The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-04-18

only one American was kIlled
AFTER we had baen fikhCiOg for an
| hour. the enemy fire slacEened, and
so n il ceased, except a few stray
spent" outlets. By this time u am
munltion was nearly all shot away, 80
two other comp8' les Of my regiment
and part of the Fret Cenuees see regI'
men5 came to GU relief, and my com
Danv aud one other company OF The
! E g~nteenth reGreaced in good order
During thu night there was some
slight firing, out only n of The Eigh
teeuth boys was shot, and q OF our
own men shot MIN through mistake.
&c seems That one fellow lets the CON
PAW without nnGI+ yi"g anyone, so
When he started TO return, and as he
Waa dressed in white clothes-Gne
! enemy wears whiIe-one OF his com
rad 8 shot him dead
Since then shero has been a little
| firing on our ouCp lsT, QUO no pitched
battle. We now nave all d territory
we can hold with our preetn Mt forces l
| d mt knog when endorsements will
arrive
There are IS 600 insurgents on this
| island. Z 20 Thousand of them are
armed with rId g, vnIle the remaInI' 8
! SO 600 are armed with macheGes, clubs.
ana 90 va and arrows II they were as
D ucky as Amerlc ms they could come
IN on US and a~nDlhIlate us. The noun
tanners are called ''BaIO men," and
they sent US word tina on the first
dark night 60 come they would attack
us. buC though halt the nights are dark,
no B .los have appeared
Oc saslOnally we t1ad n Of the in
surgenrs who has died of wounds re
celved 10 fgn 6ing. They have been IN
formed tnat we KILLED all the Amerl
can Lndians-th the Germans told them
go they think GnsG should they fall into
our hands they WOULD be slaughtered.
There are a few FdrpInos who are
friends. AS tney say ''InsurrectO muche
maIo"-UnsIrgenCs are very Dod.)
Chinese have married into the Fllipi
nos, as ls seen by many email children
who are partly Chinese. There ls much
leprosy among these natives, as can be
readily seen by noticing the old men
and ONE VINO have oeen left here
| ga one woman had a sore which
bad eaten q hole in her desh large
enough tt put ones hand H..
Tue only natives we have seen are
very ignorant, and look more like wild
animals than human beings, They
nave narrow foreheads, with hair
nearly covering them Gratitude is
an unknown Quantity with them. The
American ~LnoIan, or negro, is 300 per
cent better in every way than the
lowest class Of Fllipinos Il is evident
they Will suffer determination by the
American G varDmenG rather than
acc pC our terms
Tnelr leaders are we'll educated and
of course work upon the feelings OF the
ignorant classes. Aguinaldo told them
Jhas it was impossible for him to be
ais by al enemy s shot, and they be
Iheved iE. ] rotice that A~guinaldo is
not TO be found when a battle occurs.
The insurgents are evidently short OF
ammunition as they pick uD all their
emDty shells, re loading them. They
nave no artillery. or, at least, we b sve
not seen q The insurgents strong
hold. of this island is at Santa Barbara,
a town situated about five miles north
Of here. 1t is said they are very busy
building entrenchment at that place.
The story that the m"ountaineers eat
toe 10 land people, is all Fumor.
Elough along this line. Now I'll
menGIon sometuiDg of our daily life,
We arise In the morning at s o'clock,
eat breakfast soon atCer, then police
the parade ground, and do as we please
the remainder of the day. We did
much ''foragiDg'' when we first ar
rived here, but we have killed nearly
all the chickens, hogs and goats thai
we're here, 80 nov we'll have to cease
: eating fresh meat. We still eat eggs
which are plentiful
, My company has two cigar makers
and as there are here many hogsheadI
, of the Fl lest tobacco that ever grew
our boyssmoke good % cent cigars. II
coming in here, we found many bad
steads made Of bamboo, so we lost nC
. time in each 8 curing a bedstead
There are several fac S5einway piano.
=. here, and we have music
This town has been in the hands o
q insurgents since 1890. and Judging b!
the fancy furniture and j5wels to b
, $500 loo so-o FISDipoa n,7ut he o11I