The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-06-03
THIS BOY SAW REAL WAR.
RETURN or CHARLES MASON AND HIS
BROIHER FROM MANILA.

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They Went Out and Came Back on the
Ger In Lawton's Column 49, story of
Charless Runway Trip to the Front.
Charles Mason the 1G-year-old son Of Gait
| c. W. Mason OF the Fourth Infantry, now at
Manila. md his little brother Sanford {, yo,rs
N,oni'"' anu MS i'''e pIotheI' 9anioru, years
old. arrived here on Tuesday. completing q
circuit OF the globe. mos; of which was made
in the troopship Grant. The bows spent 0f.
teen days at Manila with their father and re-
turned alone Although their stay in tn.
go about good deal and the tale of their ex-
Ths hovs coma ~ ola army s,oo,. o,o ~,
inc boys come Oh ola army STOCK one OF
s. Mason. Their other grandfather is Capt +,
II. Ross, retired. at whose home. 50 West Nine.
ty.fourth street. they are saying now. The
older brother is preparing to enter the West
point Aoadomv
rh. ' GO, 10. To-, 49,,
at Manila on March 10. She carried upward
OF 1000 men anu was uncomfortably crowded.
especially whom Colombo. Ceylon. was reached
and extreme heat was encountered. At no
,or, IN ~ -, 900 a. .,,Ii..a LII, A..
po'' On '"e way were 'ie so'oiers a'io"eu 'o
leave the ship but the two boys stretched
CaIn.,to a, D.. CT, - 49,, - 80
ooiohiuo. At ior' Sa'u some Oh 'he soioiers
anu SdllOTB DTOtesteu against not having bnOro
leave. and the night before the vessel sailed
twenty OF them slid down one OF the cables and
n y, NV b 6aa tneL1 ne way
Tbey had ne along tho canal by k tran
'us' hao E.h9 aIonS 'nv eanu, ~ tIaIi
n IN the teu sea one OF the nTst vessels the
thn me. VOC Sh IL p ~ 81 s AS
being crowded with men. instead q the usual f
S IE u sailor ran 2ul On inc Brltisner ana
WITH Shi Ho nnint "oou LUX oh 'he sue
n tne o oiran1 s'eaIeu up RaDlla pay she
sne,, ehe V brt anu IlreT heat hnmiral
th9se on h,6 board the troopship he Olympia sig
ia th OaeRii Iuess aeh ALL tnen tnes came
omS fo nr tnai RGwey ma, Peen maze
wh NEW were given MIN ana duly a .
t h tb rne eopnbs Meno asnGro .ne boys went
MI, men ina1ci I'll tne Iuheua 10 spoC
ABOUT sh h,I,e ana natt IRON the CITY. where
haipp p'tc r1a 'hei to 'en rs the men were
charles.;the elder Of the boys. put on a:Khaki
s sL ann stOIe away 70 the 'front.' without MS
tstaer anoWIeuee' In 'eiihe ABOUT II yes
.; ! ne front me ne o. intsenchihents at that
cam and in order e to Tet on, there e stole rTe
q one o. tne supny IRAN on the ralroad.
H eab 'he gnprGn we're statl2ned the men q the
had been rn s" in sSe Weeks aad
hnid GiV t were som h0tripie TOOK
on o Ie s eon ne Ih thn a1 h 90 AK n cues
II WAS So rotten from being slept In constantly.
Ihe:insurSent lines were 200 or 900 yards
away anu INC nrlhE was lhceSsant; Iheir
marksmanship was pretty good w3 but they had
tenpencN 70 Snoot niEh Mnile was In the
Iehcn ko' rev cracks at them WIN Il re.
v vow nut ,t IL was i' uangerous business and
men were oIten MT around me from sho wing
TOO much OF their head While ! was in tho
trench lne OF the Kansas men thought there
was fIpin fp in eInmn OF bqihes about MY
yhrls away from our mes; He got 50 mad
after irving 70 ulslonSe the FELLOW that he
jumped up ana ran over 70 the pushes. Killed
,ne nun nun ana ran phck; pursued oy great vol
icy ne Ro' hack Wlthout scTatch ana TOOK
ms pace ~ the trsnch again win q laug y.
Only when me mail came would the boys
STOP shootlng ana then each one would read
parI OF ms Ietter from 6ome aloud whlIe the
1lners cropped guns ana eferythlneto listen.
fVen the olicers W2uId cone around and take
an interest IN nriVhtes Ietter from Els girl.
Az Oh me men we're nun III nRnt. me only thlng
they wanted was a charge OF clothes
Near '4e cam, eatnp wneIe NEVER We were NE men OF
the lts, IaIliornlh ana ihirteenth Mlnnesota