Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-01-12

per. A detachment was sent out this night
to capture them, II possible. When near the
wreck challenge was given by the COM
mander, with no response. He then order
ed volley fired. The party then boarded
the wreck and found two bodies They wait
ed for daylight and were rewarded by cap
turing three other culprits who were hid
Ing the wreck.
Aguinaldo demanded that an investigation
be held over this affair and that the i'm
prisoned men he liberated II looked very
shaky for time, but fate delayed the
breach.
The fourth disagreement with the insur
gents was caused by the stopping of Cen
eral Anderson's steam launch on the Pasig
river at the fnsurgent lines, which We're
within the city limits On board the general
was entertaining party of friends. He
made a vigorous protest, but the insur-
gents had their orders from Aguinaldo and
would not give in. The general returned to
the city highly Indignant and things looked
very black for a time. but the matter was
later dropped. In the agreement of Au-
gust IA it was stipulated that no American
could pass through the insurgent lines with
out permission of Aguinaldo. and any per
son caught doing so would be treated a a
spy.
Only the Expected Happened.
I do not believe that after July 10, 1SS,
there was an American soldier. from n pri-
waite up. on the islands who was not conf
dent that the insurgents would have to he
fought sooner or later and they were anX-
iuos to have it over with. Nobody had is
extent figured. however, longer than two
months at the furthest.
For month before the outbreak Feb
ruary 4. 1899, the troops were nightly tax
ing up their proper positions at the
trenches so that when the trouble did
start everything went smoothly as dress
parade
1 was a citizen of Manila and all during
that terrible night and for a week after
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my residence with Mauser in hand.
/ sincerely wish that a kipling had been
in Manila that terrible Saturday night.
After the Nebraska sentinel touched the
first trigger l believe that within five min
utes every man in the trenches on either
side had fired his piece into the darkness.
The trenches We're fully ten miles long,
forming semi-circle around the city me
first firing sounded similar to setting off a
bunch of fireCrackerS.
The city was afire in several places and
nobody was allowed on the streets. so L
could only grit my teeth and watch that
no skulkerS set fire or attacked our abode
The sound of the bamboo burning was
exactly like the exploding of rifles me
troops were doubletiming all over the city
to reinforce positions attacked. L MAJ
enough excitement In that week to last
for all time to come. An elderly American
gentleman who resided In the same house
succumbed to the shock, and we buried nm
Corregidor Island few days later Inc
authorities confidently expected to suppress
the inSurrectinn within a MONTH II Il now
nearly two years since the beginning ana
the end appears as far off as 1t did then.
The difficulty was, and is today, that the
Americans do not understand the fllplno
nature and vice versa The soldiers refer
to them as 'niggers,' and | am or the
opinion that there will always be an insur-
rection down there unless decided change
of feeling is adopted toward them.
For the sake of the flag and the boys in
the Philippines, L hope that some kind or
an army bill will become law within the
next ten days. 1t seems an imposslalllty
even then to recruit sufficient force to
replace the volunteers in time. 1t Will be
a herculean task to secure 3o,ooo men Win
in the next two months who possess the
robust constitutions necessary for cam
paigning in that inhosptable land.
Senator Pettigrew has been an able gen
eral for Agllinaldo in the past, and has cut
wide swaths in our ranks, but / trust his
Conscience will yet assert itself and thtt
he will have become American citizen
o1ce more and work for the good of the
nation w. S. X.