The evening times., 1900-12-11
CAPTAIN SHIELDS STORY
American Ofleer's Experiences in
the Hands of the FiIipinOs.
Hi. Party Overwhelmed and Cap
tured While Accommodating IN Mar
induque-severaI Narrow Escapes
From Death-The Prisoners Finally
Turned over to General Hare.

SAN FRANCISCO. Dec. 1L-Capt. Dew
ereaux Shields. of the Twenty-ninth In
fantry. United States Volunteers. who re-
turned yesterday cn the transport Haa-
cock. has been invalided home becauss OF
two wounds received in fight with Fil&-
pinos. With ffty-two men, ne left Santa
Cruz on the Island of Martinique, on Sep
tember II last. to reeonnoitre the island.
They went twenty-four miles up the river
and, after routing some Filipinos. started.
back TO Santa Cruz.
They entered an ambush in defle and
were nred on by about 250 men with rifles
who were supported BY about 1000 with
DoIos Their position was such that there
Ias nothing to do but retreat and this
vas done under heavy fire for four miles.
The soldiers were protected by overhang-
ing cliffs and received little punishment
Captain Shields. in telling OF the engage
ment said:
When the first hre came, 1 received a
bail through the shoulder and grew weak
from loss OF blood. After We had fought
for about four miles, another ball struck
ne in the neck and passed out Of my
mouth. fell unconscious. but soon recov-
erG-i and gave the order for the command
70 ight its way back to the station I told
them that as was nothing but an impede
naent, and tc leave me with a man from
the Hospital Corps and get out. dropped
behind rice stack and told one OF the
men 10 raise the white nag. The iRsur-
gents did not recognize the flag and con-
tinued to FIRE al u.s. The men fought their
way back short distance and were then
surrounded and had to surrender or be
killed
.'Afterward the insurgents came to rne
and one of them robbed me OF all my
things. He tore the chain and Ioeket from
my neck and tried TO tear the rings from
my fingers. Ny hand was so swollen by
the wound in my shoulder that he could
not get them of, and he was Just going to
cut on the hand when | made him under
stand that ! could take them of. After
finishing bis robbing, another man came
and was just going 10 shoot me wb"n
saw hand and aTm come forward and
knock up the gun
Immediately after the fight, we we're
kept in native novels for twelve days ard
then We were started for march over the
mountains. through dense forests and
across rivers, withoBly the dirtiest water
with which 10 wash our wounds This
continued TIL about October u, when We
were told orders had been given 10 turn
US over to the Americans. wrote 10 Gen
eral Hare and he agreed to meet US and
take Us We "eTe taken 10 Hnena vista
and there turned over TO the general
Twice during the time we we're beng
taken through the mountains insurgel.
soldiers wanted 10 kill ali OF US, but were
restrained b. their officers Once we we're
lying IN hut in the morning when we
heard a terrible clamor outside and one
Of The guards came In and told US that the
soldiers wanted to kill US. Later officers
came and told Us our trouble was over
"One other time when Americans were
| chasing them closely the Filipinos wanted
TO kill orr whole party and would have
done so had the Americans reached u.s.