The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1898-10-20
THE REDWOOD GAZETTE.
BY AIKEN & scHMAHL.
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1898.
LEW is Merry.
Thinks the Bullet Struck the Com.
pany Captain.

Lew Wallace OF the Thirteenth MIN
nesots, who was wounded in the taking
of Manila, has written his relatives
regarding the fight and the wound he
received. He says that the latter is
''about one inch to the right of my
breast bone, and just about on the
collar bone. They probed for the
bullet, but didn't find it,-but it hasn't
bothered me, and never will. do
not suffer bit, and my own private
opinion is, that it glanced off my col
lar bone and entered the man next to
me-but maybe the doctors know
better You needn't worry q bit, be-
cause none of nv insides are injured,
and my lungs are as perfect as ever.
If it hadn't rained all day I should
have walked into Manila to-day. Now
Tor an account of the incidents of Aug.
18th.
AT 4:3O a. m. the first call sounded
and we all rolled out, to prepare for q
start at $50. We filled our meat
ration tins with fried bacon, our haver-
sacks with sixty extra rounds of am
munition and bareback, and our can
stems with strong, black coffee. tAbout
seven we started for the trenches and
at the same time it commenced to rain.
Marching for about q miles through
a drenching rain we arrived at the
trenches, remaining there until 1870,
when we. we're ordered to march. At
6rst our regiment was confused be-
cause of misunderstanding about the
road. After monkeying half an hour
we got started on the right road
with our battalion (the 2d) in the
lead, and with Co. E. and H. respec-
lively, in line of march. Then fol-
lowed steady double quick for mile
and half through mud almost knee
deep, over Spanish entertainments and
past burning arsenal, to within 500
yards of the walls of Manila, where we
halted near stone church and several
smaller buildings.
"The last part of that mile and a
half was rather exciting, with the
bullets whistling around our ears, and
knocking down twigs about our heads,
but somehow we did not realize our
great danger. At the church we found
the Astor Battery hardi at work and
they showed up we'll, winning our
hearts by brilliant pistol charge right
at the wall, with Co. E as support,
while H. remained in the roadSwith
dubbed rifles to keep the pesky insur-
gents back. But the firing soon be-
came 80 hot that they all lit out for
the rear, while the battery and Co. G
retired under shelter of the stone build
ings. H then received orders to hold
the road, so selling log iabout 6
inches through we placed it across the
road and as many as possible lay fiat
behind it, firing at will, whilel the
Spanish bullets came down the3road
like rain. But l did not get chance to
get behind the log, because the colonel
yelled for a horse that was on the
other side of the road and brought it
over for him, expecting everv moment
that one of those Spanish bullets would
stop when it got to me. But I got over
safe enough and was vervl glad to
reach the colonel's side, behind good
stone wall.
Our captain now showed himself by
far the brayest man on the field by
recklessly exposing himself in order to
How to Prevent CrOuD.