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A UNITED STATES MIDSHIPMAN IN THE PHILIPPINES By Lt. Com. Yates Stirling Jr. U.S.N. Author of “A U.S. Midshipman Afloat” “A U.S. Midshipman in China” “A U.S. Midshipman in Japan” “A U.S. Midshipman i…
THE START FOR PALILO The “Isla de Negros,” a small inter-island steamer, lay moored alongside the dock in the turbulent waters of the Pasig River, the commercial artery of the city of Manila. As the…
A POLITE CAPTOR The Americans were not kept long in suspense, although to the anxious boys, huddled helplessly in the shadow of the boat, the time seemed hours until the victorious and jubilant nati…
A LEAK OF MILITARY INFORMATION Brigadier-General Wilson sat at his desk in the headquarters building at Palilo. In the spacious corridors outside orderlies hurried to and fro, carrying messages from…
LANDED IN CAPTIVITY Phil was too angry and humiliated to do more than glare at the girl who had so cleverly thwarted him in his daring plan to strand the steamer. His companions had started to sprin…
CAPTAIN BLYNN MARCHES As night fell, Captain Blynn led his battalion of regulars from their barracks, across the bridge and on to the trail leading to the northward of Palilo. The American officer r…
THE “MINDINAO” Captain Blynn rested his tired soldiers until the cool of the evening and then the march was begun back to Palilo, carrying with them the spoils of the fight. The judge-advocate gener…
THE GUNBOAT COÖPERATES As the two midshipmen stepped over the gangway of the “Mindinao” a figure arose from a seat on the quarter-deck and hurried eagerly toward them. “I’ve been waiting an hour for…
THE PRIVILEGES OF RANK “ There was two of ’em, captain,” the infantry sergeant exclaimed, in that purely official calm voice for which the army non-commissioned officers are noted even under the mos…
THE KATIPUNAN SOCIETY After Phil had reached his ship he scarcely remembered how he had behaved to his anxious and sympathetic friend, Major Marble. The boy’s mind was dazed. He had not believed tha…
