Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1899-05-16
LETTER FROM 4. DONov An,
written While IN the First
3 n Reserve Hospital Near
57aa Manila. 3mE VI

Ward 10. let Reserve Hospital,
:.: Manila; p. +. April 4th, 1892
Frequently since I came to Manila,
have thought OF writing TO you
but opportunities have been few and
Tar. between and I've sent you No
letter. At last. however, I'm In q
place where I have III tho time there
u, and I'm spending part Of 1t telling
my. friends and relatives how ! got
here. 4 z.a ut; %at< e235s'''. !,
Sunday afternoon, March 18Th, Ia
tho action at Polo. my horse was
shot dead and q few seconds later
while, I was taking the saddle Oh bid
carcass. I was hit In the left elbow.
The bullet was one Of thebrass Rem
ingtoDs and striking the head OF the
radius. ran arouod the arm and
lodged on the opposite side. It was
promptly extracted by q surgeon,
the arm bandaged and the victim
taken to field station In an ambu-
lance. ~, -. ,,....,,, - '..-
H. I arrived at this field station at
about $50 p. m. and remained there
until 900 p. M, along with forty or
fifty other Americans and Fihpinos
some overcome by the heat, some
wounded and aOme dead. 1885,.
At about 900 o'clock In the even.
ing a train of seven ambulances
loaded with wounded started for the
railroad station at Caloocan.
should have stated that the field
station where we spent the after.
noon was at the village Of Malinta.
near Polo station. 49,.
81" The ride to Caloocan was two
hours Of torture. By that time our
wounds were very painful. Those
who, like myself. had received COM
paratively slight wounds, nursed
their pain In silence. Some OF the
badly wounded were delirious; some
frantic with pain; some whined,
many cursed; and all were impatient
to arrive at Manila. y. ~" ,:a s..>.-1 q
At q bridge q few miles northeast
Of Caloocan we all had to unload.
The insurgents had blasted out a
span of the heavy stone and iron
work and barricaded the remainder.
Our engineers had removed part Of
the barricade and thrown a tempo.
rary structure across the chasm, but
1t would be iool.hardy to attempt
to drive a loaded ambulance over
this part, and accordingly the
wounded were taken ont. the horses
and mules nnhftched and the: wagons
taken across by hand, aud the
wounded on stretchers. g. p
Finally at 100 p. m. we reached
Caloocan, where the ambulances
were unloaded and the men placed
on. railway train. which took US to
the captain Of the ports Office In
Manila. Here we were transferred
to the steam launch "New York"
and taken up the Paslg river to this
hospital, where we arrived ut about
200 O'Clock Monday morning. the
9th. Our wounds were dressed on
the operating tables and we were
assigned to wards. ~
We have the finest surgeons,
trained nurses. and careful attend
ants and unless a man 10 shot
through the heart or brain, they
usually save bic life. It
Had my own wound been inflicted
by a Mauser or any more humane
bullet than q brass Remington, 1t
would have been slight indeed. but
with tho brass bullet there Is always
more or less danger Of blood poson-
ing. For the first five Or six days I
was on light diet, but no fever de-
veloped. and now am on heavy
diet and expect to get out OF the
few days, although I
will not I've fit for duty for some
time.
You know vi the continued tri-
umph Of our arms by the cabled re.
ports, SO there is little for me to say.
I only deplore the loss Of 90 many
good Americans at the hands of
these unworthy, misguided beggars.
and / do most sincerely hope that
tho educat ted leaders (such a. Aqui-
naldo, Montenegro, ct al.D who are
deceiving and deluding the rank and
iiie of the insurgent army and the
masses OF the people, in forcing them
into the conflict, will get their just
here on earth. 40 they
surely will in the world to come. 81 4
{ Since the trouble began on the 4th
Of February, I have been serving in
the field az mounted orderly to
General Macarthur, and you
may BIO sure I have seen no small
amount Of excitement. The princi-
pal enga9ements OF General Mac
Arthur's division have been Febru-
aryI 4. 8. z, 10 aud q, and March z,