Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-08-03

ltA-s>------>''--' OF the world 1t
is scarcely credible that the soldiers
in representative numbers are sick of
their bargain even if that bargain has
been stretched by the government into
something besides fight against Spain
to avenge the Maine.
The stories of the sick and wounded
and discharged men who come home
are untrustworthy, for the reason that
when a man is separated from the
army he loses the spirit which animates
the soldiers in the field; hence he can
not represent them. All this by way of
an introduction to the story of the
Tenth Pennsylvania volunteers, famil-
iarly called 1.-The Ten Pennies, regi-
ment that has been in it from the start
last July and is slated to come home
among the first
The Tenth is the only fighting Key
stone regiment thus far in the wars Of
1893 and 1899 The following is let
ter written by an enlisted man of the
Tenth to correspondent at his home
in Washington, Pa. Its author is Ser
Geant Major Clarence REIN. Describing
the first insurgent cutbreak, he says
About 10 n m SATURDAY. Feb tbo
call to arms was sounded. and our resi-
ment was soon on the march to relieve
our outpost. An advance line was thrown
out about % yards in advance of the
main body. We had no earthworks or
we iov ~, tho gro,,nd keenine vary o,,iet
A little after midnight the enemy were
discovered advanc,nr When they had
nnnroacboa within 20 Yards Of our adj
vance line q volIav yas cont into thorn
ard tbev bastiIv retraoted cerr,in, thei,
deod and wounded with than. The
ground over which u,a TAUGHT uas leveI
ana po pero aiuavs e,nosed IN tho v,ew
Of Tho anerov With mn nrotaction save 70
lilo doup y,hi1o tho ener,v vere urder
cover and difioult to locate hecause they
usad s,rokeless no,Yder
WITH do1hroo,l thran nieces ~ tho Utah
t,o,ta.,, 1891 N ~. hasritoI ,,hara tba
ono,,,,, p,ara 1ocotod NJ saaroad 70 40 li+ :
tia ar no d,n,ogo 70 ,+s strong etona
walls even With four boure' vork Tho
abarnahootore heyan to uet q limo on ne
ord thinys xvare gattinS ca warm tbat
about II o,cloclx tho colonel ordered an
ad,,ora ,,,or er,ns seyoral yolIays wa
startad attor then Tben about ion Yards
~ 80. 90 ,ha bnsritai our linz ostr nv,
,,,,eio ~ n.,,hout an, ordar fell 70 tho
$500 I'D t. Us I,,cly NO d,d Tor inc.
e. thot n,o,nar, no ins,,ro.nts cant a
49, yoiiav into ms We immed,ateIv
arose and with fixed bayonets. were aft
or thsrn bsfore thev could IRE another
vo,Iov With n rush we were over their
trenches. but they had retreated, running
40 fast aa thev could go
After burning all the houses in tho
neirhhorhood our line was formed again,
and we started for the enemy who had
fallen back to a large stone church on a
hilltop. with a line of trees and under
brush along the brow. We did not get
very far MI we had 70 lie down. as they
wera nourinp a heavy cross fire into us
with their Mausers. and we could do
! nothing as they we're out of our range.
We had/atn under this fire for nearly an
hour. when the battery came up, and UNI
der its fire wa again advanced. which
u,ae No a,sI, roatte~ as we had ia scran1-
Me through several barb wire fences FL
/ nallv we started IN m. hill. and then the
ene,nv hop,n to break from cover and
seak ahoIter In the church But they had
tarried too long and were within range
Of orr snrinrhelds
4 II waa nov nearly D. m. and we had
/ been ON the go for IA hours, with nothing
ia eat save a hard tack and a cup of cof-
fee So we did not advance any farther.
We would have continued the advance,
put we muu no bio e'' tbat cave n, orr wav
and for four days we lived by foraging
and our bill OF fare included chicken, beef
and pork.
,, suppose rv 'n"u no Um, and ~ causing
howl in the PAPERS at home. 1t was a
case of fight with us or have our throats
cut; The people at nome nave never iul',
ha,iere tSs povsrnment at washington
has even been fully informed of 1T. The
insults which the American army mas
peeh comreiieu 70 sunni. 49, ~ ,no pnH
We ali used to be Of the opinion that
Spain treated these people very badly
but now we are al OF the opinion uha'
'nr u ~ NO. Io,t onrs fron, home notice
exaggerated reports concerning the sicl
OF our regiments The health Of the
troops on th's tsinmu IS enereI W. Hnp b es
NO n,nre s;ck nora than we would hav,
with body of men of the same number
at home. Were it not for files and mos
Huit o h a,Ie w. tSn enId vear,w nve weeks
n6 tb naet ho ~. ,, rs sntoving t. They ar,
getting good grub. and lots of 1t. and tn,
way they cat 1t is guarantee of thei
good appet'tes'
Another enlisted man, describing tn
same fight in a private letter home
concludes that the trouble will soon b,
over. The natives had their fill o
American lead the first day, he thinks
Aguinaldo' followers accuse the Ameri
cans of not fighting fair because the,
lie down and shoot and then jump u,
and chase the enemy