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the Americans would have stumbled
almost before observing. While this
movement from the water was going
on the American army was moving
upon the town from the south and west.
Night put an end to it, but on the fol-
lowing morning the feint of the night
before was turned into an attack,
with Gatlings and 8 inch guns and
Krag- Jorgensens. The terrible fire was
poured into the Filipinos, and their
main stronghold. a stone penitentiary.
was niercilessly shelled until the con-
cealed enemy began to dart out in all
directions toward the limits of the city.
They hoped to escape, but the only av-
enues open the day before had been
closed by the main force of the expedi-
ton, the brigade of General Charles
King, $500 strong. General King being
unable to lead his own brigade. Gener-
al Lawton headed the troops in person.
When the Filipinos rushed into the bam-
boo groves. they were met with roaring
volleys from the American rifles. Fore
ed to take to the open plain across
which the bullets swept, they were also
exposed to the Calling guns on board
the improvised gunboats on the lake.
In fairly good line the insurgents had
started out from the city. but the shots
bowled them over like tenpins, and in
five minutes there was no semblance
of line left. but only scared and panic
stricken groups of Filipinos, making
for the fringes OF trees or any cover
that was within sight. Thus fell Santa
Cruz. and although IL was afterward
abandoned to the insurgents. yet the
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support the infantry by cavalry forces
or possibly to operate with cavalry
alone. In either case General Wheeler
would find occupation suited to his tai
ents.
During the civil war he not only
proved himself an able leader OF the
cavalry corps acting upon its own hook
but a most efficient leader Of the raidlng
and scouting parties operating in con-
nection with the infantry. The frst
great raid of General Wheeler in the
civil war, undertaken when he was q
years old, showed the stuff OF which ne
is made II was at the close OF Bragg 8
Kentucky campaign In the fall Of 1862.
| Bragg's campaign ended at Murfrees-
boro. where a heavy battle was fought
between the Federal and Confederate
! armies. At the close OF December, while
the armies were getting ready for bat
! tie. General Wheeler started out 20
| make a raid around the rear Of the
F. Federal camps II was q bold project
and was successfully carried out he
+ made a circuit Of the eneEhy's camps at
night and early in the morning 3ncoun-
/ tered a belated brigade CT Federal
troops marching spiritedly TO the field
Of battle. Finding a Federal train Of
! 81 wagons parked under a guard Of in
fantry, Wheeler put his men 10 the
/ charge. but was baffied In his effort 20
+ take the train for two hours Finally
/ he cut out 20 wagons and burned them
4 and rode forward TO where the main
supply train Of the enemy was parked
( This was the little village Of La yergne-
This raid was entirely successful. The
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A TON OF SHOT To KILL A MAN.

The mortality In the bombardment
OF MatanZas by the American feet. re-
sulting. according to official Spanish re-
ports. in the death OF a single mule.
was In reality little below the average.
for according to the military proverb It
takes a ton of shot to kill man. And
this maxim is supported by facts.
At the siege OF Gibraltar 25S.3S7 heavy
/ shot and shell were thrown into the
garrison during the ten months attack.
but only 1.341 persons were killed and
wounded. most Of the injuries being
very slight. AT Salamanca only one
shot OF every 4S7 took effect. and at
Waterloo the fire OF one side OF a Brit
lsh square emptied no more than three
| or four saddles in a squadron Of French
cavalry.
| II has been estimated that In the
] Crimean war the British troops fired
| Is. 0O0, 900 shots and killed 1900 Rus
slams. or one death TO every zoo shots.
The French fired 5000. 900 shots and
killed 81 900 Russians. or one death 10
every $50 shots, while the Russians fired
| "a. COG. 900 shots and killed $1,000 OF the
allies. or one death TO every $40 shots.
When the Germans besIeged MezieTes
in 1870. l93, 600 0projectIles were thrown
into the town, but only 800 persons were
killed, or one for every 6l2 shot ana
shell. At TrouvIlie two people were
killed by 30 coo shells. or one person Tor
every 1900. and at Lorgny 10000 shells
were fired and did not kill a single per-
| son.
In battle there r. not much time 20
aim. and military authorities now re-
gard rapldity OF fire as Being more es-
sen,ial than range and precision. The
| soldiers OF the Indian army are, IN
iIord Roberts opinion. the nnest
marksmen in the world.
At the Alma, where Russians,
French and British were engaged. the
/ French lost co. the Russians ~ ana the
English IS per Zoo soldiers The kuH-
| sian loss at Inkerman was terrible.
belng 10 per ]. 600. while the English lost
n and the French only per loo com
batants. The British loss at waterloo
was - per 1000.
| At the famous battle Of Sedan only
per !. 900 Germans engaged were hlled.
while the French loss was "a per l.VVO
| lighters. At Spicheren. In the same
war. the French lost rs and the Ger
mans % per 1000. while At GraVeio'ts
| both French and Germans had PEI
| 900 killed.
| In the Frauco-G German war only
per cent Of the soldiers engaged aurIhs
The seven months were killed, ana thS
| retyrns for the civil war. which were
got out with great care. showed tnAl
| the loss was Z per cent Of the forces
engaged. -, .
THUS q will be seen that the risks OF
vor are from IA 10 20 to against
death.
Most wounds are inflicted on SOL
a,e,.s lover extrenities. OF 100 wounds
the Franco-Gerrnan war showed tha'
! "A ,vere on the lower extTsmities. - on
| ~. unrer. II on the chest and back. II
tr the head and / in the abdonsn-
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FIlipinos had felt the power Of the
American arms.
A movement very much in the nature
OF that Of General Lawton's famous
expedition was that led by General
Wheaton in March. General Wheaton
went out with a flying brigade and in
the campaign Of eight days captured
the stronghold OF Pasig, the Filipino
base of operations in the district lying
between Manila and Laguna de Bahia.
General Wheaton's instructions were to
clear the country of the enemy between
Manila and Pasig and to strike him
wherever found. He had two regular
regiments, two Of volunteers and COM
pany Of artillery, together with three
troops of cavalry. AS soon as the line
was in motion on the Pasig road the en-
envy began to fire upon it from the in
trenched position at the city. For one
week the brigade operated around the
Filipino position. fighting spirited COM
bats every day. At the end of that time
Wheaton's men occupied Pasig, Pate
ros, Taghuig and the country imme-
diately around them, having killed,
wounded and captured not less than
$500 insurgents. This campaign. which
began on March IL, was carried on in
spite of a rainstorTn which continued at
intervals throughout the week. render
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entire supply train was captured. in-
Guiding several hundred prisoners. H.
1000 worth Of property and the ra-
tions and ammunition OF an entire ar
my corps which next day was to bear
the brunt Of the battle OF Stone River.
So bulky were the supplies that It took
whole day and q night for General
Wheeler to destroy the unserviceabie
material, to exchange the poor and use
less animals OF his own men for. the
good ones he had captured and to pa
role the prisoners.
On the morning when the great bat
tie was fought at Murfreesboro Wheel
er's brigade rode into the main camp of
the army, having made the circuit OF
the enemy's line inside Of Is hours and
bringing enough extra accouterments
to equip brigade as large as his own.
A trooper who rode with Wheeler In
those times thus describes the general:
He was very small and remarkably
youthful in appearance-almost boyish,
except for heavy silken beard; neat
and dapper in dress. as gentle manner
ed as a woman and refined in express
sion. never INDUCING in oaths or rude
speech. It was when the battle was
Joined, however. that Wheeler was seen
at his best. Then 1t was that the little
general, mounted on his black charger.
seemed to grow to the full stature OF q
cavalryman. II 1t was not an attack
that he was planning. he was originat-
ing raid to burn bridges or tear up
the roads in the rear of the enemy. so
that to ride with Wheeler was to live in
the saddle. to sleep in the saddle. to be
here today or far away tomorrow"
Only white silken beard distinguish
es the Wheeler of the sixties from the
Joe Wheeler OF 1899. He was wiry, alert
and brave at Santiago and carried him
self with all the fire Of a volunteer
guided by the training of a skilled SOL
der. The officers OF the army looked
upon him as nothing short of a marvel,
such wonderful capacity. such ceaseless
energy in a frame so slight.
General MacArthur's fighting quail
ties in the Philippines are just what
was predicted by those who knew his
record in the civil war. In that conflict
he was a fighting boy colonel. splen-
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-,,v pu,ycE AND THE SOLDIER,

The following story IL being told )0st
Al present In swell society eireiss ia
London:
A young army officer has got INTO thf
good Rraces u the Prime Of "alss
II II a we'll known fact that dhs
prinee 10 use a very ordinary express
sion. can be a real good fellow when
he likes. a good many pe"pie hno"
that the prince recently has teen en-
eeealnxly lucky In backing horses 10
ar, that The young of8csr IN quss-
~ xas eons.derably IN debt. and the
dsh,s we're q r,sch nature that had
Re ,nforrpss his father Of them II would
b.ve rot him into serious trouble. %
~ourss IL - apparent % anybody that
the urince must get what il generally
k,o,En a. good Information occasion
ais. 4 certain horss vas running. the
pr,rcr vent cot % his say 20 Inform
bis military friend that the h0rse was
= real good thing. but in no way al
visesi him 90 back the horse o. win
However. the young of5AcsT raised q
considerable sum q Monty ana plank
ID u down on the h0Fse. The animal
simply rDmped hog1s. and The y0unG
oeicsS Won ssfasisnt ana mors - eisaT
"a the debt. which ran int0 many thou
sands - n0gndz-
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but they could and did come back and
reoccupy towns and villages and de-
fensive points after he abandoned
them. But ii would be too much to
say that the same Filipinos came back
and that they came back in the same
spirit. LawtOn's raid showed them
what the American army is like and
what kind Of warfare II can prosecute.
The masses Of the insurgents had been
misled as to the intentions of the Amer
leans and their methods; they had been
taught that the Americans were simply
TO take the place Of the Spaniards in
fastening burdens upon the people;
they were told that the American army
was weak; that thousands Of American
soldiers had been killed; that in a very
short time they would all be killed. The
, t1lipinoS saw the Americans come into
their country, march where they listed
and kill from 10 TO 100 OF their number
to each American soldier who was lost
in battle. In fact, il has been said that
when General Lawton took Santa Cruz
in his first raid in April the insurgents
learned for the first time that their own
people were not in possession of Manila.
Up 10 the time Lawton set out on his
great march north of the Philippine
capital the masses of the insurgents
really supposed that the Americans
were shut up behind the breastworks
where the Spaniards had been when
the American army captured the place
last August. In point of fact. Lawton
started out with less than 1000 men,
and more than 100000 Filipinos were
driven or fed from the northern coun-
try traversed in his great raid.
Yet the expedition of Lawton to the
north Of Manila was not simply a raid.
1t was a warlike undertaking. ably and
thoroughly executed. In the capture OF
Santa Cruz, which ranks in Luzon next
to the city Of Manila, Lawton was fore
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abandoned calumplt AFTER setting 4 n
flames.
At San Fernando. Aug. .. Macarthur
added to his iaureIs BY attacking and
driving 6e0o Filfpinos with only 4.ooe
Americans Regulars from Santiago,
consisting OF the Ninth, Twelfth. Severn
teenth and Twenty-second regiments.
were for the hrst time heavily engaged.
The Ninth and Twelfth were led By
General Liscum. who distinguished
himself with WIkofrs brigade az san
Juan hill.
The seasoned brigadiers In the PHILIP
pines are Han. Hale and Funston.
Wheeler, Young and Liscum. all Santi-
ago heroes, make flne soldiers at the
head OF brigades. the equal OF any
on earth. In the story OF MacArtkur'a
achievements are included those OF Han
and Hale. the first q regular veteran OF
the civil war and the last q West Point
er with q plains record. Halls capture
OF Calamba on July "a xas the first
brilliant affair Of the rainy season"
In order TO reach the Filipino town
some % Halls soldiers waded through
water shoulder deep. and the principal
charge was through q dense swamp.
General Young Is the hero OF the Las
Guasimas affair, q civil war veteran. as
good q fighter. every inch of him. a.
Wheeler and IL just about twice his
size.
Many fine colonies are coming away
with the volunteers. but the roster OF
new ones contains the pick Of the regu-
lar army. Rice OF the Twenty-sixth Il
a civil war veteran wearing three bre-
vets whose gallantry at Gettysburg n
historic. He fell there fighting between
the lines. Bell OF the Twenty-seventh
has three brevets. won as a-cavalryman
IN the civil war. Birkheimer OF the
Twenty-eighth was also a cavalryman
in the sixties and was promoted colonel
for gallantry In the Philippines Har-
din OF the Twenty-ninth Is one OF the
Kentucky fighting Hardins and has Q
brevet won in Indian battles.
Gardener OF the Thirtieth. Petit OF
the Thirty-first. Craig OF the Thirty
second. Hare Of the Thirty third. Ken
non Of the Thirty-fourth and Wallace
of the Thirty-seventh are all West Point
graduates with splendid records. Ken
non was a noble second 10 Colonel Egg
bert in the attack on Fort San Juan.
Kobbe OF the Thirty-fifth won three
brevets in the civil war and has been In
the regular army since 1s6s.
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when General Lawton left America for
Manila that he was to take the imme-
diate command of the active troops and
be the one to force the fighting. Gen.
eral Otis, ii was supposed, would act
In the capacity of governor general, at
tending. himself. closely to the civil af
fairs of the island and leaving the stern
work of war to the others.
General Lawton's reputation is by no
means brand new. AS a soldier he was
known to the country before the cam
paign last year in Cuba, where he dis
tinguished himself as one of the ablest
subordinate officers in the army. His
Single feat OF the capture of Geronimo
md his notorious band of murder
Ing -Apaches in the mountain fast
nesses of the Sierra Madre was suffi-
eient to stamp him as a leader capable
bf going out with an independent force
Of fighting his way through any and
every obstacle, and of foiling and sur
prising and bringing to terms either
by blows or strategy the most willy Of
Toes.
From the warfare of Arizona and
northern Mexico to that of the Philip
pine Islands is not such a far cry after
all. The conditions OF the countries
are very much the same, while the ma
ture and habits Of the foes are prac-
ideally Identical The Apaches were
raiders and guerrillas on the warpath.
and in defense never made open battle.
preferring to rely upon strategy and
ambush. Hunted from one lair. they
took refuge in another. So IL is with
the Filipinos. They have never been
brought to decisive battle; they must
be hunted down and captured CT disci-
plined by the sternest methods OF war.
General Charles King, who has recently
come from the field of contest, saws
that kipling is correct in calling the
Tagals people half devil and half
child"
Lawton is the man for the work. His
activity is ceaseless, his spirit in deal
ing with enemies relentless
When Lawton took-the field in the
Philippines, very soon after his arrival
there, II was expected that a crushing
blow was to be given TO the insurrec-
ton. Lawton crushed. but the enemy
did not stay crushed. and now that the
facts OF the campaign are known in this
country they detract not one whit from
Lawton's ability, nor from the glory
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RIGA and also In TIRE far east. He re-
Gently held the chief command ia TOE
GUN
ARTIFICIAL ivory Is made from bOsAx
and skimmiik-
At least i've direct Descendants q
gixners q the Declaration q IE6spsrn1
encs are prominent In our poliilfs To-
dAy-nsrnely. Governor Woicoi' O. AAA-
sachusetts. a descendant % Oliver " oa-
cot. Senator Hoas % Roger sns; IA q.
Robert Treat Paine Of Robert 1fsA1
Paine, hts RAmssakss Charles BEASSS
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Adams - John Adams and I. Jsnsfnon
CoOliexs % Thomas JshsrAoa-
\ WashinEfns fT5saa - Afi7nifai Dew
- says ths great sailor T. . Episn9id
Wit and ntory teller. BE can asso Epin
. yarn q BIS ogn sEfssrtsneSs NhSch
would rival the widest nrft1n-
Ex-GoysgnoF fieEs 0f TEXAS - q
Eonderfui story teller. bst. ether fFosa
eagsseHsress o. Design. makes fnaHy
grammatical errors Ia his couvsFNatlon-
lie wears a - ineh collar sDSrts = Ids
oDsn HhiEs tsuat aa4 = froek eos1.
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The Men Who Will Lead Uncle Sans Troops
In the Far East In the Campaign
Which Will Begin as Soon as the
Rainy Season Shall Have
Drawn to a Close.

ed to bring into play the genius Of a
general The town lies back from the
beach about 500 yards. A feint was
made at landing party Of Americans,
and this brought out the fact that the
apparently peaceful streets and bamboo
groves surrounding the place were fill
ed with Filipino soldiers lying in am
bush. The fact which was developed
later was that the landing place was
guarded by formidable and well con-
cealed line Of earthworks upon which
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of his achievement. They simply serve
to show the army and the people what
sort of warfare must be carried on In
order to subdue the Filipinos.
Lawton's march for so miles in one
direction was a great conquest, and hi:
return march of so miles by another
route was another grand conquest. The
FIlipinos could not stand before him
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raising four regiments. the latter re-
ceivsd most assistance from a big
Wages are so low in Great Britain
that 40o. 900 Of the population live in enc
room homes
Lord Kelvin. in a lecture. stated
that. as a result Of recent investiga-
tons. IL was estimated that the earth
had been the abode OF life for about a.
900 years.
General e 7. Mitchell. who r. slated
as q probable contestant in the race for
the Dszocratic nomination for the
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product of the fisheries of this country.
and. while largely reiished by epicures.
a taste for il must usually be acquired
Until recently its manufacture was mo-
nopolized by the Russians. most Of II
being prepared on the Volga river and
Caspian sea. and at the present time
about 5000. coo pounds OF IL are exported
annually from the dominions OF the
car.
When in 1851 Governor KirkwOod Of
Iowa appointed Senator Allison colonel
In the volunteer service end Get him -
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house seat Of Mr. Bland. IL Mrs BANDS
father. He Is 81 years old and has lived
IN Missouri all his life. except during
few years absence while 3n California
Chauncey NJ Depew was s:Tsittsn WITH
the delights % the automobile in Lon
don ard viii keep one In Washington
General Dodds. who conductsd the
French DahOney campaign IN lss1 ana
1895. has been promoted 90 the fank OF
general Of division General DcdcS ~
the course OF his career has served VIE
great disitncttoa IN several parts ok Az
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MEN AND THINGS.

Though the leopard will sometimes.
as all readers OF DR.. Selous' books
know, break into a hut and kill a man
at night, it is usually very much afraid
of him by day. A noted hunter has him
self more ,ilan once beaten a leopard to
death with his stirrup when he had no
other weapon handy.
e n. Dingley of Kalamazoo. Mich, a
son OF the late Congressman Dingley. il
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them occasionally along the lake shore.
The troops were laden down with equip
ments, food and ammunition, while the
natives were barefooted and carried
only guns and cartridges. The chase
across the rough rice paddles and over
the hills thicIIiy' covered with under
brush was most fatiguing and vexa-
tious, still the distance Of Is miles was
covered in five hours, including the
fighting.
advanced with the Twentieth KAN
sas, First Montana infantry and two
machine guns to attack st. Thomas.
General Halls brigade made similar
movement on the flank, getting the
troops up to close quarters. General
Wheaton in person led i've companies
of the Twentieth Kansas in a charge
upon the intrenchments. All were car
ried by assault, and the enemy was
driven in the direction of Fernandino.
Just what position General Wheeler
will occupy when he takes up the work
in the Philippines is yet to be deter
mined. 1t has been said that he goes
there as raiding chief, and IL that is
the case and mounted troops are given
him for the purpose we may expect to
hear stories of wonderful achievements
of hunting the insurgents to their
strongholds and razing their buildings
so that they will be brought to terms or
driven to the verge OF starvation.
General WheeIer's achievements in
Cuba are too fresh in the minds of the
readers to need repetition here. For a
man Of his age he accomplished Won
IT. q 81
ish war lasted until this time. Wheeler
would have been in command Of an In
dependent corps or even of an army.
The dispatching of cavalry to the Phil
ippines and the gathering OF ponies
suitable for that country indicates that
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engaged on a life Of his father. Pres
ident Mckinley" he says. has practi-
cally agreed to write the preface. while
the members of the ways and means
associated with Mr.. Dingley
in the preparation of the Dingley tariff
bill will each probably contribute a
chapter.
Caviar, which Is made from sturgeon
eggs sailed in brine. u the most costly
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BY CAPT. GEORGE L KILMER, LATE U. s. VOLUNTEERS

RM AJoR GENERAL HENRY w.
A" LAYTON is undoubtedly
looked upon by the army and
reading public as the greatest fighting
soldier in the Philippines today. This
view may be held without any distrust
of the abilities of the others who retain
commands in the Philippines against
the insurgents. It was understood