South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-04-12
Local Man, Now Entour in
Orient, Describes COndi-
tiOns in Island Today.
~ COL. Q. A. CARLIsLF.


from Manila north % Bagion. and
Gen. Wood and Col Mccoy have
pointed out 10 me places Of great
interest. where the American sold
icrs made a stand and fought a great
fight. and wOn-and here and there
a monument has been placed to com
memorate the event. The soldier
that follows the Stars and Stripes
won the lasting admiration OF the
PHILIPPINE because American sold
fer. he never turn back but always
go ahead" IS the expression YOU
hear. Yes. the American soldiers
drove Aguinaldo and his followers
up into and through the mountains
and down the other side into the
sea, where Aguinaldo surrendered.
Today. over excellent highways.
through country that is busy and
happy and prosperous we ride I'm
greatest comfort. The highway that
runs UP into the mountains is one of
tho finest in the world and one of
the greatest interest. For 20 miles
you wind in and out Of beautiful
valleys as you climb over an easy
grade but always upward-makins
the ascent to Baglon OF 5000 feet
and there upon the summit. or TO be
correct I should say SUBMITS, be-
cause Bagion covers the top of sew
eral mountains, and that makes II
all the more picturesque The
Americans built the highway and
established at agion Camp John
Hay. and from that point we COM
manded the sea and the low lands.
Today Camp John Hay is an educa-
tional institution for the soldier boys.
and here. at Bagion, the white
House" summer palace is main
tanned And during the heated sea
son all who can get away for rest
ard pleasure enjoy this wonderful
mountain resort An efficient hos
pital Of over 200 beds. a boys school
and one for girls are all maintained
under the government for use OF the
soldiers. a splendid hotel with every
modern convenience. two 1S-hole
and one nine-hOle golf courses that
are inviting 10 the highest skill. In
fact. II IS the golfers paradise.
Horseback riding. mountain pictures,
pure water, invigorating mountain
air and a climate that invites and
persuades one 10 live out of door
all the time-is the life at BagiOu.
At Trinidad, just a few miles out
of Bagion. in a beautiful valley, the
has an agricultural eN-
pertinent college. and over 400
Igrote boys from the mountains are
there II makes you feel proud of
the Stars and Stripes that float at
the masthead when if you talk with
men and women like Mr.. and Mrs.
Wright and see the wonderful work
that America has done and IS doing
under the leadership Of such repre-
sentatives Gen. Wood is highly re-
spected and hOnored by the boys.
and it's a great privilege TO go with
him TO visit the schools and watch
him as he stops 70 say a word Of en-
to this and that boy.
and see the little chaps go 10 atten-
ton and salute their Governor. Ev-
cry child OF the street and of the
home shows this courtesy and re-
spect and we cannot help but notice
and applaud IT, In the public
schools English Is taught, and daily
the flag Is saluted as II goes 20 the
masthead at sunrise and is lowered
at sunset. The Trinidad school is
worth a Witt by every one.
One word about the homes from
which the Igorote boys come. They
are pagans in worship. live In the
mountain and a wild life. but under
American rule these people have be-
come helpful. constructive and pro-
ductive We used them IN building
highways and houses, and paid them
fair wages and taught them how TO
ca. and live. but the hardest problem
is 10 get them to give up their native
and original dress OF only a Gee
string. And today YOU see countless
numbers. particularly out of town
people. who wear only the Gee"
string: then the next stage is 20 put
on a shirt. then comes a hat, but
It's hard 10 find any who will put on
trousers. and when they do. at first
they insist upon rolling up the
.troUser legs as far as possible The
Gee" string dress is all right out IN
the sun at high noon but after sun
down an overcoat and a blanket is
comtortab bic, and I am told the ma
tive people Of the mountains suffer
all their lives, and the modern dress
Of shirt and trousers and warm
skirts - beginning 10 appeal and
break down superstition.
Before closing. I must record an
other interesting trip ont OF Manila.
and that is up through the fertile
valley into another range OF noun
tains. southeast from the city and
only so miles out. It's the trip 10
.Pagsanjan Falls pronounced PAX
n-hahn")- The gorge and rapids
cannot be eQualed IN the Far East
The trip from Manila over excellent
highways runs through the richest
cocoanut-g growing section Of the is
land. II IS interesting 20 see the new
and old groves-in fact one is re-
niI.de ed of the peach belt OF southern
Michigan up and around ST. Joe. as
the groves are laid out with the
same thoughtful care and precision.
A. Pagsanjan IL IS necessary 70
change clothes and get into a bath
ing suit or old clothes that you are
willing 20 have soaked. because you
ara going Up 20 the falls through
gorge. the walls OF which run up
600 feet. at places almost shutting
out daylight. and then YOU are COINS
20 shoot the rapids in native dGg-
oUt boat. and in fact YOU are in for
the greatest fun and thrill OF the
trip. The dug-out - called
"Banca." but u Is just a tree. dug
out and put into a boat form-but
~ Il safe and reliable, and II you