The Detroit times., 1914-06-22
RY FREDERICK FUNSTON,
Brtgadier-General.U United states Army
CHAPTER XXI.


CHAPTER XII
In the district under my command
the local chieftain, Pantheon Garcia
was still in hiding, while his principal
subordinate. Pablo Padilla, seemed 10
be losing his Importance, the more
energetic I.acuna making us the most
trouble. IL was known that the no
torious Pho del Pillar, a man who hau
been a thorn In the flesh or both the
Spanish and American authorities
was hiding in the mountains along the
boundary between the districts com
handed by Gen. Grant and myseH,
but lust what authority he exercised
was not known. Becoming urea OF
the lean life in the bosQue, he many
yentured into Manila, and was cap
tured by native police othcer VINO
was promptly assassinated Tot MS
pains.
II may be of interest 10 know that
II years after this time l. as COM
mander OF the department OF Luzoh'
approved awarding the contract toI
FURNISHING f,rewood 20 the post OF
Fort William Mckinley 10 TINS same
Pic del Pillar. The thought OF Suis
old scamp earning his living honesIls
will be viewed with incredulily
many persons familiar with ms past
record
On April % | started out, accom-
panied BY Mitchell and by the fconls'
now increased 10 is men, under Lieut.
Admire. Our native ponies had neen
replaced by excellent American
horses, and we hoped 20 catch some
insurgents in the open, and see Nnat
we could do with our new mounts.
We were approaching a very shahy-
hooking bamboo bridge spanning
wide and deep ravine, when we sa"
two armed men start 10 run from lts
farther end They struck out across
q level field covered with short grass,
and then we saw about dozen more,
ali armed. emerge from the brush on
its farther side, about four hundred
wards distant. and advance a short
distance 10 where they were met oy
the fleeing sentries, when they all
formed line and opened fire
At the time they probably saw only
the three of us | directed Mitcheli
10 fall hack to the detachment, take
of the six rear men, and then roe
down the ravine 10 our left in order
TO urotect the rest OF us from pos
sible flank FIRE after we had crossed.
To our surprise, the Filipinos stood
their ground 10 a man, and continued
70 fire with great rapidity. had
taken II for granted that when they
saw that we eQualled them in num-
hers they would break and that II
would merely be matter OF running
them down As soon as the men were
in line they were ordered to draw
their reyoivers and charge at a gal
lop. II was an exciting moment, ana
the Fiiipinos did not start TO run for
cover until we were within 90 yaras
of them, and even then they turned
and fred a number OF shots In their
retreat But they had delayed too
long, and in almost no time We were
among them, our big American horses,
frantic from being the first time IN
der ERE, rearing and plunging so
that we had to think about as much
OF keeping our seats as Of doing any
thing else. picked out as my man
a fellow who / could see was armed
with a Krag carbine. Just as | passed
the officer in command he fired right
into my face, but the bullet missed,
thought was slightly burned by the
sparks. was armed with 45-cali-
Der Colt, and shot at him as soon as
I saw what he was going 10 do, the
heavy bullet cutting his left hand
practically of at the wrist.
kept on after the man with the
Krag, who could see was filing
the magazine of his piece as he ran.
When he heard the horse close be-
hind him he faced about, and we
had It out. My horse was so Wild
that IL was impossible for me to have
fair chance at the man. ! fired
four times, and the plucky fellow
emptied his magazine OF the FIVE shots
IN IL, neither OF us scoring, though
the distance between US varied from
only ten to thirty yards.
No doubt the plungtng OF my horse
had something to do with saving me,
though the man had made no attempt
TO take any sort of aim. My opponent
now started 10 run again, and jump
ed over a ditch about four feet wide. |
had one cartridge left in my revol-
yer, and tried 70 close with him, but
my crazy horse, wild with terror from
the discharges In his face would not
jump the ditch, and tried TO spill me
off backward.
The Filipino, seeing that I could
not get at him, stopped and again
began examining cartridges into the
magazine OF his carbihe, and | now
noticed that the ditch between us ex-
tended only about 30 yards 10 the
right, and quickly rode around It's
end TO the other side. The man 6new
that my revolver must be about empty
and as | tried 10 ride down on him,
faced about. BY this time my hair
was nearly ready 10 stand on end.
For some reason my horse was now
acting much better, and just as the
man started TO work the bolt 10 throw
q cartridge from the magazine into
the chamber fired. and struck him
over one eye, killing him instantly,
the distance being about 40 feet.
Being so absorbed in my own trou.
blee, had seen nothing OF what the
others were doing. I looked around
iust In time TO see the finish, one Of