The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1903-12-18

ten. breakfast over, was on my way
to Paric. the seat OF this municipality.
some five miles to the north, while the
remainder OF the party were to go to
Tubig, say eight or ten miles to the
south. Paric is a town Of five thou
sand inhabitants, yet it is mere clus-
ter Of nipa shacks, telling the familiar
story of fire and sword. Here I found
a. school of hundred and fifty at
tendance. by actual count, in build
ing which would hardly be used to
store hay in a road-builders' camp In
Hawaii. How hard a fight these peo-
pie have had since the war and how
bravely they have made 1t. there are
few to tell. At one o'clock, contrary
to the customs of the country. set out
for Tubig. Resting at Canabia as long
as seemed prudent, arrived at Tubig
at half past six. All this days trav-
cling could have been done on horse
back, but preferred walking to rid
ing thin pony bareback, and there
was not a saddle in either of these
towns.
HARDSHIPS ON THE ROAD.
vi lHe HlOTIlIlS VI tne Oh mo-
vember I set out by boat, a dugout, to
go by sea to Borongan, some eighteen
miles to the south. intending to do my
work at Tubig on my return. Stop
ping at Sulat on the way, I saw one
Of the most complete examples of the
phoenix to be found anywhere, only
the new phoenix Is not well feathered
out. The ruins indicate that here
stood a really fine town, and there is
one lone building which is pointed out
as all that Is left of the old town. 1t
is a little stone house with tile roof,
and seems to have been left by acci-
dent. overlooked because 1t was not
worth the trouble it would be to burn
1t. My business at this place completed,
I FASTENED on to Borongan, assured
that I had just time to reach that
town by six o'clock. But the weather
was less favorable in the afternoon,
and seven o'clock found us still at sea-
Then rain came on and my pilots"
We're unable to find the mouth of the
harbor. Rain and moonshine alter
mated till we finally got ashore at
BOrongan at half past three in the
morning. I went at once to the bar
racks of the Philippine Scouts, and
the corporal of the guard kindly gave
me cot on which to spread my blan-
ket and rest till morning. AS my
blanket and pyjamas had been kept
dry. wrapped in oilcloth, / soon made
myself very comfortable indeed. The
last 1 remember of that night is hear
ing the clock strike four; and the first
knew of the morning was that the
bugler was standing within three feet
Of me and blowing like an honest man
blowing for a good salary That was
at half past five. I mustered up cour-
age to put on my cold, wet clothes and
make an early call on the command
ing officer, Lieutenant Moynigan, who
received me with the utmost kindness,
and best of all, invited me to exchange
ny still cold wet clothes for my py-
Iamas and wear them till the sun could
have time to dry my clothes.
Hungry! Why, nice fresh, sweet
California hay would have been deli
ciously tempting to my appetite that
I had set out the preceding
sisting of little but a cup of coffee, and
ldu ldhtl IolHlHB Dul IL pOChGt
since. While we We're at breakfast, the
observer of the Weather Bureau came
in and remarked that there had been
three and a half inches Of rainfall the
preceding night. / believed him.
Borongan Is another phoenix, though
he destruction wrought by wars here
was not quite so complete us that at
Sulat. And right here let me sound
l note of warning. This Is the last
shall have to say of fire and sword,
md 1 wish to warn the reader against !
charging the American army with all
he destruction by fire. Vicente Lux
'an, the commander of the "insurrec-
os' of Samar, did a great deal more
burning than was ever done under |
orders Of General Smith. Borongan !
las the wonderful recuperative power ,
10 characteristic of this island, and Is
The school, with attendance averaging !
learly five hundred, is housed and fur
lished far worse than any other large
chool ] ever saw. But this Is to be ,
emeded soon.
At nine that night I sailed for the
eturn to Borongan In "sacayan" or
eckless sloop, to be towed by steam
r to the mouth of the Tubig harbor.
When the sacayan was cut loose her
aptain played her back and forth
Lcross the mouth of the harbor till
At seven i landed and
ound the party packed and ready to
tart on the return trip, earlier than
had expected. There being saddles
n Tubig / was furnished horse.
IF this / was very glad, as blisters
n my feet were beginning to tell seri-
usly against my comfort My horse
ave me an exhibition in bucking, but
was of such a mild, tropical charac-
er that ! believe a western cowboy
you'd have been tempted to shoot the
rute for insulting him.
FILIPINos CAN WORK.
At one in the afternoon of the third
( November. We left Canabid, on the
Using tide, for the ascent of the Ulut
liver. From Canabid to Balagan took
fteen hours, during which time the
oatmen did not stop to eat or to rest.
his gave me a new idea of the Fill
inc as a working man. Is 1t not Just
ossible that the failure to get him to
'ork is ours rather than his? These
len worked fifteen hours going away
rom their homes. and they could not
ct back In less than eight. They fur