Survivors of Company C with their Balangiga signal bell.
Old photo of the survivors of Company C with their signal bell and a young mascot just before departing the Philippines for New York in 1902. The mascot, Francesco, accompanied the men to New York, went to school, grew up as part of the Manchu family, and then one day met a
Spanish/Canadian young woman and took “French Leave” into Canada. Page 32 of the essay.