Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1901-01-03
Inactive Bowels

cause tnelr ammunition nau given our
and Lieut.. Ramos saw that to charge
bayonets meant suicide. for there were
about ten bandits to every member Of
the Reserves and every man was armed
with either a gun. bolo or a spear.
might state just here that the bolo Is a
cane knife on the pattern of a machete.
only broader and heavier. After Lieut..
Ramos had retired upon Isiu for am
munition, the first sergeant Of the Re-
serves arrived at Canayan with small
force. He Immediately dispatched a
courier to Lieut.. Ramos to tell him Of
his arrival at Canayan in a row boat
with only fifteen men. He had come
from place about fourteen miles
north of Canayan. Lieut.. Ramos push
ed his men forward with all the speed
possible and was soon back again at
Canayan. With these united forces,
the Reserves drove the bandits from
the place, dispensing them and sending
them running in every direction. How
ever, the town was burned as 1t was
impossible for the Reserves to do any
thing toward stopping the flames while
the fight was going on.
The Reserves at once hoisted the
Stars and Stripes on bamboo pole
that they were victorious over great
odds of the willy bandits Of whom they
had killed twelve and wounded twenty
five. The Reserves had only one man
wounded and citizen of the place was
killed while carrying ammunition to
the firing line. 1t might be said that
thirty-five men all told, while those of
the bandit chiefs amounted to over
three hundred fanatics. That evening
Lieut.. Peyton arrived on the scene
with a detachment of Americans AL
another of Reserves. The next morn
ing, he went in scouting trip throuSh
the mountains with seven American
and nineteen natives.
These men were all mounted, au
they had covered considerab;e
amount of ground when, all Of suit
den, they found that the rear guard
of the enemy was directly in front Ct
them, Lieut.. Peyton gave the command
to gallop, in low voice, and the men
started forward. The bandits were
completely surprised. The troops OF
Uncle Sam dashed in among them and
then there was a running fight for ovar
two miles, the bandits hunting cover
wherever they could find it. On ac'
count of the mountainous character OF
the country, the Americans and Re
serves were unable to make the fight
decisive enough until the bandits had
been pushed across a stream. At this
time, another gallop was ordered and
the bandits were so completely routed
that, to this day, they have not had the
heart to attack another coast town.
"The flag was then brought back
here to Jimamayla because 1t was tori
so by bullets in the fights with thu
bandits. The boys took needles an.
thread and sewed up the holes in wha
remained of the flag. When the pos
flag was torn away by typhoon, thu
battle Scared flag was put up In ii
place until about two weeks ago thi'
is the 18th day of November), wheI
another typhoon took away over ;
half of what remained of the flag am
now. though it only shows the star
and about four stripes, 1t proud!
waves here at Jimamaylan, the head
quarters of the southern district of III
Island of Negroes.
I'VE have just received new fla,
so ! am sending the old one to you
The history which ! have given yo'
can be vouched for. hope the flag vii
prove an interesting memento from tn
boy you treated so kindly at the hos
pital on the slopes of Punchbowl.
"Your old friend,
EDDIE LEWIS,
eco. d, 9th. Y. S. nifty"
: This letter from Mr.. Lewis was writ