The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1899-11-21

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schwan. ANDY" Burt. but their swords
are licked In their sheaths. One OF
Otis orders IL. mo; TO fire until the
Filipino cmpties his rife" strange
condition to confront an post-sentry
with: to compel him 10 stand and
watch a so-calied amigo" FILIPINO spy
out our position holding hoe In, his
hands to encourage the feeling of his
"friend,iness."
while ] remained at La Iona
Church. on the firing line. I saw hun
dreds of Filipino women with heavily
laden baskets of food balanced upon
their heads. daily stride past the
church, past our wondering sentries
across the 1900 yards OF open field and
disappear into the stretch OF forest on
the opposite side behind which Pillars
division skulked. We estimated that
in six days $1,000 pounds of food had
thus passed through our lines to feed
our friends the enemy" Brigade and
regmental commanders fumed and
swore because the power was taken
from them to confiscate the edibles.
Yet, General Otis order reads liter
ally that "the natives shall not be dis
turbed when they are without arms,
and are pursuing the peaceful vacations
of life;" and do nothing to make them
discontinued with American rule.
Pursue the peaceful vocations of life."
When native uses hoe in a field.
the American sentry feels certain that
buried within a few feet Of the peace
full native. Is a deadly Mauser rife and
plenty of ammunition. And SO the
long caravans of Filipino stomach
ammunition go out every day unmo-
Tested.
almost every day field Statements
come in from all parts of the line, re-
porting the deatn Of one and sometimes
two men. often times within the last
two weeks, the deaths being very nu-
mcrous among the oincers. General
Otis plainly does not control the situa-
ton: he merely commands such posi-
tons as his troops occupy along the
line. in barracks and under patrol.
Within the very city itself, in the heart
of the Tondo and Binondo district
which have already been swept with
fire and sword. the natives are fully
known to be insurrectos of the worst
class, and an outbreak Is nightly feared,
so that heavy reserves are held within
the city to patrol the streets at night,
and woe betide chat individual who is
found upon the streets, except an army
officer, after $3.50 p. m. That is Ma
nila's "curfew" hour. Even the Re-
serve hospitals almost in the heart of
the city are now heavily guarded
against massacre Of the inmates.
arms being supplied the institutions
for the convalescents' defence.
IF the military operations are to be
successfully performed. and a Repub-
! lican civil government firmly estab-
lished. there should b head to each
department with full powers for carry
ing out their plans, with possibly a
.Governor-Generalo over all. With their
proper officers, each department should
be able without further expensive de-
lay to speedily terminate question
which under present conditions Is a
colossal one This seems TO be an I'M
written concensus of opinion among the
army officers.
True IL is that the army is sadly
deficient in transportation facilities
(the disaster to our own ship, the
siam" interfering with the problem
greatly, as the Filipino ponies, little
larger than Shetlands are unable TO
draw the heavy loads required, and
therefore slow-moving Caribaos are
pressed ito service. However, the great
warehouses Of the Quartermaster De-
partment are filled to overlooking every
transport adding tons upon tons OF ma
teTldl anu SuDSlSteHce. WHICH OuSnl
long ago to have been forwarded to the
army, and the army in turn advanced
into the enemy's country. Yet even
this has not been accomplished. The
lrcgimental warehouses are well filed,
but these are located in Manila, but
often at too great distance for prompt
service OF the commissary.
"Aguinaldo evidently has very COM
plete information of every contemplate
cd movement of the American army, as
certained by his spies who are employ
ell as amigos" in every department Of
the United States service. They are
shrewd little people and worm their
way into army secrets with amazing
alacrity The under warden of Bilibid
prison, appointed to his position be-
cause he was an amigo" was lately
arrested as II was discovered that he
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