The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-04-10
specia, Correspondence.

Special Correspondence.
SAN PEDRO MACATI, Ph,iippine Isa-
ands Feb sS.--We have had three quiet
days. Unusually quiet eor this place. Tha,
the reader OF this article may know what
I mean by quiet In this connection.
shall punetuate this with stars To Indicate
when shots are fired. II Is TO be understood
that these shots are fired by 'he enemy
from their position In the brush from M0
TO 800 yards away on our front, Not
native comes In sight within that distance.
or We would be tempted TO take a shot at
him. As II Is no man in my company
Company HI has tlred = shot for three
days This Is what ! mean by quiet"
have heard 200 shots since noon and Il
is now about o'clock. They do not come
with any regularity. but once In q while
there will be q vo.iey. while al times
hail an hour passes without single ona
being heard. While they are firing the men
on our line keep under cover OF their
trenches. bat during the luils they walk
back and forth visiting or on errands Of
various kinds
Power Of the Mausers.
No one has been hit today. Yesterday
man OF the California regiment on guard
800 yards In rear of our line SO; chance
Mauser through the shoulder. II after
wards passed through horse. This win
give some Idea Of the penetrating power
Of these bullets. II must have been fired
fully 500 yards, The man h not seriously
injured. About an hour afterwards spent
ball passed through a mans jacket. land
ing In his pocket. leaving only = small
blue spot on his breast where II hit. When
the blue spot passes away ne will have
difficult time convincing his friends OF she
truth OF the incident. Last week man
in my company was shot and killed behind
his trench. The buiie, came from the left
OF the line across the river. fully LEO
yards. II pays TO svod the path OF
Nauser.
Graves on battery Knoll.
A grea; many friends OF soldiers hero
VIII hear. no doubt before the end OF mo
campaign. that their friend WAS shot In
hattie and is buried nt "Bastery knoll.''
There are new seycnty-six graves there.
All bodies win be shipped 10 the Unit
cd states Q for @ fnsi intermcns. but
their TEN porary burial Is at Battery knoll.
A picturesque elevation ia the suburbs OF
Manila, near Pace where n battery Of tho
first battle os the present campaign.
Another battery Knoll.
That q Battery knoll Is not 20 be con-
founded with toe Battery knol OF which
I shall now speak, ana on which my cuyn-
pany ~ stationed. This knoll IL i've miles
from Manila. nenr San Pedro Maeati. II
!s the site Of cemetery. which. when We
came here, was surrounded by a heavy
stone wall. The wan IN gone. and the stone
has been used 20 build trenches. On The
highest point Of the knoll Is situated The
two ti,rea-inch guns which had a position
on the other Battery knoll the day Of the
battle They are proteeted by a strong
fortsffeatlor O. stone. masked hy earth. ana
command a FIRE open front for su yards
straight ahead and for 1900 10 the right,
and are a positive tcrTur 20 the insar-
gents who sneak up under the cover Of
the bamboo thsekeis and broken country
to the left front. This battery divides
Company III, half OK the company being oa
the right and has on the left OF the po~
si.ion-
How the Trenches Are Constructed.
The trenches are composed ef a wall az
loose stone. some thirty inches high, with
earth thrown up axasrss the front. Back
of The wall the earth II dug away - =
depth OF eighteen inches for a GiStance az
SIX feet from the vail The men have
erected shelters 20 protect them from tho
burning eur during the day and The damp.
ness and occasional rain al night. Taese
covers eousss; ns their shelter tents. @ ga
athers ~ blankets. but IN NEST instances
90 of sections of matched roofs taken
from the bamboo Heasks in san f'sdyn and
carried Up the hlli- Q Tbese are hg far
ths hsSt, ssnes o they are 80 much cooler
during The beat e ths day.
Col whoiicy's Headquarters.
Aboat 90 yards IN the rear q ihe bat~
ierY r. Col. q wholse3H hsafaasrtsrs
n Il tent which he has had covered with
o banana O leaves - geep n sha ex~
trsue heat. III frnnt IF his ,ent @ is the
signal and telegraph station. O where
the operator ssts on tse ground under tie
90 shade u one of she tao trees oa
ths hiM ard rsssds fhe ilex:ng nf gnsa.
ksges by a bell piNas5 ossF HE ear, aa tho
operators at s. central telephone ssaslon.
On either side 80 C9i who.Isy's ssn. ars
the tents ~ other field and staY oTgcsrx.
sns the aFstllsrymenw tsstng quarters Al
are protected By s'sre or ssrt walls "a
swo Rsees toward The enemy. bat the .x-
posed xhffw % sAe fenss. easah Slows
asssxe ia@ b@sassworkM - a fasorgte mark
ser the harssAogtaFs IN the brush 10 she