Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1899-09-06

and the insurgents had lines nca
them. No insurgents were allowei
to enter or pass our lines with
arms, bat so long as they en-
tered unarmed they were aIlowec
TO 90 to Manila and were not mo.
Tested. Such was the case up t6
the opening of hostilities on the
night of February 4.
| AS l have said, we (thc Washing
ton regiment) were doing outpost
duty from the time we arrived,
sending a detail of one officer, one
sergeant, three corporals and 30
privatcs to blockhouse No II. This
blockhouse is now one of the his
torical points Of interest at Manila.
| For about two weeks previous
to the attack the actions Of the
Filipinos were such as to arouse
suspicion and as a consequence
our outpost was reinforced
| each night by two companies
from the regiment. Company B
was on guard that night and it so
happened that l. WAS one of the
companies sent out as reinforce
ment. This being nothing unusu-
al, nothing was thought of it, as it
was beginning to be taken as
matter of course. Some Of the
boys that were on guard and some
from the kitchen were telling us
goodbye i'll Il joshing way. One
of those who were bidding us good
bye was Hanson, who was then
''kl;chcn police" and it was, sure
enough, a last goodbye for him.
He was the only man killed from
Company L. lie was on his way
to the firing line next morning
with break fast when he was killed.
We 60: no breakfast that morn
ing and net until about + O'Clock
in the afternoon did we get any
thing to cat. Companies a, NJ
and l. were on the right of the
road to the right of the blockhousc
and all the other companies from
our regiment were on the left of
the blockhouse. To our rear about
500 yards were two three and one
five inch guns of the Sixth artil
lery, and to our front and left
about 1000 yards the insurgents
had two Krupp guns of the same
calibcr.
The Triggers" opened up on us
at about 2:30 in the morning and
the fighting WAS continuous at our
front for eight hours. About
$50 a. III. our company fell back
about IS yards and the battery in
our rear opened fire on the insur-
gents. After this was done, our
company, supported by NJ, made
the first charge of the day and ad-
vance of the line. This gave us
fine opportunity to give the ''Gu,
gus" a flank fire and they were
soon On the hook, ''Poco Tempe"
About 7:3O one battalion of the
Idaho regiment came up and join
ed our right flank. Another bat
TALON Of them joined our right left
flank and at about $50 a general
charge was made on the insurgent
town of Santa Anna. At 1880
the town was ours.
Company H of the Washington
regiment captured the two krupp
guns of the insurgents in this
charge. This was our first battle
and Company l. was there at the
first and the last. We have been
in so many sl>irmishes since that
they are no longer novelty. l
will not attempt Ito recite all the
different ones now, but will tell
about tkem when l return.
l will say that Company L has
been in every fight that the regi-
ment has been in, and 6 ana L
have been in several that the others
have not been in. Our last scrap
was Sunday, June l, at the Ma
rong, about Is miles southeast of
Pasig. We went UP the Paag
river in canoes, towed by small
launches. The journey up the
river was about five miles long and
then we went across the Laguna
de Bay lake. On this trip we saw
some very fine country.
The Oregon regiment sailed for
the states day before yesterday.
There are nine or ten regiments to
sail before we 60. l think we will
be home before Christmas anyway.
Since | have been here | haye been
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