The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-04-02
TREAT CAPTIFES ROUGHLY
A Washington Boy Tells of Prac-
tees in the Philippines.

SubIg Described as n Paradise. But
Lonely for the American Troons.
Plenty of Hardwood and Minerals
I'm the I~iands-AIarines in Chfna.
In 4 recent letter TO his brother. James
in this city. Thomas = Corridor. of Com
pany u. First Battalion, I. S Marine
| Corps. a Washington boy who has been
! over in the Philippines for nearly two
years. writing from Subig. 2 l.. SAYS:
Dear Brother: E-e only stopped one
| week at Olongapo. when we were shipped
TO Subig and took charge of it. The col
ored troops were holding the place Su-
| big is q paradise, but lonely Just think
OF sleeping in banana groves; cocoanuts
by the thousands: pineapples; q beau
tiful bay in front TO battle in, and boats
, to row around in.
We are doing good work as usual. and
| hikeing pal lies are sent out every day.
/ We have mace some good captures since
| coming here The captives are now in
| irons. The best time for these hikes is
/ at night. we generally surprise the in
! surgents at dawn, when they are asleep.
! We take several of the captured ones
! along TO show US their haunts with
/ threats If they do not that we will leave
!
made some good captures by doing this
/ way. We have left a II o'clock at night,
and hil1ed tin > in the morning with these
! captves. and it is something fierce We
/ go into a country that white men never
/ dreamed of once we went into a dive
/ The cavalry was with us but left their
! horses at our camp in SubIg- This hike
| was fifteen miles, up mountains, through
| marsh, and wading streams. We sur
/ prised the natives, but were halted by
! one OF their oUtposts, and they We're an
| swered back by one of the Filipino scouts
! who goes with the cavalry. SoT1e of them
! got away as usual, however In the cav
| airy that cO-operated with US on this oc-
casion were 4 few of my old Washington
chums, among them Harry Landon,
bugler, and Elmer Mace. Weren't we
glad to meet each other in SUCH far-off
parts of those islands? They stopped
with US two days. but have gone to the
hills again. I told them I would let the
boys at home know of my meeting them.
1 had TO stop writing on this page on
the 18th. and now it is the 18th. The
town at in the morning of the 18th was
attacked, and every me- was out and
to the trenches in a minute The insur
gents fired on US from the hills. For
about an hour it was hot anC heavy. We
were down low and the goOgoOs on top.
We started the Colt automatic, 2l2 shots
to the minute, and then threw shrapneI
with our 3-inch gun. Well, il was all
over in q short while.
I'VE have quite a number of prisoners.
but they would never be prisoners only
for our officers, as their bones would be
in the hills and forgotten This place.
Subig. is a hotbed for insurgents, and
always was; and now as all the rice has
been cut they are starting in at their old
game. For about three miles around
stacks as large as hay stacks were burn
ed We fired them. and every place and
farm that has rice is being destroyed, !
for firing on US that morning at o'clock /
We are operating with the army, and also |
the cavalry, and all wear the same uni /
form
The first Irish dinner since leaving !
home was given in Subig by US under
Captain Long. We had the first cabbage |
I had seen since I have been in the serv- /
Ice. Captain Long seut TO Manila for il /
for US. and bread also. l tell you he is /
the officers under him are az right, too /
This rebellion wont be put down for
years Il IS on the same methods the I
Indians have pursued in the West since {
the discovery Of America only it is {
worse. II would be a profitable invest I
ment TO the first photographer who could I
follow US I'D, as We could have some of I
the greatest sights and scenery. showing /
canyons, mountains. and people, and the /
QueereSt places OF habitaIiOn on earth. !
GUS only here and there, and cavalry is /
not worth much here only at certain /
places. Mounted infantry does pretty
We'll, but on several occasions would have !