The sun., 1901-02-11
LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE
A Soldier Writes Home,

"A" Company Engineers, Manila, z. l.
December, 1900
10 the Editor of The Sun:
Last Friday, November 80, there was
i hanging i'll IL large town called Dagu-
pan, the victims being General Parade
,nd Captain ,uruuEa, boln oineefs %
he Filipino army which no longer exists.
General Parade was villain of the
deepest kind, cruel, cunning and treach-
ruus. " nlIe Inc Spaniarus We're hefe |
10 was Il prisoner i'll their hands three
| i!ferent times, waiting to undergo tht
| eutence Of death. But by bribery he
| ,scapcd each time The Americans cap
| ured him many months ago and placed
| nm in an iron cage. He was tried by a
4 enera court martial and sentenced to
| be hanged, the sentence being approved
| by President Mckinley. His crimes
| ere lnulIs. Among thtln 1 state lne
| most prominent. 4 party of six Amer
| can soldiers who We're captured by him
we're cruelty murdered by his order. 4
number Of philippines including women and
hildrcn were murdered By his order,
more than On one occasion. There are
many more brutal crimes charged against
i'm. the last Of which was tying an
American 70 stake and roasting him
dive. Captain Ccrdora murdered two
American prisoners (of war; and two
wealthy tilippinos. The Catholic priests
pent the night before with the prisoners
; III Friday morning at 1890 q. III. they
we're led ont from the prison between a
trong guard; the scaffold was in the
{ middle Of the town about so yards from
he prison, There were about 5000 FLIP
| tnI
j he steps with firm step and reached
: he top and stood upon the trap. |
D | quickly strapped their feet and arms
I osether and adjusted the black caps and
I .opeS and pulled the trigger; they drop
5 pcd six feet three inches; death was in.
il tantaneons. | have hung quite mum
I Der here and | have always made it my
r olicy to got il over as quickly as pos
:, lhlc 50 as to save needless suffering
{ 5oth Of their neclls were broken. Gen
X raj Parade was 81 years old. Captain
Is 'ordova was &c. Again the ends O
ustica have been accomplished. Thes
50 ,eople are very treacher0us. They ar
# nmderers and thieves. the majority, an
IS lfraid having inherited it from the Span
! ards. They will learn better and in fac
y here are marked changes since tn
rs americans have been here. Over 100
r. Insurgents surrendered last Saturda
II md more are coming in every day
i. there are still bands roaming about tn
t. ountry doing mischief and terrorizn
n he peacefully inclined natives, The
ST ire source Of annoyance TO WACO
Of rains. They will lie in ambush and fir
n It you when quite close. However, no.
he they are captured with arms
So nnans death OF life Imprisonment. Agu
laldo is still ont in the mountains hidin
With about 200 men and half millio
If SpaniS.. gold. He will be caught SON
lime or other.
~ The weather is very hot just noy
IS. he natives are all gathering in their ric
ed The hospitals are pretty full with p
20 tents. Dysentery, typhoid fever al
ne Malaria are the most prominent disease
el- The death average is about to 10 81
un liers day. OF course the majority
NJ leaths are by disease. There are thou,
Ike 'uite a number getting shot. There
rn- 10 complaint to be found about the he
1itals. The men get good treatment
curse thcre are n few cases of men W
night have been admitted to the h'
an. ital sooner or sent back to America
pss raatment before they wasted awav
'ia' lie. There is very little sickness cauS
the through VINO. a native drink. one in
the housnnd If a man drinks this mod
)ne tely it will nsver hurt him, IT is OF
to ! man who is born bum and drnnka
has hat dies from excessive use of it, il
eal rs n man dies in the States from exc
-ity sive drink. Any one, who says that Vi