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YOUNG SYRACUSE SOLDIER COMPLETES ACTIVE CAMPAIGNSergeant Michael J. Burns Is Expected;, .Home After Arduous Service in the Philippines. - ,f.Michael j, birnc a son oC .Mv, and Mi'S. John Burns of So. 535 Burnet avenue, who enlisted In the United States Hegular Army m 1839, asking to he assigned to Immediate active service in the nolclp is expected home in the riL-iir future after three years of •adventure in the Philippines.Ife was under 2;; year a of age when he entered the Third In fan try January lf, ISiG. He sailed soon afterward on the transport Sherman by way of the Suez Canal, arriving out-hlu of Manilla soon alter the beginning of hostilities with the Filipinos. The regiment, although just fresh from a rough voyage, plunged immediately into ncLi^e operations in the held.After arduous service in the long and trying campaign ihiu i allowed, he was promoted to corporal in Company G, January !l, IDOL, and aftci serving as clerk to the Provost Marshal in one of the larger towns on the Island of Luzon, was attached to the q uarierma tier's depart meat as an acting quartermaster sergeant. December 17 last ho was given a sei-geant's warrant in recognition of faithful service. Promotions of this extent frf three years’ service are rare in Lhe regular army.His term expired early this year and the t ran spore Meade, which sailed from Manilla for San Francisco February L brought a letter to his parents announcing his intention to leave for home soon.The only othar member of the Third Infantry frum Syracuse i* Captain John W. Barker, n graduate of West Point, who has made an enviable record as a soldier.SERGEANT MICHAEL J. STERNS.
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Syracuse Post Standard
Syracuse, New York, US
Wed, Mar 12, 1902
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