The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-03-24
VISITING
COLONIES
Distinguished Men
Aboard the
Hancock.

There are three veteran colonies on
board the Hancock, one in command Of
the troops. and two more as passengers.
One only has seen service in the Phil
ippines, and Col ]. NJ. Lee is one of the
few men in the army who, since 1898,
has fought in the three campaigns in
Cuba, in the Philippines and in China.
The officers are Col. Sumner II. Lincoln
OF the Tenth, Col. c. B. Hall of the
Twentieth, and Col. Lee of the Thrift
eth. All saw service in the Civil War.
Col Lee is one of the most diStin-
guished field officers in the army, and
it has been said of him that he has been
in his career in more campaigns and
seen more service than perhaps any
other officer. While with Gen. Crook
and Gen Miles, he mixed ii UP with the
Indians of the West and Southwest.
and was Immediately concerned with
the capture of more chiefs than per-
haps a single other army man, and GER
tainly became more familiar with the
Indians than most others. Col. Lee saw
service with his regiment in Cuba, was
on staff duty and with il at Manila. and
when Col. Liscum took the Ninth TO
China, being ordered there because the
men were veterans and close TO the
point of debarkation when the call
came the then Major Lee went north
with his regiment. In the fight before
Tientsin, when the gallant Liscum fell
early in the battle, Major Lee took
charge of the two battalions and fought
them until the end came at o'clock t
night Since that time he has had serv-
ice in the United States until his pro-
motion to command of his present regi-
rnent and now is on his way to take
up his second tour of duty in the far
East The regiment is in the small ISL
ands to the south of Luzon, and has u
comfortable billet, for the people are
fairly peaceful.
From all reports said Col Lee last
evening. the situation is much improv-
ed in the islands. Samar seems to be
the only place where the insurgents
have much of an organization. Alto
gether, what l heard in the United
States has been to the effect that the
outlook is very much better. My old
regiment. the Ninth, has been ordered
home. 1t is the only one which has
seen service in all three campaigns. Its
work has been very hard and its loss
in the absence of statistics / cannot
give exact figures-muSt have been at
least twice that OF any other regiment
in the service. There is hardly more
than the old non-commissioned officers
In the regiment, the ranks being filled
with recruits. The regiment suffered
heavily from the fever at Santiago. aft
er having had a hard fight; then it was
given hard work in northern Luzon.
and there was a long list of casualties
in China. so that the men were thinned
out before they had the hard knocks in
Samar. where many more We're lost.
LAS TO the outlook in the East, can
not express an opinion, but from what
/ saw il will take q little more acquain-
lance before the Filipinos become at
tached to us. They have not been ac-
customed to our methods and differ
from us in every important point OF
training and mental habit They have
rot been accustomed to such open deal
ing. but they are becoming more fav-
orable to the Americans, and l believe
they will soon learn that their condi-
ton will be bettered."
Col. Lincoln. who is in command OF
the Tenth. saw hard fighting at Santi-
ago. and is now lame from wounds re-
ceived there. Col. Hall has been on
duty at West Point for four years, and
both these officers are now going out
for the first time 10 the Philippines
The three were entertained at dinner al
the Hawaiian Hotel last evening by
Mr. and Mrs. Lake.