Evening star., 1901-09-21

| through the town. as 1t was a great holiday
| or fiesta Every house had at least one
American flag flying. Some few had white
| emblems.
The crowds stood uncovered on either side
OF the street and saluted we passed.
| such scenes as this make one feel proud
that he is an American. There are, how
ever. some acts committed in the name OF
our country over here which make us bow
| our heads In shame.
We reached the barracks. which quarters
| seventeen Americans q. mere handful
| among thousands of natives. They had
| quite number of insurgent prisoners and
the corporal in command was in guam
| dary what to do with them. as his food sup
ply was short.
Hinunangan Is the center for the bolo
| men and great numbers are surrendering
! oaiiy BY turning in their weapons and
| taxing the oath of allegiance they are al
| lowed to go. The corporaTs room present.
| cd novel appearance. as he had fully 200
Dolos hung around the walls. There was
| hardly good one in the collection They
| no doubt turned in the worst knives they
| could find, so as to comply with the law.
Features of the Fiesta.
About O'Clock they had some good aero
| batic and trapeze performances in the plaza.
| free for all. When 1t was turning dark
| there was grand religious procession, In
which all the natives participated. They
formed two lines, and nearly all carried
| lighted candles.
The writer accepted an invitation from
| the lieutenant Of police, bright native, to
| banquet at his house, which proved to be
very enjoyable. The spread would have
| done credit to an American city. The lieu
tenant was very jealous in his efforts to
put down the insurrection and is doing ex-
| cellent work.
He informed me that Consolation was
the hotbed of the insurrection, and that
| nearly all of the men in that section were
| insurrectos. 1 frankly told him that did
not believe him fully. but decided to be
| "a mi in fha f,rf, yInv, IN
with the natives. had been in the habit
of taking my bath before breakfast about
half mile from camp, but he advised me
| 10 use tub In the house for the present
| He also informed me that there were
| ABOUT 100 insurgents in the nearby noun
! talns, mostly armed with bolos. If there
were any number Of them in the vicinity 1
| do not see why they did not attack our lit
| tie body of five. as our road lay through
many miles of jungle. We returned to our
station by the route we came, and never
circumstances encountered were several
houses passed which contained large num-
bers OF men, apparently in council of some
| sort.
| On our way over we noticed a small boat
| loaded with hemp. The lieutenant uues-
toned the. native, who admitted that he
had no permission to take his hemp to any
| town. He was given a note and ordered To
report to the sergeant in charge at Conso-
| lacion with his cargo and wait for our re-
turn and investigation. For some reason
or or other he failed to report as required, and
| Is probably an fnsurgent in good standing
The insurgents on this island are COM
| manded by two professionals from the
Island OF Luzon. Their mission Is evidently
| not TO ngnt Americans, but to rob the ma
| t1ves. We can get no trace Of them al
though scouting parties go out daily We
| are told that insurgents are mingling with
us daily, but they give no evidence Of their
calling. 1t Is queer situation, but 1 sup
pose something will develop in the near
| future
| Bad Reports of Volunteers.
The volunteers surely struck terror In
the hearts of these people. AS we approach
them an expression appears on their faces
like child about to be whipped 1 cannot
| believe half of what am told of the vol
unteers. In this town, they tell me- a num-
| Der of natives were shot down in cold
| bloOded style.
The presidente says he was tied up for
| days, robbed Of gold watch and all his
fled to the mountains upon approach Of
volunteers to escape disgrace. They tell
| hard tales. and II repeat that cannot be-
lieve them, but give them for what they
| are worth.
A general fnsurrection on this island is
| impossible as so. many different tongues
are spoken. The natives in this village
| have a different jargon from the mountain
people. The cities all have a language of
| their own. Many words are common
| throughout the island There is a bright
young lady. visiting her sister here from
| Tacloban, the principal city, and she tells
me that she does not understand the Ian
| guage here.
| A general order was published a few DAYS
cleaned within a week, and that all dogs.
| goats, pigs, ETC., found on the streets
| would be shot.
This was an excellent order. as the n,ace
| was In a deplorable condition. Grass was
| growing In the middle Of the streets, re-
minding one very much Of Alexandria
Ihey went to work with a will, that Is,
| the women did by their husbands win.
The men here are very similar to our noble
| red men at home. They love to see their
women work. I noticed one young wo-
man at work In the street and I asked
| her why her husband did not do such work.
and she answered that her lord did not
know how to work.
Jealous of Americans.
The men are very jealous Of Americans,
and will not permit the girls to have any,
| thing to do with them. The latter are in
clined TO fiirt. but stand in mortal dread
| of their men.
Some Of the soldiers say that the padre
of the church told them that If they want
ed to marry he would get them wives; that
at the end of year If they did not wish
to continue In the marriage state they
could divorce their wives. Many of the
boys who have only year to serve have
signified their intention to accept this prop
osition. but I hope 1t is only talk, as no
god can come from such marriages.
The volunteers left SO many native wives
behind that I understand there Is a gen.
eral order prohibiting married men from
leaving the islands without their wives.
The presidente Of this province returned
this evening from Tacloban. He accom-
panied the conf1scated hemp to the capital
and he says he was informed by the gov
ernor that the people would be paid good
price for their hemp. I imagine there will
be some trouble arranging the division.
The town will be glad tomorrow.
The presidente is highly incensed at his
treatment by the American official who
took him to Tacloban. He says he was
treated like a dog; was not offered any
thing to eat or drink. This lieutenant was
a volunteer officer, and the presidente says
he was mustered out of the service June so.
|. Smallpox and No Vaccine.
Smallpox Is raging In this section and
not vaccine point in camp. We meet 1t
on the streets. as the people do not look
at the dread disease in the light that we
do. We are having them removed to a
community In the suburbs just as soon as
discovered. They hide the afflicted as long
as possible, as they fear we will do them
harm