Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-15
CARAbAO BANQUET
PROBE IS ORDERED
President Wilson Directs In
vestigation of Satires on
Administration.
ARMY AND NAVY OFFICERS
SURPRISED AT HIS ORDER
Song Damn, Damn, Damn the In
surrectos" Held to Have Been
Particularly Objectionable.

President Wilson today ordered an in
vestigation by the War and Navy de-
partments of the satires on the admin
istrations Philippine policy which fea-
tured the annual banquet last Thursday
OF the Military Order of Carabao, an
organization of army and navy officers
who served in the islands. President Will
son suggested to Secretaries Garrison and
Daniels reprimands for those responsible
Secretaries Daniels and Garrison con.
ferred early today and called for a state
ment of explanation from Rear Admiral
Howard and Quartermaster General Ale
shire. the highest ranking officers at the
dinner.
Secretary Daniels at the same time sug-
geSted to Admiral Howard that he de-
cline the presidency of the order, to
which he was elected last Thursday. and
informed him that the song. Damn.
Damn. Damn the Insurrectos, which was
sung at the banquet, would never be
sung again under the present adminstra-
tion with officers of the navy present.
President Voices Indignation.
The President expressed his Indignation
to members of the cabinet after he had
read published accounts of the banquet
He felt particularly dfspleased over the
travesty on the administrator peace
policy and criticisms aimed at Secretary
Bryan when three six-foot models of bat
tleships, borne by concealed boys, were
carried into the banquet room. In the
muzzle of the guns were stuck nosegays
and the milk-white dove was perched on
each fighting top.
They were named 'C. S. S. Fellow
ship" u. S. S. Friendship and u. S.
S. Pifle" Another satire was a moving
picture film of a three-year pursuit of
a Filipino colonel, who time and again
escaped capture and hardly had been
apprehended when he was made COVER
nor of province.
The performance, according to ad-
vance statements given out by the
Carabao Society. was designed to show
the lack of sympathy for recent de-
velopments and tendencies in Philip
pine government.
President Wilson himself was not
satirized by the diners. but he made it
plain to his associates that he felt
keenly the burlesques on members of
his cabinet. Secretary Daniels and
Secretary Garrison shared the Presi-
dents feeling in the matter
Secretary Daniels said today that he
had left the dinner Immediately after
making his speech in order to keep an
other engagement and that the song.
Damn, Damn. Damn the Insurrectos,"
particularly offensive to him.
Was Not Warned of Song.
Secretary Daniels said today that had
he known the song Damn, Damn,
Damn the Insurrectos' was to have been
sung he would have asked that it be
omitted, and had not that been done he
would have declined to attend the din-
ner.
The opinion of the President and
III;
cannot be objected to when coming
from persons outside of the govern
ment, but to permit to go unnoticed the
criticisms of officials OF the army and
navy is likely to be misinterpreted
abroad as severe breach of discipline
The news of the proposed investigation
fell like bombshell in army and navy
circles. There were hundreds of officers
present. Rear Admiral Howard told Mr..
Daniels today that they had sung Damn,
Damn, Damn the Ipsurrectos" for thir-