Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1908-05-14
ANNUAL, BANQUET.

Following tlc business session at Me-
mortal hall the members adjourned to
the Van Ness House, where the annual
banquet was held Tho members and
their ladies were received by Theodore
s peck. Willard harrington. Joel H..
Lucia. Charles T.. Beach. T.. Henry
Powell. charles l.. Woodbury. and Max
H. Powell Among those present from
out of the city were Major John T.. Nc
Donald. cap ain T.. NJ. t.oary. captain
John z. Hai1es and Major W. \. Mor-
Ger of Fort ,than Alien; General j. w..
Lucia and Colonel A G. Brown of Mont
pclier; Major Henry W. Hovey. L. $. A.
of Northficld.
POST-PRANDIAL EXERCISES
The greeting was given by Commander
l.. A. Woodbury., woo introduced as the
speaker Of the evening Major Henry W.
Hovey. t. : A.. of Mortified. who
spoke on "Th Relations of the United
States to the philippines"
SYNOPSIS OF ADDRESS OF MAJOR
HOVEY.
The voyage 10 our island possessions
on the other side of the world is long.
and unless. the shP,s ,cIr'pany is CON
genial. A little tifetorne When after
twenty-five Or thirty. days the islands
are first seen it is sometimes surprise
that from thirty days to forty-eight
hours must still pass before Manila is
rca Ghed. most Of those visiting from the
firn, forgetting that the port of destina-
ton is on the other side of the island
of I.uzon and that the ship must pass
Ia.
half IN length thereof before turning
into the bay of Manila, twcnty-threc
miles from the city.
There are about three hundred of these
islands with a popuhtion OF about seven
millions.
The treaty lines designate an irregular
rectanglc 7O by 100 niles. this If laid out
on the map of tho United States. will
cover all of the country east Of the Miss
issppi. But. much Of this is water. there
being but lcS.0on sqIarc miles of land.
this however, will cover all the New
England States ana the eastern two
thirds of New York State as we'll, eav-
ing out only the tongue of land west of
a line on the nth Mtrriuian from Elmira
10 the lake.
These islan are simply mountains
rising out of the sea much the same IN
appearance as these in Lake Champaign
only higher and larger. The banks are
from the most part precpitious. the rise
from the sea dbrup. and covered with
tropical verdure. The elevation Of the
most Of them is about the same, seven to
eight thousand feet, excepting the vol
canoes which are higher.
Mndanao is the largest of the islands,
and is peoplcd by Moros who are Malays.
l.uzon is next, peopled by three grand
divisions, Ilocans, T;galogs and Bicols.
The Nisayans with six good sized is
lands and Some smaller ones are gen
orally taken together as the next diviS-
ions and are peoped by the Nisayans who
are undoubtedly of Malay origin. The
Palawan group j. next considered to-
gether, the Island o Mndoro being the
last of any size. these are all peoplod by
those of the same general origin. There
is a proportion of Icstizos everywhere.
These are haif-breees. half native,
Transportation between the islands, is.
of course, by water: IN most instances.
the same may he said of places on the
same island on account OF there being no
roads. or al the bes very few and these
along the shore For instance, from
Ormoc, on the west side of the island of
l.cyte to Tacloban on IN, east side of
the same. is by ianC only 80 miles, but it
takes week to cut trail across.
The distance by water is sO miles, a
boat journey "A hours. This permits
of all the necessary supplies being car
ried by land, nothing but the slightest
impcdimenta can be packed Each mil
itary station has one or more merchant