The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-02-12
THE FILlPiNOS FIGHT fIERCELY
A TEXAN on BoHoL ISLAND DE-
sCRIDEs THEIR DARING.
vnnce--shot Down. They Will
Crawl Forward.

In letter that has been received by
The Posi-, Mr.. James r. wood, Texan
- no enlisted in The United states volun-
teer army al House on Oetooer 9, 1879,
and who is now in the service with COM
pany G. Forty-fourth regiment. in the
Philippines, gives his Views Of the siiua-
lion there. Mr.. wood writes from Jagna,
l3ohol, under date OF Decem5er 20. 1900,
as follows:
I'VE have now been one year and seven
days in the Philippines. on Marcn IL
we were b,ndcd ON Bohol, what was then
considered a peaceful island, and wh.cn
really was SO until Angus, 30 wnen a
de achment OF our company was sent TO
an interior town. and was attacked ~
about 200 bolo men. 4 few rinemen
were on the hills ana drew the attention
OF the detlcdment and when the latter
swung around into some high grass bne
American troops came upon band OF
$50 bolo men. We lost one killed ana
five wounded, but our boys got 100 OF the
'niggers' dead. aud don't klow how many
wounded got off and died,
"Our rides are If 100 small a cahber
to xii quick, and Il you do not hit these
follows IN the held or near the heuri
they will keep coming, and you have -
Keep shooting them 10 keep them off.
y OH can't tel these people anything
When ono starts for you, you have to Kill
him to get rid OF him. A bluG won't
work here.
"on November % detachment Of com
pany Il was repairing the telephone line
a. Point Gordon, ten miles from hore,
when the men were attacked. Tndt place
Is 1 mountain blum tnat runs up 10 the
coast with just narrow wagon road
As the column was directly under toe
bluff 4 band OF boo me1 above opened
fire and commenced rolling powders
down toe prec!plce. Three privatcs vera
wounded aud Lieutenant Evans got
small rock on his head, but was not
seriously hurt The detachment teic-
phoned hack to Jagna for rein:orcements,
which were hui. red forward The rescu
ing party charged thc trenches Of the
enemy killing a few of them and cap
turing one rife and one cannon.
'On December 10 twenty men OF com
pany c, under Captain Anderson, started
for Uoly TO repair lines, aud when about
ten mites east of here they were at
tackled by force of 200 boo men. They
were in deep cut and the natives
jumped right Down amongst them, the
boys not having time 10 unsling their
guns before they We're in the midst Of n
fierce fight. Five of our men were killed
and three others wounded, while the ele
my lOSL twenty kllle1 IN tine cut, others
being carried OFF wounded
> AT the present dime / think this Is
he hottest instruction in the Islands
We have been split IN in.o small de-
tachments. SO as to garrison all the best
port towns, but we now have a whole
company at each port.
we have fine quarters and an easy
time and the health OF he men Is good,
except for Inconsistencies. We are all
anxious to see June 80 roll around.
There is no sign OF peace over here,
and believe there will be instruction
here for the next tweuty-fv years. These
people VIII fight as long as they can get
little rice 10 cat and a knife to fEht
with-they do not need clothes. They
will come in and play good until they
plant their rice Crop. and then 60 ha X
to the mountains and fight until harves =
ing time, when they Will return and take
up the same tactics as when planting.
When they harvest their rice, they viii
go back to the mountains and resume
their warfare, They can thus keep the
war going without much expense.
by the time the Uni ed Sta es ge S
these islands in paciG state they will
have cost more than they are worth TO
say nothing OF The lives Of our brave
boys who are being sacrificed I have
enough o, sold erng in tho Philippines.
Ia much raJaer pull the oelle1rd over
mule IN old Texas.
1T IS the opinion of mos s1liiers here
that the rich people are the ones to
blame for this insurree ion they arc
forcing he poorer classes to lght VII lie
they assume frendliness toward us, in
order to keep their own side posted on
the movements Of our troops
THE priests TOO. have a great deal TO
do with prolonging the warfare, They
/ tell the poor natives that il they arc
! killed they will come TO life again in
three days, The Fighting natives must
have some such belief when they will
run right UP against the end OF a ride
knowing they will be killed. II you shoe;
I one down and he can't get up he will
! crawl towards you till you kill him Wy
opinion is IL we ever stop tho war We
will have to star; TO work on the OFF,
Gals, the priests and the money power
Speaking of The Post Mr., Wood says
"A man does not know how 10 appre-
clate his home. paper until he gets in {
foreign land and can not hear he news
There are nine Texans in my company
and there is always rush made for NJ
when l get my Post. All want to learr
the news from Texas"
WHEN WE WE'RE TWENTY ONE"