The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-02-25

Frederick Palmer In Golfers Weekly
Rynders OF the Yorktown and Prvatcs
Brown and Single Of Company L. Four
teenih Infantry. are the first Of the
Americans captured by the Filplnos to
he rescued When they appeared at Com
pany HEADQUARTERS in town there was
this difference in their attire. Brown wore
ragged o,d 8 raw hat and SsnRe a ragg-
ed old campaign hat. Single, moreover,
had Spanish dagger and a spoon which
he calls his mess kit" The remainder Of
their wardrobe was a pair of khaki trou-
sefs and blue shirt
once they were dressed and shaved they
were the healthiest-looI<ing men In their
company. Hiking" hundreds Of miles in
the train OF Filipino bands as long as Il
did not XII them hardened their tissues
Every meal of commits sariat beef refresh
es their memory with some additional
anecdote Of their wonderful experiences,
Yes" Brown said, they marched us
from Mariquina to Byambang over the
mountains, / guess the distance must be
seven thousand miles Anyway us three
or four hundred, Some Of the officers
wanted our shoes more than we did, and
we had 10 hike barefooted.
THE first PROPOSITION the Filipino Of
icers made to us was to Join their army
They said they'd make us captains and
we'd get thirty pesos which is less than
half Of what Uncle Sam pays privates for
carrying a Krag. We tod 'em we wasn't
huilt that way. They said we needn't
fight. but just drill their men. We said
that they could DO their worst TO us, but
we wouldn't do that either
Yes and they did have one OF our men
who was a captain HIS name is Howard;
and he's a nice thing. he is. He deserted
from the CALIFORNIA; and went over, early
in tho game. He tried to let on to us that
he was only acting as interpreter under
force. We found out, though, that he
drilled their men and had been in some
fights.
at first the guards used TO call us
names and jostle us. But we learnt EN-
better one night when we was quar-
tered with lot Of Spanish prisoners, the
guards got altogether too fresh and we
sailed IN and wiped up the floor with EN-.
The Spanish was like brothers
1.-THE next day we was taken before
little round faced Gugu general We told
him Americans fought when the names Of
their mothers was taken In vain. Instead
of hanging us he grinned a Gugu grin
they're polite little beggars-and told us
70 hit any Gugu that called us a had name
and he would back us up After that they
| never said anything worse than 'One-two
-three-hepr That's exasperating enough
when a Gugu says IL as you lag behind
the guard on account Of your sore feet
They took good care. though. you bet
not to get in the way Of our fists. If there
Is any one thing the Gugu is afraid Of
it's white mans fists.
when we got to Byambang there was
a lot of Spanish prisoners and four more
OF our boys, and we heard that our troops
was closing I'm. We talked It over and
concluded that we was dead tired OF 'hik-
ing and we wouldn't hike another inch
up north. We never had had much hope
OF getting back 20 Manila alive anyway.
ali IN
the squeeze and they couldn't take us
any further they'd make way with us. 1t
was no use to prolong our misery. SO
when the Gugus got ready to evacuate the
town We told 'em we'd linked our last
hike II they wanted TO carry US, all
right. They was too much pressed saving
their own skins for that. Gee but we
was niee-looking objects when we went to
meet the American troops coming into the
town. Mebbe a man in blue shirt and
khaki didn't look good! Army coffee
bread and beef rs what we missed. We're
loading 10 the muzzle on 'em every meal
Out with the Gugus Il was rice rice, rice
ali the time"
'And what do you think of the Filipino
army as an organizations" / asked Brown.
TITS not an organization. It's just some
Gugus and some Mausers. The most that
we saw together was 1900, and they didn't
have guns. They are divided into bands
an over the place, Every Ddn1 looks our
for it's own bacon. A soldier who loses
his rife is shot. Not all their rifles are
IN the hands Of their soldiers. We saw
Mausers stored in several places There
must have been 200 or 300 In one place
They don't intend That we shall capture
a lot az one haul. Only soldiers who are
trusted Implicitly are allowed rifles. Re
cruits get none until they have proved that
they won't Intentionally make a mistake
and get taken prisoner. Their officers
amt what / should call very gentle with
the men. They don't have any awkward
squads. They put the recruit right In and
drf him with the company II he makes
little mistake the officer gives him a
cuff. If he makes a big mistake the Of
hcer pulls him curt OF the Zine and lays
the whip on his back tih he yells Most
OF the soldiers. especially the recruits are
pretty sick OF their job"
Rhodes md Money.