The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-03-15

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chaperone all the romance Is lost. But
either from innate light heartedness or
from long association with Spanish
teachers, these people devote the cool
evening hours to every form Of social
diversion. II you want o dance gotten
up for a certain evening tell your trou-
bIes to the town presidente. In an hour
he win have the band assembled wher-
| ever you suggest and the inst burst Of
music viii bring the eyer-ready social
leaders out en- masse.
| They wait for the American to take
| the initiative for fear OF Offending MINI
| but even the falntest suggestion Il lol.
lowed to the most minute detail. Ano
many Of the natives are se'lOI ~
studying the English language. ee-
tween dances ut a recent function the
! lieutenant Of police startled the party
/ by inuuiring: "Do you care Tor one
| sing ISL. my buenoi" the Americans
chorused, So, after some promptlngH.
Il was announced that "One tlllplno
| woman would now want 20 sling. WIN
| the full band as an accompaniment, the
"sIngi was duly completed and vOcifer-
| ousiy applnuded. Whatever are the
/ shortcomings OF the Filipino people
from o vocal standpoint. their equals
in instrumental performance can
scarcely be found.
/ In neither American or conunentat
towns the size OF Rosales have listen
/ ed to the quality OF music which these
J music loving people extract from COL
/ lection OF cast-oN band instruments. IL
| lacks the blare and flourish and volume
] Of a regimental band, but therein lies
! most Of its charm. And a more patient
hard-worked body Of men never lived
! than these musicians OF ROsales. They
pIay for mass at the church; no dead
! are buried without solemn march; no
/ Sunday chicken fight Is complete with
! out stirring airs; no social event lacks
their presence and somehow through u
All they ind time to harvest rice and
| give three evening concerts per week
| on the broad plaza. But 1t must not pc
| imagined that the soldier Is enjoying
! these long ahstRtHed from pleasures at
! the expense Of his duties. Many an
evenings gaiety has been followed by
/ moonlight; climb along some narrow
y mountain trait to the hiding place OF q
band Of armed ladrones.
/ The mountain districts still TEEN
with these erstwhile Insurrectos who
! are now banded together for faF
worse purpose than any sincere reYo-
! lutIonist ever fancied. They hesitate ut
/ nothing. To murder those who nave
| befriended the American forces seems
| n chief aim, and so complete Is their
organization, that no solitary American
may venture forth beyond the limits OF
| his town without great danger to him
| self. Fear OF these ladrones and the
| native society Of which they are the
radical exponent, has made the Amerl-
can desire to establish civil govern
| mentS throughout the island slow
i and serious task When once natlNe
has Identified himself In the slightest
' with the new military power he takes
/ his own life in his hands when outside
| the radius Of American protection. Az
Palas1uI the revolutionary town presi-
dente and council welcomed the Amer
| lean advance guard during the last
| campaign. II was thought best to push
on 20 DaRupan without leaving gar
rison for the unfortunate town. That
night the presidents and six OF his
councIlmen were dragged into the
streets, their threats cut and warn
ing was pinned to the body Of each that
! such should be the fate Of all American
sympathlzers. One Of the saddest cases
which came to my own notice was the me
! fate Of the family Of q captured repei
4 captaIn who realized that the sooner
the insurrection ended the better II
would be for his people. SuitIng action
| to his belief he became the official In
terpreter for my regiment. His family
4 lived IN a mountain town and he was
| allowed an escort Of two companies to
| bring them to Bayamban and inciden-
tally to mix UP with any armed force
he could locate. Arriving at the town
| the interpreter found his father. moth
| er. wife and family shockingly muir
dered by members Of the same society
whose oath he had taken upon becom-
| ing an inBurgent officer Since then
| this one man has done more to ferret
out the hiding places Of robber bands
than the entire army unalded could
/ have done in a years occupation.
| Knowing every secret OF the society
the information he gains IS entirely
reliable, To the mo sabe" Of passing
native he rolls up sleeve. shows
| where he was branded as an officer ana
either the desired information comes
] willingly or is pounded out Of the un-
fortunate captive by force Of fsts.
Through such agencies as these and
\ they, unfortunately, are the only ones
possible TO a country like this, Is the
work OF total pacifcation being thor
ouEhly, though gradually done. The
/
| can occupation means more to them
than anything else could promise.
Wherever they are assured Of protec-
tion they enter into the work OF civil
! administration with an unexpected ar
| dor. A presIdente. vice prestdente
and council are elected by the suffrage
of property owners and those who can
| read or write, q numerous police force
is established and, In some Instances,
the police are allowed to go armed at
night. The market Is q main source
OF revenue to all towns, and. In the
case OF Rosales, this Is supplemented
by the revenue OF river ferry and a
tax Of one peseta 90 cents) per year on
each adult Under the temporary mill
tary regime all acts Of council must
first be submitted to the commanding
officer Of the province before they SO
into operation. all expenditures must
be allowed by him and his approval
must be obtained to sentences and for
FIXTURES by the civil courts This hon
est and beneficial, albeit rather imPeF-
feet, system Is working wonders In
these long unsettled communities. In
4 surgent bands are finding that even
4 mountain Businesses are no protection
A against American rifles and n gradual
disfntegration is resulting. Confidence
Is returning and with 1t seems to follow
4 a realization that under American
guidance the Philippines are to have
even more OF liberty and prosperity
than the most rRbid Revolutionary pro-
missed. $1,000.