The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-05-15

white clothes. His companion, whom Parker
knocked out was also stripped and he had
Joint of bamboo full OF papers. They evidently
didn't know OF the existence of Parker nor
Ne > post and thought if they could get me
out OF the way they could have clear sailing
they were undoubtedly spiesl, so one of them
started after me, the other laying low. When
| fired this other one started up the barricade
TO the road. Parker, when he heard me fire,
got up, just In time to see a man not ten feet
away from him and looking decidedly like
tight. He had only time to swat the fell
Low with the butt Of his gun saying "Hoot,
mon" simultaneously, then bending over him
he said in tone OF supreme contempt You
bigger you, which Is Scotch for Well, III
be 1iggered II you amt damphult.' He
didn't Kill the fellow, though, and he is now
IN the guard house
TINS little incident kept us in good humor
fof several days, and when a man says to an
other "ll boot mon you we all know 1t 5
a threat most dire. This Is the fourth time
they have tried to assassinate our sentries.
so you see 1t doesn't pay us to sleep on post.
However, our guard duty is much easier than
when we FIRST came here--all the cRssock posts
are liboraly supplied with comfortable chairs
taken from the deserted houses near by. and
some of the seutrics even are supplied with
rockers, which only goes to show that our
officers appreciate our position and are con-
sluerate enough 10 try to make us as COM
Portable as possible The Third battalion,
down in lloilo, have different time, They
get "i-40' Oour months and Si0) for sitting
down on post, and have to fall over them
selves salutiug officers. But then that's tho
difference between peace and war, The town,
however, looks like war--or cyclone. When
the Filipinos were driven out they burned the
town aud burned II we'll. II has been learned
tnst every house was saturated with kero-
seue, and all that was necessary was TO touch
match to them. You can now walk for
blocks and not pass anything but ruins. Some
of the houses were real nice ones, too iudg
Ing from the remains of walls, trimmings,
etc, lying around As soon as things are set
tled N Manila we expect reinforcements. and
then II wont take MS long TO close up the
business here. Then we expect to return 10
the States. as our regiment has been con-
demned on account of i'll health OF the $50
men here. rs are in the hospital about 20l
more are sick in quarters, and of the balance
|, is safe to say over half OF them should ha
Oh sick report However, the excitement OF
Ire thing keeps us up, and we don't go on
SICK report until We simply can't 20 any
longer, ana then we only stay long enough
TO rest up. | am feeling all right now have
been on sick report for four days but wit
30 on DUTY again tomorrow But YOU folks
may as well get bed ready, for am looking
for good spell Of sickness as soon as the
excitement is over. My stomach is in a hor-
rlble fix Up to dinner yesterday I hadn't
been able to hold anything on It for three
days, but yesterday I got some pepsiu chew
iur gum, and after chewing a big cud of It
for several hours ] was able to hold my din
ner Gown. The only decent sleep have had
In three weeks was about a week ago, when
was nple to set some beer | could only get
one bottle every night for three nights but
those three nights were the making of me
Va ROCKIES who were enlisted for tho war
expect to be discharged In Frisco or New
York, according TO the route we take TO the
States, soon after VIC get there Some expect
10 shoot Hrecrackers in America on the Fourth
OF July, but think we'll be doing well to eat