Identifier: literarydigesthi10hals (find matches)
Title: The Literary digest history of the world war, compiled from original and contemporary sources: American, British, French, German, and others
Year: 1919 (1910s)
Authors: Halsey, Francis W. (Francis Whiting), 1851-1919, comp
Subjects: World War, 1914-1918
Publisher: New York, London, Funk & Wagnalls Company
Contributing Library: Columbia University Libraries
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ith the oldest of all the difficulties Spain had left us and one shehad always shirked. In the hills of western Mindanao, some thirtymiles from the sea, lay Lanao, and around it were fierce, uncivilizedMohammedan Malays, industrious, frugal, murderous fanatics, wholoved a fight, and whose simple creed made the killing of Christiansa virtue. From a distance of several thousand miles the job did notsound big, but a more difficult task had seldom been given to anofficer of the regular army. Pershing undertook the work with asmile. He had a picked lot of regulars under him, every man ofwhom he could trust. Pershing found the Moros had mobilized in the crater of an ex-tinct volcano called Bud Dajo, on the island of Jolo. To drive themout had been a task which the army had long contemplated. Pershingtold his men the Moros would have to come out of the crater, if ittook ten years to accomplish the job. There were GOO of them—every one a Mohammedan, fanatic. Without Bud Dajo securely in 186
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187 SKETCHES. 1»EACE TREATY, CHRONOLOGY •American ((mtiol. ()ie Moro i)robkiii could not bo solved. With athousand miMi. halt of them Pershinus trusted troopers and theothers picked Filipino scouts, the campaign begran. Troops andscouts had to proceed through miles of dense jungle, opposed atevery yard by Moros. But Pershing kept on, and finally fought hisway to the foot of the mountain. His jungle-fighters then cut atrail around the mountain, and, fortifying themselves from attackfrom above, began the siege. Having formed a cordon around themountain, they watched for the first sign of Moros leaving thecrater. In their retreat to the crater the Moros had been so hotlypursued that they were unable to take with them supplies for along stand. Pershing knew this and so he waited. After a time small•detachments of Moros tried to gain the open by dashes through theAmerican cordon, but every dash was frustrated, the fanatics rush-ing forth to certain death. On Christmas day, 1911, the 4

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