Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-02-15
Noted Characters in the Force.

Noted Characters in the Force.
To begin the list Gordon is a veteran
signal service man and scout of the
Philippines. The others are: Fl. d. Wal
tiers, Atlantic City n. j.. who served
with the 9th Infantry I'm the Philip
pines; Frank Reynolds, Mittineague,
| Mass. who was with the Goth Volunteers
| in the Philippines: Edgar Wilson of Sc
| attic. late of the United States Navy, on
board the Petrol in the Philippines; Sam
uel Drebbin of Philadelphia, a veteran
| regular who went against Picking in
| the Boxer troubles and who learned how
| to forage in the Philippines; w. f. An
| son of Kansas City. Mo-, with four years
service in the Swedish navy to his credit;
| G. T. Bushby of London, England, who
served with the English marine brigade
| in the Boer war; G. l. BoweS of Lock
| haven. Pa. who was a star foot ball
player with the Central State Normal
German citizen hailing from Bilbao.
Spain: Capt. Frank c. Young. Panama
sailing master, and w. Wilkins of New
York.
| Samuel Drebbin of Philadelphia is the
| veteran soldier of the outfit, although all
are more or less experienced. He was
| quartermaster's sergeant in the Philip
| pines and his ideal man is one he calls
Dutch who as quartermasters ser
geant knew how to draw double the
rations to which he was entitled. If
bit of food finds It's way into camp, Dreb-
bin is the first man after it, He intro
| duced pork into the menu, also pan
cakes made of flour. water and lard,
and he paid SIS for a pound of native
smearkase, which arrived in a dirty box.
He drills the squad with enthusiasm. In
skirmish drill. which he led, naked
from the waist up. he lay firing at will
in a nest of voracious ants from which
he refused to move until. the time for the
command forward"
Frank Reynolds of Mittineag que. Mass,
| is another able forager and cook. Jesse
krug is the interpreter of the command
and G.. T. Bushby, late of his Britannia
majestys navy. causes wolds of laughter
| with his stories, told in his native cock
ney.
IT. d. Walters of Atlantic City, y. j.,
and Krug disappeared last night. When
| they put in an appearance today they
brought with them tortilas, yucca (Which
| resembles sweet potatoes), two launches
of vension and six eggs. They stated
that the egg market showed somewhat
| stringent conditions.
| At the previous camp. hacienda called
Medic Mundo. Bushby had a thrilling
and chilling-experience with two noun
tain tigers He went unarmed and in
the darkness for some distance to get
| water. He walked few PAGES up
| stream only to find his return blocked
by two tigers, one on each side of the
| brook Bushby beat on his pail and
| shouted, but the animals refused to be
scared away. The Englshman, half
I frozen, rather than risk running past
them spent the night perched on rock
/ in the bush.
/ On the Rama Battlefield.
| The tug bearing the forces of Gen.
| Mena proceeded up the Sequia to the
mouth of the Mico river. AT Recreo.
seven miles from Rama. the first rapids
were encountered and canoes We're sub
stituted for the tug. Occasional skulls
| and bones were still to be seen on the
battle ground. Twenty rapids were en-
| countered before Muelle de Los Puris
| was reached. each compelling the pas
sengers 10 detour through the bush while
the Indian paIdlers jumped into the
| streams and pushed the boats through
| tslc troubled waters
/ The mud is more than two feet deep in
| the valleys and the mountain sides are
| steep and slippery. Vines reach out ia
| hidden places to drag the rider from his
| mount and thorns are unavoidable.
/ The fact that mules carry heavy bur-
| dens over such trails seems marvellous.
They Chamber like apes up the hillsides,
/ slide down like ski runners. and receive
| broken legs on hidden rocks on almost
! every step.
Cold nights have caused much suffering
because of insufficient covering. Food is
| scarce, the army being on about one
| third rations Much food and many cook
| ing utensils were lost on the trails. De-
| spite all this, however. everybody is
! healthy and in good spirits. The soldiers
| express eagerness to meet the enemy.