The National tribune., 1902-02-06

was to pick up and bring along all strag-
giers. L found them sitting and lying IN
the shade wherever shade was to be
found, and was delayed by the necessity
of bringing them along. As we plugged
along | remember well one of the Lieu
tenants who was trying to keep up his
spirits by singing over and over again
comic song he knew, in which occurred
the refrain, And he only had one eye.
! He sang the whole thing to me while !
marched by his side for time, so that l
knew what he meant by the phrase. "A
little later another of the Lleutenants,
who was about used up, said to me:
Captain, this is terrible. Some Of the
men are going crazy. There is Camp
bell now completely out Of his head and
muttering to himself about only having
one eye"
Campbell was all right, but he shook his
head in doubt and fear. 1t was after
dark when the last of my company, which
was myself, reached camp, and | had the
satisfaction of knowing that l had not
left a single straggler along the trail TO be
picked up by lurking insurrcctOS. of whose
presence we had seen some indication in
the shape of abandoned roadside OutpOSts.
The next morning Il courier came III
from LawtOn saying the column would
arrive that night. so we waited patiently
in the shade of the nipa huts of that little
village and while we waited the insur-
gents gave us Il little surprise.
NOrzagaray is Il rambling town, follow
ing the south bank of the river. 1t is con
structcd entirely of native bamboo hutS,
with the exception of the inevitable stone
church TO be found in every town, no mat
ter how poor. This church had been made
Gen. Summcrss headquarters, and was
used as Il hospital for the sick and for
wounded Filipino or two who had been
. IL.
wounded We're giving the General mis-
cclIaneous lot of fairy tales in lieu of the
information he was trying to CLEAN from
them.
On the opposite side of the river the
bank was steep and ran up to quite hill,
thicllly covered with small timber and
brush About 100 feet above the level
of the town and some 200 yards from the
river the insurgents had a concealed
trench, which they had abandoned when
the town was captured. But during the
night just passed they had sneaked back
and occupied it and were waiting for Il
chance to give us fts.
The water in the river was cool and
clear, and the current WAS fairly strong,
and our men We're in bathing constantly.
About Q o'clock that morning there were
probably 100 men in the water enjoying
themselves, also a lot of Chinese bull driv-
ers watering their carahaOs and a num-
ber Of cavalrymcn watering their troop
horses.
soft eyes looked love to eyes that
spoke again, and all went merry as n mar
riage bell" or words to that effect. Sud
denly there was Il scattered and ragged
vollcy of MauSer shots, such as the in
surgents were wont to fire, and then
regular rattle of rapid fire, the half-hun-
drcd ''niGgcrS' i'll the concealed trench
emptying their rifles as fast as they could
work the bolts and triggers.
Then there was a scurTying to get out
of the wet and out of the fire at the same
time. Cinnamon yelled and abandoned
their carabaos, the cavalrymen led Their
camp on the run, while the men who had
been swimming made break for shore,
and many of them landed so far from
where they had left their clothes that
they came back into camp without them.
Naked men were rallying to the lines that
were instantly formed by all the compa-
MES and reporting for duty with nothing
but q poncho on, strapped down by their
cartridge belts. perfect ROdCrick Dhus
ready to defend their native heath. The
sight was so comical that neither disCi-
plinc nor the Mauser bullets whiStling
overhead and making 4 terrible racket in
the clumps of bamboo all around us could
repress the shouts Of laughter
The longest laugh was at the Quarter
master Sergeant of the regiment, who was
a German. The boys had it in for him
Il little because he would not take pains
enough to fit them with clothing when
they drew it. He was accustomed to say,
We'll, if you don't like dose socks you
don't have to take EN- 1t happened