Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 35, Number 30, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 December 1902 — WHAT EXPANSION IS DOING FOR THE FILIPINOS. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

WHAT EXPANSION IS DOING FOR THE FILIPINOS.

Uncle Sam’s scouts in the Philippines are getting fat. Difficulty Is being experienced in supplying them with correct fitting uniforms. Colonel C. F. Humphrey, at Manila, has called the department’s attention to the fact that they have fattened so rapidly that their uniforms fit them too soon. Government tailors will be instructed to allow for expansion.—News Item.