The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-01-26


there LrSS left OF the stack. Folding
their shelter tent the two comrades
walked away and next morning dozen
eRsS between them MAS their only
earthly possession.
BUT the end Of all gambling = prae-
tically the same. II 4 man lole5 he
laughs about a. u be wins everybody
boFFOWs from him. and the laugh b
on him. just the same.
When Dagupau WAS reached needed
repairs to TIN Railroad engaged the at
tsntion u troops generally II y one
thing 70 campaign aud another 70 SGT
Fations 70 the hungry forces. All roads
In the Philippines are 0bOminable Upon
none has any attempt to mReadamize
been made They are simply thorough
fares across the country. worn below
the surrounding surface by narr0W-
tired buffaI0 carts II the weather be
dry The sand u ankle deep; during the
rainy weather they become torrents Of
rushing mud and water. Hence the
railroads must be depended upon 70
supply an army which simply cannot
exist on q country ralSinG nothing but
the solitary article Of rice, which Is not
familiar 10 the American palate or sat
jyfarfory TO craving appetite To
place the railroad In anything IKE
1t condition for continuous tranSp0Fta-
tlOn was q stupehdpus task in ITSELF
During the eighteen months use by the
InsurTectionEstR not 4 stroke Of work
had been done either In the way Of re-
pairs or Improvement Waahouts had
opened wide gaps in the rOadbed across
which the inBurrecto had deemed II eas-
Ter to carry through freight on his back
than 10 systematically all the zap. Near
IL every bridge between AngeleS ana
~ IRAN the . =
fects OF an explosion or because Of the
steel elrders being chiseled through and
the span allowed to drop. When the re-
treating enemy found no time TO tear
up the track or destroy 4 bridge he
burned the fndAmable rolling stock and
started the locomotives Ia opposite d.
rections under a full head Of steam. At
Bamban a span Of high bridge had
trst been lowered and then several
freight trains. with seven locomotives
attached. had been backed into the
ehasm Near Tarlac half a mile Of roll
Ing stock was still burning on the tracks
when the Americans arrived. Here five
locomotives were piled in one heap.
having been run into each other at
high rate Of speed.
The Instruction Dead.
But in spite OF every scheme of wreck
age known 10 the rebels the Americans
Invariably claimed enough rolling stock
from the junk piles to follow the adj
vance with a ration train. Sometimes
these supplies were slow In arriving
In which case the men munched cocoa
nuts. raw sugar and bananas for a day
or SO. but no very serious inconvenience
arose from 4 lack OF government
straight"
There can be no question but that the |
Instruction, as an organized move
ment, ended at MaEalang and Bamban.
Detached bands Of the enemy have been
captured upon frequent occasions since
then and many rifles have been surren-
dered BY their owners for the sake OF
the SIS in gold ESQ MexIcanl offered for
them. Besides this encouraging feature
OF the Instructions last days comes
news OF the capture Of all the rebel ar
tiIlery, qu2riermaSteF supplies and ex-
ira ammunition in a mountain fastneSs
&c, which Colonel Bells regiment was
led by American prisoners. who eS-
capped from that point.
Future campaigning will occur only
when the scouts can locate body Of
the enemy. In this SORT OF work the
newly arrived regiments viii be given
3 chance TO distinguish themselves.
while the Cld-line regiments are TO be
allowed 4 rest The railroads compile
ton will allow troops to be modified
quickly al poIF.;s near localities where
bands of the enemy are discovered and
with q sure base or supplies In each rail-
road town. one o. the greatest diticul-
ties Of recent clmpaigning-that OF
transportation-shall have been re
moved. The situation south of Manila
is not 80 encouraging as that TO the
norfhWard. Every energy was Blended
in the vigorous northern campaign. and
that being practically ended permits
a longed-fOr opportunity 10 finally
crush the southern wing OF what Is left
OF AguinaIdos army The active phase
OF the Philippine problem should be
solved By the FIRST OF the year. After
that win follow another dificult prob
lem-that Of resolving the present cha
otic condition of political and civil az
fairs into i system, VI government sat
isfactory to Filipinos and Americans
alike. ERNEST G. SMITH
state Supreme Court.