Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-08-16
Where the Gallant Sons OF
America Are Fighting.
FIRST FOURTH OF JULY
Celebrated on the Island Montana
Man Tells How He Picked
off an Insurgent.

The Fourth of July edition of Freedom,
the leading paper of the island Of Luzon,
published in Manila. has been received in
Butte. The edition, considering the diff
culties under which the publishers la
bored, is a very artistic one. The frontis-
piece contains a Autograph picture in
colors of Dewey, under the title of "Our
George" between the American and
English flags. Underneath this is an
American soldier gazing on a coast scene.
in which is depicted a number of young
Filipinos celebrating their first Fourth OF
July. There are a number of special ar
ticles of more than passing interest. Cor
poral Charles J. Lisle of Company c,
First Montana regiment, tells the story
of how he killed an insurgent, as fol-
lows:
mo, / have no notches cut on the stock
of my gun, for either this or the more
| than one other dusky warrior for whose
taking off l have been responsible. One
should not boast the shedding of any
blood, much less than those who fought
for what they considered principle. Yet
L ulu hlll d HAL, IOl III lie neat VI ootliSs
but in a plain man-hunt, as one would
stalk a deer or other wild thing.
ut was a simmering hot day in the
trenches, after the first grand rush of the
opening Sunday. Our lines were nearly
a mile from the leafy cOverts of the en-
envy; stretching across the open plain
was a thin white tented girdle around
Manila and it's suburbs. A lively hatred
of our newly declared enemy was the en-
thusiasm of the camp.
"Three of my company went one day
out to the outpost to try a plan that We
had developed for the trapping of our
willy opponent. Just in front was a GER
tain big tree, a thousand yards away,
where an ~insurgent sentry was regularly
posted. Close beside was a trench where
the enemy retreated when fired on. Sure
enough, there was a native at the tree;
at first fire he lodged for cover warned
by the report and beating the slow trav-
cling Springfield bullet by a safe margin.
Clearly he did not invite death at our
hands. From his cover, however, he gave
US a good fire, with an accuracy that had
for days made the spot an BILE
one. Finally l got up as if to go back to
camp, hoping to lure him from his hiding
place. Just then, four or five rif1emen
opened fire on me from a clump of brush
a quarter of a mile away to the right.
This was really what we wanted, though
we could scarcely hope for so opportune
IN interruption. The smoke from their
guns showed their location, and we gave
them a heavy fire for some minutes.
silencing them effectually.
"In the meantime the other sentry
finding himself no longer a target, in.
cautiously walked a few PAGES out into
the open, to see the battle. Here was Dun
onpnrfrVnitv vNhi1n tho nfhnr hnNre
watched through their glasses, l turned
quickly, took careful aim, and fired. HI
, did not move for the report; but thu
, heavy bullet struck him fairly in thu
body. With a wild spring, he threw hi.
: gun into the air and fell forward, al
+ a-tremble in death agony. Our ruse ha(
, been successful. and the rapidly stiffen'
q ing corpse out there on the plain was tina
, of my first enemy slain by my own hand
We had out-geneIaled and killed a man
, which is, perhaps, the end of war. Yet
do not boast of that shot; it was not thu
sort of war which the cooler judgmen
approves"
Under the title of "Traitors,'' w. E
Emerson of Company c, Fifty-frst Iowa
U. S. ", gives the trend of sentiment O
q the soldiers in the matter of the war il
the Philippines in the following:
y Say, Bill, what's the matter
OF the people now err days?
( / must confess that Uni Anet on
a To these n~ew-fangled ways.
l do not understand it,.
I am out of date, it seems
What is this argufyin'
Bout the Philippines?
They ak about expansion
An holler all the time
That Mckinley an his abine
Are commitin' of a crime.
e An say as how our soldier lads,
II In every fight they win,
: Are committin' bloody murder
I In a mi worse'n sin.
d Now, that's the pint at bothers me,
The one ! can't see through
Why are these fellers goin' back
a On our gallant boys in blue?
@ Amt they union soldiers,
# Loyal, brave and true,
An fightin' for the honor of
The old Red, White am Blue?
II An after we had whipped ole Spain
. An demanded what was due,