Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-05-14

cannon, and while there saw Mr.. Filipino
sneaking across clearing in the center of
which stood a Nipa hut toward which he
was Fastening. My detail all yelled Halt!
four or five times, and then fired over his
head This only made him go faster. so
knelt down and taking deliberate aim. fired
to kill. All this happened In less time than
it takes to tell. AS he had almost gained
the hut | could not see the effect of my
shot as he disappeared around the corner
1t would not do to allow him to escape, so
] asked one of the men to go with me, but
the other did not want to guard the cannon
alone-so l started down the hill resolved
to capture one prisoner If / never caught
another. The nearer L approached the 1901
of the hill the more l cogitated and the
slower became my descent Hearing a
crashing in the underbrush. l called out
Who's there and, some of our own men
answering, | awaited reinforcements. How
ever they absolutely refused to accompany
me, explaining that they We're played
out and they were. One big fellow named
Veyon came along, however. so my courage
arose Veyon started into the front OF the
hut and I in the rear There was the
wretch bleeding from a bullet wound in the
side. He fell on his knees and commenced
calling on all the saints in the Spanish cal
endar to spare him. l took the dagger out
of the scabbard and Veyon. coming around
by this time took possession of the polo
knife, both very fine weapons, which Capt
Dow allowed us to retain, but l presented
the dagger to Lieut.. Leaf We took the
prisoner back to town, as ne needed treat
ment, | first binding UP his wound with my
first aid package.
Our work was very arduous. We had
no rest for a whole week. l did not think
7 could ever decrease in weight, but lost
sixteen pounds during that time, ana IL Is
a difficult matter for me to keep my trous-
ers on We have been living principally on
hard tack and bacon, and are impatfently
awaiting the arrival of supply ship with
fresh meat.
ITO the veterans of the civil war the
small number of casualties reported from
here may seem absurd, but their opponents
were men who would stand up and fght,
while the Fiipinos are f1eet-footed, and
regiment Of sprinters would be needed to
overtake them once the krag-J9Tgensesn n
bullets whizz in their midst. There is
some satisfaction in fighting men who
stand fast for five consecutive minutes at
least, but to stand on the top of hill and
see every mountain trail filled with terri
fled natives running for dear life. and no
visible means of overtaking them, II is
heart-breaking. All our men cheerfully
obeyed orders. and the only word of regret
heard at night after the fight was that
thew did not give us a better run for our
money
Everything is quiet here now. We have
sent detachments to all the nelshuofins
villages and towns, but no insurgents can
he found. Maj. Allen receives the Hepe
locals or mayors of neighborfpg towns lie
treats them all with great Kindness ana as
sures them of our hearty support IN sup
pressing lawlessness. We pay for every
thing we get: and woe bet h me man WIZ
..Seret. Duffy and Mohun are very Wen
and came out scathless. The sergeant dis-
tinp,lished himself as scout ana Mohuh
on a accommodating expedition by MS COOL
ness in steering the canoe