Daily camera., 1898-09-09
CAPTAIN EASTMAN WRITES.
Another Letter from the boulder Boys Re
hind the Manila Iptrenchments

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hind the Manila Iptrenchments.
The following letter was received yes
terday by ]. c. Eastman from his son,
Captain Eastman, commanding Co. H,
First Colorado volunteers:
Camp Dewey, near Manila,
Aug. 9th, 1898.
We have had lots of rough weather for
the past week, and lots of hard work to
do during the time. Company H with
other portions Of our brigade have been
to the front and fought, bled, died, built
lntrenChuents, etc, until we are about
worn out, but you never saw braver men
or harder wo kers tn IN the representa-.
ton OF the United States army that left
B ulier the 2oth day of April, 1893.
July 28-Mlld. Dan Smith, one of the
Denver recruits, became drunk and was
sentenced to thirty days in the guard
house and hard labor. In times like the
present we have no room for men who
do not know what they are doing, for you
see we are only stones throw, you
might say, from Manila. The inspector
general visited us. at dress parade. We
were ordered to raise our tents two feet
off the ground.
July 2o-N lid. Lieutenant Wilcox de.
tailed as officer OF the guard. One bat
talon Of the Colorado regiment and one
of the United States IS h infantry left tor
the intrenchments this morning.
July 3o-Mild. Regular Saturday
morning inspection. Considerable firing
last night and this morning from the in
trenchments, which are from 500 10 1890
yards, according 10 the ground and the
trees, ETC., from the Spanish lines, which
are something less than one mile from
the wall of Manila. Sergeant Sterling
of Company K was shot through the arm
while at the trenches.
Lieutenant Perry went over to Cavite.
Captain Eastman and some officers from
other companies took a walk down to
the beach and collected some shells and
other curiositles. Visited an old church
in which there was a pipe organ made Of
bamboo. will say right here, that as
near as can find out there are churches
about every half mile all over this island
In the tower of this church, which is very
oil !, there are two bells, one dated 1886
and the other 1890 A fire broke out in
4 Manila. In the evening it rained.
About midnight terrible fighting in the
trenches. Some 900 Spanish killed and
several hundred wounded, and on the
Am .rcan side ten killed and thirty, five
wounded. Our regiment was called out
and held in reserve in the rain and mud,
shells and bullets whlstling over our
heads, but at last we returned to camp
in disgust.
August 1-More lain. The Colorado
regiment was sent to the front and Com
pany H and Company put up 100 feet
of intrenchments. A perfect hail of
bullets in the evening. but our fortifca-
tions were sufficient to protect US. Com
pany d had one man killed and two
members of Company G were wounded.
Do not know the Spanish loss.
August q Rained great guns. Com
pany H and the other companies of the
Colorado regiment returned to camp.
August 3-Rain. Funerals of the dead
killed at intrenchments yesterday and
day before.
August 4-Rain. Colorado regiment
went to the intrenchments. Company H
occupied the left flank, next to the beach.
built more intrenchments to strengthen
those already there. The United States
monitor Monterey arrived. Captain
Richter OF the California regiment died
from wounds received at the intrench.
ments. We heard that Spain had sued
for peace. Let US hope that she is salts
fed.
August 5-The Colorado regiment re
turned to camp. Funeral of Captain
Richter. The total loss on the Amer.
can side has been some twenty killed and
fifty wounded. while on the Spanish side
according to the British counsel's report
1.-THE loss has been FIVE hundred killed and
| several hundred wounded and we have
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about frightened them to death. Every
might the lights in Manila are put out a
4 an early hour for fear of an attack BY
Admiral Dewey.
i. There is not much sickness in camE
now and think the boys will get alonl
all right. think no one will deny tina
Company H is among the best drilled. i
not the best drilled company, and th'
best disciplined company IN camp.