The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-04-22

had caught a man al work with q clearing NOOK
cutting down brush. lie was brought down ana
the Chino said he was a soldier The guide shook
his head and denied II.
How do you know asked Major Alien lie
doesn't belong To either the First or Third COM
pony," said the guide. Il know them all .
But he may belong 10 the Second Company
said the Major.
NO" said The sergeant, "tha,isi In Cnlbayog'
We knew that was the truth for We had ionnu
the roll In calbayog, ~ the prisoner was 'ufneu
loose after a while.
rHE ARSENAL. REACHED.
While this was going on the scouts mad gov
above the fall and found the arsenal deser'en'
So We went up the ladder and Into the place very
cautiously, lest II be an ambush. Bu'it WASH T.
II was fight and nothing more, except that 'hey
had burned all the huts that had sul'ouhded
the arsenal. There we're two long, wide sheds
In the arsenal, one on each side OF mo sream'
with a 25 foot waterfall between them. In one
was a lot Of heavy machinery, drills punches ana
laihcs Here were about Atty worktablrsf for reload
ing shells, and there was much copper ana brass
and tin lying around from which shells had been
made Many old balls were lying about, and
the furnace showed that others had been melted
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There were a lot II bolos unfinished and some
swords, with many guns Of one kind or another
tina, needed repair. We had found some II
gauge shells loaded with slugs at Catbalogan'
and one man had been hit by one Of the slugs
Here many more shells were found, both loaded
and empty, and some Of the guns.
There were several furnaces and forges In
the other building there were several barrels Of
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wise. two beams Of heavy. hard wood that looked
like native mahogany. operated by a great sore"
Of the sam wood. The beams were fourteen
feet long, by a foot thick and a foot and a halt
wide. This building was fred at once with all
the barrels and stuff that could he got where they
would burn. In the other building the machinery
was smashed and the forges and furnaces de-
s,royed. II took a lot Of hard pound ing with
slcdgehammers to break up the machinery. All
the melting pots were smashed, and a general
wreck was made Of the whole place.
In one corner Of this building were hall a dozen
or more boxes and trunks full Of personal effects
Following his rule which had permitted none
Of this stuff to be disturbed oil the way up the
river. Major Allen had these boxes lugged 10
a little hut that stood beside the stream. Then Ne
all sa, down to cot the hard tack We had slowed
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had gone on up the stream and while we were
eating word came back tina, al the head Of a fall
abou, a quarter Of a mile up were seven boxes
containing money, five marked $4,000 and two
marked 81, OOo. There was $4,000 Of I.ukban's
hoard. lie must be hard pressed when he gave
that up. Everybody got up and the column
moved of at a lively gait The money was there
all right. and with il a pig killed 50 recently that
1, ,,o. MOI, "a, cold and half a dozen chickens
with their nccks Just wrung The men did not
s,op 10 look at the money, but hurried, every one
hoping to he in at the capture Of The old arch Scoun-
drel himself
The Major detailed n sergeant and a dozen
men To get the money back to town and then hur.
rIcd ON With the column. The trail grew tougher
and harder. There was more mud and We were
on, II the bed Of the stream most Of the time We
were 50 far up il. the hills that there were many
waterfalls and rocky places t. ge, around. Fl
nally we came across an old Chinaman who swore
tina, only individuals, pa ricniareS," he said,
had fled that way, the soldiers had all gone tie
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MONEY DETAIL DisGrsrEn WITH SILVER.
Meanwhile the money detail was having a hard
time. The Major had made the sergeant per
sonslly responsible for the money and he didn' I
propose TO have any Of the boxes broken open.
hut there were too few men in the detail to do the
work SEC oO box Of silver money weighs
Alb ,ut $40 pounds. II is a foot and a half long
about, by eight inches square, outside measure
man,s. Il is as awk ward a thing TO handle as
can well be imagined, The trail was slippery,
as | have said several times, but mere saying
90 conveys no ADEQUATE idea Of its condition.
Besides i, was sharp and rough. The first twenty