The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1902-04-12
Washington
Day by Day

are going to put fringes on Sherman's
march to the sea-" writes an American
officer in the Philippines to a friend of
position in Washington.
God help the Filipinos," exclaimed a
| Georgia Congressman after quoting the
officers letter tonight; and he spoke feel
| ingIy, for he was a boy living on his ia
Tiers plantation in the wide pathway
that Sherman burned between Atlanta
and the Atlantic.
The writer of the letter discussed the
military situation in the Philippines. and
referring to an expedition which his COM
mand was about to undertake against
the enemy he significantly added:
I'VE are going to put fringes on Sher-
mans march to the sea-"
| The reference to the letter was brought
| about by the drift of conversation be-
| tween two or three Congressman and
| some of their friends on the latest devel-
opments in the trial of Freddie Funston's
| friend "Bully-for'' Waller, and the mon
strous scandals connected with the trans
port service at San Francisco. One of
those engaged in the discussion referred
| to Major Walters sworn statement that
General Smith ordered him to kill all
| Filipinos over ten years old
"Yes-and that's the truth" declared
a young man, stranger. who was sit
| ting near.
| Everybody turned to the young man
in wild establishment, and he proceeded:
waller received that order all right.
10 eli CY11it
structions. Smith is in a hole and is
| trying to pull himself out by pulling
Waller in. Smith is a brigadier-general,
and is wild to get promoted-crazy to
| be a Encouragement
"I have been serving in the army in
the Philippines three years-am still In
the army-have just arrived in Washing
| ton from Mainland l tell you it is a
damned shame the way they are trying
to drag Waller down for obeying his
orders. Officers high up are the guilty
Observation-Disclosures have to obey them
and now they are trying to down the
subordinates.
"Orders were sent out from headquar-
| tiers that all Filipinos should congregate
in the towns, each person or family go
! ing to the nearest town, and that they
should remain in the towns. OF course
the insurrectos didn't and won't obey the
American order and commanding Of
ficers of our forces were ordered to shoot
every Filipino found outside of a town.
Thus Waller found the Filipinos, which
he is charged with having shot, outside
of a town, or In the open country. and
he was obliged by the law of the general
commanding him to shoot them He did
a soldiers duty-he obeyed. General
Smith is the guilty man."
The young man spoke calmly enough,
but he clearly displayed passionate re,
sentiment against the highest military
authority In the Philippines. Who he
was nobody present knew, nobody asked
But he was clearly an officer. He was
apparently 30 years DID, good-looking,
and quite faultlessly dressed He was
thin and nervous, his health evidently
not being good.
1.-The Philippines? The climate?" he
| said, as If asking questions he fancied
his listeners might ask. "They have near
ly killed me, as you may observe He
walked away.
"Ill tell you, as I've told you before
said the Georgia Congressman, this ad.
ministration is going to prove to be the
most corrupt the country has had since
Grant'sr
The fat and otherwise notable Mr. Hogg
sometime Governor of Texas, is now sail
ing homeward over the bounding sea, and
| in advance of him we have double-leaded
special cablegrams," probably written
in New York. which purport to give his
views upon various subjects. chiefly his
own fondness for fishing and the Kings
necessity of being crowned
"Hogg says he has met with uniform
courtesy and kindness In England. AL
though he admires the women's dresses
here, he longs for the simple calico of
Texas. Mr. Hogg said he would not attend
the coronation, adding that he would
then be fishing in Texas. He said he would
not swap two hours under the shade of
a dogwood bush catching sunflsh for all
the show of royalty in the world
So runs "cablegram, written in New
York, with the evident purpose of ridicul-
ing the worthy Hogg. Many newspapers
"humor" at the same time; but In fact
it is simply the manifestation of the vul-
garest element In our f1ippant newspaper
ism.
| While there is no trade commodity
known as 1.-The calico of Texas and
while this coarse "cablegram'' Is meant to
be fling at Texas in general and Texas
women in particular it would be very
strange indeed IL Mr.. Hogg did not prefer
his own homefolk to the "womens
dresses of London. Likewise 1t would be
strange If he should so far deny his own
self-respect as to seek to shine amongst
the gilded throng of the Old Worlds great
ones at the browning of the Kingi
A little while ago the inexpressibly silly
and caddish 'cablegrams," written In New
York, set forth the palpable falsehood that
Mr.. Hogg had declared his intention to
give up being presented to the King
and attending the Kings coronation" be-
cause so fat man as he couldn't wear
"knee-pants," garment or garments en-
tirely unknown and unheard of in the LONG
history of England. In this country of
America 1t is claimed that there are per
sons called gents who are said to wear
''pants;" but plain, everyday working