| Show r 1111 LUUU ON THE LINE OF BATTLE nilzn Arohnrd Conner Tolls ot tho righting Around r Mnnlln Tho Tngnlo Modo ol Warlnre No AInlon J Pnld to Coda ot Civilized WarHow the Nntlvaa S cur Ount nnd AmmunltlonThe Hanlth nnd Spirit E ot Our Soldier In tho Phlplln iUJlll n Manila Mar at The war ROM 0 by purl ami duhra a Irregular Interval Inter-val Alt tho tint dwrwrat righting I early I In I rebruary ther vai a compar atlto lull for wrcka The line elrelche1 out thin and long ajid It woa nccawary to wait till inora troop a from hornMarch March Mlh th nctlre ahanc began acmn ny mat llm our lino lied Wtn I r J forward a wldenlnc elide till Hi y wor from four to nine inllei from tlanlla Malabon nine mile to th ti inward wa th point of dpartur Vh t tho bamboo form and demw ui tirgrowth I hat lien cleared away CI 1 > Held Mho Kill ll I tery felllle Ilk tlielr place Huch open tlelila ar h I r il Iut uually dttoted to rlc I culture cul-ture inj lute Irrigating ditch through Hi in A ill o Held on tn right of Mnui I n un > the ecene of u bloody tlfllt 1 b h In the Coround t Ih I 01 IhlIld lIh Ih hl W firing trenchea running < I 1 fnh earth thrown up by a plow ri Near tba bloodatalni t iiliet he > et unbuiled the lioll ot i I u oln nldler Wloln dlh h 101 I 0011 In a uniry fur from 1 Th nAl Jh would have Iootn on lonlh 0 It Ih II < Ivl men a wi man goml old 1 ladl In III Inlled Slli Mi nal and euxwhere hat tieen fond of telling tho American public Hut they Kill not come out and lah Thtr I II 1 tho ground like allmy aerpunt through th bumboo and banana thicket till I the I inn Ilik off Ami Mean wlillere I tin yare y-are taught they Wear they are miMI I gofrlend > mi-MI having made thl declaration M aoon aa the aoldlrr aback a-back I turned they will nut ulth a twto I nnd knife him from Whlnd and then run like deir bark lo their jungle On on of our nutiioet not long urn I Month inkIn bid wu on duly at ten lug In the gloaming He dlicotered nnllte Idling lovard 1 him Thiy had n gune II challenged them Who give there Anilcoe Ih y nnwcred iI I f i h had no cartrl Ig In hi rllle nt that moment Aa III iwo fellowt l wer n Ing they jump J i behind him and II1 n Crm Ih 0 un r Thl ntn IIkI drolll ntlln nlnll rln unl Ien n thul II nlht I bo n vi ItI bl it drawing toward II 1 brown man ril or knife I lh caao might b I tloml awhile at Ih Intrenchmenti admiring 1 ad-miring about equally Ihe bMUIlea of nature and th fine phytlqu ot Ihe ol dlera when Ihevn4cot Major 1 mon tnok twftly but t i rUA ltly I mIr not linger here very long might draw a thower or Inutgent but leu I any minute > ouknowl 1 did not linger On thing 1 I am glad ti > report lo Ih pople nt home r ou will not te to a month travel In th cltlllan world n l > ody of men who look In better health n tplrlta than our Idle out on lh line They are now mixtly clad In ihe I = n on rbI called khaka which the llrltlih army hat foun > o excellent for wear nnd coolnea In India and Ilgypt Theao khaki tulti are be romlnll nne 0 n cn nil I I belter advantage than our own I never hate bn greatly Impreaael with th good Inoka ot th rank and III t or mn t om 1n am profoundly lmprea ed with that 1m twcnut It ha n 11 to mf alUon by th cona If or lIh ulltn and Kpanlanla 1 lml 1 IV th1 Ih Amrkan m I In > rII 11 I h th Ilnl 1011 Co 1011 Iur nl In fUlu Th Ire h now nlf trm Ih Ial 111 a Inl Ik Ihlr n anInuulalo Th mo IlIh n 1f II In I mnl n1 tho Ild 01 kl In their face They are anxlou only lo get Into ih fight tlnlh Ihi thing and get btk to ItII life ngln Not all of thor ae toldlerly In appearance ap-pearance 1erau hundred of them ar fh tul ho ha nol lt m1 hal luold lIllna < 11 Ih tI bllt wllh dlnd 1cllII I th r I 111 h kl Jn ii o II 1 t 01 my Ix 11 oC 01 t h anv t I Ine hol Ih ul nn Iho I 1 nw < mlotAhl Ihdn < 0 T Y u 1 tl th I qllat J C I If ltuut In W 1 it r e l al C 11 r i Mg = i j j 4 i tJ r 6P B lS Ti Iumm 110 IIhnlnor I t Inluilon h dolrtd Ihl Inlnlon I kut 1lm A Ihe hIPr oul Ihl knlv ho nalth11 rldor dolI1 Into hl un aM llrvd Tali gulilcd Ihe ball nnd on M luw Or01 > el liraI Th other rn Chi C-hi life The liakotan drop > ed nlh cartrlilg Into Id rltl nnd tired aorI Iklllt AI 11 n I 000111 In th t1 anlhllt nln lIah f the Iorl II ollid nol Ill Ihn h1 ulon h h In bul n1 dO th doad bolf 01 Ih 01 am h h1 n IHn hI I found Ding In tho 01 where th kotan Inil dru > l d bin That A in r ly ih Fagalo Ide t honorable warfa 1m n 001 01 101 lnd1 h on1 w auch tnit frlnj wllh the roll an Inurrtcla ont proinx to a captain In llm American army that they ihoutd mk an ci > rdltlon together for tlm purpote of rapturing iirmi from the Hpantih rolller You and I ialdtliii ct Tagilo nmcer will tllp up ay behind a loldler on oulpoit duly li lirh ld r1nI I r 1 In Jy Ihlo IU mM ot wr fa i hilnlroli of 011 and lhllt belt hv 1 alde1 to llu rbI avIIL itnck 01 a rnl Bumlay J wat out on our extrem ollllto aoulhword On und un-d the rioldler ll I apt to b either wali Ing nr fighting Here on Ih toiilh although al-though there had been considerable tiring early In tlm morning Iho lioyi oltI IIII Uih t were tmacefully I renovating their weekly I week-ly I linen At tho tarn lime cm th lln to tin nolh aun1 11 ono ot me bloofllel fight tlnm Tebmary wai taking place a light tlngularly fatal to our nlllcera Them the brave lament M Colonel HI menberg ot th Flrat N braka waa klllnl On Ih Niiah nf uhero no ttvra the Iniurgent llnr r leta I than a thou and > arda auuy though tro could not teo thim through th InimlKO and IHI I ih Major McCammon of tho rourt r oun th IIn of Ih I n < 11 thcie doll d h nnl Ihrea Iona Ih II al line wen Ib loMlera on I ck > t duty I They had g nrally t urtd u mat of lft II p I I I airy ipoli In II IIV ot mi I c luntd only 1 chtikena nn1 on dead III latlei In a toldler1 ha nl W wnl Ihuah Iho liallto Mlloii a ° of Ih Ined clir Uk1 fl hr 0 Man 1oln 1 Ma call I along thinlg I rllir nnd t f i n hkll la I or waa th natlt town of I I I not occupied by Amerlian toldlcni lola woman or n chicken in th place 1n 0 n of Rru1 h IU Ktwd tho Inaurgenti hntn Iun I drlten bk by lh American toldlr Thin aald Mr UHIU th young Ohloan who wnt with me wn found tetell rebel l > lng We burled 1 all lun In Ihe 1 no Ih 111 t Th Ino a Irn Icknln 1 In Ih 11 Ih Coul OU hao mlH1 an ot 1 might oally Iw 10 of ih wound might hat crawled oft Into the buah to hide and their l lle tw II I Ing there to thl day It waa n tcn > cf ruin nter which we paaeil 1 Th liwurrecloa tik tlielter In I th leaf and twig hut tlm native lite In and lu pratent thl etiry tuch hut wa fired along mol road ir that tvaa left of hundred of little home ttaa a patch of blackened ground Ion 1lnt noar 1atlg our nntlte coachman topped ua gell ulutlng an eKlalm Ing Chotiolatae ilntlngat the tame tlm to aomethlng near tho riMdeld that looked like n IIW Trove 1 A In fuel u chocolate grutn and near It ua on of Ihe blackned liatchet Indlrttlng that tber hod ben a Tagalo bom The chocolate tree grntea nr Im I menaely profllablr In thl gruve growIng grow-Ing cloae I agatnal tlm treo trunk her and there elong III length were thlnga that look I like tmall bright red tnuaahoi Inlde of Itum I Kroiv Ihn aeed 1 that ar roaled und ground to form Ihe chocolat 0 omm Ou nath hm Inlt up the f Ilk a monkey uhl h h 1 no lok nnllk He qui kly trlppol Hi pm if th brlaht r I null art gilh d It I Into nn arm fill The arnful < JI 1 bring him 11 In Manila 1 h 1 Tin i or i r In 1th n 11 a t h gain 1 LllA AUMIAMU COSNl |
