The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-05-06

fantry troops had With about 200 of them
In the Camartnss, Tll~y were armed prime
| ipally with bolos amt daggers. and wore
an armor made - leather, nearly an inch
thick, patterned At er the Old World arm
! or of the Middle Ages. They made a
| rush upon our men, who moved them
down as soon as Shey came within close
| range, and killed nearly all of them They
| did not know the power of the modern
/ arms. and trusted to the ancient order
, Of fghting-the sword and dagger at
! hand to hand encounters.
My command had an engagement with
! General Pillars forces near San Miguel.
I and succeeded in capturing all the bag
gage of his command, and his own per-
sohal arms and property. | brought home
with me his dagger, which is beautifully
! mounted in sterling silver and has his
/ initials engraved on the scabbard.
! Colonel Hayes was asked If there was
n likelihood of the f..iipinos continuing
any important opposition to the Ameri-
cans. to which he replied:
| oh, no: | don't think so. In fact, the
opposition was practically over some time
before | left the islands. The natives
centrally recognize the hopelessness of
their cause, and are laying down their
arms everywhere. of course. a few bands
are still in the field. and will be more or
less troublesome for some time yet but
organized opposition on any important
scale has ceased some time ago.
General MacArthur's administration
mas been successful one, and he has
gained the confidence of the natives by a
Just and liberal treatment which has
made him exceedingly popular on the ISL
and. The Taft Commission is doing ex-
cellent work in establishing civil govern
ment throughout the different provinces.
In my opinion, Judge Taft is the right
man in the right place. lie is tactful and
diplomatic, and seeks to win the conf
dence and esteem of the native popula-
tions wherever he goes. As an evidence
of this confidence in the Americans, mill
tary. as well as civil, the number of new
hnfH IN lt1ril hot h.aff 10
erected all over the Island of Luzon is
proof. The Filipinos seem to have plenty
of money, and are spending it in i'm
proveme nts all overthe island.
Wherever the Americans have been
you can see their influence on the ma
tives. They are beginning to lose their
suspicion of the intent of the Americans.
They say they have been told by the
Spaniards that the Americans would rob
and outrage them to a degree that would
he unbearable. This is one of the main
causes which has prolonged the OPPOSE
tQn, in my opinion. This has been fur
thered by people, Spaniards, well as
other foreigners, who succeed in getting
through our lines. in many instances on
requests from their foreign consuls. They
can. and frequently do. reach the insur-
gent forces. where they can negotiate to
supply them with information and NUM-
tions of war thus enabling the Filipinos
to prolong their opposition. This has been
an annoying evil Before any trading
with the natives can be carried on. a
bride has to be paid to the insurgcnt
officers, thereby supplying. them with
plenty of money"
1t was suggested to Colonel Hayes that
his friends were anxious to see him ap-
pointed a brigadier general and he was
asked if he desired such an appointment.
To this he modestly replied:
Il would. of course. be glad to be made
a brigadier general What soldier would
not? My appointment to the colonelcy
Of the Thirtieth Cavalry. now stationed
at Fort Meade N D. came TO me in
the regular order and not as a reward for
service. 1 have been about forty-three
years in the service. having first enlist
I'd in 1855. have seen service in the civil
war. the Indian wars. and the Spanish
war. both in Cuba and the Philippines
have, however. no influence with the |
appointing authorities and have never put
orth any efforts TO obtain a promotion. |
have never expected any reward for |
service, and therefore i cannot be dis |
appointed If none comes to me-"