The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-04-10

funny thing occurred when our pro-
vost sergeant took out squad of them
Tor burial purposes. They thought at
first they We're digging their own
graves and they did some great talking
Tor While, but when they were con-
Vlnced that we did not intend to hang
them, they We're a very happy lot. One
thlng L cannot get over is lodging bull
let's; every time l hear a shot. down 1
go. They rattle so in this blooming
jungle Another thing, but have got
thing. Another thing, but I have got
ten over that, Is when a man hears
volley from the colored boys he thinks
that the whole booming insurgent army
is after him collectively and individu-
ally. 1t took me quite a while to get
over it, but none of us now mind it
very much.
Il have not had my clothes off, not
even my shoes. in three weeks. We
sleep in our trenches, wrapped in our
ponchos every night, but / am getting
| fat on it. l am sorry now that you
did anything in regard to my discharge,
| for l would not accept it until this
| business is over with, now that l have
| started in with it. We will all get
home anyway within the next so days.
Il have not seen Joe in couple Of
| months: he is all right. though. l have
! all 1uea from WHAT near lidt we Will
| be all through with this very shortly.
| / corralled dead insurgents uniform.
| 1t was wrapped up in paper and lay
| beside him. You know when one OF
them is hard pressed they Immediately
| change their uniform and put on civil
| ian clothes but we do not take any no.
| tice of them at all.
| Il received your papers and enjoyed
| them. What kind of imbeciles have
we in congress anyway? 1t seems to
us that after we lick good behavior into
these people that we will give the ISL
ands back to them. That after get
| ting men killed off and wounded, we
| let Aguinaldo and his allies work their
sweet will on the country and people.
l have just heard that priest was
shot at Guadalupe. He was with the
| insurgents.
Ex-Governor Richards has letters
from his son, Lieutenant Homer c.
| Richards, written in diary form, from
| February Is up to the time the last
transport left Manila. Extracts from
| these letters read:
81 am in the field again, but l am
not feeling we'll. General Otis has re-
lieved me from staff duty, allowing me
to join the regiment. We have our fir
ing line across the island, distance of
about 90 miles AS you can judge, We
cannot advance very rapidly, for we
must keep our line strong as possible.
| lest the insurgents break through at
some point and get into Manila. Up
to date our side has lost 1888 killed and
| wounded. We have no way of finding
out how many insurgents have been
| killed. We have buried over 1000 Of
them. and. of course, there must te
several thousand wounded that have
been carried from the field"
1srtF In Mnr to- 10,
men that have fallen up to date. but as
these items have appeared in other let
ters it has been omitted here.
This morning the Utah artillery fired
| a shot 1900 yards, and we could see
with field glasses the insurgents carry
away six men. Well, the Montana boys
have now smelled powder, and may be
called vets If I could only feel bet
ter I could enter more into the spirit
of the other men. but really I ought to
be in bed. The sun is awfully hot dur
ing the day, and the dews are heavy
and cold at night Captains Hallahan
Wynne and Moran have made a great
hit in this fight. General Macarthur
in command of this division. expresses
| himself as to be more than well pleased
with the Montana boys. The boys il
the hottest part of the fight would &C
along smoking and laughing and sing
ing, All Coons Look Alike to Me-"
4 Under date of the GOTH he writes: %
am in the field hospital. The doctors
will not allow me to report for duty
They want to send me home, but
want to wait and go with the regiment
Last night the insurgents sent up rock
cts in front of us, and we expected 6
big attack, but they only fired about 5t
shots. | got out of bed and went doWr
to Company G. but when the shooting
| stopped I went back to bed. We are
daily expecting reinforcements from
the states. Colonel Wallace and Cap
tain Hill are doing nicely and botl
will be all right again in a short time
Most of our wounded men are doing
we'll"
On February % he wrote brief note
on two sides of a cartridge box, writ
ten at $50 in the morning, in which
he says:
Just came back from the artillery
outposts, where he had a hot time rol
a. few minutes. The insurgents came
out in force, and I was watching Tho
artillery throw shrapnel into them will
terrible results. I took four shots a.
one of them. but I do not believe
touched him.
Under date of March 1 he writes
I'VE all feel very badly over the dealt
of Lieutenant French. He did not know
what fear was, and so would never Ii,
down. He was sighting gun at The
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