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Captain Demauny, starting first, had covered half the march laid out for him, without incident, until, halting at Pasi, half way across the island and well up in the mountains, he had been so fortunate as to obtain the information which he was about to send back to the commander at Ilo Ilo. Panay had been, up to this time, one of the most quiet islands in the group.
Do not let her leave Ilo Ilo until you have a new pilot, and one you are sure of. "Demauny." Captain James Demauny, of the American army in the Philippine Islands, folded the dispatch which he had just written, and sealed it. Then, calling an orderly to him he said, "Send Sergeant Johnson to me." Captain Demauny's company was then at Pasi, a small inland town in the island of Panay.
A young man, wearing a faded brown duck uniform, tightly buttoned leggings, and a wide-rimmed gray hat, entered the tent. "I have sent for you, sergeant," said Captain Demauny, "for two reasons. One is that I want a man who is brave, and one whom I can trust."
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