New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-06-01

a reputation for gallantry. bravery and astuteness
second to officer in the army.
Major Kinsbury. Captain McDonald's command
Ing officer. summed up the whole Of the fight
In letter, real soldiers letter. brief and sue
cfnct. which he sent the captain few days
later. and while the latter still suffering from
his wound:
Captain J. B. Mcdonald. Sd Cavalry:
You have served with under comma md
rived at Badoc in epember OF you were
tinuaily in the field. and most of the work was in
the night time; ready; in
defatigable. Finally, April q. 1900 you made.
had over one hundred men and held position on
mountain whose approach was steep and deeply
thcketeG. You wounded seriously at the first
fire The engagement lasted for twenty minutes.
to yourself until the firing Ceased You were
brought on stretcher to the. post. over fifteen
Judgment. GOODNESS and dauntIess will brought all
of mine can add to the fact You have Won an
enviable reputation soldier, and you deserve
Captain Mcdonald was recommended for and
ceived a brevet for bravery and fortitrde. not
easily equalled, in command of an attacking party
against great Odds and wounded at the very first
shot Of the enemy yet concealed until the fight
ended the fact of a wound of desperate nature,
and continued in command. thereby saving his
command from perhaps total disaster" Others of
honored were First Sergeant dhen CorporaD Alfred
BALM, and Privates BENJAMIN E. stratton. Ed
awarded certificates of merit for CALAMITY expos
enemy to protect the flank of the command; and
Private Matthew n. OI.eary. for bringing from
terrible fire of the enemy. Private Ralph Molly
move.
An officer who recently returned from Manila
says:
The Boston sentimentalists and their sympa
ThI7ers thr9Gghont the country either san mot or
All the inhabitants who have come in contact with
the Americans are American. They welcome the
prosperity under the new flag. For generations
sPa e and the o6e b h9qs
pened TO miss the other was sure to get. and they
together; that was aIl-sonetmes not even that
enjoy the fruits of their labor and leave an in
heritance to their children is naturally acceptable
preden1e Of T oe co uf He go WORTH fRF ab6ut
Under the Spanish rule. when working the whole of
his estate. hig income, after paving tributes to
church and state, was about $500 Since the
the war and the lnlitat tons 1t lays upon the land
holder to work only q third Of his estate but from
turn when Spain held the country for one-third the
Such an argument as Senior Rubio presents
not fail TO convince 1t has made of him an en-
many Of his compatrots have acknowledged alegi-
the educated men. who dominate in the Philippines
convert them and the rest is simple matter They
to the laborers Under the Americans you will be
fail 70 make proseTs Manila is
and every province that has come under American
pinos are ike Children They cannot govern them
selves. and the cleverest Of them recognize this.
and gladly accept American sovereignty.
AS for the atrocities that are alleged to have
been committed by American soldiers. I don't be-
ieve a word of them. have served three years in
the PHILIPPINES and been in every part Of the
terrible things that are recounted before the Com
committee, except the water cure and that is
than patient undergoes who has his
stomach washed out. Whoever exploits the canards
the country will find that they boomerangS. /
Democrat, II soldier can be said to have a
political creed. and my family have been Democrats
ever since there Democratic party, but when
the Democrats attack the American Army, when
they discredit its magnificent record and seek to
throw mud upon 1t. they put a rope around their
publican It belongs to the nation, and IL Is in
every way worthy OF II, no matter what the men
who have been mustered out and have fancied
grievance to revenge may say
Edward A Savoy-"Eddie'' Savoy, as he is some
times caled-was appointed chief messenger to the
Secretary Of State not long ago, fill the vacancy
caused by the death of William Gwn, who had
long held that important post. Eddie is negro
black and shiny, but with the aplomb of Yellow
plush, the department Of Turveydrop and no
man in the Department of State has a i'm
pressive personality. 81 thought he least
of Congress who him for the time. land
was quite taken hack when he volunteered to take
my card the Secretary" Savoy IS a veteran en-
pointed page at SIS a month by Hamilton Fish |
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