The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-06-06
From Colller's Weekly.


This little black man who is causing us
the same kind of trouble that the boy ex>
periences with a hornets nest cannot be
understood in a day. When captured he
acts as if his lot had fallen among old
friends. He grins and points beyond our
skirmishers, seeming TO think that the as
pect OF his fleeing countrymen is a huge
joke. The next minute but give him the
chance he is likely to send bullet into
an Americans back For such an Of
Tense Maj. Gen. Anderson once had a Fill
pino strung up to tree on the spot, this
being the only American military eXecu-
ton thus far recorded in the Philippines.
A giant private of the Montanas chose
different method. When he was fired
on at a distance of about ten yards and
missed, he caught the enemy, took his gun
away from him, and then laid him across
his knees. After he had vigorously APP
piled a p.ece of bamboo, he seized the enc
my by the seat of the trousers and threw
him toward the rear.
There" he said, don't you let me catch
you playing with firearms again.
The little black mans confidence in the
European rifle has Waned. In the begin.
ming he thought that he had only 10 dis
charge his Mauser at a white man and
firing from the houses and the reckless
chances which the Filipinos took at first
when their losses were so great Now
they generally are good" after they are
captured, and they do not fire from houses.
Most OF whatever their leaders know or
military practice they have learned from.
tation as the Chinese. Their buglers now
do our calls as we'll as our own. BY
watching us they found out that they have
been firing 100 high, and now they are try
ing to fire low. They succeed until the
voleys from our skirmish line begin 10
pour in Then they cringe too much in
trenches (of the Spanish type are built
under cover, at strategic points, which adj
nit of easy defense and retreat, with the
smallest possible exposure. once the Amer
leans advance. On a wall above the line
of one insurgent trench were sixteen abb
rasures by bullets In space Two feet by
Such music as was played there is dis
concerning. The little back man will not
remain 70 hear II after our men are within
200 yards: AT running he is easily the
Americans superior. His bare feet never
get sore. He has no clothing 10 impede
his progress. except cotton shirt and trous-
Of the streams. But he feels that il is
very unfair of US to make him retreat. We
are nor practic.ng warfare as he under
stands il a all. What is the use of rifles
that viii shoot 2,5O0 yards If you are going
to try to catch the enemy with your
hands2
Aguinaldo's officers are highly incensed
about our artillery, il is said. If they
have no guns we ought TO use none, and
If they have three or four or five. we
ought 10 use only three or four or five, as
the case may be. What has happened,
however. was to have been expected after
we refused to fire back and forth between
trenches in the moonlight, which is the
only kind and generous method of max
ing war in the tropics
In the march to Maiolos our men march,
ed and fought all day under the beating
sun. slept on the ground. swan rivers. and
did everything which II was supposed by
the natives that white men could not do.
They thought that we would not attempt
TO drive them out Of more than one line
Of intrenchments at time and then rest
at least a week after each effort. A pris-
oner explained his feelings by saying,
"Thr-r-r-r-tr' and making a rapid move
nent with his hands.