Mexico weekly ledger., 1899-04-06

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he following letter from WS16ee
NacfHrixne, ssn Of ". ". MzetxrAne
formerly q tbis city, 81 Be q inter
est 10 our peopls.
wAIizes ia hospital steward VIE
one Of ths army corps IN Manila Be-
fore going 70 The army wallace wsE
q druzgist At Sacramento, Cal Els
1estsE wildly describes TIE hattie On
the fourth ard 6flh Of Fe5rnEy. BE
writes
81 wa IN ons hattie and one skH-
niEh ard formed & very intimate ac-
c~rziurznos win the sound Of MHzssE
and Rsnizgto1 51lstA Tie aghting
begEr OF Saturday nigzt. Fen sib, a
a5out 3 o'clock Wei, tnHi night ard
Sunday and Sunday uizhi we eSuPed
On The parade uoo.c Il fuI war paint
but not Until M0zaAy cid the Tvsn-
y-Third get 3 ubEooe 70 % business
with TIE rebelE
aO1 Monday a. Dooz : companies,
COR surgeon and three hospital coFp
men ard mysss LEFT the garrison and
unrcse1 about ten miles northeast
from towz, Ezkfrg 3 ~hElf-ctrrls, with
TIE wEasF-workH a. orr objective
point. The insurgents had bad pos-
sessaoa Of tANi PLACES for several Gays
and CT eE The city's wEteE suppiy.
SAT fua : o'cIock II EAs pitch dzrk)
ne case % pretty oseP cut leading
70 TIE brow eli hiaw VITA 3 dense tan
Rie 81 hrush, nAu5oo and c&neesids OF
eAcb esce.
sThs insurgents, Numbering 30, had
aubusssd % and we're strongly IN
trsnches Sast over ths hill Wen. fee
ab0ut twsusy minutss s1ch shooting
nsvsf was bs&sdEnd tia way The bul-
iets Knocked dir sTsr yoGr trss-born
wns q cG1tiOn. As lack would have i,
thsHe vas 3 rice Geld on each doe Of
NE rad lns. before the bruah began,
a1d / gos behind one Of the dykes
they hare iog holding water.
@Durtng q monsutzry Ian In The
ernz I raised my bead = uttls,my hal
beng oE, and . MEaser bullet wsni
right throsgs ny hair. Finally Oh
nrs got TOO bot fer them and tbsy
Skipped cut
"Ne stayed r8ght where We wer'
thai Eixss, ~ we didn't know ths
eouutrT nor what else re might ~
into. Ia MEioE P7zsd rszx guar
20 prevent the enemy hAnkIng as i
cnas theE got that notion, ard during
the nigs1 I happened . be swAke ant
ksz, aHzHi Who's uhersf5 HFiHp-
tna,v cane the EnsxEE, and thez
sbtnz. b1ng.r Tea / heard
HAneniazu 70 sable Of EIEipEno.s
~By TIE tine / g5t thsse he ~
VIA fhs resi- q Hbs good EHpznos
asos ahzozEh ne hear and throzgt
tie fzzu Il h rszZEbis hov t4z
Ezn zn shoot vita the Krsg-Jor'
gpnsen when he knows bow 10 NJ
n
"Tzazzy re Wsrs rs-snforned b
ons oouRny o. tts Second oregoi
n1d tee egnpaziss Of Se5rsskzDs
and proessdso on ear rzh1h drive. "
wsBs fhrozgb tins toEn Of MsxigEinA
bGt evs<T sogl had goHs 70 The hilll
before vs got there and ss We hzt
orders zot te burn any uoEe We didn'
dissurb the place. ] saouid j1dge
eont4lzs6 shout 1900 when they al
a. hons.
aTo gre you an idea Of what kin
Of people we are fighting, I'm tell yoI
he's DE. Young, Of the Utah Battery
inst hss fate. he fen into the hand
Of . band Of insurgents, aud when u.
battery cane along they found ID
doctor tied 70 tree, stripped naked
nhot,his throat cut and eisemboweledi
and even be horse chopped and M
tilatsd Ia 8 horribis Dsnner.
sws came into town Wednesds.
afternoon azd ssE the place wbeFi
he was murdered. We also saw SOM
Of the effects Of some Of Dewey
shells, e re came 10 their sbzndone'
trencees. We didrt lose 3 man dur
ing This trip, and only one was struel
and he only had his = creased.
The next SIGHT ! was in was the BIZ
battle Of CAloOcEn, and il was
s4psach1 and no mistake. TheSutl
Artillery opened the thing up 81
O'Clock By firing three shots &c a Gig
nal 10 TIE Charleston and Monadnoek
which zsre lying cicss in shore, an'
thsn they and the battery began :
shell them out Of the trenches. IN
iufhntry did the resi-, rushing then
krom ore trench back to another vhsi
they veuld shell ZEN out again. Whel
car soldiers would let out 3 yell an
charge II seemed to scare the rebel
nearIy 10 death.
1Jua about dark the shells set th
town Of CAloonoa on ere, and that 90
The enemy on the run again, cur boy
pursuing them several niles beyon'
that placs and taking . position tbs
they ere holding yet - We have {
wait fer more troops before extend
inE cnF lines any further. They Ar
- miles along nov.
nIt 80 = grand sight that nigh
watching the town burn and hsarini
ne ssrszn Of the shells and SEEM
them buruti One Of my men killed
Filipino shsrpahooter Ebo vas IN 10
act Of shooting him. He shot the Eel
Low IN the center Of the forehes'
VITA = regulation Colts ss-canber re
volveE. and sol bic Esnington rias
Cartridge belt and tvo b@yonets.
"oEr forces only iSss , killed an'