Omaha daily bee., 1899-12-19

BluI and scrappy Jim Munro he hero o
Bayombong is a son OF Scotch parents bori
at Lake CRY. Mimi He is a graduate o.
Minnesota state university and cf Wes
Point Physically he is a little fellow, bu
when he appeared with fifty men at an In.
surCent camp and buffed 500 OF them &C
surrender he rose to the altitude ot a giant
and started wave OF cheers and smiles over
his native land. \ returned soldier who
campaigncd with the blufiing lieutenant
tells scmc stories about him in the Chicago
Chronicle He used to be nicknamcd
'Buntie' for some reason or other relates
the private. He was known in the rcSimcni
as a great buffer and, like most OF the WcSl
Point graduates, something Of crank, being
over particular in every detail OF the service
and extremely strict with the men under
him. He is a little fellow should say not
much over nve feet four inches in height
but he is not afraid to tackle anybody or
any thing.
Captain Lcckett OF Munro's company was
called away to take charge OF regiment.
This left Munro. who was Are. lieutenant, in
, command Of the company. I remember see
ing him one day go UP to a big sergeant who
stood six feet four inches in his boots and
do about everything to him but pitch in and
nEnt munro mas any amount OIL Sdnu anu
all the men under him know It,.
AT one time after he had raked some
of his men over pretty severely for some
trifing matters the company got little sore
at him Munro found out about this feeling
in some manner. He was fellow who would
always give fair play and one day after he
had brought his company out to drill he
marched up and down in front of them and
said:
"If any man who thinks he has grudse
against me wants to take a punch at me
he can come out and do 1t now. Nearly
every man in the company was larger than
the little lieutenant and the men only
laughed at him and no one stirred.
Munro is a good soldier, only about 26
years OF age. He always attends to his bus
mess and devotes his whole time and appar-
emily all his thoughts TO his work. But he
expects every man under him to do the same
and wants everything perfection. For this
reason he is not as popular with come Of
the regulars as he might otherwise be"
Writing from Luzon to friend in Mime
sofa on the 9th Of October, Major j, O. A.
Braden of the Thirty sixth United States
volunteers, says:
problem of government will not be so seri
Gus as might be imagined The people are
children--and must be patiently
dealt with and never deceived Hence our
here should be honest and
painstaking men, sure OF their position as
long as they do their duty we'll.
Il think we must maintain comparatively |
large army here for some time How large |
or how long | will not venture to say at |
this time, but enough to prevent any upris |
ing or lawlessness by moral rather than
physical force. | fear that Aguinados army |
will break up in small bands of 'ladrones
and, If so, they will give us much |
trouble. After time our troops may be !
partly withdrawn and also partly replaced !
by native troops. | think with good train
ng and good officers the natives would
make good soldiers. l think the next few
months will end organized opposition to
United States authority, but | fully expect
o serve here until my time is out-June 80,
9Ol"
Second Lieutenant Sylvester Bonnaffon
If the Thirteenth infantry, who has
,een at Columbus barracks for come time
rlling troops. has, in obedience to his earn
st request received orders relieving him
rem his duties at the barracks on January
i, to proceed to Fort Slocum. n. Y. to ac-
ompany the troops to be sent from that post
bout January 10 to the Philippine islands
md there join his regiment. The young
lieutenant comes from long line of gallant
olders, and he will acquit himself with
redit in the Philippines.
Mabin, Filipino, now a prisoner in the
lands of General Otis, is reported in the
ficial dispatches having been the head
nd front of the insurrection. This seemingly
udden rise to prominence among their fell
ows OF all the insurgents now being cap
ured by Otis who have never been heard of
efOre may be accounted for, perhaps by
be fact that the censorship was once so
trict that none of the natives were prom
lent.