Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1898-09-10
POLICE OF MANILA.
MEN CHOSEN FOR THEIR GOOD
PHYSICAL QUALITIES.
EoncIsnt aud Trustworthy When They
Go over to the Insurgents spain VIII
Have Lost the Most Faithful ana
Best of Her "GuardiAs-" .

IeSpOnulHb 10 ihN hNhS Va a. AhN'AN
Paris. is probably one OF the best po-
| lice forces in the world, says CORE
spondent Of the Boston Transcript
Composed OF natives. picked out on ae-
count OF their physical and other quail
| ties and Differed by Spanish soldiers,
they represent the finest class OF fuli-
blooded ''Fiipinos," as far as FIJI
pinos" OF today can be considered fuli-
blooded; that is, there are no yellow
| faced "mestizos" or half-breeds among
them. The uniform eonaists OF a blue
tunie and trousers, with white helmet
and aigullette and the arms In the day
time OF big revolver and "bolo, or
native knife, fourteen inches long and
as broad as ones hand, and at night
rife or carbine in addition, These
weapons they have full authority TO
use according TO their discretion. IN
| case OF resistance. but have never
heard OF an instance wherein this pow
err was abused or a weapon employed
to greater extent than the exlgea-
cies OF the case demanded. And phys
Teal damage Is not the only result 70
be obtained by resisting a ''guardla,
II Is a far more serious oIfenss than
with US.
During my sojCurn 10 Manila the
American consul al the Tins being
absent. there catered tuto my Office
one day a staiwari bHJ aeedy ludivlt-
ual. who introduced himself az a down
east Yankee sailor o. well-kn0@n
Yankee name sad asEsi me 10 get him
berth on some home goiag ship Il
seemed that, havIns arrived a year b.
fore on a Hath-bullt ship. and after a
four months voyage, be had obtained
shore liberty and started 20 SEE the
sights Of old Manila, with ths assist
ance OF coplnns "copltas" % vino tin
TO-" Surviving the e1hiiaFati5H stage
without mishap. be reached that o.
drowsiness and lag down on tbs grass
by the sidewalk 10 sleep Il on A
''guardia" came along aad gh5pk him
vigorously aherelpOn Inc sailor r..
slgnedly started 10 stretch h.mac... AL
In doing SO punched the "guarIia" In
the eye This the latter mtsro0k trg r.
sis'aucc ard promptly s'ashSI my
maritime friend over the herd Ith his
bolo. aftsrgard marching him on %
jail. where he had served r. years sen.
tencs for resisting "a rua-Ala He
said he had been yery comfortable in
Jail plenty 10 sa, mad nothing to
do. but he thought he'd Ike TO get
back and see the folks IN bangor"
AS luck would have Il. the very ahip
which had brought him out vas aEaia
In the bay, and | soon got him aboard
and sent him on rejoicing.
On another occasion an English
fricnd o. mine. Who had been a rsri.
dent for several months. was driving
his trap through the rscalta or main
shopping street. at too hlgh a rate Of
speed to suit the "Epatdla" on the
beat. who sprang out and seized the
pony's head. NJ friend being Of
Choleric temperament. struck thu man
across the face With bis whfp aud
then realizing the probable ropss.
quences OF his hastlnsss. lumpsd ,r,,,
the trap and ran. That night after
hiding all the afternoon. no managed
to get aboard an English sailing yessst
bound for South Africa. ana r,tk.-
than return and face re4ulta he .iv,.
ed the articles rs common sailor and
sailed away next day. The next ,Ime
l heard from him he was proanariny
in Cape Town.
Except under circumstances like tho
above. the "guartIias rlvllea" of "a,
MIA are invariably courteous aad
ohliging to foreigners who bebovo
themselves. and are depended npop f,-
loyalty by the Spanish goyerpmcp, -
a greater extent than any other nn,iyo
military force. II / am not vr,a,t,,
mistaken It was through them that
word was sent to the ofIicIala NJ ~.
intended insurrectlon Of native ,roon,
In 1876. which was Rucressft,tt,. ~,
down after the black lnfan,rvrner &,
CaVite. the seat OF the uprisi,g ~,
murdered their oficers ana ~ ~,
white civilian residents. with ,b.t,
,ani,,'es, IN fashion which Womb |
hardly bear telling. and bevp, ~,
OF the town. They fired a rocts, 80
a signal to their comradea stat,opod
In Manila to begin the bloody var,'
there. but by that time the In,,o. t,
neen disarmed and the Spanish troans
with tho faithful "guardlas ct,,,,op. :.
were on their way to Cayite
To this day there are IN no a.
the bamboo floors OF the nina - n,, :"
in Cavlte three-cornered holes ana "u.'
~ gashes where the bayonets and oS Ss
los were thrust in search =, w.
wretched mutIneers hiding be,or .ne
" man of whom was left alive " p,t,
TINS insurrection been carried 90, ''au
intended 1t would have rlvaled ~ as
TORS to a certain extent Tho p-,.,
,holan mutiny. As II ls. Il undan, 80"
" ignlted the spark which hnrs, ,s
fame in 1899. 'u'St into
Many of the "guardIaso ara -
ans OF the Tonquin war in ch,n. 'e a
ing which the spanlards aont I'M. aur-
,r from the Philippines 10 ala ,ss
french and 1t Is said that as sn, n we