THE COUK1KK.
licve (hut the supplies now being pur
chased fur the army will he inspected
in spite of considerations touching
the honor of the packers.
The Filipinos have demonstrated
that they are good fighters. Tliey are
brave and patient. To he sure, their
a memher of the legislature in which
he says that he has seen and talked
with the tempter referred to and that
his friend may safely do the same and
signs his name. The effects of politi
cal life have had a deplorable effect
upon Mr. Talbot and his reputation.
Willie ostensibly supporting Mr.
LIEUTENANT BURT
LETTER.
WHEDON'S
guerrilla methods arc not in the lat- Thompson's candidacy Mr. Talbot was
est style of civilization, but according
to their lights they must be given the
credit of being the most formidable
enemies the Americans liavo met in
tills war. And good lighters event
ually make good citizens, .lust as
soon as they come to order they will
have an opportunity to practice on
citizenship, and prove to the little
Americans how shortsighted they
were and are in endeavoring to pre
vent the Filipinos from having an
opportunity to prove their ability.
It Is doubtful if a Hag, even the stars
and stripes, which Is kept hanging in
all kinds of weather, can stimulate
patriotism. Dirty, ragged, patched,
and faded, the winds have had their
way with it and the clilmnejs all
around it have vomited black smut on
it until it is not an object of which an
American can bo proud. The dirty
rag alloat on the flagstaff of what the
board of education chooses to call the
administration building has passed
through all these experience and the
little schoolboy whose mother thinks
really In ravor of a lighter complected
man by the name of Talbot, who re
ceived one vote in caucus whenever
Mr. Talbot was present and not any
when Mr. Talbot was out of the room
Now whatever may be said of Mr
Hums, he was loyal to Mr. Thompson
from the beginning to the end, and
there is some virtue in loyalty even if
It is necessary to be disloyal to exhibit
it, If reports are to bo believed Mr.
Hums was ready to betray the repub
lican party in order to be faithful to
his chosen candidate. It is dilVcult
to select the least obnoxious among
the members of the Lancaster delega
tion, but the puzzle can be simplilicd
by removing Mr. Talbot from the
competitive examination to start
with. He is still a young man but the
moral of his conduct since he has been
in the legislature should be pondered
by the young man with political
ambition.
The Tissot pictures of the life of
Christ, which have been on exhibition
n Chicago at the art museum are, as
In Camp near Water Workx, 8 milca
from Manila.
February, 11th, 1899.
My Dear Father:
On Saturday night, February 4th,
the Colonel detailed mo to take charge
of outpoet No. 2 which is about a half
milo to the left of our old camp at
Santa Mesa, an outpost line of Spanish
block houBes which were at that timq
occupied by the insurgent forceB. For
quite a while the Filipinos bad been
threatening our outposts, attempting to
drive them back, and doing everything
in their power to harrass our men and
bring on a fight without having to
start it themEelves. Our orders had
beon to avoid getting into a quarrel with
them and wo had taken insults and
banteringa which would have been
quickly resented under ordinary con
ditions. On this particular day things had
come to such a pass that tbo General
decided we could stand no more of their
impudence so he issued orders, and
these, were the orders he turned over to
me, that any more inei'lts to our out
posts should bo resented. That the
Filipino soldiers must keep within the
lines agreed upon between our authori
ties and theiru, and any who advanced
beyond such a line should be arrested
by our men, and if it was ImpoBsible to
he is not lit to gd to school until his all the world knows, very interesting, arrest them they should be driven back
face and hands have been washed looks
upon the Hag by which the school
board is thinking to stimulate his love
of country with some contempt. Con
trariwise if the flag were displayed
about one hundred yards from outpost
No. 2.
Down the road to the left is the vil
lage of Santol. Here we had a post of
eight men stationed at the junction of
three roads, one leading back to our
More than four hundred in number
and varying in size from tifteen square
inches to six square inches, anything
like an appreciative examination de
manded several day's time. But the
only on national holidays, the little excellent color, original and never
school boy's cap might come off when duplicated composition, is apparent at outposts, another to block house 7, and
the bright red and white stripes and the ilrst glance. This latter quality the third to block house 6. These men
the blue signature floated over his is remarkable considering the large had orders to patrol the roads to the
head in honor of the day and the his- number of pictures and the monotony block housei every half hour, to see
tory of his country. A few years ago of the landscape about Jerusalem,
it was announced by some educator But the perpetual sunlight and plct
that the future of this country de- uresque oriental costumes supply the
artist with what redeems all monot
onous backgrounds light and color.
On the other hand the face of Christ
pendedouthc patriotism induced in
the boys and that it could be culti
vated by a display of the flag. The
school boards sprung at the idea,
adopted it, and since then the pre-
that the insurgents did not advance
from their lines.
About a quarter of eight I visited the
post in Santol. A patrol of three men
had started toward block house 7 about
five minutes before; the other men were
anct me apostles and disciples indicate stationed in the middle or tne cross
a lack of spiritual insight, thouch no road with fixed bayonets ani loaded
clous emblem has not had a roof over brush can paint the Ciirist adequately guns for they expected an attack that
it during the school year, when the
weather is the worst.
Tiik Coumuii has attempted to re
form various chronic and incurable
cases like Bud Lindsay and Mayor
Graham, and to lead the way to a
and without disappointing the most
ignorant worshiper. No one can paint
more than what may be convention
ally accepted as a sign of Christ. The
light which falls upon the person and
garments of Christ is tender and
more reasonable life. Not that any seems to come from Him, thus satisfy
auccess has rewarded the publisher's ing the mystic symbolism of the tra
efforts, but because of certain mo- dltlon perpetuated, and very likelv
night. The sky was cloudy and the
night as dark a3 pitch. I had reported
instructions for this post and seeing
that every thing was all right, was pre
paring to return to the outpost when
suddenly, as the books say, "a shot rang
out on the still night air." The men
jumped into the shadow of the build
ing and 1 ran up the road to the block
tlves which aro supposed to animate a originated by the old masters or their house to see what wbb up.
reformer as well as an educator, it is
occasionally gratifying to call the at
tention of the public toother failures,
besides his own. No piece of cloth
will stand the wear and tear of a Ne-
unknown predecessors.
As an exhibition the collection has
attracted wide attention. During
the last days of the exhibit the rooms
were excessively crowded and by rea-
About fifty yards up the road I met
the three men of the patrol returning.
The leader shouted as be passed me,
"I shot the gentleman." Well, I knew
'the stuff was off;" we could hear them
braska wind and the constant deposit son of the press it was difficult to get coming down from the block homse
of soft coal smoke, without fraying and
soiling and becoming an untidy object
in consequence, and the distinguished
students of children should have taken
these results of exposure Into consid
eration. The cost of keeping a flag
fluttering for eight months is consid
erable, even if the G. A. It. considers
near enough to the small pictures for shouting and cursing, for our patrol had
an adequate view of them. But It killed their man. I assembled the men
was gratifying to see the multitude in the shadow of a house along side of
there, exhibiting so real an interest the road and went back to the outpoBt,
&Ft had the guard signal to the camp, then
bus been said bvartcritics Mint, ,w.P,i returned to the poet in the town. We
subjects by modern artists no longer were lifltoning in the shadow at the
s attract an audience as in the Raphael edge of the road when suddenly several
' "'"I''HKilI'uut..UilJs.D"l' the crowds formH amerced from the bushes, ston
t.lio KiKrirpuHnn imwnrMiv nf t.lin Oil
V . . - , . In front, nf t.lin Tlint ti,.t.i..r,L. i.. i...i.
tion tney rougnt ior ana ar.iw a , - -vs-? --r ? ;- ru" '",""" nine on
pension from. Hut nevertheless it Is enough to make such a statement of thirty feet away, and fired at ub.
expensive and does not accompiisu aouoirui accuracy.
the outside of the road
the effect it is intended to produce
upon the small boy.whose enthusiasm
Is rarely awakened by anything un
connected with his stomach or sport
and who is much too clever to respond
to the mistake of hanging an unpleas.
ant looking rag from the top of his
school house.
Senator Talbot's dramatic and em
phatic denial of having seen or spoken
witli the agent of an insurance com
not
We
returned the fire with a volley and then
steing that they were coming from all
The subscription to Mr. Ilagenow's directions, followed along the edge of
open air concerts which ho proposes to the road to the pipe line, the insurgents
give this summer alternately on the
capitol grounds and on the govern
ment square has been liberal and indi
cates an appreciation of the very val
uable musical services which Mr.
iiagenow lias rendered Lincoln. Cost
keeping up a heavy fire upon us.
As I have written you before, the
water supply for the city of Manila
comes from a mountain stream about
eight miles to the north from here.
they will attract a crowd and afford
recreation and education to the sum
mer crowd which drifts hero and there
.u.. "i'""' " - on a summer evening Twenty con.
pany was met by the Beo's publlca- certs havo been prr.posed, the first nl
tion of a letter from Senator Talbot to to bo held in June.
ing nothing to the general public. Te water is pumped through a pipe
about three feet in diameter which lies
on the surface of the ground to a reser
voir about four miles from the city
where it again flows into another large
pipe, also laid on top of the ground,
into the city. It was along this pipe
line that we took our post hb it offered
a fair protection from maueer bullets
and I had orders that in case of an
attack we wore to fall back to and hold
the pipe line.
In about ten minutes tbo firing from
Santol ceased and then there began a
general firing from all along the line of
insurgents upon our camp, then upon
the Colorados and South Dakotas on
nur left and so around our side of
Manila there began a general tight be
tween American and Filipino outposts.
ab soon as our signal wbb Been in
camp and tho firing had begun all
hghtB were extinguished at the call of
arms and in a "jiffy" the whole regiment
was out in position and prepared for
action. All that night the Filipinos
kept up a heavy firing upon our camp
and also upon us. We at the pipe line
fired a few volleys at Santol and also at
block house 7 whenover we could see
anyone but we wasted no ammunition
bb we were ordered not to fire unless
we could see something to tire at.
About 2 o'clock a m. the firing ceaBRd
and we had a little time to reBt; up to
this time &one of our men had been hit
and it is a wonder for the bullets came
very thick.
At day light tho next morning with
shouting and cheering the Filipinos
went at it again and bo did we this time
for business. During the night the
Utah battery had placed two gunB on a
email hill in our rear and by G o'clock
they opened up on block house 7 send
ing shells over our heads which hit the
block house every time. After about a
half hour of this they stopped firing
and the Colonel with "K" and "D"
companies charged and took the block
house.
Down the pipe line it was pretty hot.
The insurgents got an enfilading tire on
ub and wounded two of our men, but we
gave them a good time and mado it as
hot for them as they did for ub. After
the block house was taken we, behind
the pipe line, made a break for the San
Juan river and got behind a stone wall
where we could fire across t the Fili
pinos. To our right was a bridge where
the Filipinos were concentrating a heavy
fire. In fact they were right on the
bridge trying to drive "F" company out
of a position where that company was
getting in some good work.
The artillery had been firing at the
bridge and had got in some good shots
Then we saw "F" and -'I" companies',
led by Major Mulford, charge the bridge
and drive the Filipin:s back. At this
"B" and MH" companies (I was with "B"),
maoe a dash for the bridge and we, with
companies wI"and"F'' drove the Fili
pinos back along the road. There was
some pretty hot fighting.
The Filipinos are braver than tbe
Spaniards and a great deal harder to
move. They took up a position on a hill
above this road behind some stone walls
and made it pretty warm for ub. To the
left on a email hill was an old powder
magazine that had been occupied by
the Filipinos. Major Mulford bad taken
this place and I joined him there, being
his adjutant. We waited there about
ten minutes when the Utaha got in a
little work on the hill above us, then the
colonel joined ub and we made a charge
up the hill on the Filipinos and drove
the whole lot of them over the other side
of the hill down the road. On the top
of the hill is the reservoir that I men
tioned. Here we raised our flag about
11 o'clock and sat down for a roat.
We stayed there until noon the next
day when we cortinued our advance
along tho pipe line towards the pump
ing Btation.
That afternoon we got into a sharp
skirmiBh with tbe Filipinos to tbe left
of the main road. Company ML" was
advancing on the left of the line (we
were deployed in line of skirmishers for
nearly a mile) when suddenly a party of
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