The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1899-06-07
FIGHTING
FILIPIIOS
A Letter From VIM.
SiCkleS.
=aasaasHe~
ONE or THE WARRINGTON BOYS
Graphic Description Of Adventures
on Far Away Philippine
Battle Fields.
ONE or THE WARRINGTON BOYS

An interesting letter has just been
received IN this city by AIRS. Cora
Thompson from william l.. aiekeis.
better known among the young peo-
pie as sillllie" AlekalH. who II ona
~ the ssuttie boys with the Wash
inetes volunteers IN the Philippines,
The letter IL dated April = and IL
- follows,
= am very well at present. but II
they keep wnrkiuE a. much longer
a. they have becn for the lant two
months. I dguta Il wo Win ever get
home alive. We have not been IN
quarters since the night OF February
4 bus sc have been kept continuous
~ on the -. AMI IN all kinds 81
weather The heat h something ter
flble. being about - degrees in the
shade. and q IL very seldom that we
Eet IN a place where there Is any
shade. I suppose you have heard 81
Capt. Forts0n'a death long before
this VII reach you. II vas terrible
blow 60 every one In the regiment ns
there was not a man In it who did
not love him. lie was every inch a
gentleman and a soldier.
our loss has been quite heavy.
bat wr have more than avenged a..
Every tms sc get after those Mig
rsrs We think 81 our boys who have
been killed OF wounded and there IL
nsihinE that can stop ne. We had
very hot skirminh yesterday. We
we're out from ! o'eloek tn the morn
lnR until o'cteck Ia the evening, in
hot boliinK sun. without any din-
ner and All the afternoon We had no
water. There were about one thoas-
ard insurgents who attacked the fa-
guiK church. where companies u. y
and l. eere auartrresi. We we're or
derri out u reinforce them and w~
arov~ the niKgvrz from hin 70 hin.
Milling and woundinx about 10 ef
them. our loru was Ave killed and
about n wounded. We we're the
NEST tirwi lot you could imagine
When We Eoa hask and this morning
nsariy every one had Htiff legs. We
lav out IN a rice sieid IN boiling
sun about 100 yards from the mig
gers. who were On a Hill in front -
az. for nearly an hour the perEpir-
alton Just rolling or q ~ and the
Mauser sni Remington bullets dying
around ~ II was a great relief for
" when me order came for va to
ehar.ss up the hin The good luck
v hlch Nas with US on the outset IL
atiii wlih nA and although We have
been through ths haptent 81 the
fighting. taking part in alt q the
battles. we have only had three men
wounded.
Col w'hniley. 81 eur regiment. has
hiscn acting as briaadler general, In
the absence II Gen kinK. who has
been very sick The boys af our line
are arfvinF the nlsEerN from one
town 80 another. taking 4 number
~ prisoners and killing a good num-
bar - others. The boys took eaiun-
ps the other day. which r. abou, the
strongest place the insurgents had.
The insurgents had piensy of am
mumtion and provisions and they
could easily have held out against
- co men You can see what hard
places the boys go up against
Under date 81 April - the letter
continues;
"our regiment nil lined up this
morning Ia hid farewell 90 Gen.
KIng. Who ivft for home. We arr
very sorfy 10 lose him. We formed
a hollow square and he talked to US
from the center Of Il. He sayn that
he will be In seaatle IN about six
or seven weeks. and II he gives a
public lecture be sure and hear him.
az he was the best general we had.