Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1899-06-09
ELKO, NEVADA, FRIDAY, JUNE 1899.
The Nevada Boys.


At noon OF the 22nd OF April Cap.
tain Linscott OF the lst Nevada Vol
mnteer Cavalry received a tele, ran,
from the adjuiant general of hia di
vision briefly saying, A barge load
Of prisoners will leave Manila for Ca
Vite at ii M. to-day. You will re-
turn troop i'll light marching order.
prepared to he gone probably Fix
days"
Soon hustle and racket was pro.
crossing il the camp, winch, owing
to the long continued mbnutony OF
routine duty, had sunk INTO semi
apa.h, tic ate.
They wore going to move. They
were going to Manila on the other
side Of the bay. and would perhaps
be ordered to the front and given an
opportunity to participate in pitch.
ed battle, for which they had besL
yearnlng 20 long.
Lieutenant Gignoux in Il letter
dated May itll to one Of the Reno
journal staff gives the follow ing ac
connt OF the lute movements Of our
boys:
Our men worked rapidly and in u
few hours we were marching tow arI
Manila. IL is needless to say the
boys were delighted to leave Cavite,
where We have been canped ever
since arriving here. We re ched
Manila at > o'clock that cunning md
camped beneath the ancient wall Of
IN old town in spot replete with
relics and surr undinGs Of historic
and legendary il teIest.
"Aboni 8 u'ci, ok the next morning
1t began to rain, su We were Obliged
to seek shelter. We fnnud large,
un0ccupied room and shelter ed
court at the electric light works,
where detachment Of the 18th in.
fan,ry were guarding baggage. Our
boys soon made themse.ve at ho ne.
Some soldiers oi the I2r!t coutriyed
To ship Il hoop an, get ii ginlei into II
barrel m whisky, ~ wliIch there were
several among the s;orrs y brave
nnd jolly soldier hoy is always ready
for Lark 81 any kind To r"l;"ve the
shmeness Of camp life, but they rare
ly du anything with mnlicinus intent.
y number of our boys sdupIed the
whiSkey but not even the most ardent
lover OF this patent distillation be
came intoxicated. which .hoys the
excellent effect OF IA years military
Ill c. line. They knew il they got
drunk il woull incur sever punish
meut.
"rhe next morning we got our or
dcrs and moved tO the barracks, viz
t'siHdo Mayor. They are just out
side the walled city and were ecu.
led by :hr Spanish Infantry huring
the civil war. 4 prt uf the Isl Cali
forniu Infantry was with us for a
while. but on the 9th of April they
were ordered TO the front and We
were left behi d.
-Wc now have GS men here; the
rest are siill nt Cavitc. Que nan is
in the hospital i'll with PHILIPPINE
inch, a very disagsecable, but uot
dangerous I'll cpon.
"Our guard con>ists oi Ga men md
is II sicndy graft Of Two lIoura on mud
fonr hours off without relief. Lieut..
Wright md relieve ench other as
officer ~ the guard and poor Cap. liz
officer OF the day continuously.
IL went ont some four miles past
Malolos to the Baybag river where II
bnttle had been fought on tho after
noon Of the prcvions day. One sInn
had been cut ont Of the bridge to Gc.
stroy the apprOach TO the PHILIPPINE
eide and tho railroad track WIS torn
up M far ns We could see.
ave thought when we came hero
TINT wo wore going TO the front al
once, but the military department is
Il complex uu"hinc and wo nro herG
yci. There seeus very litrlr chance
Tor US to get into atcrap. This may
be lucky or unlucky according to the
view taken