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I beast, insects. fever and discase-ladeu
fogs and rains-all fought with the
ieNilSh brown men. TO me they put
up the greatest light in the world.
nor only against death but against i'm
Sidious, haunting things that wrecked
many a fine. strong mind in first
class fighting man-like Frame.
Gen. Pershing, who as Il captain
personally and alone braved all these
things to ride through the jungle for
the suhjucatiOn of the Moros. and
Funston, who invaded the lungleS
with a handful of men to capture the
rebel Aguinaldo, We're among the
greatest soldiers Of fortune. stalking
all on single throw. but they We're
by no means alone. All fair honor has
never been paid the men who downed
the insurreCtos.
Imagine this: My battery had been
ordered to Lake Laguna, which lay
about so miles back in the jungle hills
above Manila. 1t was surrounded by
the most tangled growth of trOpic
trees and vines and brush aginahe.
For as much as five miles we would
have To march. single file, along the
tortuous, narrow trials without seeing
clearly a patch of sky as big as a
saddle. On every side, too. would he
bushes with thorns that tore at us
like daegers. And insects, mosquitoes
The mosquitoes came in swarmS that
filed the trails like mist. The man
eating red ants lay in such myriad
numbers that on first sight they
seemed like shivering reaches Of red
sand.
Again, the walk would lead through
level plains, where grasS-muCh like
our ordinary American graSS-grcW
twice as high as a man. Such trails
were, of course impossible for the
guns, so we finally mounted these on
steamboats,. called them gunboats, and
so brought them as near as we could
to whatever part of the lake shore we
were engaged in. For the lake was a
hotbed of revolution. with many
strongholds back in the immediate in
terror. and one after the other we had
to go and clear these out.
I'LL never forget one Of the first of
these forays. The F'ilipinOs APP
peared on the shore among the jungle
trees - we landed but they immedi-
ately fell back--alWays they could dis
appear in the jungle as if by magic.
We found the nearest trail and en-
one of those plains of the big grass.
AS we marched the blades brushed our
the way was so narrow. The
hot tropic sun beat down into this
strange corridor. Suddenly there was
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veloped, been tipped with deadly
| poison. Now. the nearest hospital
was al Manila. through jungle, so
miles away. our field medical equip
ment, compared to that of the World
| War. was a mere collection of time
honored household remedies. Brice $
LEG. now twice its normal size. was
turning purple. If he was to live, he
must he taken to the hospital at once.
The only way was 10 rush him down
the Pasig River. IN outlet OF the lake.
in a native dugout. curious Contrap-
ton, kept from overturning by an out
rigger. The officers called for Voun-
teers to take RriCe down the narrow
river. past the jungle haunts Of the
natives. With another fellow, 1 Of
fered to go.
That was the widest trip I ever
made in my life. Brice. when we
started. was semi-delrious. and before
we had reached the mouth Of the river
he was raving 50 we had to bind him
in the canoe. Every so often we had
to hathe the injured leg with some
thing or other the doctor had given
us. As we had planned, we reached
the river mouth about dawn. and there
landed. with the intention of lying
there until nightfall. Then we were
to shoot down the river at night. At
any time, however. we knew the ma
tiVes might discover us.
SO we made BriCe as comfortable as
We could at the bottom of a huge tree
rugged up a pail so that the disinfcC-
tant would drip upon the leg and then
run off into second pail. and then
climbed the tree. This position. We
thought. would give US a fighting
chance in case the natives rushed us
Soon BriCe moancd so in pain that we
had to gag him, lest he attract the
natives. | can see the poor fellow yet
writing in his agony.
Night came, and again we got Brice
in the duSout. We started down river
\ tropic rain burst upon us. The
crazy dugout sWrled around and
around. Every now and then natives
spied us on shore and fired at us,
arrows, gun, spears, but because cf
the storm apparently did not follow
Brice moaned and groaned until at
last, cost what it might, we had not
the heart to keep him gagged. Both
OF us saw that he was near death. We
fought with the river and the currents
for speed. and when dawn came We
sighted Manila. \ few minutes later
Lieut.. Brice hreathed his last. We
brought only his body to the hospital.
That was ambulance service in the
Philippines.
Still, this was not the worst of
the spirit-hrea king things the Ameri-
cans fought in the islands. There was
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Mende!ays hain't goot enuff ha" Wot
for YOU niddinG tree Sleeps
Quinn-For CHRISTOPHER ColOmbus
he should deescoVer America.
Keeng-Hm--Is dees a feet so If
he's so goot 50 lat heem deescover foist
de tree sheeps',-Ia Ia.
ZXZXZXZZXZZX- -SPLSSRXNXN.
SMACK"
KeenG--Why lzzy?'''
Quinn-YouH would oddcr youll
wouldn't?
Keeng SO how lung1l gonna take
de trcep-----
Quinn-Could ba wich-could be
fcrayyer~~W no lunuzz???? Maybe
dey'n newer gonna retoin tsnecf
sneel)
Keeng-iIm--you know dollink |
was jost teenhinG-you modder's look
ing VERY bed lately."--You know for
de noifs is a hocean treep-jOst seem
ply moVvelouS-
Quinn-SMACKM Sharrop batter
dc smotcrecks und eeeVe me de key
from mine jool.box--I should gung 10
see tomorrow witt mine jools Huncle
keens-De jools?? - oh - de jools
deed you sad, dirry-IIm-her-
--lIo yas | mant to tai you----heh-
de jools--'. Wal you see, was here a
lecdle game lest ni@ht witt de Doo,s
from Elehemba' lleh heh--so-~hm--
i'm WOulin't Ire N:lss,taary you should
gung by 1iuncle Simpson witt de
jobs
Quinn-Why Foidy dollink you
minn-you wan
keeng--No IzzY--I mimi de jools
dey alrady by Huncle Simpson.
Quinn-Come hout from hunder de
bad Sou..i
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yKnewNt
Cudan

known 10 the Army as "EIack Jack"
pcrshiuc, stepped when he was s"ut
down 10 subdue the Moros. The story
Of how he stopped the Juramcntados
from running amuCk with knives
strapped 10 their hands and killing as
many Christians as possible before
they themselves were slain is wei
known. For each Christian they killed
they believed they received higher TO.
wards in the after life. by the same
token. they thought that if they ever
were spriukled with pigs blood they
were doomed forever to their own par.
ticular hell. With much ceremony.
PershinG SpriukIed some with pigs
blood ana let them 20. Then ne an
nounCNd that any Juramcnt1do there
after would be Sprinked with pigs
blood. Ard those drops Of porcinc gore
proved more powerful than bullets.
And Pershng, besides being long
headed. had a sense of humor. one
day | stood with him in n little road
side shack. when we heard a horse gal
looping 10y on the hard road. PcrShing
rushed 10 the door and shouted:
Halt. Stop there. Now. who are
YOU"
The rider answered that he was n
lieutenant in the 18th Infantry. An
other officer might have delivered a
long and sarcastic lecture, hut Perish
ing only said in q slow, courteous
voice:
"Wcll, that's different. I had an
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ng as Officer in Philippines Talked Sutans Into Peace

idea YOU We're Just brainless trooper
who didn't know better than 10 sallop
a horse on n hard road"
y II
THE future general had supreme
courage as we'll as keen intclli-
cencc. There was the day he rode
alone with his orderly to Lake :.anao.
the exact heart Of the Moro country.
He knew all that We all knew about
the Juramentados, the hatred Of the
MoroS for the white peoples, the tricks
! told Won about earlier, hut he rode
ont alone. The priests Of Buz EuZ
said he'd never come back, the natives
vowed he would stop forever at Lake
Lanao and push up choice bamboo
sprouts. Back NJ CaCayau his troops
waited and wondered. and some Of
them secretly cursed him for y valiant
young fool. i:ut he rode on, like some
modern Sir GalahId seeking the grail
Of peace. And he faced Sultan after
Sultan and talked them into giving
him safe Keeping through each wild,
uuc"nIu"r"d tribe
AZ last he stood on the shores OF
Lake Ianao. where no white man ever
had stood before. and told the tribes
men in their own language that tbs
Americans had como 10 protect not 10
Kill or rob the MoroS. BLACK Jack"
Pershing had learned their tongue. 1t
appears, for just this purpose. And
soon he drove through the jungle 20
the lake the famous road from CagI-
yam and established Camp NickerS. in
the heart Of the enemv's country.
True. there was some fighting. some
amuck running 10y rebillIous Moros.
but the lone ride Of PcrshinS was
never forgotten. It was as if al men
bow before a gallant. fearless heart.
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the knowledge that IL you We're
wounded and fell into the hands Of the
enemy YOU might suffer the fate. for
instance, of Pvt. Iet2elder.
We arrived one day in n village near
Dos Marines. The inhabitants fled be
fore us. and. as usual. we settled for
the night in the empty old Spanish
convent. The converts and churches
were usually the biggest and best
buildings in the settlements. They
We're easiest to hold against surprise
alta cks. since they lowered over their
surroundings And no matter how
poor Filipino town might be. in
those days the decorations and treas
ures Of their religious buildings were
beyond ina gination. In this particular
church at each station of the cross"
was solid gold Crucifix at least six
inches high. Naturally. we left these
things religiously alone.
In the morning when we marched
from the town, congratulating our
selves upon a quiet. peaceful night,
everything seemed all right. Behind
us the inhabitants crcpt back. The
trOpic trail was broader, easier than
usual. Suddenly there were shots in
the town. a strong patrol went back.
The plaza was thrOnged with people,
excited, wild-oyed. gesticulatinG. Two
of the gold crosses had disappeared
that night. The patrol reported AMI
roll was called on the trail. Pvt. Let
zc)dcr was missing.
Whether he had taken the crosses
and remained behind. no one knew.
We searched the town, but no trace
OF him could he found. Days passed,
and then, under the water cure, q ma
tive broke down. He agreed to lead
us to LetZelder. The trail led through
rlnkest tropic forest to an aIkali plain,
blazing in the sun, where nothing
grew save cactus-like, thorned bushes.
In hollow of this there was a group
Of perhaps p giant anthills. every one
nearly as tall as a man. Out of tTn-
nels rs big as siX-inch pipes sWarmed
millions of huge, man-eating red ants.
On one of these anthillS lay a skele-
ton, the bones already clean Of flesh.
We saw that the ants victim had been
staked down. The ropes tied to the
stakes still encircled the ankle bones.
The twisted, tortured position of the
skeleton showed clearly how its former
owner had fought against his fate.
There were no signs OF clothing. so It
was clear that he had been tied down
naked. BY his teeth we were able to
identify all that was left of Letzelde".
and I make no doubt that those three
gold crosses stand today in the shadow
OF that particular altar.
1t was into such a situation az this.
then. that Gen. Pershing. then
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| the flash of a shield or a sword up
ahead. Soldiers began plunging into
! the wall of grass only to come back
with amaZement in their eyes. What
! on earth had happened? Something
/ had flashed down like the blade of the
guillotine and taken off the head of 4
/ rGmradc just as clearly.
| Then it daWncd upon us. A native
| had hidden i'll the grass. With one
/ sweep he had reached out ana brought
! his bolO--a terrible. CurVlng blade with
tube filled with shot along the back
down upon the soldiers neck. The
| shot. Of course, flung down to the end
of the tube. giving the blade, no mat
ter how slightly swung. great force.
, Lying on the ground. after we had
charged and were passing them, they
used to swing these weapons at our
heels and almost knife our feet off.
But even SO, we had to go on through
that trail, never knowing when an
other holo might descend. This same
thing happened often in that cam
paign.
But on this early raid tho trail took
us again into the tangled jungle.
Lieut. Brice was leading his men.
Suddenly ho pitched forward into the
trail. lie had stepped into a cleverly
constructed trap. a hole dug in the
ground. with sharp-pointed stakes
driven N the bottom. and the whole
cleverly covered with moss and leaves.
BriCc'S right knee was scratched, but
otherwise he was unhurt, and we went
on. looking for more such traps.
We soon ran into another, different
one. \ bamboo tree bent over the
trail. a man passed under 1t. Like
a flash. from the opposite side a spear
swished up from the ground, caught
the man from the side and impaled
him. He died almost instantly, al
though many another, caught in the
same thing, was only terribly cut and
slashed. The spear had been tied to
the treetop. and fixed so that when
any one stepped on certain twig UNI
derneath it the thing let go.
When we got to the point we had
hoped 10 reach the enemy had faded
out Of sight. All our march was for
naucht. But we learned something
we saw that surprise attacks at night
were safest most effective, and that
by capturing q native and making him
walk the trails ahead of us we could
be protected. Natives in their own
wars had learned, of course, to spot
chose pretty things.
4
THREE days after we had returned
from that bootless foraY Brice's
leg hogan to swell. Those pointed
stakes in the path trap had, it de
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POT TREE.

SO it sailed irricoddless Chreestopher
Colombus hover de hocaan WOt he
Tended gradually by a lend Wot it grit
ted heem dere radskeens-So dey sad
So
Him, look, pale pipple" A leedle
sissick no dot from de woyitch is
no
50 Chracs sad:
&C.. Colombu@ dots Im-und de
Woild is rund --Dces is IIindia und /
was told to look opp "A guy entitled
'GonEa Din'--I tink he does treecks
Wot he slipps in a coicus on broken
bottle. '-ila Wot---does is wot-"?
Dees * Amorica~-Yi vi Yi-Quecck
boyISs hcV preentod on de beezness
Gods tontinInts decscoVered-Wh
YOU wait-Eof YOU are plizzed tai de
Quinn-If not tai oss----'"
POT FOUR.
De stranger puzzed by de durrstap.
Insite from de Hotel de Piazolla was
gung ON de same megneefcance like
by Chepter ]. De stranger Indebted
a SCOT ploss furrs--a neefty one-F'ife
Yerrs befurr dey treW heem hout ha??
SO now he was gung to buy de joint!
llout on de co.nter it domped de trocks
Nuggets witt jo0ls witt diamonds witt
coins witt precious stuns,.
Cont dem" he commended de men,
eger--''Wan tWo''--de meneger conted
tree tife--toity- seex-eight hon.
drcd-nintinn ousand-sa vanity fife
hatN--a meelion-wan two-SSSS6S73-
426769452160. 62-waiter breeng for de
gentleman a cocktail----und-hag par.
ron sorr--bot aham--sor you steel two
beets shy by d. rover chodge-"
tCopyright. 1921
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|Culpeper County Historic Home of Brave Men

nor of the colony for life and being
deposed by the same King, Charles
II. who had appointed him. ignoring
the details of the transactions with
which he was connected, involving his
ownership OF Virginia lands and the
transactions relative thereto which fol-
lowed his death, it is enough to say
that his grandson. Lord Thomas Fair
fax, the son of his daughter. came to
be authorltatlvely recognized as the
proprietor of the Northern Neck of
Virginia, comprising more than 5000
600 acres lying between the Potomac
and EanpahannOck rivers and extend
ing to the very heads or springs" of
those streams. This pr!ncely estate
included % Of the present counties OF
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''You',e "a, down tNo." whispered
! the otho.,.
Again ttame pu1 his rivals trrm-
tlin~ hand on lha stune and the peh-
nlcS Gr"rNou@n Wrerched away.
Il win" ne exclaimed.
\ lougp@ silence
sure YOU DO" Frame said clearly.
Now, listen
They always had been fair. even IN
their hatred. hadn't they? Well, then,
Greenou@h was a. 80 home. marry
aud be happy Nc' word was to be
said. save mat Frame died like so
dier in line OF d-Itv. There were some
papers that wcra to In taken back T."
mis- mother aud that wAS all. New.
Ihen--trama was cropping for the
nnatCh--noW.
TIT suddenly Grconou2h seemed to
Jump a'>AN fito him. \ rifle spoke
in the brush. Fr}ntc2llH, hrame eX-
NJ - rot.,, ~ -
1ittla br0wn man Thev had snol,an
tno lordl,,
90 ,,n,,. o,,,,oc tto e+.,,r,c+ mart
Of tbis--to p,e NJ 1aas+-n,ost n,nazinp
taIc
In tho p,orui,c the,, found NOT only
Crnenoueb,s hnr also Frames dead
hody ~ Tho rs11ov, L,,an,e Law NJ
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BY CAPT. HERMAN ARCHER.

1.-THE ORIGINAL Captain Mackl,n.D

tThe ORIGINAL Captain Macblln, ,
TIME two younG Soldiers-oach
was about 2o-Sat back tC
back in the carabao WailoW
i They were on guard duty. The
drnsest jungle, probably. ot
the Philippine Islands. along the SAY
aGelE wild north line OF IMz"n.
was all about them The night was
moist. odorous, smofheri02lN hot
Now and then q sudden. breath like
moving in the brush. on a smashing
sli"ing. slithcring crash. Noises OF
wild things? or OF stalking insur-
:ectos-devilish little brown men
who prowlinCly waited only for
American scntries at night to strike
a match. or speak out loud, that they
might whip them down with shot or
bolo. The pair crouched in the shal.
low. muddy hole,
Both thought of the same thing:
How they hated one another, Frame,
the taller. had been horn in Terri"
IIautc. GracnuuGh in Crawford. Ind,
90 miles apart, They had Gon" To
school together. separated after that
to meet again in my battery. Reilly :.
Their friendship III Luzon had become
proVcrbial for time. Then. in a
tussle of fun. one tore from the
others neck locllet on a slender
chain. The tiny gold thing flew open
on the floor; the slight and pretty face
of a girl smiled up at them.
They stared in amaZement. Both
were engaged to that girl; she had
accepted the love of each without let.
ting the other know. perhaps she
wanted to be sure when the war was
done. But neither could give her up.
Fate ousht never 10 have put them
on such post together. Bat war
sees soldier only rs soldier.
Hours of hrooding silence. then
Frame began to talk in whispers. lie
was neither bitter nor accusing: only
terribly unhappy and sorry. Finally
he took Greenou@h's hand in the dark
ness ana placed it on a fiat stone he
had discovered at the bottom OF the
wallo%. He was about To put one or
two pebbles, he said. on that fat
stone. Greenouch was 10 guess the
number-one or two. IF he called the
wrong one he was to climb to the top
Of the wallow and light A match in
the face of the hidden enemies; and
Frame was to go home to the girl.
IF Greenough guessed right. Frame
would light the match--and Green
ough could 60 home. alone.
JUNGLE silence, and then in Green.
ough's husky voice:
Its a go,'
The gamble was brief as ii was
tense. Frame put TWO pebbles on the
stone.
NOW" he said.
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BY WILL 7. KENNEDY.

This is the fourth of a series OF articles
about some OF the points OF historic interest
in Virginia which can be reached on day 5
trip from Washington and return, based on
data collected by Representative r. walton
Moore OF the congressional district in which
the counties dealt with are located.
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We should sanding heem arond to
Quinn Isabella it should he goot
gee" IIa HAS no.
"Ha h&--vou coitinlv a penic witt
de hideas SyIwester-Ha Ia Ia dees is
rcech,"'
POT TWO.
In hitWijn de needle from de night
de- ballroom from de pclece-k eeng
from Spain is sihking surciss from
d" havNY kerrs from de kecncly Cron
Wot he's trying he should gecye
gradually snurr in de harms from
Murpheuus---
quinn from Spain Cspicking to
K "ngD-Nou slipping Foidy?
ko"ne-IH IIIZZZSRRDXSLLLSII,
QNBZ.
Qulnn-Pay attention Foidy wot
sDickinG,
keeng -ZZZRRSSIILX"-- ZZZZRR-
IINpQ'
QuInn-tSMACk"O III geeye you a
ziZzing'....
keeng-Why IZzy".
Quinn-Dun't izzying me plizze--
Pay attention.
keeng - SSSZZZ - Hay stop shak.
!ns-tHo Boy decs is moider--Noo
SO wot IS Izzy??
Quinn by me de W0ild is rond"
kccuc-Und de head squerr--G DOT
ZIZZ SPLSSKI
tSNACkl~-
kcenc Why Ivy"
Qu.un III nidd tree Sleeps dey
.sru,d ra entitled de Nina de peenta
Nsst de Sentd Merria -~~-
k"enI-Ila hA dees a gOot one-So
wait 80 III gat opp III halp you you
should look for dem--Hs ha-Ninnas
witt peentas witt Senta Merrias yat-
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of it's first Democratic convention, in
1850.
Returning 10 Virginia, he was again
elected to Congress in 1852 and fol
lowing service in the Confederate
Army, was war Governor of the
State in 1864 His sons. like the
father. We're noted for their lnfiinch-
ing courage. and before dueling went
out they favored that as the method
of settling personal disputes. In Cali
fornia one OF them had duel with
United States Senator Brodcriclt of
that State, one of the strongest mem
bers of the Senate, who was after
ward killed in n duel with Terry. a
newspaper account of the Brodericl-
Smith duel says: 1T took place at Sac
ramentO, and was witnessed by 5000
people, Gov. Smith being one of
the spectators. According to the rule
of the code. each was to surrender all
articles from his pockets. Broderick.
drawing his watch from the fob
pocket, offered to surrender that if
Smith so desired. hut Smith intimatin.
that it was immaterial, Broderick re-
stored it to his pocket. Smith put
four balls through Broderick's watch
and cut the watch chain with another.
Smith was untouched and BroderiCk
uniniured. The watch was hung up In
a public place in Sacramento" which
sounds almost incredible. Another son
in the postwar period fought a duel
with William C. Elam, editor of the
Richmond Wing. because of some he
littlinG reference to Gov. Smith, and
ELAN. who was badly wounded. then
stated that he was not the author of
the article. hut Thought he should take
the responsibility for it,
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~ ULPEPER COUNTY the court
house of which is about 20
miles from Washington by
~ the highway through Fairfax
and Warrenton. was organ
lied in 1149 under statute passed
the previous year. 1t was named for
Lord Culpeper, who had the unique
distinction OF being appointed COVER