The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-05-14

It would take book to tell you of the
heroic incidents" you ask for of the
day, long foretold. on which the So
called insurgents made their grand as
sault on the American lines about Ma
Mia. The situation was a strange one.
We were allies at the start and became
enemies through force of circumstances.
For years they had suffered grievous
wrongs at the hands of the Spaniards,
had battled bravely and persistently
for their freedom. had bottled up the
Dons i'll Manila, Ilo Ilo and a few other
fortified towns, and felt sure of ulti-
mate victory. For reward, their leader
had promised them the sack of Manila,
and there is little doubt indiScriminate
massacre of the Spaniaris would have
followed. The hate of the Filipino for
his longtime oppressor is something
beyond description. The little islander
has been aptly described as half-child,
half-deVil. He is fanatical as the Turk
and more superstitiouS than the negro.
He is a devoUt Roman Catholic, a Won
derfully apt scholar, a most accom-
plished sneak thief. and when it comes
TO fighting, an enemy as utterly without
conscience and as full of treachery as
an Apache Indian. He will hoist
white flag and lure you to your death
under its folds. He will don the garb
of priest, monk or even sister of char
ity, come to you begging aims, and stab
you in the back or slit your throat with
his keen "bolo" even as you are giving
him aid. lie viii smile gratefully, guile
lessly, up into the face of the surgeon
who for weeks has been healing his
wounds, and then lay for a chance TO
shoot or knife his benefactor the very
night he is discharged from the hos
pital He will come TO beg a guard for
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patch ana shoot the guard a moment
he is alone. He implored US to re-
spect the holy character of his innu-
Inerable churches, and he made the
very altar his arsenal-stored his Maui
SerS and cartridges under the image of
the crucified Savior and crammed the
church Itself with fighting men when
the hour of outbreak came. Dozens of
our wounded. drifting back to the hos
pitfalls, and of our officers and orderlies
riding to and fro among the buildings
they had preserved and protected. were
shot down from within the walls of
the sanctuary or those OF the native
homes. Manila and its suburbs were
flotbeds of treachery, and these were
the people whom for months past we
had been ordered to treat with every
courtesy and consideration. For three
weeks before the outbreak their officers
had been insulting in language and de-
meanor to our men, For six weeks be
fore their assault in force Ameri-
cans were arrested who sought TO pen
citrate their lines, Vet they were per
mitted TO wander at viii through ours.
DO everything in your power TO avert
conflict" were our orders, and in spite
of all manner of agressions, they We're
faithfully observed. The line of demar-
kation between the insurgent territory
and ours was roughly indicated by
Gordon of biockhouses extending clear
around the suburbs of Manila from
above Tondo on the way TO the north
TO old Fort San Antonio Abad below
Malate. to the south. Major General
Anderson, with the First division, fac
ed the insurgents between the Pasig
river and the bay. east and south OF
the city Major General Mac Arthur
with the Second division, did like duty
east and north. ! commanded the First