The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1900-07-20
DEVOL FROM MANILA
A Brief Stay Here in His Hurry to Get
to Washington

Kansas City, July 13,-Major c.
A. Devol, who has been quartermaster
for the United States army at Manila
for nearly two years, spent yesterday
in Kansas City, visiting his father,
General H. F. Devol. Major Devol
hurried to Washington on account of
orders which required him to report at
once. He is to be stationed at New
York.
Mrs. Devol and their two children
will remain in Kansas City few
weeks at General Devols home. Mrs.
Devol went to Manila with Mrs. Fred
Funston and was one of the first
American women who visited the
Philippines. She is slender little
woman with as much courage as any
soldier and had experiences in the far
Northwest when her husband, a cap
tain in the regular army, was sta
toned in Montana to keep the blanket
Indians from leaving their reserva-
tions and scalping settlers.
After nearly two years in Manila
Mrs. Devol does not hold a high
opinion of the Filipino "They would
make good house servants" she said,
''if they had any idea of truthfulness,
but they are the greatest liars | ever
saw. \ Filipino servant will lie to
| you when the truth would serve his
purpose much better and he knows he
| will be found out. They are naturally
so treacherous they can hardly do
otherwise. Our soldiers treat them
kindly and Americans who employ
them treat them so well that they think
there is something wrong. At first
they thought we were afraid of them,
but the way our soldiers defeated them
has proved that to be untrue, but they
think there is something wrong. The
Spaniards would cuff them around
and treat them roughly and they can
not become accustomed to our ways.
When they left Manila Major Devol
was almost sick. He was on the
ocean thirty days and rested so that
he is feeling much better now. Mrs.
Devol is glad to get back to the
United States, but ready to go wher-
ever the army goes, no matter what
the climate.
Mrs. Devol says there were frequent
alarms of uprisings in the city of
Manila before she left. in June. The
Filipinos who have been paroled
promptly begin to plot and blaclmail
the Filipinos who have money for
means to buy arms and supplies. The
women were often frightened by re-
ports of trouble, but the police and
secret service were efficient.
"a Filipino cares nothing for an
oath" she said. "Our soldiers bring
them in and lock them up for a while,
then parole them. 1t is no punish
ment for them to go to jail. They are
better fed there than they ever were
before in their lives. Once out the
treacherous nature of the Filipino as
serts itself in plots to harrass the
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"Since the Americans have had
control the city has changed entirely.
There is some attempt at sanitation.
Since the plague broke out in the city
close watch has been kept. Three of
our teamsteEs died of the plague. 1t
started with the Chinese but the Chi
nese are now helping to clean the city.
"Just before we left General Funs-
ton came to the city to bid us good
bye. He is engaged now in scouting
with small parties in the mountains.
He cannot be idle and | have won
dered what he will do when the trouble
in the islands is over. The Ameri-
cans there think good deal of Funs-
ton. When we left there was no
trouble in China and the first we
heard of it was from the pilot that met
our vessel at San Francisco. We saw
Mrs. Funston and | told her the next
she would hear of the general he
would be in China. Il guess not, she
said. L have just cabled that ! will
be in Manila in October That will
keep him in the islands till get there
and III see to it then that he doesn,
go Mrs. Funston lived in the same
house with us in Manila and was
much attached to her."
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