The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1902-07-16
BOUGHT A DISCHARGE
PRIVATE LAMAR COMES BACK
FROM PHILIPPINES.
Says After Seeing Much Of the
World He Has Decided Mont
gomery is Good Enough
For Him.

After serving two years as a private SOL
dier with the 10Th United States Infantry
In the Philippine Islands, George NJ. La
mar, formerly a Montgomery policeman,
returned to Montgomery yesterday, tired
OF army life, ard declaring that since he
has seen a great deal of the world. Mont
gomery is good enough for him. -
Mr.. Lamar enlisted in the army at re-
cruiting station located here He was
sworn in on July %. 1900. and was sent to
recruiting camp in Columbus, o.. where
he was assigned to a company OF recruits
and remained until November. when. with
party of recruits, he was ordered to
the Philippine Islands.
Together with 1900 other recruits. Mr..
Lamar sailed from New York for Manila
on November 10, 1900. His ship reached
Manila Bay on January g. 1901. and lay in
the harbor several days. Mr.. Lamar says
he got shore leave and spent three hours
in Manila one night. This was all he saw
of the chief city OF the Philippines during
his stay Of nearly two years in the is
lands.
With f1fty-two other recruits, Mr.. La
mar was assigned to the 10Th Infantry,
commanded by Colonel Snyder, and was
sent to San Jose de Buena Vista, in the
province of Antique. Island of Panay The
ment remained there five months, until
the insurrectionists were conquered
When the campaign on the Island OF
Panay had ended, the 18th Infantry was
transferred to the Island of Cebu, and
the company of which Mr.. Lamar was a
member was stationed in the city of Ce-
bua, which has a population of about so,
900. and ranks next to Manila among the
cities of the Philippines
The regiment remained on the Island OF
Cebu until 1t was ordered to return to the
United States.
Mr.. Lamar says the first few months
after his regiment was transferred to
Cebu, there were many battles with the
Filipinos led by Goodness, Lugar and Ro-
sario. They fired on the city every night,
and the soldiers would be called out to
repulse them. Finally when the Filipinos
surrendered 1t was reported that Goodness
had held out large amount of arms and
ammunition which was concealed on his
plantations near the city Godnes was a
man of wealth and influence and had a
fine place.
Mr.. Lamar says a detachment was sent
to Godnes's place to make a search for
the arms. They found a number of guns
and placed Godnes under arrest While re-
turning with him to the city Godnes at
was shot to death
On May II the 18th Infantry and the 9th
Infantry sailed from Cebu. They reached
Manila on May % and were In quarantine
until May q, when they sailed for San
Francisco on the transport Sherman.
"On the voyage over said Mr. LAMAR
our vessel stopped at Gibraltar. Port
Said, Malta, Colombo. Singapore and
Nagasaki. l got shore leave and saw a
great deal of these cities"
The transport reached San Francisco
on June q. and Mr.. Lamar secured his
discharge on July.4. He had thirteen more
months to serve according to enlistment
but he purchased his release from the
army by paying IS a month for the time
he was to serve.
Mr.. Lamar says the Filipinos are still
in an ugly humor. and he does not be-
lieve this government will ever be able
to Americanize them. They are not at all
satisfied with American control and in
his opinion they will continue to give
the government trouble.