Show 1 j WESTRN SOLDERS Troops From the Rocky ountain State Did Well AT SANTIAGOAND MALATE MOST IMPORTANT LAND BATTLES S qF THE WA Was Poiight Before Mania and Mer rttGet teCediJ I Spit tof teE te-E Ittadeto Sidetrack or adet Sidetck Him S Shfer mind Meritt 1ot1See More Ser e Than Miles Wahngon Office of The Herald 141 G Street N W Washington D C Aug ISThe Span ishAmerican war conducted for the liberation of the Spanish West Indies began be-gan and ended In the Spanish East Indies I was a grand start and n glorious finish Dewey and IerrIt and their men come out of the war with all the credit and honor that they could possibly desire The troops from the Rocky Mountain states who got to the front in the Philippines are regarded by their less fortunate eel leagues as having been In very great luck There was small expectaton Indeed that the Philippine army of occupation would see any real fghtng and at the time the boys started across the Pacific it was the general belief tat all the real fun of the war would be in Cuba and Porto Rico But in fact the brave boys from the Roeleles have been in I at the fall of Mania while not one of the Union soi diers in Cuba has caught a glimpse of even an Havana suburb it is only another case of the happening l happen-ing of the u tJse General esley Merrit was sent to the Philippines to sidetrack him that the great exploits of war might be credited to other generals His men were assigned to a work sup posedo be of the nature of a Ia mornings morn-ings picnic and they have seen the hardest hard-est fighting of the except the single July day in the trenches before Santiago The capture and fall of Mania is by far the most important work of volunteers volun-teers In the war and the Rocky loun taln boys made records that are receiving plaudits throughout the east There were onI a few companies of volunteers all told before Santiago and of these the rough riders alone were of marked ef fcIenc the New York Massachusetts ant Michigan regiments being practically out of the combat by reason of their inferior equipment The holiday excursion into Porto Rico can hardly be deemed serious war and therefore the leaguer and capture of Mania will live as the greatest volun teem exploit of the Spanish war The reports are still meager but enough is I received that the war department depart-ment is convinced that the Colorado Infantry J In-fantry and Utah artillery distinguished themselves and all the mountain men displayed I dis-played gallantry oC the highest character and contributed in large measure to the I overwhelming success of the first American Amer-Ican Invasion ot Asia There has been a remarkable change in public sentiment here since the fall of Manila and the triumph or our armies The popular sentiment now appears to be almost unanimous that the American government gov-ernment must not surrender Luzon and is also undoubtedly favorable to the re tenton of the entire archlelago The impression is strongly prevalent however that the peace commission will he organized to give up the islands and that Sublg bay or Cavite will be the place reserved for a naval station instead of Manila Enquiry at the war department by YOlr correspondent develops the fact that the heroes of Manila are not going to get I home from their posts of duty as prompt my as the boys who fought and won he f la fore Santiago I The latter are now either I aU in this country or en route But owing to the far greater difficulty attending the sending of substitute soldiers to the Philippines than to Cuba the soldiers I now at Mania will probably remain there i until the neace commission concludes Its I labors and i the Philippines are l tamed for a much longer period They I will be in very great luck If they get back I to this country in time to enjoy Christmas dinners The president will promote many of the aIant officers who took part In the siege and fall of Mania Genelals Anderson Ander-son and Greene will both be promoted to major generals oC volunteers and several 01 the cocnels will oe aavaJe t the I dignity of the single star The colonel of the First Colorado will undoubtedly re II glat ceve this reward for conspIcuous Indian Commissioner W A Jones has I directed the Indian agents In Utah that I in all IndIan schoQls instructions as to I S time effects of alcohol on the human 55 I tern shall be included in the branches of study taught This lihge done thor I t oughl and by the use of text books The I commissioner says tat any officer in I charge of an Indian school who shall fail Ito I-to comply with the order shaH be re I moved from educe here to be no exceptions i all pupils must reh this i special Instruton This new order J In I I accordance with the terms of an old federal statute which It appears has been much more honored in the breech than I g In the observance A C Peales annual report to the geologIcal geo-logIcal survey on the Mineral rater of I the United States has just been submitted SUb-mitted in manuscript There has been an increase of 69 in the total number of I mineral springs In the country reported I I during the far The 1flh proClf for the year was S54S gallons valued at I I 30H I was furnished by the Wasatka springs at Sal Lake and the Deeret I Lithia at Deseret 1 Ilard count |