Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-08-19
GENERAL FRED FUNSTON.

concluded In two hours ana the enemy
Withdrew.
Later Ia tho day. as an object lesson
20 the natives ln the tuwu.muuy ufWhum
arc suspected OF being spies, the InBur.
gent dead wyru brought In and given
"a public burial. after having been
placed IN the plaza FOR short time.
slAiy-thrco were thus accounted for
The enemy have many uuurmed fol-
lowers, whose duty Il apparently lH 10
carry IN the dead and wounded. Judg-
Ing by tho most moderate estimate VI
nlN wounded 90 one killed Agulnnldp
Loot on that occasion over 800 OF Dis peo-
pie. our loss was one Killed and thlr-
ten wounded. The vitality OF "a wound
"a native II surprising. They carry
lead likc an antelope. on one ul-
vance "a native shot through the body
Kept up with out men for two miles.
ltiuhluE 20 remain behind and hD turHu
for. Finally hc dropped at one OF the
halts we made and expired This yl-
tllty accounts 10 q large measure for
the comparatively small numbers OF
wounded that We capture. Any man
shot in the arm ur not seriously wound
cd IN the body easily makes hlH tHa
cape, The shock uf the magazine bull
let is not sufficient 90 put him out.
That some ut the natives boz our
midst are spies Dr. undoubtedly true.
Any question put 90 them concerning
their allegiance ls always mot with tho
reply "MaCubnbp. senior" but ln the
hght of the 10Th captain OF the Iowa
their allegiance ~ always met with the
tive cook among the wounded that were
brought in by our men. None uf tho
mutual explanations" 80 commonly
exchanged under embarrassing clrcum-
stances, were necessary So. also. In u
previous aftnir, some Of our hospital
corps men were much surprised, but
scarcely EratiUod, 90 pick up q wound.
cd Filipino fur whose liberated leg they
had been caring Tor for some days pre-
vi0us 10 the fight. Were the FlllpinOs a
desperate class. such a. the Fuzzy
Wuzzy' IN said 10 be, we might take
more serious thought unto ourselves
concerning their presence within our
lines.
We urc grateful 20 know that "Don
Emilio" as tho insurgents invariably
call Agulnaldo. has lately houOrcd us
with visit. Not an immediate one, ~
course, but he looked over our lines
from his side ~ the fence. His visit was
undoubtedly an event Tor his troops.
Through our glasses We saw him with
large mounted stair and uu lm-
mcuHcly large escort of Infantry. When
no Approached his line ut uutppsu his
soldiers ran to aud FRO greatly excited.
the AFFAIR eliminating in the men knecl-
ing around their leader and apparently
pDtltluulng his favor with uullftul
hands aud attempts Go touch hls. 90
them, sacred person.
10 Us thought that about GlOl NJ tho
enemy with seven pieces Of artillery urH
now ln our front hut uH we have 1000
men aud four guns, with a. train uf
urmorrd ears, carrying Calling ami
two apid-nre guns we uru NOT
alarmed. Large movements on our
part are probably ut uu end Tor some
time, since tho rainy season. 80 hoped
for by the FulpluuH and dreaded hy us,
is now ut hand. There have been de-
cidod change for the better IN tho aver
~ ~ Ia atmosphere us concerns mos
Quitocs has increased ulnrminEly ar
follows OF the volunteers are saying
Euod.by 20 us and this land, ana soon
there will hc lpft only the regular
nghtln' man." and many VI uH think
he IN here 20 stay,