The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-05-15
AN INTERESTING LETTER
From Young Cushing, Who Is in the Philip
pine Islands,
TO Mr.. GEORGE BRINGHURST, HIS UNCLE
Tells of His Experiences with the
Natives and Gives Graphic De-
criptions of Battles.
TO Mr.. GEORGE BUlNGHuRST, HIS UNCI

Dear Uncle; Your several letters have been
received In due time and am always glad to
hear from you. The reason they haven't been
answered 10 that have written TO sister and
supposed that would do for the family, We
don't have much time to write letters here
and a little OF that kind OF thing has TO go a
long way, as tie monkey said when he spt
out OF the TOP OF coooanut tree. However,
today's my correspondence day. so here goes
for a letter to you--long or short, don't
know. but will find out as | 30 along Well.
as you see by the head OF this we are still
in Jaro and we expect to be here for q couple
OF months vet We haven't men enough here
to lick the Kskyaks and we don't expect to
make any decided move IN that direction I'M
til wo get achievements. Oh. yes. we can
whip them all right enough--haye done 1t
three times sihce we have been on the island.
but we cant catch them Until we get men
enough to surround them. They're great
sprinters, those kakyaks, especially when
they SEQ q long line Of blue shirts and brown
trousers coming and they've demonstrated tne
tact that there's nothing in the Eignteenth
infantry or the First Tennessee volunteers
that can eaten them. and having proved th's
tact to our own satisfaction. We are content
Tor the while TO act on the defensive anu
simply lay behind our DreastworNs and wait
till they can screw IN courage enough TO at
tack US, They don't bother us mucn. They
have their trenches about 2UU1 yards IRON
ours ana save for an occasional SnaTpshooter
sent out to poster us ana VINO is QUICKLY
brought down as soon as we can locate MIN
we live In comparative peace ana quieL. once
In while they get TOO sassy and then We
20 ont and Kill on a few anu they then
behave themselves for a while. On Marcn
we had light skirmisn with them and on
3 o a. huh
yet with them. They MADE an attack on an
OUTPOST held by our company shortly after
daylight and later on they madc an attack
on another COMPANY over on the lett--we were
on the right and nearest their lines. SO
about noon the bows started out after them.
The fight lasted till after dark We had one
man Killed and twenty wounded. ana their
loss was some go killed and we don't know
how many wounded, our company wasn't IN
| It TIL about o'clock. when we went down
the Santa Barbara road with Calling gun
and a field piece to hank their right They
were a couple Of men shy on the Calling gun.
so two of us were detailed to assist aud-well
| the infantry Is good enough for me in future
! 1t seemed TO me like every mothers son Of
! them was shooting at me. We crossed Il
! bridge over the Jaro river and started across
| the field TO where we saw them shooting and
gave them n word from the big gun, There
were some trenches TO our left In kind OF
I half circle which had kent quiet up to this
time, but they now opened up on us aud
FOR the next half hour we were exposed to as
hot little three-slded fire as ! ever hope
to see. The throe-inch field piece was disabled
by the first shot and we had nothing but
tho gatter' and the company's rifles with
which 10 fight In three directions. and IL
looked for n while like we would be ami
hilated. The company was comparatively
safe as they fought living down. but US fellows
on the Calling gun had to stand up and take
1t and ! got as big a dose OF artillery as
want. The bullets hit the gun in several
places. aud taa the gunner was hit He
sank limp as rag. and tearing his shirt open
saw stream of blood Uickilug out OF a
little hole in his right breast. lust then the
lieutenant in charge came up and said to me:
Never mind him He's done for. poor fell
low Get IN there and work her yourself.
Was | looking for his lob? Well guess not!
Talk about cold foetl Why, mine would have
froae quid air, However. "Ordcrs is orders. :"
so got up and commenced turning the crank.
had hardly given them two turns, however.
before | was rudely showed away and the
gunner himset-the man who was shot-took
my rost and win ar oath suld he'd FIX the
black sCOuudrels ---- en- =--. The bullets
had struck a rib and followed 1t around. COM
ing out under his arm. so he wasn't killed
at all I'd give about two months nay for
his wouCd Don't care particularly for the
wound itself but would like to have the as
suranoo II will give me that | was too lucky
to be killed. Well. after this thing had kept
IN for about twenty minutes. the company
fixed hayouots and were about to charge the
trenches whuu they got the big gun fixed, aud
! felt like ia let out my belt after hlg
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