The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-03-22
TEN MONTHS OF I'M
PRIS0NMENT.
VIM. BRUCE TELLS OF HIS CAP
TURE BY THE FLIPINOS.
His Subsequent Privations and
Escape.
CONTINUED from last week

CONTINUED from last week.
We returned over the same road we
had travelled in coming TO San Fran
cisco Malabon, changing guards at
each post. There was descriptive
list with us in sealed envelope, and on
arriving at post the officer in charge
would remove the envelope, sign the
paper as a guarantee that we had ar
rived there safely and then place the
letter in another envelope which was
delivered at the next post We arri-
we'd at the third outpost, Calinisan, at
noon and for dinner were given an ear
of parched corn each. While there We
met a native who had resided in Eng
land for several years and could speak
fairly good English. | enquired of him
how far it was to the rebel capitol and
he informed me it was twenty miles
farther and we would arrive there at
four or five o'clock On leaving this
post, and also the next, we were
furnished carametta, arriving at the
fifth outpost at three o'clock. The Of
ficer in charge of this post claimed to
be friend of Gen. Macarthur. He
showed us revolver, which he claimed
Macarthur had given him, and he also
showed us dagger with which he
claimed he had killed thirty-three
Spanish prisoners. From this post we
were compelled to walk, as we had en-
tered another Province and the Prov
incial President refused to furnish us
a rig, saying that walking was good
enough for the American dogs. We
arrived at the next post at 6 p. NJ, and
on leaving there we were escorted by
strong guard, as we were circling
around Manila and were SO near we
could plainly see the lights of the city.
At p. M. we arrived at the largest
post we had yet passed. We were shown
into large room filled with officers of
all ranks and we thought we had at
last reached the capitol, but we were
again mistaken. We met young of
ficer there who could speak few words
of English, and as we were leaving he
gave US a small roll and a few bananas
each, which was the first food we had
had since breakfast. We continued the
march from this place until IL p. NJ.
when we were completely exhausted
and absolutely refused to go any farther.
They there held council and finally
gave us permission to remain over night
and gave us the floor to sleep on.
The next morning we arose at 6 and
were given two small cakes about the
size of ginger snap and small cup OF
cotfee-breakfas for two. We then
began our journey again for the rebel
capitol, which they continued to tell us
was only few miles away. We had
slept over night near river, which
from its size and the swiftness of the
current, we judged to be the Pasig. We
concluded from this we had completed
half circle around Manila and were
then to the northwest of the city. We
were sore and stiff from our marching
of the day before and were also grow
ing weak from lack of food, conseq uent-
ly orr progress in the fore part of the
day was slow. We passed two outposts
and also crossed the aqueduct which
supplies Manila with water and arrived
at the third outpost at 10 A. NJ.
From this post we could see four out
posts within half mile. On arriving
at the third post we saw short dis
tance away group OF tents, and in
front flag flying. There was not wind
enough at first to open the flag suf-
GENTLY for us to see what it was, but at
the fourth outpost we passed within
two hundred yards of these tents and
a slight breeze sprang up, enfurling the
flag, but we could not recognize it.
We learned afterward that this was
the lst Nebraskas camp. and | pre-
sumo they had their State flag flying.
Had they had the stars and stripes fly-
ing or even a sentry on post we would
have made an attempt TO escape, al
thought we were guarded by corporal |
with thirteen men. They did not have |
their guns loaded and are such poor
marksmen that before they could have |
loaded their guns We would have been
comparatively safe. shall always have |
a feeling of luminosity against Nebraska |
and her soldiers, for had they had any
thing whatever around their camp to |
indicate that they were U. S. troops, |
1t would have saved me nearly one
years Imprisonment. am also ready |
at any time to take oath that the Ne |
braska regiment stationed within half |
mile of four insurgent outposts and not
over two hundred yards from two of
them, at time when every one knew
that hostilities were liable to begin at
any minute, and between the hours of |
ii A. NJ. and l p. M, February End,
1899, did not have even one sentry on |
post around their camp in position
where he could be seen.
ITO ha Continual \