1) A mounted Inspector and two mounted Constables ride through the jungle to their new post, they are attacked by at least eight men (the only ones they saw), armed with Mausers, revolvers and bolos.

In this 1:1 action the Constabulary should be just these three men with the native force of not more than 20, there is no long range firing here, this is strictly point blank. In actuality the Constables took cover at the first shot and awaited the rush in silence. They fought off the attack killing eight and capturing 2 Mausers, 1 Remington, 1 revolver and bolos, their loss is one horse killed.

2) The Balangiga Massacre - Company C, 9th US Infantry is in barracks, the 6:45 breakfast call blows, then the church bells begin ringing signaling the attack, C company is rushed front and rear by 450 insurgents from the church and bush, the soldiers have no rifles. The soldiers should have two twenty man units, with the Captain as a separate piece attachable to either unit. The soldiers should begin mostly in the barracks with a few sentries. The natives are mostly armed with bolos and few guns until they capture them from the secure gun room.

In actuality, male insurgents were allowed into the town by the American 1st SGT in exchange for church taxes. The night before the attack a large number of women went to church, several carrying caskets of dead children, all caskets carried bolos, thereby giving the male insurgents the weapons they needed for the morning attack. There was a loss of 100 Krag rifles and 25,000 rounds of ammo, the insurgents left behind 48 mutilated bodies, 11 wounded, 15 unwounded.

3) The Pulajan attack a Constabulary force traveling by canoe. The riflemen are on one bank, the bolomen on the other. A ground force of Constabulary is moving parallel to the river. The first volley is fired at the canoes from thirty yards, the canoes go to the opposite bank and the men are attacked.

There should be two twenty-man units one in the canoes and one on land. As I understand the orders this was meant to trap the Pulajan between the two units. In actuality, the ground force moved toward the river at the first sound of gunfire. Crockett and 16 men killed 80 insurgents. There was a near reversal - the men in the canoes attacking too soon.

4) Jikiri strikes various villages, pearling fleets and single freighters. The villagers are either barely armed with muskets or only bolos. This could be made into a native run campaign until the US Navy arrives.

For Jikiri's force include four vessels, with several cannon on each, and crewed by twenty men. Each native element should have at least one leader, with supreme leadership saved for Jikiri. His vessels do not necessarily need to stay together and fight as a unit, but could go off separately.

In actuality Jikiri raided the islands for two years before his boat was finally captured and towed into shallow water where he and his men make a break for freedom. Jakiri overturns the boats, trying to drowned Lt. Peake, hand-to-hand fighting begins, Lt. Peake is shot in the leg, he fights off some pirates with help from his crew, Peake shoots seven pirates with seven shots. Lt. Peake's crew was a guard force of Moro Krismen from the Sultan of Sulu. Jikiri escapes into the jungle.

5) Jikiri in the jungle. Jakiri escapes with 30 men into the jungle. Down to nothing now Jikiri must raid villages for food and weapons. The hunt is on. Start with just the naval force under Lt. Peake, when the first reinforcements arrive Peake can either quit or continue. Peake has only ten men in his command all Moro Krismen who can follow any trail, but are slowed by Peake's wound. The Constabulary force should be only one patrol of twenty men, while the 6th Cavalry should be three 20-man units.

Actually, down to 30 men Jikiri continues losing 4-5 men in each of several skirmishes, finally down to eight men he determines he has had enough and takes refugee in a cave. Three troops of the 6th Cavalry with several gunboats with quick fire guns close in, for two days the cavalry and guns fired into the cave. The Americans fixed bayonets and advanced - then Jikiri and his men attacked - three officers and 22 other ranks were WIA or KIA.

Resources

Resources for the period include Jungle Patrol and Swish of the Kris both by Vic Hurley and are hard or expensive to come by. However, they are available on the web at www.bakbakan.com/jungle.html and www.bakbakan.com/swishb.html each chapter can be printed separately so you can print only what you what. These are the two best books I have found.

In past issues of the Heliograph there is very little unfortunately, a very good scenario "Free for all in the Philippines by Ron Vaughan appeared in issue 99 and in issue 111 there were several pages of photographs from the insurrection including photos of Moros. Movie wise I think there is just one The Real Glory with Gary Cooper and David Niven. I have the movie and it is a good movie, I'll include scenarios from it next issue.

Figures for scenarios are available from Old Glory in 28mm, at least for the US forces and Insurgents, but not the Constabulary. No manufacturer makes figures with the right caps, although if you had some dismounted US cavalry from the 1830-40s with that billed soft cap or ACW dismounted cavalry in kepi either could also work with some conversion. The Moro's from Old Glory are those that wore pajama like clothing and/or armor. I am not sure any manufacturers make Constabulary figures. Certainly Eureka and Falcon UK could make them special.

Next issue more adventure with the Moros, this time from Swish of the Kris and whatever else I can find. See... I've told you what happens when I have to write something. How about some articles! PLEASE!!

More Jungle Patrol

Introduction
Constabulary 1901-1910
Insurgents: Pulajans and Moros
Scenarios

More Jungle Patrol Part II

Figures
Infantry Actions 1903-1906