Two Letters From Manila Describe Dissension Among Officers
On the Transport Pennsylvania ex Iowa Volunteers report tensions between officers and Colonel John C. Loper. A protest by enlisted men rallies behind Loper, praising him as capable and condemning rival officers. The crew reflects months at sea delaying landfall as insurgents block operations near Iloilo, with a petition drive showing strong support for Loper and concern over the unit’s blameless record.
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Tromp
P. L
U. S. Transport
Pennsylvania
Eprrok Teeerar
Washington
San Francisco
Manila
Miller
Ith Regular
18Th Regular Infantry
Iowa
Baltimore
Petrel
Toile
Isle of
Gunamaras
Manila Bay
Iloilo
Ilailo
Sam
T Gen. Miller
War Department
Dist
Iowa Infantry
Loper
John ©. Loper
Tripite
BP. T
John C. Loper
Col. Loper
Col
Leper
Col. Lopez
Capt. Clark
Co. M
Red Oak
Ben
Clark
Eighth Army Corps
Lopez
Des Moines
John T. Hune
J.T. Davidson
H. P. Williams
J. D. Cady
H.C. Lane
H. B. Dull
GW. Wilson
Col. Leper
Are Republics Ungrateful and the GA R Protest Burial Costs
A 1899 plea from Sam Rice Post No. 6 G A R condemns the Iowa board of control for outsourcing soldier burials to a contractor. The post demands every comrade receive decent Christian burial, even at state expense, and forwards the resolutions to the board and city paper. It notes indignation at being labeled paupers and carrion. It also references The New York Tribune on Jim Bludsoe and Captain W P Lamothe, clarifying the myth of the ubiquitous figure and honoring the real hero who died aboard a burning steamer.
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Sam Rice
Board of Control
GA. R
Pennsylvania Avenue
Yonder
Iowa
Sam Rice Post
W. M. Nerrer
J. M. Haver
Oliver Fairchild
New York
Tribune
Mississippi Valley
Jim Bludsoe
Diipatches
W. P. Lamothe
Jim Bindsoe
Prairie Belle
Jim Bludsos
Hay
Engineer Oliver Fairchild and the Prairie Belle disaster tale
In a narrative linked to Jim Bladsoe and Oliver Fairchild, the Prairie Belle wreck on the Mississippi is recalled. The engineer aboard the Fashion steamer, facing a raging fire, remains pivotal as the pilot’s role is disputed. Mark Twain and Henry Fairchild are referenced amid debates on heroism and historical accuracy.
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Jim Bladsoe
The
Prairie Belle
Oliver Fairchild
New York Tribune
Henry Fairchild
New Orleans
Memphis
St. Louis
Willer Bank
Jim
Hay
Tribune
Mark Twain
Twain
Mr. Hay
Bludsoe
Jim Bradsoe
Otis and Lawton Open Manila Campaign Amid Reinforcements
The arrival of General Lawton with reinforcements signals an active campaign against the Filipinos under General Otis. Offensive operations are to begin toward Malolos as Lawton assumes command in Luzon while Otis directs civil and island military affairs. The transport Grant also brings Major General Lawton and a second Oregon unit, with a graves procession for fallen officers from the Twentieth Second Infantry.
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Lawton
Manila
General Otis
Luzon
Hale
Otis
Malolos
W. EB. Smith
E. McConville
David S. Elliott
Eugenes. French
United States
Scandia
Second
Oregon Volunteers
Grant
Twenty-second Infantry
Wheaton
GOING EAST AND WEST TRAIN SCHEDULE NOTES
Train listings show passenger and freight services with multiple numbered trains. Some runs avoid Sundays, with specific arrival and departure times at Audubon Branch North and other stations, including a Sunday 8:30 a.m. departure and 10:55 a.m. arrival in the day’s timetable.
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Almanac of the Day Moon Phase and Sun Rise Times
Almanac notes Saturday and Sunday sun rises at 6 18 and aeta at 6 03 with moon set times not specified in readable text. The fragment provides partial daily astronomical data without complete celestial event details.
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Aeta
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W. B. Emerson
Promised Land
Gore
Honolulu Bay
Pacific
Tloito
Pennsylvana
Jonah
Whale
Noah
Dr. Williams
Frank B. Trout
Griswold Ave
Detroit
Mich
Detroit Evening News
Breese
aSroieves
Dr. Williams Medicine Co
Schenectady, NY
G. T. Wi Arsh
Chestnut Street
Atlantic, Iowa
RS & P
Griswold
Ben U. Wood
C. W. Savery
Titre Abstracts
Fifth Street
House
Conference Committee
Loxpox
Morning Post
Bombay
Shalalil
Yemen
Arabia
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