Show TO IMPALE THE UNWARY Pitfalls Dug ByTagals and Sharpened f Sharp-ened Bamboo Posts Set Up New York Dec 1A special to the 4 t Tribune from Vashinton says In I hospital reports Which reached the war 4 department from Manila Is chronicled i the first casualty due to filling Into a TagaI pitfall which contained the horrible hor-rible deice of bamboo posts sot firmly firm-ly In the hole and sharpened at the top 1 for he purpose at impaling the un wtfrV S S The merican troops have frequently frequent-ly found such traps on the line ot march and especIaU In front of insurgent in-surgent trenches but instances have j beed extremely rare in which the bamboo S bam-boo stakes were discovered Ordinarily Ordinar-ily the traps have been simply deep holes in the jungle covered with long grass and although soldiers have frequently quentl fallen into them no serious injury has resulted 4 On Oct 21 when fortyfive men of company I Nineteenth infantry Were engaged in a reconnolsmnce In chasing chas-ing a small band of TagaIs from some I trenches Private Peters Karl plunged Into such a pit with Its sharpened f bamboos and had his leg and foot se venely lacerated which put him out of service Fortunateh he did not turn ble headlong into the trap for 11 ho 1 had in the opinion ot the surgical offi i 1 cers his wounds must certainly have 1 I been fatal |