The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-09-26

Lieutenant Grow had been detailed TO
4 take a gun up to an fnsuTgent breastwork
on the Pasai road. He was in full readi-
ness in the early morning Wnen the ne
darned insurgents fired sawed-on
cannon they had there at the Spanish
lines, not moro than 800 yards away Inc
effect was to bring an artillery nre GOWN
on Crow and the troops along there rms
did not last long, nor result seriously 80
when the word came later for Grow 20
| Spanish biockhouse No. IA. destroying the
| number painted on the outside and blow
ing the insities out. This he followed with
I several other shots. AS a result the span
iards were driven from their lines so that
the Twenty-third United States infantry
went over the Spanish breastworks WITH
out show. of opposition, but they en-
| countered some opposition up the road on
their way TO the city. and lost a rev men
Still further around to the right, the
Astor battery had been placed with their
little guns (gun and carriage, welrgh9 only
J $50 pounds eachl They also fired and
drew some Spanish artillery fire.
LOST SOME MEN.
Then when it seemed that the Spanish
were silenced, they advanced with TWO
of their guns over the breastworks and
along road. accompanied by infantry
the Thirteenth Minnesota. They were met
near little church with few Volleys or
i MauSerS from an intrenched house a little
! farther on and lost a few men (the in
fantry) General Macarthur called for
volunteers to disiodge the enemy IN the
/ TORT. SlngulariYs enough Captain
of the Astors volunteered. Singularly, be-
cause his men only had cannonS and re-
volvers- They did not succeed IN dis
! lodging the Dons and lost their first ser
geant and ranking duty sergeant in the
charge, and had nine or. ten men wounded
They were driven back and nearly lost
their two guns. Soon the SpaniardS
We're compelled to retreat. because their
compatriots in front of our line on the
right were defeated.
| Well we were ordered to bring our guns
: nj n a l1
Idaho troops ordered TO assist us IN pull
/ ing them. So we struck up along the
beach in the pathway OF the infantry anu
forGed the stream with water to our
knees, up past the Malate fort ana INTO
quarters a little farther on. Every house
in the vicinity was abandoned Beds, 1ur-
greatest diSorder-already the natives
were beginning to rob- We had scarcely
mad our supper, when we were again or,
dered to move. So We packed up and
loaded up and moved up mile through
two dark streets to the Quartet de Malate.
or Malate barracks. big square nlied
with barrack buildings, fine in archltec-
ture, with stone wall capped with an
iron grating fence surrounding II. Here
We found apparently thousands OF our
soldiers pushing and croWding and cook
ing their Scanty meals on hreS made IN the
areas of the barracks We ran our guns
into the enclosure and We're pointed out
matched but comfortable building on
the other side of the street for our men
to sleep in. Yesterday / made an effort
and moved up all-or nearly all-the camp
equipage to our present place. All the
/ men but three are now here. am now
going to send 40 men and one of our Gals
son bodies back for the rest OF our tent
age. Captain Grant was with us the first
night, but got orders to move further
up into the city, and is now most palatial-
ly located in one of the city administra-
/ ton buildings.
/ We (the officers) are occupying the rear
room of one of the buildings in which the
men are quartered. o, We have had the
! rain, trenches. work day and night, sleep
ing anything. never dry, eating bareback,
etc. and not even settled.
LOOK OUT FOR INSURGENTS.
We are kept down here at General Nc
Arthur's headquarters in order to assist
in repelllng the insurgents should they
hget ugly and attack. In day or SO the
situation will clear up, 'and We shall be
ordered into the center of the city. We
hope TO. and have some at least, of the
now. l am just going to send 40 of the
boys back to eamp-four miles-to get -.
rest of our things.
The city is beautiful in SpoJS-the Span
ish houses are all lovely, wide porcnes,
overhanging caves high ceilings, sliding
windows, tropical vegetation, superb
grounds.
IN THE HEART OF MANILA.
Friday, aug. ~.
I am now in the heart o. lie new part
of Manila. The walled city is one of the
most interesting spots l have ever seen.
! With the sea on one side and the swift
rolling Pasig on the other, with its ancient
and imposing churches, great, gaudy
structures, now occupied by Spanish sol
diers, wits its governor, guards, marble
palace. its archbishop'S palace, its multi
tude of fine buildings. barracks, krsenals,
etc.: with its streets full of Spanish SOL
diers all deprived of their arms except
the officers Q5.O5O, or Whereabouts in al).
with its great walls of masonry, with
broad rampartS on top, and bitches and
meats around, all built according to the
highest principles of the military art,
with baStionS, curtains lunettes, etc,
etc.-with monuments here and there and
little parks full of tropical foliage, with
good roads and paved streets and Side
walks; with horse-drawn street cars Tor
tranviaS); with busy streets crowded with
Spanish citizens in immaculate white suits
and helmets-Spanish soldiers and officers,
American soldiers and officers, Cinnamon,
fat and lean, Filippinos. half-breeds, with
river teeming with tugs and steamers.
and the quaint Cascos, sunken Spanish
vessels of war, German launches and
sailors innumerable public buildings,
great hotels. fine stores, thousands of
hacks, crowded streetS-the whole thing is
a picture / little looked to behold in this
out-of-the-way part of the globe Well.
the battery has moved up in town; we are
not far from General Greene'S head
quarters in the Hotel de Oriente. We are
occupying a Spanish engineer barracks.
Captain Grants battery is not here.
The city water is not yet turned on-the
insurgents are making some trouble about
it. They are not altogether friendly with
us. We have left section in our old
quarters 1t Malate Zone gun and six mem
but | guess that they will not conclude to
trouble us much. Our own quarters are
high $50 feet and we'll ventilated. They
are bare of furniture but we shall gradu-
ally get little government stuff in and
then we shall be more comfortable.
Colonel Crowden Judge advocate of
General Greenes staff told me that he
had recommended me very warmly as a
ilIdPp-Dnp
the city straight. ] havenhB. ETAOIN
the city straight. l shall see. No mail for
several weeks. One went She day we had
our fi~ht for Manila
l am going to post this now-don't know
when it will go.