Daily camera. [volume] (Boulder, Colo.) 1891-1928, 1899-05-15
FIGHT LIKE APACHES
Filipino War Methods Employed
Against Americans
froo1s Shot Down by Nauves Under
COvss Who Attack Even the
ooLdi~rs Caring Tor tho
WOun led,

In their fighting tactics the Filipino
insurgents closely resemble the blood
thirsty Apaches of this country. They
rarely give open battle, unless cor
nered, preferring to stalk their hui
man game and shoot it down from un-
der ~ovar. American pickets are lired
upo-i in the dusk of evening or early
morning from clumps of sbrubberv
into whitr the insurgents stealthily
crawl and lie concealed for hours wait
ing for a pot -hot. They hide them
selves behind tree trunks and in the
tail grass, and wriggle about like cells,
firing AT some straggler, and then GID
ing noiselessly off TO a new shelter
before return shot can be made. Hos
pital parties sent out from the Ameri-
can camps to look after the wounded
are not safe rom attack, and when
allowed under a fiag-of-truce pact. to
pick up their own dead and wounded,
the insurgents frequently take advan-
tage of the opportunity to open fire
on the Americans.
The constant skirmishing in which
they have taken part throughout .he
period Of active operations has broueh hit
some Of them TO a high degree of per
lection as marksmen, while others,
again. are unable to handle a rife. and
are better acquainted with bows and
arrows. The Filipino much prefers an
intermittent and desultory conflict. in
which the Americans necessarily come
out into the open, while the natives re
main in ambuscade in the thick bush.
The American marksmeD have to be
satisfied If they can lie three-parts hid
den in the long grass. creeping up TO
the fringe OF the woods from which
the natives are dislodged. only to take
refuge under more remote cover Even
the parks and promenades of Manila
are not safe from the fire of stray
Filipinos, aud repeated attempts have
been made in such places as the now
cenuded Botanical gardens to assassi-
nate American officers Here the
trees have been stripped of their TO-
haSe, which lies about in heaps. and
affords capital shelter for these uu-
tutored natives on murder intent.
l, was this condition of affairs,
coupled with the persistency of the
insurgents in refusing TO respect mill
tarv control by the Americans that
led TO the first battle al Manila. After
the natives had been repeatedly
warned against passing the American
pickets, and after they had ignored
the challenges of the sentries. one of
the latter fired upon some natives who
persisted in crossing the forbidden
line. The natives replied with heavy
fusillade, causing the American troous
TO turn out in force. Thus began the
battle of Manila, on the night of Sat
urday, February 4. Ii was resumed
at daybreak on Sunday morning. and
by tn. time /, ended over 1000 Filipiuos
Law dead on the field. The American
losses amounted TO between 50 and go
killed and 200 wounded
During the Spanish regime tons
upon tons of sandbags had been accu-
mMated and lodged at vo-io-s spots
around Manila-5.oo 900 bags in all
with the object OF throwing lines
round the city Much of this material
has been carried off by the insurgents
and adapted TO their own purposes
as n shelter for the tumbledown build
ings occupied by them as barracks.