Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-04-06

next day, but no boat went down. 81
[ was compelled TO stay at Manila
ana L am glad it happened that way
as | have seen the greatest battle o.
the most stubborn class of people or
earth-the Filipinos-and it is not
over with yet. / would like to write
more, but the guns are booming out
in the hills every now and then, so
must go out and rubber and see what
[ can.
The searchlights of Dewey's fleet
skim the hill and bay all night every
night. No boat is allowed to 90 out
of the bay unless it has the stars and
stripes flying"
Scenes on the Field.
Manila, Feb. 11.-Thursday at IL
| O'Clock p. m. went out with an ex-
ira detail to the field of conflict, to
assist in taking care of the dying and
wounded, which were falling fast and
thick. / had a few very close calls.
L had begun to think my time had
come when 1 would become a victim
to those insurgents with their ugly
knives. which they can handle so well.
In one instance off at about two hum
dred yards ahead of Steward Cox and
l we saw native crawling, and then
we saw what he was after. We ran
as fast as God would let US. straight
for him, but we were too late. He
got to his victim before we could kill
him. He was a wounded sharpshoot-
er. His victim was wounded Amer
lean, unable TO get away. The native
was shot through both legs and in
the right side. but all the same he
crawled to this unlucky American
and used his knife on the wounded
soldiers throat. He made two slashes
| picked up the wounded natives
Mauser rifle and struck him in the
back of his ugly head. Going on a
little further hunting among the dead
and wounded, which were so thick
that at times we were compelled to
step on them, when we saw 4 wounded
native we made sure to finish him, or
he would shoot and cut as long as he
could get his breath. The whites
were picked up and taken back to
hospitals as fast as possible. In an
other instance, we ran across a native
who was playing 'possum. He was
lying with his face down among the
dead and wounded. Cox hit him on
the back with piece of bamboo, but
he never moved until / went up with
a native knife. Then he raised on his
knees and prayed to us. We felt
sorry for him and spared his life, but
gave him to the Idahos' mascot Ga
little colored boy from the states), to
take back as n prisoner, and when |
the lad, about II years old, would |
look at him, the native would drop to |
his knees. The boy would say to the |
native, Don't you pray to me, son."
and hit him in the face. Coming in |
with the ambulance last night, while |
passing n little house, the ambulance |
was fired OH with IL wounded Ameri- |
cans in it. We stopped and ran into |
he house with our revolvers in hand |
Here were four natives. We shot |
and killed two of them. We took the |
other two and hung them with the
ines off of our horses. Our forces |
ire now out Is miles and further |
rom the walled city.
Thursday morning, early, back of
Cavite. were found two Americans
with their threats cut from ear to ear
md all hacked to pieces. Our troops |
It this point went to enter the
7illage of San Rookie, but were
lriven back. Dewey's gunners saw
his and set their good old ma
.hine guns to working. The natives
brew themselves flat on the ground,
,ut to no avail. The gunners soon
rot the range and scooped them up.
Then our boys advanced ana fired
Ipon the village.
We expect a very stubborn fight at
~ hn hinh |
S at Malabon, and where Aguinaldo
S in command. The natives are
nassing there by the thousands. 1t
5 an inland town seven miles from
he bay. but Dewey has got the range