Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-03-27
NOT 4 COWARD
AMONG THEM
Words of Praise FIR Montana
Soldiers Boys.
CAPTAIN HILLS WOUND
II is Severe But He will RecOver--
Interesting Letters From the
Soldiers at Manila.
CAPTAIN HILLS WOUND

Two letters were received in Butte to-
day containing some interesting details
OF the conditions around Manila about a
month ago. One was from Captain w. L..
Hill to his wife in thisc city. Captain Hill
was severely wounded in q fight with
the FiliDinos, but he writes his wife that
although he lost much blood, the wound
is not . serious one. 1t seems that the
Mauser bullet intended for him struck a
cartridge in his belt and glancing struck
him in the thigh.
Another letter from Hospital Steward
r. II. PaXson to Prof. Clinton H. Moore
under date of February II, gives some
additional details. 1t speaks highly of
the courage of the Montana boys and es-
p~ecially of Captain Hill, who continued
to give orders to the men of his company
while wounded and unable to keep on
his feet. Another interesting feature of
the letter is the reference to the Wooden
guns of the insurgents and their meth
DDS of using them. The letter of DR..
PaXson is as follows:
Caloocan, six miles north of Manila,
p. l., or Manila and Dagupan r. r., Feb.
II, 1890. H. MOOre-Dear Sir: Chap
lain Stull has just handed me your letter
written January 4th with his customary
grunt and to ease my conscience l am
going to answer it at once though it will
necessarily be brief. The fact is, I have
been practicing the motto of the country
"Monana" and POGO tempo" with my
correspondence. 1t is so easy in this
tropical country to take the siesta and
one always has to spur himself to do any
work except Of course fighting. We have
had lots of that since the 4th inst. Sew
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and many more thousands wounded. Our
loss up to noon today is 277 wounde and
6s killed. OF this three killed and Is
wounded are officers. Montana killed
and wounded is 81. Out of this number
three were officers. Lieut.. Col. Wallace
had a wound in left side entering at low
est point of short ribs and the exit is
about five inches from point of entry
and a little back of a medium line of
point of hip, passing through lower edge
of lung, Wound, Mauser bullet. He is
improving and when.I saw him at hos
pital- in Manila was setting up getting a
shave. Capt. Hill was wounded in the
thigh about three inches from groin,
severing or partially seVering femoral
artery or vein. DR.. Bruning, our assist
ant surgeon. was at his side, not more
thar three feet away, which was fortu-
nate as the captain would nave bled to
death in five minutes. The doctor made
an incision over the wound and packed
it with gauze and stopped the hemorr-
hage quickly. One of the litter squads
was close by and brought him to the
dressing station where I was on duty.
Captain looked a little pale. He asked
me what 1 thought of the wound. / as
sured him as best I could in a moment
as our tent was now filled with und
His chin quivered a little as l pressed his
hand and gave him a drink of water and
heard him say Thank God" and some
thing about his wife and children He
is as brave as they make them and was
shouting his after he had
fallen. Chaplain Stull saw him today and
says he is doing nicely. Major Adams
says he will surely recover. Lieut.. Gard
enhire of Butte, one of the new officers,
received a slight wound of thigh. He was
on duty next day and since.
Here is a complete list of killed and
wounded up to date:
February 5, 1890
Skinner, Edward L., corporal Co. I, left
thigh, slight.
Meyersick, William. private Co. I, right
shoulder; died Feb. 10.
Sorenson. John, private Co. l., left eye;
exit right temple.
Runnels, Charles, private Co. H, left
leg, slight.