Show reminiscences OF philippines gen anderson entertains an audience by tellina Tel liner his experiences chicago june 15 to honor boner old glory under which their fathers husbands and brothers had fought and buffered suffered and achieved victory was the live which 1011 drew ha together hund nuna iid id women members several of the chicago chapter of the daughters ot of the revolution and guests in assembly hall fine arts building on the occasion ot at the annual celebration of flag day ay the patriotic impulses were m manifested an in the applause which greeted the speakers and the singers during the two hours in which the pro gramme was rendered the room was brightened by the col ore ors of scores ot of flags which draped the i walls from the cel ceiling ling the speakers ft dt the day were general thomas na M r anderson commander of the depart ment of the lakes and col henry L turner of the first illinois volunteers regent mrs robert wiles who presided introduced gen anderson as the man who led the tile first military detach t ment to tho the philippines and said that he would interest the audience with reminiscences of the philippines i that he did interest his audience was evident from the close attention which was given him throughout and the applause which often interrupted his r address and greeted him at its close he ile recalled the scene which faded from view as the vessel bringing him and his command steamed out through the golden gate from san sari francisco f in which the flag was the most prominent feature of seeing c myriads of american flags waving over hawaii which was not then annexed to the united states and of finally sighting the stars and stripes floating over deweys deleys fleet in manila hay bay he ile told of of the charac chame and habits of the people of the philippines he also described some of the means of torture employed by the spanish and to those tho he attrib i buted the present trouble in the islands in this regard he said no wonder then that the often rebelled and fought desperately for or their freedom they had never been told the truth and had never known justice when they found that wo we remained rama ramal ined ned after the defeat of the spaniards they were made to believe we would treat them just as the span lards had done in bis his adress on our flag in cuba and porto rico col turner discussed four points how the flag was planted there why it was planted there its mission there and its results tor for humanity and the world the invasion of these islands was brought about by a spirit of pure benevolence ne continued col turner and the mission of the flag there is to educate and elevate the people up to the standard of american if this is carried out the result to th the people themselves and to us and to the th world cannot be estimated in making tor for civilization and peace |