The Sentinel=record., 1914-04-26
CHOP SUEY COOK
 WAS WITH DEWEY
YOIctIRo ARAkl, OVER CITY HALL BAR, WENT THROUGH
 MANILA BAY FIGHTING.
During the Time of Bomhardment All Hands Are in the Service of the Command. Says Araki With Enthu. siasm.

\ Yoichiro Arah, a stockily built lit- Ne Chinaman who conducts a chop sNey business over the City Hall bar oTN Central avenue, went through more exching experiences at war. probably, than any other in this section of the country, for while he was only the private cook for Admiral Dewey dur ing the famous fighting at Manila Bay, yet he was "on deck" when the firing was in progress. and he is proud of the eight years and six months service he gave to this coun- try
 Araki is not boastful 1Ie did not seek out publicity, now that war topics are sought. But with the re- viva of war talk he had casually re- ferred to his experiences, and when sought for an interview, he was re- luetant at first, but later most enthu- sastic. In fact his enthusiasm added to the rapidity of his very difficult Pidgeon English, and that is one req son so little is known of what he said after he said it.
 One might have suspected that the Chinese cook for the admiral i1 the fighting at Manila Bay was in the 'ssold" of the Olympia, and knew nothing of the fighting except to hear the report of the guns. Not so. Arah tells with too much enthusiasm for understanding how everybody gets busy when the firing begins. Every body is active Even the ship mes sengers are iere and there waiting to take the place of any man who tires Something might happen, No body knows, when the firing is ill progress, and Arak and the messen- gers and the stolers and everybody was on hand ready for call.
 An interesting feature of this expe- rielce to Arali is that he has seen magnificent pictures of the fighting of different battles To Arald this is al imaginative of the worst sort. In most cases it was dark. They didn't see anything much. The smoke of the battle beclouded the situation. It was not spectacular to Araki as pictured in the magazines but it was grand to this Chinese patriot, even if not pie turesque.
 What about the call of the war dogs again?" Arati was asked.
 'iNo, no. Eight years and six months enough, I'm business man now. No more fighting. l been past the age, and l got my papers. no want more fighting, more ship work. I just want business and be happy"
 Arah has been in this country more than thirty years, He entered the service as a cook, and left the service a steward, from the revenue cutter Tuscarora, when that vessel was put out of service Arah had enough of the service, and quit the game for business.
 You have been a faithful and good steward says John c. Berry, captain of the Tuscarora, when he gave Araki his discharge, and he furthermore added in the papers which are most valuable to Araki, that the signer, Captain Berry, would be glad at any time to recommend Araki for any place and be of any help to him in the hereafter.
 AraN has seen service on several of the warships. He was on the Monterey for some years, and there saw some of the active game of fight ipo On t1a Postnu he was a steward when that ship received three pounder through a port side that tore a hole in the vesse'. and the ship put off to Yokohoma for repairs
 T just going to be business man, adds Araki. War is fine, The bis guns from America ships are fine. The flag is fine The country is fine. But been all round Now l be busi- ness man, and don't go on ships no mere. But it is fine"
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