The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1898-11-18
FROn nANiLLA.
Manila, ocl ). 1885.
Friend Manke:

April oo dnu WAS Sent tC New OIits<l :
so JOIN my regiment, aud the day ., 1t
there my regiment WAS "rtisie, T., tie
Philippines. We left New ~. as n
the 10th for SanFraicis SEQ. 10 whit h
place we arrive .iuae L n Z
sailed on the 10th and were nine day :
from SanFrancisco To Honolulu. The
weather was fine and the sea was calm
and altogether we hsu q yei ,1ie.4.,st,li
voyage. We stayed In houolula 1M .
days and were all allowed to go out
while the ships crew were coaliny the
ship. The Red Cross society treated
MS to fine dinner. | like the people
of Honolulu very much-they are most
all Americans, and Honolulu is the
prettiest place in the world. We sail
ed from Honolulu June 25 and we new
err saw land for thirteen days. The
irst we saw was the Ladrone Islands
l don't remember how many of them
we passed. but we passed one that ha d
burning volcano on it. 1t was night
when we passed and it was a pretty
sight
We steamed into Manila Bay July
IL and anchored about two and a half
miles from Cavite, where Admiral
Dewey won his naval victory We
saw all of the Spanish ships which he
sunk.
We went ashore July Goth. The in
surgents and Spaniards had battle
the morning we landed and we could
hear the cannons booming. That was
their last fight. We were ordered out
on the firing line July %. Tie Span
lards saw US before we got to our
breastw and began Smelling us.
They We're u king il .retty hot tor US
too, but VIE L!ade II run for our works
and then they could 1t hurt US much. |
The firing kept up all day and al.
night. We were relieved the next
by the first regiment IF Cali
fOrnia volunteers. There had to be |
three regi.nents Oh the nring line |
every day, and rs there We're only ten
regiments here and two of those in Ca
vlte, it threw my re- inlent on the line
avery two days. 1t rainod all the |
line an tae water was knee-deep every
where and We had to stand in it for ~ !
eOurs every third day for a month ana
/ hall and the rain coming down on
As ali the time. My r.gln. Mt and the
irst Colorado volunteers went on to-
yether. The fighting was almost con
slant from the day We landed un,i
nree days before the battle of Manila
vas fought. There were ten thous and
oldiers In the battle of Manila and
We only had IL killed and 81 wounded.
In every battletle Spanish loss was
en- times as much As oars. We had
U wade swamp whenever we went
rom our camp to our breast-works,
nd the water Was 1.-O.l knee-deep to
all tae way. i he battle. of {
lanl1la was fought august Ii and il
as clear victory for the Americans
'le fighting started dit nine in the
nd lasted until two in the afternoon.
Iy regiment and the Ist Colorado
ere the first that crossed the Spanish
The Spaniards are very
DOR marksmen or We would all haveI
been killed. They shot high
nd when they were Smelling us they
xploded before they reached us.
Manila is a strongly fortified place
it'll walls from 10 to SO feet thick ex-
nding around the old city of Manila
hich is about half of the city. There
re two canals and one river running
rough the place upon which the ships
ome into town. 1
l don't like the people of Manila at
IL. They are mostly Chinese, Japan
'e and Filippinos andthey look more
ks monkeys than humans. The Span
'rds are gentlemen compared to the
st OF the inhabitants. There are not .
any Germans or English here, and l
ont see what Germany is making sol
UGH of fuss about. 1t has stopped
sining now and hot is no name for it
} we are only ID degrees north of the
luatOr. l don't know much about
e interior of the country as l have
lly been out about two miles from
'wn toward the mountains, but they
~ that ten or fifteen miles out it is
ne country. There is lots of tropical
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