The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1902-05-29
of the enemy less than n week. Of such
material is the American volunteer.
FILIPINO CoNsTANCY.

FILIPINO CONsTANCY.
While the days passed without the
Americans making any move upon the
city. the natives i'll Cavite were very anx-
ions to know why we did not do some
thing In our visits to the little shops, al
most nightly as they We're, we We're con-
stantly being asked the question:
"Quando Americanos saque Manila!
"NIanana,' we would reply, with a
somewhat sarcastic allusion to the ina
mana habit with which we had already
become disguised. but which was entirely
lost upon them.
20, manana. manana, manana, Siempre
manana." would be the reply, with dis
gust no less deep than our own.
One of the most persistent of these
Guestioners was q woman of moderately
good looks for a Tagal, whose place we
visited more often than any other, be-
cause she seemed to be brighter and we
learned Spanish there better. She was
intensely enamored of the Americanos,
particularly the ''grandes," to which class
I did not belong, being short of stature.
One large officer in particular did she ia
vor with her good will. Him, Alexandra,
for such was her name, possibly as an in
ducement to have the capture Of the city
FASTENED, promised to visit in Manila
when he had become settled there and to
bring him a present. This promise had
passed out of his mind in the exciting and
novel incidents attending the capture and
occupation of the city, but one day, about
week after we took possession of the
Quartet de Espana, there was call for
eel Grande Captain" A little investiga-
ton revealed the fact that a native woman
with two chickens in her arms had applied
at the gate for admission, and had been
refused, and had then sent in word that
she wanted to see lei Grande Captain"
There was rush for the window, the Off
GERS quarters being on the second floor.
and there, just opposite the gate, sitting
on the stone curbing and tenderly holding
her brace of fowls, was Alexandra, dressed
in fiesta costume and patiently waiting.
The officer declined to acknowledge that
he was the one wanted, and refused to go
out, remaining in quarters the entire day.
but nemesis was on his trail. When .
o'clock came drill call was sounded, and
he was compelled to march his company
out the gate to take it down to the Lu-
meta for drill. Patiently Alexandra had
sat on the curbing the entire day, but
when she saw Gel Grande Captain" march
bravely out the gate at the head of his
company her eyes lit up with joy, and
making a spring from the curb she rushed
across the street and thrust into his re-
polling arms the two chickens, exclaim-
ing:
.'Buenos tarde, Ell Captain Grande, Yo
venO para visitar. YO dOy estes gallias.'
Good afternoon, Mr. Tall Captain.
come to visit you. l give you these chick
ens.)
Discipline is not designed to be put to
such tests as this, and it is well for the
credit of the service to say no more about
| the matter.
THE MOVEMENT AGAINST MANILA.
Finally, early in August, troops enough
having arrived and Gen. Merritt also, and
possibly stimulated by hint to hurry up
| from Washington, a plan of combined Op'
erations ON the part of the fleet and army
| was agreed upon, and Admiral Dewey
sent formal demand for the surrender
of the city upon pain of being bombarded
and attacked.
| Dewey was said at the time, so camp
gossip had it, to have refused to threaten
| n bOmbardment. on the ground that The
throwing of shells into city full OF
women and children was not civilized war.
| fare, while Gen. Anderson is reported tC
women and children must suffer in order
to take the city he preferred them to be
| Spanish rather than American. However
the notice called attention to the fact that
an attack upon the defenses of the city
would necessarily involve much danger tC
| the inhabitants, and that therefore "a
hours would be allowed for non-combat
ants to seek places of safety.
| There stood on the Luneta and just in
front of the wall of the old city two 10
inch Krupp breech-lOading guns of high
power. These had been used in the battle
of Manila Bay to fire upon Dewey's fleet