The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-08-05

dence, the subject is not more often
preached than that of n presidential
election or the prospects Of some favor
lte club winning the base ball pennant.
By the next days train. perhaps, viii
come an eager mob OF belated newspa-
per men who seem greatly dlsappolnt-
ed in their failure to find every street
corner alive with soldier boys. discuss
ing each volley Of the engagement with
great avidIty or perchance. brnndishing
Mauser rifles and other evidences Of
victory before hundreds OF ndmirtng
eyes. The contrary state Of aiairs Is
Invariably the case. Lounging around
wherever a shade offers are the vets"
+. OF the day before. II the reporter gets
more than mOnosyllablc answer from
any of them his powers of oss-eXami-
nation are unusually keen.
The unusual drain which out
post duty here imposes on each
company makes their brief stay
| in quarters quiet and usu-
ally n restful one. Under the present
system each company leaves its COM
| Portable row Of buildings-once native
TesldenCes-and in light marching or
der moves to the outskirts Of the town,
where 1t remains constantly on guard
| in the trenches and rife pits for two
0
| The duty is amOst rigorous one. To be
under almost constant fire OF the en-
emy's sharpshoOtcrs for thirty-siX
| hours at n stretch is no chIld's play. To
this rather negative feature Of the duty
I Is added the more positive one Of keep
| inE constantly on the alert against an
INSCRIPTIONS foe whose leader Is under
the oath bound obligation Of sleeping
in san Fernando with his troops before
the rainy season begins" Even when
you slip back for meals to the kitchen
| hastily constructed In the protected bed
OF barely flowing stream. the sharp
shooter insists on worrying you. His
tendency TO shoot high is the only
amlnble trait possessed by that deluded
gentleman.
Tho TrcachcrOus TagHlo.
Much has been said regard
ing .he treacherous nature Of these
Tagalos. They are treacherous to a
certain extent, but whether any more
so than their Spanish teachers is an
other and an open question. That some
are trustworthy IL evidenced by the
l fact rat many are employed in differ
ent branches OF the service and while
under constant scrutiny. they have
Z never tlltUllNtN " utAlhg AllFAE AENEAs
! That many Of Agulnnldo's emissarles
enter our lines under the Rulse OF fruit
vendors there can be no doubt. Scarce
~ n score Of the original 10000 inhabl-
tants Of San Fernando were left In the
city when It fell into American hands.
Such was the case in every city enter
ed by our forces. What has become OF
the tens OF thousands who once inhablt-
ed this fertile district is question
which no one seems prepared to an
swer. Hence. At San Fernando. as
elsewhere. natives who have anything
To sell are given the privilege Of enter
ing the lines so long ns they carry no
contrabnnd goods In either direction.
While at Arnyat with Con. Lawton.
n small party Of us wnH invited To
share the dinner Of wealthy Tngulo
who. with his son, had entered our
lines TO care for his deserted estate. A
long abstinence from anything hut
corned beef, hnrdtack and coffee In the
cnting line made an acceptance Of the
offer a roregOno conclusion. when It