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A SOLDIER’S LETTER.
The following is a letter sent us
from Jas. L. Stoker, a young man
reared in Woodruff County who is
making a success as a soldier for
his country, and who is “seeing
service” in the Phillipines. We
gladly publish this and other let
ters that he may send us, concern
ing his life in the Phillipines.
Jolo Jolo, P. I.
Aug. 2, 1906.
Woodruef Co. News,
McCrory, Arkansas :—
As I have received several letters
from, in and around, McCrory ask
ing me about the news in the Phil
ipine Islands, thought I could ans
wer them all by writing a short
letter to the News, with regards to
the Bedjo expedition of March 5 6
7 8 ’06. The Moros of Jolo had
been sending out invitations to the
American troops to give battle for
quite awhile. The garrison of Jo
lo consisted of the 3rd Battallion of
the 20th Infty (160 men), the 28th
Mountain battery artillery (104
men) and the 3rd Squadron of the
4th Cavalry.
The 2nd Battallion of the 6th In
fantry to which I belong was or
dered to leave Cebu and report to
the commanding officer at Jolo re
lieving the 20th Infantry, which
left on the same steamer we came
in on. The 20th we left for the
United States. On the night of
February 20th the Moros had come
down out of the hills and destroyed
all the target pits and burned the
target house which destroyed
about $5Q0 worth of property of
the 20th Inf try, ami invited the
Americans to come and fight. Soon
after we arrived the Governor sent
word to them to eome in and sur
render but they wrote him a letter
that if he wanted them, to eome
and take them for they were not
going to pay any “taxes”. The
Moros had entrenched themselves
on Volcanic Hill (at that time an
active volcano), and continued
their method of warfare by steal
ing, killing and capturing the
friendly natives and taking them
to the Mountain for slaves.
March 3rd detachments were
sent out to locate the main trails
leading to the top of the hill.
While searching for the trails we
were fired upon several times, after
locating the trails we reported to
the commanding offiicer and prompt
orders were issued to take the fort.
Companies M and K of 6th Inf try,
B and D of the 19th Infty., and
the Marines from the gunboat were
ordered to take part in the expe
dition. The combined forces were
divided up in three divisions or
trails as we called them. Capt.
Rivers commanded the West trail
Major Bundy, the South trail, and
Capt. Laughton, the North trail.
On the morning of March 5th the
movement began and the first fir
ing wounded Capt. Rivers in the
thigh.
This volcano was about 2800 feet
high and almost perpendicular so
you sec what a climb we had and
in the face of the enemy’s fire.
The trail I was on was almost
straight up and we had to pull
with rattan vines. If we had moved
right or left 3 feet we would have
fallen several hundred feet. We
were in single file and so the Mo
ros could not see but one man at a
time. The tiring was hot all thru
and in the first days battle my 1st.
Sergt., Carl H. Bailey, of New Or
leans, and private Jno. P. Hines,
of New York, were killed. There
was 21 soldiers near the top guard
ing the American flag that gave up
their lives for their country and
they all seemed willing to go. Not
a man in the entire command show
ed the white feather and that was
what carried us to the top of the
hill victorous.
It is not known for sure just how
many Moros were killed but 1000
was the estimated number, why
when we charged one trench we
found 200 dead in it lying three
deep. In going up the hill we
found that the Moros had driven
sharpened stakes of bamboo in the
ground as an additional protection
and several of the men cut their
hands on the stakes on the way to
the top of the crater. The children
of the Moros were placed in front
and as the soldiers advanced the
Moros used their women and chil
dren for breastworks, the women
fighting every bit as hard as the
men. No prisoners were taken at
all.
Early on March 8th we made
our last charge on the last crater
and as we swept the crater we
found hundreds of bushels of rice
and vast quantities of fish stored
away showing that we just simply
could not have starved them out.
Among other incidents that I
noticed was a woman standing up
in plain view and on either side of
her, lying down, was a M >ro sol
dier firing at us, and I shall never
forget the look that womai had on
her face as she held her hands up.
And again as we were tak ng the
last breastwork the Moro men
raised up and threw their children
on our bayonets so as to hamper
us all they could. This is the
kind of fighting we are up against
over here.
There is no chance of <ver con
quering these people. %ev are
armed with every kind of weapon
imaginable, from the old lint rock
musket to the 98 model Spring
field. They will spend tours try
ing to waylay a sentinel so they*
can yake his rifle to the “Datto”
or chief and then he is made an
officer at once and gets all the hon
ors that can be showered on him
by his comrades for his bravery.
However all the Moros are not out
laws for there are a few that are
friends but the majority are out
laws. As soon as they can get a
band of two or there hundred to
gether they go to the mountains
and it takes a lot of good men to
dislodge them.
If this proves interesting will
write again. Respectfully,
James L. Stoker,
Co.F.6th Infty.U.SA.
OEVIEW.
By Our Regular Correspondent.
Sorry to note the illness of the
family of Mr. Jack Porter.
We understand that Mr. Jno.
Harton has bought the R. L.
Wright farm.
Rev. A. C. Cloyes, of McCrory,
filled his regular appointment here
Sunday morning and night.
Mr. R. L. Wright left last Sat
urday, for Magazine, after a weeks
visit to his mother and other rel
atives.
After a week’s stay with friends
and relatives, Mr. Archie Carter
left Saturday, for his home in Lo
gan County.
On last Wednesday, Oct., 10th,
Mr. Oscar Capshaw and Miss Stel
la Jones were united in the holy
bonds of wedlock, by Rev. A. J.
Porter. The groom is a prosper
ous young farmer while his bride
is one of DeView’s charming young
ladies. The News joins the many
friends in wishing them much hap
piness and prosperity. Only a few
friends and relatives were in at
tendance.
We are pleased to note an in
creasing desire on the part of our
readers to secure at the first possi
ble moment a copy of this paper
and some call at the office and get
a copy as it falls fresh from the
press. The reason is we publish
all the news all the time. We want
you to help us make it still better
by notifying us of the death, mar
riage or important transactions in
which any one from this county is
concerned.
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I find that many times accounts
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