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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-04-30
~pEMEM THE MAINE
(AND FORGETTING THE LESSON)
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sullenly walled US in. Being nineteen, and in
an old city that at one and the same time
the Orient. the tropics and old Spain, ala
not worry about the Filipnos or questions OF
preparedness All that | knew about the
Filiuinos was that one of us could scatter five
of them in street row. By this time had
lost nv cold. the constant drill had put me in
shane and | was some fifteen pounds to the
good Having been a soldier for almost three
months. felt one of those hardened vet
Grams"
got my first superficial criticism of the
American volunteer after had learned little
Spanish and had been admitted as visitor to
a Spanish house. 1t was the eldest daughtal'
who said: why is it that the American SOL
der. who gets thirty pesos month, is SO dirty
while the Spanish soldier is so neat?'
At the moment | was clad in battered cam
paign hat. a faded blue woollen shirt. pair
of brown overalls and frayed canvas legglngs.
The Spanish soldiers wore neat blue and white
cotton uniforms. with broad straw hats. Sar-
toriallv they made US look like tramps Our
uniforms were made for ditch digging. In
stead of laughing, | was indignant at TINS
daughter of CASTLE who could not see the
honest heart that beat behind the faded blue
shirt War was ditch digging anyhow. Come
TO think of it, though, the volunteer army
which marched on Manila must have looked
like an army of young hoboes. But was
peevish, and on my way back to my barracks
on the Pasig River shouldered several nofen-
sive Andalusian conscripts out of my way. IL
was rude thing to do TO helpless prisoners
of war What right had they to look so
dapper?
The Spanish American War was thing
of more or less glorious memory. and the
treaty of peace had been signed By taclt
understanding at our enlistment, we volun-
teers should have been sent home. But they
were not prepared for our return at home
Aguinaldo's men were still eager TO loot
Manila and there were no troops to take our
places. We had remembered the Maine eff
fectively in the Orient, but we had more work
to do. We wanted TO do it, too. Our little
brown brother had become very offensive.
Every man in the Sth Army Corps knew
Il at the Filipino instruction was inevitable.
1t came in the night of February 4, 1899.
Funstons Kansas boys started it in row
over bridge The American garrison OF
Manila was outnumbered four to one, and the
Filipino army had German Mausers-modern
magazine guns Also the Filipnos were well
intrenched around Manila. Yet on the morn
ing Of February we broke them.
can tell only of the action on the south
line between FL Pace and San Pedro Mecat
Ny own company. which was part of flying
battalion" was rushed out to relieve some
Washington volunteers who had been holding
the original American line all night. We ad-
vanccd across an open rice field by rushes.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-04-30
PROUD OF THEIR GATTLlNG GUN
TILL LAYTON SAID: THROW
1T INTO THE RIVERT

Throw that damned thing into the river
he said. or words to that effect. This derun'
citation from the captor OF Geronimo uine
our Illusions. The Calling gun was :as'l
back to Manila to lie beside some equally up
to-date pieces of ordnance which had been e..
there by the late Senior Magellan, who had ts'l
a soldier in those parts some three hundH
years previous. The Calling gun crew BEGAN
plain infantry again.
have spoken little Of the unpreparednsl
in armament, commissary and transport Y
the medical unpreparedness ! can say h''A
for while better looking recruits died oil 'r''
ical diseases, | waxed stronger and hea'ae|
every day. can only speak OF the case 1
Private Herbert Hopkins who died IN the To-
of La Carlotta, Island Of Negros, T.
In Negros our routine was one chase ara
another behind the vanishing Papa isS'o' VI
were sent in companies in different '0''l
Ours was particularly favored by fevers'
think that at one time 80 per cent OF CUT n''
were suffering from or ccnyalesc'ns irOn Y
phoid or malaria or typhoid malaria
Herbert Hopkins, just my own age suu ~. =.
life of the company, took III while inc wv.
was away attending to a man VINO nS' ~ ~
sniped by one of Papa Issio's men. wv nv,
cal supplies consisted Of some an',*' w..
some quinine, some bismuth powders iU' " y,
entery and some camphor and opium pun y :.
had men of all professions but the ms s'rsi..,
our company. Little Hopkins got csl .".,
about midnight, and said that he was sV"s
catch a Haight street car in San fi'"''
and go straight home to his motner' ..3j
Next day we buried him in his snoopy -.
blue uniform. We fired three ROUNDS o,,
grave with ball cartridges instead o. .
because the zng of the bullets helpe'
press the villagers.
hate to criticisc our officers; 10Y ""
old regiment, but must. With re" eN''f :. Il,
they were national guard politicians '"'
unqualified to handle men.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-04-30

We were the first regiment to get our march
INC orders. | shall never forget that morning
for. when | stood up under the tull weight u
heavy marching order equipment, Waopieu a.
the knees. ! knew that could never MAKE Cl9
hike to the ferry. The first sergeant al
uavs loved him for it--saw that ! WAS weak
and detailed me to ride in truck on top oi
the tents. in charge of the regimental DRINKS
There were about twenty OF these some sleepy
some hilarious.
Co while my regiment paraded and while
tho citv went historical | had parade Of
disgrace all to myself. The sleepy druhk9
silent while the hilarious ones sang There II
BE Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight
This was the "Tipperary' OF the Spanish
American War. All along the route we were
;mnlored to Remember the Maine BY their
weird shoutngs the regimental inebrlates Sig
nifed that their memories were decidedly &C
tive.
We filed aboard the Pacific Mail liner City 81
poking-poor. little, old rolling tub, her bones
are living somewhere in the China Sea now.
The Peking was built to carry about 800 passen-
GERS with comfort They put 1000 volunteers
aboard her. The bunkng compartments were
evidently designed by sardine packer In
space y feet by 90 and about II feet IN
height there were hunks for about thirty mcA'
The officers. of course, had the staterooms.
BY lucky chance was on the guard detail
that night and stationed on deck by waite
tap. was not between decks during the FIRST
endemic Of seasickness Our reglmental song
writer composed the ballad "Roll. Picking, Roll,
that night And the Peking rolled.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-04-30
heightened the romance Of the trip.

heightened the romance Of the trip.
shall not attempt to describe the capture
of Manila by the combined land and sea forces
Of the United States. The American news
papers told it in great many million words
at the time. In fact. the Spanish American
War got more space in them than the Eu
ropean war can hope to achieve if it lasts a
decade. OF course, the Philippine expedition
received less notice than the Cuban campaign
and ii developed no President. 1t was ten
thousand miles distant from Wall Street.
Our regiment was put ashore at Cavite on
the south arm of Manila Bay. There we he
gan to fraternize extensively with our little
brown brother, the Tagalog. Aguinaldo had
the Spanish army bottled up in Manila from
the land side. while Dewey's fleet held the bay.
Aguinaldos men were to help us remember
the Maine in an assault upon the walled city
across the bay 1t had been founded by
Magellan and evidently some of the fortifca
tons had been designed by him.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-04-30
THE LITTLE BROWN BROTHERS
HAD GUNS MADE IN
GERMANY"

As we held converse mostly by signs with
our new allies, we discovered that most of
them were armed with Mauser rifles of the
most modern type. II was explained to US
that these guns were made in Germany, and
that they were sent TO the Philippines by way
of Japan. The Spanish infantry also was
armed with Mauser rifles. We. in return,
Dragged Of the merits Of our old Springfelds.
remember still how we used to vindcate the
old Long Toms" especially to the men of the
few regular army regiments which were sent
TO reinforce us.
"A man can shoot as fast as he wants to
with the Springfield" we argued. and he
can hit when he gets close enough TO see what
he's shooting at"
'IIuh," the men Of the regular army would
return 1--WE could pick YOU fellows Oft with
Krags (krag-Jorgcnscn 'rincs) before you could
get into extended order"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-04-30
The physical examination W,
more or less perfunctory.
1 RECRUlTlhG 4
SERGE ANT ]

they broke. If the little force of Ameri,,.
had been better equipped the insurret,
would have been ended in a month or two.
it was, Aguinaldo was not captured and 4
backbone of the Instruction was not brok,
until months afterward. In a few weeks 1.
Filipnos were reorganized and had the Ams,
can army walled in by a new line Of trenchr
Men were sniped off here and there, and Ii,
rotted of fever and dysentery waiting for 4
new army that was TO relieve thNm.
Ny company fingered at the town Of S.
Pedro Mecat on the Pasig. while the Film,
snipers fired on US day and night They IA.
The advantage with their long range rife
Once or twice a day they would hit sometot,
Frequently a bullet would strike one Of d,
bells in the church tower, and one Of our h.
morists would shout across the rice hds.
"Hey. that gives you three cigars. Come ne.
and get them
Just one little incident 20 illustrate how u.
tiouated was the American equipment I,
San Pedro Mecati they sent one of the "
style Calling guns. was one Of the vclu.
teers for the crew. felt quite proud Of L
About thirty Of us dragged the thing arcul
hy long rope. We carried our rifles strapp
to our backs. 1t was a foolish looking piece 4
ordnance at that time. when every Europes
army had real machine guns but we believe
in it until the late General LawtOn came o..
to inspect the division.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-04-30
CITIZEN SOLD1ER KY ~ ~
BRYAN'S INNERMOST HtAN'

Our colonel was a lawyer. our -, 1,
colonel a real estate dealer. our sdJu''-a
music teacher, one Of our majors d xes
and another a bartender In short. '"'! f..
citizen soldery after Bryan's own ne cor ,,a1
der the European system, Of course Wv s
ton which a man follows in time o. 81
no particular significance m wal ''" .-.;,jr.I
our officers had not the European "' '.s,
You cannot make a field officer IN
guard armory nor in one PlattSours ,~ 20 n,vsI
I have skinned over the foolhsru, :.
paredness Of this Philippine expe'nm
cause. as | have said. the very foolna'Oa '..,sI
it made it the more romantic TO me AZ ", "a,
with our obsolete guns, our two n0"N ~
ing and our absolute disorganlzauV"'
aged the work of 1898. 49,. ~ n
write this because ! am ine',"'' -,
lieve that our little army IN MeA''v I'D d
found relatively as poorly equ'pp'e .lnfl
rcckIessly handled. To the jlngo " . -,sss
unpatriotic 70 insinuate that the Ill
American army is not eternally prepS
lick all creation. But having done ~ s,r<|
as a citizen soldier to the utmost az. as,cs|
an honorable discharge which reao'' ,s,, y
honest and faithful" | feel that "a
right TO say that the citizen SOLDIER
TO the BRYAN standards. is useless IN
An yes. we remembered the .,h.r n
what il we had undertaken to ie''''' Il
Lusitania!
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-04-30

" HERE is no bitterness in this arraign-
ment of the unpreparedness of the
Il United States in 1898 The very m
preparedness of the country added romance to
nv experience as one of those who remembered
the Maine to the point of ensting as voiun-
teer private and serving through the Spanish
American War and through the brunt of the
instruction in the Philippines For | think
that saw the last battle line that used the
obsolete black powder, and underwent some
interesting discomforts which might not
have known had the United States been pre-
pared.
When | decided to remember the Maine ]
was nineteen and pale and sckly youth at
that. | was made aware of this when ] APP
nlied for enlistment in regular army regl-
ment in which my grandfather had served N
the Civil War. The surgeon would not even
nut me through the examination "You won't
do, my lad" he said.
was tearfully indignant. "Well, II you are
going to Manila I'll see you there" And dd
meet that indignant officer at the Quartet del
Fortin barracks in Manila several months
later.
That very afternoon heard that they were
recruiting for a volunteer regiment from my
own state. regiment that was certain to be
sent on foreign service. passed the physical
examination, which was more or less perfume
tory. and that night was locked up in state
armory in San Francisco, having sworn TO
serve the United States for two years unless
sooner discharged.
Theoretically, this regiment was militia
regiment called in,o service as a unit All OF
its men were supposed to have drilled for
number of years. But, as matter of fact
less than 80 per cent of US had ever been
through any sort Of drill. When the pincn
came. and when they actually needed tins ma
tional guard regiment, it was discovered that
half of the men enrolled were physically unfit.
I venture to surmise that the same conditions
were found in all states when the Name had
TO be remembered suddenly.
For few days they quartered US IN thAt
armory. We were given blankets and we slept
on the bare floors. As our average age was not
much greater than twenty-one or twenty-five
il was no great hardship. For these few days
we were fed by caterer. 1t was very bad
food. but ambrosia to what was to come Nat
urally we grumbed, but good-humoredly.
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American army corps to be more poorly armed
than an army of Malays?
Had the Filipinos been better marksmcn
with their more modern equipment there
might have been different story to tell. The
awakening which must come to the United
States sooner or later might have come then.
Dut they broke. Everywhere around Manila
Tensas gazette., 1916-06-23

"Oh, God, why hast thou forsaken
me?" Surely few people have had bet
ter reason to ask the question. But
God had not forsaken her entirely.
About this time former lackey OF
the Comte de Montgomerie's felt with
in him a spiritual yearning. He real
ized that his sins were as scarlet, and
he would be as white as snow. He
wished to become a priest, and devote
his life to good works. With this
praiseworthy ambition in his breast.
he set about undoing the evil he had
wrought, so far as he could. He knew
the truth about the robbery at the
Montgomeries', and he wrote an anony-
nous letter to friends Of the dan
glades, giving them information which
enabled them to bring the facts to
light. And the facts showed that the
unfortunate d'Anglade had nothing
whatever to do with the crime.
The chief criminal was the Comte de
Montgomerie's almoner, priest
named Gaynard, who had obtained
wax impressions of the comte's keys
From these impressions a man named
Belestre made false keys; several
servants of the comte were In the plot
including the writer of the anonymous
letter. They we're all taken into Gus
tody and subjected to the torture, one
by one, and in their confessions they
were unanimous in generating dan
glade.
The unfortunate wife was released
from her black dungeon, with hel
naked babe in her arms. She was II
a dying condition, but now the sympa
thy of an entire nation was with her
and she was nursed back to health
The people of Paris raised fund fol
her, amounting to $4,000, and th'
courts made De Montgomerie dig vi
large sum to make restitution 10
the property confiscated.
There is only one bright spot In thi
tragic story. One morning the lieu
tenant general Of police, who had beel
the lion of Paris for a long time
stepped out of his door to go to hi
Office. when a stone hit him on tn
side of the head. Then another rocl
l-or maybe 1t was a vitrified brick
anyhow, 1t was hard. and weighe'
eight pounds and a half-took him Il
the stomach and doubled him up, an
before he could unbend himself some
body prodded him in the ribs with
pole. In fact, the whole population
the street had turned out to do hir
honor, and when his servant dragge
him back into the house he locke
iust like a man who has been foolin
with o pile driver.
Tensas gazette., 1916-06-23
Chief Criminal Who Obtained Wax Inn
pressions of comte's Keys.

d'Anglades to 60 along. The invita-
tion was accepted but at the elev-
enth hour d'Anglade begged of, say
ing his wife had fallen sick. The
Montgomeries went away and there is
every reason to suppose that they
had the best kind of a time at their
rural chateau. They returned to Paris
q day earlier than they had expected
to, arriving at their home in the eve
ming. The d'Anglades spent the eve
ming with them.
On the following morning Montgom-
erie discovered that he had been
robbed during his absence, and the
robbers had made q big haul. They
had opened his strong box with q
false key and had carried OF thirteen
bags of silver, several bags Of gold,
and hundred louis dor of new pat
tern, not in general circulation, and
q quantity of valuable jewelry. The
comte sent at once for the police.
The lieutenant general of police
came, with several Of his trusty
sleuths, and after examining every
thing he announced his belief that
somebody in the house had stolen the
goods, and he began a search OF the
premises. In order that nobody could
accuse him Of impartiality, he made a
search of the d'Anglades' apartment
the first thing, before going to the
servants quarters, and his surprise
and delight may be imagined when he
discovered a roll of rs louis dor, OF
the new coinage, wrapped up in pa
per, a part of genealogical table
which was at once identified by Mont
gomerie as belonGng to him. In vain
the marquis protested that he knew
nothing about the money or how !,
came there. His appearance was
against him.
To the astute lieutenant general o.
police this was sufficient proof OF the
mans guilt. When he went to the
house he expected that it was goint
to be q sordid affair, involving
crooked servant or two, and now ht
had a real live marquis in the tolls
His delight may easily be understood
The case was bound to make a biz
sensation. and the lieutenant genera
would be covered with glory. From
the moment of finding the money IL
d'Anglade's attic, that gifted function
ary bent all his efforts to the one ent
the conviction Of the marquis. HI
would consider no evidence that let
In other directions.
AS a matter Of form he went to tn
basement, and there found evidence
against the servants far more incrim
mating than that against the marquis
Tensas gazette., 1916-06-23

At the close of the eighteenth CEN
tury the families of the Marquis dan
glade and the Comte de Montgomerie
lived in peace and harmony in large
house in the Rue Royale, Paris. They
lived rather luxuriously. and while 1t
was held that most Of the marquis
funds came from the gambling tables,
nobody held that against him. He
was a man of fine appearance and
charming manners, and his wife was
q beauty. De Montgomerie had a for
tune of his own and didn't need to
60 to the gambling establishments to
earn his bread in the sweat Of his
fingers. He kept a large establish
ment, with servants and horses and
chariots and the d'Anglades lived in
the same house because of the firm
friendship existing between the two
families.
It came to pass that the Montgom-
cries decided to go to their country
house for a while, and invited the
Tensas gazette., 1916-06-23

but when man is hunting q lion no
doesn't want to fool away time on rab-
bits. Five of the missing bags Of sill
yer were found in the servants boxes,
but this made no impression upon the
great policeman. The marquis must
have put the bags where they were
found, in order to throw suspicion
upon the servants.
The prosecution was pitiless' and
brutal, and the lieutenant general Of
police seemed to dominate everybody
and everything. The marquis protest
ed his innocence, and was ordered to
the torture, but no physical agony
could draw from him confession of
guilt. He was convicted and sen.
fenced to the galleys for life. and
presently set forth on his mangled
limbs, as a member Of . chain gang
bound for Toulon. The story of the
persecution of the d'Anglades seems
more like chronicle of the dark
ages than a record OF modern hap
penings. The marquis. whose life
had been spent in gilded ease, found
the journey torture; and the brutes
in charge of the chain gang seemed to
take a vicious delight in adding to his
misery in every possible way. He
was chosen out for all their barbarity,
perhaps because he was an aristocrat.
League after league he toiled along
the eniless white road, his feet bleed
ing, his legs swollen, his body GOV.
cred with bruises. and his heart
broken.
At last death came to his relief He
died of exhaustion at Marseilles, and
it is doubtful whether any man ever
greeted the deliverer with greater Joy
Meanwhile his wife had been taken
from a sick bed and dragged to the
bar Of justice by the tireless lieuten
ant general, who was fairly baskine
in the well-earned fame this case had
brought him. She was found guilty
of something or other, and imprisoned
in an underground dungeon, where, ir
cold and slime and darkness, she be
came the mother of daughter; and
mother and babe were left there with
no attention, except when a piece oi
black bread was thrown in, as to 9
wild beast. Afterwards the Tailor who
did this service said that he ofer
heard the wretched woman moaning
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