The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-11-14
7 rIcToRIA B. C., Nov. 18.-AmOng

VICTORIA. B. c., Nov. 13.-Among
( Il the arrivals by the steamer En-
press Of China from the Orient
was Lieutenant F. f. Allison of the
[ United States navy, who is on his way
home from Manila. Speaking Of the
massacre of the members Of the Ninth
infantry at Samar, he said the natives
there had grown TO like the colofeu
/ troops. who had been stationed there
and when the Ninth arrived it was
thought by the American troops that
the same friendly feeling would be
shown to them. and the guard was not
as strictly kept as it otherwise would
! have been.
The night before the massacre the
) village presidents came TO captain
} Cornell and before the padre declared
that il would take 100 more bombres
I NATIVE Iaborers) to do certain pioneer
work He did not have the men ana
! begged the Indulgence of the army
captain. Honest and true in the le-
/ gitimate discharge Of his duty Cap
/ tain Council said;
DO the best you can. Get any ma
tive who viii work, but clear away the
underbrush."
Just before daybreak the natives
with bOlos to cut underbruSh began
coming into camp. Then the massacre
began. The last underbrush man killed
the sentry, the church bell rang, the
I soldiers went to breakfast below the
floor that held their arms; the lnsur-
gents split. half went upstairs and shot
down the men there, and the other
half went in the mess room and muir
dered the unarmed soldiers by force of
numbers.
Bravery Of Americans.
Not one of the survivors turned his
back upon the scene Of carnage until
all was lost, their officers fallen, their
comrades slaughtered and a terrible
vengeance executed upon the enemy.
Then they saved themselves and their
wounded mates.
CAPTAIN Connell. apparently was
awakened in his quarters by the at
tackers pouring in. He was alone, so
he Jumped from the window, down
among his guards, but the guards had
all been slaughtered. He was struck
down by many bolOs almost as soon as
ne struck the ground. Not SATISFIED
with killing him the assassins hacked
L his body into bits, severed the head,
lupon which they piled paper and sticks
of wood. setting them afire TO render
the face unacceptable. The body
. however, was identified by Lieutenant
Drouillard's detachment, which came
down from Basey.
Separated from their weapons. most
of the rank and file fought like heroes
) with table knives, stones, clubs 2no
+ sucb rude weapons as chance threw in
their way. It was a bitter fate thai
befeU the natives who closed with the
Americans before they had received
. their death wounds. Some of the in
1 surgent dead were buried by their owl
crew before they fed, but Colonel De
d Russey ordered $50 more to be thrown
2 into a trench.
! A rifle in the hands Of the first ser
geant Of the company rendered ter
rfbIe account. The sergeant. who Il
now in the Tocablan hospital, killed TIT
Ifaithless presidente who led the attack
With six men. he fought MS way to tn
headquarters building 10 see If they
; could assist or pick up stricken com
= rade Despite the mad rushes of tn
savages that surrounded them, the,
j were able to secure the post cOlors
= Then they cut their way back to tn
. beach. where another little Knot o
comrades were defending the barolO
and their wounded companions.
Lieutenant Allison says there ar
S 1000 troops in Samar. He says Their
e have been a number Of filibustering eX
s peditions fitted cut In Singapore AM
r. Hong Kong mostly by Germans, whicl
e ina some cases have succeeded in land
ing their contrabaud arms and ammu
n milton but many captures have beel
n made by the gunbOats