Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-04-09
TWO PHASES OF WAR
LECTURES ON BOER CONFLICT
AND A SEA FIGHT.
Distinguished Audience Greets Messrs.
Archibald and Stickney-The Vic
tory in Manila Bay.

A distinguished audience at the Columbia
Theater yesterday afternoon heard the two
lectures announced by the citizens COM
mittee on the Grand Army encampment-
The Boer War;" by Mr. J. F. ]. Archibald
and The Sea Campaign in the Philip
pines by Mr.. Joseph L. Stckney. Both
lecturers were frequently applauded. The
audience included Secretary and Mrs. Shaw
Secretary and Miss Long, Secretary Root
and Lieut.. Gen. Miles in the boxes, and
number OF the most prominent citizens of
washington In the parQuet and gallery. A
particularly agreeable feature of the enter
tainment to the citizens committee was the
presence of a large number Of students
from the local high schools and other edu-
cational institutions.
Mr.. Archibald has served with armies in
Central America, South America, the Bal
kan provinces, Cuba, South Africa and the
countries of eastern Asia. His picture, rep
resenting him in military suit of khaki
was familiar to most of those in the au-
dience through frequent publication in the
magazines. There was a ripple of pro-
nounced surprise, therefore, when after
Mr.. b. H. Warmers graceful introduction
Mr.. Archibald stepped to the reading desk
in the clothes and with the manner of a
gentleman student, who had spent his en-
tire life in a city.
Displays Descriptive Powers.
His subject Of yesterday was admirably
handled. To collection Of about 100 views
he supplied running descriptions, so ar
ranged in sequence as to give the discourse
the effect Of an essay, while it remained
subordinate to his pictures. The sympa-
thies of the audience seemed to be decidedly
pro-Boer, fact which Mr.. Archibald did
not seem to regret, and for which he had
apparently been prepared. Fully two-thirds
a kpn tba
side of the conflict.
By means Of pictures and discourse Mr..
Archibald first introduced the audience to
the Boer soldier as he really is-a warrior
who serves without salary and entirely
from patriotic motives. A detail Of the
greatest interest to his hearers seemed to
be that even the Boer children insisted on
lighting. and the pictures of these young
soldiers evoked almost as much applause
as those of Botha, DeWet, Delarey The
opposite side of the confict-pictures of the
British superior officers, with their extern
sive STAINS views of the equipment carried
by the British officers, scenes from the oc-
cupation Of Pretoria by General Roberts.
and portraits Of the dashing Major General
French and his command-was received
either with laughter or in silence It is
safe to say, however, that no one who
heard Mr.. Archibalds lecture to the end
and viewed intelligently the pictures pre-
sented of the Boer country will continue
to wonder at the apparent ease with which
Africa.
Mr.. Stickney's Story.
Mr.. Stickneys discourse and pictures
took the audience to sea-. His purpose,
he explained, was to indicate methods OF
modern sea fighting by a description Of
the battle of Manila. The lecturer served
as an additional aid to the then Commo-
dore Dewey, but his activities on the bridge
OF the Olympia did not preclude the TAX
ing Of innumerable photographs OF the for
tifications about Manila bay, of the other
vessels Of the American fleet as they en-
tered the harbor, Of both fleets during ac-
tion,. OF the arsenal at Cavite, of the Span
ish Ships afire. in short, Of every phase Of
the sea campaign about Manila. The audience
frequently applauded enthusiastically, es-
pecially when the portraits OF Commodore
Dewey and his more important subordi-
mates were thrown upon the screen. A