Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-08-20

without friction, and returning, takes up
the first where he left Off / remember a
former interview / had with him under cir
cumstances peculiarly trying. 1t was when
he was one of the New York police commits
sioners. and as such was acting as judge
In the famous Sherry dinner scandal trial.
AT this dinner a fair but frail actress had
been called in by some of the swells of the
fast set and in light attire had danced a
nautch dance before them to the horror of
Christian New York. While the testimony
was being taken General Grant talked with
me about his father. giving me graphic de-
scriptions of his life at home and on the
battle field and at the same time keeping
the witnesses and crowd in check. He car
ried the two lines of thought stimuli
taneously; and his talk was a most excel
lent one.
Fred Grant and His Father.
General Fred Grant grows daily more like
his father. He has the same stOcky frame,
the same plain. honest features and the
same blunt manner. He is just unas-
Stunning as his father was, and he has much
the same quiet common sense. He talks
but little, but, once started, his words are
full of meat. and his experiences have been
such that he views the world In the broad.
General Fred Grant is like his father
in his fondness for military life. His
father his hero and 1t was at his
own request that General Grant took him
a boy of twelve to the battle field. and
later on sent him to West Point. Little
Fred was with his father during a great
part of the He took part in five great
battles. was twice shot and had many mar
row escapes. He the flagship Of
Admiral Porter when the boats ran the
batteries at Vicksburg, and he was wound
ed during the Vicksburg campaign. His
wound was in the leg. 1t was only a flesh
wound. but his leg is still paralyZed where
the bullet struck. He told me once how 1t
felt when the ball cut him, saying that
the first sensation was that of great
blow, following which was a pain like q
bee sting. He thought at first that he
was killed and upon his showing his wound
TO one of the officers the officer told him
to move his toes This he did. Where
upon the officer said he was not badly hurt.
Young Grant thereupon wrapped cloth
about his leg and remained In his saddle
until the battle was over.
Fred Grant in the Philippines.
After his graduation at West Point Cen
eral Grant was assigned to the 4th Cav
airy and rose to be its lieutenant colonel.
After ten years service he resigned and
afterward became minister to Austria. He
re-entered the army at the beginning of
the war with Cuba, served In Porto Rico
for year and then went to the Philip
pines. l met him when he was leaving
Porto Rico, and afterward visited him at
Angeles, in LuZon. He there had large
military district under his charge, and we
eral posts. over mountain and valley,
with band of scouts in front of us to
draw the fire from Filipinos in ambush we
rode. passing through many towns and
villages visiting camps in the wilds of the
mountains and fording rivers. The ride
was a hard one. for much of it was
through the beds of streams heavily
wooded that we could scarcely the sky
for the branches overhead. AT other times
the grass higher than our heads as
we rode through it on our horses | re-
,hnr l,a1 IN hnl han dc in fro,
of my face to keep the grass blades from
scratching II.
The trip almost wore me out but Cen
eral Fred Grant throVe upon IL and was
fresher at the end than at the beginning
That was i'm 1899. when he was about fifty
years of age. He is now fifty-ive and
seems to be younger than ever. He sue
engaged In several battles and in the gueril-
la warfare, which followed the active fight
ing. lie was the first to bring his dis
trict to accept civil government. After /
left him he sent to northern Luzon.
then to southern Luzon and later to Samar
and Leyte. where he received the sur
render of the last of the insurgent forces.
About year ago he returned to the United
States and took charge of the Department
of Texas. Since then he has been sent to
Chicago.
Philippines as Fred Grant Sees Them.
asked Gen. Grant to give me his opinion
of the future of the Philippines based upon
his stay there. He replied:
Il think the islands valuable possession
and that they will eventually be an i'm
portant self-sustaining colony of the United
States They are of large extent and their
soil is very rich
so far the political conditions have been
such that there has been but little incentive
to develop the island. Under the Spanish
rule both church and state worked against
rather than for the good OF the common
people. Wages were low and the oppor-
tunities of the poor so few that there was
but little incentive to work and practically
no hope of a poor man becoming rich by his
labor. This is now changing The projects
under way to build railroads will result In
cheap transportation and there will be a
Encouragement of values all around"
"will the people ever make good Amer
lean citizens?
II think they will, although 1t will be a
long time before they will be able to govern
themselves. II their government was left
IA tbem as they now are revolutions would