The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, September 23, 1898, Page 3

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, SEFTEMBER 23, 1898. SUFFERINGS CALIFORNIA VOLUNTEERS Much lllness Among Troops Quartered at Manila, BUT THE BOYS ARE HEROIC Nely Arved Recruts Complain Because the Fighting Is Orer BY PRIVATE F. A. HEALY. Special Correspondence of The Call. MANILA, Aug. 26.—The cry is still they come. A couple of days ago the fourth expedition came into port, and meets On every corner some ar face from home that brings m the life of San Francisco. The recruits are heart-broken at hav- ing ived too late for the fun, and every veteran who cares to recount his nces in tent and trench can be of an appreciative audience, who y for the drinks as long as the bullets and battles cares to And there i{s some mighty g indulged in. No one but mgs to the company that car- ma hold f tal wh ried > the fellow who has not rsonal adventure to me de€d of exceptional to boast of is as rare as a blackbird. The town is also filling up with another species of animal which was not to be found around the soldiers when they were in camp and when the dawning of every w day brought the report of the sualties of the night and the pros- pect of a new scrap. 1 mean this place is now infested by a horde of well- dressed, clean, stylish-looking young fellows who have sprung up from God | knows where and who, should we have | troubl I imagine would melt acurity with the same mys- ious promptitude with which they | came into evidence. They are for the most part young fellows of some wealth, whose families have a pull at home in one direction or another and who have come down here in the capa- city of clerks, attaches to various de- partments, or who do nothing at all and cover their idleness with a large bunch of copy paper, which they flash on the slightest provocation, while they inform their awe-struck listener of the influence they wield as istic war commissioners. These drones spend the greater portion of their time in loafing around the beer gardens, where they sit and discuss life at the front. They are heartily despised by the regular soldier. Another humorous product of the ex- isting conditions down here is the civilian who manages to scrape up an association with the officers and who tries to impress on the casual passerby and the inebriated enlisted man that he is entitled to the honors that are only paid to shoulder straps. Many of these fellows are officers connected with the transports and have heretofore never in their lives had any respeet of any sort shown them gave that grudging respect forced from the brow-beaten cowed sailors under their command. They strut about the streets in a uniform as nearly ap- proaching the regulation affair as they dare to make it, and the self-satisfac- tion and superciliousness of their de- portment would make a member of the Legislature turn green with envy. There are also a number of other parasites of various sorts and condi- tions who are rapidly arriving and who gre all classified by the boys under the general title of “flubdubs.” There has been considerable illness in the various regiments, some companies having as many as tw gick reports in a single day. nately, these cases are, with a very few exceptions, not of a serious nature, consisting for the most part of slight bowel complaints, sores and bolls. Speaking of this matter of boils and gores, 1 think that if some one will take the trouble to carefully search through the files of prehistoric archives he will ascertain that Manila was the stamp- ing ground Job, for since this enlisted man in the whole regiment who, at one time or anothgr, has not suffered from an irruption” of painful and disgt the patient’s entire body and make him for the time being a misery to himself and an object of repulsive sympathy to his comrades. And here I wish to call attention to the heroism of Private we have arrived in William Osborne who, while in camp, WE icked with this plague in its most virulent form. He was covered with sores and boils from the top of his head to the bottom of his feet; yet he was the first to turn out at ‘every alarm of battle and insisted on stand- ing his guard every time his company was ordered to the trenches. He would take off his bandages, don his uniform and accoutrements and do his duty with the rest, though when he returned to camp his body and shoulders would be little more than a mass of raw, bleeding flesh. highest type, but, unfortunately, is a kind that rarely obtains the mention it deserves. Naturally, those who read this will be somewhat. Interested In knowing what are the facilities and accommodations afforded the represent- atives of the Red Cross Socfety and what' the care and attention paid to the volunteer reaily amounts to. Un- fortunately, I must remain' silent when it comes to speaking of our hogpital corps. You see, I am an enlisted man and it is not seemly for me to criti- cize my superiors. However, there will be an aftermath to all this and then things will be portrayed as they really were in the Philippines. There are four men hcre, however, of whom 1 can speak, whose names are in the | special journal- | of the only and original | ccursed island there is hardly an | ting sores which spread over | This is courage of the | This 18 & violation of the rules, as such | lantry deserves. They are Major Hugh . Sime of the Second Battalion, Cap- | tain Eggert of L. Company and Lieu tenants Curzons and Adler. I have spoken of these gentlemen before, but | I think If the foreigners dowr | find n here can pleasure in speaking of them ev- | ery hour in the day and if the Span- | iards themselves can continually praise | | their gallantry the people of their na- | tive city can afford to read of them | more than once. They are the men who, with Major Sime at their head, | led the whole army and never once | faltered until they stood under the an- | cient walls of Manila, atop of which (flnntfld the pallid si=nal of surrender. | The one question that is continually | being asked down here is: “Will we have a scrap with the Filipinos?” Some |say ves and some say no. If it were left to the rank and file it would be on ere this. The new arrivals long for it for they burn for a chance to dis- tinguish themselves. The old boys have the memories of past inhospitable treat- ment to stir them up and make them crave one hour in which to square things. I think w: will get our chance. We have several times since the sur- render been on the verge of a mix up with our former allies and from re- liable information I have obtained, but | | which T am not at liberty to divulge, | I'learn that even as I write prepara- tions are going on which anticipate even more serious fighting than that we have already passed through. If it does come I hope these savages will stand long enough to allow the Frisco boys to get to work with the bayonet. If they do they will get a taste of fight- ing such as they have not experienced during the whole four hundred years of Spanish occupation. The other night a drunken riot oc- curred between some men of the Fourth Cavalry, stationed at Cavite and the | Insurgents. One of the cavalrymen was killed, but his name is not allowed to be made public. There is considerable discussion going on concerning the amount of expense, trouble and loss of life that will ensue when the United States Government | tries to police the whole of this island, if it decides to hold it. The soil down here is the best in the | world and the fecundity of the entire place is such as to fit it for most any sort of agricultural enterprise. Let the Government throw the island open for settlement and a swarm of American frontiersmen and hardy adventurers | will flock down here. Each man will bring his Winchester and will look after the safety of his own sugar cane | Official GREENE BRINGS REPORTS FROM WESLEY MERRITT Accounts of Work in Manila. BRAVERY OF THE VOLUNTEERS CALIFORNIANS WERE IN THE THICKEST OF THE FIGHT. Officers Express Surprise at the Or- ders to Send More Troops to the Philip- Ppines. Major General Francis V. Greene, who left here In command of the second de- tachment of the expeditionary forces for the Philippines, returned on the steamer China yesterday. When he went away he was a brigadier general, and was ad- vanced to the present rank for gallantry, upon the request of General Wesley Mer- ritt. General Greene is the custodian of the official report of General Merritt, upon all that has taken place in the Philippines since the American troops landed there. It was brought here by Adjutant General Babcock, and will be presented to the army officials at Washington. General Greene spoke freely of the troops and their fighting qualities, but declined to discuss the politics of the islands. “The troops at Manila have behaved magnificently in the actions in which they have taken part,” sald General Greene yesterday. “The First California Regi- ment was a part of my brigade and made a splendid showing. "Colonel Smith and | patch and I will guarantee that the | policing of the island will be rapidly | |and thoroughly accomplished. With | | the arrival of the fourth expedition | came a large assortment of wines and | llquors, a present from John D. Siebe | | to the First Regiment. Delicacies of any sort are very rare down here at present and Mr. Siebe's thoughtful | kindness is much appreciated by the | regiment. It is a pity that his oxnm-; ple is not followed by a few of those at home who have made money out of this | affair. We are now comfortably quartered in | barracks stretching along the banks nf’ the Pasig River. The boys are allowed liberty all day long if they have not | | duty to perform. They go and come | to and from town as they please. No | | restriction is placed upon their ac- | tions, and it speaks pretty well for the regiment that no case of aggravated | disorder has yet been reported. Colonel | Smith has been made a marshal and | placed in charge of the San Miguel | district. He tries civil as well as mili- tary cases, and is forced to listen to every complaint, and they are many, that arises in the territory over which | he holds sway. He is possibly the hardest worked man in the entire regi- ment, but, in spite of his responsibili- | ties, which include questions of life and death, he seems to be happy, and pursues the uneven tenor of his way, | increasing dally in grace, wisdom and avoirdupols. Father McKinnon has entirely re- covered from his wounded foot and | from the wound he received in his coat from a Spanish bullet, and now holas forth in the San Miguel church on Sundays, while on week days he occu- pies himself in a thousand little acts of kindness, looking toward the comfort and convenience of his boys. There is a comical adventure in which Father McKinnon and a brother priest are the central figures, which I will save for the subject of one of the many special stories I intend to inflict on the San Francisco public at a later date. This place is indeed the land of sun- sets. I have seen many in many parts of the world, but nothing to compare | with what we get down here. Every evening at about 6 o'clock the whole sky is {lluminated, and the horizon is | resplendent with variegated colors un- | | til 1t looks like the path of love wind- i | | ing into the garden of delights. Un- fortunately the somewhat soiled and | frayed soldier who gazes upon it has no one to share his admiration of the | | scene nor to respond to the tender sen- timents it calls forth. If he loses him- | self for a moment in romantic contem- | | plation of the scene he is speedily | brought back to earth by the harsh | voice of the sergeant sternly command- | ing him to fall in for retreat, and pro- | fanely informing him of the discom fort that will be his If he fail to in- stantly obey. However, if the sunsets of Manila beat those of San Francisco, yet the electric lights of the latter place are very bright and twice as pleasant to wander under when there are two in the crowd. | Save for the illnesses I have already | spoken of, the regimental health is ex- cellent, though, I am sorry to say, that | since that bloody dawning of the first day of August I can never again write that all the brave boys who were | cheered as they marched along the streets of 'Frisco are well and waiting | for the caresses with which they will | be welcomed home. There are some, alas, whose cold lips will never agaln | | respond to the affection which now | weeps for them seven thousand miles away from where the palms and orange blossoms shadow their lonely soldier graves. CAPTAIN DASHER OF THE SIXTH DENOUNCED | Serious Charges Made by Company A, Now on Furlough at Stockton. STOCKTON, Sept. 22.—Some soldfers of Company A, Sixth California Regiment, | stationed at alcatraz, but home on | furlough, are most bitter in denunciation | of Captain Dasher of the company, and | propose to try to have him court-mar- | | tialed for falling to pass certain written | applications made by them up to the | proper authority. It'is said that one of the privates went 1o Dasher and asked | him fer a furlough to go to his home in | Ban Jose, where his child was dying. The | request was promptly refused. and when the letter telling of the condition of the child was shown to the captain he was even so rude, it is said, as to throw it on the floor. Many of the 106 men in the company | have presented requests to be transferred to other companies, but the captain is reported to have torn them in pieces. | | communications should be forwarded to | the adjutant. One of the men whbse request was torn up has decided to carry the matter to headquarters. Many re- uests for furlough have been refused by asher when, it is claimed, the reten- tion of the men with the company was entirely unnecessary. It {s sald that sev- eral chastisements have been promised the cngtnln when the men meet him in civil life again. HENRY L BUCKLEY DEAD. SACRAMENTO, Sept. 22.—Henry L. Buckley, one of the best-known criminal lawyers In this sectlon, died suddenly this morning at the Sisters’ Hospital, after a brief fllneu. He was twice elected Dis- trict Attorney, was also City Attorney, and for two terms Police. Judge of this city. Deceased was a native of Boston, mouths of all and who have obtained y the well earned praise that their gal- ars. He came to California with wufire?u when a child. | prisoners. | guns and 10,000,000 rounds of ammunition. | terton, his men fought bravely, as we knew they would. Poor Captain Richter was the only officer killed when the troops were going forward to reinforce the men in the trenches, “‘My brigade went ashore July 17. We went into camp at once and occupied the trenches under desperate conditions as to weather. We were attacked four times by the Spaniards, and drove them back each time. General MacArthur came on August § and reinforced us. On the 13th we attacked the city of Manila and cap- tured it. The navy bombarded the city for half an hour, after which we ad- vanced. In my brigade was the Utah Battery, while the Astor Battery did yeoman duty for General MacArthur. ““We took the Spanish line and entered the city, which was surrendered that af- ternoon. This was supplemented by a formal capitulation on the following day. Our loss was only stwenty-three killed and 103 wounded. With 8500 we took 13,000 With them we captured 22,000 “The conditions throughout were of the worst possible character, It rained con- tinuously for three weeks. During tnis time the men in camp had only shelter tents, while those in the trenches had no rotection. The tents were pitched on amboo beds elevated eight inches from the ground to keep out the molsture. At first the men spent one day in every four in the tren , and later, when affairs reached a crisis, they were' there one day in three. Each man served twenty-four hours without relief. ““The country There were rice swamps, gardens, bamboo thickets and other obstacles to overcome. There are but few roads and those are Impassable. General Mac- Arthur was through the civil war, but he says he never saw such a place in which 0 carry on warfare. “Throughout it all thoxi;nduct of the troops wis admirable. though vcomndi- tions were bad there was no complaint. They were in good spirits, there was no despondency and no ‘sickness. “The troops are all in the former bar- racks of the Spaniards and in_ barracks made out of private houses. The Span- ish prisoners are confined in the cathedrals, churches and convents. “I wish to commend the work of Gerald Rathbone, nephew of Major Rathbone. He is well known in this city. He was my volunteer ald during all the fighting before Manila and acted gallantly throughout. I mentioned him in my re- port. _He preferred to remain behind when I left and connected himself with another command.” On being asked as to his candidacy for the Governorship of New York and regard- ing his strained relations with General Merritt, he laughingly said it was all news to him. “I left General Merritt at Hongkong on the most friendly terms of intimacy. I knew he had recomended mg advance- ment to be mnior general, but did not know that T had been promoted. There was no unpleasantness between us and 1 cannot account for the storfes that have gained credence here. I am under orders to report at Washington and have no idea | as to what the future may hold for me. “As to my candidacy for the Governor- ship, I am equally at a 10ss to know where_it originated. Colonel Roosevelt, who, I am told, is a candidate, is a life- long friend of mine and our politics are the same. The matter should not be treated seflousli. “The report of any difference with Cap- tain Seabury of tue China on the trip out was equally without foundation. “I left General Merritt at Hongkong. He started west over the Red Bea for Europe, where he is due October 2 to ap- pear before the Peace Commission.” General Greene, in common with other officers, was surprised at the order sending more troops to tne Philippines. Before leaving General Merritt cabled that he required no more. Those now un- der orders to go make the total number of men assigned to the Philippines 21,000. This s the force that was originally in- tended for the occupancy of the islands. WILL NOT OPPOSE CHATTERTON’S SUIT Lillian Russell Anxious to Obtain a Divorce From Signor Perugini. NEW YORK, Sept. 22.—All the lawyers engaged In the divorce suit of John Chat- otherwise Signor Perugini, against Lillian Russell, met In the office of Special Master in Chancery Washing- ton B. Willlams to-day. It was expected that several witnesses called by Miss Russell would be heard, but to the sur- rise_of Signor Perugini and his friends Ir. Minturn, counsel for Miss Russell, asked for an adjournment. .He sald he would like to have a week's delay, when he would either present his evidence or make a statement in relation to the case. Mr. Willlams granted the application, but said that unless the testimony for the de- fendant were then presented he would advise a decree in Signor Perugini's fa- vor on the ground of desertion. An actress who was present to give tes- timony on behalf of Miss Russell, to whose company she formerly belonged, but who declined to have her name used before she had been placed on the stand, made a brief statement after adjourn- ment. She sald she received a letter last week from Miss Russell. In it the writer sald she would not oppose her husband’s suit, stating: “I am well out of this silly marriage, if he gets a divorce, and 1 hope he W"F. I haven’t the slightest regard for him.” — - WEATHERED. THE HURRICANE, Steamer Eastern Prince Tells of the Storm in the West Indies. NEW YORK, Sept. 22.—The Prince Line steamer Eastern Prince, which arrived .| to-day from Brazilian ports, encountered the hurricane which devastated St. Vin- cent and other West Indlan islands on September 100 The Eastern Prince was then oft Barbadoes. The hurricane blew with terrific fury for nearly three days, its center passing south of Barbadoes and moving northwest by west. At 8t. Lucia, although quite severe, it did not cause any great amount of damage or loss of life. One or two landslides took place, several houses were blown down and a few persons were reported killed, | presents almost unsur- | mountable difficulties for military opera- | tions. AGUINALDO'S AGENTS HERE. «eSIXTO LOPEZ SECRETARY “ e sece | GUINALDO'S representative to this Government, Fellpe Agoncillo, and | his secretary, Sixto Lopez, arrived yesterday on the China, and lcft last | night for Washington, where they will present the insurgents' cause before | President McKinley and Kis Cabinet. | Senor Agoncillo is a lawyer of Manila 1and a trusted friend of the rebel leader. | He has been the confidential depository of Aguinaldo’s ambitions, designs, hopes, successes and fallures, and knows ais plans and intentions. It is rumored that the $600,000 subsidy which came to the hands of Aguinaldo was divided between him and the leader of the {nsurgents. He is now on his way to Washington to lay bare the demands and desires of his principal. | " 'Senor Agoncillo is not an English scholar, and allows himself to be inter- viewed through his secretary, Senor Lopez, whose command of English is that of a stuttering schoolboy with a year's experfence in the vagarles of Angio- Saxon grammar. Agoncillo is small of stature, with all the racial characteristics of the Malay roduct. His secretary Is the typical i*{1ipino. oWe are going stralght through to Washington,” sald the secretary vester- day. “It is 50 long since we left Manifla i that I do not know what the condition of | affairs is over there. We are to recelve { IPE “ReonciLo AGUINALDO F. Agongillo and S. Lopez Will Represent the Insurgents | at Washington. ;mr instructions when we arrive in Wash- ngton. 5\\'he!her we will ask for independence or a protectorate from the United States I am unable to say. Of course, I think that Aguinaldo and his followers would be pleased with independence, yvet 1 can- not say that it will be asked for. When | we reach Washington an_ effort will be made to see President McKinley and con- | fer with him. | “We do not know whether or not we | will go to the Peace Commission at Paris. This will also depend upon the instruc- tions we are to receive at V hington by cablegraph. If Aguinaldo wishes us to go to Paris, why, we will go and present our claims. No, what they will be I cannot say. Everything will depend upon our in- structions, which we are to receive at Washington. You see, it will then be four weeks since we left the Philippine Islands, and the condition of affairs may have altered considerably since that time. Aguinaldo is our principal, and his wishes must be followed out in detall.” Major General Greene was in close con- ference with the representatives of tae insurgents_numberless times during the trip from Manila to this city. He is very friendly with them, and lh? eem to de- pend upon him for suggestfons. General Greene, with a wink of his eye, smiles complacently when asked about .ae in- surgent chieftain’s plans and intentions. The question of politics General Greene refuses to discuss, even in regard to the desires and demands of the representative Filipinos. A-JURY SECURED TO TRY WIDBER | HOSMER WAS KIND TO THE AC- CUSED MAN. In His Opening Statement He Re- frained From Alluding to the Ex-Treasurer’s Fast Life. A jury was secured in Judge Cook's court yesterday to decide the guilt of ex- Treasurer Widber, who is charged with embezzlement and misappropriating the | | funds intrusted to his care while he was | serving in an official capacity. The fol- | lowing were the twelve citizens chosen: W. E. Lovejoy, 123 Bernard street; W, W. | Griffin, 1009 Florida; R. Mehrtens, lDOI Haight; John Bohner, Turk and Leaven-{ worth; W. H. Miller, 1709 Baker; James Sullivan, 3058 Twenty-fifth; F. A. Will, 806 Van Ness avenue; W. J. Thompson, 1717 Eddy; L. Lasar, 1532 Post; H. Bendit, 1619 Geary; J. H. Nolan, Third and Perry; W. P. Higginbotham, 31 Jessie. As soon as the jury was sworn in As- sistant District Attorney Hosmer made the opening statement for the prosecu~ tion. His remarks were very brief, and | not unkind to the accused man. He told | the jury that the prosecution would at- tempt to prove that Widber had taken gold coins out of the sacks fn the vaults in the Treasurer's office and in thelr place substituted silver dollars in an attempt to decelve his brother city officlals when the vaults were inspected. Sacks that were supposed to contain $5000 in gold were found to hold only $250 in silver, and In this and other ways the sum taken by the accused man amounted to $76,242. Hosmer did not allude to the fast life the ex-Treasurer had been living and to| how the money stolen had been squan- dered. Registrar Biggy was put on the wit- ness stand to prove that Widber had been regularly elected Treasurer in the office at the time of the alleged embezzlement. The trial will continue this morning. £ byl o REGIMENTAL BAND CONCERT. Musicians of the Eighth Entertain a Large Audience at Benicia. BENICIA, Sept. 22.—The concert and dance given here last night under the aus- pices of the Eighth California Regiment Band proved a marked success. The City Hall was thronged by the townspeople and members of the regiment stationed here. Through the kindness of Colonel Hen- shaw, the men were all given leave of an- sence from camp in order that they might be present. The proceeds of the enter- tainment—$125—will bg used in the pur- chase of music for the band. The pro- ramme, under the direction of Professor . C. 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