Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1899-12-14
ADDITIONAL LOCALS.
THE PHILIPPINES.
~ letter From Ys,ash. NewalE


Calnmpit. .Thson Is.A.,d, 4Oet. ,.22s;, 1899.
UEAR SlsrEEa:4 EtAme down on small
Transport. f4on Noit1 to, N1knila. about
t~o weeks aRn, and was- sent o,st here
49, operator the seconds day alter Tar
rived there. We do lots Of telegraphinR
1t this place No it Ii njnnction Of the
Manila 4 Dsgnpan railway. and the Rio
Grand river, there ii q branci, telegraph
Tine that runs up the river where Gen.
1.awton 10 advancing on the insurrectors.
There il 6rst.class sergeant, myself
aud another first class private work
here hesides two linemen and a. second
Lieutenant Of the sia1mI corps stay here
~ pPessnt. We tsn1afer alls business
frosssDfaess uprtsso RIVER. and there il
la4A.of1t: We arc sometimes called up
atttixht. There is come fighting going
On nearly oil the tins. but not very
severe battles at anytime. the insurgents
always making q retreatinG fight, and
opening fire from concealed spots, quite
oitsn killing and wounding men. This
placs 10 ahont half way between Manila
ass<l, tife. advancing operations, and Of
courae I'..may not stay here any length
o6ttme. Ti,eYsnTe 3-or'4 traii,e.eseh way
bstwsen Manila and Angeles, every dav
neutrality-suspicious., Cinnamon, natives and
comk.issary supplies, etc. Angeles is
the fa,thest point on the railroad that
the Americans hold. and is only sixty
miles from Msnila. There is only two
companies Of leeh infantry and COM
pany Of MAcabebes scouts stationed'
here, and, not much fighting. bnt the in
sargents sometimes attack tire. ossepest"
oalI q quarter of a mile or 80 ont Of
town, and qute often shots are ex-
changed. although there are not many
insurgents in this yacinity- Some
trouble is experienced on account of in
surgents cutting telegraph wires and
destroying the railto~d track b1rt'it il
psestr Well Guarded. Trains are seine.
times dfed npon from amb,sssI; ~ ALDO
are Ub~t<on the rivers; mski:T.;s'pretty
interesting for the Americans. There IL
u large store OF supplies here, which are
waiting transportation up the river
where they have much trouble by the
launches getting aground, and haye to
wait for rise Of water. Signal men are
armed with Colts IS calibre revolver
AMI Sprip&ield carbine, 40 We are vel!
fixed in that direction. Our culinary
department at this station il frst.class
as the AMY. apes. and all in quite salts
factory. This village consists mostly of
Mpa shscks snds large sized church,
older than the hills, whis1a, hns been
burned down lately. There is q4te a
stretch Of level country arorn.4, here,
made into rice fields, etc.. xndt many
small creeks. The high jagged noun.
tains can be distinctly seen towards
San Fernando and Arayat, and in the.
evening il makes beautiful sight all
rsund.. Dhe weather is fine, hut very
lisas rsin here now, aud pretty. hot in
the day. Fam in good health AMI havs
m enormous appetite a. usual. The
signal corps is quite different: from: the
Infantry 20 = man has more liberties,
but they are extremely severe if bust
ness is not attended to. I think I will
Ike the change, take it all round. You
must not DO put out because have not
0pvSeea,ss V,As knfs>RA eo0~nlS, f,r
see when l write to one it would seem
snperflous to repeat to the others, there.
fore be thou len,ent with thy foolish
BROTHER. Expect l may have some sx-
citing adventures IN tho near fusure,
a3thoueh Daint looking for them, and l
have not lost any natives, and like them
along ways of. Three or four of our
Company F Signal corps have been
captured Ivy insurgents. two of them
photographers on the battle field at Sun
Isldro. The others linemen and opera
tor near this place. while looking for
wire trouble in tile last three weeks.
Yours and mamma letter received just
before left Jaro, it had been in the
wrsck Of the Morgan City, that went
down of the coast Of Japan, near NaRas-
Ski, and was still wet when received
it,. Pleased to see that al goes we'll at
the old stand, and long may it be so.
Tclt mamma I'll write 10 her next time
to even things up, on the matter oil
address and thus sndeavor to preserys
peace in the family circle, which has
widensd considerable il am still to be
considered one OF that institution. The
chill of coming winter will DO felt by
yDu'sre this reaches you, something that
IL ne9sr felt in the islands. so much the
worse for. usr w receive papers from
aNpss.s-of the Unite.t' States, and vii
tFysazd. keep abreast of the times, thai
II may. not hscome 'as-the aborigines q
these sSreiin ports: Htof]er my re-
sards~ to vo,.v most worthy husband
John, and HES big, brother Jim, also
transmit my best wishes to The mernbs II
Of our noble race. and bestow for me
the deepest love Of human breass on the
''Rirl I1sst behind me-" which 10 Ger
iainly indefinite.
Most affecti0natelv yonrs.
Address. ERNEST J. NEWELL
Manila. or Cilu,npit;.
Philippine Islands,
Notice,