The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1899-07-21

when you are reading of the brave
deeds of the Twentieth Kansas, think
a little bit of the other commonly
called the dark side of the thing.
am still in excellent health, have
just eaten dinner (of bacon on the
rind') hard tack, black coffee, cream
and mango sauce The latter delica-
cy is one Of my own yet up" and is
very good The mango is about the
size Of pear aud shaped like a paw
paw, when ripe it IL aWful good raw,
and when green they make the finest
sauce and preserves imaginable, with
plenty of sugar, which is plentiful
here, nearly every other house being
q sugar ware house, and every where
are cane fields half grown and entire
~ deserted by the owners. We have
left nearly all the rice fields behind
us and are within a days march of
the mountains on three sides OF us.
We are forty miles north Of Manila and
in the largest town on the end of the
Island. The town is full OF dogs
which howl constantly at night, aud
" \ migos whose banner is white
fl =, whose weapons are eggs and
bananas and whose battle cry is
Amigo (friend).
Guy NebergaI is dead. He is miss.
ed and mourned 10y all who knew
him. He WAS good fellow, a fine
man, and brave soldier, he minded
his own business and left other PEG.
pies alone. He was always jolly and
full Of fun. | don't think that he had
a single enemy. He was sent to the
hospital from Malolos after several
days Of sickness, and the next we
heard of him be was dead. What
higher tribute can be paid a man
than thOt he was loved by his COM
rades He took up the white mans
burden and carried it faithfully to
the end, and to ms parents he was
worth more than q whole ocean of
Islands.
Well We have had another battle
since ! last wrote 1t wa- like all
the rest. Kansas ere ,sed another
bridge and drove the ringers" out
another trench and another town,
killed good many and captured
twenty-five. l am very sorry 90 read
- many Internal lies written ny sol
dier- here Kansas has done some
remarkable things. she has done
her whole duty, but she has. fear
been bowed up too much by her own
men. self praise j. half scandal"
you know, and while we are gaining
a big name in the states, we are get
ting the i'll will of the other troops in
the Philippines. Nebraska, south
Dakota, Montana and the Third Ar
tillery have been with US all the way
and while it fell to our lot to probably
do little more than they, they did
their duty and deserve a. much cred
it. No soldier cares for such repu-
tation az "the Rough Riders, he
cause every soldier knows that dead
men don't win battles, and that any
one who is fool enough can 90 out and
get shot. But it is the man who
shoots and keeps from getting shot
that wins the victory, and as | said
in one of my letters before this, many
n man would be alive and well, who
is either dead or nursing u wound, ii
he had kept himself behind rice
dyke when he mad the chance. You
probably read in the journal about
Co | having to be ordered forward
time and again at Caloocan / know
you don't believe it and that it wac
simply written by some fellow who
probably hasn't heard a bullet whis-
tie at all. And | hope that no man
in Co. 1, is low enough to say such a
thing about any other company or
regiment.
must close now, and if am fortu
nate enough to get home by August
will tell you all about the war, and
how we won the victory at Caloocan,
Hombre Run, Mslinto, Marilao, Mey-
caueyau, Bigaco. Guyinta, Malo os,
Calumpan, Calumpit, Apalit, Santo
Tomas, and San Fernando. How we
cut bananas and pineapples from the
stalk, hung them up to ripen and
then left Tor other fields Of conquest
before they were quite ready to eat.
How we drank cocoanut milk instead
of water, and also how we drank
water from river full of dead HON
bres", how we hunted the crafty Fill
ipino in his lair, how we always sur
rounded him, and how he always got
away somehow. My love to all.
Yours Truly.
SCOTT GARD.
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