The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-04-17

correspondence % the Associated Press.
MANILA. March 10. Via san Francisco.
April M-War has become 80 eouasnau.
place an experience to Manila that no
average citizen no longer thinks OF beeom-
Ing excited ever IL Every nsgat some
point OF the horixen Is crimsoae<i bs the
reflection from burning huis ksndlesl nv
the soldiers TO deprive the Insurgents of
hiding places. Every nights quiet il
shaken by the rring from the line eaeoua-
passing the city. Every morning brings
its pissfai little consignment Of anccn-
planning wounded to ,ac HOSPITAL Manila
forms an American oasis Ia the island el
Luzon. Around the city reaches a limo
fifseen miles long ce inlrench.a .so.d.erS
Filipino Goes In Light.
Tho Filipino goes inso the field anen-
cumaered with useless baggage. Follow
lag the course Of their retreat beyond
Ceadeloupe church wen, the souvenir en-
thosiasts who haug abou, the American
army. but they found nothing more than
Few tin ceckius utensils and empty
cartridge shells. whose pattern proves
that the insurgents have sha very latest
style of rtnes, Trousers. or drawers, a
shirt worn outside them. straw hat,
cartridge belt and rife. section os hasn-
boo stalk filled with rke. handful os
green peppers in 4 handkerchief these
form the equipment OF Filipino scidier.
No finer country for defensive faghsing
and none mare embarrassing for offensive
operations than the land around Pastg
lake could be imagined.
Chinese swarm in the Rear.
The Chinese are the seassngers OF tho
war. lake vulsures they hover in the
wake a the army. nocklns down upon tho
ashes Il every hut and the ruins of
churches 10 dig our stuff that no white
man could possibly use. Being beyond sus-
p!cion cs any interest IA the hossllisies
save gain, they are admitted 10 the camps
and employed as servants Some Of them
petidie water and cigarettes on the hne.
one. more daring than most crept about
the trenches Of the Kansas regiment un-
der hot fire and ala good trade. When
competitors appeared ha fastened 10
point cut to them a spot where a soldier
had been wounded. seeminsiy iruprezssng
Gu them the dangers Of their position. for
they invariably ran away.
Churches battered by shells.
The forces Of destruction are concen-
tTafesi upon f5a cff8rfaSs. fney are, at
solid buildings II stone. so the natives use
them as forts Some church has served ~
ire keystone OF nearly every Fiiipln. de-
fssse. and the American artillery is ccm-
peiied to batter them. Ca.oocan church Is
a picture Of the hayoc o. war. There
Gen. Macarthur has his headquarters.
Ths roof Is sky-blae fresco studded with
gilt stars has Jagged holes where shells
from Dawoy's shsps came through. With
In the chancei rail- IS the Office of the stan
ard tbs pulpiss are mse. for aesks. Tho
raa holds a string az saddles. tsgephone
hangs beside the statue of n saint. while
the telegraph clicks iucsssantiy ia an a.
cove. Cots and aammocks ell tha body of
the church where soldiers are sprawisd
nut smoking ard reading when on duty,
A hospital occupies chapoa. Tae sosdiers
do not lack reverence. bat everything must
| band before their work.
, Gen otis has pat stop 70 the plans of
oelners whe wanted "a bring their wives
ard families 70 Manila. He said. This
is rot picnic ner @. A. n. snearnf-
inert This Is war;