Sunday Washington globe., 1902-06-22

few Of our officers made themselves
conspicuous for their lootiug ability in the
Chinese war aud subsequently in the Philip
pines Lootiug In plain English means
stealing by brute force. The English soldier
or officer has heretofore held the record for
this species of dishonorable theft Of
course many officers come by their loot
legitimately or partly So That is they will
purchase from the private soldier the
articles he has stolen from some shrine.
temple, or residence. In this case the re-
ceiver is not supposed to be as bad as the
thief Then again officers like, for instance,
our own Col H. o. S. Heistaud secure
these curios, trophies, aud valuables in
presents from distinguished foreigners for
distinguished service, or they purchase
them in the stores and shops of foreign
countries
An army officer acquaintance of ours who
inspected the curios of Col Hestand at the
latter's residence I7I4 Twentieth street
northwest placed a valuation on the lot Of
not less than fifty thousand dollarsl He
did not Of course intimate that the colonel
paid that amount or any like SUM out Of his
meagre salary of lieutenant colonel for the
beautiful objects of art, laces. bric-a.brac,
Chinese silks and iutrinsically valuable
curios with which the coloueps house was
fairly Uttered The GLOBE uses the verb
was as it is in the past tense for the col.
ouels mansion is not now adorned with
these spoils of war. They have been packed
and stored away! 1t appears that the col
onel purchased outright after his return from
abroad the handsome property r4I4 Twenty.
FIRST street. The exhibition of the valuable
curios and the purchase of the house caused
too much annoying talk among people who
recalled the fact that before the colonel
went to Paris aud subsequently, to China
and the Philippines he was unable land
'unwiilug) 90 pay Major Erastus Hawkes.
the amount that gentleman thought was
due him in the famous Manila II .mp Com
bine, in which Meikleiohu, Heistaud and
several other distinguished citizens were
co-partners.
The enterprise bursted for the want of
capital and Hawkes. was left to hold the
bag-which lie is still holding by the way
while the big men of the concern, military
and civil, entered their holes and pulled the
holes in after them, so that Major Hawkes.
could not even secure an interview with his
former 'pards."
Coming back to the curios and recalling
the fact that Colonel Heistaud was absent
in China and the Philippines altogether
about eight months we can truthfully apDly
to his case what the song writer sang of
celebrated Irishmau, to wit;
Is this Mr.. Reilly, they spake of so highly,
Is this Mr.. Reilly that kapes the hotel?
An if your the O'Reilly they spake Of so
highly.
Then pom me soul Reilly your doing quite
we'll "
Indeed the colonel is to be congratulated
after all, in missing connections with the
Manila Hemp monopoly aud coming out
on the bare pay of lieutenant colonel,
which we annually spend for cigars as the
owner in fee simple of a handsome mansion
and the proud possessor Of Oriental bric-a.
brac, laces, curios, silks, canoes, lacquer
work, ornaments, aud other curios, which
our army acquaintance estimates as being
worth not less than 6fty thousand dollars.
We can in our minds eye see the expires.
sion on the prominent features Of Major
Erastus L. Hawkes. as he reads this article
and we can almost, In fancy purely, hear
his picturesque remarks as he learns from
its perusal that his old pard, who pleaded
poverty in their joint enterprise of corner. /
ing the output of hemp from Manila, is
now rich beyond the dreams of --- hemp
or any other wild cat undertaking calling
for Senate investigating committees, court.
martials and 50 forth.