The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-05-14
Wicked TreaeAegy - the Fsliplnes,
wAs Raise the F1ag ef Truce e
Lure Their Enemies % Death
Startling bravery 0f Capt. OTIS,
Of the First washington-Lieut.
Miles, Desperate Capture 81 q
DlockAoase-spleAd nravery ee
Lieut.. Kilhourne, who Repaired
Wires ADiA . Rain ef Dallets.
BIZ BRIG.-GEN. CHARLES X1No.
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Copyright. 1899. by The 8. S. Mcclure Co.
All rights reserved
1T would take book 10 tell you Of tho
''heroic Incidents you ask for. Of the
u day. long foretold, on which the so-
called insurgents made their grand
assault on the American lines about Ma
Mia. The situation was = strange one. We
were allies at the start and became ene-
mics through force Of circumstances. For
years they had suffered grievous wrongs
at the hands Of the Spaniarda. had battled
hrayeiy and persixtentiy for their freedom,
had bottled up the Dons In Manila, Iloiio
and a few other fortified towns. and felt
sure OF ultimate victory. For reward their
leader had promised them the sack Of Ma.
Mia, and there is nt1s doubt indiscrim-
mate massacre OF the Spaniards would
have followed. The hate Of the Filipino
for his longtime oppressor II something
beyond description. The little islander has
been aptly described - half child. haif
devil. He b az crafty - the Turk and
more superstitious than the negro. He 10
. devout Roman Catholic. \ wonderfully
Apt scholar. mos: accomplished sneak
thief, and, when 1t comes 10 fighting. an
enemy ~ utterly without conscience and
~ fun Of treachery a. our Arisona Apache.
He will hoist white na9 and lure you to
your death under its tolda He viii don
the garb Of priest. NOM u SSSH Mster Of
charity. come to you begging aims and
stab you Ia the back or silt your throat
with his keen '''bolo' even AZ you are Giv-
Ing him aid He will smile gratefully.
guilelessly up into the face Of the surgeon
who FOR weeks has becn healing his wounds
and then lay for chaAce to shoot or knife
his benefactor tha very night he 10 dis
charged from hospital He will come TO
beg q guard for his little homestead and
vegetable patch. and shoot the guard The
moment he Is alone. He impiored 10 10
respect the holy character Of his innnmer.
able churches, and he made the very altar
his arsenai-stored his Mausefs and cart
ridges under the Image OF the cruc.ned
Savior ard crammed the church itself with
fighting men when the hour Of outbreak
came. Dozens OF our wounded. drifting
back 10 the hospitals. and Of our oflScers
and orderies riding TO and fro among the
buildings they had preserved and protect
ed. were shot down from within the walls
OF the sanctuary or those OF the native
homes. Manila and lts suburbs were hot
beds OF treachery. and these were The peo-
pie whom for months past we had been
ordered 10 treat with every courtesy and
consideration. For three weeks before the
outbreak their of5icers had been insulting
In language and semeanor TO our men. For
six weeks before their assault In fnrce
Americans were arrested who sought 10
penetrate thsir lines. yet they were per-
miftcd TO wander a; WITH through ours.
do everything In yeur power TO avert
conflict were our orders, ana In spite Of
all manner of aggress.ons they were faith
fully observed. The line Of defnarkation
between The tnsufgent territory and ours
was roughly Indicated by y Gordon Of block
houses extending clear around IN. snburhs
OF Manila from above Tondo on the way
70 the north TO old Fers Han Antonio Abad
below Malata 10 the south. Mel. Gen. An
derson, with the First division, faced ths
Insurgents between The Paslg river and
the bay east ard south az the caty. MAJ
Cen Macarthur, with the Second division.
asd like duty east and north commanded
the First brigade of the First divixaon.
covering TIRE lire from the rastg 10 block
house Il, sn front Of the big towns OF Pan
daczn ard raco The narrow "esteros Of
the Concorslia and the sttil narrower
stream Of the Tripa de Ga!sna formed the
line between my troops and the Fillpsnns.