The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-03-14
THEY ARE SEEING
ACTIVE SERVICE
CAPTURING THE FORTS OF THE
INSURGENTS.
William ]. Boyce, Of the Nineteenth
Regiment, Writes Entertainingly
About the skirmishes in Which He
Was Engaged in the Vicinity Of
Cebu-It Was Their Good Fortune
to Make Captive Of One of the
Filipino Generals and other on
GERS of Lesser Note.
Special Correspondence Of The Tribune.

Special Correspondence of The Tribune.
Cebu. Cebu. p. l., Jan. 29.--1t seems
"a though the newspapers in the States
get all of their news r:pm thu island CT
1.uzon and never hear much about
what is done on the other islands. I
am in good health today. though I am
somewhat tired. caused BY a long
march and fighting. Fifty men of our
company left camp Thursday morning.
January 90. under command of Lieu
tenant Fiscus. We thought Of course
It was only a accommodating party, as
only few days ago we had a battle
with the insurgents and didn't expect
another one for some time to come
We marched south about nine miles
and campod for the night within sight
of an insurgent fort. On the morning
of January 2 we started up the noun
tains, keeping we'll out OF sight of the
enemy, AS we knew by this time we
were going to take the enemy by sur
prise if possible, and we managed to
get within a half mile of the fort in
bamboo forest and waited for our
rations to catch up with U.S. Part of
the command was ordered to wait,
while the rest of us went forward until
we got within 600 yards of the forts.
Then thirty of us marched around the
side of the hill until we got opposite
the fort. when we We're ordered to fire.
and every one of us gave them six
rounds apiece out Of our Krags. The
insurgents were so surprised that they
couldn't get themselves together. but
a few of them plucked up courage and
sent a few shots at us. but they all
a. - TTyt~ u.
the best thing for them to do was to
run. and as they went down one side
Of the mountain we went up the other
The bamboo is so thick here that it
was impossible for us to get many Of
them. but We killed sixteen.
IN ENEMY'S FORT.
That night we slept in the enemy's
fort and captured papers, bolos, Z
few guns and ammunition galore. 1t
was one of the best captures made on
this island and every man has some-
thing to take back to the States for a
relic to remember the day.
On Saturday morning we tore down
the fort. burnt the buildings and
started for small insurgent town. We
captured the place, which proved to
be a. small mining town, as coal is
mined here on small scale We did
not harm anything and the man in
charge had a German flag flung to the
breeze.
This Is the only town on this island
which we have seen that looks any
thing like civilization, ac they have a
short railroad here, running from the
coast to the mines, a distance of six
miles. The rails are about twenty-siS
inches apart and the ties are all ma
hogany and cocoanut. We took pos
session of the road, loaded our rations
on two of the cars and started for a
town called Danoa. The cars were
about as large as the cars are that are
used around the mines in Pennsyl-
vania and the grade was all down hill,
so 1t was easy for our hombrics (men)
to push them along and control them.
We reached Danoa about Ais o'clock
and stayed in the police station there.
1t is a town about seventeen miles
from Cebu, and has population Of
about 10000. 1t is a much nicer town
than Cebu and many of the boys
wished they We're stationed there in
place Of Cebu.
The policemen here get three pesos
month. A peso Is a Spanish dollar
and is equal to so cents, SO the police
men get $1.50 per month and consider
that coed wages. In Cebu the police
men get ten pesos month, or S. in
our money. and that is considered the
best position for a working man as far
as pay is concerned on the island.
CAPTURED TWO MEN.
We left Danoa Sunday morning for
Liloan. a distance of ten miles, but
when we were three miles from Danoa
We saw two men leave a house in a
hurry, and Lieutenant Fiscus gave the
command to catch them. We started
after them and succeeded in surround
ing them, when they surrendered. They
proved to be a captain and lieutenant
of the insurgent army. They took their
capture very easy and seemed to be
glad that they We're not killed.
We then proceeded on towards Liloan
and when We got within sight of the
town another man was seen to leave
his house. mount a horse that was
nearby and start for the mountains.
Lieutenant Fiscus knew it would be
impossible for us to capture him. so
he gave the command to shoot, and we
brought his horse down, but he still
kept on the go, so one of the men shot
to wound him and hit him In the left
leg. When We got up to him he said:
Americans mucha amigo He
proved to be a general and was in
command Of the fort that we captured
thirty-siX hours before.
Every man in X company, from