The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-04-10
FROM MANILA


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| the heart. He exclaimed ooh, my!''
and then fell dead. We had a very
| popular young fellow in Company G
| Tod Moore by name, who was shot
| through the stomach a few days ago
and died yesterday. Tom Dunn. from
Helena, had just returned with ms
| company from where Lieutenant
| French was killed and was going over
| to the trenches when a bullet hit him
just behind the right temple and came
| out near the left temple. The poor
| fellow may live, as the doctors claim
| that his grit will most likely pull him
through. How singular! About one
half hour afterward his brother was
shot through the hand and leg. That
same day we had 10 men wounded. Our
| lines are thinning out every day, as
men are getting sick from the heat.
The doctor says that I can 60 out again
in few days, but they all tell me I
should go home, but I want to wait I'M
till all the fighting is over.
well, father war is altogether diff
ferent from what I had pictured it. I
can tell you that it is not pleasant
feeling to hear the bullets flying near
your head and some of them hitting at
your feet. They started trouble in Ma
Mia few nights ago, but our boys
burned block after block of their homes
and killed every one that came in
sight. One of the insurgents jumped
out on me with knife a few days ago
while I was riding horseback past his
house, but 7 hit him twice before he
struck the ground. I later had an OPP
portunity of taking a couple Of shots at
sharpshooter in a tree, and I am
quite sure I hit him. Although do not
believe I have hit very many of them,
/ have shot at several of them at long
range"
In his last Lieutenant Richards states
he is still in the hospital, but is better,
and is hopeful of complete recovery.
Corporal Wilmer Brinton, Company
B. LIST Montana, has written a letter to
his parents, Mr.. and Mrs c. p. Printon
of No. 500 South Jackson street. HIS
letter is dated February %. On that
date he was pleased with the outlook
in the Philippines. saying that so far
only three men of his company had
been slightly wounded in battle. He
gives a very interesting description Of
the battle of Caloocan. THE fight
started on Saturday night, the 4th inst,
at about $3.50 o'clock, and immediately
all troops were called to the front, ours
among then; but the Montanas were
not needed that night and We're sent
phth " leSelNe, "UeIe we remained I'M
til Monday morning following, when We
were sent to the front. where we have
remained ever since under almost con-
slant fire
"On Sunday. while we were in the
reserve, I was detailed to go to the
front of the Nebraska firing line with
$4,000 rounds of ammunition and there
] first experienced the feeling of being
under fire, and I tel. you it was pretty
heavy hpn91IGfA 10 slfas
vancing all the time. On our way back
we brought in two of the Nebraskas'
men who were dead, and also two
wounded Filipinos on the same wagon
we took the ammunition out on.
After breakfast we were sent out to
relieve Company I, who had been hold
ing an old graveyard with Company NJ.
Here we threw up trenches about half
mile in advance and laid there until
O'clock in the afternoon of the 9Th
| when we received orders to go in the
| support about 100 yards behind Com
| panies and X in their advance on
| Caloocan. AS we approached the town
we were ordered on the firing line, and
| our company passed right through the
| outer end of the town and captured the
| railroad shops, while the Kansas regi-
! ment took the church and the rest Of
| the town. Our sergeant, Metcalf, was
wounded. Lieutenant Colonel Wallace
| and Captain Hill were wounded, and
! Company A lost two men and severa
| wounded. The Montana regiment has
! lost six men and As wounded I pre-
sumo that you folks at home have a
better chance of hearing of the fatali-
ties than we do here on the field
THE Scandal and the Mohican ar
rived yesterday with mail and the Goth
regiment of regulars and the remain
der of the 4th cavalry. So we feel a
| little safer in our rear now, beca use
| the Filipinos broke out down town on
! the I'D and came near surrounding us,
! for the insurgents in front opened fire
! on us and kept us busy while the
! crowd down town opened up on our
| rear. However, the 23d and the Mime
| sofas took care of them, although they
| had the worst position, being in the
streets, while the Filpinos We're in The
! houses. All the regiments on the line
sent back company each to reinforce
the city guard. We sent Company l.
and they had six men wounded and
! their lieutenant, French killed. 1t tool,
! about Il hours to subdue the mob, and
| now We feel much better. We are un-
der constant fire from the front, but
we are pretty safe behind our trenches
| None but the 0utpOsts return the fire
| The artillery is our STRONGHOLD and
| this the insurgents are fearful of"
| The letter is written on a rai1roaf 4
| waybill captured at CaIoOCan, among
other and queer looking stationery used
by the Spaniards.