Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-09-06
MAI. YOUNG ON MANILA
Writes interestingly TO His Wife Of Expert
euces IN The Philippines
CLOSE CALL FROM A SPANISH BULLET.
worst Country In the world TO Tight Ia
Mud. Rain baths. Rice fisids- a Phil
ippine and Other Things.

was written under date u July s1rd
and Gath. and Il NJ follows;
Since last writing to you. a few more
thiuea have happened. The battery eN.
cont fourteen men. left behind 70 ipan
stores. wan loaded ON the queefcst lnnN-
Ing craft you can Imagine. cali.a a
rnaeo-inrae. long and capable OF hoid-
ing a vast quantity Of stores ana men
The two companies ~ the hiHhlsenln
were placed un another. hnd on we
started In tow ~ u tug. fnr the shore,
rbout four miles south Of Manila, and
distant four miles from the ship The
tug had TO stop quarter Of mile
o from the shore and the natives pushed
the boat along with rods up TO point
about twenty or forty feet from the
shore. Then the men either took or
ur turned M their clothes ana wndei
ashore. Then came the task u carry
inr large quantities. Of tents. buNes.eic,
10 IN. shore. and afterwards from tho
rhore to tn camping ground. The map
herewith viii cover the several points
of Interest I have visited. Fortunately,
We landed early In the day. ana ao got
out tents IN good shape long before
dark. Soon after we were settled Cap
tain Grant arrived with half " his
battery. ] asked such NJ the boys aH
wote willing to gu down and help Cap
tan Grants men ~ with his bagRnge.
etc. and nearly 10 man the whole
battery went To-day the favor has been
returned, and Captain Grants battery
went down ana helped ua up with our
guns. Now We have our camp In about
the same shape NJ ut Camp Merritt
icft Lieutenant webb and fourteen
men 20 rcmove our property that We
werr compelled 10 leave on the steam
~. This evening they came over with
our guns and a whole lot more proper
ty--everythinR In fact that we are 10
take with Us. Three men. however. are
TO remain NJ Cavite. 60 care for the
guard stores there.
Yesterday morning General Greene
sent for Captain Grant and myself. and
told ms he desired uH 10 20 up on the
inrurrnnt lines ami rernnnniter. That
rulted W. both. We started out yes.
tcrday evening, and went 10 point
near the shore % the hay. where tho
Insurgents have two biz. but old-fhsh-
toned guns, mounted ON their cntrenoh-
ment.
me whole country h full Of trees,
and small. clear spaces. which are fieids
81 rice. The natives make a email bank
around u small patch ~ ground ana irt
the water cover the haid, 70 10 u al.
Eoiutely impossible 90 travel outside OF
she two or three very POOR rnads that
run to this section. u " extremely hard
60 seen anything. on account uf the
trees, that spring up nearly close
enough 10 obscure distant vision.
Welt W. went % the guns ana found
large number ~ insurgents IN their
trenches. armed ~ tho teeth. mostly
with Maurer rifles which Dewey had
captured from thu spanish ana fur
nlahed them. You knIw a trench Ia a
long ditch ana embankmrni. Thesl
natives put thatch roof over A. and
some have bamboo beds VI grass, ol
whatever they may be on ihe bottom
whore there u water.
There was a church abort 100 PAGES II
front Of the inaurrent lines. which W
desired 10 sneak Into. a tsnrte tSnan,
iah for lieutsntanD went with Va and
cautioned " L. b. very quiet. We
sneaked IN all right, and got up Int
one of the upper stories. where. Will
our glasses. We Rot a rood View Of IN,
Spanish fort, near the bench. We could
see spanlaris moving around inside II
their works. There Was considerable
nflnR Eolng on around ~. but no bull
lets struck near ~ AT the time. Th'
church. however, " nfcuinplete wreck
n Il absolutely rlddicd with shot and
Sheli. and has thousands " holes In u
The trees nr- shot down an around. W.
saw what We same after, aud thcf
returned down 10 the teach. From
cur position ON the beach We We're "
fun view of the spanish fort, but the,
showed no disposition 90 shoot
This morning W. went out ou cana
rata, little two.wheelsd cart. viii
one of the native ponies harnraaed q
n. The driver sets ln front ana M
passengers la thu covered part behind
We went M one mad 10 paaai, dis
lance from our camp 81 about twn ani
hair miles. Here W. found more In
surRcnta They had the same Kind %
trenches as before. There were mum
beers ~ them playing carit. etc. an,
shuJ'lnr once m Is Nhlln thr spininrd
rturulng The compliment with alic
rf.y. We anraked an through som
cane brake. hehind u house, untl W
reached the hlune itself. which. llk
all native houses ~ bulk up on a,llt'
fhe nprr helng about fivr fee ubnV
the ground, rnder tho sfl,A nf m
house, the .nS luvn,s had ,hrown N
earthwnrigs, bfhlnu which they wer
hidinF. aud .r1m which they kspt NJ
qultf q lively fuslllde az the Spanlsl
lines. NOT more than go yards away
Il spanish hpckhouse securing spech
attention.
They say thns she enemy has block
houses every few hundred yards uinn
their lines These arr tan. adnhr
houses, built apparently uf helv
limbs NJ. The one ln question nis
cannon that shoots ablui thrfs-lnc
smell. and also q mortar
while We were under the house tan
Ing go the natives (by the way. 1 an
the bullets were striking he hlus
quito close 90 ~, and nnr N chem cam
brtNrtn ne fiOor ana the top NJ III
bank. within fwu Or three feet ~ ut
heads striking a .uppnr, ana kulckln
IN a chlp, which ZEN On capital
Grants head. We Thought W. hi
found a good place Tor a cannon ,
two, ami when the little scrap com.
on W want IN get In our work on NJ
Spanish hl1ckhluse.
We crspt back go the lnurFeni line
she bullets Ia the meluiime sirIklr
around us ln rather unrrmflrtl h
manner We went back To- Plsil. leo
from there, out 30 see Pedro DE- Martt
We could only go a short distance d
account ~ the mud I never saw sui
an Internal road In my lie ! had ,
rubber h1ues and was frequently
water 90 their tops. II was oppresslV
~ warm and the walk long On
Treading In the same direction was
young man dressed In sp0tless will
Whey all dress with scrupulOus clouI
llncss, though they do not wear mu.
clp.hlngli alec "a woman aged about
ana her son. ami they kept along wl
u. the entire defiance.
The native women all carry loads
their heads and as result. af4i
straight and have a splendid carrap
AZ laai we reached our town. Il
near the Paslg river and IL chiefly cri
brated hlr a splendid church. Will
stands on the top OF the highest gr1ul
IN the vicinity. a walled cemetery
Jus, In front n K. the wan being i.
and