Daily Kennebec journal., 1901-02-16

low and waved them aside W. 80
not tied as tight as we had bean h,,,
were allowed to use our arms ana as
he apDroa chcd US we stood al atlantic,
ana sluted him in our best manr,a,.
He promptly came up and shool, honde
with us and then took us up 10 ,bo
Snack where he was stopping. He r..s.
dressed in a pair of linen trousere ,iad
about the ankles. "A cotton undarshi,t
bareheaded and barefooted. He i =
Tagalog of medium height and ohout
As years of age. His wife and tu, mn
dren are living With q sister in I;on~
Kong. one Of his brothers il IN hre;
ness in Manila, and another was a
captain under him, but he proved to
be a poor soldier and 50 he returned to
| Manila
Here he ordered our bonds taken off .,I
together ana sent for some cigarettes for
Us and brought out 4 bottle with TX,
drinks OF cognac in il. saying that ~
wished us 10 drink il as We looked lir4d
out: that ii was al he HAD or hc would
give us more While here he asked MS
why we did not get down on our knees
! like the Insices did when tha,. nm,
preached. | replied that ii was nor th.
custom Of Americans 70 got down on
their knees 10 anyone This remark
seemed to please him very much. Sncinr
! that We were very dirty he sent US to Il
river near by to wash and sent our
! clothes with some natives to have
| them washed. After this wa dom. we ,,Iit
| On our clothes. still wet, ana went hack
to his shack Here ne gave m. Il pair of
white trousers and cotton lindershirt
10 wear 81 yin% he only had TWO in IN.
world and ii ticniente likewise gave SOM
clothes to Corporal Allen tu wear while
! our clothes were drying. Then h. had a
goat ANA two chickens killed for u; for
| a feast which we much enjoyed After
supper he sent us over TO another shac.l
across the trail where his officers and
secretaries We're quIrteici, ana there ".
| stayed that night.
The next morning he called M over I,
/ his shack about o'clock ana Ead A Iln.
! talk with me. He asked me II / WAS i
| married man. dud partiC.i arly if was
! Mason, saying he was a Mason him scif
| lie knew nearly every officer in the AL
! by name and showed me d letter written
| in Spanish signed by Lieutenant Seaman
| ana asked me if | knew him While ~
were talking a sergeant came in ana had
long talk about the ChinOs. The
| sergeant finally took down long sun
| dang and lett the shack. Soon after
wards our interview closed ana | went
back 70 my former place. The nipa wa
OFF the back side OF our shack ana pres
entity We saw the Chinus marched BY an
| told Allen that thought they were go
ing to kill them. They took them down
into 4 little hollow ana made them kncel
down in a row. With a single Strok, Of
The Keen edged sundang to each ne
heads were cut off The ninth was sparea
on account of the fact that his mother
was a Filipino. He, however. was mad
To pile up the bodies and heads of the
others. where they We're left 70 rot.
Shortly after this the Bottoms Of Aliens
ftet came of 50 that he was unable IL
walk for more than two weeks. The
1..<
me that he was going TO San Jose anu
| wished me 70 go along lie gave M his
shoes to wear and Went tbarefouted Kim
self the entire journey Alien was left IN
'fami We arrived at San jose about Z
O clock that night. and was exceedingly
surprised at what saw there. II Is a
small vista and as nearly as possible in
the central Fart Of Samar and near the
TOP Of high mountain \ lookout sta-
lion was established on Tho mountain ana
| from this either coast Of Samdr could
be seen General Tukban introduced ma
/" his officers: Colone! Abuque. Captains
SUrano and DOdO, and Second Lieutenant
Ncedill". stating that ! was the com
mandate Of Borungau. ana ! was treated
day he started Il detachment for The
hatubig fight, which occurred on ,Ht
18th day OF April. In the afternoon he in
spocted their guns ana bolos and got
them ready to send away. This took
pia." near tho shack where ! WIS con
fined ana counted lg3 rit,cmen. armed
with RcminrtpuS NIaIras,rS Ana ii ~ ~
ErauS tn. hoInncn vrra ruo,-t,i. aboilI
rs Sn much that | rolld unf w.ll rnuut
thr,D hlIt fbrr,. WIS srnr,at him, 90 az,
IN them Snrnnd Iiritfanrnt Ara.ilIo vas
Ill ,nn,rnand ru.han p,,dn I, eur,.h Il.
his nIpn 1rd told fh,m IN hr l.atrintir ;ini
dn their hest for their country Ana max,
a showing for themselves. After this
Spocch he asked for coeerS for the, Eli
pinp Nag. which were heartily given.
Then. after pmbracin, his officers N,
sent them away. The soldiers had ru
rarticular uniform mi were dressed in
different WAYS. nearly an having clothes
made of hemp fibre The officers wore
uniforms similar in appearanco and wcrl,
armed with a short sword ami reyoIvcr
each After sending tha detachment to
CatlIhir General T.Ikban wrnt AWAY rnr
about Two weeks Nm where | dn moi
know ono mnrning after he came back
Il rllmor WIS starred that the Americans
were coming info the town. and I WAS
hIrrledIv bound ana taken into "a swamp
near bX ara Kent there abo,It rs hours.
ana then taken to Il place where there
Were three shackS tOgcther The next
daN Colonel Abuu1c'S wife Fiiipo. cam,
down and occupied one of The shacks.
Here we STAYED for several days. When
next General Tukhan came to see m, he
said that as hc had to 20 from place 10
practicable for him to take me along. 50
he had made arrangements To send M To
Sulat and that he had ordered that |
should hr well treated and have every
thing that was necessary. Tie also stated
that CORPORAL Allen wa: to bn sem a.
Suiat Then he put Il strong guard over
me and sent me away to Sulat and