The Hawaiian gazette., 1898-10-04
Men Who Went From Here Write
Of Fighting.
MARKER MURRAY PlEASANTS
Incidents OF Action Before Manila.
Moving In Rainy Season.
Good Accounts.
PROFESSOR HARKER,


The following letter was received in |
this city by the last mail from Profess
sor coorga uarrar rooon,,v n ,oachor
-,
III Tue hish 'ehooi' "ho ehiis'eu lor
Manila in one OF the regular companies
of United States troops:
We are NV ue'upsins op'ni'n VA
Iaons ~ M"i ns ns wy 10 unua
, ,ns. 70. ,aw Va, "a 400 .,,a ns W.
ise amp wy" w 'ou.o Vi
.ion anu W. uays a.i o ,,, m
.rn.. s ,,,u as "sa ~, anu We sp .',,,.
~, ousn ene M VI , un. $1,000 sm
VII W. o' si,n,,, %
was luet toi INC toiio"nn W. uous'
eNceptihs rev SINUS irom, tne Span
isn anai psiioo's s ~ ~ o.iooh "
sho' was hieI rom one Vi our guns,
anu az ms sisnai newey "
oonhoaiu ','o ioi % anu nana I'll an
nour the she,Is hep. Mn,s,.ins pas U.s.
tnen 40 w, niins .easeu, VIC VIZ ~
ereu 10 ADVANCE over our lh'iunch-
neh'e lo"slu 'ne 'pauau me"
was hot .ne leas' comIusion' anu ou'
men went aheau III me vi sh'h''sh-
ers, hrihs as they went,
Oh US, nreo se'erai Noieys IN guich
succession, ana rushlhg over the Span
lsh WORKS, planted our nag on the Top
OF the Diack stone lort. Inc nre from
the spanish now became scattering
ana we pushed aheau as rapiuly as
possible waolhg anu Summing across
hooueu eorh heio' Wien We 'eacheu
the io't.
W. asseiipieu ahu mar heu vi III
column into oarIlcaueu Street oii 'ne
outshlIts vi Mahila' 'he srouhu an
the way was streWh WIN Dlahkets'
mats, shoes anu ammunition whlch lhe
opahiarus hau ieit III '.eir hurry "
get pack INTO tne CITY. a NUMBER oi
ueau anu Wouhueu soluiers Were Hins
aSa,nst uhe earahWo,hs Mheie .he
shels rom our meet ma" opeheu the
way lor US
we tneh started uowh ,ne street III
10 mahlla, expecting 10 nave another
nsht iurther On put Few strassihs
snots was the ohly resistance we met
at one tiHhe' thoush we haa 10 he uowh
10 aVoIu ,he poiiets. Al ias. we came
10 an open space anu at the iurther
sue we saw iortress OF casHe whose
pa,apets were prlsthns WIN soiulers'
put our Eyes were hAeu On srea'
whl,e nag a. one corner Oh tne Dattle-
en. anu we Ahe" 'h"' 'ne oa'''e was
eueu
IN nan an nour our Wmoie iorce was
ua"" mp up unuui .he Ma,.s vi olu Ma.
" nai,e', ~, riip'nos, "no
mo,, Dn 'nu. w Wilt. iii .ns .oMn' a. a.
LEI - "n ,,,,, ha na,, I'm =,
VIII u.s. Mee nhau VIII nensnt anu
cigaretts and cigars to the men. The
taLen bacl, when forced 70 Give mr.
their arms before entering the town
They had fully expected to sack the
,oWh anu cut 'he 'hroat Vi every opah
A. abont 4 n M we nassed throug,
the business center Of Manila and tool
up our quarters in the court yard OF @
s1ea' SUI, s.one oaiiu,hs Mnieh Provsa e e
soldiers kept passing us on their wa,
to the arsenal to lay down their arms
They looked clean and neat in theil
light blue uniforms and white straw
hats, and formed a strong contrast tt
our men with their torn shirts ant
grimy faces. Next day we took pos
session OF our present quarters, ant
since then we have been busy patrol!
ing the streets.
our loss Is reported as SIX KILLED
hna thirty-iour wounded. Inc span
lsh hau ABOUT Loo kiliea ana grea
numper wounded, some one remarked
a sna. we .ooh au.ahtase Oh them p'
,rI, IA a"siisht, as an tue SIXTH
,n "e'oio'e Hao peeh uohe d
"'sh''
HARRY MURRAY.
Harry murray wrote couple OF let
tiers by the last mail from Manila t.
relatives and friends here. The frs
was received bv his brother Charlie
49,, = $3.50 -. 90 -, =.
anu 70 'a'eu august w. III ~
describes MS trip across the ocean AM
arrival at Cavite OF Manila and tn
inhabitants he saws:
was disappointed IN the place AM
and almost all swampy-that is, yo,