Morris tribune., 1900-09-08

dico, an important and prominent Office
of the insurgent government, issued tn
4 following order for the uprising and at
i tack to be made that evening in the city
/ 'tFirst-You will so dispose that at
! o'clock at night the individuals Of tn
/ territorial militia at your order will b
/ found united in all the streets of Sal
! Pedro, armed with their tbolos' and re
volvers and guns and ammunition, if con
| venient.
Second Filipino families only will b,
respected They should not be molested
but all other individuals, of whatever rae.
out any compassion after the extermina.
ton sof the army of occupation.
sThird-The defenders of the Philippines
in your command will attack the guard a.
Bilibid and iberate the prisoners and
spresidiarios,' and, having accomplished
this, they will be armed, saying to them
Brothers, we must avenge ourselves or
the Americans and exterminate them
that we may take our revenge for the
infannies and treacheries which they have
committed upon u.s. Have no compassion
upon them; attack with vigor. All Fill
pinos 'en masse will second you. Long
live Filipino independence.
'Fifth-The order which will be fol-
lowed in the attack will be as follows:
The siiarpshooters of Tondo and Santa
Anna will begin the attack from with
out, and these shots will be the signal
for the militia of Trozo, Binondo, Quiapo
and Sanpaloc to go out into the street
and do their duty. Those of Paco, Ernlita
and Malate, Santa Cruz and San Miguel
will not start out until IL o'clock unless
they see their companions need assist
ance.
"Sixth-The militia will start out at 3
O. clock in the morning If all do their
duty our revenge will be complete. Broth
ers, Europe contemplates US. We know
how to die as men, Shedding our blood
in defense of the liberty of our country.
Death to the tyrants, war without quar-
ter to the false Americans, who have de-
ceived US"
The savage barbarity of this order
shows the character of the insur-
gents, and how totally unfit they are
to organize and conduct civilized
government.
This Sandico is one Of the ablest and
most prominent men. He as one of the
men who, in the meeting at Hongkong
on May 5, 1898, advised Aguinaldo that
There will be no better occasion than
the present for the expeditionary forces
to land on those islands and to arm them
selves at the expense Of the Americans
and assure the attainment Of our 1egiti-
mate aspirations against those very peo-
ple.''
That order of Feb. 15, just quoted,
is specimen of their 'Tegitimate.
against our people"
The uprising prescribed by the order
Of Feb. Is did not, on account of the ac-
tivity and vigilance of cur people, take
place on the 18th, but did occur one week
later, on the night of the 22d and @23d of
February. A part of the scheme was to
ire tie city at numerous points, and for
his purpose many buildings, in different
parts of the city, had been saturated
with kerosene, and Tagal sharpshooters
lad.. been secretly station in adjoining
buildings for the purpose of shooting
Iown our men while attempting to put out
he fires. The outbreak began with the
iring of the city about p. nj. on the
I'd The first house fired was in the SUBJ
lrbs Of Santa Cruz.
1t was an abiding place of Filipinos
As to what occurred after this, I will |
uote from Gen. Hughes'-provost mar
THE police, as represented by the Thir-
eenth Minnesota Infantry, U. s. ", arr
ived on the scene almost Immediately
nd were able to establish beyond a doubt
hat the fire was of incendidary origin
nd that kerosene oil was the fluid made
Sc of in starting it. The wind |
t the time was variable and it was nee
ssary to fight the fire from three sides.
ifforts were made to prevent the eff |
iency of the fremen by occasional shots
rom the surrounding houses. -.
ifforts were also made to destroy the
re hose by puneturing it. The
,cality was well selected for the nefari-
us purpose of the incendidary The build
lgs were constructed of light materials
nd the streets narrow. Furthermore, it
as a district peopled by Chin2pen, and
ley had large stores of dry cocoanut
hells stored for fuel. Owing to these
auses it was IL o'clock p. m. before the
re department could get. sufficient con-
,ol of the fire to assume the offensive
nd subdue it. This fire burned two
oclSs as shown in the accompanying map
larked A. It would seem that the object I
this fire was to burn out the barracks
the Tenth Pennsylvania volunteers and
ne police company on Gale Dolores.
bout the time the fire in Santa Cruz was
rought under control a second one was
oticed in the suburb of Tondo.
his fire was started by insurgent soldiers
-ho had entered the, city by passing
round the left of Gen. MacArthur's line.
was started at different points to wind
ard of the location of two of the city
olice stations-Companies M and C, Thir-
zenith Minnesota-w the evident in
sntion of roasting; them out. The possi-
lity of such tactics on the part of the
nemy had been foreseen and provided /
gainst. -. Unfortunately enemies
ere on all sides and occasional shots
ere fired from houses in the vicinity.
ne first attempt of the incendidaries to
art fire in the rear of the troops was
Iade in the main building of the Binondo
larket. A second and successful
fort was made by setting fire to some
ipa structures outside the main building.
The lesson learned by these fires
that we are living in the midst Of cruel
nemies, who are capable of resortfng to
ny means to further their ends
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