The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-03-26

soldiers. Only disconsolate chickens and piRs
roam over the old stamping places Of Thousands
OF natives who raised produce and prepared
wares for the Manila markets. The ashes OF
the burned nipa houses shoulder. md a few
Ecorched earthenware pots are the only signs
Of former habitations in places.
Since the war with the Filipinos began, four
days ago. nfty-one American soldiers have
been buried in Paco Cemetery. What Is re-
markable for time Of war. everybody has
received a civilized burial. Collins have been
procured. and the bodies. properly washed and
dressed. have each been laid away with short
but sincere burial services SPOKEN by an arm
chaplain. In every instance n hearse has borne
the coffin to the cemetery and each grave has
been properly marked and recorded. In one
morning there were thirty-one funerals. All
bodies have been taken to the deadhouse at
tho First Reserve Military Hospital and from
there the burials have taken place. Impressed
F~ilipinos from the city have dug the graves.
The Americans have been wonderfully con-
siderate toward the Filipinos. considering the
circumstances The system followed with the
Filipino dead usually consists OF digging n
long. deep trench and dragging the bodies IN.
to be covered up with a thick layer OF dirt.
The wounded Filipinos. gathered up after the
Americans have received proper attention,
have been taken to the hospital and placed in
tents. A detail OF hospital corps men Is CON
tinually busy securing the streets OF Manila
for natives to nurse their wounded country
men. From the street cars. private houses and
shops they are impressed. At present there
are $50 Filipino patients. When the mana
ger Of the Filipino ward considers that
II Is time for his helpers to have a meal he dis
charges them and takes on q fresh crew. They
all work willingly and not one tries to escape
for fear OF being shot by the guards who sur
r,,,,5 tho rIonn Enoh unnn1nJ ipGurgapt hoe
n slip Of paper pinned to his clothing on which
is described the extent OF his injuries as dag
nosed by the surgeons. There are splintered
shoulders. broken legs. shattered arms and
perforated lungs. all nicely dressed by skilled
hands. and the patients are left in charge OF
the impressed nurses.
In the Filipino ward 'mucho amigo" Is com
monty heard. Savage warriors. who blazed
fercely at the Americans with their rifles. are
heartily sorry they did so. The kind treatment
at the hospital has touched their hearts.
Through Interpreters the various stories OF
the men have been given out. The majority OF
them admit that they fully expected to be cut
to pieces the moment the Americans captured
them. They never dreamed OF having their
wounds dressed for them by an enemy. They
say their leaders assiduously circulated the re-
port that the Americans had pronounced SEN
tence Of death against every Filipino in the
islands. and their first move was to confscate
the property and burn the houses OF the Fill
pinos. In the present contingent OF Filipinos
at the hospital are two wounded women and q
long haired Indian from the hills.
A whole city full of people breathed signs Of
relief on the evening OF Feb. q. when word was
passed along that the Manila waterworks sys-
tenn was no longer in the hands Of the in
surgent Filipinos. 1t meant much to have a
thumb on the pump throttle which furnished
to the great Pearl Of the Orient its drinking
water. The insurgents had held 1t, and the
question on the lips OF every one was would
they ruin the works when they were driven
out or shut of the supply were they only be-
sieged? 1t was the strong. decisive action OF
Nebraska and Colorado troops which solved
the difficulty. and to-day the inhabitants OF
Manila are preparing to brave the terrors OF
the approaching hot season with plenty OF
drinking water from the Maraquina River.
The jumping station of tn" water system
lies six miles from the city. due east. on the
banks OF the Maraquina River. On the ridge
Just outside tho city there is a repOsito or
reservoir station which is capable OF holding
about a two DAYS supply. On this supply the
people were already drawing when the insur-
gents were shelled out of the pumping station
and driven to the hills. Before leaving they
closed down the pumps and removed four large
y t'hNNh 'ua tAA M t'ahb
from the engines and hid them. No other
damage was done to the plant. for It was evil
| IDENTITY the intention of the Filipinos to come
back soon and operate it.
1t was by mere chance that the important
hidden parts were found and an uncomfortable
scarcity Of water for three or four weeks was
avoided. To Artiilcer Guy Hays of Company l.
First Colorado Volunteers. should be given the
credit for the brightness which found the miss
ing parts whore they were hidden in the floor
of the coal room.
At noon on Monday. the second day OF the
war. Col. StotsenberG OF the Nebraska Volun-
tcers ordered an advance Of his men and the
command of Major William II. Grove OF the
Colorado Regiment, temporarily placed under
him. The waterwOrks was the objective point.
The troops, with some Utah artillery. had
lain on Sunday night at the reposito.
which they had captured after some
hard fighting and the loss OF several
men killed and wounded the day before. The
two Colorado companies. / and d. took the
right hand side Of the road. the Nebraska men
occupied the fields to the left and the artillery
the centre. Then the grand march ~squarely in
the face OF the enemy was begun. The insur-
gents made several stands and offered quite a
little resistance. but the field pieces. taking
stations every three or four hundred yards.
shelled them TO q run every time. and the in
fantrymen. springing from one rice plateau to
another. drove the sharpshooters from cover.
1t was during this afternoon that DR.. Young.
Surgeon Of tho Utah Battery. while passing
from one m to another alone. came
upon n nest OF these lurkers. His body was
aftcrward found literally cut to pieces with
machetes: the limbs we're hacked of. and all
the evidences OF a horrible death at the hands
OF murderous natives were visible. Perhaps
this had to do with the savage way In
which the artillerymen hurled shrapnel
and shell over the last thousand yards
OF the journey to the pumping station.
The station itself was out Of sight over
the brow OF the hill. but the heavy hail, mixed
with the patter OF musket fire. rained
down on the place and the surrounding
barracks nevertheless. and when the troops
advanced to look down on their work they saw
a deserted spot and the hills a mile to the east
Of the place fairly black with escaping insur-
gents. After hurting a few shots after them
from the deserted fort at the brow OF the hill
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