Trench and camp. ([Admiral, Md.) 1917-1919, 1918-07-04
COL. ROSENBAUM NOW
BROADER GENERAL
315th Infantry Head Tells Of Conn
paign Against Head Huntersv
In Philippines.

'Rosey~ ts now q brigadier general
That's what Ohio b. Rosenbaums
erstwhiIe commander Of the 315eh 1n~
fantry. r. called by his intimates and
sometimes (behind his baclx) by his
ofncers and men.
But whether IL IL "Rosey~ or just
plain general NO promotion in Meade
AAS given such genuine pleasure ~
tht troogs as that Of Col. RosenbauH&
Al there a o vacancy in the 1Ssth
t1fantry Brigade. Il is believed that
hb win % permanently assigned Co.
Tat BODY Of which he has been tsmss
pbfary commander several weela
Wants to See France.
In his quiet. easy going way, Cen.
R0senbaum expressed his eradication
&C the presidential promotion. but
there was no trace Of undue pride In
his demeanor. It was just like the
announcement Of any military event
Of the day. received in the same inn
perturable spirit He hopes to be
able TO take the brigade to Franco,
and the uncertainty Of this was this
only thing which disturbed him.
II want to take these boys to the
'front.'" WAS the way he expressed It.
The new general IL q native OF Wire
ginia, the southwestern part OF the
state, and was graduated from West
Point in 1884. He has served in al.
most. every part Of the world and
about the only service he missed was
that Of the Mexican campaign. He
was then stationed in Honolulu.
Asked to state the most interesting
service In his Army career, he said:
1t was In connection with the Igs
gOroee@s one OF the Filipino tribes, In
1900. The head hunters were said to
be active and was sent by the then
MAJ 4AEch, now general and chief
Of STAN With small body OF troOp0
TO tel the natives how to behave
Cen. Zen, I'm command, had made the
announcement that the natives must
cease the practice Of head hunting. 4
which had been encouraged by the
Spanish regime. The custom was to
hunter bringing In the head Of rival
trtbenm&m and the Spanish govern
ment was to be paid q like amount
Ar was o source Of revenue.
Called or Dinner.
'.Ths march TO the interior villages
In the mountainous country was about
seveuTy-f1ve miles away from my bass.
! was given $40 by Gen. Bell and told
to uss this and any money I cared to
add Of my own in giving q banquet
to the natives, thus gaining their
FAVOR ! looked into the suggestion
and concluded that by doing this
would be encouraging the natives to
ask for q dinner every time they
wished TO 20 out on head-huntinR
expedition
& ggt 20 the town called Bontsk,
near Cery9nteA and putting my men
into billet near the town, placed
q guard outside to avoid surprises I
Slept In Quiat room in an abandoned
convent There was no disturbance.
Was invited to q dinner given By
the preeanemte OF one Of the villages.
ana a&eer the reUast. consisting Of rice
and dO@meax in a sort OF pottaae. I
was invited to witness a dance. The
pre9Adan1e uahered in the dancers and
bowed low and looked on. till be.
came tired then said that was
sleepy and asked how long the dance
1t would laet all night, that IL was
given In my honor. but that If WISH
ed TO retire I could do SO in e. bed in
the s9ne room beside the dancers
turned in after calmly removing my
It seemed Co be perfectly ali r4gf1f
With the pEssidente, who took no Of
fen@a.
y was called away about that tina.
but tbs natives obeyed the law, ana
the TROOPS had no trouble with them
whatever"
One OF the happiest persons over the
goneFATs success ia his son, about
eight years Old, whom the ,aoldierw
Cali Eeo0b~ his fathers constant conn
p&ni0n. Malone, Boo's friend. and tbs
SON OF fellow OfiiCer of the generals,
ID also very g1eeful. But the feeling
IL general throughout Meade