The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-10-26
PHILIPPINE AND BOER TACTICS,
John Bulls Adversary is More Dan
scrous Than Uncie Sans

When the British run up against the
poers in the Transvaal IL win not be much
such q war as that we are having in the
Phuippinos We are fighting lot Of ne
croe, who do not know any more aDouI
firing a gun than woman uoe3 ABOUT
throwing u stone They see our uoups
moving and they have one gun 10 ABOUT
three or four negroes, and first one taxes
the gun. points IL toward whore the YAM
KEGS are. shuts his eyes and pulls there "a
an e9rthuuake. the bullet goes OF some
where I'm the country. the man behind me
gun IS kicked end over end and Knocked
consoles and after pouring water on MN
The others shake dice 10 see which one
has the next shot. and the one who throws
double skies loads up the gun and has
his inning. and gets his kick and rolls
over in the grass, while the bullet goes
off toward Australia and the Yankees
keep on coming.
Then the third fellow tries his hand.
perhaps resting the gun across the bodies
of his companiOns he pulls and has his
law kicked around back OF his neck, and
there they are. They act Ike boys going
out with a gun plugging wOOdpeckers and
ouarreling as to whose turn it Is 70 shoot
liftil. the woodpecker gets disguised ana
goes i'm his hole TO raise family OF young
wOodpeckers.
The first fellow that was knocked silly
finally comes TO and he shoots the gum
holding the but against his stomach 10
save his Jaw and shoulder and bis s.om-
och is Knocked so fiat that it Will not hold
"A kernel OF rice unless it is soaked IN
bilee water. but his bullet accideutiy hits
a soldier and that raises the row. The
Yankees have got near enough "a fight and
they kin lot Of these amateur soldiers
and finally give q yell and charge them,
when one fellow takes gun and runs Tor
AL timber. another carries the dice box
and third carries the cartridges, and the
chances are the Yankees viii pot the
the whole lot Of them and capture the
gun.
But the British have got different
nropsitiOn when they go against KRUGER
IL VIII be like fighting a German scnut-
zenfest, where every man can hit afbull s
eve or he has 10 explain why he missed it,
BOYS ten years ola are good shots. and II
any Boer can shoot better than another
hoy all get mad at themselves and prac-
tice at a mark until they can tie the cham
MON. II not beat him. Almost every man
has whiskers like a brush fence 20 hide
behind and they can shoot as well lying
own and res the gun between their toes
os any old way. They don't bunch up. so
tho enemy can take poi SnOt al iNen
with a Calling gun. but they scatter and
hide behind something and don't hurry
about shooting. but wait until they have
drawn A bead on the white forehead Of
the enemy aud then hold on and smoke
e-,o'.o'oss TOBACCO until the Wind gauge
shows that all signs are hit, when tnev
null. and there is a sure enough funeral
over on the other side. Every man has
his cafridces counted out 10 him ana II
he does not show corpse for every empty
shell he has TO have an argument with
Kruger and explain TO the cid man why
nc can't learn TO shoot straight. and may
be he is arrested for treason. IL Is al
most treason for Boer TO miss when he
shoots at ANYTHING The crowd would
ostracise a man quicker for missing man
in battle than for stealing a COW,
and the only cases OF suicide are cused
bv man failing continually to hit what
he shoots at.
A 20o-pound BOer with whickers Ike
bale Of hay can lie down behind wood
en- shoe and hide hemself so completely
that the enemy will not see him. and all
the time he viii be sending soft-ncsed bull
'ais whore they win do the '~ee' ha--n
They can carry a piece Of dried beef or
summer sausage In their vest Docket, to
feed them a week. and can climb M the
side Of a mountain IKE n goat. and nc for
sleeping they drop right down anvwhe-e
ooa snore ~ a mprk end ""ver 'ate cold
and never have a doctor. They don't need
any wagon 10 carry food or canDaien