Show MRS LISGUM IN I MANILA I The Good Work Sho and Mrs Lawton Did in Manila When COL B H Llscum oC the Nintl United States Infantry was shot or July 13th In China his wife was in the hospitals at Manila nursing the wound eel and sick soldiers says the LoulsvllK CourierJqurnal + 4 Col Liscum went out to Manila just a year ago IJo had boon Lieutenant Colonel of the Twentyfourth infantry at Santiago where he was desperately wounded On hit recovery he was promoted pro-moted to Colonel and assigned to the Ninth infantry one of the crack regiments regi-ments of the service IIo went to Manila Ma-nila to Join his regiment and took his wife with him They had no children and she left a beautiful home near Elmira El-mira N Y and a handsome plantation in Florida to follow her husband to the faraway Philippines There she found friends Mrs Lawton wife of Gen 1 Lawon had gone with her husband to Manila and the two families immediately immedi-ately joined Col Llscum however was not assigned to Gen Lawtons command An officer who combined rare tact and judgment with unflinching courage was needed at Tcirhic to keep the natives na-tives in check Thither Col LI cum with the Ninth Infantry was sent His wife remained behind with Mrs Lawton Law-ton whose husband had gone on one of tho fierce campaigns that rendered especially notable the last six months of his life The two women left In a virtually hostile city with the true philosophy of army wives set about organizing the Manila Aid society for visiting the sick and wounded soldiers In the hos pltals There were only a few nnenibers not a score at firgt but the organization organiza-tion flourished and grew until there were enrolled in its ranks a sufficient number of stouthearted American women wo-men to visit and look after every day each one of the 2500 sick and wounded soldiers In and about Manila Gen Lawton on his visits I and Col I Liscum when he came in from faraway far-away Tarlac were especially pleased with the work of tho Manila Aid society socie-ty When he come In Col Llscum never failed togo through the hospitals and visit every one of his boys from the Ninth who had been sent down woundod or unfit for duty o A trait which endeared Col LIsaum to them was the olllccrs sense of Justice Jus-tice ticeOne of the best soldiers in the Ninth was a periodical drunkard In fact he might be well described as Mulvaney without the gift of narrative And like Mulvaney this soldier was the bane of the Colonels life Col Llscum took 1000 clever excuses and he also dealt guardhouse sentences and extra ex-tra duty without apparent effect After Af-ter one partlculnrl7 outrageous proceeding pro-ceeding when the soldier had been found drunk In a native hut the Colonel Colo-nel lost his temper completely o If you are reported to me again he exclaimed you will get a month and extra duty besides The very next day the private was again reported absent from reveille rollcall It came to the Colonels cars During the forenoon of that day two I companies of the Ninth were attacked It was near Angclus As usual danger i quickly found Col Llscum on the firing fir-ing line The men were stretched out in skirmishing order and the Colonel walked up and down behind them The natives were well screened and kept up a hot fire The soldiers were replying as best they could A man lying out a little in advance of his fellows lOS l-OS was struck staggered up to his knees and then rolled over on the ground Col Liscum was near and bent over the wounded soldier It was the Incorrigible who had been reported absent from reveille rollcall Here a couple you take this man to the rear said the officer and two of the comrades carried the wounded soldier off lie 1 vas painfully hurt A few days later the incorrigible with several of tIle wouncd was sent down to Manila On his next trip down Col Liscum visited them and Inquired particularly after the condition of the man whom he had helped oh the field The Incorrigible > recovered in six weeks and rejoined his regiment The day after he commenced to serve tho one months sentence In the guardhouse guard-house that Col Llscum had promised him |