Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-10-19
bENEV0l ENT
ASSImll Fl0N.
A Republican Newspaper Ac-
count of Philippine
Battle.

Just past this a few hundred yards
We saw solitary body lying in the
read. The body was almost stripped
of clothing, and there were no marks
of rank left on the blood-Soaked coax-
But the face Of the dead man had a
look L had never noticed on the face
OF other dead men 1 had found in in
surgent uniform on the field of battle,
in the wake of an American firing
line. The features were clear cut and
forehead high and shapely. 1 decided
the man must have been an insurgent
officer. A soldier came running down
the trail.
That's old Pillar" he said. I'VE
got the old rascal. guess he's sorry
he ever went up against the Thirty
third"
There amt mo- doubt about its be-
ing Pillar" ratified on the young sol
, der. I'VE got his diary. and his let
| tiers, and all his papers. and Sullivan
| of our company's got his pants, AID
Snider's got his shoes. but ne can't
wear them because they're too small.
and sergeant in G company got one.
of his silver spurs, and lieutenant
| got the other, and somebody swiped
1 would have swiped them, and sill I
| got was a stud button and his collar
| with blood on it,
So this was the end of Gregorio del
| Pillar Only % years old, he managed
to make himself a leader of men
when he was hardly more than a boy,
and at last had laid down his life for
his convictions Major marsh had the
| n ho hol 40. = "a
date Of December 2, me day he was
killed:
The general has given me the pick
of all the men that can be spared and
ordered me to defend the pass. I re-
alize what a terrible task is given me.
And yet feel that this is the most
glorious moment OF my life. What
do is done for my beloved country.
No sacrifice can be too great"
A private, sitting by the camp fire.
was exhibiting a handkerchief. Its
old Pillars. It's got Dolores Hosea
On the corner. 1 guess that was his
girl. Well. it's all off with GregorioA'
Anyhow said Private Sullivan, II
got his pants. He won't need 'em
any more
The man who had the general s
shoes strobe proudly past, refusing
with scorn a Mexican dollar and a
pair of shoes taken from one of the
, private insurgent soldiers. A private
, sitting on a rock was examining a
golden locket containing a curl of a
, woman's hair. Got the locket of his
, neck said the soldier.
AS the main column started on Its
march for the summit of the mountain
a. turn in the trail brought US again
, in sight OF the insurgents general fan
I down below us. There had been nc
S time to bury him. Not even a blankel
Z or a poncho had been thrown over
! him.
A crow sat on the dead mans feet
| Another perched on his head. The foi
settled down upon us. We could SCI
the body no longer.
We carved not a line. and We raises
not 2 stone.
{ But we left him alone in his glory.
And when Private Sullivan went b,
5 in his trousers, and Snider with hi
s shoes, and the other man who had tn
I cuff buttons, and the sergeant who hal
} the spur, and the lieutenant who ha'
{ the ether spur, and the man that ha,
I the handkerchief, and another mai
s that had his shoulder straps, it sud
denly occurred to me that his gior,
) was about all We had left him.-Rich
ard Henry Little in Chicago Tribune
"