Los Angeles herald., 1908-02-09
ARMY OF THE
PHILIPPINES

Camp Corregidor held it's annual in
stallation and banquet last Tuesday
might in Mammoth hall. The installation
was conducted by A. N: Rogers and
staff. Those installed were: Past Com
mander Col. c. M. Moses; commander,
3. A. Harbour; senior vice commander,
c. McLachlan; Junior vice commander,
Byron H. Cook; adjutant, Herman
Strasburg; paymaster, e. L. Candy;
officer of the guard, C. D. Pence; guard,
L. C. Reed; bugler, A, r. Pearson. AT
the conclusion of the ceremony a short
program was rendered, after which the
banquet chamber was visited, where
there appeared the inviting and mag
netic substances that appealed so
strongly to the inner man. The first
course consisted of beans, hard tack and
coffee (the emergency .rations), imme-
diately followed by a large assortment
of sandwiches, pickles, fruits, nuts,
cigars, ETC., and of course, the indispen-
sable canteen. The hall was appropri-
ately decorated for the occasion, and at
the head OF the table, gracefully draped,
hung the flag that fioated over the ILL
fated Bennington, which was sunk in
San Diego harbor on the day of the ex-
plosion, and was recovered by heroic
sailor by the name of Garbich, who was
badly wounded at the time. A short
time ago he presented it to Roosevelt
camp, $. w. v, and they in turn pre-
scented it to Camp Corregidor.
Commander B. A. Harbour acted as
POSTMASTER and carried off the honor
very creditably, because he insisted
that comrades present say something
about their experiences while in the
service, and 1t was pleasant to hear
of the brave and heroic deeds that were
done on the battlefield by the boys of
Uncle Sam and also the funny pranks
and practical jokes that were played
to help pass the time and kill the mo-
notony as well, while they were not in
active service. P. c. Mulqueeney, past
commander of Roosevelt camp, and at
present department adjutant of Cali
fornia, u. s. w. ", spoke on the good
and welfare of the order. A. r. Spen-
Ger, fourth Colorado regiment gave q
few stirring remarks; said in connec-
ton that soldiers were much easier
handled than women. Col. G. M. Moses,
lieutenant colonel first regiment, past
commander of A. of P, gave q few
well-aimed remarks which hit the
mark. The colonel won distinction In
the service and was seriously wounded
In action. but he Is very modest about
1t and should the occasion arise he
would be among the first to offer his
services to his country. Adjutant Her.
man Strasburg, secretary of Camp Cor
regidor for two years, gave a reading
on "Our Flag" H. Valentine, formerly
United States consul to Bombay, India,
in few chosen Words highly praised
the army of the Philippines. George
e. Triggs, first Wyoming, the mascot
chaplain, recited and initiated an old
colored "hardshell" Baptist preacher,
when he took as his text, "NoahS Ex-
perience in the Ark" If Triggs is as
good at fighting as he Is In exhorting
his hearers he am sure Jim Dandy.
for he can make any old colored
preacher take a back seat. L. Gal
braith, first Colorado, past commander;
Capt. r. N. Coffman, first Tennessee;
George Gels, Astor battery of New
York, and A N. Rogers. first Tennessee,
came in for few remarks. Comrade
Rogers has been in the regular army
for over thirty years: also Comrade j.
Toland has served the same length OF
time as musician, and for seven years
was stationed in and around the Black
Hills, where II was generally necessary
to play ragtime, mostly Hot Time in
the Old Town Tonight" for the red
skins were playing hide and seek and
taking scalp whenever convenient.
C. Walter Guerin, first Tennessee, a
promising young attorney of Pomona.
gave a stirring address in which he
cited how strongly webbed had be-
come the ties of the various states of
the Union, and that when there was
,.all to defend Old Glory there would
be a spontaneous outburst of patriot
ism and the boys from the south, north,
east and west would all enlist under
one flag, fighting for one country. j.
e. Brockway, commander of Roosevelt
camp. responded to toast on the
SOLDIERS of the Eighth Army Corps"
Camp Corregidor gets the name from
Coregidor (alderman) island the
largest Of two islands in Manila bay,
Caballo (horse) island being the small
er one, and it was near these islands
that Dewey, in the naval conflict, hand
ed the Spaniards a package that they
had never expected. Camp Corregidor
meets regularly the third Friday of
each month in Iron Association hall,
Bullard block. All army and navy boys
invited.