People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1899-05-25
MANILA LETTERS.
American Soldiers in the Far off
Philippines.
E3 vi the Incidents OF Army Life In Letters
to Relatives and Friends.

,. S. Rice OF Caldwell, one Of TIT
XelllngtOu volunteers who enlisted
n the regular army after being mus
tered out at Fort LeavenwOrth last
December, has written letter To
Gaptaln j. P. GrlnsJead from the
Philippine islands in which he gives
an account of his trip to Manila and
Me hghLing he has engaged 10 since
ais arrival there. Following are
extract: from tht tier:
Il Start d from For EeavenwUrth
January q last a-d arrived in San
BIancl.cy the . h. Went aboard the
Transport Scand IL lOa.m. and sallej
at 4p.m. Landed in Honolulu Febru-
ary2 Ii there Is Paradise on earth,
HUHGiu Il Is tile place. We sailed frUm
Honolulu February . and anchored 10
Manila bay February %. Went
Ksa0re the next day and went into
oamp in tents near the bay. Were
ordered to get ready for the front.
We fell in with 100 rounds Of cart
ridges 10 our belts and 100 rounds in
sur hayersacks. The assembly call
sounded at s pm. We were short Of
AOn-c0mmiSsioned officers and | Was
given charge Of the last set of "foars. {"
EpOn command, we started and
marched four miles out to where the
pennsylvania volunteers were camped
TO relieve them for rest. | was 10
sne Of the squads to be put on outpost
duty.
Between 4 aud 5 o'clock in tue
morning, when everything Was still,
the FillpiDos opened fire on US. Then
BrealiZed that | was not in Chicka-
Bauga, and had chance TO use up
some of my ammunition, We re-
turned the salute an 1 by the time We
got to firing 10 earnest the boys 10
camp came to our assistance. The
Hebels we're making it warm for US.
When help arrived We pumped steel
into the rebel lines. We charged
them out Of their trenches and com.
eelled them to retreat. But by noon
she next day if they had turned on US
and Charged Us, they would have
gotten al Of Us, as we had on our
Heavy blue uniforms and were unused
30 the hot sun. We had two men
wounded, ard were ordered back to
Manila, where we exchanged our
heavy uniforms for kaike uniforms.
Be were drilled every morning until
5he It'll of March, when an order came
Tor the whole regiment to get ready.
n two hours we were on the road and
marched out to the firing line and
eamped for the nignt. The next
morning we formed in line and
3eplOyed as skIrmiShers and started
after the niggers. They opened fire
On Us aud killed one and wounded two
d the men in my squad. When 1 saw
that one Of my b US had been killed,
Invent in to kill all the 1iggers
OGld. We fought from O'Clock in
The morning until after noon, when We
ceased ard got some bareback, bacon
a1TT coffee. Then we marched two
DiisS and camped TO wait for the
arrival Of the artillery the next
morning. The artillery held their
attention while we crossed a river.
Then we charged the town and took
IT.. and held it until we were ordered
heck to Manila, We are doing police
i1ty here in the old Spanish barracks.
Our colonel is chief nf police. We
have lost six killed and twenty-three
Wounded.
This is net as sickly a country as
people imaI in. | like it here, and if
my regiment stays here the full three
PEARS, I will not come back to the
states There is good chance here
6ya white man.