The Springdale news., 1898-10-07
FROM FAR AWAY MANILA.
An Interesting Letter from C. B. Lininger to His Sister, Mrs.
 Lee Sanders,

Manila, Aug l3, 1858 -- MY DEAR SIsTER'-At 6:3O on tue 18th We fell into line, each man having ten days raIions, two hundrel rounds of amuai tion, water and rubber poncho and his gun.
 Our regiment lined up as if for dress parade, our band on the right. After q few words from our Colonel Hale the chaplain led i'll prayer then We started off with q cheer that could be heard for miles ana the band played Star Spangled Banner. Our regiment took the lead and marched direct to the entrenchments and the boys that had been holding them went back to camp. When We reached the entrechmentS We mad d. q few finishing touches and then sat down to wait for Admiral Dewey to make his ln- roductorv remarks. Promptly at ten o'clock Dewey turned the guns from :hree of his yes sells OH the fort and the enemy instead of opening with their big guns on the fleet, opened on the infantry which was re
 sponded to by our land battery and infantry. The bonn bard
 ment lasted abouC an hour when Dewey stopped and our land forces began closing in on the fort and city, Colorado leading on the left. It was a grand sight aud sensation. The regiment was divided into two firing lines ana often one would fight while the other would come up in column of fours and then swing out and the other would go to one side and march on, while the one on the fling line would fire and keep the Spanish busy. The Spanish deserted their fort and fell back to their inside trenches before We got to the fort. Our leading battalion reached the fort first and up on their flag pole flew our regi mental flag and as our third battalion closed up to the fort we were given a dose of lead from an ambush and our band marched by Us going to our first battalion, playing Dixie and you should have heard us yell, and the sailors on the battlships yelled too. Our band was the only one out of a dozen 66;,taa1s 6t that had the nfeeisr nerr 10 go into battle with their regiments. As the band played "DiXie' and "a Hot Tine in the Old Town our negro mas cot danced a clog on the sand. We were wild with delight and happy, although we expected still to have 10 fight at every wall and breastwork in the city When we entered the fort we found several wounded and dead, and ammunition, clothes and a little of everything else scattered alound. After we got inside the walls we were given a few volleys but a few return volleyS from us started them from that position and they didn't stop until they were in the city, i'll their bar racks and hia around every where. By three or four o'clock W had many of our regiments ln the city and the general surrendered his sword, but we dI not disarm the sol diers but allowed them to monkey around with their guns loaded, and they gave Us no trouble At nine o'clock a part of our regiment was put in the Ca hoic cathedral and we stretched out and slept while other regiments and companlcs were scattered around the city and kept patrolling all night.
 When dayligat came yester day morning We saw all the pretty Spanish and French aud natives coming to worship The part of the building where they worship is bigger than two or three Springdale churches and has a marble