Daily camera., 1898-12-01
GETTING WEB FOOTED.

How the Colorado Soldiers Fare in the New
American Colonies.
The following was received by VIM
Rule from his son at Manila:
Manila, Philippine Islands, Oct 7, 'oS.
A vessel leaves Tor home today and
avail myself of the pleasure to write be.
fore it leaves Manila.
Last night there must have been a
fearful storm at sea, judging from the
rain that fell here and the frlghtful wind
accompanying it. For thirty minutes
there was one continual stream pouring
down on top of the house. So loud and
continuous was the roar. we could
hear the storm approaching for severa
minutes before it burst upon US with all
its fury. We rejolced to be in barracks
instead of a shelter tent in Camp Dewey
for the roar forcibly reminded me of Boul
der tails in the spring Of the year. The
natives said II was typhoon, perhaps it
was, but the inhabitants of this island
should see an old fashion water spout or
cloud burst of Boulder county to fully
appreciate a typhoon, but never was
out doing military duty in cloud burst
and have no longing desires that way.
You have read in the papers about the
soldiers lying in muddy trenches for ten
hours before Santiago de Cuba, but the
boys from Co. H and B did duty in
trenches of water and mud from one and
one half to two and one-half feet deep
for twenty.four hours and were laughing
and joking all the time. When we were
gladdened by the sight of "El Sol" after
a night ever to be remembered on &C
count of rain, thunder and lightning, we
found volume of water pouring through
a breach in the intrenchment as large
as mans body and with terrific force,
breast deep on a man feet 10 inches
tall, and the space between the breast.
works and rice swamp-about eighteen
feet-was full of water so that our relief
the following morning had to walk on
top of the intrenchment to get to US.
You at home learned very easily of
the hardships experienced by the boys
in Cuba only few hundred miles from
the U. S., but by the time our reports
reached you from point 1900 miles
away, they had Become so modified that
every one conceived the idea that we
had soft snap and easy time and look.
ed upon war as huge joke. Don't you
fool yourself, for it is stern reality, and
we have to endure this hell hole good.
ness knows how long. hope that Great
britain gets control of this group of is
lands, and gets it soon. From our com
pany there are five boys in the division
hospital and we have the smallest sick
report in the regiment. Well, l must
not complain, for my health is good and
am as happy as can be under the Cir
cumstances. viz: three or four deaths a
day from the two brigades.
We are being drilled in street forma
tions and have faint hope that we are
getting ready for our departure. Rumors
are current that we shall soon leave this
place but we don't know definitely. Of
ficers call has blown which undoubtedly
means drill. Our duties are just enough
to make US growl They could without
any harm to the service be made much
easier. Enclosed find a little sketch
made by Paul Clark, a university boy,
which will show what the Colorado regi
ment did. for we built all the intrench-
ments under cover of the 18th U. S. In
tantry sharpshooters. No other regi
ment repaired them and everv time our
turn came we had lots of this work to do
B and H companies had so much to do
in mud and water that MAJOR Anderson
called US "the feet" and SAID, "If Dewey
wants more battleships we can send him
B and H." Colorado may we'll be proud
Of her regiment in the Philippines TO,
the boys are fighters of the first rank a.
demonstrated in the battle of Manila.
SFRGr. WILL L. RULE.
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