Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-02-12
AMERICAN YOUTH HAS CHANCE
FOR EDUCATION THAT BRINGS
A GUARANTY OF CASH RETURN

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nifty to get an education in a schoo
that guarantees results at the end o.
the course. The results are fixeC
return by the month the rest Of onei
life. The amount of return, just al
! is the case in any other college, de-
pends largely upon the ambition o.
the applicant or student, if that wore
sounds more attractive, but the guar.
anteed return is different to tha
offered by any other educational in.
! stitution. 1t is a money return COM
ing from the best paymaster on earth
the United States government. The
return in the lowest rank is more thar
enough to keep one well fed and the
return in the upper brackets of rating
is sufficient to help the one who
leaves the college to which this refers
to get into business for himself anc
make good.
The school referred to in the fore
going paragraph is the military serv-
ice of the United States government
The views expressed in the paragraph
are those entertained by B. w. Steven
ton, proprietor of the Curio Coffee
shop on Eleventh street. He is 9
graduate of the school he is talking
about and he believes he is entitled
to definite opinions upon that subject
because he passed something more
than 80 years IN it.
Steventon saw service in the cavalry
and the infantry. He saw service
where there was the thrill of battle
in the open with an enemy that Jared
forth upon the field with a determi-
nation to deal death to its opponent
and he experienced the thrills OF
fighting the guerilla of the Philippines
with all the dangers attendant upon
fighting such enemies in their own
grounds.
He Would Do 1t Again
He saw service where the grip OF
disease was snuffing out the lives OF
hundreds, having been in the Philip
pines during one of the severe scourges
of cholera. And he has come through
all of it and out of the service with
an enthusiasm that causes him to
declare that if he was back at the
starting post with the door of oppor-
tunity open to him, either to go to a
college to get a degree in four years
or serve his 80 years wearing the
uniform of the military service, he
would salute the flag and don the
uniform.
Native of Mosquito State
Steventon is O. native of New Jersey
Having been born and passed his early
life in the state made famous by the
size, determination and aggressiveneSS
of its mosquitoes may have been one
of the reasons he made good soldier
But he admits that he had nothing
to do in determining the state of his
nativity and so he makes no claim
on that score. 'It just happened that
took a fancy in early life to cast
my lot with the boys who wore the
uniforms and so I joined up" re-
Newark with the second u S. cavalry
and was sent to Fort Riley, Kan, fol
my first service and training. That
enlistment carried through six years
and took me into the Spanish -Ameri-
can war.
In Battle of Santiago
There were only four mounted
units, companies A, G, D and F, there
We were in the battle of Santiago d.
Cuba where on July 1-3, both date
inclusive, there was real action a.
reference to the history will prove
1t was there that I experienced {
wound in my right ankle, a Sho
catching me there. I didn't know i
at the time but had many occasions
to think about it since that time"
At the close of the three days
fighting there was an armiStice perioC
and then there was the ceremonial o
running up the flag of the conquerini
forces over the quarters taken from
the defeated army. At that tim
Steventon had the honor of beinI
selected as one of specially choSel
company to participate in the cere
mony. He had been an apt Studen
in horsemanship and that was one O
the things necessary for the part tina
he was called upon to perform at tn
raising of the American flag over th
old royal palace.
Has Honor in Ceremony
Capt Lloyd M. Brett was command
ing and one of the things to be don
was for cavalryman to ride forward
on command, diSmount and fasten tn
halyard into the eyelets of the fla
in order that it might be hoisted owe
the palace At the signal from tn
captain, Steventon performed that act
being the only private to participat
in the ceremonies of the day, tn
other features being the parts playet
by the officers.
Following the surrender, Steventol
was one of the men selected to hell
transfer the ponies which had beel
used by the Spanish cavalry in thei
service to the American army quarters
There were 164 head of horses to b
transferred and as they were bein
moved, the infantrymen camped alon
the way got probably three-fourths o
them, as Steventon remembers it. H
says that as the cavalrymen would b
passing with the ponies some infan
tryman would come along and say
"Hey. what's the chance to get
pony?" and the cavalryman in charg
would reply, who's looking?" The
the infantryman would grab a pom
and take it with him. They use
them in carrying cans of water whicl
they had to bring for quite q distanc
Ito their camp. They merely tied