| Show I SLAUGHTER t MANILA Bodies of Insurgents StackedUp For Breastworks T REPORT OF RED CROSS NATIVES MOWED DOWN BY TH AMERICANS Brutal Murder of Dr Young Described De-scribed By a Red Cross torlcer A ± nericaii Style of Fighting Par lyze the Iurgentsrvey of the AmcricansDeadiy Work 4 I Wahington Maceli 30The f OWing OW-ing extracts are furnished from a report re-port just received y the Red Cross from llr F A Blae of CalifornIa in charge of the Red Cross Wok at la ails The i1eport is dated Feb 15 I says saysJust Just one week ago lid the fghtpg actually heln and the past weekhqs brought about changes little dreamed of The insurgents have been pushed back on aU sides until our circle and outpost have advanced in sonic direr tons as much a twelve miqs Our boys fought like tigers and made such a namfor themselves naffor for bravery en I duran and strict discipline a il be handed down to posterity for ages tOll come With the thlrtthree wounded lat night at Malalr it bring our I total dead and wounded up to date a trine under 200 I never saw such execution in 201 life and hope never to see such sight a met me on all sides as our little corps passed over the field dressing wounded legs and arm nearly demol islle total decapitation horrible wounds i chest and abdomen show log the determination of oursohdjers to kill ever nate in sight The 1 ipinos did stand their ground heroically contesting con-testing ever Inch but proved themselves them-selves unable to stand the deah fire of our weltrined ad eager boys In blue l I counted dead I an sevent1nine tives in i en rJrH dt ton t one small field and learn that on the other side of the river their bodies were stacked up for breastworks breast-works The hlocldlWC5 filled with natives were stubborlr held and only taken after a bayonet charge There is where we had so man wounded You see they seek shelter behind the densely wooded localities while we must adVance ad-Vance in the open and many times only guess a their loCation r witnessed many daring deeds of individual aol d12r5 and officers absolutely defying death under a perfect shower of hal lets This kind of fighting and pushing forward has completely paralyzed the natives as the Spanish would simply mae a sortie and return for a siesta ad sl0ke wait for another week fr month and repeat A Spanish officer surveying the fold made the remark that the Americans bad no etiquette etquete in warfare not allowing the troops to stop for a week after an attack This rush Is puttl the fear of God In the natives and 1 think when ulnaldos headquarters is attacked they will cry enough and surrender Blake goes on to tel of arduous work perform by DWight Tanner uroys and himself how the Filipinos fred on wounded being carried from the front and adds UTe found all we could do dressing wounded Filipinos after first satisfying ourselves that ht our own had been at tended to The moral effect i had on the natives to see their wounded being so humanel rooked alter was electl fying Had he order of things been reversed our wounded would have been treated to a machete stab Our surgeon Dr Young of Utah while actually dressing a wounded roan on the field wa entrapped and his throat cut cons ear t ear his fingers cut off and otherwise most cruel slaughtered showing the treachery of I the natives and utter disregard for ned I cross attaches Yesterday I was with Colonel Smith of the First California and In the name of the society presented 1000 for the I regiment and 100 for Ermita hospital I Both were most grateful |
