The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-05-12

held. 1t is long structure, still dec
GRATED with feStoonS. and having the
names of the martyrs of the Filipino
cause set around the cOrnice. Rial is
given the place of honor.
I'VE are quite comfortable here.
barring the weather, which is pros
trating. We have been quiet in a way.
1 sent out two guns with the cavalry
one day. Another day Fleming took
out his two guns, and Davis his, and
we went on a reconnaissance with the
Montana regiment. We found the
enemy, all right lots of them, on the
other side of a wide river, behind deep
intrenchments. We got our guns up to
within $50 yards, and let them have d
few shots, which they promptly an
swered each time with vOlleys of Maui
sers. tearing through the woods snap
ping into trees, cutting off leaves, going
through the trousers leg of one of our
men, killing a Montana man and
wounding two others. There was no
way for us to get over the river except
by the railway bridge, and the mig
gers had that controlled. Our object
was not to have a hot fight, but mere
ly to ascertain where they were, so we
could go up one of these days and whip
them out with the whole division. We
came back. / suppose the dusky war
riors imagine the vain thing, that they
licked us. They will find out different
ly one of these days.
This morning a scouting party, COM
posed of two and one-half companies of
cavalry and one gun under Critchlow,
has gone out to find out whether the
river is fordable.
Operations at Calumpit.
"Our objective point now is Calumpit,
six miles up the country, on the largest
stream of this slope Ghe Rio Grande).
and we must have it.
THE accompanying sketch shows
what we went for and where we got
We reached the points shown on the
map by croSSes-our guns. The little
devils had a piece of light artillery,
which they shot at us. 1 was consid-
erably overcome by the heat. There
were thirty-five men totally disabled.
THE heat is a serious question in
future campaign work. 1t will very
much limit our operations.
"The commissioners issued a splendid
address to the people yesterday. The
difficulty will be in circulating it. The
cannot go out of their lines.
1 fancy the Filipinos will make it warm
for any native who tries to distribute
il in their lines.
Life In Camp.
we nave quite livery illueS mere
every evening for a short time. Critch-
low sings and sings: Fleming sings
quite well; several others drop in. and
we have a lively time then. dispelling
the gloom of the church GE which peo-
pie are buried, and of the situation.
Lieutenant Davis of the navy re-
turned to his ship. to our loss. He is
an exceptionally pleasant companion,
and through long association has be-
come much endeared to us.
I'VE are all so wild to get home
Every moment here is lonesome.
have no home My things are piled in
a small, dirty room in barracks. and
the barracks themselves are dirty. /
suppose l might get permission to run
down to Manila and right back. but /
should not know what TO do if l were
there prefer to remain here in camp
sleeping among tombs. without any
sort of advantages. oh. for the trans
port, the ocean. the Golden Gate, Og-
den, homel In few weeks 1 will be
there"