The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-05-25
AMERICANSILL-TREATED
The Crew of The Yorktown Tortured by
tbe FiIpinOS.
PRISONERS IN HANDS OF INSURGENTS
One of Them Was Lnshed because ne
Made His Escnpe-Lnwtoh
Fell Back.

New York. May PA dispatch 10 Tue
journal and Advertiser from Manila says
General Lawion is resting with eooo mon
at Candaba, after thirty days OF sucoesSiul
campaigning. He said to the Journal cor
respondent: 1T panied me when VIC got
into San Isidro to see Oh the walls OF the
prison there the names OF fifteen Amer
leans from the Yorktown. From Colonel
Ray, the Spanish officer learned tnat
one Of the American prisoners escaped
from his oaptors. His freedom was snort
lived. for he was afterwards recaptured.
He was stretched on the ground before his
fellow prisoners and twenty lashes were
given to him.
1--WE found letter rear san lsidro'
written By one OF the Yorktown crew.
saying that they were being kicked, that
their hair was being pulled out and that
they were cruelty treated in various ether
ways. and praying their fellow countrymen
TO hurry to their relief Tie insurgents
make practice OF numbering Cinnamon
who fall into their hands and our men, |
suppose. should consider themselves Tor
treated though crueltics and indignides
heaped on them must he hard to bear.
II would have advanced to Tarlac. but
was informed that was north OF the in
srrgents main forces Hence asked for
Kobbe's brigade ! can advance aud
reach Tarlac In six days unless the pres
ent negotiations between the Filipinos and
our commission accomplish peace. have
had during he last mouth tweaty-t two
1,ry ,ttt- ftxs 9 ma, h1t
killed in the fields two have died from
wounds and thirtyive have been wound
ed. The losses of the insurgents were
over 100 killed, while we have taken 1000
prisoners. / released eleven Spanish pris-
oners, established civil government in San
Miguel. Balnaig and San lsidro. In the
section traversed | have destroyed 200 eco
bushels of rice 165 tons Of sugar and 49,
600 bushels OF corn.
THE supplies | destroyed would feed
an army Of 10000 men six months.
gave each of my prisoners square meal
and then turned them loose after destroy
ing their arms. There are whole compl-
MES Of Bolomen at Tarlac with no other
weapons except the primitive arrows they
| carry.
1T Is my opinion that once the lssurrec.
| ticn is over little trouble will be expert
enced with the natives who have been
! idNuIdulN impressed with lntlI own care
| by the leaders. The native priests have
/ given much assistance to me. The country
Ia grandly beautiful and fertile. Few
white men have ever penetrated into the
1 mountains on account of the prevailing
! fear Of the Ggoritas who inhabit the high
| lands and whose prowess has been greatly
! exaggerated. They are harmless. In the
/ provinces Of Bulacan and Nueva Eciia. my
men stood we'll the long marches they
| We're forced to make They are in a
/ healthy condition. must recommend my
brave scouts, twenty-five in number. I
/ deeply deplore the loss of Chiefs Young
and Harrington. two as brave and fearless
men as ! ever met. The work done b.
the scouts has been equal to that of any
regiment in the Philippines.
In all the towns through which I
passed I established town councils made
up of natives. In San Miguel the council
elected mayor and remained there long
enough to see the municipal government
in active operation. 1t proved satisfactory T."