore has to drink and carry
around all the way from five to six quarts.
The results of this drinking are shown in
many ways. not considering the moral
questions involved, and which necessarily
enter into the proposition If whisky is the
tipple. though it does not mean the same
amount as far as quantity is concerned. it
costs about much from financial
standpoint. or even more. Now. the China
man drinks a condensed and fearfully
strong liquor. made from rice, which is
imported from China. and comes in original
packages in a stone jug holding about a
pint. one jug of it is powerful enough to
put a big party into thoroughly drunk IN
condition. The usual tipple of it is a half
teaspoonful. though old topers get they
can take Il whole teaspoonful. 1t is drunk
in glass IF water. a portion at a time.
Three teaspoonfuls taken inside of two
hours settles the question as far as that
particular drinker is concerned. for it puts
him out of the calculation thoroughly. and
keeps him there for from four to six hours
afterWard. The total expense for a thor
oughly completed drunk is about & cents
about one-fiftietb of what it costs for an
American to get full of whisky beer
lie ullilh Is also OF d ulHeFtnt character.
There is no bowling, hugging fighting
about il, which is itself Improvement
and Very great one in some cases. as is
evidenced every day in the Police Court.
When the chiuaman has his load aboa I'd
he feels funny for d while. and he says
funny things but he never howls or fights.
All of d sudden he feels an intense and ter
rible desire for a place to lie down. Three
minutes after he is down he is out of the
race. Another thing about a Chinamau is
that he never drinks If ne has anything els.
t. do. Tipping seems to be secondary con-
sideration with the race. and there are
no exceptions with US. Should a lot of
Cinnamon md that they had time to have
a spree, and the inclination each one of
them would take his own vial. Among the
laundrymen class Sunday afternoon and
Sunday night is the popular time, though
some observe blue Monday for sprees I'm
less some very unusual occasion arises
New Year. the birthday of the emperor or
some other -hinese holiday. they never
drink at any other time. What a lot we
could learn from them if We would
The day for the ornamental penman as
far as the departmental service is con-
cerned has gone. said an experienced of
fetal who has passed through nearly all
the grades of departmental life to a Star
reporter. though he was somewhat promi-
nent i'll years gone by and was pretty well
known in the department in which he serv-
ed. In some cases. notably the Interior De-
partment. the clerk who was depended upon
to do the ornamental penwork was and Is,
Il lady. The typewriter has supplanted the
ornamental writer and is now used In ey-
erythng that goes out of the department.
In years gone by appointments and com
missions We're always made out by an orna-
mental writer. but the ordinary typewrit-
ten appointment is regarded as good
enough nowadays. Probably it Is but it
took us years to find it out. Time 4,s when
all communications of the heads OF depart
ments to the President to the Vice Prest-
dent or Speaker. and. indeed to senator's
and representatives, were the penwork of
the ornamental writer's. who were employ
sd in many cases because they were orna-
mental penworkers. In of times they We're
supposed to do general clerical work. but