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By JOHN DICKINSON SHERMAN
ORXO RICO will play host this sum
mer to representatives of the Fourth
Ohio infantry. Twenty-five years ago
this regiment was marching across the
island as invaders in the Spanish
American war.- The regiment cap
tured Guyama and its errand to the
island Is to erect there a memorial.
Incidentally, there was an old-fash
.oned "love feast" in the house of rep
resentatives just before the adjourn
ment of congress over the visit of the
Fourth Ohio, in which Governor Towner, who suc
ceeds E. Mont Reily, took part. Probably the best
way to tell about it is to reproduce the proceed
ings from the Congressional Record, which are as
follows, under the caption. "Transporting Commit
tee of Fourth Ohio Infantry to Porto Rico":
The next business on the Calendar for Unani
mous Consent was the joint resolution (H. J. Res.
. 442) to authorize the transportation to Porto Rico
of a committee representing the Fourth Ohio In
fantry, war with Spain.
The Clerk read the title to the resolution.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection
to the present consideration of the resolution?
Mr. STAFFORD. Reserving the right to object,
I wish to inquire whether there is any instance
where the Government has allowed its utilities to
be used gratuitously for transportation purposes
as proposed in the resolution submitted for objec
tion or consideration.
Mr. McKENZIE. I wish to say to tl*e gentleman
that I cannot answer that question. I can simply
give him our reason for reporting this resolution.
It involves the officers of the Fourth Ohio Infantry
who took part in the Spanish-American War. They
want to go to Porto Rico to put a marker there.
There may not be any precedent ? for it, but it
seems to me it is a matter that we should not quib
ble about.
Mr. CRAMTON. Will the gentleman yield? '
Mr. McKENZIE. Yes.
Mr. CRAMTON. It is ray recollection that at
the time of the last Olympian games at Antwerp
such a provision was put into the law, and con
testants went over to the number of one or two
hundred on a Government transport under a sim
ilar provision.
Mr. TOWNER. Will the gentleman yield?
Mr. STAFFORD. I will gladly yield to the fu
ture distinguished Governor of Porto Rico, whom
we are all, I know, very happy to have been hon
ored with such a distinguished appointment. [Ap
plause.] If I may be allowed, we wish hin^'God
speed in his work in his new honorable position.
Mr. TOWNER. Mr. Speaker, T only want ft)
make this statement. It would be difficult to find
? precedent for it. The Fourth Ohio Infantry cap
tured the town of Guyama, in Porto. Rico, during
the Spanish-American War. This is the twenty
fifth anniversary of that event. The survivors of
this regiment desire to send a small party to Porto
Rico and also?allow them to go on a transport with
out any additional expense to the Government.
They desire that for two reasons: First, that it
would give their visit a significance that they
could not acquire by reason of going on some other
vessel at their own exper.se. It will not cost the
Government anything, ai.d it will be an act of cour
tesy, especially to the regiment, and especially also
to the people f>f Porto Rico, who will gladly receive
them and join with then. In the memorial . exer
cises. ?
Mr. STAFFORD. Mr. Speaker, as a" courtesy to
the future Governor of Porto Rfco, I withdraw
my reservation of an objection.
Mr. MONDELL. Mr. Speaker, there is an ad
ditional reason why the resolution should be
passed. By the time his visit Is made our col
league, our friend from Iowa, will be in Porto
Rico as the governor of that beautiful island, and
we desire that an opportunity shall be offered
these gentlemen to visit Porto Rico at thfe time he
is there and see how splendidly he is maintain
ing the prestige of the Nation and adding to the
glory and prosperity of Porto Rico. [Applause.]
Mr. DA VILA. Mr. Speaker, 1 am proud of ray
ancestry and my Spanish blood, but. without any
reflection on the Spanish people, whom I love and
admire, I want to say that the day the. American
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flag was raised in Porto Rico we began to live a
new and prosperous life. . [Applause.] Now, It
is natural that we want to have an opportunity
to extend our courtesies to these, soldiers who
fought for America and to pay our tribute to those
who died during the service in the Spanish-Ameri
can War. The people of Porto Rico have instruct
ed me to invite the soldiers to go to the island,
and we are going to do something for them. They
wil be welcome as j)ur guest^. [Applause.] I
hope this resolution will pass.
Mr. GARRETT of Tennessee. Mr. Speaker, I
ask unanimous consent to proceed for three min
utes.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection?
There was no objection, j
Mr. GARRETT of Tennessee. Mr. Speaker, It
has been my privilege for many years to serve on
the Committee on Insular Affairs with the dis
tinguished gentleman from Iewa, Judge Towner.
Of course, I do not know just why the judge is
willing to retire from the House of Representatives
to accept the burdens and responsibilities of the
position of Governor of Porto Rico, but since he
is willing so to do, I think j the people of Porto
Rico are to be congratulated,; and certainly those
of us who have had the opportunity of Intimate
service with him upon the committee who are
aware of the knowledge he possesses of all o{ the
details of insular problems are also aware of the
fact that he will meet those responsibilities and
discharge those duties fairly, honestly, with credit
to himself, with credit to his country, and we hope
with entire satisfaction to the people whose gov
ernor general he is to be. [Applause.] My own
, opinion Is that the President made a .very wise
choice, and as a member of .the minority on the
Committee on Insular Affairs I wish to express to
the honorable gentleman from Iowa congratula
tions. good wishes, hopes for his success In the
responsibilities that he has to discharge,* and to
him and to his good wife all good things now and
forever.
Mr. DA VILA. Mr. Speaker, if I may be permit
ted just a moment, T desire to read the following
cablegram which I have received from the presl
( dent of the Porto Rican Senate:
SAN JUAN, P. R., February 28, 1923.
Judge CORDOVA DA VILA, j
Resident Commissioner from Porto Rico, .
* Washington, D. C.:
People of Porto Rico received with great enthusiasm
the appointment of TOWNER. Please so Inform
President Harding and Judge TOWNER himself
BARCELO. '
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will re
port the joint resolution.
The Clerk read the House joint resolution, as
follows :
Resolved, etc., That, if accommodations on public
transports are available, the Secretary of War la
authorized to provide, without expense to the United
States, transportation from 'the United States to Porto
Rico of a cpmmittee composed of members of th?
Fourth Ohio Infantry, war with Spain, for the pur
SDse of placing a memorial tablet In the citv of
uyama commemorating the 'twenty-fifth anniveriarv
of the capture of that pla<fe and in honor of^hi
American soldiers who died during their service in
Porto Rico. s*
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Th$ question is
on the engrossment and third reading of the House
joint resolution.
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The House joint resolution was ordered to be en- )
grossed and read a third time, was read the third
time, and passed.
The Spanish-American is sometimes spoken of
as a "short horse, soon curried." It's true that
America did do up Spain in record time. But it
was an important war for all that, as will be seen
in what follows.
Since 1895 Cuba had been in revolt against the
Spaniards. American sympathy was with the
Cubans, especially after the suffering and death
caused by the "reconciliation policy" of the Span
iards became known. -4
February 15, 1898, the Maine was blown up in
Havana harbor. That of course meant war and
all the world knew it, except apparently Spain,
which seemed to think America was afraid to fight.
April 19 congress passed a Joint resolution declar
ing the people of Cuba to be free and independent,
demanding that Spain relinquish her authority and
directing President McKInley to use the land and
naval forces to bring about these conditions. April
21 the American and Spanish ambassadors got
their passports and Havana was blockaded. April'
25 congress declared that a state of war had exist
ed slfoce April 21.
May 1, Dewey destroyed the Spanish fleet In
Manila bay, Philippine Islands. The Oregon be
gan her famous race from California around South
America for the Atlantic coast. Volunteer^
flocked to the colors. . June 22 15.000 Americans
were landed under General Shafter near Santiago.
Cuba. The battles of Las Guasimas, El Caney and
San Juan Hill were won. Cervera's fleet went out
of Santiago, offered battle and was wiped out tc I
the last ship. The Spanish surrendered Santiago '
July 17. General Merritt received the surrender |
of the Philippines. A preliminary treaty of peaco
was made August 12 and fighting stopped. De
cember 10 the treaty of Paris was signed.
Early In the war a fleet under Admiral Samp
son gave San Juan, Porto Rico's capital, a mild
bombarding. July 20 General Miles, commander
in-chief of the American forces, landed a Porto
Rican expedition on the south coast. He landed
at Puerta de Guanlca and began a march north
across the Island to San Juan. ' Miles defeated the
Spaniards In several skirmishes and captured a
number of cities and towns. Fighting stopped
August 13 upon the signing of the peace protocol,
October 18 the Flag was raised over San Juan.
A short little war and sweet I Yet it was an Im
portant war. Spain thought the Yankee "pigs*
had no thought beyond dollar-chasing and woul<
not flght. Probably most of Europe thought the
same. At Las Guasimas was Lieut. Arthur Lee,
British military observer? he's now Lord Lee of
Fareham, high in the British government. Lieu
tenant Lee gasped when he saw the Rough Riders
in action at Las Guasimas. "It is magnificent, but
it is not war," he said. The Spaniards at El Caney
and San Juan Hill put the same thing differently.
They complained that the Yankees did not knOw
the rules of war. "When we shot them down the
breastworks so that the rest should have retreat
ed," they said, "they came en and tried to catch
us with their bare hands."
The Spanish-American war made the United
States a 'vorld power over night, with far-flung
possessions in Porto Rico aad the Philippines. It
destroyed the last vestige of Spain's hold on the
Western hemisphere. It made Cuba a free and
independent nation. It went far to heal the last
wounds left from our Civil war and hastened the
day for the reconciliation between North and
South which the World war* made complete.
The Spanish-American war was an object-lesson
to the world that America could flght a war of
humanity for t&6 freedom of another people with
out selfish motives and that the American of 1888
waa the aame old lrreslatlble- fighting man by land
and aea.
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bird news
"I've been hearing such interesting
rd news," said Billie Brownie. "I've
heard, 'too, that
many shrubs can
be planted and
many trees, too,
which will attract
birds and which
will serve as din
ing rooms for the
birds. Some of*
these shrubfc will
be so much 'enjoyed
by the birds that
they'll never think
of eating berries
and fruit which
humans want to
eat.
"There are many
families of birds
"Billie Brownie who enjoy elder
Had Seen a List."berries. When the
elderberries blos
som and look their loveliest the birds
rejoice, for they know that after the
lovely white flowers go there will
pome, within not^ so very long fca time,
delicious fruit for them to eat!
"And another thing I hea'd was that
birds loved the shrubs which are
natural to this land rather than shrubs
which have been transplanted from
other countries.
"So It would seem as though the
birds were very loyal to their own
country, and to their own food.
"They like thickets and bushes and
hedges which aren't too wonderful.
"They don't care so much for shrubs
of very cultivated gardens. They feel
more at home where it is simpler.
"It pleased me, too, to hear how the
birds love simple things and that they
are not all for expensive, unusual, for
eign shrubbery.
"Their simple tastes are so attrac
And the Fairyland people agreed
that they, too. liked hearing this about
the birds though it was just what t y
expected of such dear, stfeef, unaf
fected creatures as the birds.
Well Billie Brownie had seen a list
of the' plants and fruits which were
mcmt attractive to the birds and he
said he would read this list to all of
the Fairyland people if they so wished.
Of course they were eager to hear
all this gews of Birdland and they sat
around Billie Brownie as he perched
himself on a more comfortable wood
land Stump and began to read the list:
"The shrubs which hold their fruits
fojc the longest time and so which
are particularly appealing to the
birds," commenced . Billie Brownie,
"are the juniper, bayberry, hackberry,
sumach, holly, black alder, some of
the wild grapes and particularly the
frost grape and snowberry bushes.
"They like food which will, do for
them when food is scarce, such as in
between seasons.
"Mulberries are very popular with
our friends, the birds.
"Red* elderberries are also very
popular, and the birds like to tbink
of the kinds which are to be had dur
ing the winter season when the mar
kets have so little in them !
"Then there are the wild straw
berries, raspberries and dewberries
which the birds love and which they
wouLd much prefer to eat to cultivated
stfawberries. So that If people have
some of these about the birds will not
want their cultivated strawberries.
"They love It wh&i the fresh frtflt
begins to appear.
"I also read," Billie Brownie added,
"that a thicket made of dewberry and
elderberry bushes, dogwood and su
mach and juneberry and junipers
would make a splendid all-year market
for the birds.
"I al?o read that among the shrubs
which did well In these parts and
ivhich the birds
iked were red
!edar, ? mulberry,
x>keberry, bar
be r r y, sassafras
mshes, mountain
ish, spice, black
jerry, black cher
ry, service berry,
jumach. black al
der, buckthorn,
Virginia creeper,
*rost grapes, . fox
jrapes, sarsapa
?illa, . bearberry,
iogwood, uangle
)erry, blueberry,
inowberry, sheep
>erry, elders, shad
ree, thorn trees,
vild ? crab apple
trees, hemlock,
larch trees, birches of all kinds,
partridge berry, s black locust, wild
roses, (the fruit of which tfye birpis
love), some of the honeysuckles, and
red flowering horse chestnuts. ? *?
"And you can tell from the list how
many of the trees have the berries at
one time or another which I have just ,
before read to you from the list of the
berries which the bttds care so much,
for. , / V
' "Flowers, such "as the California
poppies and sunflowers and bachelor's
button, have seeds greatly enjoyed by
some of the birds. . : " r ? ^ -
?Isn't that a splendid list and one
worth knowing?" BUlta Brownie ended.
"Splendid," said the Fairyland peo
ple4 "and for all who haven't read the
list as you have, Billie Brownie, we
will ask the Breese Brothers to whis
per It about*
?They Would Much
Prefer."
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