Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-08-18
A PRIVATE
AT MANILA.
A Story Which Goes to Show
That War Is q Fine Thing
Until You're In 1t.

| SAAAAaAAAAAAAsA
IL was all new 10 him. Above the
| tropical sun beat down on the trenches;
the trcnchant rays seemed to concentrate
upon him. Bred in northern home
among the SHOWS, the fierce heat took
away all his strength. This was new.
| How different from what he had pictur-
ed, From his youth his mind had been
| filed of stories OF soldier life. His father
had lost an arm in the struggle of seces-
sion His mother had lost two of three
brothers in the same mighty upheaval,
and his remaining uncle was brilliant,
| SCARED veteran. He had heard their
| tales OF furious fights gone by. the bloody
fields of other days: how the soul insPir
| ing music of the band would swell upon
| the bullet laden air: of the quick and
| sudden moves of the cavalry. the cOun-
ter. the stirring charges with a moments
melee of flashing sabers and pistol shots;
the return amid the cheers of the rest.
Often he had pictured himself as one
Of these He had felt the fierce glow of
| the soldier. the shrek of combat and the
return in glory to his own lines
When war was declared. he WAS first
TO enroll himself and after long waiting
| had sailed for this distant land He had
not minded the wait for he was in touch
with his kindred. II had been a pleasant
! life. His aunt had called him hero,
and his companions looked at him as one
chosen above all others. His battle
marked uncle had laughed and remark
! ed all was not gold that glittered hut
the boys father had bade him hush. The
, boy felt that his uncle was not taking
,1a% h., H.
new found fame he could achieve would
oust the uncle from the family pedestal.
He had hidden goodby to fearful
mother and a tender farewell to girl"
He had endured the bad food and water
of the transport and the monOtonous bar
rack life in the captured city. He had
awaited the uprising of the insurgents,
sure of its coming and hopeful for his
chance. Now it had come. The call to
arms the night before had brought him |
out first of all. He had not restrained
his exultant feelings and received gruff
admonition from his captain. The long
wait before moving to the trenches had
tried him sorely. He thought of his
brother soldiers as being slaughtered and |!
he restrained from aiding them.
Finally at daybreak his regiment had |
been moved out to the front to relieve |
another out in tho trenches He had |
marched with head erect across tho omen
snoco Ioodino 10 tbo troncbes and hsen |
rorndlv damnad hv b;S con+o;n for drou,-
inc ,be anemv,s fro unon them He feIt |
bnr+ but bo6 taken his nI.ce foroivin,
the c.ntain becorse tba cont.in knaw
norabt of ,,,orfora The con+oin,s ,otbar
had haan , shoemaker during the other |
war He Ind EAGERLY Loaded his pnn and |
bIazed away ot the bamboo tbickets |
Tbis had brougb+ the "ton,, SERGEANT ON |
to him with a sarcastic remsrk obout |
"tbeir baing infantry and mt bstterv
nIscad tbere 70 she'll rho = country :,
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.on,r,.nd
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