Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 174, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 July 1920 — Moros Skilled Iron Workers. [ARTICLE]

Moros Skilled Iron Workers.

Bolos, huge, heavy and keen-edged knives that are swung with both hands or may be used for thrusting, were effective weapons used by Filipino soldiers in their rebellion against the United States at the expense of American lives. Their merits were appreciated by the Americans, and, at the advice of Gen. Leonard Wood, were adopted and are in use today as a supplementary arm for the United States troops In the Philippines. The finest and most elaborate bolos, of many different patterns and shapes, are used by the Mores of Mindanao and the Sulu islands, who make them themselves. The Moros am skilled workers in iron, although savages. They know how to get the metal from its ores, and the production of good steel is no mystery to them. They are said to have learned these arts originally from the Arabs.