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Entered at the roetomce in McMinnville, as Secund clasa matter. M MINNVILLE, OR1 Were jNot Our Specialty f this, and we believe that a people who Baker, Chas M............................................. greeted you so royally from Ashland to Barclay, Thomas I) .................................. Portland will see that you are paid the Blough, Harry B ........................................ Blougb, Roscoe C........................................ value of your militia uniforms which Bockes, Darwin............................................ you were compelled to discard by the .......... Promoted to corporal, April 1, 99 Carroll, Daniel............................................... excessive heat in the tropics. Killed March 25, 99 Your last foe was a Stanger to civilized ( lark, Btrl J Cloquet, August............................................ warfare, and used the Hag of truce to ac Collard, Frank A............ .............................. complish his treacherous designs. Con Cooper, Wells C .......................................... trasting your foe with ours, in one of the Cooper, Paul B ................ ............................ border states, during the civil war, two Cotteugim, James W................................... Cochliu, John W......................................... Wednesday and Friday of last week, the enviable distinction in history lines of battle were approaching each Crampton, Wni. F..................................... August 9th and 1 ith, will ever be memo of sending the first troops to foreign other when the commander of the con Wounded March 25, 99 rable days in the history of McMinnville, shores, and your gallant services have federates saw a little girl and her kitten Crabtree, Fred J Davis, John H as marking the return home of the vol- ever since kept the name of your state playing in the open field between the Dunn, Titos. V unteers enlisted from this county, A in the vanguard of heroic achievement. lines. He paused for an instant, then Elkins, Dillard A the Friday morning train arrived, over With our knowledge of military life we ordered a movement to the right, and Ewing, Len I) a thousand people were in waiting, The noted with pleasure that your command the union commander, no less chival France, Edwin E ....................................... Discharged June 12, 9t> band played, the Manila Guards stood ing general thought you worthy of the rous, moved to the left, keeping pace Fees, Gamer D . Discharged June 12, 99 with drawn swords, the whistles blew, post of honor, in selecting you to be the with his antagonist, until the little girl Fox, Arthur C............................................... Trans, to Hospital Corps, Aug 15, 98 the bells rang and the dynamite roared first troops to enter the walled city of and her kitten were out of range, when <lalhiglier, Anthony.................................... iu one grand Concert of action. The Manila, and receive the surrender of the the battle began. 1 see you have brought your bugler Gallagher, John II .................................... welcomes that followed as the soldiers Spanish troops, and kept you ou the Trans, to HospitalCorps Aug. 15, 98 home with you. This brings to mind Garrettson, Edgar S........ stepped from the train, are not to be de most difficult provost duty that any sol- At the muster Graves, Herbert G...................................... scribed with words. A great burden was diers were ever required to perform, un- another war incident. Wounded March 26, 99 lifted from many a fond mother’s heart, til your own impatience to go to the out of a Missouri regiment, a Dutchman Grace, Leo B Hibbs, Frank W.......................................... and she was prepared in that moment to firing line began to endanger the high tried to hire the bugler to go home with ...................... Died, Manila, Dec. 8, 98 take a new and more cheerful hold upon order of discipline for which you had him and sound the call for reveille at Hoberg, Charles H ..................................... life. Some of the boys did not get home been noted. After you were sent to the the usual hour every morning, and when Holgate, Donald W....................................... until Friday evening, when an equally front you made the name of Oregon con the bugler told him that he thought he Hoskins, Edward E ................................. Huddleston, Claud M.............. .............. large crowd of people assembled to wel spicuous in history by your unsurpassed was tired of reveille, he replied: “O,no! Humphrey, John I).............................. I just want to hear you, so I can put my come them. I’aul Cooper, who was pluck and endurance and gallant achieve Isekite, Daniel.... ..................................... somewhat of a favorite in his company, ments in the field. You have helped to head out at the window and tell you “to Jacobson, Hans R ...........................*......... Johnson, Ben ............................................... being the youngest, and but 18 years old, give to this nation the proud distinction hell mit your reveille ” As a representative of those other boys Kenney, Frank............................................... was on this train, and the Manila Guards of being a nation upon whose domain Klauck, John ............................................... had conspired to give him an osculatory the sun never sets, and given to us pres who more than a generation ago felt Krttder, Philip H ................................. welcome that should make the other tige over all other nations in the com much like you now feel, and looked Lady, Henry ............................................. You have much like you now look, I desire to give Maddux, George.......... ............................. boys envious, and many of the girls were merce of the western seas. Martin, Harry II.......................................... added new lustre to the fame of the you some advice suggested by our expe McCutcheon, Charles G............................ observed to make good their pledge. rience. You are no doubt sick and tired In the selection of the following day American volunteer. You have shown McGrath, Miles .Wounded Feb 5, 99 for a public reception, the committees that he will fight equally well under all of looking at your uniforms, but the McKinney, George B........................ .. made a wise choice. The people were conditions, in all climates and against time will come when you will prize them McMillan, Timothy..................................... McCune, Asa ..................................... ripe for it, and dropped their work for a all kinds of enemies. Your terms of en very highly. The past history of this ............ Died San Francisco, Sept, 5, 98 country indicates that when peace is es day. The weather was delightfully cool. listment legally expired when the Span Miers, Charles C. ....................................... The Dayton, Union (Newberg) and Mc ish war was ended, but there being other tablished in the Philippines it will be Miller, Lewis E. Died Manila, Nov 8, 98 Minnville bands furnished abundant foes in the field, you only paused long another generation who will fight our Morris, William P........................................ Newell, Herbert ......................................... music. Capt. II. S. Maloney on behalf enough to replenish your haversacks ami next battles. So take good care of your Odell, Ralph A. Died Manila, June3, 99 uniforms and trophies of war, and your of the veterans of all past wars, made cartridge boxes, and went “at it again,” Perry, Richard E......................................... the following entertaining address of and did not “let up" until you were on letters, if you can get them from your .................. Died Manila, Aug 25, 98 welcome, the publication of which will shipboard. It would have helped to girl before she marries the other fellow, Pike, Albert L ...................................... .. Prentiss, Joseph C...................................... be well received, along with the able ad nerve your arms in the struggle, if you who remained at home, as they will be Reeves, John T.. .. Wounded May 1, 99 interesting reading 30 years hence. dress of Congressman Thos. IL Tongue, could have seen the interested throngs Keynolds, Otis A.......................................... I n the civil war Oregon did not have Rich, Charles H.............. ........................ put in the preservable form in which the on Third street, reading the daily, and reader finds them, as many were unable sometimes hourly, bulletins, giving the an opportunity to render such conspicu .... Promoted to Corporal, March i, 99 Rommel, Edward......................................... to get within hearing distance of the news from Manila, and seen with what ous service as you have rendered. Few .......................... Wounded April 11, 99 men have attained distinction during the eagerness and throbbing heart each speakers: •Simmons, Guy I).......................................... scanned the papers for news of battle past generation, unless they either served Shepherd, David ......................................... ADDRESS OF CAPT. MALONEY. in the civil war or got their start in Yam Smith, Frank................................................ Veterans of the Spanish-American and and the list of killed and wounded. All hill. You now return to civil life with a Smith, Benjamin F.................................... honor to you who dared, and gave to Philippine wars: Snow, Arthur P........................................... soldier ’s record equal to those in the Snow, Ernest W.... ... ... In the name of the aged veterans of chance the care and keeping of your civil war, length of service considered, Stimpson, Harry M .................................. the Mexican war, who added many stars lives, but especial honor to the gallant and you also are from Yamhill. Your ............ Promoted to Corporal Jan. 21, 99 to our flag, and who are now too few and boys who yielded up their stainless gallant service in the cause of civiliza Stuart, William C. ............ ......................... young lives in the cause of human liber feeble to take an active part on this the Teatz, Charles ............................................ tion and humanity has better equipped Thompson, Frank H................................ proudest day that Yamhill county has ty. Love and sympathy for those they ever seen; in the name of all the Indian loved and left, and who can now only you for the duties of citizenship. We ................ ............. Wounded March 25, 99 Thurber, Arthur C....................................... war veterans, who, acting both as sol hear in happy dreams the footsteps of trust that the many sacrifices and hard Tillman, George............................................ ships which you have endured, and the return No one ever had a doubt that diers and pioneers have wrought more Ungerman, William B.............................. in uplifting our flag and civilization in the “Oregons” would acquit themselves wounds and scars which some of you .......................... Wounded March 25, 99 the northwest, and received less recog with credit upon every occasion, but you bring back, will upon this and all proper Van Vleet, Lewis.......................................... Walker, William O.................................... nition from the government than any have surpassed our most enthusiastic ex occasions, give modesty a voice, and that Wounded April 16, 99 you will, without any spirit of boastful pectations, and given our state such soldiers who have ever fought its battles; Weston, Jas|M>r ........................................ ness, tell of your campaigns and battles, White, James G ......................................... in the name of the civil war veterans, prominence in this war, that all may as they are of deep ami thrilling interest Promoted to corporal Feb 18, 99 who maintained onr institutions unsul justly feel proud of Oregon. In the twi to us now, but let me tell you that in Whitney, Claude A.................................... lied through the greatest perils this na light of the nineteenth century, on W llson, Harry...................... .......................... tion has ever known, I greet you, and almost opposite sides of the globe, we our every-day life, we find that the vet Promoted to corporal, Feb 18 99 eran who holds down a dry goods box, Wise, James C............................................... bid you welcome to a well-earned rest, behold two great headlights of American ........................ amid the verdant fields and quiet shades civilization: one of them in Manila bay, and is always boasting of his army ser Widmer, William W Williams, Albert.. ....................................... of your boyhood home, where your and the other at the entrance of Santia vice is generally the one who rendered Williams, Joseph B................................... peaceful slumbers will no longer be dis go harbor. You have linked Malabon the least actual service. You are now .. Discharged March 18,99 veterans, and upon all future occasions Young, Edward C ..................................... turbed by the harsh sounds of battle. I and Oregon in imperishable history and we will gladly hail you as comrades ........................ Died, Cavite, Aug. 11, 98 also bid you welcome to the smiles and song, and your nsnly conduct in San benedictions of our peerless Manila Francisco proves that you are gentlemen whose ties of friendship have been weld BATTLES AND ENGAGEMENTS—WITH SPANISH FORCES. Guards, who have presided as your guar- as well as soldiers. We, as veterans, are ed in tlie fires of battle under the same starry flag. Assault and capture of Ladrone islands, uian angels during all the time your bo not jealous of the honors shown the re June 21, 1898. soms were bared to the storm of battle, turning volunteers, but rather believe OFFICIAL ROSTER. Assault and capture of Manila, Aug. 13, and whose hearts thrilled with every he that your gallant services, under such 1898. roic deed that flashed across the western trying circumstances, has taught this Company A, Second Oregon Volunteer WITH I II.IPINO INSURGENTS sea. Your return brings vividly before generation what they owe the veterans Infantry. Repulsed attack at Tondo, Feb. 22, 99. of other wars. They cannot, as we do, us our experiences in the civil war, and Battle of Pasig, March 19. we realize, as others cannot, the arduous realize the difference between the civil Colonel Owen Summers, commanding. Capture of Malabon, March 25. Assanltand capture of Polo and Melin- Brev. Brig. Gen. U. 8. V. services you have endured and sacrifices war and this, caused by the progress of ta March 26. OFFICERS. you have made. It was with pleasure the nations in all the arts of peace and : Repulsed attack at Marilao, April II. war. When a battle was fought in the | Captain, Herbert L. Heath ................ that we beheld in your ranks the sons of Assault and enpture of Hanta Maria, .......................... Wounded May 4, 99 April 12 our former foes, fighting side by side Philippines, 8,ooo miles away, we had I First Lieutenant, Ilalpli I’latt . . . . Skirmish near Norzagary, April 22 with you as comrades under the same authentic information of the casualties ■ Discharged .June 12, 99 Assault ami capture of Norzagary, flag, with not a single ancestral preju within 24 hours, while in the civil war j Second Lieutenant, J. A. Young.. April 23 J .Wounded April 15,99 Assault and capture of Angat, April 24 dice to mar the harmony of your com our friends had to wait long weeks, and I ................ Repulsed attack at Norzagary, April 25 SERGEANTS. radeship. In retrospect we see again a sometimes months, before they knew the 1 Skirmish in foothills near Blac Na Ba- flag presentation in this city, when war’s fate of loved ones, and the thousands of First, Frank E Weed ...................... to, April 27. Q. M., George C. I,. Snyder.......... first alarm was sounded; again we see slabs marked “unknown” in our nation- i .................. Wounded Marell 25, 99 First assault and capture of San Rafael, al cemeteries, indicate that there are yet April 29. our gallant volunteers, flushed with pa Richard Deich ............................... ... iptll San Rafael, May I .. ...................... Second capture triotic fervor, board the train on that waiting hearts for the boy who never , Arthur I*. Harris Capture or ï Biliuag, May ~ 2. ........................ April morning, which to some of your came hack. My mother had to await Frank T. H ayes Charles I. Dilioti ........................ Assault and capture of Maasin, May 4. comrades was their last sight of home the casualties of both the north and the Repulsed attack at Massin, Mav 7. CORPORA IJt. south tieforc she knew the boys were and loved ones. With feelings of com Skirmish near San Ildefonso, May 10. James J. Welsh .................................. Capture <>f San Ildefonso, May 12. radeship, as well as closer ties, we fol safe. When we returned home there David If Mitchell Capture of San Miguel, May 13. lowed you to Camp McKinley, where were too many of us to he feasted and Harvey L McAllister Capture of San Roque, May 15. only those who were physically perfect banqueted. We had been in a “family Fred W Booth.................................... .. Capture of Santa Christo, May 16. Arthur E. Lambert .... were formally adopted by Uncle Sam. row," an<l our Uncle Sam desired us to Omar M. Dewitt ...................................... Capture of San Isidro, May 17. When you left us we thought your desti live together ugain as brothers, so we .Promoted to serge^t, Hept. 1, 98 Capture of San Antonio, May 20. Skirmish on Rio Grande de la Pampan- nation would lie Cuba, but a little “May discarded our uniforms, and it was in Hughs Rogers............. ga, May 21. day picnic” by Comrade Dewey out in the interest of peace and brotherly love James N. Mitchell................................. Skirmish at Taitai, June 3. Walter A. Mellinger................................ we tried to forget that we had been at Manila bay quickly decided your field of .Wounded March 25, 99 Skirmish at Antipolo and Teresa, June action. an<l inaugurated a new policy for 1 war. Ndt so with you. “We are all of Oliver E. Lipes ....................................... Skirmish at Morong, June 5, 1899. this nation. On the 25th of May you I us Yankees now." Not a single heart Harry 8. Turlay. ..................................... sailed out through the Golden Gate as I to-day but thrills with patriotic love at Roy L. Collard ............................................. Some of the results of neglected dys COOK. the pioneers of our foreign service. For | sight of that uniform, which like the peptic conditions of the stomach are Zederiah M. Redman .............................. long weeks we heard nothing from the , blue has been endeared to us by conse cancer, consumption, heart disease and MUSICIANS. transports Then came news of your crated blood. We note with pleasure Thomas J. Warren................................ .. epilepsy. Koziol Dyspepsia Cure pre royal reception at Honolulu, and again : the fact that not one of the Yamhill boys Fremont R. Chase...................................... vents all this by effecting a quick cure was discharged through official influence, long weeks of suspense and anxiety, un-I ARTIFICER. in all cases of dyspepsia. Rogers Bros. til the cable announced your arrival in but each remained to perform his fnll Don C. Butler ............................................... The new teachers' course in McMinn duty until the firal muster out of the WAGONER. Manila bay, together with your con ville college is accredited by the state John Scanlon ............................................. regiment, and we rejoice to see that the quests on the way, thrilling our hearts board of education, under the new law, president has recommended that con- I PRIVATES. with pride. Your quickly attained pro Css grant each one of you a medal of I Allison, Perry J .......... and leads to a state diploma good for five ficiency enabled you to give your state tor. You have earned even more than Backer, Edd . Discharged June 12, 99 years. Examine it in the new catalogue. Members of Company A Doubly Received and Banqueted in Fine Style. O resurrect stale Groceries from dark and musty corners. We believe firmly in the hygienic and business value of pure food products. As a dry goods merchant who understands his business keeps his shelves as free as possible from shop worn and out-of-date goods, so it becomes the model grocer to steer dear of musty, wormy, dirty and impure preparations. ng Powders, Syrups, Teas, Coffees, Spices and and Vegetables are selected stock—with refer ence to the fact that our customers are to use them. NEW AND SPECIALLY EINE STOCKS OE Glassware, Queensware, Crockery. Lamps, Toilet Soaps. Are you going camping? Heartily Welcomed. Let us ligure on your Supplies. '•’c Respectfully, Whites Restaurant The well-known place for the best meal in the city. N ew D ining R oom » è» è» » The Largest in McMinnville, has been recently fitted with best of taste. Liberal service and all you can eat. è» Fruits, Candies, Nuts and Cigars. Give Us a Call. T. A. 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