Stories
FILIPINiS WA1TINO FOR TUB
(Copyright, l'Jttt. by Frank (1. Carpenter.)
I . -JASIIINGTON, May K. (Special
I yv I Correspondence of Tilt) Hit.) -I
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army llfo In the Philippines. Th
country In full of thorn. Evory
soldier hnB Ills adventures nnd there arc
thousands of unknown heroes whose deeds
dcxerve credit. In other wars the acts or
bravi ry are connected with great engage
ments, when, under the enthusiasm Incited
by battle, men march to the cannon's
mouth. In the I'hilipplnes no man knows
when his life Is safe. Day and night, week
In nnd week out, the year through, the
soldiers who are In tho field are subject to
ainbUBh. There Is not a hundred acres In
the whole of Luzon which has not a hiding
place for a murderous Filipino. The pick
ets are sometimes lassoed and killed before
they can speak. A party with a bullock
train la always liable to be shot at and
bolocd, and a terrlblo uncertainty fills tho
air. Amid all this our men laugh and Joke.
They have their sports, play ball and toss
one another In blankets, going bravely on
with their lives In their hands. The tcn
blon Is too great for some and they grow
Insane, as you will see from the many such
cases on the sick list, but the great major
ity have fought their way along, doing their
duty with the full knowledge that If they
bo bo murdered they will be merely marked
as missing, and go down to history unhon
orcd and unsung.
Narrow Kaeap on Mount Arayat.
Have you ever heard of Sergeant I'eterson
and Private Norval of the Twelfth United
States regulars? I venture not. I found
these two at Angeles In a cathedral which
had been turned Into a hospital. They had
been brought In by troops a few days bo
fore having been rescued from the Fili
pinos on Mount Arayat. They were scarred
with bolos. their wounds were yet un
healed and In them still were acorn .....i
u infn v liininu ui ieia - -
I sat l.csHio mum
, .,,. ,hv ,ni,i the story
of their ambush. They had .fried out to
take a bullock train from Mabolocat and
had been ambushed. A large nana oi i i.
had been amuusn ... - -
plno. bad shot at them and the 'tacK
iK, niih liolos. Norval received nve doio
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cute, lie ioki n.e ... - --
. ... l V. anA t
knives as they buhk iiuo m or,. ..
was only from the blood which flowed down
his back and chest that he knew he bad
been so badly chopped up.
Wounded as they were the Filipinos
dragged them across the country to Mount
Aravat. There they found other prisoners
and a large body of Filipinos. They wcro
half starved and persecuted ouring in
stay. They were guarded by men who
thrust the guns Into their faces and threat-
ened to shoot them, and at lust, when our
soldiers appeared, they were put on their
knees between tnem ana im niT--
Said Sergeant Peterson to me:
.
"The nlaee where we were was aimosi in-
.... .... t. R.henck led his
accessiuie, uai i,ivwi..i -
colored troops right up the mountains
under the fire of the Filipino guns, no
f,..n.i.i hl wav Blen by step, and at lust
n.- u-in,,im, saw that tney were
bound
i.- i.i.n .ml thev decided to flee. At
th s
i... i. ml Metaled nine men
to shoot the prlm ! We were piaceu uu
. . i tr nr.tere.l
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mi r k nees aniiiuwniniiM,,.,a'"w
CUT ne auu iu p.
the firing We all dropped. 1 was on,
. ... ... .uri,,.i i tire' ended to be dead,
however, not daring to raise my head tor
fear they might kuow that
I was still
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. ..,. .siln ami in n anu
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Tav Pn.i1 nealn alia BKHIU
received another ball In my leg. out
. . - r.
. .hiiu l heard the sjund of run
...! i. .v., ..I .ntv minutes I raised
uo and lookel about me. The enemy wa. w.re at. ut to s-nd out a scou'ln-t party,
not In sight, so I rolled along to another when the man came lack Mjgg ring a lit
,an who had been .hot. He had been cu. tie. but whistling "See the Conquering
Srlth a bolo o-.r th. right eye and had a Hero Come. " He wa. put In the guard
pullet through his lung.. He begged m I -us thirty day. for bl. temerity.
of Individual Bravery
P II hi ! 1W
AMKIUOANS TO TOME.
to kill liim. but I could not do that, aud I
luid beside him for awhile and talked with
hlm.
"looter on I rolled down Into the bushes
and then I heard voices. 1 called out aud
u negro soldier came to me. I was never
so glad to see anyone In my life. The sol-
(uer gave me some whisky aud carried me
to Schenck'a troops, who brought me here.
Two of our party died that day and an
other a few days later."
How I.leiiteiinn t SelieneW W n Killed.
Lleutei.ant Schenck, who led the assault
on Mount Arayat, was afterward killed In
the neighborhood of Sublg while scouting
in advance of the telegraph corps. The
wire had been cut at a stream and Schenck
and his men had started to ford the
stream when the Filipinos shot at them
from tho bamboos, killing Lieutenant
Schenck and three privates and wounding
five others. One of the wounded men es
caped by hiding In the bushes. He says
he saw the Filipinos go to our men lyliu
on the ground and lift their eyelids to see
If tbey were dead. One man cut a string
from around the lieutenant's neck, to which
was tied a cross and a medallion. He put
both in his pocket and went away. That
medallion contained the pictures of
Schenck'a wife and baby. He bad been
married Just before he went to the Phil
ippines und he hud never seen his little
buby, whose picture was in the medallion.
The stories f soldiers whose Uvea have
teen saved by currying Ilibles In their left
bnast pockets are numerous. The bullet
of the enemy strikes them Just over the
heart, but always lodges somewhere be
tween Genesis und Revelations.
There wus one soldier in the Philippines
whoso life was saved by a poker deck, the
bullet stopping at the ace of spades, and
another curiously enough owes bis present
rxlsteuce to a plug of tobacco. The latter
was a sergeant of the Fortieth Infantry. It
was at the battle cf Sun Miguel. The ad
.., , . ,
dlers were auacKcu ny Miipinos wnn uo.oa
nnd thl. ;'; 'v( ,Vr S
on the h.ad .'"Vhe bolo
,i,r,,Eh th- ohm and lust grazed
rlran , , and Ju,
th(, Hkln ail not leen tllat the
... . . t .. ...
nu was
. ...I ..,l,u im.irh Ihn limn would
lir,,lv hllVH ,,,,. killed.
There are numerous Instances of nerve
shown by our troops. I heard of them at
eveiy post. Every regiment has produced
I hem by the Bcore. One soldier, ror In-
stance, was shot through the lungs, aud
when brouuht to the surgeon ho was at
once told that death
was urr and that
nohilg ,.ollM he ,,,.
Said tne surgeon
wl(, , x (mtiifl him
j am V(,ry g(rry fr ylH, niy my. You
,inyc , u( B fPW Illolul.uli (0 live. What are
()1r ll (lt wlltnesr'
.. wttPt a 8I1 ke," was the reply. "Give
me a cigarette
One was given him. He Binoked It to the
. . i i j i ..iik ,h. .imk In hlj
enu aim oreppeu me -.uu ... m...
mouth.
I Mile War of His Own.
The lupines d.i not kniw wh.it to make
. soldiers. Their method it warfire
has beln (o fl(4h( BI1j rllll t,,lt Aiuer-
..., ..ii, a. r. r ' i n Some or our
,..,, rA . .itmic a. w hole annv alone,
... ... .
,,,) (hi, tpeialiy so oi inose wni
.... .. i .. ii,,,,,,r ve ir clones n nue
,i-'i.i..viwi'M - -
oldier got i n a jag "i Eiarien oui iroiu
h rwlment to charge a camp of Insur-
j uts.
He left the camp whittling "March
ini Thrcunh Georg'a, and sat tlowu wltnin
i n i.... j........ EMHnlnn ..ntineia n.1
i ll ing distance oi nit r n.u.uw u. .... .o .....
II "" U'aiaiicr ui i..c- . , -- - -
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i t.n i at mem unni or u.u c...
cartridge belt
- In the m. aniline the officers of his real
ment could not locate the flrin
They
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FIRST TRAIN THROUGH
It was at this same place, Calooran, that
the new roglments were frequently sta-
tloned upon their arrival ut Manila. One
night the sol. Hits reported that the enemy
were making a march upon them, and tha
they had seen a line of lights hundreds of
feet long. The olilcers ordered the men
Into the trenches ready to attack the ad-
vancing army. No enemy came, however,
and the next day it was found that tho
GENERAL ARTHUR MACARTHUR.
,,hta .. thoae of some Innocent Filipinos
h0 er" Ut "V' T" 8beU
flb brought forth by the recent ralna.
Fl"l Alrocllles.
t nn.l ihen Ke statements of the
......,.,. n,lril.,l hi, nur tmnm on tho
ine..iii Killn.nos. Some SU.h sta'.ements
Iliay he true, but the majority are falae,
aml umi,.r the provocations which th-' m
have RufTered It Is a wonder they ar.. at all
temperate. No one can appreciate the suf-
ft,rng8 f our soldiers. Men have been cut
, ni-. with boles. They have been l ed
to and deceive J In every pisib e way. One
raso I remember on the Island of Panay.
It was a priest, who .ntlced thre? of our
privates into the hands of the enemy. The
nrlvut.s were drunk r they would not have
been caught. The Filipinos tied them to
..,! built a fire at their feet. After
thev had roasted the feet the Filipinos us 'd
,hl,lp Wt,c. to cut gir,,s of flesh from the
... . ...
D dies of their v.ctims. i ney cut ai mem
.in ami a.-ain. avoidinir the vital soots,
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alll then seared the flcBh with red ho
Inns.
During my
stay In Manila Lieutenant
Wynne cf the marine corps captured six
Cavlte cutthroats who were murdering ch 1
aren ny arowmng laem in ..unn vaj. mo
. ,,, , II . I V. A kn.d nt llltl.
viiiann woum no uauu mn
nnea behind their barks and cast them thus
.!.,
uuuuu imu iuc -"
One of the Filipino generals as a half
- breed Chinese named Paua, who committed
all sorts or atrocities on women ana cnn
H ran Ilia Anldlera oncfl attacked a Door
'
his woman and her daughter In the province
Albay and demanded money of them. They
- bad none and by this Geiieral Paua order
they were stripped and burned with redh'
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Irons. After thia they v ere tied inside the when his memory came to him. He prom
house, which was then fired and they wet"-- Ised everything to keep dry. He gave te
burned In the flames. name, of the insurcrira and took rur sol
I might fill this paper with stories of the dlers to the very field where he had been
lying schemes of the Filipinos to entice our plowing He showed them where to dig
in the Philippines
A HOSTILE COUNTRY GENERAL MACARTHUR AND STAFF ON TOP.
men into ambush. I have room for but one.
This relates to General Jake Smith, who
made the cage of railroad Irons near
Ilautista and filled It with Filipinos. The
Insurgents knew of the bravery of Smith
and they were anxious to capture him,
Tbey persuaded the president of the town
to get up a grand ball and have Smith
attend, expecting to bolo him on his way
home. The daring officer learned of the
plot. He went to the ball and found there
fifty guests, including the most prominent
men and most beautiful senoritas of the
district. He played tho violin for several
of the dancea and later on tripped tho light
fantastic toe with the prettiest of our
brown-skinned cousins. He left the ball
about 3 o'clock In the morning and with his
troops captured the kidnapers and then
put them in his railroad Jail.
In that same region I heard many stories
of tho antics of Dell and his daring troops.
The Filipinos did not know what to make
of them. They were reaay to ngni ai any
odds and under all circumstances. One of
the great surprises was at the river at
Porac. Our troops wire pursuing the In
surgents when they came to the stream.
The enemy was uot In sight and the com
pany, laying their guns on the bank, strip
ped to the skin and rushed Into tho water
for a swim. The Insurgents, who were hid-
ltig In the bamboos, came forth and at-
tacked them. Whereupon the naked men
rushed out and grabbed their guns, swam
the river and made for the Filipinos, yell-
Ing as though they were demons. I am
told the brown men became aBhy from fear,
They fled over rice fields and through the
bamboos, followed by our soldiers, who trav-
rled rapidly unimpeded by clothes. They did
not regard the wire grass and the thorns,
though they cut deep Into their skins. Some
of the Filipinos were chased as much as
three miles and the soldiers came back
scratched and bleeding, but wl'.h captives
lu front of their bayonets.
How Cold Water Cored a l.iar.
F,lln 11 h"
yery connon BmonR th ln8urrectog when
their guns were demanded. Tbey would
UB ,nt' weaoons one aay ana men mae
tnem in a Clump Ot DambOO or Slnlt them
-ireum "u come out anu preiena 10
l,e the friends of the Americans. To us
a" Filipinos lock the same, and we have
8Kaln anJ aBaln f,a:el our foes as frl.-nds
" our "ow. I remember an Instance
which happened near Calumplt. A hand of
Filipino attacked some of our Macabebes
a moal or tnem. l he next day tne
soldiers were sent cut to find the dead and
capture the murderers. When they came
Pt 'here was no sign of Insurgents
8,1(1 ,he ''''"d hal1 het"n hurled. On the very
t,lai'e h,'re the fight had been they found
a '"fely K liplno plowing wi h a water
buffalo.
One of the Macabebes who had
escaped lecegnlzed the man and fall he
uga Ihn t'liiuf ft tha at lai'l, Inn na u r t
the dav before. The plowman denied the
charge and claimed that he was
Mucho
Amigo."
The Macubebe Insisted, whereupon
the
lieutenant commanding the company ap
plied drastic measures. He had the man
.arU m a i-e ui-nrej. in
MtrannuH r,nrt t .,r t, la h u n .( I .. knh
--'-ee t....... '
his back and a rope put around his neck.
11 wna hun 4,Ann Hnun UIa th. ..I.p
He was then dropped down Into the water,
He fl -ated a while by kicking, but soon
sank. A mrment later he was dragged out
- anu asuea wnere me rines were hiaa. n.
He orefended lnoranre nn.l wn anln
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of thrown into the water. ThU time he swal
p. wed about a gallon, but when he was
dragged out he swore he knew nothing. He
t was again thrown in and again drawn out
and they unearthed sixteen rides and as
many b los from beneath the very furrows
whic h he had b. en making. The rim's
were wrapped in banana leaves and they
lay about a foot below the surface. He
was standing upon them when the s ildicrs
came up.
ilipiiio Loot,
Throughout the war in the Philippines
the officers have done all they could to re
strain the soldiers from looting and olTmses
of this nature have been few and far be
tween. There is no soldier in the world
who so respects the rights of others as the
American. This was notably so in China,
where the Russians, English nnd Germans
extorted money in every possible way.
Nevertheless, at the beginning of the war
quite a let of treasure was found In Luzon.
Money was discovered in the ct liars and
roofs of the Philippine houses, and It was
dug from the yards. During my visit to
General Fred Grant at Angeles I was 'aken
(lown njt,r lm
wnich he lived
Moor of the buildii ; In
ami shown a conccled
treasure vault, whith hud been the treasure
ti ding place of the owmrs. It was then
empty of Jewels and money, but it may
have been robbed by the InsurrectoB.
General Wheaton's headquarters at Sun
Fernando were in me of the finest houses
nrth of Manila. The building had a ground
floor of tiles and in some way or other the
soldiers got the Idea that there was money
under the floor. I think It wi s before the
general took possession. It was certainly
without his knowledge that they dug up
the tiled floor In the yard. They found
nothing and left the house, having searched
every part of It except the billiard room,
Shortly after this the owner came back
and got permission to remove his furniture,
He did so and at the same time raised the
floor of the billard room and therefrom
removed $35,(00 In money and Jl.'.OoO worth
of Jewelry.
Captain Dodds of the Thiid cavalry cap
tured $7fi,000 worth of lnsurgeut money at
one time end turned It Into the govern
ment. The mrney was being carried over
the country in bullock carts.
Shortly after St. Thomas was captured
a native came with a bullock cart to Gen-
ra, V;.,. Arthur iml liel If ho cmilil en
Into one of the houses for his valuables.
The general censented and the man diiR
up Jmi.ooo, which be hud luid away in sugar
Jars under the floor.
FRANK G. CARPENTER.
His Fatal Krror
Cbicugo News: "A woman Is always
a"hunied of the puns he r.akes," remarked
the iiiHs.uline boarder who reads the comic
almanai s.
"She Is not," retorted the angular fe
male, who frankly admits that she had seen
twe nty-three summers befi r.' her eyes
grew tired. "A woman can make a better
pun in less time than any specimen of your
sex, all right enough."
"Oh. she can. ih?" raid the m. b. "W.U,
Ju-t to boost your conceit along toward the
du-np. suppose yi.u try to make a pun on
hoiveshoe."
"Huh!" exclaimed the fair one. "If you
talk till you are hoiseshne couldn't side
track my opinion. So. th 're."
Hut the ihh r man hud swallowtd bis
knife and expired.
Making the Most of It
Atlanta Constitution: "That dlp;omy l
a big one." taid the old man. "an' cost a
s tht o' hard-earned money, but, 'long as
you've done got It, we might's well utilize
it fer all It's wuth. Take it back to 'em.
Hill, to the college, an' ax 'em to paint In
the left-han' corner that I do Macksmlthln'
ch ap fer cash, an' they ain't none kin beat
me shot in' of a Georgy mule, ef I does say
it myself!"