The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-04-15

tempest; from plague, pestileace. ard
famine; from battle and murder. and from
sudden death" Walking down San
Sebastian Street today l heard strains of
slow, sad music. 1t was the band CT the
| Fourteenth United States Infantry. An ar
tillery wagon followed bearing the re-
mains of a former captain in the Thirty
| fifth United States Volunteers. Behind it
came six hearses, each with its fiag-draIed
| coffin. AS the band moved down the street
the crowd-Tagals. Chimes. Kanakas,
Spaniards, Germans, Americans, and all,
removed their hats. remained lowed and
reverent until the cortege had passed
| its way to the harbor, and to the trans
port, which bore the bodies back to
America. Such scenes are frequent in Ma
Mia.
But it is not death in battle that the
American soldier fears. To a certain ex-
| tent he expects that. The sudden deata
| from which he prays to be delivered, if he
prays at all. is wholly different 1t GER
tainiy is sudden, and as certainly is it
murder Some night he is on outpost duty
| The rice fields lie steaming and rank abaus
him, the tropical foliage waves its l5ng
arms and twists into thousands of fantastic
| forms. And from sudden death Gaod
Lcrd. deliver us" Among the hordes of
Aguinaldo are thousands OF ''ladrones''
| thieves and bolomen. They carry long.
| wicked-loolling knives, with wayy edges
! that cut like razors.
They crawl upon their victim, the soli-
tary picket, through cover of darkness and
the bush. Their stroke is swift, silent. and
tiY.sr lnf,
are mutilated, hacked TO pieces. a blood
chilling sight the next morning to his
comrades who. filed with foreboding come
to seek him. And these are the people
whom the United States is trying TO subdue
and who will in time be subdued but only
after the worst form of guerrilla warfare
has been stamped out Well for the faith
ers, mothers, and friends at home that each
collin is finally sealed at Manila before ship
ment. The sight could hardly assuage
their grief nor would it add a soothing
thought.
This Island of Luzon has many scattered
bands of these bolomen, piundering. MUIR
dering, destroying. Each days issue of
Manila papers adds an account of fresh
outTages, OF new victims. They fee before
the American advance or when caught
plead ''Mucho amigo" But their friendIi-
ness goes no more when the soldiers who
have been taught by experience to "sabe"
their treaohery. They are set at work on
the cascoes Qighters), and though they are
fed and treated WELL they are taught that
there is to be no trifiing; that they must
work out the devil in them. And they do
work, without a murmur
This day, the anniversary of Washing
ton s birth. has been observed in Manila
and generally throughout Luzon wherever
American troops are stationed. The boys
appreciate it for twofold reason; as a
patriotic celebration, and as a release from
routine duty. Here in Manila. all business
is suspended and the shops closed Flags
and tri-colored bunting fly from every
building and in the streets bands are Civ
ing concerts. playing patriotic airs includ-
ing Hot Time" which now appears to be
Identified with American soldiery the world
over. There were several baseball games
on the days programme. and out at the
grounds of the Country Club there was some
fair horse racing. Last night the elite of
the city attended public ball at the City
Hail. Altogether the day has been cele-
brated much as IL Is in the more enthusiast
tic cities of the United States. In the
schools flag raising was carried out in
every particular. Programmes of vocal
and instrumental music were given by the
| children and several speeches were made
of schools.
The Malate boys school has the distinc-
tion of having hoisted on its fagpole the
first American flag that was placed upon
an American institution of learning I'm the
Philippines. 1t was soon followed by the
raising Of flags on many similar institu-
tons in the city, but the Malate student
| may feel that he will go down in history as
member Of the organization that showed
the others how ii was done.
At O'Clock the pupils had all collected
| al the schoolhouse at the plaza and when
! Colonel French, Superintendent Anderson
| and the principals arrived there was a
| large throng of pupils, parents. and specta-
| tors present 10 witness a ceremony that
meant so much to the rising generation.
All the children gathered in the school
! and at a given signal by the principal the
pupils all rose in their places. The fas
was brought forward to the principals
stand. and while it was passing through
| he room every child gave the military
| salute, which given follows:
! The right hand OF each pupil was up
| lifted. palm downward. to line with the
! forehead and close TO it. While thus
standing and in the attitude of salute the
| children repeated the following pledge:
Il pledge allegiance to my flag and 10 the
| Republic for which ii stands. One nation
indvisible. with liberty and justice 10 all"
At the words. ITO my flag" each one
| extended the right hand gracefully, palm
| downward. toward the flag. until the end of
/ the pledge Then the children all Joined
| In singing America" The effect produced
1 as the voices swelled in the chorus was de-
| lightful.
You must not think of Manila as a
| sleepy old town lying under the equator
| Whatever it may have been prior TO May
| /, 1898, when Dewey set the Spanards to
| dancing about an American maypole on
| which the red. white, and blue were ever
! lastingly intertwined, it is now an en-
| terprising, upto- date town, much resent
| bling an American seaport. Divest it of
| its purely tropical accessories and the
| difference would be surprisingly small. 1t
| is no longer lazy Oriental city. Ameri-
| can ways have permeated it, as, indeed,
| they Rave the entire archipelago. The
| better element everywhere welcomes the
| change. The worst enemies to improve
| ment here are those misguided individuals
| at home who persist in giving comfort TO
| Aguinaldo and his cohorts and in encour-
| aging them to hold out for concessions
which are simply impossible. Every sol
| der applauds Mr. McKinley's attitude OF
| unconditional surrender and the better
| classes of natives would welcome 1t. OF
| this feeling | have seen many instances.
II is the better classes who. in every
| town, maintain the beautiful cathedral
monastery or convent with which it is
| adorned. Whenever the boys attend ser
| vices the natives make them welcome and
| extend TO them every courtesy. We Wis
| tied q town named Maragandon. forty
! eight miles from here, a short time ago
| AS :ye approached. a committee of citi-
| zens. headed by the padre and preceded By