The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-04-18

In dealing with the natives OF all classes
oHlcers VIII he guided 10y the following
principles Every uaurc. whether In arms
or living in the purblas or barrios. will he
! regarded aud treated as AN enemy until he
has conciusiyely shown that he Is friend
rms he can not de by mere words or prom
ls'S; nor by impartlng information which,
! while true Is old OF stale and OF no value.
| nor eau il he done 10y aiding us In ways
that do material harm 10 the Insurgents.
IN short the only manner ia winch the
native can demonstrate his loyalty Is 10y
some positive act or acts thar actually aud
| positively commit MIN to us, thereby sever.
ing his relations With the msurrectoS and
producing or tending to produce distinctly
uuiliendiy relations with the insurgents.
The taking of the oath of allegiance ny
OFFICIALS, presidents, vice presidents consc-
lcIos principals teuicntes Of harrics or
other people Of Influence does not Indicate
that they or any OF them have cspoused the
American cause, since 1t Is well cStab-
lShcd fact that these peQnle frequently
take the oath Of allegiance With the direct
"llrCt aud intent of enabling them to ne of
greater service to lieir real friends in the
hell
The most dangerous class with whom we
have to deal is the wealthy sympHthizer ana
contributor He has much 10 lose, IA his
opinion. and but little to gain through Amer
team supremacy In thcsc Islands, Il Is TX
pected that officers will exercise thcir best
endeaNofS TO suppress and prevent ana being
given 10y the people of this class. especially
hy the native priests.
The profession of priests will not pre-
vent arrest az proceedings against them,
u he evidence is sufficient they Will lie
I Tried by the proper court II there Is not
Sutncieut evidence to convict they Will lie
arrested and confined as q military nec3s-
Sity ana held as prisoners Of war until re.
leased by orders from these headquarters.
The suferngs of Major Waller and the
men In his command IN the expedition
across Samar are described as being horyi-
Bile. The expedition started from I.umlug
on the east coast of Samar in the last week
Of December Tho intention WAS TO cross
the island 10y Basey. distance OF APP
ploNimntely thirtyhvc miles,
continuous rains and swollen streams
made the progress Of the party particularly
slow and before long the ratious were eN-
hauSt ed and the men began TO drop by the
side of the trail
In q report forwarded the war depart
nent 10y Lieutenant X. W. Shoemaker, l.
;. n, who conducted the relief expedition
winch Succorcd the marines. The following
account OF thcl terrible suneriugs IS given;
"pn January I. being then an half rations
with very little food left. Major Waller de
cidcd 10 split the party he taking fifteen
OF the strongest men and pushing on FOR
BaSev. CAPTAIN Porter following his trail
as rapidly HS possible with the main body
on January . native came back from
waller With "a note stating that Waller lad
gwen up cue idct of getting through and
W"ulu return ordering Porter to make III
rerjy for the river and build RATS for the
Cntlre party This Porter tried to do hut
failed TO Hud wood that would hout
ct was raining hard at this time. and
the river was about ten feet above its nor
mai level aud running with violence As
Major Waller did not appear. Porter sent
captain BearSs To him To- ascertain his
plans then return and report BcarsS
tailcd 10 return. but he reached Waller
and went on.
Porter pushed ahead January p to get
assistance with eight of the strongest men.
leaving Lieutenant Williams to follow with
the crippled and lame MS far as the bout
secrct"d on the way M 10 be used In an
emergency Porter reached tho boat hut
found 1t had been damaged and was unht
for use So he started on n twenty hvenile
hike far Lanauc and reached there with
three men ON the afternoon Of the nth
Fiv" mou had given out. but living on two
dogs Tint strayed their way they finally
reached the post
rho relief expedition under Lieutenant
Williams First infantry on account of the
height of the river, was unable TO get away
until the morning Of the 18th. Williams de-
serves the highest praise for his twenty
6vc-milc fight against the current aud mn
the RAPIDS. hauling his boats along by hand
a good part Of the way. II was not until
the morning Of the nth that he reached
the starving marines in their last stopping
the time was terrible. For DAYS no man
among them had strength to carry rifle
Nine Of them had either gone crazy or
fallen by the trail half dead from starva-
tlon and exposure. II had ramed steadily
for eighteen DAYS.
Lieutenant Williams had made every
erort IT, get them along, but h1d 70 ahan-
don them. lie could only Save the men
who were able to reach the boat by the
river the probable point Of arrival Of the
r''or cXpciition
his Tarty having been without food, eN-
crptiue roots. the pulr Of p3uts and
very frw sweet potatoes for fifteen days.
To further complicate matters thr native
bearers. about thirty in number, became
Sulky. practically refusing assistance to the
white men. They would build shacks ~
protection form the continual downpour
for themselves only. and knowing the edl-
bic roots End plants. were more skllful In
obtaining food.
"A time came when no white man could
carry rife aud those not lost We're In the
hands Of the natives, and under the altered
condition II required considerable diplomacy
on the part Of Lieutenant Williams to
handle them ALL Just before reaching the
river two bearers tried 10 XIII Williams,
stahhine him about the chest with holo
He tried to shoot. hut had not sufficient
strength to pull the trigger. Then they
tried to Will him with his own Pistol, but
did not know how to work the weapon.
williams was rescued hy few OF his
men, who tottered M armed with sticks,
and the natives took to the hush. No FIJI
pinos were seen In the region, there being
no f0Cd In those parts The relief party
Eaw some coming from the direction of
IIermane. 50 II Is probable that tho insur-
gents about there got wind OF the dcs-
pernte condition Of the marines and were
hurryInG UP TO take advantage OF It. Re-
lief came Just in time.
at took practically ali Of January Is To
get tho sufferers. thirty-one In number. IN
cuding two officers-elghtcen In stretcheIs,
unable to move--across the river and out
through the surf TO the vessel This work
Of relief was finished NJ $50 p. M, and Mt
2 We started for Tacoban direct MS an
army surgeon said at Lanaug that an Eoar
saved h transit might mean an arm or a
leg to some
rho othcr members o. the PARTY under
Immediate command Of Major Waller. suf-
fered hardships ard priyatlons equally as
distressing as those related Of the vii
Hams contingent They had Practically
thoir comrades when the opportune cap-
turc Of a Filipino boy, the only native seen.
resulted IN their getting through to the