E-text prepared by Juliet Sutherland and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team (https://www.pgdp.net) Note: Project Gutenberg also has an HTML version of this file which includes the original illustrations. See 23447-h.htm or 23447-h.zip: (https://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/2/3/4/4/23447/23447-h/23447-h.htm) or (https://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/2/3/4/4/23447/23447-h.zip) UNCLE SAM'S BOYS IN THE PHILIPPINES Or Following the Flag against the Moros by H. IRVING HANCOCK Author of Uncle Sam's Boys in the Ranks, Uncle Sam's Boys on Field Duty, Uncle Sam's Boys as Sergeants, The Motor Boat Club Series, The Grammar School Boys Series, The High School Boys Series, The West Point Series, The Annapolis Series, The Young Engineers Series, etc., etc. Illustrated [Illustration: "It Won't be Necessary, Corporal." _Frontispiece._] Philadelphia Henry Altemus Company Copyright, 1912, By Howard E. Altemus CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE I. THE FILIPINO DANDY 7 II. A MEETING AT THE NIPA BARRACKS 26 III. PLOTTERS TRAVEL WITH THE FLAG 42 IV. CERVERRA'S INNOCENT SHOP 54 V. ENOUGH TO "RATTLE" THE VICTIM 65 VI. LIFE HANGS ON A WORD 70 VII. THE KIND OF MAN WHO MASTERS OTHERS 81 VIII. THE RIGHT MAN IN THE GUARD HOUSE 87 IX. NEWS COMES OF THE UPRISING 98 X. THE INSULT TO THE FLAG 112 XI. IN THE FIRST BRUSH WITH MOROS 124 XII. THE BROWN MEN AT BAY--FOR HOW LONG? 131 XIII. A TALE OF MORO BLACKMAIL 141 XIV. THE CALL FOR MIDNIGHT COURAGE 149 XV. IN A CINCH WITH COLD STEEL 161 XVI. DATTO HAKKUT MAKES A NEW MOVE 168 XVII. "LONG" GREEN AND KELLY HAVE INNINGS 177 XVIII. SENTRY MIGGS MAKES A GRUESOME FIND 187 XIX. HAL TURNS THE GATLING GUN LOOSE 196 XX. CORPORAL DUXBRIDGE'S MISTAKE 208 XXI. SCOUTING IN DEADLY EARNEST 220 XXII. PLAYING GOO-GOO IN A GRIM GAME 228 XXIII. DOOMING THE DATTO 236 XXIV. CONCLUSION 246 Uncle Sam's Boys in the Philippines CHAPTER I THE FILIPINO DANDY "We've solved one problem at last, Noll," declared Sergeant Hal Overton seriously. "Only one?" demanded young Sergeant Terry quizzically. But Hal, becoming only the more serious, went on earnestly: