The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-05-27

,eA.n w low by the Launches OF un.aino al N
ooals' mat neCessitated Their ianunschinu
po'nt only q little up the river any ma swifi
~ 'he town, The river Is broau ~ draw in
" "hu EXITS the town. As the sm.pe were seen
'oS' 10 III" shore little groups oil men w., ,y.ra
on or near the beach and among '.t sn rack
soldiers In the red-legged uniforms 4. o were
AWE regiment used To wear inem ,Ihoe lime
the boats we're away from the Salvatore WIN
,hse and his two companies a bGheh "cb Il"
,Whl'e nag was coming out from w he shin
ne onlccr IN 1t asked Capt. Sperry lot ",,hen,
zap. Spcrry pointed 10 the Sal'nu9iao a.
ready to 90 alongside the pier. ana Sa sn ,bs
Dc You See that ship? She u gong 20 W.
pier in I'VE minutes 10 land soldiers. to take
your town. The time to talk IL past ~" """''
surrender, fight or run. ,is hanca
could 60 and was in such a hurry that ie couldi,
stontO haul IL up ON the beach hul ", ar,ar
away when he Jumped out. ImInenla,'n ~ ns
ln landed little punches Of red lesI WI ;Tbaa
hiking inland ~ fast IA they coma go nnr
lr~i tow WAS We'll In the river by ms t.iir 41Huuu
TWO of tic rcd legs came ont on me Danh ~
'w"nly yards OF the launch. Gen, na,eS ia h Two
stan were IN the launch ana lNrE ShN w, Nv"
insurgents. but maid no attention to them
Both natives We're carving Their rlnee anu "''N-
liE very fas, time. landau
he started np the road N u Kill M pace NE
day was fair and clear ana very hot Inc LoaI
was broad and dusty. II was renily par, ot
The town for It was fenced on pom SCI an na
nina horsas NE "nun,ry was level us far ~
the town. but behind /, on all sides r3s. rows
90 nli!': They stood Gn H. .T msd T hils MADE BY
some Brohdignagian children playing th' war
game, just a. ". left the landlns IleIe cal.e
up III" thief of Police of the lns1reeh' Ion''mo
ment and wanted to surrender Also ne
wanted 10 take a message TO the insurgents
urging them to surrender ne gov we
pass 10 do this and set oli amer aHe ,n u 'ha
rauattR. Ease was going up the rohd a. II me
baby had swallowed n brass ring ana lac was
after The doctor, The chief of Police caught up
and case halted for a little talk, Ina" m,n''e
he saw the game aud sent the envoy on linen
there came ont into the street lose Roa, the
provincial Governor, wh" wanted 10 'alh'
Case got the giSt Of his Information whlc!i WIS
lhai the insurgents had all 20 OUT INTO ih" NM,
bu, might COME back ana ;hat IN the meantime
ih" local government AID Tie p"ll,' N.lho sur
render. Case promised TO go on Slowly ~ rs %
give the Chief Of Polio, a chance 10 s'' ah'Gu
TO the insurgents and then went ON a. last rs
he could walk. which wa a tremendous pace
for he j. long-legged.
Gen. Bates had -ome information 10 me tntcl
that the insurgents Intended 10 get out and Try
guerrilla warfare, and Ia-" was DOING his best
10 catch ANY Of them who might be- lingering,
There vas also information that arms hid br'i
concealed IN certain houses IN town, AN h"
passed these houses. Case lett a guard and Nllr-
ried on To M" barracks Of the lol'c", Were
the remnants 81 the in~llrgsn' force wtr" STICK
INK 10 their guns aud place. \, tie IriNon Il
dozen or 50 of them surrendered. stacking
their rifles in lroHt Of N" build ug. In TWO
or three other places other Geta'hm"ni~ we're
found and IN all about thirty guns we're taken,
There We're many men IN town. bl' Only "a lew
women. Across the river n bunch Of men and
women stood watching preceding, a
shoulder strapped officer stalking around
among them. Finally the first hurried Woik
Wa done and Case got To the NOR" %lrl~ur"ly
and thorough ,eurchlng Tn" other Two
companies came up and 1.-THE guards N"r" posted
around the town Not a SHOT lad been fired.
CagnyHn l. the best provincial town ! have
seen IN III" islands IN point Of appearance, size
ana construction OF building and character
of upkrep. II looked h~li some one who really
cared about keeping his face clean had been IN
authority there. Some wealthy men are among
Us citizens Two Of them, Ramon and Ilr~o
Neri, had been ~ places of importance among
the insurgents Ramon had Vot out. but TirNo
stayed 10 meet the Americans. lie had 1860
bales Of hemp IN h- gudOwnS. and he did not
want II seized or destroyed lie said h" had had
u row with the The Insurgents u week before,
because he wanted 10 surrender. hut they wanted
10 Eight A. a result he bad been put ont of his
onhc" Most Of the other officers. who stayed IN
town told the same story II all CORES
ponded well with the Information Of the
guerrilla scheme The whole province L. prac-
ideally III the hands of the RoaN and the Nrrls,
both strong families, and with some OF each
family IN town, ostrnsibly acting with the
Americans, aud IN a position To civ" valuable
information Ia the Insurgents in the field, the
game could be- played with great advantage and
the property OF both families in town proba-
ably b" saved, and all the women and chill
dr"n hay" heir comfortable hou"s undlsiurbed
lIT-O NtEl promised 10 20 among me ln~lrg 'ilt~
ana do u- best ioInducr hem 10 give up Maybe
he VII. hut then maybe he viii also give them
I;one information about The, situation IN town.
lows Sill do All the head men had conferences
with Gen. Bates and col. Goodwin and Major
Case and told u dead about ia" country and
certain ways Col Goodwin lived the place 80
well that he decided to make il rrgimeuidl
~heHduuartrrs instead of Iligau, which had been
selected \ man went ont into III" hills IN
tIta tt f.4If A.N L. I1AF Its -lTt.a .nt and
when h" earn" back be reported that b." had
seen the camp of the Insurgents about three
nilr~ rem town, and mat Their" were abort a
that they had about IN hundred ut"-, something
les than 10 pct cent Of them Mauser-
took ,HIl IN" next day 10 get III" baggage
s"aFch"r~ had found thirtv-onr old brass cannon
lNing around IN various back yards under heaps
OF banana leaves and other rubbish IN" rifles
picked up numbered about forty. The people
began 10 come back into town, and some of
the -hOp, were opened and ~onr booths IN the
market. But IN a lot Of travelling about with
III" troops never have seen the native, coming
back - >nll"n and Wnr"s pun~Ivc TO friendly
advauC"e as these were tn" men frankly
admitted that the Americans had - vcrr bad
name among them. and they were afraid of all
sort of outragrs on The people and their property,
ta,' had his battalion well IN hand. however.
and there was no loOting and no Interference
with IN" people
ON the evening of March 30 the whole feet got
way for lligan This = ne place where
IA" Spnniard- had such a hard time with the
Moro~. They made 1t the base for their opera
lions IN ~" Interior ANA M times had hDl~and,
OF men stationed there. They had driven "A
road through TO the lake and had had four
Et!nhoat~ built in llouE-kouH. which they had
taken up 10 the lax" IN sections On the backs
men ana there had pnl together. When
they Withdrew from the island they creased
~" machinery and opened the >eHwHy cu'k>. ,
40" We are going uptU Try 10 raise 'h"-o ships.
'raEhHI = battalion wa to garrison ihi. place
ana wa cpnlro'ured that there mlrnI iva
'rnlblr ~ landing IN CuoutrarN. there wasn't
tn" slightest. This VA, the 'r,' town the
american troops have "ntrrrd since Tire out
break ni IN" inrlrre"tion where an the people
'n"i. women am children were ~ home aud
none ma rin away, That may have been due
or u may not. Ina much 4 tho Moro-
'aln' INTO mo town in great number ~ trade
MA, j. not, lk"!N ~lppo,ition Thetown j. old
Ihn Iuinhl"down, with very few houses that
ever %. substantial construction or I'M 4
Tn" old barraok, are almost in
iacavpd
rms W. the Mindanao town that McCut-
l'',u dnn ' started out to visit in IA" fan o' 1898.
Nh'il ','li Nos, ih"n tho Spanish commander
h-'lu'i IN ~" Philippines, made Us such fine
PROMISES Nhlch II" never meant - nv 10 keep
Now luNi eighteen months after that we were IN
he'rn ,I,n we struck u ON ~ttrpggui day, when
u" '~r"aiful. deadly N'Oros flock IN to market
i'i hard got a~hOr" before they began 10
'rTiN" ne troops were trapSing about the
establishing IN" guards and outpost. and
hh'uV r'u'h % their home one turn about
"a Gown "d~ enough Outside tho dlngy. dlHp-
q u'd s'ln"k~ ran q board fence which served
ne Nlfiniard' al on" time u, II wall about the
own Al interval q about "A hundred Yards
mere We're Itu" board block hO,I~es set uD on
tli> eight or ten feet above Inc rrolnd Tbern
H." spanish guards werr posted in tho davs
when they Kept all Moros at their distance
llS'l u'Edll BUSINESS a u penal settlement.