Mexico weekly ledger., 1899-10-05
The Weekly Ledger.
THURSDAY. 0 5.
PROM WILLIAM HAxIEy.
A Letter Recsived From The soaaisi
Of This City Nov ThSzght ts
Re Dead-speAn Of Al
other Hanley.

E. ], HaHieys OF 81. Louis, hss re-
ceIved q letter from his brother, WIN.
III. Hanley, who is thought to have
been killed In the Philippines, near
Cebu, about q week ago. Mr.. Hanley
sends the letter to bis father. VIM.
Hanley, Of this city. The letter Is as
follows:
jar ISLAND OF PANAY, Aug. a.
Dear Brother: Yours of July Attn re-
ceiyed on the 18th. 1t was the first
and only line I have received from
the old country. You did not ssy
what you were doing or IL you had a
job. ! wrote to Ionic from Manila.
Did he get my letter. We are build
ing the bridge across the river again,
as it washed away. We are kept very
busy nov; bridge work to-day, out
post guard tomorrow and interior
guard the next day. / was q the
other day with a detachment on out
post about $50 yards across the river
in the enemy's country and In q cane.
field when the bullets began to 1 n
around q heads. We deployed as
ekirmishers and began to scour the
neighborhood; could not Tell where
they were coming from, but the firing
suddenly ceased and We learned that
II wal the 18th Infantry outpost,
some OF the rockies who thought we
were "kackiaeks," but owing TO their
poor craftsmanship we escaped With
out a p~uncture. We had quite q little
skirmish the other day with the river
between rs and the enemy. No one
hurt on our side, bat | don't know
about the other. Part Of the regiment
10 on Negroes Island, a detachment OF
this company; two or three OF the
men were captured there by the BoIos,
who hung them upin a tree and threw
spears at them. They "never came
back Do you remember old skalIy-
wag and Scooter We have packed
up twice to o and are In readiness
to move at a moments notice al the
present time. We expect 70 go 10
the Island OF Cebu to relieve the Ten
nessee Volunteers; il 10 said to be 9
fine place over there. We expect to
have q hot time taking Santa Barbara
II we stay here till after the rainy Sea-
son. The climate here is not as hot
a. ] expected. / year my flannel
shirts and sleep under a blanket. The
mosquitoes here can bite through q
pair Of leggings. hear that all those
who enlisted after March End win be
discharged in July, 1901. When I get
out l am going prospecting in the
mountains here, sc / believe they are
rich in minerals. The natives have
found gold, copper, lead, etc., but
will not tell where they got ii. We
have q very good time here in spite of
work and fighting. We go out, climb
cocoanut trees Tor send up q native,
which is essier) and get the green
nuts. In each Of these is a tine drink
- 8NeC WI anu nWCCts 1u6EE arc
also other fruits, bananas and all kind
Of peaches with seeds like > pawpaw,
which iE very rich and has a very
fragrant scent. The forests here are
prettier than any park or hot house in
the United States. am enjoying good
health. There lie another Hanlsy in
this company, III. (Michae) Hanlsy,
80 you must be careful in addressing
mail. He lie from Ireland and was in
the 9TH New York. He is praying for
q battle to redeem his reputation. he
is q regular old sharp" and We have
lots Of fun with him. he ie 8 horse
sheer and is said 10 be a very fine
mechanic, He Is Hanley l and / am
Hanley 2. Your brother,
W. N. HANLEy,
90. A, 9Th Infantry.