Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1899-11-09

ing lines II was comical to see them
shedding their blue uniforms, throw
ing off coats and trousers and appear
ing In spotless white. the everyday
dress Of the native Filipino. But our
men were too close on their heels to be
deceived by any such artiice. The 81
multaneous wheel to the left of bat
talions Of my brigade, just as planned
beforehand, enabled me to pen the in
surgents between my line and the riv-
er, and that was how we were enabled
to take SO many prisoners as well as
to lnfiict such fearful damage upon
those who stood and fought. and fight
they did pluckily and well that day,
because they had been sedulously
coached by their officers In the belief
that the Americans dared not seAnd up
before them II they stood tossther and
piled their Mausers.
MY orders from the division COM
Mander We're not to go beyond Santa
Ana for fear of coming under the firs
Of the Monadnock, which was shalling
the woods opposite Pasay, but In the
ardor of pursuit Colonel Smith of the
First California, far out on the right
flank, chased the insurgent reserves
all the way to Guadalupe church,
nearly three miles out, his gallant Cal
ifornians dashing on their lines when
ever they attempted to make a stand.
Oddly enough, after we had swept
into Santa Ana and rounded up all the
main body of the insurgents. shells ac-
tually began bursting In the plaza In
front of the beautiful church, under
whose walls two of the California
companies were compelled to huddle
for shelter"
AS stated at the opening of this arti-
Gle, every regiment had It's particu-
lar experience, and although countless
stories have been given of the out
break of the insurrection the narrative
Of Corporal Bradley of Company K.S
First California, is especially Interest,"
ing. The writer says that during the
whole of January the city was on the
verge of panic, and the slightest ex-
element led 10 commotion which In
itself almost precipitated trouble.
Then. just at the close Of January,
quiet reigned, but 1t was the ominous
quiet which precedes the storm.
The next development was the ap-
pearance Of the Filipino proclamations,
which Corporal Bradley says were at
times reasonable and again ridicu-
lous. "One," he declares. "purported
to emanate from an English soldier.
but It's execrable English betrayed its
origin. 1t called upon all the American
soldiers to fire into the air, In case OF
an attack upon our lines, and to sur
render to the attacking party.
"From not few reliable sources we
learned that Spanish soldiers on parole
had joined the insurgents, and the
number Of dead soldiers among the
fallen proved the truth Of these state
ments. For months immense quanti-
ties of provisions were sent up the
river to the natives. From our out
posts, beyond which we could not go
without a pass from Aguinaldo, we
could look into the native territory,
see the marching regiments and hear
their bugles ana drums. For month
our entire army was held In quarters.
ready at moments notice to be turn
ed loose In case of attack. So intense
was the strain that once when false
alarm was sounded the whole city was
In ferment Of excitement in few
minutes. Nothing less than riot and
slaughter was looked for by the entire
populace.
"At length we came to look upon all
signs of war with complacence. But on
the 4th of February the city was star
tied by the sound Of infantry fire. The
outbreak had come at last. The first fir-
ing was in front of the Nebraska regi-
ment, but soon extended along the line
and continued until about IL D. m,
when II ceased for about two hours,
only to be resumed by the natives
along the same line from time to time.
About 4:30 on Sunday morning the
Utah battery, along the Montana front.
poured shells into the churches. houses
and trenches occupied by the enemy.
Personally. Joined the Utah battery"
The corporal tells how the battery
kept abreast Of the advancing infan-
try, firing shrapnel into the native
quarters. In the charge the battery
became separated from the California
regiment, but during lull in the ar
tillery firing Bradley hurried back to
his company. For more than mile"
he says, ''along the paco and Santa
Ana road II was panorama Of death
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