Show CAPTURE OF ODONNELL HOW THE TWENTY anth TOOK THE TOWN luzon nov ac 1899 correspondence of the associated press in the advance from angeles to daguman by our soldiers during the last two weaks the taking of the town of odonnel OD onnen by col burts twenty flath united states regular infantry la worthy of more than passing mention odonnell lies some six miles northwest of and the railroad from manila to daguman Dag our main advance missed odonnell on its way north tho twenty fifth was stationed at having arrived there after a hard march from down the track they bad missed the lighting and excitement on november a officer camei to the outposts of the twenty fifth and throwing his captains shoulder straps on the ground said expressively 1 I dont want any more lie was taken to col burt well treated and well fed it soon was learned that this man had several followers out in the bush also anxious to surrender and only awaiting news of their leaders reception at our hands before venturing in themselves go out and fetch them said col burt well give each man ia who turns in a rifle these men came and their eyes stuck out with wonder at their good fortune when the colonel counted out thirty mexican dollars for each good rifle surrendered over here about six miles is odonnell filled with soldiers and arms said the filipino captain and it you want to send men to surprise and capture the town ill lead them this was just what the twenty fifth wanted to d 0 preparations were made at once and on the evening of the at 7 companies B K and E under command of captain leon haeuser started for odonnell under the guidance of the filipino captain in order to surprise the garrison tho americans went round about and over alie foothills of the mountains at 4 in the morning the command sighted a filipino outpost on top of a hill it was deserted the column started again the next filipino outpost was at a palmleaf palm leaf shack at the edge of the road aleut bates surrounded the house with a detail of company K men could be seen moving we have the town surrounded said blout bates in spanish speaking into a back window two feet from his car it you surrender quickly we wont hurt you it you give an alarm we will kill you this was too tempting a proposition even to consider out of the dark windows the insurgents passed three rifles and three bags of cartridges and even a bowl of rice then three abject and came out to the americana with humble protestations of friendship at moment the yellow barking howling curs that infest every village on alie island gave the alarm there was an immediate move toward the town and a ifer scattered shots were fired as our troops entered we were in the town now and the colored soldiers showed a grim and great earnett ness in their work of gathering in prisoners rifles and bolos strong black arnis caught fleeing insurgents and hauled them from under beds and beneath houses native women screamed in alarm and on their knees offered money and food to our american troops at C in the morning the command started to return bringing with it the prisoners some rifles and nearly rounds of ammunition loaded on bull carts procured pio cured in the town that same afternoon company E of the twenty fifth returned to odonnell to gather in sixty nine more rifles and they destroyed certain insurgent supplies and an outfit cpr tho reloading of rifle cartridges the prisoners were fed and then released jc ali GIVE US aa REST now that you nave come to us 1900 it you love us end this fuss 1900 stop this weary disputation 1 which is made oer your location distracting alie whole chilon 1900 tell us frankly where youre at 1900 in this country or that 1900 or those explanations hazy and these dissertations will mix up and drive lib classy 1900 are you tell us as a friend 1900 the beginning or the end 1900 let us know and stop this wrangle this absurd unseemly jangle this interminable tangle 1900 |