New-York tribune., 1900-01-07
THE PASSING THRoNG.

J. Martin Miller. a newspaper correspondent who
returned from the Philippines early last summer has
made an extended lecturing
COLONIAL through the Middle and Western
Policy IN States. having Just returned home
FAVOR Mr.. Miller says the Adniniztra-
uon's policy in regard 10 the new
possessions and the prosecution Of the war
IN the Philippines Is growing In favor with the
people every day. They now. more than ever.
look upon President MeKiuIey's policy the only
one that could have been pursued.
All this" he said. when looked at in the right
way has broadened the American people and sdu-
Gated them along lines they were sOrey IN need or
We paid no attention TO foreign affairs and the
commerce OF the deep seas The people had no n
terest in our consular service which has been sadly
the present Administration and the one follow r.
In our possession of the Philippines the cause
Our influence there VIII tend to bring The isolated
Borneo. closer TO civilization
Two years ago the United States had not single
station IN sSmo re Todsy isgP ss sees Tedsn sa viii 5
5e ~ 5pc OF Cancer On s ma2 close a 70 tae t 0Ofa @
Pacific nearly five thousand miles. he viii hnd
Puerto Rico. about three thousand miles further
Is Guam and nearly TWO thousand miles from there
about the same position in the tropics and stretch
have in Tutuiia one Of the Samoan Islands. pos
session across the Equator from Hawaii"
The English seem 20 be in a more hopeful state
Of mind Just now. said ". L Livingstone. OF Phia-
delphia, who has Just returned
ENGLISH from London "than they have
WAR been for some time. The enthusl-
ENTHUSIASM. is unbounded. and the nation
Is giving lavishy both and
money. It isn't confined by any to class
and the OF good estate, without previous mill
taFy training marching up and chesrfully TAX
ing the Queens shilling in England to-day just as
The OF the class were taking the blanket
in regiments the outbreak Of the Spanish
While the Beers undoubtedly good fight
ers N Lhe laee o. sGch sim - -
that in the end they viii be conquered
eG GnEoff eos 81 f he KhnE o4es e 9 og 6 Y 's
thousand and one ether Ways as VEL FTnds s sor
hospital ships for delcaees 20 90 70 the front ana
war md ready and enthusiastic subscribers and
Kipng has evidently again htt the nail on ne neaG
where The chorus ends with pay. pay, pay: FOR
wherever 1t is reeited the audience goes wild aad
me OF a funny incident. A Zulu baby was recently
much scandal in London. 20 chief named Ngon-
7S6Pv S%na aP6 s " T Fosans Kchso ana w
tne i9te5preJer has sworn i means N ne s
popular.
Kellogg Grigsby Of St Paul, served throughout
the Civil War. and later saw service the plains
in the Regular cavalry In speak
IMPORTANCE ing of matters military at the Fifth
OF THE Avenue Hotel yesterday Mr.. Grigs-
COMPANY by said: To the average person
COOK who reads OF a battle II simply
means many soldiers either
side pirted against each other, and they do not
take into account the thousand and things
necessary 70 get troops into and keep them In
fighting shape. They perhaps appreciate what
commssariat is. and possibly that the troops must
have ammunition, but of the thousand and
little details that must be daily attended TO they
have not thought, and probably care not whit.
Now, Tor example, take the company COOK That
doesn't sound Ike important post, does II? And
yet the company's cook is really one Of the most
important persons in the company. for II rests
him as 70 whether or not the company is well fed,
and II II IS well fed il viii give good
service. But cOmpany's cook really has far more
TO DO than TO be mere cook He must be X
ecuttve officer OF much ability, him largely
depends the proper distribution and apporIionTnenr
OF the rattons Men receive raIi0ns IN the service
for nve days, and the cook IN great measure mas
charge Of them; he must that they last the
allotted time and that the served in
divtdualiy that there shall be cause fer com
plant the score OF favorttism- II you gave
large potato soldier and g small 70 the
next one simply because they that way you'd
have kick at once from the that got the small
meat ration is where the company cook comes out
strong If he is 2 good cook the rock upon which
he breaks II he is poor No must be
favored, and the meat must be made go exactly
around. remember once in volunteer regiment
seeing new cook carving some with a bayo-
net. A small riot followed when the distribution
The company cook is only one although an i'm
portant one. OF a hundred and minor persons
and things OF great necessity In the Army OF which
the outside public knows little or nothing"