The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1900-10-27
BENEVOLENT /
ASSIMILATION.
a Republican Newspaper Acc
count OF a Philippine
Battle.

Just past this few hundred yarEs
we cav q solitary body lying in the
read The body was almost striped
u clothing. and there were no marks
OF rank left on the blood SOAKED coat.
But the face OF the dead man had =
lock had never noticed On the faes
o. other dead men / had found in In
surgent uniform on the field OF battle,
In the wake Of an American airing
lice. The features were clear cut and
forehead high and shapely. / decided
the man must have been an insurpent
ofhcer. A soldier came running down
the tail.
That's old Pillar" he said. we
got the old rascal | guess he's sorry
he ever went up against the Thirty
third"
There amt no doubt aboat ia be-
ing Pillar" ratified on the young SOL
der. We got his diary. and his let-
tiers. and all his papers. and Sullivan
OF our eompanyis got his panta, ard
snider's got his shoes, hut ne can't
wear them because they're too small,
and sergeant in C company got one
Of his silver spurs, and a Iieutenaat
got the other, and somebody swiDed
the Gun buttons before | got here or
! would have swiped them. and all
got was stud button and his collar
with hood on IT,
So this was the end Of Gregorio del
Pillar. Only y years old. he managed
10 make himself a leader of men
when he was hardly more than a boy,
and al last had laid down his life for
his convictions. Major A.arsh had the
diary. In II he had written under the
date OF December 2, ne day be was
killed.
The general has given me the pick
OF all the men that can be spared and
ordered me to defend the pass. re-
alize what a terrible task is given me.
And yet feel that this is the most
glorious moment OF my life. What I
do is done for my beloved country.
| No sacrifice can be too great"
A private. sitting by the camp are.
was exhibiting handkerchief Its.
old Pillars Its got Dolores Hosea
On the corner. guess that was ms
| girl. Well. it's all OF with Gregorio."
Anyhow" said Private Sullivan, Il
got his pants. He won't need 'em
any more"
The man who had the generals
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 loeket containing a curl of q
| woman's hair. Got the locket OF has
| neck" said the soldier.
AS the main column started on its
march for the summit OF the mountain
q turn in the trail brought US again
in sight Of the insurEent general far
down below us. There had been no
/ time 10 bury him. Not even a blanket
or a poneho had been thrown over
him. q
A crow sat on the dead mans feet
Another perched on his head. The fog
settled down upon u.s. We could SEQ
the body no longer
We carved not a line. and we raised
not a stone.
But We left him alone in his glory.
And when Private Sullivan went By
in his trousers. and Snider with IN
shoes. and the other man who had the
cuf buttons. and the sergeant who bad
the spur. and the lieutenant who had
the other spur. and the man that had
the handkerchief. and another man
that had his shoulder straps. it sud
denly occurred to me that his glory
was about all We had left him--Rich-
ard Henry Little in Chicago Tribune.