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Language of n Common Soldier American Brav ery and Endurance Native Ignor nnce, Fatalism and Treachery The Filipino as He Really Is How the Trouble Began and How It Is Be ing Adjusted A Narrative That All Should Read. In a letter to his cousin. John J. Ouf frey, of Sugar Notch, published in the AVilkes-Harro Times, .Tallies Uleary, of Company II, First Idaho volunteeis, Klves a series of graphic pictures of military cvpeiiences in and around Manila. Cnder dale of Fob. :!'. ho writes: "I think hi order to get " good slau 1 had belter commence at tin begin ning of tho present outbreak. On Saturday night, Feb. I, assembly blow and we all fell In and had no mora than done so than the ball had sitartod and firing: had commenced all around the city everywhere along our lines. It was then about S.l'.fl p. in. and wo were started towards the lines at Paco district nnd block-house No. 2. AVhcn we got to within one-l'iput'tli mile of the block-house we were ordeied to re main at the old I'.ico church yard, which we did until about midnight. All this time one company of Washington volunteers were holding the block house and one company couid easily hold It, as 1 believe It was our olhcers' Intentions to keep them as quiet as possible until daylight and then we would give them what tbev needed and what they had long been 1 inning lot However, at midnight wc got ".'i..rs to move up towards Iho lirltig line aH they had been expivtliir a stronger attack anil we mnt'od up nearer to the line and got an order to halt nud remain In the street for the- piescnt. And we did not remain there long before the bullets com menced to come very fast 'itid they had almost a straight shot ai us frcm their lines when we fell in l.i mow under cover for the time being and we did not get started to move when twi of our men In my company and along side of me fell one shot throtiKU she brftly and dying shortly aft'-rwatds, the other shot through the arm. Wo got under cover and remained there until nearly daylight, when we returned to our miarteir, got break fast and then returned to th l'.ieo church, where wo had staved sop.e tlmo the night before; and as all lue troops were ready, and the artillery moved up to the front, we were wait ing for the command to advance. There were six companies of our regi ment in tho old church yard. V.'e were only In there about one hour when st i ay bullets commenced to drop around the yard and Hum the appear ance they must havo been signal shots, for wo found out afterwards when we sent a scouting party out that thore were niggers in the old church. They had sneaked In there some way or oth er and they must have had th.-'r guns concealed In the building, for they were very cunning to get hold of thmi nnd they were known to take a cofllu Into u church tilled with .Mauser lilies. for they have been caught doing an net of that kind several times. .SIC1C OF THK1U JOII. nut, nevertheless, they were sick ot 3i?Ir Job that morning, for when tho routs discovered them wo were nott led and v.c opened lire on tho building it tho windows and doors, as that was ho only place that our shots would ako any effect, as the building was f stone nnd had stood there for more ban two centuries. We killed many t them when finally tho door was pened anil n woman uppeared with i baby In one arm and a white Hag In ho other hand. Thero wero also some rlests In tho building as well ns lots f soldiers and women. When they np--ared with the flag our major ordered ho men to ceaso llrlng, but they killed me of them after ho had called out ind if they did right. I would say "kill them all for they never show us tiny mercy." In a few minutes afterwards they trained ono of tho Sixth artillery runs on tho old church and It only look six shots to knock tho old thing Sown and It soon burned up what tvould burn of It. We marched to tho llrlng lino then on tho Paco road whon three com panies of our regiment turned to the tight Into a, rlco swamp, the other threo jompanles, of which I was In one, stayed on tho road until wo reached block-houso No, II, nnd tho way that bullets fell thero It was terrible, and yet there were not many of un settlne picked offl at tho time. When wo ar lived at the block-house we halted. Our general was there Ooneral King. Wc were in his brigade. Wo had a bridge to cross that was a very dang eious place, for It was high and the niggeis were shooting high, and the way that we had of getting across that bridge was no trouble, with our major in the lead. It was right by Hie for ward, double time inarch, and double tlmo 1 guess wo did. And, how the bullets st rink tit my feet, us 1 was crossing and yet they never touched me, and I have good slued feet, too. L5ut It was no fun and 1 never want to see them come my way any faster than they came tbeie for a few minutes. When the three companies of us had got acrosa we made a left Hank and threw out our skirmish lines nnd ad vanced In a half-right circle, until we wero right in front of the enemy nt the place where we were about to make our charge. We were right at a stream that we had to cross, and the way the stream ran we had to cross It three times. Our major, llnally, af ter we had rested a minute, gave us or ders to advance and then tho trumpet er sounded "charge," and away we went, our company nnd one of the others to the front and the other one to the left; nnd the stream' was waist deep and up to some of the boys necks;and we were carrying 100 roun.ls of ammunition that made it a very hard trip; but the niggers made it in teresting enough for us, so we forgot our wet clothes and heavy loads and were busily engaged pumping the lead into them as fast us we could and ad vancing all the time and no protection only to lie down at times In the lice swamp. A HOT TI.MK. I tell you It was the hottest place I ever saw. Hell could not be hotter. Hut we llnallv got to their strongest entrenchment and tlu-v had nil left that were alie anil nbl to get away. Then we had one more strong place to take and It was Impossible to charge on them for thev had strong breast work? and we did not know how many of them there were in It, so we kept up a heavy volley Hie at them when evt r they would show up, and they soon raised the white Hag. That place wes called Santa Ann. The two com panies ot us numbered then about Hfty men each, as a number wero left at quarters and a good many were wounded. The two companies on our left and they were the only troops beiw-." n us aiid I'a.-ig river were one company of Idaho und one of Washing ton nnd they did very good work too, for when we broke the niggers' lines some went down the river und It wns sport for those boys to pick them off. Some got into boats and tried to cross but they wero shot and their canoe wrs r.wamijed with bullets. It did not lait inoro than an hour and a hall', hut It was good and interesting while It was going on nnd we wero nil ready to rest a minute. We had In my com pany Killed three, and wounded live. In the other two companies of our regiment that wero with us none was killed and onlv two or threo in each comi.apy wounded. Well, on Monday, Feb. 0, work hat! commenced. They brought all the prisoners out of town those that wo iiiul taken th" day before to bury the dead niggers that lay very thick in places; and to mako short work of it they dug Ur-.e graves nnd Illled them up with thc-x-e that wero handy, and then dug others. in one grave they plied seventy-two of them, and a great many would contain from two to twelve. Altogether on our side whero there were only four companies of tin, there were laid away to rest one hun dred and thirty-five and a great many wounded nnd -15 taken prisoners. That was ono day that will bo remembered by all thn men that were here, Feb. G, "Ji: for every regiment und battery and everybody wns out after niggers and drove them back on every point and at some places drove them back eight miles. I do not believe It will over bo known the correct number of niggers that were killed that day, for oven whero wo were, half of our nig gers' fell Into the river. Rut Just so they wero gone was nil we wanted. no iu:st fou tub weary. We remained at Panta. Ann irom tho time we had tho battle on tho Cth until tho afternoon of the 0th, whon we moved Inland about four miles to u place called San Pedro Macatl, whore tho rest of our regiment and division was and camped thero that night with about one-third of our troops on guard and outpost. On Tuesday, Feb. 7, we had a skirmish lino thrown out of six companies and travelled about fifteen miles In n kind of circle nnd had scout ing squads out, but could not seo any nlggots (except now and then some old men nnd women nnd them wo would not bother) until we got near to the town of Pnslg, which is a walltd city nnd only two ways to got lata It. It Is situated on tho banks of the I'aslg liver and wo wero on n high bluff and could tuko In the whole town. Thero were whtto flags flylns on nil the buildings. Wo then returned to our camp and next morning, Feb. St'.i, three companies went out nnd tno'c that town. So that wns tho wny we wero scouting nnd patrolling, guard ing prisoners and now and then Into llttlo skirmishes, until on tho after noon and evening of Feb. 9 nit the Idaho companies got nn order to re turn to quarters and It wns rumo.-ej that we wero going to have a rest for n tiny or two. Hut It turned out different, for wo scarcely got tlmo to change clothes and take a bath wh'.-n nn order enmo for us to bo ready to move nt a moment's notice so it was one more night to sleep with our boots on. Friday morning, Feb. 10th, It was "fall In" nnd throw out skirmish lines and search all the .native shacks and buildings. That lasted all forenoon nnd when wo were back to quarters an order came for us to move nt nnv moment nnd Just as wo wero about ready to have dinner assembly blew and It was "fall In." We had abar.t seven miles to go to tho tiring lino on the other side of Manila and wero to go In another brigade under conmri'id of Major General jMncArthur. On our way out thero we had the pleasure of playing government mule and help ing to haul artillery, which Is a voiy nice job for a swaddy whon he Id load ed down with extra ammunition. How ever, we got thero Just the same tit about 2,u0 p. in., and after tho bat teries were set they looked juit as well us If the regular mules had hauled them out, Instead of the imitations. We then fell into our places on the line and were ready and our regiment uno tho batteries that wo took out were all General MticArthur wns waiting for; nt exnetly 3 p. m. the signal shots from the batteries could be heard. okijkih;d TO advanch. As they rang out ten seconds npart, which was a signal that it had started, we got an order to advance. AVo were alongside of the Manila and Dagupan railroad, one battalion of Idahos on one side and one on the other. The troops on that part of the line were tho Dakotas, Twentieth Kansas, Iduhos, Montanas and a detachment of the Third artillery with rllles. And as wo advanced, the niggers were retreating. Wo never dl.l get In close range of them that day, but the Montanas and our battalion drove them across the track nnd the boys on the other side were having the sport. It was Just the same as u rabbit hunt, ono Kansas man said, and I believe it was from the looks of the dead niggers that I saw there afterwards. They must have had gleat sport. AVe took the town of Caloocan where the headquarters of th" railroad are and also their shops; and then we kept on agoing and llnally when wc stopped and threw out our llns for the night, wo found out that we had advanced three nnd one-half miles In that short time, and we camp ed and, waited for our hard tack and coffee to co;iu-. It hud not more than arrived when two companies of Idahos and 1 hap pened to be In one of them got orders to return to the bntteiieo and guard them, so thai was the (list time I had the pleasure of walking on the railroad track of thU island. And we did have one h 1 of a time going back dark as could be and the soldiers had a work train out putting in rails and li vin;? the grade that the niggers hnd torn duivii. However, we tound the place and had to stand watch nearly all of us. AVe also had some prisoners to guard. I thought that was the longest night I ever put In. AVe had nothing to lay on but the mud and wet rice grass, and you bet I was glad to sc? daylight coming that morning. That morning after our lunch It was "mule" again, as the artillery was wanted at the front, and the road there was very rough. l!ut we llnally got It there and It was put In place and its first work was some niggers In tho trees, an there were a few rows of large mango trees, very bianchy and tilled with black skins close to our lines, v. ho werj continually picking away nt our boy. The artillery sent a few schrapnels into the trees and, gad! to s.-e those niggers fall out! It was like shaking ripe plum trees. That would keep the rest of them quiet for tho time being, it wns quite a sight to see the hustling around the yard and shops, taking out all the engines and cars, and coaches; nnd at 11 a. in. Feb. 11th, when we had not had the town Hfteen hours wo had trains of all kinds running, as the work train had doiin good work the night before and they woro running out some trains with grub und others with ammunition and even ran out trains loaded with distilled water. So we then com menced to live high, ns all the time since the hot tlnv started there was nn order for double ration?, If neces sary, us they did hoi want any of the men to go hungry; for a hungry man Is not much good. Everything re mained very quiet the balance of the Jay excepl now and tlin they would Hiv a few volleys at the niggers to keep tin in lit their places. DOING Gl'AUD DUTY. On Sunday morning, Feb. 12, we started as usual with volley ilrlinr. after everything wns quiet for a few hours. And at about 7 a. m. thero was quite a lively battle for a few minutes, In which four or Ave Americans were wounded, but nfter tho artillery opened it soon quieted the niggers. On that nfternonn wo got orders to load our extra ammunition and blankets on tho cars and were ready to go to Manila and expected to go to our own brigade but we did not get a. chance to ride, as they did not havo cars enough. So six of our companies hiked Into Manila, while the other two remained at Caloo can and rode In that night, being the first American troops moved by rail on the Island. AVe arrived at our quarters at about 0 p. m. Sunday evening nnd all pretty well worn out, for wo were on the move nearly all the time for eight days and had been having- It pretty hard for the whole week before the tight started; nnd since It had started wo did not get a chance to take our shoes off. So that night wo all had a good rest and In tho morning It was move again for two companies, II and O. AVo moved Into tho city and havo been doing police and patrol guard, besides guarding several of tho olllclal buildings, nnd wo do have some pretty lively times now nnd then, as tho na tives swore that they will burn all the town nnd they havo succeeded In burn ing some. Hut they nro the only ones who lose, for nearly everything that was burned belonged to Filipinos. They started n big Hro In the Paco district a few nights ago and succeed ed In burning all tho bamboo buildings In that district, which tho Americans wero very glnd of, for It put many of tho natives nut In tho cold. Not suc ceeding that night, they tried It the next, In what is called tho Tondo dls Vlct, nnd that night thoro was qulto a battle In tho city and around tho sub urbs In which tho niggers lost very he&vlly. They hud formed companies The Popularity of The Scranton Bicycle Is Rapidly Spreading. . . . Our agents in New York State, Connecticut and Pennsylvania, are making large sales. A wheel so popular away from home cannot help but interest the riders at home. No sending of parts to factory, as our guarantee is worth some thing. We manufacture, sell and guarantee every Scranton Bicycle. Call and examine our Crank Shaft, Roller Chain, Fork Frame Construction, Pedal, Finish. Or, better still, ask us to show you through our factory, if you care to see how good bicycles are made. Models A and B, $50.00. C. and D, $35.00. VA yj T i XX yy 1899 Sterlings Now Ready Chaioless $75 Racer, $60 j Roadster, $50 I Wwm lvlifl WWmdy jf lundries ant! Repairiti, NickelPiafiiig and Enameling, barneys mum iiruu, bo n ' p luiiHiiu diBUi, nagummmcis M Blacksmiths' Supplies rw Fflftorvand Salesrooms 126-128 Franklin Ave. In the city and had guns and knives stored away In different plucea and they had It all llxed for a general at tack: but they got the worst of it and got It bad, Just as they have got every thing Hint they ever started. They were mow n down and I was told by one of the Minnesota police that went over the ground next day early, that It looked like a regular (daughter pen. And they drove the niggers out of town and Into a lice swamp and then they were surrounded by two compan ies of Mlntiesotas and two of the Twenty-third United States and they got all of them. Those that were not killed were taken prisoners and hustled off to the w ulled city for safe keeping. There were not inuuv of the Americans wounded five or six. and two killed; and It is a wonder that they do not get more of us than they do, for they stay in their buildings and shoot out and you cannot see them. The only way we get them when a tire starts Is to tire volleys Into their shacks and they cannot stand a heavy lire, for they had the biggest part of their game taken out of them on Sunday, Feb. 3. They have not ever stood tire since like they did on that day. NATIVE TKEACHEin'. Some of our men on guard a few days ago saw two natives olng along the street and suspected that some thing looked wrong about them, whon they followed them up and, on exam ining what they had, It was discovered that they had coal oil and1 waste and were prepared to do some business; but they wero hustled oft to tho walled city and will remain there. They are watched very closely here, thoso that are In the city, and If one makes a crooked move or Is out after hours, down goes his apple cart. And we aro very careful. Thero Is a stronger guard around town than there was before and a native's life Is not worth a cent, for as a rule a patrol will shoot first and then call halt afterwards. They are not termed as friends by our boys any more, ns they were Just before the outbreak, for then every soldier here hud some native or other for a friend and could bum i Igarettes or cigars off him and they would run errands for you nnd do many llttlo things; and we called them Amlgos, which In Spanish Is "friend." Hut now the only guod nigger Is the dead one and the mora dead tho better the country is. It was only a few nights ugo when tho Hro was in the Tondo district that a native ran up to tho hose that tho English volunteer Hro department was using on ono of tho fires und cut it with a knife, nnd then dropped tho knife und ran, figuring on getting back to tho crowd and getting away, when a soldier saw him and did not want to make any more noise than was; nec essary, so did not lire but struck him on the back of tho neck and broko it for him. And they shot nnd killed more than twenty of them that had tried to do that same trick. Tho poor fools. It seems us If they never will tnko a tumblo to themselves, running against tho worst of it the wny thut they are doing every day, for they havo not won anything on any of their movv-s yet, hut nearly all of them get killed. Hut they nro meaner than skunks In their ways, slnco this outbreak. They Hred on the hospital men und wagons on Sunday, Feb. 0, for which four cr live were captured and put to death next day. A few daya later a band of them appeared at an opening In front of tho Nebraska leglmeut with a whtto Hag, and a squad started out to meot them, whon they commenced to Hro on tho hqund. And then tho company opened Hro on tho devils und got near ly nil of them. Hut they got a few of our men and thero Is mora American blood split on this Island ut present thun wo can crvor got revenge, for, If we kill every black son of a gun there Is on the Island. MALAY FATALISM. And they do not care. They drive each other out, expecting to get a shot ut us now and then, and they will take desperate chances In order to get a shot at ono of us. A few days ago a company of Montana boys had some of them cornered up and killed a good many when the rest of them were willing to surrender; and they were all dlsurmed but one, and he was holding out his gun for someone to come und take It, and as a lieutenant came near him he raised his gun and shot the lieutenant through tho liturt. In less than ten seconds there ware i 1 hundred bullet holes thiough his 'rt;, for every mail took a shot at ' at the instant. Hut It goes to tffinw t what one of these devils cares for l'e , life, doing anything like that when he , Knows or ought to Know mat n no did he would not live one-half minute afterwards. I tell you that the Amer icans have treated them too d n well all the way since we landed here, and aro doing so at present. They take them prisoners when they catch any of them that have got weapons and they never get any that have them unless It is right In some battle and then they only get a few. as there are four or live of them to every gun, und when one gets tired or wants to smoke a cigarette there Is another close at hand to take up the gun. So when they want to shoot they can keep a gun hot. They have given the black devils most everything that was possible and tried In every way to keep them from starting this until they wanted every thing; and even wunted to come over Into our lines to post their sentinels and wero going to do so anyway, and one of the Nebraska men on guard ordered them to halt and they did not do so and he called again, and then he Hred, killing a lieutenant and a sol dier. That Is what started this out break. The natives, after these were killed, retreated, but soon returned with a stronger force and wero going Into the city, but while they were do ing this the Nebraska regiment was not Idle und met them. And It was soon started at every point along the line. Slnco that tlmo wo havo cap tured a great many different looking native. NATIVE AVEAPOXS. AVo have even got some of tho wild men that flght with spears and wear nothing but feather headgear; ami al so somo of the bow and arrow men, that also carry a shield. Some of their arrows are made of bamboo and they havo a piece of hard wood spliced on tho end In place of a spear. Hut the chances are that If they hit a man with ono of them It would injure him, while ninny of them had spears on eight Inches long. And the many different kinds of wenpons they have! They havo everything from n pen knife to a thlrteen-lnch gun. Some, It Is snld, huvo got sharp pointed sticks, which they figure on getting Americans with. Thero were some Englishmen Inland before tho outbreak and they told us what wo wero going lo go against. They havo guns mndo of gas pipe and even got somo made out of wood.or Imi tations of guns. They must havo figured on giving us a big scaro with their dynamite batteries. Hut they are holding out better than, or I would say not giving up ns soon as I expected they would, and as It looks to me they aro bigger fools than I even thought they were. Their leader. General Agulniuao, Is reported to havo loft for parts unknown und they aro handled by his first assistant. And ho might better, go und nut let any of the awnd- lull Iks r in iei HOURS AVith each returning season we show something new and desirable in bicycle construction. This season finds us with mors good things than ever. One of these good things is the BURWELL BALL AND ROLLER BEARING. Examino the illustration notice particularly that the little steel roll er between the balls transfers the motion without interruption and the balls cannot grind together as in ordinary bearings. Cleveland Bicycles We have been running the spindles of our cup and cone grinding ma chines mounted in Burwell Ball and Roller Bearings at a speed of 35,000 turns per minute, 10 hours per day for many weeks and the bearings are RIGHT. Tho circumferential travel of these spindles is 1041 MILES IN 10 HOURS a greater test for endur ance than the bearing would be sub jected to when used in a bicycle for an ordinary life-time. Ordinary bearings under the same conditions cannot be run at more speed than 12,000 turns per minute. Thero is othing "ordinary" about Cleveland Bicycles. Every piece of material and every hour of labor is tho best money can buy. AVo cater to a trade that wants the best and knows the best. Prices, $35, $50 and $75. Foote & Fuller Co. Mears Uldg. 140-143 Washlnstun Ave. Bicycle Perfection Has at last been reached in the production of the 1899 I0DEL GHAINLESS SPALDING Wc Avould be pleased to have you call aud examine it. LOREY & BROOKS, 211 Washington Ave. Opp. Court House. dies get hold of him, or the chances aro that very few would know what ever becamo of htm. Nearly every day that wo wero In tho Held or on tho firing lino wo had plenty of visitors. Somo one would drlvo right up to tho firing light to visit. A great many civilians used to coma out and when a soldier would get hit or sick they would pick right up his gun nnd go along with us. Thero was one lady doctor, whoso rank was lieutenant, that followed the firing line all ono afternoon and when one man would drop sho would 'bandage him up and ns ho would be packed off sh Continued on Pago 13.1 t