Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1899-04-13
MANLEY'S LETTER.
An Interesting Budget From
the Alert'S Manila Cor
respondent.
Captain Mudgett Of Valley City
to be Sent Home Because
of Sickness.
Secret Meetings of Filipinos
Abruptly E Ended-OffenderS
are Arrested.

are AIT0SL0u.
| MANILA, P. l., March 4.-The Astor
battery, now under Lieut.. Hawthorne
and his srtillerymen of the 9th, is located
between H Company N. D., and NJ
Company OF 14th Init. A rice field,
more than 1000 yards across, lies in
frort of them. II and NJ form the cup
port for the battery. 1t is safe to predict
that the enemy will not capture the
guns.
March Private Ewing of Co. G was
carried to his last resting place. A kind
heart IN the bosom of good soldier
beats no more. The came may be truly
said of Private Upham OF Co. @, who
was buried the following day. The
former succumbed to an attack Of
typhoid fever, the latter to dysentery.
One by one the boys swell the ranks of
the dead in this pesthole Of disease.
When. oh when, will be the end?
Private Noyes of Co. A has received
his discharge and will return home on
/ the next transport. It is an honorable
one-phy ysical disability the cause. This
climate is having it's dreadful effect in
wrecking constitutions. Years may
elapse before it's effect is noticeable,
however.
Capt. @. F. Mudgett of Co. G., col
lector ot,customs, Is not improving. He
will probably be sent home on the mex,
transport. Another efficient officers
services lost to the Sth Army Corps, the
N. D. Volunteers and the civil govern.
ment of Manila.
Lieut.. Kelly Of the Signal Corps is
engaged in laying a cable from Manila
to Mslste. Kelly's shoulder straps have
not proven too weiRhty-the same old
"Kel" as ever.
Gen. Hughes. P. NJ. G., is perhaps the
busiest officer in the Filipines. The
military government OF Manila, filled to
'overAowing with insurgents and their
sympathizers, who are ever ready to
smuggle. burn, murder and destroy, is
no easy task. yet the general seems
equal to it. He gives all matters Of i'm.
portance bis personal attention. HE
faithful A. A. A. G., Lieut.. Clarke, (13tb
Minnesota) treats all with kindness and
consideration, yet disposes of business
with surprising rspidity.
! COL Jas. F. Smith of 1st California
has gone to the Island of Negros With
battalion OF bis regiment. The Col.
will act as governor of the island and
keep peace. assisted by war vessel.
Brig. Gen. Wheaton relieved Brig.
Gen. King this week. Gen. Wheaton
came over on the Scandia with the Goth
infantry recently.
The insnrgent sharpshooters around
! Caloocsn and Malabon made themselves
obnoxious Of late. The Monadnock
"took fall out OF them" this week. 1t
WAS done while the insurgents were
taking their noon siests in factory
building in the suburbs of Malsbon.
They we're aroused from their slumbers
to find the building IN ruins, pieces Of
l0-inch shells flying about and the
ground strewn with the dead and
wounded. More shells followed. both
large and small, un til no more insurgents
we're in sight. Admiral Dewey watched
the performance from tie forward
bridge OF the Monadnock, and compli.
mented the crew on their excellent
craftsmanship.
Aguinaldo seems to have lost bis
grip" All cheers around insurgent
lines are heard for Gen. Montenegro
now. J. Saudieco, erstwhile spy, "mucho
amigo" chief of diplomacy, secretary of
interior, ETC., seems much in evidence,
though never in sight.
Private Durkin of Co. A claims to have
picked An insurgent officer from his
horse at about 1000 yards. The officer
seated on a white charger, was viewing
our lines with his glass, when Durkin
took his long Tom, Texas grip" and |
fired. The insurRent officer fell from /
his horse and dragged himself into q
clump of bushes close by while the
horse renamed in his position until led
away half hour later by q squad OF
insurgents.
Col. Eugenio Blanco, the wealthy and |
we'll educated leader Of the Maosbebes,
returned from Europe this week accom-
panied by his aides. Col. Blanco WAS a
colonel 10 the Spanish army when Manila
fell, but fearing the wrath OF the in
eurgents he went to Europe shortly after
the surrender, returning ae soon rs the
treaty Of peace wss signed, feeling that !