Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-08-09
INFORMAL RECEPTION
BIG CHIEF ASKED PERMISSION
KILL LITTLE CHIEF.
Filipinos Also Saw Cabinet Officers
Shown Through White House
A Tiny Interpreter.

Clad In raiment sufficiently modest to
pass censorship by the most fastidious New
England spinster Uncle Sans Filipino
guests, the savage Igorrotes and Datto Fee
cundi. Moro chieftain. With his two at
tendants arrived in Washington from ST.
Louis this morning They are Antonio. an
Igorrote chief. who is also interpreter.
Autero. an Interpreter: Leonis. priest:
Choneu. judge. all Bontac Igorrotes, and
Datto Fecundi. a Moro CHEZ
There was a small crowd ut the Pennsyf
vania station when the train from ST.
Louis rolled in. but in a short while quite
a number of people had gathered as the
wards of Uncle Sam walked through the
depot to carriages that We're awaiting to
convey them to a place where they could
get breakfast. The party was taken to
boarding house on Sd street northwest.
where the wards of Uncle Sam from the
wild and woody west ne generally
cared for, and We're given their fill.
Tired and worn out from a continuous
railway trip of more than two days the
Fflfpinos were allowed to rest for a short
while before being taken to the War De-
partment to meet Col. Clarence r. Ed
wards, who is known to the Filipnos as the
subchief and assistant to the great father
in the White House. whom many of them
now acknowledge controlling their des-
TIMES
A Picturesque Appearance.
The members of the party which is COM
posed of four Igorrotes and three Moros
presented a truly picturesque appearance
they went up Pennsylvania avenue to
the War Department.
They small in stature and were clad
from head to toe in garments to which
they were totally unaccustomed, except on
very rare state occasions. and as several OF
them expressed themselves through in
terpreter to a reporter for The Evening
Star who accompanied them they were
truly uncomfortab BILE However, they said
they were perfectly willing 10 suffer in or
der that they might the great chief of
the AmercanoS.
Most of the members of the party were
clad in white duck suits, trousers and coat
with no undergarments The coats We're of
the cut and kind usually worn by naval
officers. covered with mass of interlace d
braid down the front and buttoned close
up to the neck. The trousers were rolled
up at the bottom in conventional style. and
there was crease down the front of the
trousers that would have made the most
celebrated Johnnie envious. All of the men,
except Datto Fecundi of the Moros, were
barefoot.
They are all very dark-skinned and have
long, straight. black hair. very much like
the hair of the American Indian. While
they wear no head covering each had a
little cap profuSely decorate ted with buttons
worn in the army and navy of the United
States; medals. pins and other trinkets
pinned tightly on the back of the head.
Each carried machette or other warlike
instrument. and each walked along as M
corcernedly as If they We're In the native
village from which they came.
In Col. Edwards Office.
The arrival of the Filipinos at the Office
or Colonel Edwards was the signal for a
complete cessation of work in the War De-
partment In his office the members of
the party were seated. and within "a few
minutes after their arrival it became
known throughout the vast building. This
knowledge was the signal for great rush
TO Colonel Edwards Office. where a recep-
ton was held. \ throng of clerks and
others VINO happened to be in the building
We're formed in line and were allowed to
pass through the Office In single file to
take look at Uncle Sans newest wards
Many of the women shook hands with
the visitors and "Aain't he too cute" How
perfectly lovely He don't look like :,
savage" and similar comments were heard
from the women contingent who, by the
way comprised large proportion of the
visitors.
Half an hour after the arrival of the
Filipinos at the War Department word
was received from the executive offices tina
the President was ready to receive them
On the way over to the White House the
party was stopped several times and pho
tographed The lgorrotes stood this ordeal
with tne same competency II they had
been In their far away home across the Pa
cific.
On arrival at the execu'i i've Office they
were at once ushered into the private Office
of the President. where he received then,
without the slightest formality. Each had
present fer the great chief and when they
got in the room each placed either a pipe
or a bolo. a machette or other typical impIe-
ment or article of usefulness at the feet OF
the President as they silently salaamed.
Roosevelt Greets Them.
The President addressed them In English
and his remarks were repeated by an inter-
prefer. He told them he WIS glad to see
them and that he appreciated the friendly
spirit of their desire to come to Washing
ton. that the people of the United States
were friendly to the Filipinos and would
always help them il allow I'd to do He
spoke of what had been accomplished dur
Ing the Americai regime N the Philippines
and what it was hoped would be accom-
plished with the further aid of the natives.
reference was made to the tribes that
are still fighting against the control of
the Americans. and il was pointed out
that a continuance of such opposition to
American rule would prove of no avail.
When the President had concluded his