Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-06-29

w. G.. BlsselI OF this city while
on an east bound Rock Island tram,
became acquainted with Sergeant
Dreamer, late first sergeant OF TO- MI,
l4.h u. 5. Infantry. In the course
of conversation Mr.. Dreamer stated
TO MIR. BlsseIl that he had served three
enllstments III the regular army, and
that he had been recently discharged
from the service and that he had
spent the last few months OF his en-
bslment in Luzon. Mr., Dreamer
dlscussed the condision in the Phil
pines, and If he is to be believed
yery curious condition of affairs ex-
lsls there. He SAID: The people
here have no idea Of what is gong on
over there" and then he pulled a
COPY Of the Denver Post from his
pocket bearing date Of June 10, 1879,
and turning to the cabled list OF killed
and wounded as published IN that
neper. said: Here 10 the name OF o
Young fellow in II company OF the
|i4tb, and old Otis says he was Killed
day before yesterday. Now helped
bnry that boy almost q month before
II left Manila, he was KILLED when the
ii company run mo al am0uscade'
Saw, l think that was about as tough
a game as u company ever went up
gainst; they got up against IL along
about the first Of April and there was
only five men in the company ever
rot out, and they crawled IN q BAN
| boo hedge and laid there till the
battalion came up and drove the
black devils away from them; say,
they tell me since l got back that
there never was any report OF that
scrap in the papers, and 1t was the
hottest scrap l know of being pulled
off while | WAS there" In speaking
of the possibility of ending the wal
soon, Mr.. Dreamer said: well, Ii
they leaves that old stiff, Otis, there
il will take Just about as long for the
United STATES to lick that push as it
took Spain. In the first place we are
shy on men there; we can give them
the run whenever we want, but they
inst hide in the brush till we get past
and then they come in behind u.s. and
we have Just As much hghtin' to do to
90 back as we did when we was COM
ing. Some of the papers say that the
Finpinos can't shoot. Now don't you
believe that, for they have got onto
how to shoot as well as anybody since
/ Iris scrap began if they did not know
how before, and they all shoots high
so if they don't soak anybody IN the
firing line, they have chance to get
somebody in the reserves. That old
stiff Otis thinks that he is running q
Sunday school over there, for when
ever we wing a Filipino he has him
carted off to one of our hospitals and
takes Just as good care of him as he
takes Of one of our fellows, and feeds
him up until he is stout enough to
get around, thinking that he will 60
back and be a missionary to the 9TH
ers; but say, that amt what he does
he hunts up picket, walks upto him.
and tells him what a good friend he
is to the Americana, and then when
the picket turns his back runs a knife
into him, swipes his gun and pulls out
to the rebel army; but if the picket
happens to get onto the knife play IN
time to kill the missionary and OLD
Otis hears about 1t he hsuls him uE
4 and gives him the devil for not wait
a ing till he feels the knife and knows
what the fellow is going to do, Say
all the boys are dead sore on thai
a stiff Ohs Maybe that hot old lslanc
is worth what it costs, but | can't see
it; and | think before we get It t6'
government will have to send ole
L Miles over there with about nifty
= thousand men"