, 1901-12-10
OF FORTY MEN ON ISLAND OF
SAMAR GRAPHICALLY
TOLD.
W. A. Cordiner of the Hospital Corps
In the Army of the Philippines
Writes Home Concerning That and
Other Affairs In Our Asiatic Pos
sessions-A Delightful Shower
Bath,

pine army, dated at Duleg. Leyte, p. l.,
October 6, telling OF his experiences in
that section. He says:
There is absolutely nothing doing
here on Leyte, but am sorry to say
such is not the case on Samar, only a
lieve. The other day over forty of our
men were most cruelty massacred.
While at breakfast a detachment OF
about sixty men were surprised by the
natives, who under W. Of the noise
made by a bass drum attacked the
headquarters some distance away and
killed three officers. Then a couple of
them got into an alteration with the
sentry, who was careless and allowed
others to come from behind and kill
him. Then the church bells began to
ring, and you can have no idea of the
fearful noise they make; a baud began
to play-and there is nothing suspic-
ious about these things, as bells are
ringing and bands playing all the time
~ tiS sti5''SSt hNh'" VI tllao AtAiN
1t was a signal, and out of the houses
surrounding the quarters came a horde
of half-naked savages, who rushed in
and captured eighty rifles and q 5000
rounds of ammunition, after which
they proceeded to cut our fellows down
at leisure. Not a shot was fred, all
the attacking force being holo e
One sergeant of C company, Ninth in
fantry. killed fourteen niggers with a
pickax before they got him. Our top
sergeant, NJ, Eleventh, was just up
here. and says the latest news was
forty-nine killed, eleven wounded, six
taken prisoners, while twenty odd es-
capped
eve rather look for a general out
break soon. though nothing of such a
startling nature is apt to happen again,
as while before the natives who did the
work were supposed to be Amigos
Why, the priest who led the insurgents
was over here just last week II was
made much of by our commanding Off
Ger, in the face of a warning from the
local padre. who. by the way, in his
sermon this morning, threatened ex-
communication to any member of his
parish who even had himself talked
about in connection with the rebellion,
and that | need hardly say is n moe
potent weapon than all the Krag-Jor-
gensons in the garrison. On the other
hand the priest at Baranen. twelve
miles from here. is a red-hot rebel and
was caught red-handed the other day
teaching fifty men how to Use a Krag,
claiming hat in a few days they would
have captured enough arms to equip
5000 men.
THE government is entirely too len
lent with these people. The priest was
let go and he Immediately headed o
small band of men with the p~residente
oi the town and took to the mountains.
The garrison at Baranen is in a bad
way, should an outbreak occur. as
there are only eight men against prob
ably 1000 bolo men. There is said to
have been over 3,tO of those in the
Samar affair.
1--WE have plenty of men here, about
100 whites and 25 native scouts, who,
however, may leave us to join Their
own people if they had IN idea we were
in for a licking. But as near rs we are
able to ascertain. there is nc an in
surrecto in our town; in fart, in spite
OF all rumors, a regular boom is on,
many new houses being built, and that
is the best indication possible Of the
temper of the people, as they know
that should an outbreak occur here
every shack in the town would he Civ
en- to the torch. and though to us they
are nothing more than shacks, they
pesos, and that is a great deal Of money
to them; in fact, tits not every family
that has a house. as many as twenty
five people living in some of them,
most of which have but two rooms
This is the beginning of the rainy
season; in fact, it is raining at this
moment, and the other day, during a
big rain, a characteristic sight was pre-
scented to us just opposite the hospital.
Five little girls, ranging in ages from
. to IA, came outside the house over
which the roof slants very much and
makes a good rainshed. They came
out as God made them, their only GOV
ering being their hair, which was quite
long and except for the very small
ones, and proceeded to enjoy as good a
shower bath as one could imagine. The
doctor and myself Immediately follow.
ed suit, but we stood on our rear porch,
on the second story, and o. under all
the houses in view the same perform
ance was taking place, the adults year
ing their clothing-some of it at least
land the children as said before
wearing their hair.
The glory Of q Filipino is heI
hair, more 50 than with our W peo
pie. They do nothing but sit and cont
1t all day, and when they go visiting
the women take turns in going through
each others hair. looking (bouscow)
for the parasite population; but it Ger
tainly is good to look upon, long ant
black and wavy and glossy as 1t is"
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