Oakes Republican. (Oakes, N.D.) 1898-1906, 1901-01-04
IN THE PHILIPPINES. Z
Sam flandigo Wflfes an Interesting Letter. to
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|. Having few moments at my dis
posal, / thought I would write you a
few lines concerning the coup de'etat
a la insurrection. In February three
years will have elapsed since the in
surrection's genisis, still there are
thousands of natives who glory in
seeing an American soldier she'd his
life blood. Inducements of all de
scriptions have been offered to these
Filipinos to come in and lay down
their arms. and go to the different
pursuits Of their lives peacefully and
protected by all that Americans can
do for them. Countless thousands
have accepted these terms, and the
consequence is they are enjoying all
the blessings that the. word "home"
designates: The greater majority Of
these surrendered people have been
|.conyinced. to do SO by men who knew
it ansutter impossibility to compete
against such foe as the American
army.
Here is an incident which will help
enlighten you Oh what an enemy the
the soldiers have to compete against:
Captain .Steinhauser, commanding
Co. B, 18th U. S. V, Infantry, was
stationed at Daet. One day he took
twenty men from his company and
went on a scouting expedition. When
twelve miles from Daet he was at
tackled by the insurrectos. The fire
from the enemy's lines was wither-
ing. First Sergeant Miller dropped
dead, the captain took the belt from
the dead man and commenced to use
the sergeant's gun to telling effect.
Presently he was shot through the
legs; but he still kept at his fire from
the lying position, Next ball
pierced his intestines, then he was
useless, After while the situation
became perilous, ammunition was
getting very scarce, six men had been
killed when the voice Of the captain
was heard-'Boys, l don't think
there4is any chance, for reinforce
ments, SO when it comes to your last
shell, I hope your conscience will
guide you in how to use it," They
would have used it the same as 1 or
any other sensible soldier would do
end his own existence rather than fall
prey to these bloodthlrsty demons,
who would either torture you to
death, or slowly starve you to skin
and bones, cut your feet so you could
not escape, and do everything inhu-
man that crossed tlieir heathenish
minds, AS l am writing this letter
another man fromSthis company has
laid down his life for his country, foI3
one of the boys just came to me and
S aid, "Huaser is dead" Still, in
spite Of of,ellSfhe lives laid down, of all,
the American blood shed on this,
island, there are people by the thous73
ands in the States who say. "My
sympathisies are with the poor Fill.
pino." Well, then, Filipino sympa-
rhizer, your sympathles are running
toward a race of people who in cold
blood disembowel women and chil-
dren, cut their heads off, dance.
around their murdered victims, cut
ting and slashing them until they
have satisfied their bloodthirsty de-
sire. Next on to some other family
and rob them Of all they possess
The trouble with the Filipino SYM.
pathizer in the States is, he or she
don't realize that there are nc. more
insurrectos. They are now what arg
termed 1adrones: They are not fight
ing for their liberty or. their nahonSs
independence, but. are too lazy 10
work and had rather rob- plunder
and murder their own people thanstto
earn honestly their livelihood. This hi
morning at two O'Clock our COMPANY
starts for the mountains, with l4O
rounds of~ammunition to tie maa.
Aud the prospects are that there are
some coloredegentlemen whose names
will be dropped from the Gugu,,s
company roster after "Munyana.@ A
think this regiment has had about
100 men killed and wounded IL ac-
ton. Reports say the Thirty-sfW and
Thirty-Seventh Volunteer infantry
regiments will embark for the States
inabout two weeks. expect TO put
in about-four moons in the Philip
pines yet. The Ninth Cavalry Gold
has arrived in the Camarines and the
Eighteenth Infantry is expected to
arrive here in the near futur(1 Oul