Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-05-19

up looking MalayS. WIN greasy Diack
heads The men are clad in spotless
white shirt and trousers, the shirt being
in every case outside the trousers. The
women wear bright red skirts and loose,
light colored waists.
We have been fond of writing home
to our friends that SO far as actual
fighting and danger go there is no more
sign of war in Manila than in Oshkosh.
Soldiers abound, but otherwise Manila
is as safe and sleepy as a mossback
country village. There is and has been
ever since the 4th of February constant
skirmishing. occasionally fighting more
serious, out along the lines. But that is
seven miles away:
On Palm Sunday morning we had,
however, a grimmer reminder than
usual that war was not far away. The
day before decided advance had been
made by the Americans against the
Filipinos at Malabon. Hidden behind in
their bamboo jungle and protected by
their intrenchments, the malay mig
gers had killed some 80 of our men
and wounded 900. We saw some of
them at the hospital where nurse and
doctor were dressing their wounds. Two
of them belonged to the Fourth United
States cavalry One cf them had been
struck in the cheek by fragment of
bullet, only half an inch below his eye,
yet the eye had been spared clear and
untouched.
you'll be all right in day or two, B"
said the surgeon. ''You won't need to
come to me again.
s.Seven of my company were wound
ed in 90 minutes, said the young fell
low. "Our first sergeant is dead by this
time I'm going back to the front to-
morrow"
The other Fourth cavalryman was an
Irishman, with merry twinkle in his
blue eye 1t was an odd sort of wound
he had. A Mausef bullet had plowed
straight through the soft flesh under his
chin, going in one side and out the 9th
er, making a smooth tunnel.
"And il could have killed three men
after it went through me, if they had
been in the line of it,, he told us. He
described the part of the battle that he
saw.
1--WE dismounted and left our horses
behind us when we went against the
Filipinos in the bamboo thicket. It's sc
close a dog couldn crawl through where
we had to advance. The rebels hide il
this brush, and you never can tell where
they are or when they are going to fire
on you We didn't know there was one
/ in mile of Us, when, ping! we got il
in our faces. l had this hole bored
through my chin quicker than you could
think, and that wasn't enough, but 6
little brute of Filipino horse kicked
me in the face and gave me black eye
I'll be even with 'em yet.
The surgeon examined his wound. Il
was doing well. The chief danger in hi:
case appeared to be lest he should dis
figure himself by dropping his food
upon the spotless bandaging that cover
ed his chin. The doctor cautioned hin
duly on this point and dismissed him.
.I'Il be back at 'em the last of thii
week" were the parting words of the
Irishman.
But there were others who would
never be "back at them. Some of tht
bravest men and officers had died o.
their wounds on the way to hospital
In one corner apart surgeon and nurse
confer in low tones over man who ha!
received gunshot wound below tht
knee. The worst symptoms have super
vened, and the poor lads leg must bt
amputated below the knee to save hi:
life. His fighting days are over. Let u:
hope that his fellow countrymen wht
staid at home and criticised the conducr
of this war from its safe shelter viii
not snarl and say brutal things wher
he asks pension in place of the leg ht
left in the Philippines.
Our house is situated on the edge O
the bay in the Ermita district on th,
side of Manila opposite where thu
fighting is Particular quiet seemed t.
reign on the morning Of Palm Sunday
A few miles out upon the bay we saw
as usual, the American and foreign
warships. There was the Olympia, will
Admiral Dewey's flag flying atop, alons
with the stars and stripes. There, too
was the famous Oregon, painted gra.
and red. French and German menof
war lay close together, friendly anC
peaceful A little apart from the res
swung at anchor the Powerful, the tre
mendous British cruiser, the largest o
her class in the world, with her hug,
black hull and four yellow tunnels TX
the left of this fine naval show could b,
seen another craft, lying low in the wa
ter and scarcely discernible above it
She was small and insignificant looking