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The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-06
The Needed Valor

One captain of constabulary was shot.in
bed while he slept. A itreacherous Moro
sentry placed to guard the officers house
did the deed. As soon as possible after
the captains death lieutenant came to
the post-it was on a little island In the
Sulus sea-and took charge of the multi
nous men And, just to show. his men
that he feared them not he slept in the
same bed on which the captain had been
killed a few days before, first patching
the rent torn by the bullet after it had
pierced the body of the sleeping officer
The company was seething with sedition,
several men had deserted with the man
who killed the captain and they amused
themselves by shootoing into the officers
quarters every night there was no other
officer-no other white man-nearer than
Jolo 40 miles away over the sea, yet that
young officer slept in the blood stained
bed and dared his men TO kill him. Fool
ish2 Yes, but it is folly like that which
has made the constabulary what'it is.
Not very long ago an inexperienced
young constabulary officer was con-
fronted by situation which might have
tried the nerves of one older in the serv-
ice. Some 800 wild Manobos and assorted
savages from the mountain jungles of
Mindanao had raided the lonely planta-
tion of an American pioneer. The cry for
help went to the constabulary. The
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-06

Berge is steeplejack and diver by turns.
Ills knowledge of both trades will be
utilized by himself AMI z companions
who have cast their fortunes with his III
the search for wealth.
From the top of the perpendicular wall
OF rock 40 feet high, Berge will lay sec
uohal ladders to the lip of the cave This
periious work accomplished, his plan IS
10 build a hanging track into the cave,
suspended from its roof by means of
lewisis fastened one after another into
hoies drilled in the roof of the cave by
pneumatic drills worked by air compress
sors erected on the cliff above
from this track will be erected a raoy-
able platform capable Of being directed
over any part of the wreck AIR punps.
telephones and other diving apparatus
will be carried on this platform from
which all operations will be directed
To combat the risk of strain 10 or
foulng of air tubes and life line. which
is inevitable in sucn surging waters. Mr.
Berge is going to dive through steel
tube. Supported by adjustable guys from
the roof of the cave, the tube viii be
capable of being moved 10 any part of the
wreck.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-06

de poccoi" (What. sergeant Are you hum
CRY? Never mind These gentlemen up
there will have collected lots of food and
and we'll have a square meal very soon)!
He keeps a smiling face, but his mind
wanders back to the well-ordered life in
his Indiana home and he examines mis-
revolver and prepares for the rush. he
breathes a prayer that he may get baci
there some day.
Usually it is all over in a few minutes.
As the trenches are assaulted, constabu-
larry and bandits mix in hand-to-hand
struggle, Discipline and self-confidence
win A few bodies sprawl within the
trenches and without. 4 wounded soldier
sobs ont his lifes blood in his officers S
arms while his flannel shirt changes fror'
khaki to the ugly crimson which means
death. The sergeant viii not need his
square meal for Captain Yping, the
bandit leader. thrust an old Tower mus
ket against his chest as the brave sol
dier climbed over the trench; and at
three-foot range Tower musl1et of the
vintage of 1927 is more deadly than the
latest product of the Springfield arsenal
Yping's band for years the terror of half
a province, is no more Yping himself
lies dead with "a blue mark on his fore
head" A bullet from the leutenants re-
volver had save the government the eX
pense of prosecuting end hanging him.
From the huts behind the trenches is
recovered a variety of loot; here a large
mirror from Don Pedro's hacienda; there
a sack of pesos which a few days ago
represented Chino Ong-Suys monthly
gains. Bayones of sugar, sacks of palay,
pieces of dress goods, jewelry and other
articles which the raids of ten years
had accumulated. But the most impor-
tant captures are the rifles and other
arms and ammunition which have enabled
the bandits TO terrorze the ignorant peo-
pie of the lowland hamlets.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-06
A Chance for a KinJinp

What of the work that has brought
about this tranquil state? A kipling could
find lifetimes material in the eleven
year history of the constabulary. There
have been desperate hand-to-hand fights
against overwhelming numbers and with
neither doctor nor ambulance behind.
Scores, nay hundreds of times has some
young officer taken handful of con-
stabulary and plunged into the gloomy
tropical forests which clothe the Phil
1ppine mountains He is in pursuit of
some outlaw band retreating to its noun
tain stronghold after a raid on the flat
1owlands. Two. three days--a week of
training--and a week away from help or
any other American-the band is found
strongly fortified in some rocky canon,
and vastly outnumbering it's pursuers.
But there is no turning back The con-
etabulary code does not recognize su-
periority in the numbers of the enemy
as reason for failure Odds of ten,
yes, of so to | are cheerfully met and
mot quiver of the officers eyelid must
betray nervousness or hesitation The
Filipino enlisted men, brave though they
are, fully realize the danger, and Moth
1ng but the psychic influence of their
commander can carry them through
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-06

may return to the homeland In a coffin
instead of on his accrued leave. The files
at constabulary headquarters in Manila
show that officers have met their death
from poisoned ARRAYS shot by the pagan
tribes in Mindanao@ or Luzon; by drown
ing in the quickly rising tropical rivers
while attempting TO erosion duty as al
ways. A dozen officers have thus died in
the swirlihg waters of treacherous
streams that you can ford at noon with
out wetting, tine saddle girths, but which
roar down 40 feet deep of angry torrent
before night. They have died trapped
like any wild animal by the spring traps
set by outlaws in the jungle along the
trail which the constabulary must fol-
low to track them down. These traps of
pointed bamboo are as deadly to a man
as to a wild hog.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-06

| days; and the Spanish friar backed by
the still loyal Catholics of the town, at
tempts to parade the dusty streets-then
there is a riot, and a hurry-up call for
the constabulary which is the only force
outside of the control of local politics.
Some knotty points of municipal consti-
tutional and ecclesiastical Law are in
volved; but if he knows his business Lieu
tenant Smith win adjust matters himself
or at least carry it no further than his
senior inspector at the provincial capi-
tai
In the wealthy town of Cigarro, where
the hemp merchants have houses as fine
as those in Manila and where monte"
game is openly run in the house of the
deputy to the Philippine assembly from
that district, there are two political fac
tons as hostile as the Montagues and
Capulets. The municipal government, of
course, suffers. The streets are not re-
paired. A fine provincial road runs to the
town limits but an almost impossible
quasmire shows where provincial juris-
diction ends and municipal begins. CThe
provincial road is accounted for by the
cact that there is an American treasurer
on the provincial board). Tile municipal
police force Is poorly clad and quite un-
nstructed-excepti III the art of tracting
backsheesh from the ever-patient Chi
neSe StOrekeeper
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-06
The Resnm at Work

The municipal police force is dismissed
entirely. They We're only creatures and
former house servants of the Presidente.
The three constabulary soldiers ade-
quately police the town in place of the 10
policemen who so inadequately Fulfilled
their office. In some mysterious way not
provided for in the laws of the civil gov
ernment nor in constabulary orders and
regulations, the plaza is cleaned up Don
Carlos Villaneuya's monument repaired.
the streets are graded and ditched and
the wandering animals impounded. When
1t is all done and Cigarro is a compara-
lively safe, clean and sanitary town, the
municipal authorities will indite a long
screed 10 the governor general of the
Philippine Islands setting forth how Lieu
tenant Smith has interfered with their
sacred right to misgovern themselves.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-06
The Brighter Side

But there are compensations for the
thanlless work among an alien people
Not all municipalities are like Cigarro nor
all Filipinos like the officials thereof
There is old Don Pedro de Leon whose
sugar hacienda is as famous for its hos
pitality as for its fat acres It's a good
place to ride up to on hot day, to
find an ever welcome table groaning
with "arroz a la valenciana,'' .'cocido' :
and / know not what of Spanish and
Filipino dishes. A good place to siesta
away hot afternoon of well-earned rest.
Then Don Pedros two pretty daughters
who have recently graduated from the
Manila high school are glad to practice
their English and that night there will
be a dance, when our lieutenants will trip
the light fantastic with the best of them
and even take Conchita de Leon out
for the difficult ''rigdom'' or 'incoyincy."
In fact the constabulary officer must
knew how to dance. 1t is the one whole
some evening amusement of the Filipinos
throughout the islands. and in such social
Intercourse the officer Will learn much OF
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-06
Summing Un the Evidence

Ffom Hafpefs WeekIy
You think old man Watson was angry,
do your" said Wiggles
You'd have thought so il you'd seen
the profane look he gave me- said Wal
loper.
"Profane look? What on earth is a pro-
fame look2" asked W1ggleN
"Why-a sort of eursory glance" said
Walloper.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-06

the conditions which confront him In a
room adjacent to the dance there will be
spread refreshments, solid and liquid.
Here the older men and women will
gather and many a hint can our lieu
tenant pick up when tongues are loosened
by "tanduayn or ''ansado." He may
learn where to look for the band of lad
rones which has been lifting carabao and
horses from the haciendas around; or a
chance word may give him an insight
into the inner politics of the province.
OF course he must speak Spanish with
fiuency: and two or three of the score
of Malayan dialects spoken in the Phil
ippines must be more or less understood.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-06
$1,000 REwARD

A REWARD OF $1,000 WILL BE
PAID FOR INFORMATION RESULT
ING IN THE ARREST AND CoNvTC-
TION OF ANY PERSON OR PERSONS
FELONiOUSLY PLACING DYNAMITE,
NITRO GLYCERIN OR OTHER Ex-
P0sIVE ON ANY STREET CAR
TRACK IN THE CITY OF BIRMINt,-
HAM. CITY OF BIRMINGHAM,
BY G. ExuM, As PRESIDENT OF
THE HOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-06
A Miniature Philadelphia to Purge

"A Miniature HhIlddeiDhla to Burge
The roof of the municipal building is
falling in while the members of the town
council quarrel beneath The council is
about. equally divided between the two
factions. The broad plaza is overgrown
with rank weeds and bush and is the
happy hunting ground for the village pigs,
caraboa and goats; in the centre the
handsome monument erected in ITO to
the memory of Don Carlos Villanueya,
first Spanish governor of the province,
is falling down. It's dissolution is helped
by the removal of the larger stones which
citizens have taken to bridge deep mud
holes in the main street of the town. AS
Don Carlos once delivered the town from
the assaults of band of marauding
Moros pirates it would seem ordinary
gratitude might inspire the preservation
of his monument But the town is rot
ten to the core. Finally a series of in
lcendiary fires burst forth and the Fill
pino governor, who belongs to the same
political party as the president of CT
garro. makes tardy request on the con-
lstabulary for the preservation of law
and order.
| Lieutenant Smith proceeds to Cigarro
with two OF three men. The incendiaries
stop their work even before he arrives
but to arrest and prosecute them means
weeks of weary work; because of the
! frightful tangle of perjury and duplicity
| which must be unravelled. Smith has
long ago learned that black can be made
| white and white black by a Filipino poll
| tlcian, who can command the sworn
statements of dozens of his adherents for
any purpose that he desires. An affi-
davit is worth about half peso in CT
garro and will not be worth more until
| the public schools, under American teach
| ers have raised up IA new generation of
| F1ipinos with higher ideals than at
present obtain. But Smith must patiently
strive for the truth and meanwhile his
| advent makes changes in the town..
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-06
A Tyne TO Be Proud OF

Yes, the officer of the Philippine con-
stabularv is an American type of which
we may we'll be proud. For compara
lively small wage he lives thousands of
miles from home among people but re-
Gently emerged from medieval times. His
life hangs by a thread which may at any
time be severed by the sharp edge OF
pulajan's bolo, the sharper curves of a
Moro kris or the bullet of an outlaws
rifle Not that those three exhaust the
means by which the constabuary officer
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-06

young officer mustered four men and
rushed to the rescue When he reached
the plantation the Americans had es-
capped, but the 800 savages were still
there, looting and feasting. Thinking his
four men, too few against 800, he waited
for reinforcement. which were an hour or
more in arriving Meanwhile, the larger
part of the raiders escaped. and when
the aconstabulary attacked they could only
kill seven. A week later a colonel of
constabulary appeared to investigate the
raid and inspect the young officers COM
pany. why did you not promptly at
tack the hand?' asked the colonel Il
thought Ii better to wait for reinforce
ments. SIR The colonel frowned. The
constabulary does not wait for reinforce
meptsi' he said, You should have i'm
medlately attacked" Four against 300.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-06
Cleaning LIN After the War


Tn August of 1901 when the Philippine
constabulary was organized, the regular
army and volunteer troops had defeated
and broken up the insurgent army. while
MIR. McKinley's far-seeing policy had won
over most of the leaders of the insurrec-
zion to the work of organizing the new
civil government But the aftermath of
war remained. Bands of robbers infested
the jungles on the mountain sides and the
sparsely cultivated lands outside town
limits. Their rapid and rapacious raids
spared none. tail of blood and fire
showed where they rad passed In differ
ent islands they went by different names:
Usadrones, tulisanes, pulajanes. dios-dioses
or babaylanes. They are the counterparts
of the dacoits of Burmah. India and the
Malay states. Indeed banditry in some
form or other has been for centuries a
Recognized, and almost tolerated. institu-
ton in far eastern countries and parteu-
1arly in the Malayan possessions of Euro
peon powers. In the Philippines during
the whole period of Spanish rule the "tuli-
sanes" made travel unsafe even in the
provinces nearest to the capital. Indeed
CaVite province was known as the
smadre de tulsanes' (the mother of
bandits) Today banditry is practically
extinct throughout the islands. The old
dime recurring raids arc unknown. A few
miserable individuals skull1ing in the deep
1ungles, days journey from human hab-
itation, and constantly chased by the
constabulary from one mountain clearing
TO another, are all that remain OF the
once prouo and powerful bands OF out
laws.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-06
DIVER WILL SEEK
TREASURE IN SEA

London, July 5.-(specia11-A daring
attempt is to be made shortly to recover
treasure worth s1,25ooOO which vas
plunged half a century ago 10 fathoms
deep in the waters that flood an almost
inaccessible cave in the South Seas
The treasure is the bullion carried by
the General Grant, whose wreck off the
Auckland Islands On May a. 1866, remained
one of those unsolvcd mysteries of the sea
until chance led to the rescue of a few
survivors two years after the disaster
Dashed against a cliff 400 feet high, the
vessel was swept into the cave at its
base, and here she is believed to have re-
mained ever since, so feet below the sur
face of the water. Here the vessel has de-
fled the efforts of five well equipped sal
wage expeditions TO reach her.
To Victor Berge 1t has been left to
utilize another method of approach. Mr.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-06
Joked Into Bravery

Perhaps there is a short rest before the
assault. The officer Jokes with his men in
Spanish or dialect: "Hola, sargento
Themes hambre? No importa AouelIos
caballeros ariba deben tenor guardados
hastante conida comeremos bien dentro
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-06
often Gordian K Knots to Cut

When the municipal council of San Fer
nando passes an ordinance forbidding the
hated Spanish friar to hold a religious
procession on one of the many saints
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-06
Supper in Victory

That night there will be royal feast
Capital Yping's fattest porker is roast
ing whole over a slow fire; his pIumpest
chicken is stewing with rice and chilli pep
pers for the officer. Ears of sweet corn
and sweet potatoes from the outlaws $
garden are roasting in the embers. The
dead are buried and. the wounded cared
for. Sentinels are posted and tile camp
fire blazing One of the soldiers twangs
an old guitar discovered in the rafters
of hut and sings a. love song which is
intended for Sonchita. miles away in
isabella. The music runs creseendo as he
thinks how he will pose before her as
part destroyer of Ypng's band; and dim
inuendo as he remembers that poor Ser
geant Lopez is under the sod a few yards
away. The other men with graphic ges-
lures tell how each bore his part in the
fight. The young officer sits apart, con-
this means the end of brigandage in his
section of the province.
A few days later the. gallant little de-
ta hmens winds its way out of the noun
tains and into the whitewashed village.
where it is stationed during the brief in
tervals between such work as has Just
been described A paragraph appears in
the Manila papers; Lieutenant Smith
and a detachment of u constabulary met
Yping's band in superior force in the
mountains back of Isabella, killing seven
bandits, including Yping. and capturing
four rifles. two muskets with many spurs
and bolos Two constabulary soldiers
were killed and two wounded The ef-
fciency reports mention lieutenant Smith
for excellent work and the affair is rele-
gated to the archives with many others
OF similar character which have occurred
throughout the 40 provinces of the islands
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-06
Have Practically Annihi-
lated Once Powerful
Bands of Robbers
FIGHTING NOT THE
ONLY THING TO Do
American Officer Must Teach Native
Troops Not Only Things Military,
But That Which Pertains to
- Civil Government

It is a long call from the United States
TO the jungles of Mndanao to the crags
and precipices of Samar or TO any Of the
other of the thousand and more islands
which form our Philippine possessions;
and that is the only excuse which the
average citizen can make for not know
Ding more about that small body of
American frontiersmen whose hard and
conscientious work, deeds of daring and
indomitable spirit have organized, the
philippine constabulary and made it what
1T is today-probably the most efficient
body of military police in the world, says
the Boston Transcript
. A corps of some 1900 enlisted men with
200 officers, about 200 of whom are Amer
deans and 100 Filipinos, its khaki and red
uniform is known and respected alike by
the naughty Moro ehieftain, lord of rich
acres in Mindanao or Jolo by the humble
peasant toiling in the rice paddles of Lu-
zon; by the Chinese storekeeper of the
foothills village by the Spanish man
ager of the big eugar hacienda; by the
Filipino municipal and provincial Off
cials and in fact by all classes of the
varied society Of the islands.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-06
Something Besides Scraps

Rut let it not be thought that fighting
is the sum of the constabulary Officers
activities. Indeed, of recent years a
scrap is looked upon, except in Min
danao, as a pleasant diversion from the
routine of administrative work. There is
his company of 46 men to be drilled and
instructed, not only in things military.
but also in that which pertains to the
civil administration. lie must hold school
for the men, teach them English and
something of the substance and form OF
civil law, He must watch over his men
like father for if he is the right kind
of officer, they will look to him as much
to settle a family dispute as to show
them how to shoot. Many a young Off
Ger has listened to tale of love and jeal-
ousy when two Of his best soldiers were
literally at daggers drawn over some
drsky, but no less fair. maiden And
such moments call for little less decision
and character than the assault on Yping
trenches.
The chances are that the constabulary
officer is the only American official for
many miles; and his is the responsibility
for seeing tnat American ideals are not
too badly outraged in the municipalities
OF his district where Filipino officials are
learning the first steps towards self-gov-
errment-and are sometimes slipping and
falling badly.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-05-07
The Current "Harpers Weekly.

The current issue of Harper's Week.
ly contains an article by William In
glis entitled Playing with Dyna-
mite" which deals with California
attitude toward Japan in regard 70
the alien land bill. Other articles In
this issue are: Casting the Horo-
scope" by A. Maurice Low, which
discusses the doleful political predic-
tions now being made in Washing
tom "Doings in the Fourth Dimen,
sion.'' mathematical exposition by
Charles Johnston; THE Truth about
New York Singing Teachers
Ing how few are competent--by Pierre
" r. Key; "Europe's Ablest Diplo-
mat" sketch OF Sir Edward Grey,
by sydney Brooks; THE Little
Things That Count" an article by II.
w Slauson, NJ E., which demon.
strates that the secret of the value
of the modern automobile lies in the
Standardization Of it's parts. This
issue also contains the usual editori
/ ais, cartoons, book review, finance
drama, and humor features.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-05-07
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