The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1901-04-05
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On ths pacificationi Of the Philip
33lls;s lplno laiands. 54gss
~ Y N.TiN,u THE i:lLiPlrs d s.8

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H'cw ' Our 8 soldiers is,ll and d siareSI
& I. Y & l'lled. e q An sAmerlc an & 8! 5
.ISs cs''s Y N,a'reW Y Escape 81 i 81
from Amigo Hulleta. t5 &
M An officer of one oss tho Nov Yo, XII
voluL tsef regiments in the Spaniah.f
American war, who is now. q first :lieu.
tenant in tho g'wenty-sixth United
States Volunteer Infantry IN the Phil
ippinos, tells, in d lettert his former
colonel, now an officer on Gov. Odoll's
staff, of the tsctics pursued In hunting
tho Filipino band on tho Island of
Panay. His account, under tho date !.
q January ~ throws 9 remal kable /
sideiight on tho Manila cable dis.
patches, which announce that the Is SIS
land OF Panay he's boon paoifod. Tho 4
writer was stationed, at the time the !
letter was written, near the town of s
Alarra go, and ho j states that active
operations were being pushed ageinst
with tho exception of tho firat two y1t,s.
weeks after landing at Iloilo, the lieu-l
tenant writes, have boon slmoat3I
constantly in the field u SO much that I9Iss
have not been able to say what sshaol''s
or m case e Waa a mine tn cal HON II y.
work began on November 10, 1899.
when, in command of my CON pany. T.
was sent to drive in the enomy's OUT
posts, before the advaI GO Of the Eigh.
teentIh United States Infantry. This
h,nnt &c .II ~ IVY nay tne ne
Rnt w;th al IL .,,, .n ;saps .nas asy.
ha,;ana "a potleAoe 5.ll san ge ~ stnen
- bmi,st uaYo 81 hos.at q sehr3 sl:
saors !, = ~ Z, ny e,nnang o.
aeru;po a astcn s tha % ~. ot,out oI lhe e
bnwaunr ~" @ ii. 40 = ntse u teM " IS Houalnae
doas ~ ono ge's 9rS 2 Dtoo9 ,9,3 y ana
t;Sht M I aSoan ~ |. ! naye naV W. many q
NJ raadw sdyo, aIH II sotne g snem an
but rather Proyidenoe. Il 'S 5S''s' 'asA'
con ono 4 nonsa;o \ si 4 aco ~ u-iT I E& !. : !
charge Of aaveral ANA 81 aJ ~
wac alean;np Il 81 a. nva i T. = 4, s
them. Near mv had IN ~ sbaif ai wy y,
nictnra % no ~ y, !. = snoa Was !
nieht abont S(l(, 81 mo 4 IN S "a. e.
(Filipinos1 DOT ihronol tha ~ ~ ~ N }
and nsat efrol - ~ /; = o9os
The oonvent yoS; y J .s 49, 7 atah q
aot location az, nv ,ronna N hn., 49, S :.
dozen &c them ii; bsd Y &, 49, a. :,
and took q fa - ahnts ~ =, ssso &.
foro tho eop anal Il R n 6
Mauaer hi 3 !, !,
ture and s1 \, 'sS Y1..
In ofa atSIi M ma
turad a M ~, IN 49, s;sy
wera i,nd ~ mv Inay 3, y
beaan B 'i,s 4 4 Y, - 81 VI &
ever not 4, 3 e. Is $ 81
and it was yery dark bnt I'M Ut sgn * e u,
on the run in less than thraa. y 4 sr.s d
of an hour. When ra q 1n ~. $500
that I had ono man L;lIad 81 s \ M, VA
wounded. Their u loss. & waa ,sI> b told ,H sSi
amounted 10 thirtv 51'E N ~ q 8 ia i,a;,s
could be- found wIen davl;abt N aaws y,SsA /
not even an empty shell if r otE "a ~ u
Ilieutenants. Formal and w 81 I a. w
sinoe lost their lives. Z: ona E ~ y - anS
drowned and tho othar k;Ilad 4, aya n
bush. Il have also Loaf elawan ,e aniissaS III /
mon. which IA tha h;oLoat 8. j ,,,,,s.s:.'a 4
loss ia the reen,ent. s' 49, = Rss
stEinoe the aleotinn "a MI u n, !, 3, ,a !, I
have been rnahiny Il !, ~ J. ~
and fast dora nro varu osa,, 1, ~, 8
40 that vn,, are, : ~ ~.
called from torap before YOU could
get into one, as was many timoa The
case before election. I have beer, ,ir J
the field since election day, and until
recently | could run into aa many al
three or four scraps q day, but 4; now tvg5
dry weather is coming on 4 and toaethera
with DC cKinley' 3 election and onr hit-
ting them hard all around, things ( arc
moro quiet. You have to hunt for q
'sorap' now. I have boon given q dis.
trict to clean up, and havo q Y detaoh.
ment OF forty! five mon together with
some native scouts. w Work here ID Quito
hard from tho nature of the ground,
and the fact that you begin your days
Werk IN most cases at / a. M, and coySr
from eighteen to twenty. dix miles &
day;ye when you find d a.ssPsatriko', YOU
forget that you are tired until il is all
over; That was a pretty good a hike
We had together down ID Al Virginia,
from Camp Alger to tho Zap, but this
is of geS itfeferat color. are not
troubled # with at fagglars here. They
| Keep up wit bout warning, !, for they
know their fate Is I hey drop behind, ,J
ana q 9, tallSlnto the hands Of tho bolo.
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