The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-03-31
Bodies of Insurgents Stacked Up For
BreaStwOrkS.
REPORT OF RED CROSS
NATIVES MOVED DOWN BY THE
AMERICANS.
Brutal Murder of DR.. Young De-
scribed By Red Gross Worker
American Style of Fighting Para
lyzed the Insurgents-BraveFy of
the Automatically Work.

Washington, March 3O.-The follow
ing extracts are furnished from a re-
port just received by the Red Cross
from Mr.. F. A Blake of California, in
charge Of the Red Cross work at Ma
Mia The report is dated Feb. Is. 1t
says:
Just one week ago did the fighting
actually begin, and the past week has
brought about changes little dreamed
OF. The insurgents have been pushed
back on all sides, until our circle and
outposts have advanced in SOME direc-
tons as much as twelve miles. Our
boys fought like tigers, and made such
name for themselves for bravery. en-
durance and strict discipline as will be
handed down to posterity for ages to
come. With the thirty-three wounded
last night at Malabay, it brings our
Total dead and wounded up to date a
tritie under 200
Il never saw such execution in my
life and hone never to see such sights
as met me on all sides as our little
corps passed over the field, dressing
wounded legs and arms nearly demol-
ished, total decapitation, horrible
wounds in chests and abdomen, show
ms the determination of our soldiers to
XIII every native in sight. The Filipinos
did stand their ground heroically, con
testing every inch, but proved them
selves unable to stand the deadly fire
OF our well-trained and eager boys in
blue. / counted seVenty-nine dead ma
tiVes in one small field and learn that
on the other side Of the river their
bodies were stacked up for breast
works.
The blockhouses filled with natives
were stubbornly held and only taken
after bayonet charge. There is where
We had so many wounded. You see,
they seek shelter behind the densely-
wooded localities, while we must adj
vance in the open. and many times only
guess at their location. | witnessed
many daring deeds of individual SOL
dlsrs and officers, absolutely defying
death under perfect shower of bull
lets. This kind of fighting and pushing
forward has completely paralyzed the
natives, as the Spanish would simply
make sortie and return for siesta
and smoke, wait for another week or
month, and repeat. A Spanish officer.
surveying the field, made the remark
that the Americans had no etiquette
In warfare, not allowing the troops to
stop for a week after an attack This
rush is putting the fear of God in the
natives, and ! think when Aguinaldo's
headquarters is attacked, they will cry
enough, and surrender
Blake goes on to tell of arduous work
performed by Dwight, Tanner, Nurrows
and himself; how the Filipinos fired on
wounded being carried from the front.
and adds:
We found all we could do dressing
wounded Filipinos, after first satisfying
ourselves that our own had been at
tended to. The moral effect it had on
the natives to see their wounded being
so humanely looked after, was electri-
flying. Had the order of things been
reversed our wounded would have been
treated to a machete stab
our surgeon Or. Young of Utah
while actually dressing a wounded man
on the field, was entrapped and his
throat cut from ear To ear, his fingers
cut off. and otherwise most cruelty
slaughtered, showing the treacherv of
the natives and utter disregard for Red
Cross attaches.
Yesterday / was with Colonel Smith
of the First California and in the name
Of the society, presented $1,000 for the
regiment and $1,000 for Ermita hospital.
Both were most grateful "