The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-05-31
PRIDE Of PENNSYLVANIA.
Work Of tie Gallant Tenth IN tho
Philippines.
ATTORNEY JAMESON RETURNS.

1avaaassA - he ssrvses-wss . Phi
vaae In IT, ases0ess-ssssy -
che Fierce Fight 10 Hold Manila
-The AAvaaee - Maisses-nsssal
Tpeat1en4 Of A9estean yesoaAeA
~ sassrgesss-The War Over.
Il I'm glad I am home again. bn. don't
understand that 10 mean that am At siI
eoery I went TO the Philippines" said
Charles r. J8mts1n, atforney-af-iaw. for.
0neriy Of Grcensisurg. wes;more!and coun-
~. Pennsylvania. yesterday afternoon
Mr.. Jamison was q private In Company
j. Tenth Pennsylvania volunteers. and
va invaded home. Just arriving here. HIS
regiment will probably be mustered ous
within the next month. - IL was among
The frst sent 10 Manila 20 support Dewey.
6nd before Manila was captured Origin
ally the regiment was only eight eompa-
nses. and s1nce the battle % Naio,os II has
held its place on the firing lins. SIX COM
panies strong. two companies having been
detailed TO guard prisoners al Corregidof.
II has the reputation Of being fighting
regiment. and the loss from It's muster
coils bears out It's reputation.
fortunately for me-" said Mr.. Jami-
oon. II was not taken sick until all the
slshtins Was over. ! was with the boys in
the thiciest OF the fray. and only left them
because was sent home. And am glad
20 add that believe the rebellion OF
Aguinaido Is at It's end.
''Our regiment arrived in Mania on July
n. Isss. and established Camp Dewey.
whore We remained until July II. lses and
then came the night with the apaniards In
Manila The Pennsylvania boys bore their
fail share II not more. OF that engage
mens. II was a hot fight against deeper
ase men. insrenehed In n city they knew.
the trocps aGains them being strangers In
4 strange land We held the outpost and
bore the brunt OF the attack until re.nforc-
Cd BIS the Third artillery. How hard We
fought the casualty list shows as In that
battle we had IN our little regiment alone
eight killed and forty wounded
.AfseY the capture OF Manila We went
into the city on outpost duty, having 10
guard both our front and rear Of line, ~
front when we refused 10 allow them TO
enter and piunder the city. and Spanish
sympashlxers in the city were ever ready
@ attack the rear Of our line II any hope
Outbveak 81 Inasrgents.
ssDn February 4, 1899. came the expected
lnausKNat outbreak. and we went On tie
ADVANCE line. On the next day Monday.
February s came our FIRST battle with AZ
yinaido. Three hundred insurgents crept
into the city and were reinforced by four
hundred men In Manila. How well that
battle was fought hy the Americans when
our line. we're between two , sst sno own
and our outposts. but counted 400 FIJI
Pho dead snd 90 prisoners Of war after
.srhen came the war with the insur-
gents In earnest. We were on the outpost
most OF the time until. the battle. of Ma
lolos. In that fsxnt our little regiment OF
e s.sn Rkss ana do ai know ass nsm many r
wounded. We remained al. the froni.
fighting and skirmlsfing. six days ont OF
seven Sn,i April 70, isss when her we, we march sn.
who iock our places on the advance Tine.
s'tsince then" said Mr. Jamison. II have.
unfortunately for me. been In the hos
'"rhe Insurgents are savages. especially
the Tagalos No longer do our troops re
frtng long enough for the enemy to send
Na emssarics into our lines. We have
ceased to send men TO treat with them
because In almost every case the nag OF
1.-THE Taxal tribe. whom we hav. been
fighting. show no mercy 10 wounded on
the s ,s ..msmsr onr fesien' baked
and on the field we found the bodies %
two OF the California men literally hacked
20 pieces Eyes gouged ont ears and
nose cut of and otherwise INITIATED be
yond description. II was hard some
times To hold our boys when they had seen
their dead on the field. but fortunately.
we took comparatively few prisoners. No
prisoners. that is males, are taken with
out their arms, II they come To our lines
unarmed they are sent back. This has
been found necessary. first because we
IA a b. Ats-ta sd. a.
possible. and. secondly. ~e haven't men
10 spare TO guard large number ~
prisoners fos, never know. unless they
= large body Of Taxai prisoners might
not attempt to do in the way Of a revolt
within our Hines, and hence Gen. Otis
takes no chances.
VIII Make Good Allies.
Fer all that. am satisfied that "a
Soon as the insurgents are once whipped
and then come TO realize what the Anaer.-
can policy viii be toward them thousands
Of them will tecom. aut most trusted ale
Hes. This was shawn IN the conduct ~
the native fire dcraFtr9ent IN Manila The
night the Insurgents entered ard attacked
the American forces In the city These
firsmen had en3cyea n few weeks az as.
eoc.asion with American troeps uneser
American rule II changed them com
pietsly and they worked ard fought like
Troians. every man Of them, And 80 II
u with the prisoners after they realize
the difference between the Spanish ar
Asntnaido's rule and tina, Of she Amer
cans
'fn a few months Ne wilt haVc in nav
opinion. native regiments In the nelst
which will make harder tsgh. fer thu
6sarS aud Stripes than they ever made
against them
AS ia what We should 30 with the
philippines after We have conquered them
] have nothing ~ say h8t this. The Unit
ell states can take the revenues from tae
customs and levy tax les sthAn one
~ a ars.z
with this combined sncafne run the conn
Try ana maintain standing army az
La men without xNzt - the hnssss GOV
ernin~rt ftsstrvN based on statistics
viii prove what | say to ~ sreas
u have Jeff out All commercial. aSVans-
are 80 h@ secured and placed the expense
~ htsh figure. concluded M Jasnfsnn
"AhauI the yesA7vf nf Againaidas death
by ASSASSINATION ar stssctAe. It's almost r.sss
Gsasi ns~s 70 BE trsa~ fte Is : fnsn abe
has kssn xsamcsesi over as .nthaslA SITS