Show AMERICAN OFFICERS I 1 investigate i A ia the philippine apine Islands They visit the interior portion Ni natives tives treated them nice find great fertility of land some incidents aur ring the trip manila P I 1 nov 23 paymaster W B R wilcox and naval cadet L R sargent of the united states monitor Monad noc k have returned here after a six weeks tour ot of the interior they were well received Trave traveling Jing however was most difficult they visited tho the province of pang abina and neve va ecila and then traveled over the mountains the scenery was magnificent ent but the roads were exe execrable erable the off officers leers next visited the watershed of the rio grande and cabayan Ca they say its fertility is marvelous the mountains were splendidly timbered the rivers were mostly without bridges and are almost impassible during the rainy season A pack horse was drowned and the travelers had several narrow escapes the natives refused to permit the travelers to ga go into ho the mountains unescorted because the head Il hunters annihilate any party of less than twenty five rl ff flos near iligan the natives mistook mr sargent for a a spaniard and opened fire but nobody was hurt wilcox and sargent enjoyed three days festivities at iligan there were dinners theatre parties and a ball la in honor of the americans N aho who were surprised at the culture and education of the people the latter wear western dresa dress and the ladles ladies are beautiful entirely falsifying the anticipations ot of semi savagery the insurgent troops have apparently everywhere settled down and there was no signs of dissatisfaction with a gul deless government |