The Irish standard., 1899-05-20
The MOST PATRIOTIC ARE FIGHTING
He Agrees With Gen. Lawton as
to the Force Required.
THE BATT1EFIELDS OF THE ISLAND
Volunteer Describes Scenes of
Woe and Desolation.

OO0OxQkXOlsY 81
Stirring Scenes from the Philip
pines" was the subject of an illustrated
lecture in Brooklyn for the benefit of
the Brooklyn Bureau of Charities, by
Sergeant Fritz Andreae, late OF the
United States Volunteer Signal Corps.
The entertainment began with a portrait
OF Admiral Dewey, which was enthus-
astically applauded; but it closed in 81
lence, with picture of trench filled
with dead Filipino soldiers. The last
words of the lecturer were: "We must
honor a people who want liberty so
much that they die for it like this;
every man in his place. When all the
Filipinos are killed, the island will be
at peace, and not until then''
The views shown were taken by Ser
geant Andreae, while he was in the gov
ernment service, and include scenes in
various parts of the island OF Luzon.
photographs of our army ana navy, OF
Filipino officials, and OF Filipino troops
and Notifications. These last were from
snapshots taken by stealth. OF chief
interest were the pictures of Filipinos in
| their homes. Some of the houses shown,
Sergeant Andreae remarked, together
with many others, belonging to Fill
pinos, who were not in arms, had since
been burned, either by the insurgents
or by the Americans. He described the
icsurgent Filipinos, as an intelligent and
well-disposed people, superior in one
particular, especially to most other East
ern races, namely, in their treatment Of
women. The Filipino woman is not
made drudge, but is treated with kind
ness and respect
There were shown several pictures
taken at Malalos at the time of the cee-
bration there of the PRONUNCIATION of
Agrinaldo's declaration of independ-
ence, including view of the Hall of
Congress, decorated for the occasion.
A view OF the Filipino army being re-
viewed by Aguinalao at Bulacan
showed, it was remarked, excellent
military formation. Some mountain
scenes gave an idea of the ravines
and jungles into which our troops
must plunge if they undertake to
subjugate the whole of Luzon.
Sergeant Andreae was the first man in
the United States service to penetrate
the interior of the island. In his opin-
ion the only way to bring it under con-
troll would be to span it with Gordon
of troops, who should advance in un-
broken line towards the north, crush
ing the natives as they went. This would
require at least ten times as large an
army rs is now in the Philippines.
In reply to questions asked after the
lecture by persons in the audience, Ser
geant Andreae said that while many of
the inhabitants of the Philippines were
savagcs it was not such we were fight
ing. but rather the most intelligent and
patriotic class. To question about the
United States army the reply was: "It
is splendid body of men. The Amcri-
can soldier wins because OF his indi-
vidual initiative; he feels he is somc-
thing more than machine. But in
spite OF success the men want to come
home. All the letters l receive from
comrades express this desire General
Otis misrepresents the facts when he
says that the volunteers want to stay"
In an interview with an Evening Post
reporter, Sergeant Andrcae said: "All
the letters we receive from our COM
radcs beg us to use our influence to
have them sent home. Many OF them
fear they will never see Gods country
again. Colonel Stotzenberg circulated
among his men paper, divided into
two columns, one for the names OF men
who wished to go home if their services
were no longer needed, the other for the
nares of those who wished to be sent
home in any case. All but two put their
names in the second column, which so
displeased Colonel Stotzenbcrg that he
did not forward the petition to Wash
ington as he had agreed to do.
"Sergt. D. D. Morgan, OF the signal
corps, writes to me: 1T is shame to
slaughter these people as they are be-
ing slaughtered. No wonder they can't
shoot, for Our navy throws its search
lights in their faces. We can see them,
while they can see nothing Another
member of the corps, writing of the