The times., 1901-03-28
LIVE TOPICS ABOUT TOWN.

| oxford last nfSnL. Mr. Pitcher was a
first lieutenant and had command of
Company f of the thirty Seventh Volun-
teer Regiment wher it was mustered out
| At san Francisco a month ago. He has
come 10 Washington seeking reappoint-
lncnt In the Regular Army
The longer YOU are in the country 80
he continued, the harder it is to calcu-
late the outcome OF the trouble. but l
have seen it in all stages and | think
The end is very near. There is no organ
izod resistance. and has been none for
many months, almost Il year, in fact,
hrt there is plenty Of trouble in all parts
OF the islands. ! stationed last in
the I.agIna Dc Bav territory, and there
was stiI some desuItory fighting going
on when / left The resistance was evil
drnced mostly by ambushes. into which
a dozen or So Of our men would walk
and either tight thcr way out or be kill
| ed or captured.
The hearts of tFe natives are not in
prolonging the GGhC am sure of that
They are forced TO right. even after they
have become real amigos. The biggest
man in the Filipino army today is Gen
eral Cai!!es He h.ig * a bodyguard GER
Jai:t!% not over 300 men, but he has the
| power 10 raise almost AZ a moments no
! t:ce an army of 5.b90 He has in some
wa. managed to gather together a large
number Of arres and plenty Of ammunt-
| ton. When he wants TO fight "A battle
| he sends out his emiSSaries. who levy up-
| on the little villages and bring in the
| men. The men go reluctantly, | know,
| because they have told me so. One Fill
pino / talked to said he wanted to see the
| lighting over. and that he did not want
| to make trouble for the Americans. But
| what can | do?' he said. If | do not go
/ gYrt nd frrhf harr ha Galh will no
/ and take my wife and children out into
| the mountains. or they viii catch me and
| cut off my head. So 1 must go and fight
| with them.
The F'ilipinos realize that we have
done great deal for them. by improving
! the sanitary condition of their villages
and cities and hence would be glad.
| believe, to have the United States in full
| control"
| The Humane Society has never given
| up its idea of pushing its way into the
public schools and now that Gen. II. V
| Boynton. one of its members. is at the
! head of the School Board. will make an
! effort to continue the work upon which
| il was engaged last year. With the be-
ginning of the present school year an or
der excluding the Humane Society work
! ers went into effect The order was
based upon the rule which prohibits
| y
their work and their influence into the
schoolrooms. This construction of the
rule was considered a hardship by the
| Humane Society officials. as quite an
! elaborate scheme of instruction along
/ lines Of Kindness to animals. and the
/ knowledge of them, had been developed.
! The principal representative of the So
| ciety in the schools was Mrs. II. f. Ar
/ mour. who conducted personally the work
among the scholars. This consisted chiefly
/ of talks and explanations by Mrs. Ar
| mour, in which she told the children
| things Of interest about animals and tried
| to give them a proper understanding Of
/ an animals right to food. shelter, and
comfort. Her main idea was to instiH
! into the children's minds while they were
! young. love and regard for animals \
| little book Of songs about animals was
used in the exercises.
Friends Of the movement were conf
| dent that even during the short time that
it had been in operation great good
! had been done and the exclusion Of the
workers from the schools was greatly
/ deplored. The society now has some hope
I of being able TO continue, since the ap-
! pointment of General Boyntou to the
/ board. General Boynton has for years
! been member and an active one. of the
/ society. and it is expected that he will
/ use his Influence TO have the rules SO
| construed as to allow the workers TO con-
/ tinue.
1T is. to my mind, very important TO
have children educated to regard ami
| mails as things deserving consideration.
| said President Snow of the Humane So
| ciety last night That is the basis of
our effort in the schools. The songs and
| the talks about animals which were
! given to the young children aroused their
interest and made them thoughtful. The
] 81 1Cf of q mi Ttr0 rs
/ our representatives from being I'm the
! schools seems to me rather hard. Ours is
| q real educational branch. as il develops
/ the higher qualities in the nature OF the
| children. We have no special propagan-
| da. our work is not for special but for
| general good | sincerely hope that we
| shall be able to continue the line of work
We started out upon and develop it still
| further
| During the last few days OF Congress.
| when the Naval Appropriation bill was
| under such hot fire. it was said that
| within few months the Holland Com
rary would have finished the work upon
| the submarine boats already ordered by
| the Government, and that it would then
| give its attention to work in other coun-
tries, where Holland boats had been cr-
dered, and were under construction. In
| event of this happening. some members
| Of Congress asserted. the United Stayes
would have seen the last of the Holland
| Company, as it would be kept busy with
| contracts across the water.
| Speaking Of this assertion last night.
| G. Eaton Creecy, counsel for the Holland
| Company. said: There is not much fear
| that our company will give up The Amer
| lean field because we did not succeed in
getting the contract for three boats That
would he a foolish and shortsighted pol
| icy. We came very near winning as it
was Notwithstanding the opposition of
the Appropriations Committee and many
bureaus OF the Navy DeDartmeut-eyen
OF the Secretary himself We ara 81 Cour-
aged. of course, and have right TO be.
seeing that we have seven of our boats
under construction. Two, If there are
no unexpected delays, will be ready by
July. The others will probably be delayed
until October because of the difficulty
We have experienced in getting the proper
steel turrcts made at the factories in
| bethlehem This Will, of course, leave
our skilled craftsmen and experiment
men unemployed for some time, as it will
be nine or ten months at the earliest be
fore We can get even another chance for
an appropriation from Congress. Never
theleSs ii Will not mean our withdrawal
from the United States. Our boats in
England Will be far enough along by that
time TO need our special experimental
crews, and shall be ready to send
| them over But their stay in Europe will
not be permanent. and we shall have
them back here the moment that they
are needed for use on boats to be con
struCted for the United States Navy
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