Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-09-09
stfoRt AND NfItR the BATTLE.


Theodore Cicghorn. a member Of
Battery a. Utah volunteers. writes 10
his family a. follows;
Camp Dewey. Manila.
Philippine Islands.
July aist. 1855
Dear Mother. Father ana Sisters
We have at last got Into cncampmenl
and am not very sorry either for
ROT very tired Of the boat This N a
like picture. our tent Or pitched under
n large PLAN tree which keeps IN cool
through the day. ELLIS anu I SO put
nearly every day AMI get fruits % an
kinds from the natives, ianana'a and
cvcoanuiH grow Wild. You, FuehH'
have often heard OF the bread fruit
there In lots Of 70 here, but don't Ike
For the first time was fircd upon this
morning. our section and section nNp
was 10 the front laHt night We were
posted lea the rntrenrhmrnts which had
been thrown up hy tho Infantry Ia the
last Tow days for KUN pits THIS was az
near ne any 81 ihrhaiiufy boys had been
~ the spanish lines The difference be-
tNeen our lines and me cnemy'f Do u
little over i5O yarila. Just In easy range
for the spanish -nharpshootera 10 PICK
~ on, one by one. But Tor some reason
or other they dld not continue. whether
they were afraid or not l don't know.
This was before dnvhrrRk but when We
rot oar guns Into position and EVERY
Thing ready Tor action, We heard the
report OF two large guns, Just then Two
G-lnch HhollH Nhlazod past over our
heads In the nelghhorhnod OF about 100
feet. iiut that was close enough o.
make ~ duck. | guess thry only IN
tended 90 give IN a mpfnlna salute, The
only thing I don't like about this place
~ mat we have 90 gtu up at A'la 10 inc
morning and II never gets llEht tlll q az
the earliest but li ls the best time ~
arm. The hottest day wg have htd yen
Was hast Monday NJ ln the shade. You
mny not think that hot, but % was very
miliry. I don't know exactly when Wr
are going to make an attack but !
mink this week aIme time, or aH soon
~ the Monterey gets here.
Every body o. hard az work on tn
entertainments, which arr rirht Feet
high. twelve frrt imrk and lhfut i've
miles long. The bank consists NJ SAINT
supported hy bamboo posts, thla lH
Wha, "a called The hardest Kind tD blow
up. because II she'll happens Oh STRIKE
u only blows the sand mp Do the air.,
which falls back inp De- place again,
or most ~ g.
The spanish fort consists of mason
ry-hrick, ami Captain Young Iys De
could blow " O. pieces in % short dime.
Tho spanish seem 90 hH gunHrfiltlnuH
fighters. They hold prayer meetings
four or i've times a day and have iwl
or three strands % Cash1lc benii
hanging around ihelr necka an the
slme. The natives are en-. nghlera,
though. We can hear their guns day
aud night. although they don't do any
damage. they keep ihe spanish core
nered up. Dewey gave Them a ffiaen-
Inch smooth bore gun. made ln 1853.
Crhs n me boy mat makes the nolsa1
They pu' IN e good sim charge vi pnw-
der, camper with s1ds aud ram hor
full 10 chains. grape shot, and small
cannon balls lrm . 30 O inch, touch
her m with l Bong fuH, rln on 90 a
distance ana watch the enect of ihaIr
ahit which "a generally trained 800 .ht
CITY; and alH1 watch tha Splulgrlf
pour Vullty lGer Nlllpy Into the ham-
clump ln hopes uf killing come nf
N dare dcvlis as We call thpm. Thalr
principal weapon o. "a knife They
DON'T understand how iu use D gun. A
band % Nur or five hundred win lay
N walt Tor ID company vi spanish SOLE
difrs, surround chem ami cui ihsir
troats, often NOT losing u man. IN.
motto n "Mlricano Philippine. Boom.
Bonn spanlard." They iheu draw "a
nnger across their thrlts ana laugh.
This letetr Is now Rrttlng Homewhnt
lengthy and after an I don't know
whether YOU VIII get n because 1
haven't got "a stamp ana can't buy one
al any price Give my regards TO