New Britain herald., 1919-08-18

hlm the place of the general. Ihe guide attended a cock-fght the next day and his enemies who heard of his betrayal cut his body into small pieces. Colonel Hadse1l won another Philippine over to his confidence and had him take the oath of allegiance to the United States. The man was rich as he owned 10000 acres of sugar land and it was considered a great triumph for the Americans. The next morning when Colonel Hadsell aWoke and looked from his window, the head of the Philippine was, on his doorstep The mans head was cut off during the night and left with the American officer to show him the work which could be done against traitors.
 In 1902 Colonel Hadsell was sent to San Francisco and for a year was, stationed at Vancouver Barracks in Washington. In 1905 he was re- turned to the Philippines with no native Philippine scouts under his command. He was the only white man with the natives and they adored him. They built houses of banana leaves for him and waited on him as a chieftan. In 1907 he was returned to the states and sent to FL Paso, Texas. Tn 1908 he was made a permanent captain, and assigned fos the 16th infantry at Fort Root 1in Arkansas.
 His next assignment was in 1909 and 1910 when he was in charge of an expedition into Alaska. It was at the time the government was start ing it's widespread use of wireless telegraphy and he was sent as an inspector to reclaim the telegraph lines which spread from the klondike to the Yukon. At one time his men penetrated to where the water on one side flows into the Pacific ocean and on the other side empties into the Arctic. One night it was 70 degrees below zero and so cold that even the mules came close to the fire to warm themselves. While rolling a cigarette or during any trivial thing the fingers of the men would start to freeze and they would have to thaw them with snow.
 In 1911 and 1912 he attended the army schools at Fort LeavenNorth, Kansas. Later he was made an in spector, and inspected the militias in New York, Texas and Arkansas.
 In 1916 when trouble with Mexico started he was assigned to the border at Fort Rigold. Later he was trans ferred to the New York state militia which was in poor condition. He was made adjutant general of the Third Brigade and the improvement in the troops in a short time was noticeable to all army men at the border
 When the World war started he J the officers training school at Fort Riley, Kansas. The 2Sth Infantry was assigned to service overseas and Colonel Hadsell was permitted to join his old command. They left Hoboken, N. J., on June 12, 1917, the vanguard of the three million or more men who later showed the Germans what real fighting was and what Americans could do toward victory. The marines were amongst the men crossing. Col onel HadseIl and men were on the Tenadores, the leading ship. While off St. Nazaire. France, they were at tackled by submarines and lost one ship, the Kansan, which carried SUD- plies. The marines were on the old German ship, Eitel Freiderich, and the skipper of the Tenadores said he was more afraid the 16 guns of the Eitel Friederich would sink him than he was of the submarine.
 Colonel Hadsell was at the front with his men, but never went into ac- tion with them as he was recalled to this country. He saw a weeks action with the crack 146th French Infan- try. It was while overseas thaT he was promoted to the rank of/ffeuten- ant colonel and ordered back here Nwhere he was placed in charge of the 18th Division at Camp Meade, Mary land. When the armistice was signed he was given the permanent rank of colonel and assigned to the 25th In- fantry at the border.
 Colonel HadseH likes the negroes as soldiers. He said this morning that he was confronted with hard task when he took the men, as the unit had IS men hung for mutining at the border and perhaps 100 were in Fort Leavenworth. The negroes took to him and have served him well. Re- cruits are pouring in daily and there are over $500 men on the rolls at the present time "The men behaved nobly while in Mexico" stated the col onel "and did some fine fighting in cleaning up the Mexicans' We occu- pied the town of Juarez until it was turned over to Carranzistas." ~-, Colonel Hadsell shows his hatred for the Mexicans and says the place is a hotbed of revolution where no one is safe. In his opinion the only real settlement of the situation is a. good cleaning up of Mexico. He places no faith whatever in the Carranza government and despises Villa and his tactics.
 While being interviewed this morn ing he received a letter from Wash ington stating that President Wilson has appointed his son, G. Arthur Had