Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-04-21

the culture of the leaders of the insur-
~rection. Aguinaldo is said to be a uni
versity graduate. He graduated from a
college of barbering, and was practlclnS
the profession of razors and straps at Ca
vite, when he concluded to become q
brigand. The Spaniards interfering with
his liberties in this respect, he turned in
surgent. If his education goes as tar as
ability to write his own NAME, that is all.
Il have also read inspiring accounts
about the high lineage and good tamllles
of these same leaders. When a Chlnese
coolie comes to the Philippines, mas frst
care is to accumulate enough out OF ms
savings to open a small shop; and if busi-
ness is good, he gets a black prostitute,
with whom he lives until he has accu-
mulated sufficient to go back TO emma.
OF the issue of such cohabltatlon are all,
or nearly all, of the insurgent leaders
Aguinaldo, Paternos, Sandico. ASoncillo
and the rest. Agonciilo's fathers name
was All Gun, the clio having been add
ed when the saffron-colored statesman
got a little money ahead. There are many
Chinese half-breeds in the colony, far
Communicating the Spanish half-breeds.
"On the night of the 4th and all OF the
5th Of February, l was ambulance guard.
At noon on the latter day, another guard
on the same wagon was killed by a hos
tile bullet. Geneva conventions and the
practices of civilized nations are no CON-
Germ of the Filipinos. The Red Cross is
no protection from them. On the 9th the
ambulance business becoming SLACK, L
joined the Nebraska regiment, stationed
near by to where l happened to be, and
went with them on the firing line during
their advance of four miles to the city
water works. which was accomplished in
brilliant style. with small loss to our
selves, the fourth man on the lime, from
me, being killed. After that, I was or
1or0l rn n " Con M A., 4 u I h11r on
the field with the rest of the ~headquar-
ters detachment; and now, for the past
ten days lave been back in own There
has been 10 serious fighting since the
1st of the month, but it is expected that
an advance is to be made in a day or two.
Il copy the following account Of the
manner in which Second Lieut.. e. S.
French, of the Helena company of the
Montana regiment. net his death from
the report of Major John S. Mallory,
Regular Army, Inspector General Of this
division, as it well illustrates the native
methods of fighting:
A this juncture Lieutenant French
seeing a number of natives who were
waving their hats and apparently maxi
ing signs that they wished to surrender.
stood up, and exposing himself. called
them to come over to him and they would
be safe. using some Spanish phrases as
we'll as English so that he might be I'M
utISlOut, dIlu at lIG all lIIIS our men
ceased firing. While Lieutenant French
was still calling and making signs, a shot
fired apparently from a hut near the
group he was trying to save, struck him
in the chest and. falling to the ground, he
expired almost instantly. When killed,
he was about 20 yards to the left and
front of the company at a point where he
had stationed a few man in the best po-
sition to observe the enemy
The natives appear to regard signs of
surrender and white flags only as means
to deceive the enemy and take them I'M
awares. On the 23rd ult., FyhTie of 3D.
company,and myself wera fred at about
a hundred Or more times from a district
of nipa hute through Winch we were pass
ing, all flying white flags
THE Montana regiment has conducted
itself in a name worthy of its friends
who wish it we'll. Col. Kessler has led his
men bravely and ably; and hat Lieut..
Col. Wallace did his duty it is scarcely
necessary to say. He was wounded the
third day of the fight, but is again able to
be about. Where all did so we'll, it would
be simply to copy the roster, to name an
who distinguished thefselves: With one
omission, however, the name of First
Lieut.. Siegfried A. J. Dorm, of NJ COM
quarters. pending charges of cowardice
brought against him by his mpa
commander, Hallahan, and sanctioned by
Col. kessler and the brigadier-general
commanding. With regards to all, I re-
main, Sincerely yours,
"ALEXANDER LAIST."