The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1899-06-03
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n THE TRENCHES, MANILA, r.
APRIL q, 1879.
EDET0R Press Gradually the coils
aTe tightening around the insuTgent
leader and bls fnnatical followers, and I
prophecy that within q few short weeks
1t most this insurTecsIOn will be sthIng
Of the past That the bulk Of the fight
Ing Is over there can be no doubt; that
the Fiilpinos are Becoming more and
more discouraged IL evident from The
fact Of the numerous desertipns from
their ranks and the undOubted scarcity
Of ammunition. That the latter 10
scarce IL 70 be presumed from their
using almost wholly smoke. or black,
powder, and then at infrequent inter-
walls. Whereas. . month since one
could hardly show bis head above the
trenches that some aspiring marksman
In the ranks Of the enemy did not try
his ability 10 Q sbarp-shooteT. Now the
boys eOngregate 30 groups beneath some
shady tree near by and In plain view Of
the enemy indulge In the fascinating.
but not always profitable. pastime Of
playing draw poker. or betting at van
tuan ltwenty-One.) An occasional shot
is heard and u Mauser or Remington
slug sings past; but At Light when all
honest people should be In bed IL when
we catch u: for under cover Of the dark
ness the enemy will crawl close 20 our
outp0sts and begin q fusilads which
will eventually awaken every one on
the entire line. and one often hears ex-
pressIons from our boys which would
not look well printed in religious iouri-
ais.
seriously believe, and am not alone
in the belief. that the war IL practically
over. That there win be bush. whack-
ing and guerrilla warfare for at least
q decade, and it may be for q genera
ton. believe is true. Steadily from
the Iring Of the first shot In February
our troops have pushed the enemy back
until 1t the present writing Agninaldo
himself is reported twelve miles north
OF his alleged capitol. Malolos, with 4
following Of only 1900.
Our forces are in n state OF mastery
inactivity; nothing TO relieve the mo-
notony but an occasional skirmIsh and
the arrival OF mail from the United
States, and when it reaches company
headquarters and some guy" sings out
the name OF some comrade. that name
generally being Of some one fortunate
enough 10 get the most. when they get
any, such rs -0verstTeet" or Merriam, >
then you see \ serambling. Away goes
cards and canteen checks. and rs the
names are called out 1t Is treat to
watch the countenances Of the boys. /
remember that about q month since
BiIiy RitEheimer began complaining Of
his failure to get any letters from
mother" and declared that something
terrible had happened and took the
most gloomy view Of things. insisted
on his believing mo news Is good
news" bat be would not have 1t that
way. In vain would l assure him that
IL any thing serious were the matter
some Of the Cceur d'Alene boys would
have knowledge Of Il. and certainly
would the Press contain news Of mo-
ment to rs here. When the next mail
reached US be received q hand full of
letters and IL was remarked that night
by the boys when he blew "tatto" and
later TAPS that "P0ssum must be try
ing to bust that bugle." The photo he
wears on his shirt bosom, and which be
did not wear until after the arrival OF
the mail, had n good deal TO do with It.
Il Il thought by many that 90 soon a.
the troops now on the way here begin
TO arrive, Just in proportion win the vol.
untees begin 70 return home In the
order in which they reached here.
When the start Is once made but a
short time will elapse ere all are away.
Why some Of US should not have been
returned on the Grant or Sherman can
not see. Il appears to me that IL 1900
men. all volunteers except the Fourth
aud Fourteenth, could whip and force
back the flower OF Aggies army with
our old SrFingAelds the force OF seas
oned regulars" which have since reached
Us ought 70, with their fancy KraAg-
JorRensons bold them.
| COMPANY NOTES.
Walt Alkire Is laid up with a bad arm
from vaccination.
Caswell, of Rathdrum, Is a hospital
patient with n complication Of diseases
Billy Friedrich has been with the com.
pany for some time. having recovered
from his sickness.
Fred Farr is mounted orderly for Oh:
commanding officer, Major Higgins, the
lieutenant colonel being governor gen
eral OF Cebu.
Ovestreet has q stenographer to an
swer his correspondence. He gets NOR
mail than snY other half dozen men Ia
The company.
Frank Duncan is Ia the hospital suf'
fering from general debility, caused
more from excessive heat In the trench
Is than otherwise, but viii be oui
shortly.
Joe Strobe, formerly Of the Fourth
infantry, at Fort sherman. is llrst ser.
geant Of company b, vice stanton pro.
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