Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-06-02
Letter From Arthur HOllingshead.
MALoLos, April 90, 1899.

MALoLos. April 49, 1899.
DEAR PARENTs:-It has been a long
time since have written any letters at
all, but will try to write little now
should have writsen beforeS
am well, and in good fighting con-
dition.
We are now in Malolos, and have been
ever since Its capture. We are not In the
town, but are out past it, and in the fir
ing line, where we have been ever since
we started out, except one Sunday, and
that was the day we lett Caloocan, and
also the day that we lost two men and
had four wounded. Hiram Plummer
and Curran Craig were killed.
None of the four wounded were from
Garrett
Sergeant Barber is all right now and
is back with the company. Capt. Chris
ty has resigned and gone home. Our
captain, name is Watson, and in the
charge the night before we took Malo-
los, he was wounded in the breast, and
is not with us yet, but Is getting along
all right Fred Carriers wound was in
the arm, and Bert Shaughnessy was shot
IN the knee, the same night
That evening we had to cross rail-
road bridge. with the rails and ties taken
up, under heavy fire. Our company
did not lose any men, although several
started across it that did not get across.
One fellow fell and was unable to cross
The "niggcrs' tried to burn the bridge
hue only succeed in burning the ties, and
we crossed on the stringcrs. That makes
four bridges we have crossed under fire,
and several men were hit on each one,
but our company has not lost any on
them.
We have orders to take the town OF
Calumpit, which is three or four miles
from here. 1t is where the natives killed
and captured so many Spaniards. We
might have one more railroad bridge to
cross. But VIC can take them in short |
order once we get started
The natives here say Americana com
bata. Americana no care chow-chow,
no care sleep. Mucha combota. Fill
pino no Saba Americana combata ON
mes tempores.
The day that Hiram was shot | was
by him, and we had just come up over a
little raise, all in line, and at the top OF
it was kind of hedge fence, and we
stoned and returned their fire from the
fence. There was slope for about
hundred yards, and We came to river
that we did not know was there, and
the insurgents were just across the river,
behind the finest kind of breastworks,
and they gave us a heavy fre, We were
not over a hundred yards apart. Hiram
was lying down and | was kneeling
down on one knee, when he was shot
through the head. He never knew what
hit hin, or where he was hit. Wehsd been
together ever since we struck Topeka.
We slept together and were together all
the time. I felt awful bad, for he was
such good, jolly fellow, and just the
night before he was shot, we went to the
commisary and got some canned peach-
es and apricots, and we were having
good time and a good meal before we
started out, for we knew what was COM |
ing on the morrow; and Hiram said,
Eat, drink, and be merry, for tomor- :,
row we may die" and before nine o'clock
next morning he was dead. When he
was hit was there and worked with
him until the hospital aid came up, and
the company had gone on down to the
river, and we were there alone and not a
$ ,,,l in sight, with the bullets flying all
around and close tous. Andi was right
there that found out how much nerve
| had. | found l had none to spare.
While in action and firing right along l
never thought of fear. Then, mygun was
lying out at one side, and ! sitting there
and holding him and hearing the bullets