The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-11-03

issued his amou order to scour the s,,r-
roundInE country and kill everything on
slght. My company went TO the scene of
the massacre and there encountered a big
ana o. Moros, stu maddened with the lust
OF killing Americanos. We killed aO Of
them. turning u field rieces down the
streets OF their villages and moving dow n
the natives without mercy. &c was In This
engagement that three bolo wounds in Inc
groin came nea finishing me.
After l had been in the bosn,taI for
siK months l was Put on guard dIItv In
'front.' OF the commanding officers n,,ar-
tiers. One night a number of officers Tror,
the regiment and from six nbo that
were IN the harbor he'd been attending a
native fandango near camp. Wbsn a.
dance broke up they were sitting around
a caribou cart singing ragtime SONGS
At ABOUT ? O'Clock the ommandin
onioer called out Of his bedroom windoS
ana told me TO call the corporal and have
me soidieTs nat we're singing put under
arrest: He said that he would be down
himself TO see about il. | hurried over
to my own First Lieutenant. Arthur Roiss
ana told him that the commanding oN9oar
was coming down. Lieut.. Boies foId tbe
oCher officers. and they hurried awav to
Inelr quarters, When the General got
down no n was in sight. wv
Who were those meD?' tho GaparaI
asked me. | told him I didn't know them
Ihen ne asked me IL l knew him. and n
l knew my officers when I saw them r
told him That l didn't know them All
,Cal the corporal of the guard he
IoIu ne. when the corporal came the
heneraI sald: Put this man under arrest
a. q know nothing and relieve him.
Il was then put on bread and water Mv
" Captain Willis Ultne. whom I afterward
carried mortally wounded from the aeId
came-to me and told me not 10 fear He
seIu you'd 6e restored 10 duty at guard
while ; was on the waiting list To be dis
charged Tor disability. I was doing guard
unty one morning near q group of Chinese
ana Japanese stores. Two FiHpinoa came
into camp with a bad Of hemp. While
one OF them was throwing on the bundles
Ne accidentally struck the other and Knocked
him down. Tho second man hurried to
whereI wal and tried TO take my rife away
from me- 20 use on the other man. pushed
him aside, and he came back at me a second
time. i raped him over the head with the
butt OF my gun gave him what We called
Intended; The next morning he died In
the hospital.
81 was nut on trial for killing a Filipino
malciovsly In time OF peace. The court
martial he'd about decided that l was not
guilty 81 killing h man Intentionally and
wnnted to let me 20 free. The commanding
OFFICER insisted hat I had killed the man
deliberately. The fact that two of the
mans sisters worked in his household had
something to do with IL.
II was sentenced to fifty years in Bilebib
prison. When I was sent away chained TO
a lot o! negro dessrters my comrades took
M n collection and bought mo s35 worth Of
tobacco. The General came to me and said
he hoped I wouldn't hold anything akainst
him because he had only done his duty.
General. 90 have / done my duty I
told him.
a visa yell treated in the prison because
the guards there knew my story. White
wss there nv former employer. John T..
REYNOLDS NJ Mount Vernon, got Congress
man Otis Interested In my case and through
his eforts vas Internationally pap-
doned by President Roosevelt on August rs
and was TUNED loose with only a IS gold
piece and a $50 suit Of clothes,"