The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1899-10-05

W - iNiiihS9 "i Ouhh !llC NtSh, dhu
singing. They are happy at the
thought of landing. God alone
knows what they will be called
upon to face. We have been
sleeping on deck for thelast week
"a life preserver for our pillow
and the soft side of the deck for
our bed. The heat is intolerable.
| shall write you my impressions
of Manila before l post this.
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We arrived in Manila day be-
fore yesterday. We saw plainly
Corrigidor island where Dewey
was first fired upon, and Cavite
where the great naval battle was
fought. There is only one vessel
in the bay at present-the Ore
gon-which lies quite close to us
with her guns trained on the city
and her decks cleared. She alone
is sufficient to prevent the rebels
from entering and holding the
city. Manila lies before me as l
write 1--WE have not been on shore
YETI Owing to the incessant
rain | can see but little. The city
wall cannot be seen here. | can
see, however, the Archbishop's
Palace and some of the govern
ment buildings. 1t rains, rains,
rains, all the time, and will rain
at this rate, so l am told, for two
months yet. There is u steady
south east wind, and as long as
that lasts, the rainy season will
continue.
The natives are very much like
the Hawaiians in feature, but very
much smaller. They speak Span
ish, and to my surprise, though |
have worked hard in my Spanish,
| was able to understand them
and to be understood by them.
They have such sleepy looking
faces that it seems hardly posi-
BILE that they could be capable of
the treachery and cruelty of
which they stand accused.
The war is on every man s ton
que. Our troops are practically
besieged in and around Manila.
There will be Il hot time before
every thing quiets down. Last
night two sentries were killed by
assassins while walking their
posts ia Manila. Saturday night
a desperate attempt was made to
take the waterworks and was on
ly repulsed after a loss of / off
Ger, 8 privates killed, and %
wounded on our side. Every
morning at break of day the Fill
pinos seek to rush our posts but
up to this date have always been
driven back. Seven negro sold
iers were drowned yesterday
while crossing the lower bay in
casoes or native boats. This
news was brought ON board this
morning by "Gypsy" Young for
merly of Co. e. 10Th but now of
2lst. Gen. Wheeler left for town
yesterday. We heard some ar
tillery firing this morning in the
neighborhood of Cavite. Our
destination will be Calocoon, Z
miles from Manila, where we will
join Lanton's-Fighting Brigade.
This means that we will be in the
thick of it with plenty of maui
ing.
Two deaths took place since we
arrived in the harbor. Both
bodies have been embalmed and
will be taken ashore today. We
leave the boat as soon as neces-
sary arrangements can be made.
We take the place of the Goth
Kansas. | don't know why, but
| haven't been able to get up any
scare yet. | will admit that
dread the idea of some lingering
disease, but have no fright yet in
regard to going into battle! /
shall write you again when we
reach our camp and shall seek to
give you some idea of what war
fare actually is. / forgot to mon
ton the fact that Is sharp shoot
ers of the 2lst infantry got them
selves into such tight place last
week that it took 6 companies to