The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1899-05-26
Malolo., P. l., April II, '99.

FROM LIT. HULL, X. q. NJ,
Malolos, Z. l., April II, '99.
Mr.. Lewis l.. Northrup, lola, Kan
sas My Dear Cousin-Your letter of
the Goth OF February received here
about two days ago-never saw
mail that look better. You have no
idea how much letters and papers
are appreciated in this out .of-the-way
place.
have been here at Malolos all this
month. We left La Iona the 25th
OF March and advanced along the
Novaliches road to the Quliahan
river. have been in charge of the
Kansas wagon train and so have not
seen much of the fighting in this adj
vance, although the bullets have
been too thick for comfort on several
occasions. 1 have had two L. ).
wagon. with four mules each, 20 bull
carts with Chino drivers and mum.
pack horses. The wagon train bust
ness has not been much fun. The
roads are sometimes the very worst
and all bridges were destroyed by
the insurgents so we have forded and
ferried the numerous rivers and when
neither nf those systems worked we
planked the railroad bridges and
crossed on them.
We came through the following
towns in most of which we spent
some considerable time: Malinta
Meycanayan, Marloa, Bocaue, Ri
gaa and Guiguinto. Here there ar,
two towns right together-Bara
soain and Malolos. When our troop
entered the insurgents burned nearl!
all the houses in the, latter place
including the old cathedral which
Emilio was using for palace
All the towns we have come through
had suffered the same way. Nearl.
all the better houses were destroyed
by order of the insurgent general
Luna.
Night before last about two com
panies of A guinaldo's men after load
) ing up on "vino" came down the rail
read and poured a hot fire into Kan
sas tor a while. A sailor who wa
cooking for Company \ was wounde
and one of my horses was shot clea
through the shoulders and mul
received slight wound,
Last night from midnight unit
seven o'clock the Filipinos engage
the American troops at Guiguint
(the next town in our rear and ar
said to have driven back our me
and partially destroyed the railroa
bridge. If this is true we will hav
a hot time here, for having cut o
railroad connections they will thin
we are "easy." Fortunately we hav
lots OF provisions and ammuntio
here. | have never heard as heav
fire as there was this morning, COZ
sidering the length of time and tn
number of troops engaged.
Malolos is "a dirty, dingy town.
fail to see why AguinaldO chose
as his provisional capital. III
troops have dug up big Krupp gu
in one of the streets over there an
| hear since have found one or tw
more somewhere else, besides S23, OF
in Mexican dollars. l saw the hi
cannon and do not understand VIII
. they never used it, unless they didn
know how.
In regard to newspapers from lol
Col. Funston is the only one in II
= regiment who seems to get ther
Frisco papers and the X. q. Star v
get regularly, but the REGISTER
rarely seen. l am glad to hear W
have decided to build soon. A goo
, building on the corner north of Il
bank will prove "a thing of beau
J and a joy forever" You did N
say whether Alt or Del got the clga
/ sent them OF not. was anxious
know, because 1t is rumored amor
the soldiers that all packages SO