The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-05-21

Special Correspondence OF The Tribune.
Cebu, p. l., March 2S.-I am still on
the island of Cebu, and am having
what is termed good luck here now, az
our company is pretty well split up,
and the enemy are somewhat quiet. l
have been fortunate in having good
health since l have been in the Philip
pines, as we'll as the most OF our COM
pany. ! had a slight attack of rheuma-
tism a few weeks ago, but am all right
now, and hope that l will continue 50
until l return to the states.
Our company is pretty we'll scattered
here at the present. Part Of our forces,
under Lieutenant Fiscus, are at a place
called Mandane, five miles north OF
Cebu. AS that is the headquarters for
the company, they have all of the
marching, and are kept quite busy, az
we are in three different towns, doing
guard duty and keeping the insurgents
from robbing the natives and raising
havoc in general.
Mandane is a small town of about
1000 inhabitants, and is situated along
the coast Our company is the first
company ever camped there, and the
insurgents formerly had things their
own way, and secured all of their sup
plies for their soldiers on the noun
tains near Cebu, so it is considered n
responsible place, as it places the in
surgents in a bad fix as to their get
ting the necessaries for carrying on
warfare.
COMPANY DIVIDED UP.
Twenty-Five Of our men are at a place
called Consolation, four miles north of
Mandane, and are in a very danger
Gus place. as the insurgents are all
around them. They have a good,
strong fort, and there are sand bags
all around it, so it is pretty hard for
the insurgents to do them any harm.
II it wasn't for that. the most Of them
would have been killed or wounded on
the night of March 10, when an attack
was made.
The barracks they are using was at
one time used as a police station, ami
has walls nearly three feet thick. The
| only way the insurgent. could do them
any harm was to shoot through the
CRATES at the men as they were passing
back and forth. The building is under
little hill, so that the insurgents got
right on them before they knew it and
| fired a volley into the building For
tunately, no one was hurt
On the night of March IA, one of the
| men OF this detachment wandered of
| by himself a few hundred yards away
| from the barracks and was captured
| Nothing has been heard OF him since
] only the next day one OF the natives
told at Mandane that they had seen
! him a prisoner, going for the noun
tains. We do not know at the present
time whether he is dead or alive.
For the benefit OF the boys in the
Thirteenth, ! will tell his name, as nc
doubt some of the boys will know OF
him. He was Adolph Klrshner, and he
belonged to the First Maryland regl
ment in the spanish-American war. He
was a good soldier and all of the boys
feel sorry for him.
HE is AT LILOAN.
The detachment l am with is a
Liloan, about twelve miles north OF
| Cebu, and is composed OF one officer
and thirty-one men. This is a town o.
10000 population, though it is pretty
we'll scattered, and it is claimed sew
eral of the insurgents officers are liv
ing here. No doubt there are som,
here. as this is the town where we cap
tured General Alphon a few weeks ago
We are not allowed to leave the bar
racks except in squads, and then ar,
not allowed to go more than an eight
OF a mile, as we are expecting an at
tack now any night.
We came out here on March /, and OF
the way out we captured two insur
gents. They had four large boloes, an,
! were going for the mountains. w
brought them here and kept them prls
oners until the next day, when a squa,
of us IL was in the squad were ordere,
10 take them TO Cebu, but on the wa,
there they made an attempt TO escape
and we shot them and buried them.
We found out afterwards that the
We're two of the worst men OF the in
surgents forces, and preferred death I
going TO Cebu. We are camped in tn
convent here, and have a very com
Portable place, though IL is not so we
|. protected as the places are at Mar
daue and Consolation. The conven
Joins onto the church, and is built /
: the shape of an l.. The priest Is stay
ing here with us. His name in Spanis
Is Patre Francisco Blanco. in America
II is Father Frank White. He Is
jolly old fellow. and often goes aroun