The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-08-05
Ccn.Bdtes GIueS HisVie
IN the philippines 81 81
Copyright. 1900. by Frank @. Carpenter.
Manila June 49, 1900.

Manila. June 10. 1900.
~ HAVE Just had a chat with an army
offcer who thoroughly understands
the Philippine islands and their peo-
Pile He has Travelled over the coun-
IL try from north to south. has been
one OF the CHIEF participants and
counsellors IN the war with the Tagalos.
has seen something OF the vfsayans In
the middle part OF the archipelago and
has performed the delicate diplomatic SER
vice OF making a treaty With more than
so,oo0 Moros and thereby bringing TO the
United States the archipelago OF Suiu and
the great island OF MIndanao without fir
ing gun. I refer 10 Gen. ]. C. Bates.
soldier and dplomafist. one Of the shrewd-
est and most practical observers OF our
oficials In the Philippines.
! met the general at his headquarters
IN Manila, a splendid house belonging TO
a rich insurrecto. The room we sat In
was IS big ~ any in the White House
except the east room II had ceiling
twenty feet high and beautifully frescoed.
Fine paintings IN oil hung upon its walls
and great plate glass mirrors a half an
inch thick looked at us from the four
eidea Of the room. The floor was Of FIJI
fpino mahogany, with boards foot and
a half wide and twenty feet long. and
the furniture was massive and elegant.
The house IN lighted by fncandescent cleo
trio lamps. and the rays of electricity
fall upon the soldiers on guard at the
front door.
The general had Just come In from one
81 his campaigns. where he had been
sleeping In the ield and fighting the in
uurrectos, and could see he was enjoy
Sng the change. He looks remarkably
well, and. Notwithstanding his beard and
hair are gray, seems N active as when
= odd years ago he was on Gen. Meade's
stan In our civil war.
Eafbknos CcmpAsed With e4merrAn
Guerrtzlas.
In beginning the conversation I referred
to Gen. Bates service during that war
and asked him how mis- war compared
with II. The general replied:
THE nghting We have had here II MOTH
Ing IN comparison with that of the civil
war We had more men killed in single
battle then than have been killed In the
whole Of the Filipino contest"
'sBut how about the guerriilaa gener-
ar" said I. Take Mosby. for instance.
does not the Filipino night A. he did,"
"Yea. Mostly carried on warfare some
thing after the style Of these people. but
you must remember he knew how to
shoot"
.'How about the Tasaio ~ f,shter
general, has Ne any natural bravery in
his makeup
eyes. think 20. We have had many
Instances Of their courage. In the Cam
armies our soldiers found tho people at
one Of their towns lined up ready to OPP
pose Ne. We sent word to them that We
1id not want 10 night them without they
intended TO fight us. They At once sent
hack tho reply:
4 .comSatei combatei Quiere mucho
comhate!' FsGhti nshts We desire much
-
.Thsre was wide road ut that point
leading into the torn. and they evidently
thought our troopc would march up II and
40 be to some exters at their mercy. Our
troops deploycd. however. into the rice
fields. We surrounded them and attacked
them on all aides At once. They were soon
fleeing in every direction and We had TO
hurry sixty-four OF them. From that time
on W had no trouble in that vicinity
IA TO the bravery OF the Filipino" con.
tinued Gen. Bates. II have seen numcr-
Gus Instances Of H. In that same cam
pAlgn . Filipino rushed up to an Amer
lean officer and attacked him with q holo.
although the officer had revolver In his
hand. The officer shot the Filipino. but
this did not stop him. He rushed on and
gave the officer . cut across the arm be-
fore he fell
Another Of our officers was attacked
In tho same way. and was cut In the
vtGht SFfB NO tuNN TIC C0uiu NOT use ntS
revolver, He changed II into his left
hand and shot the Filipino dead
Suppose the F1iipinos had good leaders,
general. do YOU think they would make
efficient soldiers"
II do not see why not. A. II ts. they
are badly led Their generals have relays
81 horses ready 10 carry them away from
the neid when the battle goes against
them The men have not been drilled and
they know nothing about firearms They
do not know how TO shoot and cannot
handle their guns 70 any effect"
Should Be Treated As Rockers and Bxndifs.
"iow about their present method OF
hshtlng generaifs asked
They have already forfeited all right
20 be treated as helilgerents. replied
Ger. Ba,es And we should he Justified
In regarding them as outside the pale
Of civilized warfare. and as robbers and
bandits, Their plan Of campaign Ia the