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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 hendquartors In Chlcngo, gavo an Intel In-tel estlng description of tho Island upon which tho hnttlo was fought. Gen. Carter has but recently returned from tho Philippines, whoro ho saw sevoral years of actlvo service. Speaking of tho inhabitants of Jolo, Gen. Carter snld: "Tho natives, who aro tho direct descendants of tho old Malay pirates who for years terrorized tho Malay archipelago, for tho most part refused to do this. Thoy built llttlo stono forts In tho henvlly wooded portions I of the island and then defied tho sol-! sol-! diers to collect tho taxes. "Tho city of Jolo Itself Is surrounded surround-ed by a wall built by tho Spaniards to protect themselves. Tho Sponlnrds never went out to fight tho natives, hut wero contented with defending themselves within tho walls of Jolo. "Fortunately Jolo Is ono of tho fow islnnds whero cavalry can bo em- ployed to good advantage, and tho troubles nro usually easily sup- Vt pressed." According to Gen. Carter, tho mill-tary mill-tary government on nil of tho other Islands is under tho civil government. Thnt It Is not on tho island of Jolo he attributes to tho fact that the American army gavo battle without first going through much red tapo. "In tho rest of the Philippine Is-ands," Is-ands," said Gen. Carter, "tho soldiers nro not used except on tho call of the civil government. In Jolo, however thoy nro under tho command of their lH colonel, who Is both civil and military tH vlv sea rrk I HI? ? or lb governor, and who took thorn out tc flsht." slf; Gen. Carter said that tho natives o. ''IX Jolo woro similar to tho Inhabitant) aBi of tho Island of Borneo, with whon ,,f;' tho English government recently hat -Iwi troublo. ft? |
