The National tribune., 1901-10-31
CHAT Of TIE CORRIDORS.

to his reappdntment in the army. HI
re-entered the army at the breaking ou
of the Spanish War, as Quartermaster
and did somef serys fine work at Tampa
Fla, and at Montauk Point, straighten
| ing out the sharls there which were or
picking the War Department. AT Tal. pi
ne fitted out the great train of siege guns
He did so waE that he was sent to thu
| Philippines, and WAS for two years Chic
| Quartermaster of the District of Minda
| mao. Again he won high commendatiol
| from all his superior officers, and from
| the War Department, but the Examinin,
| Board, which conceiveS that 1t Is appoint
| ed for the purpose of wedding out volun
| tecr officers for the benefit of West Point
ers, rejected him ON lie ground that hi:
hearing and sight We're defective. Thi:
was absurd, for Capt. Swobe has neve
yet had to resort to glasses, and reads a:
well as he ever did without them, white
his hearing is as good as any mans S. Iht
President and Secretary of War were 81
disappointed at the Boards findings tina
Capt. Swobe will probably be given hl'
reappontment i'll disregard of them.
Capt. Swobe enlisted in the 18th Mich
at its formation, and came out at the END
of its service as Il First Lieutenant.
He talks most interestingly Of his ex
periences in the Philippines. He believes
that the islands will be soon completely
paclied and made Il most valuable part
of our country. In spite of all that has
been said, the people take readily to on
ways, and accept better civilization than
the Spanish rule afforded them. They ar,
good workers and make good sOlde. un
der white officers. He had. lately been
at a post which WAS held by a Sergeant
with squad of men, all natives. They
had heard of some ladrones III the b.uSl
some distance away, and of their Own
motion planned successful little cdni
paign against them, in which several sh5t
We're fired, and Il number of the ladroues
captured. They We're exceedingly proud
of their achievement, as they had right
to be. They will work well under white
mems directions, and so make cool labor
erS on plantations.
The possibilities of the islands are
bcundicss. There is no healthier climate
i'll the world. Capt. Swobe was not sick
a single day while there, and everybody 3
health was good who took reasonable care
of himself But nobody can drink liquor
there with as much impunity as III the
United States. 1ntemperance brings its
results very quickly.
A great many discharged soldiers are
settling down i'll the Philippines and GO
ing into business. As Il rule they DO very
well. Capt. Swobe thinks that there are
much finer opportunities for yong men
there than i'll this country. There are
many more lines of business into which
they car enter with little or no capital.
The country needs everything that civil
zation supplies, and needs it in hurry.
The principal products are sugar, to-
bacco, hemp and copra. This last offers
many advantages To- the young farmer. 1t
is the flesh Of the cOcua-nut, which is
packed, dried and sent to Europe. where
a fine oil is expressed from it. A cocoa
grove is readily started, and when it be-
gins bearing yields ian average of about
~ Mexican per tree. A few thousand
bearing trees will therefore yield man
handsome income, with no further trou-
bic than gathering the nuts and drying
and packing their meat.
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Comrade r. NJ. Sutton, 18th Wis, of
Sutton, Neb., WAS in the city III company
with Capt. SwObe. He is in the real es-
tate business. rs.
The remains of the late Senator Cush-
man *. Davis, of Minnesota, arrived at
Washington Oct. - and were inferred
quietly at the Arlington National Gene
terry, i'll lot especially assigned for the
purpose by the Acting Secretary of War.
Mrs. Davis accompanied the remains from
st. Paul, where they had been kept in a
vault of the Oakland Cemetery.
The funeral party was met at the Bal
timorc and Ohio station by Sergeant-at-
Arms RansdeIl and representatives of the
Quartermaster's Department, who super
intended the removal of the casket to Ar
lington. Senator Davis was a First Lieu
tenant in the 2Sth Wis. during the war,
and it was that fact that gave him the
right of burial in a National Cemetery.
Comrade Erhard Zemsch, S9th y. Y,
Altoona, Pa, was in the city last week
lie is ii weaver by trade, and is Senior
Vice Commander of his Post. He was
severely wounded during his service. and
left on the field, where he was found
and captured by the rebels.
Mr.. T. c. Harbaugh, assistant editor
of the Miami Union, Troy, O., and a fire.
quent and fayOrite contributor to The Ma
tional Tribune, was in the city last week.
He has been visiting the Southern battle
fields. He was too young to go into the
army, but had brothers in the service.
Rear-Admiral Crowninshield, the Chief
of the Bureau of Navigation, and the head
and front Of the Anti-Schley faction in
the Navy Department, has picked ont the
choicest billet in the Departments gift to
retire from his present position upon. Last
week Secretary Long announced that next
March Rear-Admiral Henry c. Taylor
would succeed Crowninshield as Chief of
Navigation, and that. .Crowninshield would
be assigned to the command of the Eu-
rOpean Snuadron
Secretary Long said that the selection
of Admiral CrowninshieId as the next
Ccmmander-in-Chi of the European
Squadron was in conformity with a re-
quest made by that officer last Spring that
he be given a flag command after he
reached the grade of Rear-Admiral and
before his retirement for age in March,
1905. 1t is the ambition of every officer
Of the navy to round out his active career
with the record of having commanded
squadron, and the policy OF the Navy De-
partment has been to crafty flag officers
about to retire in that respect
Secretary Long also took occasion to
correct the published reports that there
had been friction between Admiral Crown
nshield and President Roosevelt when the
latter was Assistant Secretary of the
Navy in regard to transferring the battle
ship Oregon from the Pacific to the At
antic station at the outbreak of the Span
ssh war. 4ee:f
The fact was, the Secretary said, that
The plan of bringing the Oregon around to
he Atlantic originated with Admiral
Crowninshield and was promptly indorsed
Dy both Mr.. Roosevelt and himself (Mr.
Long,. There was really no other course