The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-11-13

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| whclmed by Sumbcrs-nodfeS OF
/ the Victims Horribly SIutiIated.
VICTORIA. b. c.. Nov. Is.-F. p. All
son. who is returning from Manila.
WAS passenger on the steamer
Empress Of China. which arrived yoster-
/ day, and He gives fun details OF the re-
/ cent slaughter OF the United States troops
| in SaUar, where Captain C0nueu and q
/ company 0f the Ninth Infantry we're al
| most auEiliIatCd by the FI-iuilas He
/ saws the People II Samdr-or GO least that
] portion OF it-were unused % the white
/ troops. for the garrison az the scene OF
( The massacre prior % the coming ef trc
I Ninth Infantry from China was made ul,
( 'i the Ninth Cavalry, a coIorcJ regiment
/ The natives liked the men who were moro
/ Pix" them in color better than the whites
4 and when the infantry arrived among the
/ flilinos they believed that because The
! negroes found them friendly. So would
1 they, and the guard was uOt So strictly
! kept
/ Captain CoHneT. who was in charge OF
! th-s force q Eal.uE'ga. had but seventy
! two men who had police. faJIae and
! guard duty 90 do The night before the
D
4 Captain Co@EcU and before the padre de-
/ eiared that it would take I5a more hom-
I nres tuaUvc Iab0cersl 20 do certain pi0-
( n,er work He did not have the men and
/ heEsed the indulgence OF the army cap
{ saiu.
/ Captain ConaeU replied. do the best
/ SOU can Get ANY native who VIII work
/ but clear away the uuderbrush-F
Attacked by the Natives
/ just after daybrs. X natives. with DoI0s
/ to cut undcrbrush. began coming into
l camp. Then the massacre began. The
/ last uuderbrush man killed Jhe sentry
: Oh. church bell rang. the soldiers went
: r' breakfast below the floor that held
. tleir arms The insurgents split. haIF
2 went un=tairs and shot down. and the
/ other half went I'm the mess room and
/ murdered the uIarmed soldiers U-- force
{ If numbers.
/ How the soldiers died is a sad -l-- -Iori-
/ GUS chapter IN the history OF American
/ arms Not one OF the survivors turned
[ his back upon the scene Of carnage until
I aU was lost. their officers fallen. their
i comrades slaughtered and terrible ven
I gearc executed upon the euery- Then
7 they saved themselves and their wounded
mates. The tales Of -uu-ilaIi0- Of Tho
I dead are all too true Captain CCuLeU
and Lieutenant BuUpus we're hacked up
as warriors never were by "a true Tofman.
Captain CouneU apparently was awaken
. ca Iu his quarters by the attackers pour
iuE in. lie was alone. 50 he jumped from
( ths window down among his S.i1rJ- But
the guard had an been slaughtered. lie
was struck down by many b0ios. almost
as soon rs he reached the ground Not
satisfied with killing lin. the a-sassiHs
/ hacked his body into bits. sevcriIg the
! head. upon which they piled paper and
sticks of wood. setting 5hem afre to rem
/ der The face uurecOgDizable. The body.
however. was identified by Lieutenant
i pTogillard's detachment. which came
( down from Basay. The bodies of Lea
! tenant Bumpus and the doctor were found
upon q bridge leading up TO the quarters
over a little stream The lieutenant had
+ % hole cut horizontally across the fore
/ head. almost sey5rinS the top Of TIE head
and % deep cash dC@n each side Of the
[ face. so that when his body was picked
Z uu tEe face was practically severed from
/ the rest Of the head The doctors body
/ was not so badly mutilajed-
Heroism cf the Men
Separated from their weapons. most or
/ tlle rank and file fought Ike heroes with
; table knives. stones clubs. and such rude
b rrtet t''s.- t.~ ELA.I.H- LLLLrN LL-ClL WY
i it was a bitter fa-e that beleI the Fill
I riuos who closed in with the Americans
I before they received their death wounds.
10 VIII be remembered that twenty-six
! rifles were saved. One or tFese was in
D the hands Of the first sergeant Of the
! company and rendered a terrible account
I The S, Tgtalt. who is now I'm the TaCIC-
/ ban hospital. drew bead on the fsithIs-s
/ pr,sidente. who led the attack ard. Us
I soldier expressed IL. he killed him and
. blew him 10 dog meat This was while
i the enemy were shooting at him and
/ stabLiug at him with boIcs. but he seem
/ Cd immune a. . high priest of vengeance.
I for he only received -h-ee wounds ar-'
/ managed 10 get 20 The Barotos and
/ cape
/ one sergeant Of c Company. Ninth IN
J fautvy. proved himself hero among he
| rCes in the BaIaaE-ga fight. for it was r
I fight Mt to 50 down in history along with
/ Clusters With SIX men. he fought his
] way 10 the headquarters building 10 see
II they could rescue tE1ir popular young
: captain, the lieutenant. the doctor. or
{ pick up O stricken comradc-
Rescued the Post FInE.
! Only the uauGl5d bodies OF dead mot
] their gaze. bUt the post EaE tapped above
! their heads in the faint uornIng breeze.
Despite the mad rushes Of tie horde ~
[ drink -maddeUeG s1vaEes that surrounded
/ them. they stood at bay Ioag enough 10
Z haul the colors down and bundle them
/ M Then. striking. hacking. shooting at
/ the bIackheads al about them they cut
their way back 70 the beach. where an
other little knot Of c0mra IS were defend
Ing the baros0s ard thei, wounded com
QaniCns- Then they sailed of with Il
! least the houors OF wax.
/ The hospital corps man killed eleven
rebels with shovel which ne seized as
he ran out OF the mess hail Another
man. whose name may never be known.
dashed out the brains Of four with a
baseball bat before he died. This was
reported by those who got away. of
| whom there We're twtuty-siX originally
One Of the barotos sank soon after
starting. drowning Gye Of that number.
/ Three men died In Basey Of their wounds
and three more died in TacIobau- Three
now in the hospita. are expected 20 die.
Hunting Down Insurgents.
| MIR. Allison says there are 1n@l
| troops i'm Samar. and the orders have
been given that no prisoners are 10 he
taken. the policy being that Of the Indian
fighters. that the only good native is a
dead one. He says there have been a
number OF hH5usteIing expeditions hJted
out iu Singapore and H0uEkons, mostly
lbv German firms. which in some eases
have succeeded I'm landing their CONTRA