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Col Robert T.. Meade ~ the Marine Corps
reported 10 Ront Admiral barker ~ tho navy
ward Yesterday and took command ~ tho
Marine barracks. relieving Major Thomas
Nev'on Wood sho ha. been In command ~
tho barracks since col. Pope's transfer 10
Boston early In tha autumn Major Wood
goes To the Marine Barracks at Washington.
Col Meade since his term Of SEA service on
admiral Sampson's flagship, the New York.
In the Spanish war. has been In command Of
marines In ~" Philippine Islands and IN com
mhnd OF both army and navy forces of tho
United states ashore In north China, lie
was sent to Manila when only small force Of
marines vas there. and, "a other battalions
arrived. formed a regiment. Of which he was
In command and Of which he was very proud
Whom the trouble In China became acute he
was sent there and being the senior officer In
our service among the land forces. be was In
command Of the United states contingent In
the taking Of Tientsin. lie fell III adterwMd
and. after being rassed upon by medical
board Of survey. was invalided home and
ordered to the command Of the Marine Bar
racks at the ravy yard In Brooklyn.
Col. Meade Is not stranger in Brooklyn.
having been there ten or eleven times He
did not take possession Of his house In the yard
yesterday. as It i5 being overhauled. but Is
stopping at the Hotel ST George. This morn
ing at battalion parade the orders placing him
In command will bo published and the last
formality Of bis coming will be over Col
Meade cannot be induced 10 believe that the
situation Ia China II one for en- officer III the
service To talk about at length. but he chatted
some with friends yesterday Of ailairs In the
Philippine. With occasional references TO the
north China campaign.
Il want to tell you" said Col Meade, that
MaJor-Gen Otis did more toward the pacif1ca-
tIon Of tie Filipinos than ten regiments. He
did II not by force but ty his suGv!ty. gen.
iallty and aiiIable personality. gentleman
is recognized where there ore gentlemen, and
there are-tCol Meade laid just the slightest
emphasis on the sre")-there are gentlemen
in the Philippines To be sure such course
means personal contact Natives from various
parts Kept coming into Manila Gen Otlss in
huence penetrated throughout the ISLANDS
Il IL not by force that pacihcation is coming
II II by the suuttt,T NJ WOdO, not 10y the forf,fer
IN 70 | was glad 10 see that Gen Macarthur
followed out III this respect Gen. Otis policy
in his eoncustory attitude toward the Fill
Why don't YOU know that Aguinado has
often come into Manila? He comes in In dis
Guise whenever he particularly cares t., iod
II you saw him. The Amcrcans are satisfied
that he has been in the city, only they have not
been able to .carn about his presence III! after
him. II is easy gh for the insurrectos 10
get in. They do it 10y the coiulds which are
freely issued nnye CONS to pTTs9..
his friendliness He is all amigo lie tells
who ne Is aud receives n bit of paper. the ccdvia.
on which is written his name and the place
that he comes from and a statement that he is
u fisherman. or whatever he is. and is friendly
to the AmerCaDs. Armed with this piece OF
paper any native can come within our lines
at any time. look around al that he pieases
and go away again. One man that ! arrested
had twenty Ave Of these Iapers IN his ci!othe,
amigos when they wanted cGdUIl simply
buried their guns whore they could get them
again at need and came within the lines and
went again
col, Meade ~nl.lcd as he said that his wssh-
man at tayite Wa an insurTeoto. he used 10
iiSs nv At Cav.te vieJo, Ne ,olou.l said. and to
home at Cavie Veto he had To pass outside
"f 9gr lireA and go down a hollow and . around
laundry @ H0 and bropsht t' it 6scH on ani te u"' R
would take the clothcs home sad wash them.
then 60 Gght with the insurrecto,. and at the
ont about it l,'cr when we cleaned the insur-
rectos out Of CsvttA Nieio and the intervening
",S.. t sc and so2a oTe Tse
bod and TO hinc = washr en- are not "lsan
Col Meade has more marines than the San
Felipe barracks would ACCOMMODATE. and he
cleared the nesnborhood Of lie ladrones. WHO
used 10 do a profitable business, for them.
10y numbering the amigos" and rohbing them.
II was n one OF these ladrores that the twenty
five ceiulG' were found Cavite was place
of comparative comfort when Col. Meade
with considerable If rush. He got there
late on Jny II, and at 2 o'clock In the morning
Cf July 10 activities began. When that even
iuc 1t was decidci 70 withdraw the troops.
tho Chinese had the rance So well that Col.
Meade cid not try TO retire his men In any
Of four or tve as the opportunity ofered.
All the American forces eng1g ged retired with
out the loss Of man This was the night
IN which the Chlnose fell back from the CITY.
but the aies did not know about II until next
day. when the Jays blew down the south gato
got, he ave, tons and tons - silver. and loaded
II into a amen until y troke the Noors through
aprNe " II wa. n TIE form e shoes wcigh!ug
: ou-,hirg Ike fifteen yUlr ds ar !ece, sore =
4 which he'd Ncen partly fused with materials
~ the huIldiHe oout1ir'ue It which was set
sdn sirs .fk'd ,SS, , s0c,thlRg ne slGS nSv
all q +, could te kert together ard n. soldiers
could not usea shoe" md did vNt beer some
4 te'o shoes sold for - cont. each The
silver was taken from tie amen # the NICeroy
Col Meade sold T. for ss7t ooo m gold and turned
that sum over 20 ne Government ~ Washington
where Il l. being hold ms a sacr"d trust The
'rysts, which npparen'ly the den inmate df-
'"re"'lr When Col Meade got to the Nicero,'s .
gold Naults thel were ornI ty
Col Meade had warm words for Gen, Flk-
ls'iwa ord fer tie Russon T'oe-td- iral
or both 4 whom he formed sincere friendsiirs.
u, ans about Tentin were of the mould Of