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About Bohemia nugget. (Cottage Grove, Or.) 1899-1907 | View Entire Issue (June 2, 1899)
wVllTu " " '' "mut, ,. O IIIMV IIIIHHKill , ... .... . -v S mint - - .is-, 7 OW well volunteers have borno the bruut of battle since the war with Snaln becran Is now a mat ter of history. A recapitulation of tho main exploits of our armies In Cuba and the Philippines shows at once how splendidly this contingent has upheld the name of America. When the Maine was destroyed In Havana harbor tho people eagerly clamored to be led to the front, and when war was actually declared the response to tho call to arms was ten-fold greater than the needs. Twenty-five thousand regulars no matter how bravo, skillful and well-disciplined could not bo a match ror ten times that number of trained regulars fighting under the banner of Castile, and. from the beginning of military operations to the volunteer has come a glowing share of tho glory or daring, patient, effective work well uone. The first fierce fight of Las Quaslmas was engaged In by Western volunteers in conjunction with negro regulars. ' These men were practically without experience cavalry, but dismounted and forced to plunge through a Cuban Jungle In tho face of a hot fire. Wood's rough riders led the fierce charge. The men were away from home In an un friendly climate, which In Itself was sufficient to enervate them. But they fought and won. Regular army of ficers, who scorned the national guard and hastily organized volunteers, open ed their eyes in wonder to see the "min ute men" conscripts of the West give the truculent dons their "trimmings' in approved measure! The men who went to Porto Rico with Miles were of the same class with no previous ex perience under fire. Yet all the fight ing that amounted to anything was done by Illinois and Ohio men, not of the regular army. Bennitt's Third Illi nois had never said much, but it fought, and wept that peace was de clared Just as they had things nicely fixed "to smash the dons!" The Philippine situation is worth go ing over In detail to analyze the fight lug mettle that has been shown by our new men. Dewey won the first fight there so easily that nobody thought there would be another battle. As tho disordered enemy took heart, however, the President and General Merrltt made up a force largely of volunteers, with a leaven of regulars to steady the lump. It was supposed that there would be only a summer picnic for tho former, with the latter needed only for brief garrison duty until the ball was over. So It came about that the army of occupation of tho Philippines was I mnue up or io per cent, or volunteers. Of sixteen regiments of these only one was from the East and South respec tive! v. The others worn nil Western. representing California, Kansas, North Dakota, Wyoming, Montana, Idaho, South Dakota. Colorado. Minnesota. Nebraska, Oregon, Washington, Iowa. and Utah all from west of the big rlvor. TIipso men hnd onlv that train ing nt arms that conies from having n pistol as a. regular article of toilet Mnety per cent of them had never been organized as regiments. Without dellleratoly and unkindly klc Filipinos out. In this Install headed determination not aside all rules of warfare. Viewed In a regular way, the assailed wore beaten, but Irrepressible pltehlng-ln defied all mar tial strictures, and the day was won. In like iiuiniu.r iv)nn Anderson was attacked by Augustl on Aug. it, thick weather nrovented the regiments from knowing that in a tactical point of view they'wero as good ns wIjmM out. Hut they pressed on diligently, fought their way nast obstacles, half realized at the time, bv sheer force of tiltick system and scientific skill out of tho question. When Miller lauded nt Hollo with his handful of Iownfis he Helmed to have committed suicide. Ho faced a bunch of Filipinos ten times his num ber, and well armed and well disciplin ed. Yet he kent the town, and when the Tennessee regiment was added to uuhlxod iiiiinii., i. '''411 ...... it t . ... 1 ti . . IH ,. ' iiii'iku Mir tm. i ... ... ..I.. . ...... . . ' I'M IMV. IMrnilfll. IH ..I., . .. --'.ill .. i..... , . urp,.. mum io put un,, r,, i "i ""V ft r"" u k.. V a now Idea iimi which, nfior hint I lll ffillt llmi... . being drilled, within two months after his force, with n part of the Third urtll- concontrntlon1 many of them were aboard transports and on their way to Manila. l ive expeditions, with nearly 17,000 troops, reached tho capital of Iuzon bv tho middle of Juno. No drilling could bo Indulged In on tho troop snips, but little time was given after debarkation for such tilings. Itut they were there to oust tho Snanlsh. ana ten days after arrival this raw mn tenal was engaged in a deadly strug gle. under the most terrifying condl tlous of nlirht and a whirlwind of tern nest and rain thev roniilsml the enomv ami covered tnelr states with glory. No denial of tho innate fiirhtlni? nu.il Itles of these men of the nation had ever been made, but all regular officers held that much training was necessary to render them steady under fire, and enduring in a sickly climate. Yet these raw levies, fresh from counting-house and farm, accustomed to all kinds of good things to cat and drink, buckled down to army rations In a land 10,000 miles rrom home, took the good with the bad, and lacked not one whit of the steadiness of regulars The first sortie of conseauence bv tho Filipinos was on Feb. 3. It consisted of a preconcerted attack at a dozen dlf ferent places on Otis' lines, and wns as skillfully planned as any fight ever maae, Dut it was soon turned Into a disgraceful rout Our volunteers did not know that under the rules of war they were licked nt the start. Hence It came about that Instead of retreat ing these hardy Westerners honned over the fronts of their trenches and made for those occupied by Aculn aldo'a men, three times their number. They simply took them. They wanted the waterworks, and from tho vicinity lory, he went Into the country looking for a fight. He found one, and, to tho chagrin of all military strategists, from Charles Martel down to Kitchener of Khartoum, lie won 1L IIo had no right to do anythlmr of the kind, but he did. and there Is an end to the discussion that red tnno and Ironclad rules havo anything to do with renl enthuslnam and victory. What is aimed at hero Is to crnri. what "Teddy" Roosevelt, "Joe" Wheel er and others ntllrm: tho volunteer of America Is a fighting machine who lin. blbes practical skill with salt pork, bean coup, black cofTeo anil bad broiuL He does not need a coursu of siirnnts nt any school of technical wnr Instruction ir ne can get the real thing In front of him. Lacking rcirulor training, lu. does tho best he can. coolly renllzlmr all his advantages nnd marching up to tho poini wnere ue can do the most effec tlvo shooting. He makes us of u lmi skill he has, nnd then drops the whole science of war to find out who Is shoot ing at him nnd how nulcklr ho can shoot back. A great deal of Jungle sklnn'shlnt? hns marked the Fllinlno conflict, linn. the work of the Western volunteer hu been such ns to excite wonder and ad miration on the nnrt of trlnw of foreign lands, who ne ver (lroittiiwi a force of raw recruits could bohnv.. so like steady regulars. Smokless jww der In bamboo wildernesses could not dnunt these men. They wrestled wltn tho undergrowth ns they would with a patch of sunflowers at home, they wriggled through rlirht down lirwin tin. guerrillas, nnd tho sturdy regular grin ned wun approbation when he heard tnese lighting wildcats yell. I., ,(,.. fi,.l,tlni Iimi lin liikiMi Iilart ti ...... ...... ...... B In the Philippine the dlfferoiatt l. tweon the methods of renulnrn and vol Imtf tu..n utrlLrltit! v uuiIiIfi'Mtml umvvtc ( . .... The former inovo forward p.-mlitoiitlj and doggedly In silence; tho miter gc to the front with yells nnd etithuitlnMiu, but both go to the front When Vhoat on was oppoKil by a river, the othoi Hldo or which bristled with rlfltm. h halted for the pioneers. The regular! did the wune, hut tho Oregon ljy. lug good Mvlmmcrs and not liking to wait for bridges under lire, nwain the river. When Otis met th Mnrlwo River Colonel Funstoti and cin of his men swam over nnd took winm trenches which were timnttod by the Klllnliio. feline of the Whlniftori lxys saw a blookhomw flag. One of them volunteered to go and t It on fire. Ho did o under a henvv fire, nnd his comrades rushed up, Iti poiMHiiIoi) while the t-Illplnos gnvo lu, affrlghte at Ruch foolhnrdlnesH nnd bravery. Like Grant'n army In the Wilder, the volunteer contingents have made n showing no nation on earth can match not a man has advanced backward In nil that gallant army, llullcts fired from old rifles In the hands of nuppou-d. ly raw troopH huve dono as much dam. age as bullets s'nt from inmlern guns by men wearing sharpshooters' lwdg's. They have Ihhti kept constantly nt the! rront me reanon nsnlgned being fhnt ' they are hardeneil to the climate, and ' iK-tter than any freshly arrived rcgn-, Jars. It took Gcnenil OtU Un tlu.n1 half a year to reach a eoncltittlon that nil the preoedetitM of the army and the science of war were uwIckh In the face of the Indomitable bravery, the match less aptltuih' and sjkhiI, the unbound ed enthusliiHin of the Atiicrlean volun teer. Lacklne skill in i.i..iu...r .i..... Hwam rivers: knowlmr noililin- n't ed clearing work, they cut the Jungle: not supposed to k full-fledged soldiers. uiey cnmiied on the trail of the sullenly retiring enemy with hiithW t..n,...i... Our regulars In the Philippines have i"'" mcmsoivoH marvels of still ness and machlne-llko precision, but . oiumeer-an dash, spirit and i..i-nnii snown that tho true Atnerl Can flKhtlllir rltn n I... " . ?",:,.f1.V"n.t,x,,rt",Hl0"' carries all bcJ vf.t- ii iu viciorj iir.v. mi. ur- K. i "-tllltl for upiMT MlM-nn i . 1(Jts l.-.l l.ti'fl n ill, llll'l tutowny to the H.. . ' . , ( ,, (Ion Is to m plum, i i, , ' OWO1 fl.fMK) ) (ir r .. r y after that It intuit u f j ,,T I..., ....... .. lJ 1 net), nui mini u 11 i j. , ( lithttid. Part of it,, tie preachers. Th. r. teachers, cttrp-nti-r ITS, hlHI'klMUltllN. t. to txj that of rnUin ti gimentl dewlre n . IIIHI1V l-olor.ul v.. mi.. , I - . J uur own rMiiiui ii. g. I' L' . ft: .. t. . Ill' i it nn.i f I.fTorta arw making n , r.---. w iiuy two ablpH i,. !;.!. j RiifMth and IJIx-rl.i . ' i ' . ! traiinK)rttlon. The Spanish Duke AVlio Did It Now Mlniutcr to Wunhlnctrn. Spain's new ambassador to the Uni ted States, the Duke d'Arcos, is a man in whom Admiral George Dewey once round a successful rlvnl. Twenty years or more ago D'Arcos, then a poor Count, but a handsome, dashing fellow was in Washington as a legation at tache. Dewey was also there In a subordinate naval position, and was equally poor. Both men were popular favorites. They were In society a great deal together, nnd were well liked. Among their Intimates Dewey was always "GeorgeC and D'Arcos whoso family name is Brunettl, was caneu "jack." Dewey and D'Arcos both fell In love with the same girl, tho beautiful Vir ginia Woodbury Lowery. of Washing ton. Archibald Lowery, who is rich and proud and patriotic, did not like either suitor. He thought his daughter couiu uo uottur than marry Dewey. As for Brunettl, he wns not nn American. In the fnther's eyes ho was Imnnssiiiio Perhaps that was one reason why mu ueauuiui gin preferred tho hand some Spanlnrd. She gave him a vow that sho would wed no one else, but she told her futher that she would not mar ry without his consent. Sho kept both promises, but there wns a long and weary waiting. For years tho father was obdurate: the lovers were sunder ed. In tho meantime Dewey had mar ried another girl. She wns In her grave twenty years and more beforo tho guns at Manila echoed around tho world. After mauy years the old Duko died and Jack Bruuettl became tho Duko d'Arcos. He was named Spanish min- ister to Mexico. Mr. Lowerv finally concluded that further onnositlon wns useless and gave sanction to the mar riage, wmcu was carried out very quietly. The new minister from Spain Is an Important man In Washington, and his d'ahcos and nis wife. wife a great lady. But there are people in Spain as well as the United Rtntoa who think Miss Lowery missed a great opportunity wnen sho eald "no" to uowey. Exempt from Itegulatlons. An Italian physician, mshlnrr nn Ma wiieel to the bedside of a nntlnnt Mm a arrested by a policeman for scorching, uuu uotwunsianuing tno urgency of the case wns compelled to go to court When the doctor WHS flnnllxr rnlnnoAii on arlving at tho homo of tho patient uu iounu mat sno and died for lack of medical attendance whllo im . " . wiu hands of the law. Tim nipn.n - "."iuouuu;u led to tho exclusion of physicians from iuu regulations regarding scorching. A married woman's tears ti.h -i osity oftener than they excite sympathy. Satan probably orlclnnteii th .,.. "Man wants but.llttle hero below." Including that Wliuome Creature, the i-ovcly Hlrdy Jonet. ii was the first perfect dny of the glad springtime. The warm sun bright eueu tuc couutry Iniidscnpo, and the odor of opening apple blossoms enmo upon uio laden atmosphere. Tho lazy clouds floated drenmllv In the ir v nv. head, chiefly because they could not go aiooi nor on tho trolley earn. The rurai roaus were smooth under tho nammer or Innumerable wheels, and Clarenco Wheeler had ntnlun nir,in Jones from her haughty Soho homo ror a rnmufo on his '07 tandem among the highways of tho towiiHiiina u ping from their run, they rested bo- ucniu a great oak troo whieh vni.i.,,n numuu Bpnng. uowueiis tinkled in the woodlot below the tie lambs with wabbly legs three sizes too mg ror them gamboled on tho short green grass. On a hrnmi. iin - p --- uiuuu mm looked down upon tho crystal water jjimy spreau the lunch they had car rled in tho tnndem box, and Chiron brought water In , , . , " '"nv. K.IXH mat no uad found hard by. The soft winds tovnd win. i. bleached tresses, which Btrcnmed oyer ner ince nue a photogravuro picture of tho west wind low's poems, ner eheeka i1n.,n.i ....u - "vu tyim tho vigor of exercise and robust health and when tho young man approached her from tho snrintr his was centered upon the winsomo beau ty of tho divine creature. IIo sat down by her side. His soul drank In the charm of the nlntn TW Klin ltsvl-rwl from the can of embalmed beef that sho was opening, with a smile of confl- dent approval on iw.r . !,.,,!.. I ' ' ""ik 'ace. Mini. ;iuSov0r"i i """iiiuiiooii gave wav But she Btcppcd back, and. RtrlklnL. the attitude that she had lear ed Jo Solio Amntour iir ' A. '.al 1 10 sJ!"j..snr.i"s "All la L n U"or " ,oml of : A" 18 "Ht, Claronen vtw.i..- .'. nro sitting i .,. ... . ;;r , ... .ou Times. 1 ,ut -1 '""uiirf ..rn, A MOl TOWII. Throo miles fmn. . tie backwoo,iH . ,uro' ".? 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This IntUr may bec! nntln.lv lit rni flier. tl'llllt mlldor toinpernttireH It nuiy hefa't at uny desired point. When the tt ? I closed a ineaiiH of ventilation U I vlded through liolea under the iiroto mg odgo of tho larger nap. A TomptliiK lorni'i. , . ... i... n.1jttfttt9 Jioiinnuers proiens iu i.- " - U-li.il lir.M ll.ii lii.rtfw.U 1 1 h fh r tli' went Into tho salt alive. The H'f' . . . . . .. .i, Ai unm inorciinnt as no wai-mi " ' ir-n fieat-looklng Vlinirdiiisciicr, W tho by, dressed from lund to be'" it..,. i ... . ... .. e I. iinrmior igiu nine linen open a - .... . ... nt llff iiispuciiou seems never in un- Huh, and ho taken inrItlliiK tuiP.tN" tho salt wlioro It lies ns bright lu c ns tho duy It wns caught He t ! ii y mo inn un me niu-i"vir -out as froo and clean as tho tlk W com, nnd swallows down tli" ' pieces left boneless, with Hip p. !sh thnt n New-Yorker enjoys lu lowing n plate of saddle rochs. Ail Allliromniii- , Mistnh Mosc 1 tell yo, (hit PomW pergrcsBlvol Jos' look at him l,utu ull his ground In fiownh bcilsl Mlstah SmllT-What'H porgress" bout dat? . 4oi Mlstah Moso-Why, ho won't''11"' , Dpy'll to hIm.--Kiui8iiH City Jiulepemle1"' A nnrrofs talk is a good deal IIW J baby's: nnlv tho owner can undcrsw It