The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1900-04-24

| hIed and fallen and what was snort
X before a magnificent
Surrounded BY the richest OF tropIcai
| scenery. * now an
mass. surrounded by the charred re-
mains OF cocoanut and royal palms.
In the business portion OF the city IS
tn he found the remains OF buildings
which Yesterday had been ~>focktd
with silks and pinaS and an the rlch-
* OF the far East. Helpless, the
american watched. as he saw TINS
wealth as il smoked and smouidered-
| Confronting him on every side was
dnt..totion and destruction, Ware
houses. containing hundreds OF tons
of smear were a mass of black re-
mains While others containing huge
stores Of rice WAS shOWn no more
mercy.
Several buildings seemed TO escape
4he insuroent torch. Among them
were a number whose owners had
maid . price TO insurgent officials 70
have their property spared. Thou
sands Of dollars did the insurgents re
ceiye in this way. Along the water
front. where the Filipino soldier dare
not 90. i number of nice buildings
seemed to have escaped entirely. but
toward the east. not a hut renamed
standing. Every nipa shack which
could shelter a soul was burned and
its turned adrift. When we
| consider thar a simple shack OF mp
leaves oftentimes gives shelter to from
twelve 10 thirty people. we realize the
number made homeless by the heart,
lessncss and brutality of their !"
Deoplc. In one case a rather wealthy
Standard paid $1.4UO TO have his prop
49,. C,31taI and in anOf her. a native
Of means paid $1,000 for the same
nurpOSe Other cases are mentioned.
Int suffice it to say that the houses
which remained stationary were IN
conveniently located on else the owner
When the Insurgents retrea'cd Trom
the city they Went only q "ito"t d.@t-
ancc. The lone wait in fhe Ia. CT
by the American forces had @ivrn 10
them II e opportunity of building all
KINGS and varieties OF trenches and
earth"1 Notifications. and during th!S
time they had not been idle. iheif
trenches. which are still to be seen.
were constructed by an expert. tid
ON the most scientific principles. Be
ginning Just beyond Iloilo tliey e<-
tended back into .jaro Ga place Of l.
600 people three-quarters Of 4 mile
east). and beyond. along the main
road TO Santo Habara. the in@a:4ant
capital. twelve miles northeast. Those
nearest IlOilO We're in gun-ShOt range,
but the insurgent being c~Oncea'e1 and
the American occupying the two re-
manning public buildings. CAV the
"inStrrectO every advantages. and
these advantages he attempted 20 i'm
prove BY firing into these buildings
with great regularity. The long ."nge
ana the general incompetency OF tne
race 70 handle firearms, kept the
American mortality to q low point.
but it soon became apparent that
the insurgents had to move further
inland or the Americans further sea-
ward.
On the morning of February I2:n.
Il movement began. ~Rridgemans Ha1-
terry Of artillery. drawn by eIOr.nGns
| black mules. was brought into play.
and with a portion of the 18th IN
fantry. they entertained the enemy
from the front. Thu directing the
attention of the enemy. the rrmiinl-
er of the 18th marched to the light
and executed q flank movement gain
ing n position which enabled them to
get iii q cross-fire which resulted in
temporary Generalization of the Fill
pino troops. They retreated into
.Jaro. but when the 18th entered 4Iaat
citr they fell back into their trenches
beyond and across the river. burning
the bridge as they went. Fiva hun
bred yards from the town they settled
down in more trenches and there pre-
pared for another stand.
Those people in the city who were
not frightened to death BY the BOOM
ing Of artillery and rattle Of mtskat-
ry. now came forward and eNie.,led
10 Americans hearty NIplantan
Buildings. formerly occupied by in
s~urgents, were taken as quarters for
our forces. More OutpOStS were eS-
f%ablIshed. patrols put on the streets
and guards put out around the town.
just beyond the river waited the in
srIrectos m~omentariIy expecting 10
be attacked. and scarcely daring to
show their heads above their 81 tn
works. Their bugle calls were to- be
heard as usual. and OccaSiOnaiI~ an
officer dared enter the city under pro-
lection Of Il white flag. Inside waited
the Americans. Situated comfortably
in Jaro and with outposts vioilant and
patrols watchful they waited. also.
With their small force they had gone
as far as possible. Why should they
AGAIN run the enemy from his french
eS when he would merely retreat 200
yards, then drop into more trenches.
and Tight under cover while the
Americans must fight in the open.
With his small force General Miller
had taken and g%arrisoned Iloilo and
.jaro and with his handful of men. he
could do no more.
Within 4 few days the kindly spirit
and generous hand of the americans
began to make themselves manifeeg.
and the native population began to
return.
In IlOilO the streets were cleanpd
debris removed. new houses built.
families returned. the market re0reu-
eel. and matters began 10 progress as
before. In Jaro. where there had
never been destruction of property.
business increased and all went we'll.
but among the ignorant there existed
all Kinds OF mental speculations. They
cOuldn understand the idea of our
large black mules, Little by little
stories began 10 be circulated and