Show U I AXTON HOME M m FROM M OR ORIENT Inn hapaI of the tilO Eighteenth U S Infantry Returns Home to Salt Lake fELLS ELLS OF UNIQUE EXPERIENCE Discusses Prevailing Condition in the th Philippines ami ani Relates Some Sonie S Incidents ChIar John T 1 Axton of oC the High I United Infantry arrived ton San Francisco Monday night and anil anilI How noW OW with It 1 his hI lit ut I tr t lIe o wai va al accompanied tow tr th the military hospital In Bon Ban an Fran Mrs Axton who W made mad n ii hur bur e lid trip from this city to bring him HP itt Jt Is I off ort on ou sick leave I Pae a Ie until II hen he hO will be Je entitled en to a n aHL I HL III and that thit expects e to toLt tl tOte I II station until Lt I te zt t to wine rome temporary of ot his hh regiment to the states Mch dIeh wIt will be next spring Tho chaplain d hm b Jeen homo cattier had hud ho I T TK I K d I Ii p t i iL iA L A I I I I i CHAPLAIN JOHN JOliN T AXTON ANTON Wined d to the yoke voice of t f the doctors but buth butU Ju t h U thought to stick slick It out and get et t over olor II rheumatism rh uma and only returned to Ibl when It R became apparent o tint that chatie of ot climate Will was wa Imperative U tt B lIou remits were leru to be avoided Iris HIS A New Nels ew representative called on ont onlie t lie last evening when hoIt that er gave ft II very Interesting narrative t I Mine oine of ot Ills his experiences experience In III the IhU t pini When Wh n his regiment readied reachEd the Ind It wan vas W S sent not to pleasant Ia sOe In Luzon but to the Island of ot bite six tx days daYH fall viii to the tho south tram from from rila Anti am Immediately went of ot the tho blud of 01 o Samar where It will bo re roo that C company Ninth In 10 cut eli all to pieces The om tuna lund reached Leyte one ono year ca r ago a go In April ArH and amI an pitched their field nelll tents tentH tore tere It WItH ims In the tho rainy and litre thre van IDS only the tents tentA to shed the tho Ur tr Everything waft wnm damp and 1111 In inie lit ie protracted t 1 rains Axton Axion his hili which In III six ix months developed Into Inlo sciatica of oC the tho melt mast kind kin It was wn tho tim ty of oC the tho Eighteenth Infantry to build men k I new rest post ot on In n tho the east side 1 ot of Loyte Lote and bj br b thu time limo there thelo In Is I a 1 well eon con on inI Ina comfortable post poet there thero th quarters that will viiI keep keell out tho time rain fain Alton Anton found plenty pl nty to 10 hu y mm about before he foro bring being up III by liy II Contrary to tho the Ideas of oC WM mm Peo 01 there Is IR I a 1 marked demand Many the for COr religious work JM U 1 In Ir chaplain Axton tho the soldiers MM fend I friend and ani Kven the tho wlM thes came carje to him In tho the matter m Ke he hI ii had his hands fuU fult On 00 I tela I occasion he ho woe was called caliel Into i interior 25 26 miles to peRform tho the ceremony In tact fact there thera wern were 32 cou pies 61 6 people to bo be Jo united On arriving rIIS ing nl at the tho village the tho chaplain and lila his escort wore Were ushered Into a II grout great barn like 1111 building whore where the matrimonial nu flu wag nil All strung out In Tim The licenses had beon bean alt all made mad out pre previously and every eler preparation made HO that nil till the hall had to tn do IIA to pronounce the tho word that thit tied nil 1111 of ot these to together for tor life ur There Thero win wn an nil Im merino toast spread out on eli tables Proa Iren Went lent adorned the tho walls and the tho Milage Silver cornet band performing on Oil Instruments entirely Ill tIn of or bamboo Jam boo showed up liP In the doorway with a serenade s concert It ft was a n Philippine view vie of oC Harts Tho TImo etc nio Out Today and everybody proceeded to load 1011 up taim on oil nn no live delicacies Hut But It IL that there are hoodlums In III Loyte as os well veil maN 1111 III In Halt Lake and thOM Incorrigible young gentry presently began stones AH A 11 often orten happens In III thin tutu tho th tb police wern worl end at nt the tIit miff eug of C a i I signal L sergeant Homo of oC the tue soldiers went outside nod and began disclaiming their 1 This Thia was vaa the theS signal S 1 for mr a at 1 general stampede and tho time entire silver ilver cornet band tho the loll en amid patriotic nt In III carriages anti and andon antion on all toot fool lied precipitately from Cram tho the of oC hymeneal It U re required some onie time lime end soma diplomacy to get tet Humpty together again Theta Then tho the feast of ot native tea lea con and low flow 1101 of oC bibulous soul went wont on Oil tin nH tho the rice rica ami curry mitI the tho home homebrewed brewed arrack How ilow ov over r tho the festal board Of or course the tho chaplain turned laiR hlA guts gins down Toward midnight the tM happy party retired anti and the lie chaplain luau had no sooner got ot to o sleep Bleep than lain hiM slumbers were rudely disturbed by hy bytho tho thu apparition of oC tho the silver cornet cornat band anti their bamboo Instruments ments They hud had come conic to serenade not to torture him Axton guvo tu conditions In Imi limO tho ho us liS close clo a a n scrutiny ns nil Ills hIs close claRo grip of oC rheumatism would admit Ho lie Wood was WnM down dowa In tho the sultan of oC Sulu Hulu Sub country Mindanao the tho Moron going over tho the region with a 1 tine lino no toothed comb When Whan tho the gentle natives broke broko their faith anal contract with Uncle armm On len Wood told them bean that it waR wan nil all oft off and that now they the would have halo to up their pet lOt shortcomings They demurred mimic Immediately ho lie got after aCtor them In III style He lit In doing thom them up liP now noll Ind tho time chaplain though ho he la III a moan man of oC pence mid mammal pacific methods hoe has become eon con convinced vinced that limit this thia is ia tho the only on and nan ortho orthodox dox way lIa of oC handling Ir lr ira a anti and gentlemen The flie opinion on all the tho Inlands It is I that Goal Gen denWood Wood It II i Just tho man alien lo to tl bundle tho tim Sulu question and amid that he will solve olvo it There Thoro ina no In tho time Islands with the opposition to lila his hl confirmation ns as In Iii latH country SULU THE With the tho exception of ot the th Sulu coun COUll country try tr tho the entire archipelago Is Ia In pence peace True there are time tho ladrones but they lacy are lite being gradually wiped out omit by hy tho time native constabulary and the tho native am before beCore long they boy will be 11 a athing r I thing of at the past Tho The native scouts mire arc a splendid body boly of qt r men They mo mime commanded by commissioned mint non from tho the regular army the time lieutenants lacing being experienced regulars They do dovery doery very er ery effective oik There aro am 13 IS reg regiments ro of oC regular troops In lam the time Inlands nine amine of oC Infantry en tour four of or cavalry Hut But a n present thoy they mire are called upon ullon rarely to enter the tho Held except In tho time country to the tho far mar south Chaplain Axton believes that lint len flen Juice Smith could have taken no oIlier othe r action In denning up tap allar than ho tilt did 11 It i I ns na tho the only on way wa to tl tient tho the mur mm d outfit out lit When C e company of Qt tho th Ninth Infantry was attacked omm sol aol tier dier with a baseball bat alone alono made 14 natives good tood Indians bahama email and fought his lila way to where whore the tho stacked and threw out the mechanism of at each euch gun lIun BO ao that thai lad the rn nm lives tive could not mint ISO tiso them After that Hint lie he Theta Then Joke Jalo Smith tool took tho the Eleventh 1 over oel to when 1 s hen ho lao got through with thun them hardly enough left lott to tD make il a i re 10 sI le s sled ed eon can of or lalI And 1111 in 1111 can coma travel anywhere In lam dinar with arty RaI t and anal the tho natives des e thom thin t I tat hI mime aie left will vIiI take oft ott their hats hate to him tutu SCHOOL The maae ay time the l 1 py rn is mt 1 tami ott etI Into the tho Islands hv lay tle li l I flie lIue rh I are learning l n lI h lIth ii lh Ith nc c meant rho avidity ty ama a a It Itam am I J that In III a II few fem years I will wilt iiI J time Ihu lallIa t of lit the time Island IRland lit tat fait tact i hilI tha Ihl courts curts tare lire now conducted In n lia It II will wili bo be but tho time im ir r tf I t r a at 1 choit hu t I time before 1 wi uil 1111 he ht Mib mb j for It The Tho best beat of oC American L printed Print 01 In Chicago Cli 11 tie ye va bemm b rUlly Introduced In tho time hi I I schools and anal the t Ima American of 01 school education H Is beij helM 7 flub II established In tho time Islands NI hr have become a marked and alit It Is Ia wonderful to note noto tho time eagerness with which tho the natives crowd Into those schools to IMm The Tho of oC course mire nr not like Ilko thoo In the tho states though In lam Manila there may be lie some amine approximation on The rhe American are aro all 1111 conscientious men and 11 nil women earnest In their a CAnS As Aa 8 to lo railroads the electric rather than lanai steam are arc to lo be the tho ho thing timing Fuel Is la scarce In the Ihl Islands while there lucre Is ia for Cor all nil demands demand In the time electric lino a omit then electric roads are easier amaler of oC construction Ion there rind will bo hI easier of ot operation In Manila a mm tIne lino tramway has hn ma hen been built hullt and tint the time last haat of oC tho the theold old oil mule mulo cars care have been heen taken token off art Then Timen there thore ii Is a n regular Now New York lire 1110 department In lam Manila by ex ox Chief Bonner ot of Now Null York City It Is lam doing work Hint ran coat not be sur our surpassed surpassed passed even Ien In the Limo states Manila Is Ia wonderfully well iveli policed after the time metropolitan system mind there thero IA Is n a secret of ot which Carl Hard of at Snit Salt Lake is lq I tho the deputy chief antI and often noting chief Carl is I one no of ot tho the few tell who has hils lint hall Asiatic ond escaped with his hili lab life lire lie conic come down to tho time to taco Chaplain Axton ort oft anti and mimic was tums ut nt tho time time In Pm flume fine health and amid spirits ASIATIC And Amid speaking of oC the clump chap mimi lain says that the American surgeons have hale succeeded In iii stamping It out en In Manila Thoro arc are not lIot as ns many Americans In imm the time Islands as ns were welo a II tow few to years ago O as ns tho the na nn natives tives arc oro learning how hall to tl do clerical work and anal 1111 1 do it well itch there thero Is U loon less and nan less lean coil call for tor American clerical work Hut But what Is in needed In lam the time islands Is IK Coolie labor as all the time average will not muot work unless obliged to It II costs 50 fiO for tor n II man to 10 live Ile In III inthe tho the Islands Island during tho the year ear car aa nA nature Is III very ery kindly no tao time the native can call not amot be ho tolled relied upon Time The must bo ho admitted ns nR In lam Borneo and in lam South Africa to till tho the soil anal develop tho time country Then time the tariffs are 1110 too high for tor the tho good 1001 of oC time the Islands a IL ic me will have hale to b made mude for Cor tho time island 1 relief Axton found Cound n II tine fine field nehl for tor work on omi tho tue other othol sub side or of tho time mimi regrets that time tho American missionary societies have hao not to the full tull tho time opportunities open to them for Cor carrying the Christian faith to the tho Filipinos Ho He found little sym 1111 sympathy pathy paUlY between time the American and nil mitt tIe lye Catholic priests and time tho padres bate Imato bitterly time the clergy clerc of It other faiths talthA who como among them then However work orl In III n a spiritual way Is imi bring being done dona there thore but hut tho time field Is In enormous and opportunities opportunIties limitless Chaplain Axton tanya says tho the policies of ot the tho Taft commission have hao proved the time best bent mimic most satis satisfactory factory Judge Toft Is in respected by byall byall all nil classes of ot citizens Ho lie Is recover recovering ing rapidly tram from his hIli sciatica and has boo reasonable expectations that Richard will bo be himself again shortly |