The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-05-03

literally hacked to piecse before the slnoo't
humane bullets from the Colts had any
effect. This proves to the Judgment OF
I thoso who have studied the wounds made
from both weapons that tho barong
more than a match for tho Cote revolver
at short range.
During and preceding this attack on the
engineer a grand feast and celebration at
Datto Calves place were In progress.
! His residence being less than hall mile
from the stone quarry. the datto had oeen
much annoyed at The explosions Of dynamite
In the process of blasting. He protested
and sent tho commanding officer mes
sage saying that It caused an increase ~
the deaths from cholera. which was raging
among his people. and asked that u be
stopped.
Tho officer In command did not deem
It advisable TO stop the work OF building
the pier and order the men to quit work.
especially on such all excusc. Tho con-
sens,,s Of opinion among the officers nero
IL that this attac. was instigated IN re-
taliation for the refusal to grant the datto
request.
Two troops were sent out to investigate
, the matter and the datto was asked TO
come into the city and tell all he knew about
the Moro who slew the engineer. He abso-
lutely refused, neither would be promise
to come in al the stated date, and the troops
returned without him. and the officer IN
charge made his reprt. A few days later
the datoh obeyed an ultimatum addressed
to him, and he came in and, Of course, do
MED any acquaintance with the Moro
saying that tho man belonged to another
chief.
On Wednesday March II, the great
ceremony among the Moros OF taking their
yearly bath occurred, and the day follow
ing Is known as preparation day On
this day, Moros who choose to become
juramentaelos and to sacrifice their lives
for the purpose of gaining an entrance
into the seventh heaven, 80 to the datto
or Sultan and procure dispensation.
Then the priests are visited and their eye.
brows are shaved, hager and toe nails
are filed and whitened and they are all
ready for Friday, the Moro Sabbath, on
which day the work Of butchering begins.
And sure enough, on this Friday. while
riding short distance into the country,
heard not less than hundred shots about
8 O'Clock in the morning. My duty being
receive the first installment OF the wounded,
consisting Of one Filipino and his Moro wife.
The latter had the regulation cut over
the right shoulder. being slashed while
trying to escape. This cut was long and
deep, cutting through the outer third of
the right scapula and reaching the ribs,
The Filipino escaped with a shallow cut
over the right shoulder and a deep scalp
wound, which were not serious.
During the dressing Of these wounds
United States transfer wagon drove up
to the hospital with six dead bodies--five
Moros ard one East Indian Malay. Three
OF the Moros we're jlramcntados who had
killed the remaining three.
Our soldiers had despatched the thre,
juramentados with their carbines. shoot
ing them through the head. They were
splendid specimens Of the Moro warrior
one 2Nyears old, and the others about Is
pared having had his eyebrows neatly
shaved above and below leaving a fine
narrow black line in the middle, his finger
and toe nails filed and whitened. Each
wore 4 waist belt of Moro cloth, and tight
fitting pair Of trousers. and had two deadly
keen edged swords or barongs besides q
spear.
From tie officer in command Of the squad
Of soldiers who despatched these juraman-
tados it was learned that the extra barong
which they carried enabled them 10 attack
the enemy from distance. and it was told
that one OF the soldiers was hit with one
Of these baronks at a distance OF thirty
yards. and his life was saved only because
the barong strlck his belt, which was filled
with shells The weapon, bounding for
ward, st ruck the horse in the neck, making
a serious wound.