Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-08

every one of the tribes in the Philippine
Islands. These companies did such good
work and the Filipinos themselves proved
to be such good soldier material that later
provision was made for native army of
1900 men, and in 1905. In accordance
with this provision, the present battalion
organization was perfected.
The captains and majors of the scouts
were. respectively, first lieutenants and
captains of the regular army, serving
in the scouts by detail The second
lieutenants were men who had proved
their worth. either as officers or enlisted
men. in the volunteer regiments which
fought in the islands, or else they are for
mer enlisted men Of the regular army who
have received their commissions as re-
ward for their good work in the line. The
enlisted men are natives drawn from
every tribe in the strictly Filipino group
of islands.
1t was into this new organization that
Maj. Chen LIEUT. Rowland was detailed
as captain as reward for his good
work iii the Gotta bato valley. He says
that nothing that could have happened to
him could have been more to his liking.
Having been so long in the islands. he
had gotten TO know the native character
pretty well and spoke two or three Of the
native languages as we'll as Spanish.
He has been with the native soldiery now
three years, and he is enthusiastically
fond of them
Have Great Endurance.
The native scouts have great endurance
and they possess an Invaluable charac-
teristic in that they are able to live very
comfortably on the country they are oper-
atinG in. They require no tentage at
all in some parts of the islands, as In
the same time that a white organi-
cation would require to put UP canvas
shelters. the scouts can cut enough poles
nd nall pS in tho innDln IN hnfld Thorn
selves respectable huts. Their knowledge
of the people and of the language is nat
urally one of the greatest points in their
favor. Even when an officer cannot speak
any of the native languages, he is not at
a loss. for he has good intelligent inter-
prefers right in his command They
learn to speak English very rapidly and
of course all drills are conducted In Eng
fish. Another good point about them is
that they are very handy with all sorts OF
in one place little while, their barracks
will be full of all sorts of conveniences
that they have made for themselves. A
scout can make good bolo from con-
demned rasp and then improvise scab-
bard from an old Logging.
All the pessimists who were dubious
about the loyalty of the scouts have been
undeceived. Today their officers are
thoroughly convinced OF their loyalty and
they have proven that they have this
confidence in them again and again by
leading them into places into which an
officer who did not have that confidence
would not dare go.
After Harry Rowland received his cap
taincy in the regular establishment. he
was commissioned ii major in the Philip
pine Scouts. This was in June. 1906. when
he was only twenty EIGHT years old. He
thus became known the Boy Major
but he soon showed that he could deliver
the goods even at that tender age.
Wood hin, into
mar. with his station at Borongan. and
put him i'm command of the 4th Battalion
of Scouts. His instructions were beauti-
fully simple. At that time there were over
a thousand Pulujanes operating in Samar
and Rowland was told to stop the riot
and stop it quick These Pulujanes were
not rebels-they were simply malcontents
who reveled in gang robberies, murders