The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-05-17
Interesting Recital of Events
In the Philippines.
Graphic Account Of a Famous
Charge.
FACING THE BULLETS.
Lieutenant Colonel Little Tells
of Recent Fighting.
One Kausan Worth All the Fill
pfnos on Earth.

Under date of April ?. writing from ms
HEADQUARTERS. a bamboo house upon
four poIes. Lieut.. Col Little writes 10
Topeka friend q graphic description OF
-ba advance Of the Kansas troops
through the jungles of the tropical is
land. This was the advance in when
+bA Manila. paper referred TO Lieut. Col
Titles bravery. 1t will be noticed ne
Is silent upon the part he performed
The letter follows:
..AfrAr dark March % the OregOns
moved into our trenches IN 'front.' OF
NIaIabon We marched across country
about two miles to the La Luna cat ne
draI and camped for the night on tne
prairie among the rice dykes " ;
IN at a m The Second and ThIrQ
battaIiOns formed as firing line west q
Ia Luna church and moved across Ine
trenches 10 attack the enemy ABOUT one
mile away in the woods Ny baItalloH.
the First, followed as a support fU1
yards behind The Fiipinos began mr.
ing almost at once w nlCTuau sOon DC
gan on the right and Metean on tne
left. As the FilipinOs always over
shoot We advanced under constant
fire. Frank Steward of Company A pc
ing the first TO fall We found SeFeral
wounded from the Th!rd oauIalloI Il-,1 Az
Third artillery "a regiment OF regular
Infantry on our left)- The doctors ana
hospital corps did fine work
The firing line disappeared IN tns
Timber nd we followed and soon found
ourselves again under q heavy IRE at
the brow Of the little hill Pushing
forward We entered a 1UO-yard-Wlde
valley on the Tulahan river Companies
H and z had a hot fight here with IN
sUrgents in a trench across the river
Capt Clark was shot through the lung,
but IS doing nicely Crossing the river
at fOrdS. the regiment camped Tor the
night Next morning we marched to
the right and forward finally forming
on roadway, Pennsylvania on our right
and Third artillery on our LETT FOR
about an hour in dust and heat We
marched TO the left, westward along the
road when We heard firing in front
The artillery opened ahead Our First
and Third battaions formed TO the right
of the road and went across an opening
a mile or two miles wide. sometimes IN
der fire Ahead was the railroad and
Polo which the iusurrectOs fired Just
as Col Funston rode up to me with our
orders a AIaUser bullet crashed through
the brush about q foot from US
All afternoon we lay in the sun.
watching the fight of the insurgents
and the cannon, and at night camped in
their trenches The heat was bad
Capt Buchan, who had been knocked
out some the night before. was com
PEELED to drop out that afternoon Next
morning he came up, but went back to
town. having severe sideaChe- I have
heard that ne was struck on the foot
by a spent ball while enrOute back with
the ambulance From Polo we marched
AbandO, quite a fine large city crowd
ed with our soldiers. As at Polo, the
FiIptnos had fired most OF the good
buildings. At AbandO were streets and
good houses and trees Pushing on over
the house-Hned country road, the Sec
ond and Third battalions swung TO the
left at Meyancan, a railroad station.
and had a bit of a fight on a river
Companies I. D and H had quite live
" fight, charging at soma Filipino
trenches and suddenly. much TO their
surprise. running square up against a
broad river The First battalion en-
jOyed the NIauser fire on the road until
Gen Otis sent US 10 the left on the
river. The insurrectOS soon fed. leav-
ing some dead and wounded. but not so
many as the day before. Many scouts
swan the river here and had a great
time stark naked chasing natives across
the open Soon We reformed in column Of
tours. my battalion at the head of the
column Marching northeast we found
the railroad and went north on the
track till halted near the railroad
bridge Col Funston pushed on ahead
for information. crossed the bridge and
sent word TO come on We started UP
the railroad track and encountered a
hail Of NauSers. The Third heavy ar
tillery. infantry regiment. had
crossed the bridge and formed to the
left OF the railroad. when the FilipinOs
came out OF the woods nearly a mile
away and moved forward TO OverwheIrn
them before aid could cross the little
iron railroad bridge over the broad and