The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-06-26
I'm Hotel Corridors

Lieutenant ". Grubbs Of the Sixth in
tantry, stationed at Fort Missoula. Mont.
Is at The, Kenyon on honeymoon ,tlp trip
Cronkrte Of Mssoua June IS and is
spending several days seeing Salt Lake.
Lieutenant Grubbs returned last No
Vember from A years service with his
regiment I'm the Philippines. During most
of the time he was stationed at Hsm-
boanga, large city at the southern ex-
tremity OF the island of Mindlnao Tues
day he was In a reminiscent mood and
told of his participation in the annual
excursions the United States forces have
to make TO the island Of Jolo to subju-
I'm March. 1906" he said. "the hostile
ISLANDERS, numbering several thousand
and armed ned, With krsss, Reming69linah, Tlilh
nuzzle- loading tower muskets gained the
crater of the extinct Bud Dajo volcano,
fortified themselves in formidable posi-
ton and made life miserable for the
pcaceable islanders on whom they de-
seconded for supplies and pillage. Our
regiment was sent 10 subjugate and dis
perse them. which meant ar order to kill
them for they know not fear and are
taught by their Mohammedan priests and
fanatics that there is celestial reward
eternal if they but Kill one Christian dog
before death No matter what their
weapon their fearlessness and valor is
undenable:
lines, Up to the top of Bud Dajo we
started on the hog backs aud they through
bamboo tubes In their parapets would
shoot our boys down while the ascent
in killed. Once at the top we had the diff
hcult task Of scaling the fortifications
and lighting these fanatics and killing
them Eight hundred met paradise,
According to their priests their bodies
were impenetrabe by Christian bullets
and as a result they exposed themselves
fcarlessly, many with page Of the Koran
pasted on their foreheads forttfi-
cation against our bullets, Many a poor
devil was found dead with a bullet hole
through his page OF the Koran.
f'Jol6," continued Lieutenant Grubbs,
lis populous island and possesses a
large hostile population, It has been an
nually n scene Of conflict There are
said 10 be fully 5000 armed natives out of
possibly 10000 all told. The city of Jolo
Is beautiful walled city. built 10y the
Spaniards. bur venturing from its gates
alone Is like inviting death. You may be
ambushed but the natives are not cow
ing them face TO face. Iamboanga may
some day be a great place as it is In the
line OF transpacinc travel and available
for the making OF an important port.
was what is called the 'Juramentado' OF
the natives. Their religion forbids self
destruction, so to bring about their own
deaths they, practice the juramentado.
he will not kill himself; but he will go
out wildly amongst his own people. kin
right and left. until anywhere from three
to ten have fallen and until some one
OF suicide but they are all fatalists
When Will they be subjugated and civ
ilized?" The lieutenant laughed when
ever eXterminated. fear like most army
people who have been amongst them,
that benevolent assimilation and scholas-
tic civilization methods are not accom-
plishing much. Japan is solving her
problems in Fcrmosa by methods OF ex-
termination"