The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 20, 1900, Page 9

| THE SUNDAY CALL. 9 = Deeds of Our Holdiers in the Ficld = —_—— ERAL JOSEPH WHEELER, U. 5. A. ——= who are ns shows that s are marked regar the enemy ita and An- number: ir num- g boasted, but t rgents were soon nd enced a disorderly of our to the axes for to perform the t duty aelayed by a enemy retreat- ank C. Bolles 1 forward, a men, and at- me of the flying i it was these acts ipressed the in- er it impossible for e them stand for a moment wh tacked by our troops. Two Heroes. re were many s of individual * . v ie under my per- é They fllustrate well the gr 1 endurance of the American = ; > was the swim- ver by Privates | P. Trembly of 4, on April ‘27, | swam the Bag. | 1ded within twen- | at earthwork, and | ston’s comm the deserving the approached | = were of almost | tied a rope, which they had carrled with them, to one of the up: hts of the trench, ton s were enabled to cross the river by means of which rope Colone! Fur The of the Spanish- America asimas, June 2,1 men, consisting of of the First and Tenth Cav- p the Rou; Riders, had been landed the preceding day at Daiquiri. On not follow because two men are of the same race that they shall be the same in cha more than that twin brothers shall be of the same nature, No more does it follow that two tribes of ohe race shall closely resemble each other. In truth, marked distinetion within the limits of a race is a common thing, and is strikingly displayed in the ipinos, among whose eighty and more tribes, wild and civilized, a very decided difference in character is to be seen. Among the sav- age tribes, for instance, the Igorottes are fierce and warlike, the Mangyans are peaceable and trusting. There is a sim- {lar difference between the clvilized tribes, the Tagalogs and the Visayas being nor- mally quiet and peaceable and fighting only under severe provocation, while the Moros of the south are incorrigibly fierce and warlike and at any time quite as ready to fight as to eat. They are all — PIRATES AN the evening of the 234, having been or- dered to the front, they marched nine miles, bivouacked in a violent tropical storm, and by 7 the next morning had advanced threc miles further and were confronting a considerable Spanish force commanded by Lieutenant General Lin- ares. Very few of the 900 soldiers had ever been under fire, yet nothing could exceed the enthusiasm with which they attacked. SO brave enough. The recent war has shown that the natives of Luzon do not lack courage. But fighting is not their native €lement, as it is that of the Moros, who at any time wotild rather wield the sword than the spade. ith of Mindanao, the large southern island of the Philippine group, there stretch a number of small islands, of which the principal one is named Salu, and the whole group the Sulu Archipel- ago. These Islands form a connecting link between the Philippines and the great island of Borneo. Some three or four centuries ago, about the time that the Spaniards came to the Philippines, a tribe of Malays made their way from Borneo to the Sulu Islands, a people so flerce and warlike In disposition, so bold and daring in action, that for centuries they defied the power of Spain and made the Philip- pines a very hot place to hold. These >TSS DAL 'WATER DWELLERS For THE FLAG! Bravery at Las Guasimas. Sixteen of their number were killed and fifty-two wounded, yet In no instance did 1 see a soldier halt or falter for a single moment. It would be very difficult to plck out any dozen or twenty men as more worthy of commendation than many others. It was a splendid body of troopers, and all were proud that it was their privilege to strike the first blow of TS were not idolators. They had been con- verted to Mohammedanism before their migration, and all attempts of the Span- iards to convert them to Christianity end- ed in the quick martyrdom of the mission- aries. The Spanish settlers named these newcomers Moros, or Moors, in distinction to Indios, or Indians, the name given by them to the other'natives. The Moros are born pirates. The sea seems more their home than the land. They fairly revel in the water, for wher- ever possible they build their houses in e sea, ralsing them on piles sunk in the shoal waters of the coast. This mode of building has been followed in all the Phil- ippine islands, the houses, even if miles from the sea, being built on piles. It seems to suggest a time when the Malays were water dwellers. In truth, a back- ward glance through time shows us the Malay sea rovers setting out on their war the Amerfcan army upon a foreign shore. They were all imbued with the highest spirit of chivalry. Th knew the enemy to be strong and apparently well in- trenched. They certainly expected a warm residtance, but their advance was as firm and steady as that of the best and cldest veterans. Major James M. Bell, Captain Thomas & Knox and Lieutenant George L. Bry- am were all severely wounded early in SO TS TS TS ST TS T AT OO @ OF THE SOUTH SERS praus to conquer the multitude of islands in the South Seas and haunting the coasts 80 as to be ready to take to the water again at a moment’s notice. The Moros hate the Christians with all the fanatical hatred of the subjects. of Islam wherever found. They hate in par- ticular the priests and friars, and have shown no mercy to any of those so un- Jucky as to fall into ‘their hands. For that matter they seem to have had no use for any captives except as corpses or slaves. Every year, at the setting in of the southwest monsoon, it was long their custom to launch their boats and set off on a piratical expedition to the north. Landing on the coast of the first fsland reached, they ‘would- attack town and country alike, usually with success, and always, with savage cruelty. Captives were taken by thousands, and the men compelled to harvest their crops for the benefit of their captors. This done, the Moros would butcher them in cold blood and carry off their women and children, the former for the harem, the latter to be the action. The spirit which they evinced as they fell to the ground was a good In- dex of that which imbued the entire com- Major Bell's leg was broken, and as he sank to the ground ) on further with you,” w Knox, who was shot body, continued as long as possible to ex- eutenant Bryam, “I regret I ercise command, Thelr cruel work done, take to their sten back before the chang- ates would boats and h: ing of the winds. that the Spanfards id not submit calmly to this state 3 . Th [ expeditions against the Moros, but it was like sending sheep against wolv Spanish force was cat ings were made at times, and forts were built even in Sulu itself. sons did not remain long In every case the forts were taken and . or they were driven and more than one But the garri- their defenders sult seems remarkable, In view of the the Moros had only swords, spears and daggers to fight with against the firearms of the Spaniards. a rare weapon in their hands, and it was rarer stilt when they:could use one with A gun was and it was bad for Spaniard.—Ramon Reyes Lala, In Frank c's Popular Monthly for May. sword reach, the line with the soldiers 11 he fainted from exhaustion. There were many simi- lar instances equally commendable, but they did not happen to fall under my im~ mediate observ Heroes at San Juan. The battle of San Juan was also the oc~ t exalted bra- casion of ma very on the p so untversal ble spirit of nitles presented them special acts of indivi w the head e al Shafter's their march m El Paso to a road command- y and small @ e for a mile 2 San Juan ¥ ed by the Sp: arms, whict centrate upon ¢ fire, to whic erat This was one of th g tn which soldlers could be placed The army 1 o front, me: t 1 repeat- ed delay s Maus ets and raining upen them. It was h and while 1 g n Where Death Reigned. They constantly saw stricken do by miss foe, and 3 diers brave were met b emy's second tween Sar ing daun ghrinking a mon trenches and erected breast by morning were so s ranged as to make t nable. The reader w difficulty of selecting number of brave and without fear of b tiality I can speak c at San J E. Shipp Tenth Cavalry Pathos in These Deaths. All the officers of thie regiment were dis- ere Is dnguished in this something roma these two. They gether, one from other from N mates and became f and d friends. 'They occupied the same during their entire course, were graduated together and entered the same regiment, the Tenth Cavalry. They were devoted to thelr profession, studied together, worked together and seemed Inseparable. Each of them returned home and was married to a lady he had known from childhood. Each left a devoted wife and three chil- dren at home when with he accompanied the regiment to Santlago. They were idolized by their soldlers, and 1 feel confident that when the sh war commenced no two officers were better equipped to perform duty than these. Their superb qu accomplished officers were ac by all. How Shipp and Smith Fell. When the struggle opened on July 1 none in that brave army advanced to bat- na and the were class- litles as wledged alrous spirit than these tle with -more chi two devoted f The advance commenced, the Tenth Cavalry moved forward, the brave officers ng with each other to do more than riends. their duty. The first position of the enemy on Kettle Hill was carried, and without a halt Americans bravely charged the intrenchments at San Juan. Precisely one-half of the ¢ Tenth Cavalry sank neath the dea tered, a Lieutenants cers of the 1 and but a few yards se they fell. Each was Insta 1 when | | That might th bodies were the rear and placed side by side by their | soldiers, who bore for them | none but soldiers fesl. Strange Coin: They were together in they lay together in d throughout the count | lists of the killed at San Juan a long list of all these Kkille | Both lists were alphabeticaily an® this made t pin consecutive came and the the killed was lished in the 3 register of Here the names were arranged ace to the date of r comm: n, and here again the names of these two men, who were always together in life, were side by side in the final record of the Govern- ment they had so well served.