The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1899-06-09
FROM THE PHILIPPINE BATTLE FIELD ABOUT MAOOS DESCRIBING WITH
MNUTENESS THE FIGHTING AND THE MOVEMENTS THE
UNCLE SAM.
Therefore well
the Bravery and Patriotism The Boys Of Which
The Entire Nation Justly Proud.


or two of candle and read my letter.
| almost wished that night that they
had not come just then for they made
me-"oh just sorter blue.n | had
just heard too that Barton WAS wound
ed but when | learned it was not
serious | did not regret 1t much for
know he would he cut of danger OF a
worse fate. But it cut the pSor fellow
up mighty bad to think that he was
not going to be in that great advance
we had talked so much about. A lit
tie incident had happened just the
day before. Barton had helped carry
wounded man over to the railroad
train and we heard that was he.
The train was soon to leave the city
and one Of the principal musicians
and | ran all the way up there to see
him aud learn how badly he was
wounded only TO find him there un-
hurt. We told him we would not
run the next time. No one was in
clined TO Josh much that night at La
Lama. For six weeks we had lain in
the trenches and seen men picked eff
one III time by the insurgents, and
looked AT these broad fields of rice
dykes, and 1.-THE insurgents trer ches
beyond just In the edge of the Jungle,
| and figured on the calling fire that
would he poured into a line charging
across that open, and now we were
taken from the left end and put al
mCet in the center of the command
and we were going to cross that field
with the others and more than that
we were going on into unknown ter
ritories to penetrate those iungles and
wade marshes and swim rivers and
| charge other strong holds and alleg-
ed walled cities. All the hardshipe OF
war and battle pictured most wildly
by an excited imagination we're be-
fore us. If they could kill US while
We were.d odging behind trenches, how
much greater the slaughter must be
when We all came out in the open. We
have already seen enough and more
thsn enough 20 satisfy us that battle
was terrible.
I BY n. m. the next morning the
cooks were making coffee and by q
O'Clock everything was ready. Every
one carried from 100 to $50 rounds OF
ammunition weighing from 25 to 4C
pounds besides their canteen, and
haversacks and poncho. Everyone
was supposed to have days rations
also but all who did not eat it before
they started lost outn as they waded
and swan a salt river which of course
| spoiled it, 1t was late that night be,
fore any more rations were Issued.
There was little moving and ar.
ranging the positions. A troop o
the 4th Cavalry on fine American
horses and two troops on ponies weT,
in reserve and as gusrds of the Wagon
train. The American horses look ed
like elephants and the ponies like
rabbits. Just as the sun began tC
| peep over the mountains the bugles
sounded forward march,
On sea island it is quite dark un
Ill the sun rises This morning the
sun rose behind broken bank OF
black clouds, and only streaks o
! light ehOne through. Just the other
side of that gray meadow stretched
the black fringe OF the Jungle.
guess | was most" excited My head
was ouz2ing and | wanted to yell and
my legs were mighty anxious to dc
something. There went that long
brown skirmish line with lunches OF
reserve few hundred yards in the
rear. First the right started but il
"a short time all in eight
were moving, Fully three miles Of
he eight miles of line were in view
from the church. Quite number o.
spectators were on the walls of the
yard. Hardly had the advance be.
gun when MaUsers began to'pop over
our heads and two of the 4th Cavalry
by the church fell badly wounded
An orderly galloped back and the
ambulances began to start forward as
fact as they could go. They were
soon coming back with the wounded
In order to make the left turn the line
was compelled to incline to the left
and the angle across the:prairie give
ing the insurgents more than show
to shoot our boys down. The right OF
the line was out of sight down as faI
as Peun. Then they struck the woods
and disappeared Then Montans
struck the trenches in the woods with
u yeu and disappeared, Then the
right end of our regiment struck the
jungle almost directly opposite the
church AID disappeared but the
swing came around us in such way
that our regiment came down the ed e
of the woods lan0t h wise thrOuUh thu