Show I MAJOR DOWNEY HOME AGAIN 1 Salt Snit Lako lake Officer r Back from Phil Philippines Phi cs After for Four Years Ye rs 1 b LAST EVENING I I Un Hits rr Lois or tile Ilio Ilie Plod Mont lu Mum In II rite Ilu World Major F F 1 Downey returned home Philippine l ll a early lint tV I I al el an pt 1 absence II of near nearly ly Iy four having left C iere ns mu a I volunteer 1 milter on at Muy May Since his Ills Ills his friends have noted no le with pride II Interest his hil good 1001 for lor fortunes tunes tUlo anti and ho noted with pleasure his hIl About LI year eRr ago 10 ho wait tins WIH appointed and paymaster In itt time thu regular tegu ami his hus one Olin 01 of or the must most oi officer r In the tho service When Been Rn today in Ms imis fa to fathers Cothers timers homo home on ott 01 South Smith Tempi street m t ho hm was Wil a 1 look of lt health i that was WOl hidden under a 0 very vry happy hal stalls smile 8 1 le You Vou cannot Imagine how lion It I n seems ein to be Le homo hOlo stun lit ii h everything looks lookY arid Inviting despite the thu snow and Indeed hut too toe la IR n A I wel wl welcome come core change from what 1 I have been experiencing for time the taut lall few tew years yearn lint limit lUl I f havu Iau a groat rout fond fonti new mires 1111 tom for fi army life hits le and il I think I 1 would new Mo hm 1 contain out nut of ot service While none of or our look upon duty dUI In itt Inthe time the Philippine with enthusiasm I liars have you would think little cause C for complaint for tur the reason renon that list tha I I was wan WIH not nt sick a Il Ill while In the Islands This rhia In Is u it 1 re mi in view of UH time tl that has hay are uro toilet lucre and although h I 1 was very very fortunate a ns as to 10 my amy lY health I intro have no 10 desIre to tl rf It I again I n I II 1 will wi frankly confess on f I hlo little use noo tHU for the tho Fili Filipino 1 11 lii pino They fro time the utmost accomplished liars I ever etor tol met They Thoy mire are vast past grand the mitt art Some Sante of ot them lire are III bright dud and IH very polite olle but bil no faith can 11 be ho 10 placed In tho the average na native In tire tive tlC Homo HOle of thorn profess prots proC y great reul ml nil II nitration for lir the government of or time tho Ih United and 1111 affect to 10 be delighted with the tho prospect of ur being under our OUI government but hit I 1 dont believe them when they the say nay a It 1 When the th morning dispatch contain log hut statement that tima men Inon would hove to t be he main tamed In iii II tilt tImi th Islamic Inland was uns M shown Ma 11 jor Downey he lie expressed some stir mir lur PrIce e I hn nl had a n glimpse of 01 tho limo situation for tOl or over six weeks sold said Id he ime tint hut when wien J 1 i left lef General Jeneral lieu Hell 11 had had hua out omit Olt on err what aunt to bo be a avery very Iy active campaign and I wn was of ot the time opinion that flint within a V little le while the time pro proper jiri per would bo ho over Not that tin tl fighting would be bo at It an In end cad but that hunt most of t th h trouble would coma from frau the thu the tho outlaws outlasts of ut the I mountains of or Luzon who timo dash down newt upon hitch 0 a village loot and kill 1 Ins 1 anti and ore are areaway 1 I away Ila again They Th practice their dep I Iel upon tulion any nn ono On they can CUl sur eur surprise i prise lirlee or Gr overpower not riot caring whether their tush victims are natives or 01 soldiers uteR They Timey are hut but anti and their strength ileN 1 lit in 11 the ito almost Inaccessible country aultry to they nee Ilee It I Is Im mt Impossible 10 possible for lor our Soldiers to follow tollow them Hut we WI are receiving much now Mi nO front irom ri a r of o l 11 As II who vho hate tho Wih a n most 10 t deadly hatred and boy thoy almost t go wild with lh delight dell when siems nay any of 01 the latter mo mite 10 Killed l e lint Hut this for tor formidable band hanl of ot desperadoes H Is I con constantly being augmented l by time the m ur rectos whose whaI crimes have been BO so 0 enormous that lh t they Iho not and anti therefore Join the tho outlaws as 18 a n means of or Major Downey that thiat the condl have month greatly Improved In I the time Philippine sines the tho advent of t lover Gover Governor nor Tart taft rat He lie looks looka upon tic tP tm a aono O as ono one of or the the men mCI In Il th time States and III cud declares that no M man ever tr set IH toot foot on the tha the Islands that 14 Is I so BO be beloved 1 loved loveil its I he lie ht Iq has hns evinced a mt wonder wonderful ful tul breadth and clearness nf of r compie 1011 houston and within an nn Incredible short time lImits le he was aM time the master of ot the situation In lii the Iho Islands l lie III was on the lIB Turn Tinne port lort Orant irant the same sante boat lInt that Major Mner Downey came callie over In and tho the two un on Joyed Joell an 1111 Intimacy that the time major de tie declares clares Is la ono one of ot the tho most highly prized experiences of ot his hl career The rite transport brought horn home 1100 men leon belonging to the Fourth l left Iy iv The Time boat stopped at nt Nagasaki and It U was wn there that Major Downey Done says ha lie h witnessed one of ot time tile most mORt In Inspiring spectacles of hl hll hit life lire Thin The contained thru three war star vessels e arid and one or two English And If there was os ever eor vor a time 1 J was proud of ot our navy exclaimed the tho major It was Willi tutu then Time The Th Brooklyn was there the only representative of at our navy In the harbor anti and It looked like a II great bird The UI other othmer ships shIllS looked dingy and while the time was Will as III white anti and clean as atm falling failing snow Well Weil W II as aim our boat bOil I passed tI tl I our otur band struck Ru AI reek tin eu II the national air of at Hussla nail And It did dill lit 1111 j name thing when shen wh n we Vt e IJa the English ami aM tier Oer man ships and Itne their crows areas would crowd the time deik arid uncover anti and cheer Hut But time the climax was steB 18 reached roa hod when we wo come up to the tho Brooklyn our hand han wee WD I playing a II medley of ot American airs aiM the crew on the Brook was wan distributed cU nil alt over the ship time the were WIM cheering like madmen and one of or them was doing a 11 coke walk en a II beam that was only about six Inches thick and suspended out over osor the water walor It was a a time for Cor the gods golla and nial as a Maj Downey flowney continued his bl thrilling narrative tile his P fI M lit up and flashed as II It If he hl wire were again In the bar barbar bor bar at 11 Nagasaki I tell you cried the Ih major when incie Sams Saml boys tire Under such RUIh Influence us RII that scene In they are aMI Invincible That momentous mom event occurred on omm Now Years Year lIve we and after the lie cheering was DR over the transport sailed out to the mouth of tho the harbor and anchored for tar the lie night II lIh t At 1 midnight time the Brook Drook Brooklyn lyn trained Its 1111 flashlight on time the leant and her band nd struck up n a national air airTime The Time band on the tile transport returned the tho compliment anti and after arter they both had hall played a number of or they Joined In the Star Spangled Thinner Banner and anti again the air over Nagasaki l was set act vibrating vibratIng ing to the tho strains of the Yankee music the cheers of or Yankee lungs which all 1111 but waked the tho dead The major said Mill ld he would not forget that occasion though his hla life lire were thrice as ns long lon as a ha The Time major recounted many runny other Scones scenes and Incident of or the tho Islands tint that were both humorous and pathetic and added that his hi experiences were wore of or in iii incalculable calculable value to him bin but he did not rare care to 10 go through then them again He HI will visit here for a 11 few rew days ens when whon he will go so to New ew York and Washington rhen Then ho Ito will trill return tom for two 1110 or three th I weeks w utter after which he will present himself at nt the tho headquarters of ot tho the department of or the Colorado at nt Den Denver 1 en ener ver teu er to act as 48 chief paymaster on Gen Oen McArthurs start stall |