The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-07-08
PATROL DUTY IN LUz0N.
Filipino Villages Raided for Arms
md Ammunition,

dent of The Bulletin" writing from
Cavite, says:
The South Line" to the soldier in Lu
zon- means much. for it is the fghtinI
line. Cavite is on the South Line" as Il
Cavite Viejo. the home of Emilio Aguinaldo
and the hotbed of the Instruction. Not
outstanding the repeated drubbings thest
men of the South Line" have received a
the hands of the Fourteenth, Twenty first
Fourth, Twenty-eighth, Thirty eighth
Forty-sixth. ami Fifteenth Regiments Of
Infantry. the Eleventh Cavalry and thu
gallant boys OF the Fifth Artillery, they are
again organizing. Generals Bates. Mac
Arthur, Wheaton, Hall, Funston. and other:
/ tried their handiwork on the unplanage-
able men of Cavite. Batanzas and Tabayas
provinces, and beat them back for time
but in a brief period the remnants were
back in the field, ready to cause more trou-
| BILE.
The Twenty-eighth Regiment cleaned up
Cavite province last January and Febru-
AIRY, around Manila Bay andTdown through
| linus, Das Marina5, and Silan, and the
! Forty-sixth drubbed the amigos over La
guna de Bayway. while the Thirty eighth
and Forty-fifth hiked to Bahamas province.
| The crack troops of the insurgent army
were numerically cut up in January at
| Novelita and above linus by the Twenty
eighth At the same points the Fourth
! Infantry for six months had vainly tried
to break into the unknown, untrodden, un
explored south. The Thirty-eighth Regi-
ment is at Bahamas. the Forty-fifth in the
| towns close by and the Twenty eighth
guarding the key to Cavite and Bahamas
provinces on the ladrone infested Chinese
coast. Colonel Birkheimer is now in COM
mand Of the brigade in General Wheaton's
division.
L have been a long time the North
| Line" and returning to Manila wild ru-
| mors were heard on every side OF captures
made around Nasugbu. TaaI, and Balayan.
| l took passage on the small steamer To-
peka for 'Balayan and reached that place
after twenty hours run from Manila.
had hardly presented my passport be-
fore Major Taggart. post commander Of
the town and district, said to me: IF you
want to plunge into the business at once
I'll see that you get off In night expe-
dition in four hours
That suited me exactly, so bought the
Indispensable dolby pony. borrowed
saddle. and in four hours was in the hike
with vengeance. The ladrones had been
unusually active, Notwithstanding the
beatings given them by Major Taggart's
men. Wagon trains from. Taal were shot
at, sugar trains captured, and towns
peaceably disposed burned.
We were going to Nasugbu to surround
and search the town for contrabands of
war. We rode to Tuy at an easy trot and
here were reported to Captain Ziegler, in
command of the temporary base Of opera
tons.
Tuy Is the key to many places. mainly
the towns held by the outlaws or ladrones
masquerading under the guise of insur-
gents.
1t lies between the Alphonso and Liau
mountain ranges. which are cut by deep.
steep rayines. into which the ladrones
disappear ON the first approach of the blue
shirted soldiers.
Tuy was once a large thriving sugar
town, but now it is not respectable size
cross roads village. Captain Ziegfer is
stationed here with two hundred men,
who patrol. search and scour the country
for miles around. Many are the hauls of
Filipinos made by these little patrols At
midnight we mounted our ponies and,
under command of young second lieu
tenant. c. Rodman Jones, whose home is
in Philadelphia, We forded the rivers,
crossed the ravines and climbed the passes
OF the Liau range.
Our band was only twenty-six strong |
but We rode on as rapidly as the miserable |
apology for trail and the rough ground |
would allow. We made detour of several |
miles and struck Nasugbu at a. ~. just !
as the sun was breaking over the AIphonso |
range
We surrounded the town as best we |
could, nut on account of our lack of num- |
bers. the interval between men was nee |
essarily very large.
The plucky young lieutenant. a sergeant |
named Woodruff. two men. and myself. |
rode into the town. while the soldiers. |
searching the houses IS they came. grad |
ually brought the circle closer and closer |
as they neared the centre OF the town
We could see the natives hurrying from |
house to house. Every man made a break |
for his door, and in twinkling had dis
appeared from sight.
The lieutenant. squirting on to a house.
he later told me. was the one he wanted, !
drew rein and waited for US to come up.
The lieutenant and his men dismounted
while the door was guarded The men In
side protested that they had nothing con-
traband in the house. and that they were
amigos. A search OF the premises brought
to light big cavalry sabre.
Hot for spells now, the soldiers turred
everything upside down." emptying
sacks Of rice on the floor. from where it
sifted through to the ground in the kog
wallow under the house.
BAMBOO posts were torn from the build
ling and peered into.
One inquisitive fellow crawled on tbs
insecure nipa roof of the house and began
prodding the grass and leaves with his
bayonet.
He found hidden in the nipa thatch one
Remington rifle Of late pattern ard fine
dagger.
Inside the house the lieutenant Wood
ruff. and the other men were emptying
chests. bags. and bundles and found 1n.-
found sabres and bolos In the
bamboo supports of the house: found
empty Krag -Jorgensen shells In bamtoos
and bundles. The American SHELLS were
altered. stretched. and grooved t. fit ell
kinds of guns.
Papers whose contents will incrimirat,
some OF Americas supposedly stanche>t
friends were found.
Lieut.. Col Pablo Bourbon, ladrone ;
eader in the Taal district. was captured in
he house. with his full equipments hiGden |
n rice basket.
The papers. sabres. shells and rifles were
packed en- the horses of the men. The ,
polls were rich, as the squad had six
,uns $500 rounds OF ammunition, sabres,
md bolos galore. While pesring inquisi-
lively In a small clubhouse soldier gave
howl Of delight and appeared with a
attain basket OF bottles filled with Manila ! :
,eer. There were about 500 bottles OF beer /
md about 200 gallons of that vile stuff d
)eno. Beno is the worst thing a soldier ! I
an possibly drink. Pleasant tasting. with /
licorice or anise flavor. 1t is none the /
ess potent and pernicious in its infu- |
noes. I