Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-09-26
7HE PARTUTAH PLAYED
FEARS TROUBLE WITH lNsuastsT BANDS
,,,u.,ed with the Dssireso Pinnder
aud Kmi- queer Scene. In the Ph''-
ippine Capital.

c,,up Dewey, Near hanh"' aus .
sos Wen. tell you I viii be glad
-, IN. time comes when the ut"h
sr,lllery will roll into Salt Lake depot
,y,,n.t you all9 War IL not very
,J.,.ani thing. There Is 10 much 70
,s,rry and fret about. 80 much renpon-
,tmiity. 20 much mud and rain 80
...,''h mat you cannot do that YOU
nl u.n mo 10 40. ON account u the dis
se,seahle disposition OF the fellows on
~ n,bsr side. Now. for Instance
~. W. arc out In tents and II rains
.,,,,, diwn-severai times every day.
,rhe,s are plenty OF fine barracks W
4, Manila. hut these Dons ffum inc
tt.,isn PENINSULA, not filled with the
,,.I,is ~ brntherly kindness. Insist up
y, Lecring ~ out here In the rain.
Al No IN tents are much more pleas
nrtiv slfiated than the mon who ~
Out In the trenches. The feEimeniH
M changed every day. 80 that the men
A., only every third or fourth day. 20.
naming In camp the other days but
nm In The trenches they must stand out
IN the rain and take u. that H.. all
but the Utah artillery. and We have
built shelters for the boys, which Keep
them quite dry. Eight nights have
now passed since the biz attack ana
I'VE nights since then have these night
workers poured Mauaer bullets ana
shells into our entertainments. They
do not 90 much harm. only killing one
or twn or three men nlRht and
wuundlng few others. our boys are
learning 20 liz down behind the breast
works and let them exhaust their ann
munltion. We nre not ready 20 at.
tack yet and % our policy merely 10
- attN
prlsinr IN. and wait-until goodness
knows wholesome say until the ar
rival ~ the Monadnock. another iron
clnd-about twu weeks.
The third expedition. which arrived
hero a week or two neo. IN now all
landed They have been much de-
iaycd by the hlsh winds. which piled
NO. tho breakers along the beach near
~ IN destroying way We now have
1000 soldiers In camp, Dewey has
The Monterey. and II looks 10 me aa
though the captain renernl would BE-
asked 20 surrender or fight within n
little Just enough 90 satisfy the de-
nands Of hin people. and then he must
surrender.
BEGINNING OF THE END.
Later. Thursday. Aug. Hit begins
70 look ~ though II was the beginning
n the end. We have each had two
suns up IN the entertainments. This
morning ! am sending up my other
two. We all understand that tomof-
. wthc big nEhi will be on. Admiral
Dewey presents his compliments b. the
front 81 the city and will assist US In
attacking the south side. The hall win
onen about noon and Il viii seem ~
thiueh h. itself IL lot loose. Tbs
whole neet vii pour IN n deadly rain
Or shot and she'll We VIII contribute
"iFf1 or ton guns, the Astor battery
tN more probably. and then all of our
infantry and the Spanish big and little
gunn will do their level hest.
will stay In the trenches tonight. We
VIII be glad TO have the thing sottieI.
II Il getting fearfuly monotonous Out
mere IN the everlasting rain. Tho tenn.
perature IL cool. have slept every
night under a blanket. hui how A. aoes
RAIN Why last night the water was
Iour Inches deep In the tents every
have few souvenlrs--some bullets,
shells, table made from TIMBER taken
out on the church around which we are
stationed. We shall be delighted 10 get
Dewey's help. ] can tell you. The DSns
have sandhlgs piled mountain high and
MINK 70 Keep ~ uut ana II would be q
H"NHNt VIII AANk ~ capture me NIfN III
We had TO do II alone. nut with the
hdmlrarA help II viii be a Job soon IN.
shed The enemy has a numnfr ~
heavy guns on the water front, whlsh
We Meet must flrFt silence: then IL VIII
devote ia attention 10 the bombardmrnt
~ the walled city. South 81 the PaalE
Hvcr there ID the old town, heavily
walled and armed. with moai- around
ana ent.nslemsnis Of wire. fal.nn
trees, &c. Here dwell the shfrf func.
tlnnafieh, civil. military and ecoleslastl.
cat ana here VIII the iieet DO ID. worst
work There Is a strong line Upposlte
", which the feet will also help Us
IN taking care Of.
] am now waiting for several carbon
or water buffalo 10 arrive to haul our
guns up To the front. These cattle are
splcndld woflWra. They are usually
hltched TO a two-wheelcd cart. We un.
couple our guns from the front parts
or llmberH and then attach tho detached
parts 20 their. carts. and away goes a
hugh buffalo with one half OF one OF
our guns. Others are expected az once.
You should see the monkeys In carip.
Nelson has one which he says Ia mine
and which he Will take care OF .mtil
W arrive home Would II not tlckle The
litw ones Ia have monkey or twOi
am going 10 try 10 take one or two
nome. What q Jolly day that Will he
mat WIN ace these batteries roll Into
me depot at sait Lake. Nor Will Il
lns be delayed In my Judgment nut
now long | do not know. aay Thanks
ewing dinner at home. How would that
A SOLDIER OF FORTUNE.
Friday. Aug. is.-slnce writing the
above date. colouel Anderson and Mr..
Astonishing. a Newspaper corresoon-
atni, came IN, and later Lieutenant
MAYOR Just In from the trenches.
Colonel Anderson In quite n pletur-
esque hgure. lie IL soldier Of fortune
ana has served In South America, IN
lhe chinese army. was an officer under
i.lluoukalanl, and now has Just re-
Hgned from a position 49, chief or ord
nance Of the Insurgents. lie Ia an
american by birth and feels certain
aldo,
The general Impression Il that the
most dlnlcuil part o. the campaign VIII
pe 90 appelse the Insurgents. TheS
hfe very deslrous OF complete lnle-
pehdence and have been waging sue
s.sstul war agains. she spanish OR Two
ars. Now, quite naturally. they want
sne fruits Of their Victory. OF aaurse.
~ cannot Cor one m0m,n. concede
tntl me Insurgents have any .r.ahts
superior 10 ours or equal. We claim
70 have conquered the Islands and the
nsht 70 dispose OF them. Just how
GENERAL Merritt Will b. able 90 solve
we problem remains 10 be seen. The
maln difficulty VIII arise a: once. The
Insurgents VIII demand ,ha right 10 en-
ler ,he city along with IA. This we
must not permlt. since their chief aim
, p 20 1903. They have bel n treated with