The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1902-09-03
FILIPINO WIVES
AND CHILDREN DESERTED BY
AMERICAN SOLDIERS
Brave New York Girl Saved an
Infant From Death-A Spe-
cial Session of the Penn
sylvania Legislature to
Settle Coal Strike
Other News.


quarters are kept busy now days,
not only with the departure of
regiments, but in looking after
wayward and miscreant husbands
that are leaving for the Estates leav-
ing behind them wife and family,
says the Manila Times.
How many soldiers who have
left their lawful wives in the prov
inces before coming to this, city
will proba bly, never be known, but
the wronged woman have found
that there is some consolation to be
found in stating their wrongs
to the commanding general of the
division and large number have
taken advantage of the assistance
offered.
Tuesday six men were taken one,
Of the transports in the bay, the
complaint in such case being able
to show neat marriage certificate
many of them having been signed
by the chaplain of some regiment
who was on duty in the islands
Yesterday there were seven more
women at the Estado Mayor, claim
ing that their husbands were leav-
ing, that they were both mother
and wife, that were penniless, and
their husbands on board the trans
port Cook, now in quarantine,
preparatory to sailing for the Un-
tied States.
One pitiful case among the many
was that of a beautiful native
woman who was sitting On the
beach opposite the door of General
Chafee Office at the Estado Mayor,
weeping as though her heart would
break. The general happened to
pass just as she was in the midst
of the sorrow, and ordered one of
his aides to assertion the matter.
An Interpreter was called and the
woman told the same pitiful story
that she was the wife of soldier
by the name of Mcdonald, of M
company, twenty-ffth Infantry,
that her husband had gone to the
states on the transport Crook, and
left her and her child penniless.
It is needless to say that the gen.
eral when made acquainted with
the facts. ordered his launch to
the vessels side to have the mis-
cleant husband returned to the
city.
Gases of the kind are becoming
SO numerous that steps will be tax
en- to punish soldiers who have
been lawfully married here and
who return to the states deserting
their families.
The colored regiments have not
been alene in this, and complaints
have been made of members of 9TH
er regiments who have gone away
and left wife and baby in these
islands, and several cablegrams
have been sent over the sea to in
tercept the parties before they are
discharged, so as to bring them to
justice. There is but little that can
be done in the way of punishment
for soldiers who have been found
guilty of deserting family in these
islands. but they can be discharged
from the service without honor.
Whether this would have any ef-
feet in stopping the practice is
questionable, but it would return
them to the islands for discharge,
would relieve the army CT such
miscreants and would leave them
here where they would be compelled
to give support to their children.
instead of turning them out on the
streets to beg.
Whenever a marriage certificate
can be produced to show that the
parties were legally married the
case will be looked into and the
men will be brought ashore and
dismissed without honor.
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