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

- jump. And when the Jump is
made inside of a decade the
narrative begins to assume the aspect of
an historical novel where the action is
fast and the hero is advanced from rank
10 rank so that the tailors have difficulty
III changing the insignia on his uniforms
quickly enough to keep up with the
change in rank. Visiting in Washington,
after ten years absence is a young man
who left a desk i'll a newspaper office
away back at the beginning of our late
unpleasantness with Spain and returns to
the capital with the rank of major in his
countrys service.
This young man is Maj. Harry S. How
land Philippine Scouts. In 1898 he was
engaged in newspaper work in this city
and at the outbreak of hostilities sought
and obtained commission second
lieutenant in the 23d United States lnfan-
try. This was one of the first regiments
that went TO the Philippines. so that the
young soldier saw active service very soon
after he joined his regiment. Once i'm the
field against the insurgents in LuZon.
Lieut.. Rowland began to distinguish him
self and soon became known as one of the
NEST promising young soldiers of the regi-
ment.
He attracted special attention to him
self first early in 1890. when Cen Hall led
an expedition against the insurgent leader
~ Nei ifdI anu dttdChtu at Sdfl
Mateo in March of that year. Owing to
the lack of officers with the regiment
young Rowland commanded "a company
of the I'D Infantry on this expedition.
Leading his company across the San
Mateo river, he drove out a party of in
surgentS superior in numbers to his little
command. and thus cleared the way for q
successful attack on the part of the main
body. After the action the general in
command OF the expedition sought out
4 JInyNi.lnd nd at ltrrl. fins
him and his men for their daring invited
him to join his STAFF as an id-de- camp.
| pom Gen. Halls retirement he assumed
the same duties on the staff of Gen. S. S.
Sumner.
Late in 1899 he received his first step
and was commissioned a first lieutenant
The following three years he spent in
chasing the festive inSurgent through his
native bosque. distinguishing himself. as
did SO many of his brother officers. Hik-
ing almost continually in the Filipino
Jungle now in the tropic sun, now in the
less disagreeabie torrential rains. the
work was hard and the food hardly cpl
curean. Yet Maj Rowland looks back
on those days with pleaseure,' and. as he
said the other day, would willingly I'M
dergo all those hardships once more for
the pleasure of enjoying again the ex-
element ard thrill of the almost daily
actions.
There was always enough excitement
furnished bv the little brown enemy at
unexpected intervals TO keep the men
from dropping off To sleep as they liked
along the narrow trails The green walls
of vegetation. which closely hemmed the
trail in also occa sionaily furnished little
diversion. as some unlucky rocky was dis
entanCled from the embrace of a glad
hand tree-So named from its propensity
10 hold tenaciously with its thorns any
unwary soldier who grasped its friendly
looking trunk FOR supporter when some
absent minded person walked under a
good morning vire. and left his hat in
the clutches of its long spines.
Conducting a Campaign.
~ any moment the crack of "A rifle
might break the stiffness. as some con
ceaIed insurrectn might begin sniping at
the column. Or some perfectly good little
ambuscade might he discovered by the
advance quad. occasioning the enjoyment
Of a pleasant half hour or so in shooting
the too optimistic enemy out OF his hiding
place. Then IL was always pleasure to
stroll into tie villages and receive the
welcoming "vivas'' of the enthusiastic ma
tives suddenly turned amigo" although
still out of breath from running home
after the last abortive ambuscade The
Ooaamand. in spite of the indignant pro-