Show MOROS A RACE OF FANATICS Gen Carter Talks of the Inhabitants of Island of Jolo Gen W H Carter commander of tho Department of the Lakes with headquarters In Chicago gave an Intel In-tel esllng description of tho island upon which tho battle was fought Gen Carter has but recently returned from tho Philippines where he saw several years of active service Speaking of tho Inhabitants of Jolo Gen Carter said Tho natives who are tho direct I descendants of the old Malay pirates who for years terrorized the Malay I archipelago for tho most part refused In do this The built little Htnnn I forts In tho heavily wooded portions of the Island and then defied tho sol dlors to collect tho taxes The city of Jolo Itself Is surrounded surround-ed by a wall built by tho Spaniards to protect themselves The Spaniards never went out to fight tho natives hut were contented with defending themselves within tho walls of Jolo Fortunately Jolo Is one of tho few I i Islands where cavalry can bo em played to good advantage and tho troubles arc usually easily suppressed sup-pressed According to Gen Carter the mill ary government on all of the other Islands is under the civil government That It is not on tho Island of Jolo he nttrlbutca to the fact that the American army gave battlo without first going through much red tape In tho rest of tho Philippine islands Isl-ands said Gen Carter the soldiers are not used except on tho call of the civil government In Job however thor are under the command of their colonel who is both civil and military lonIneLr r LwWL0 V + 6ja e app YI o010 na l OLO CrYIAMII 1 S O Y1 a learn 9 i1 dld La iii 1k vi lo li a > r NLIWY el elW W nlm r Y v 11 YlLO PdnCw WMjj f p elimirY w ISUxo l UL u 654 sm V scrut otLboro tit O o IIffoo V p I Y 01lLE I I rLPSffONmU ZOCATSOfrQPJQLO governor and who took them out tt fight Gen Carter said that the natives o Jolo were similar to tho Inhabitant of the Island of Borneo with whoa tho English government recently hat trouble |