Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-09-27

dren all s1mkc cigarettes and chow IN.
| bacc0' As result their teeth are all
black and dccnycd. I thought once ~
learning their language and 1 ala
learn 20 count as high as twenty but 1
| rot sick every time | went am my
rounds and quit. The people ate worse
than Indians and 80 about half naked
We are campcd about four mlloa
from the walls OF Manila. The wall runs
clear around the town and IN fifteen foet
thick and twenty feet hlgh. We viii
have Go break Il down before we can
lake the place hut l guess Dewey will
here took Il In turns 90 ro up and STAY
have heard about our first fight by this
time. The spanish brcnstWurks are
about one mile this side Of town ~ that
makes our camp about three miles this
side OF the Spanish camp. But We have
thrown our breastworks up 20 within
about 800. yards OF thclra. Tho mon
minute or two that had been shot. but
tWcnty-fuur hours at a time I was one
of the ilrat % ~ 20 the front II was the
ilrst % July Everything was qulct all
day, but at n. 100 that night tho spanish
made n charge on us and We had % nrht
mighty hard 20 keep them back Bullets
flew like hail. Hut We had good high
brcastworks and only thirteen u our
men were killed and twcnty-six wound.
cd None of the Utah boys were Killed
but two OF them were hurt. but not
badly.
\ VERY CLOSE CALL
one OF the bullotr hit the wall direct.
~ In front Of my face and filled my eyes
and mouth with mud. thought for "a
minute Of two that had bcou shot, but
l got on without even a scratch. There
are nH near as We can tell about 400
Spnninrds dead and 100 wounded. When
the nght commenced We had JOS men
an the enemy 5000.
OLD GLORY WAVES OVER MANILA
In n letter written ON August goth.
the same writer says II SUPPOSE YOU
have heard all about the lombard
mcnt before this time, ~ II viii b. no
good Tor mo To write Il all Down At
10 o'clock on the morning " the 18TH.
Dewey. the Astor battery ana our
selves all turned loose on the Spanish
at the same Tine. and at n O'Clock our
iing was floating over their fort be-
fore shutdown We could see our iiaRa
on the tops u the highest buildings
all over the town. We slept IN Manila
that night and We have been here ever
since.
THREE HEADLEss sPANfARDs
l don't know how many wef. killed
and wounded un our side but none or
the boys were hurt In the Utah bait
tories. A we were advancing on
Manila ! was sent ahead on an GRAND.
just M | got over the Spanish In
irenchmentn there lay three Spanish
soldiers with the tops OF their heads
shot on. I think II was done by our
gun. as they were straight Ia front OF
H. Nothing was left Of the heads OF
two OF them but their noses aud chlnH.
The other one Just had the top Of his
head and his right arm blown on and
"A fhVArITA a 80 "a
mighty flckcnlnE sight. but Il IL all
over now. | don't know how long We
VIII DO here but think We will return
home before the two years are IN.
We are living In Spanish fort and
have good shelter from the rain and
good beds TO sleep on.
a MOSQUITO STORY.
The mosquitoes are as big ns ahot-
land ponies. They come In pairs. one
carrying lantern and the other "A can
opener. Last nlFht they rolled me out
or bed and dragged we out into a ditch
~ Though ! wanted bath. Iiut We
have a fne bath house here and I had
nne bath Just before golng 20 bed.
We have fne mahogany tables TO eat
on nut they don't put any too much
on then, hut see that l got my
hhnrc OF anything that comes along.
The fort we arr In n good deal like
tho Utah pcnltentlary. Il has a high
waU all round and the Window arr
covered with Iron bars. We look like
prisoners. In fact We are. They only
let hvc Of ~ out at time. / have
been out but once since We came here.
UTAH BOYS To BLAME.
Night before last two Utah boya
from battery II were over at cayiie.
Ihe natives shot one OF Thorn dead and
me other can't live. I don't juat know
how II happened but believe the boys
We're n drunken row ana being drunk
themselves got into quarrel that
ended In the shooting. GEORGE.