Evening bulletin., 1911-03-29

ed through the late morning in searcl
of relatives and friends only to fint
in the majority of cases that they hat
miserahly perished Wounded ant
burned survivors were brought bacl
to the barrios and placed in sucl
shacks as had been temporarily stucl
together.
1t was along these shores that NUM-
Buck, Sweet, Grove, Captain Metcalf
DR.. Schapiro and Judi worked after.
wards without rest or sleep.
Major Grove of the Constabulary
was on duty in Manila Monday morn
ing but went on vacation that day
He went to the lake district and plac-
ed himself under Major Sweets Or
ders, and from Monday night until
Saturday night if he got any sleep OF
was not binding up the wounded or
burrying the dead, none OF the con-
stabulary soldiers who were with him
knew when he slept.
Tuesday night the Army burial
corps under Captain Metcalf and Mr..
Judi, accompanied by DR.. Schapiro,
left for Taal on two small launches
to bury the dead and give assistance
to the wounded
When the relief party arrived at
Lemery the provisions and burial
corps and their impedimentia were
unloaded within an hour and in five
more hours a temporary hospital had
been established on the edge of Taal
lake at San Nicolas
From that time Captain Metcalf
was constantly on the go, not only
burying the dead but giving his dis
infectants to the doctors for wounded
and sick. He had rations for a month
for himself and men and quite kit
of things for the use of himself and
personal staff.
Within two days all of his supplies
were exhausted as he would feed and
shelter anyone who came along. He
turned one of his own burial corps
men into a cook and rice, hard tack,
coffee and tea were given to the peo-
pie of the district and to those who
were helping in the work of rescue.
No bancas were available for trans
portation on the lake as they had been
destroyed Sunday night. Captain
Metcalf discovered a banca which had
been slowed in and fixing it up started
off around the shore of the lake to
ascertain conditions. The paddles
were the shovels to be used in bury
ing the dead and the stearing gear
was long bamboo pole.
For three hours the banca crawled
along the shore investigating what
seemed likely places. Manalao was
finally reached and after the horrible
scene there presented of people roast
ed to death on trees and ground down
under the wrecks of houses, he start
ed Off along the coast while his corps
buried what they could at the time.
He explored other places and when
the condition were known he return
ed to the temporary camp, and after
giving his orders regarding the work
for the morrow he again started off
to give help to the sick and wounded
in the barrios further off By this
time the launch loaned by the Taba-
calera company had been gotten up
the shallow river by Major Sweet, who
put fifty hombres and several cara
baos to work dragging the launch
across the many shallow places.
Word had been received by Treas
lrer MUM that there were sick in
several barrios further north.
Piling into the launch with all
available medical supplies the party
sped in the falling night to the op-
)osite shore
At the first barrio outside of the
horribly stricken district the party
came upon Major Grove and his
small force of men endeavoring to
give the first aid to suffering human
ty four full days after the catastro-
)he.
With caution as to the supplies on
land the doctor had erected two
rude operating tables and using
wooden bowls for his medicines he
stripped for the hard task of relieving
md working over the sick and dying.
lot less eager to help were Muni,
irove, Metcalf, Percival and others
Who had gone along to help.
Until two o'clock in the morning
he worst sufferers We're laid on the
able with the ashes and mud still
ticking to their naked bodies and
he deeper burns and wounds treated.
The sight of that little band of
Americans and constabulary assist
ID by the almost helpless neighbors
vas pitiful in the extreme when with
ng four hours lay Manila with un-
old automobiles and uncounted med
cal supplies and doctors sleeping
uietly in their beds. This was days
fter these people had been wound
d.
Putting the sick and wounded who |
ould be moved into a launch the |
arty started back for San Nicolas, |
eaching there near daybreak. Neither