The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-07-24

| patience was all that we could get. At
! about eleven we resumed the march
| again for San Miguel On the way, it
was found necessary to procure more
| caraboas, and two soldiers went into
somebody's field and took them without
saying a word The whole family came
| out crying for their carabaos, but it was
| no use. The OK was impressed into SER
vice, At about three in the afternoon
we reached San Miguel Captured by
Lawtons command May 49, quite a
large town.
I'VE were halted on the plaza, while
the people thronged around to see us,
nearly smoothing us. Insults of all kinds
| were heaped upon us, the more SO as
being desperate with hunger, we re-
turned some of them. One kind hearted
native at length gave up turnip
apiece. We were taken up into the con-
vent at last and lay down on the floor,
trying to rest but hunger kept us
awake. AT last another kind-hearted
Filipino offered us some cold rice In a
basket, but there was onH enough to
irritate our hunger. AT about four we
were taken across the plaza to a prison,
where our friends the Spaniards We're
confined. We were kept outside the
door SO the populace could see us. We
saw a cart pass with a wax-figure rep
resentation of the last supper on 1t, and
l thought how well we would feed on
the price of the rich silk robes which
these wax idols Wore.
1--WE must have been a hard-l looking
nv tha,n trtxy
sun burned. AS we sat here wondering
how much longer we could be starved
a Spaniard motioned to me and asked
me If l wanted a drink Of water. He
said one at a time could come. was
really not thirsty, but he looked as if
he wanted to speak to one of us pri-
vately for some reason, and, therefore,
| followed him. He led me into the
prison, into cell where two Spaniards
sat at a table. AS l came in one jump
ed up and gave me piece of paper, and
l could feel that there was money in
1t. I tried to thank him, but the guard
put in an appearance, and l was obliged
to leave the room. On opening the pa
per secretly We found nearly two dol
lars in silver, enough to keep us in food
for a week. We dared not thank them
openly before the guard, but I have no
doubt that they could read the graft
tued In our eyes.
THAT evening the Spaniards brought
us rice, fish, cigars, two chickens, bis
cults and whole bottle of brandy. One
of these Spaniards was a merchant for
seven years in San Miguel. He told us
that there had been meeting Of the
native parliament the day before (the
assembly had been convoked to meet
at San Fernando, May 5th, so the pris-
oners must have been in San Miguel
May 5th, at which time our column
was at Maasim, seven miles dstant),
and all but one were in favor of sur
rendering to the Americans. Next
morning at about IL o'clock we took the
road again, after eating a good break
fast. Many of the Spaniards were
obliged to ride In OK carts, as they
could no longer put one foot before the
other. We marched all that day at a
good gait, and at eight in the evening
found ourselves in st. Adro. (San Isl
dro, the caDitaD. The population turn
ed out to meet us, and proved to be ex-
ceedingly hostile. One would dig us in
tue IlDS anu llieH jump baCh lutO lue
crowd to hide At least fifty boxes Of
matches We're consumed in lighting up
our faces so they could get good view
Of us. The cut-throat sign was made to
US by every one of them, and the popu-
lar Indignation ran high. We stood
about two hours before we were remov-
ed to a large brick building. a prison.
I'VE were put into a cell which was
comfortable enough but secure. They
gave us pot of rice for supper, then
barred the door on us securely Next
day the Spaniards were prohibited to
speak to us, but in spite Of that we
to find out that an armistice Of
two days had been declared. (This was
an error, as no negotiations were in
progress.) In the evening a procession
passed us. Four or five carts gayly
decorated with wax representations of
the saints on top passed, and priests.
choir-boys, ETC., dressed in black and
red, with a band following playing a
death march. 1t seemed to us like the
funeral of the dead republic. The five
days passed slowly and heavily, al
though we had plenty to eat all dona-
tons of the Spaniards except four mo-
tos a day each, one and two measures
of rice apiece, given by the government.
This alone would just about have kept |
body and soul together. We sang songs |
together to show that we were in good |
spirits. On the last day of the armis-
tice about 800 Spaniards marched |
into
There the record closes, though from |
the best information we can get the |
prisoners were not sent away for sew
eral days more The first and last pages |
Of the manuscript appear to have been |
torn off, possibly after being left in
the prison, by some one who had no
dea what the writing was about.--H. l..
Weels in New York Post.