The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-03-26

get into the church door on our side and
passed on around to the rear OF the
ed into the detachment under command
of Capt. Robinson
SHOT IN THEIR TRACKS.
1t was simply matter of a military
execution then and there, without the
preliminaries usually accompanying an
affair of that nature. No one asked them
to surrender, no one wanted them to sur
render, for we had picked up Kansas
gang, and they were shown as little mercy
as he had received at their hands Six
copper-colored Indians had drawn their then.
last cuchillo. We left them where they
fell, after taking their weapons. How
many were put out of the way during
the pursuit which resulted in the round
the church on account of the women and
children therein, and thinking we had
administered a wholesome lesson, return.
ed to a breakfast of rice and coffee II
Company had not promptly and ener-
getically squelched the affair in Its IN
fancy, Manila would have seen reign
sof terror exceeding in horror the leglti-
mate warfare going on around US.
All is quiet now except persistent hre
of one Of our batteries, away Off IN the
distance. A merry time is expected to-
night.
10 P M-Reports from the front indi-
cate everything going in our favor. the
along the line for various distances, rang
ing from one and a half miles on the
left. to four or five on the right and
center. The Fourteenth infantry, First
| California and Washington volunteers
have had the toughest time of it, owing
to being opposed by a line of 1ntrenfh-
ments said to be models of engineeElng
work. It was necessary to flank them
and it resulted in a heavy loss to us, but
gaining the position Gems. King and
Ovenshine both reported killed; At this
writing all is quiet but battery, L
should judge to be seven or eight miles
on the right center.
Anticipating trouble In our district TO-
night Company K, First Tennessee vol
unteer infantry, has reinforced our COM
pany. We have force OF ninety men on
the ground and patrol detail, but they
1t is SO remarkably quiet that | VIII at
tempt to secure little sleep tonight.
RESTS WITHOUT SHOES
Slept all night without break.
Took off my shoes and ieggings
before, lying down. the first time in forty
firing out on the line during the night.
About all we have done today has been
to stand around in front of our barracks
waylaying grub and ammunition details,
hospital men and stray soldiers, in order
to get the latest news from the front.
Our regiment are under stringent orders
perhaps two dozen boys of Company
have managed to get out onto the firing
line by stretching a trivial detail about
the district into a permit for unlimited
absence risking a court martial by so
doing. They were all gratifed with an
opportunity to help out the Kansas boys
kept up all day. The line in front of us
is now about four miles out.
The reported deaths of Gems King and
Ovenshine proved untrue. King is said
to have reported late last night: 1--WE
fanked them on the right; we thanked
them on the left, and those we did not
get were drowned
FATALITIES ON BOTH SIDES.
be fortytwo killed. The loss Of the enemy
is said to be frightful, some putting it
as high as 5000, although 1 believe 1900
large estimate. THE trenches on our right
wonderful. We thought the Spanish
lines on Aug. Is about the finest that ever
happened, but no comparison is possible
1t can hardly be that there is sufficient
tactical and engineering ability In the
Filipino army to construct such perfect
works They made bitter fight. In
numbers undoubtedly they had the ad-
vantage of us, but on our point of the
line they had almost a regiment of the
hill tribes, unclothed and 4nciyiized;
spears. The insurgent leaders believe in
the efficiency of a show of numbers In
spite of their great loss yesterday 1t can
materially weakened. A certain per cent,
by some said to be as high as 20 per
cent, carried imitation guns, made of
S Mood when snoa man man with tn, good gun
vigorous and succe ssful method, wooden
gun soldier dropped his toy and became a
Filipino patriot in good standing. Hun
dreds of these wooden guns were picked
up on the field yesterday.
Besides the excitement enjoyed by the
boys who went out to the firing line, the
day was rather monotonous. we'll con-
cealed sharpshooter has kept us in an
anxious state of mind all day He is in
some building within a block of us, but
with the smokeless Mauser he does not
betray himself. He is a sharpshooter III
name only, for he has fired seven or eight
times today without hurting any one. He
evidently shoots once, hides his gun and
stroIls out into the street as a search
of suspicious looking houses fails to bring
anything to light.
GERMANY'S PART.
1t is rumored that the German gunboat
irene was caught by the Olympia land
the insurgents. 1t hardly seems possible;
but If so, it means more war or enough