The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-12-10

irons in working order. Then followed
1000 more of greener men,. They were
the new army. And behind them came
a few hundred cavalry mounted on Am
erican horses. 1t was a sight to see as
we leaned out Of our upper windows
and saw them go past in the gloom be-
iow- We fairly wanted to screech ssith
delight when two batteries Of artillery
came by like ghosts out for q midnight
revelry. The long barrels of the three
and two-tenths-inch rifles protruded
behind the canvas covering and the
solid cIang as the guns went over a
boulder testified that they were new
and strong. The men in brown mounted
on the horses and seated on the caiSSons
were softly humming a tune. 1t was a
tune new to me; perhaps 1t is their
death chant-the next few days will
tell
The tail end of the ghost-Hke process
sion came rumbling and jolting along;
the mule drivers muttering curses I'M
der their breath as the long-eared ami
mais strained under the big loads of
food lftters bandages and the thousand
other articles necessary to troops who
are going to campaign through the en-
emy's country with no assistance
End of the Instruction.
This morning, early. two large war
vessels steamed UP and passed bevond
Corregidor. They looked to be the Ma
Mia and the Yorktown. Closely follow
ing them were three transports, the
Sheridan. the Francisco Reyes and one
other, which l could not learn the
name Of. While no one knows posi-
lively the meaning Of this strange de-
partu-e, 1t is not hard to guess, and we
are all convinced that we have seen the
move which will end the Philippine in
surrection and deal the Knockout
blow
And a glance at the map shows US
that General Otis not only has the sit
uation well in hand, but that he has
robbed it OF all its prickly points, and
1t no longer pains him to keep it there.
Macarthur has the forces drawn UP
near Ayarat. controlling the centre of
the line and holding a strong reserve
for any emergency. Over on the right.
scattered over a lot of territory and on
fighting ratiors. consisting chiefly of
shell and powder. is Lawton, the wild,
reckless fighter whom General Otis has
found it, hard 20 restrain. His troops
are old men who know what fighting is
and who know how to live off the coun-
try they are passing through. They
are fully prepared to follow the precept
of Kipling, which says:
If wounded and dying you're left on the
plains,
And the women come out to cut up your
remains,
Just roll to your rifle and blow out your
brains,
And go to your God like soldier.
Colonel Bells Boys.
And down on the left flank are the
flower of our fighters. Fighting Joe"
is boss there. and you people Of Utah
know what that means. 1t matters not
what force he has, Colonel Bells boys
are there, and that means there is go
ing to be some hard work. Wherever
Bell goes, the F'ilipinos go before. Ever
since he took his regiment out there has
been trouble on his line and for band
of dashing marauders, who know when
to fight and when to run and how to
get out of tight places and how to bluff
the enemy, Bells boys are not to be
surpassed. They have the enemy
penned in around Tariac, with the rail-
road from Tarlac to Dagupan in their
hands. General Wheaton has taken his
brigade this morning by ship to Dagu-
pan, to land in the rear, and what is
left of them after these four generals
start to work viii have to take TO the
hills and give up every coast town and
all points of commercial Importance, so
that it is clear that with the ending Of
this campaign the Filipino war must
close. We have seen the beginning of
the end. ISAAC RUSSELL.