The Saint Paul globe., 1898-10-20

crowded into the city the insurgents
tried to press in ahead of us, but we
did not allow them to do so. They were
armed with broad-bladed knives, with
which they wanted to cut the throats
of the Spanish The insurgents had
few guns or they would have made
trouble. We OYerawed them. They are
diminutive little people and very In
ferior mentally and physically to the
Spanish. When they fire a gun they
do not hold it to their shoulder for
fear of being hurt by the recoil, but
they hold it in the air and shoot down
wards. They could not hit haystack.
THE Spanish were in poor condition
when they surrendered. They had not
had sufficient food for a long time and
were exhausted fighting. They were
as thin as our men are now and glad
to have the war end. They were as
anxious to go home as we. Capt. Nc
kelvey was one of the few officers who
distinguished themselves in the battle
He proved himself a brave man, and
every man in the regiment admired
him.
Capt. Bjornstad was game, and we
We're all glad when he began to re-
cover from his wounds. Capt. Seebach
is getting well. He was shot in the
breast and in a very dangerous place.
Gus. He was shot in the wrist, but
was able to ride around the harbor
a few days later.
SPANISH VERY POLITE.
The Spanish soldiers turned out to
be gentlemen. In fact, there was less
roughness among them than among
our own troops. The officers were very
polite, and the prlvates good fellows.
They were all happy that the war was
over, for they wanted to get out Of
that country.
I'm company with a newspaper man
l went into the interior of Luzon. We
found beautiful country and were so
interested III. the sights that we for
got the hour was late, and before we
knew 1t we were so far away from the
city that we could not return that
night. We arrived at native village
and We're invited by the chief to re-
main with him all night We were
afraid we would be murdered but we
could not refuse his hospitality so we
slept in his hut. That, is we lay down
there, but did not sleep. We expected
to be attacked at any minute, but the
night passed without harm to either
of US, and in the morning we went
away. We were offered some food, for
we were hungry but we could not eat
1t, and we did not have anything to
eat until the afternoon when we got
to Manila
THE natives must be treated by
white men like slaves or they do not
respect them. If you show kindness to
them they think you are afraid of
them and will impose upon you, but if
you treat them like cattle they Will
respect you. Two of us were taken by
two natives to the top of a mountain
IN Zc,loo
carted by human beings was not pleas
ant to me and 1 told my friend 1 did
not like it. He told me to take it easy
and not to let the men know l felt
that way or they would take adVan-
tage of us, SO l smothered my scru-
pies and let them take us UP the hill
At the top they took out stools and
we seated ourselves upon them and
viewed the scenery. The men were
tired out, but neither of them pre-
sumed to sit down. When we got
ready to leave they drew us down the
mountain. Sixty cents a day is all
they ask for such labor. The Spanish
know how to treat such people but our
people do not, and already there has
been some disturbance because our
men have made the natives think they
respect them.
1.-The residents OF Manila were very
pecially when we refused to let the ma
tives in. The residents Of all national,
tiles want us to keep the island in or
der to insure protection to them against
the insurgents who are waiting at the
gates of the city like hungry wolves to
murder, them. Any government that
wilFaprotect their lives will be welcom
ed by the Spanish in the Philippines.
1T has been argued that Spanish rule
01oif n .oY1-1o fc,.
wherever the Spanish have settlements
the natives are able to read and write
their own and the Spanish languages
All our men have been we'll impressed
with the Spanish character since they
have become acquainted.
"All our troops are housed in the city
now. There are none in tents. But it
IS not q pleasant place to sleep. One
is liable to waiken in the morning or
UP with him. / put the four posts of
my bed in pals Of water, so when
snakes and other things that creep
around in the night reached the wa
ter they went back.
'"The reason the water in Manila Is
SO warm is because the island is vol
canic. No matter how deep a we'll OF
spring may be the water will be warm
and filed with microbes and insects. It
must be boiled before it can be used
for, any purpose
1.-The only large factories In the city
Of Manila are tobacco and cigar con,
Germs. There Is also a brewery there
but the beer is heavy and distasteful.
THE natives make many articles of
commercial value. Silks can be bought
there for very little. Silk handker.
chiefs sell there for 25 cents Of our
money"
Mr.. Rowe said Capt. Metz and Lieuts.
Merrill and Tenvoorde were all in good
health when he left Manila, but home,
sick as the others.