Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1899-06-15
FROM COMPANY L.
Charles Lambing Writes an Interest
ing Letter to His Parents.

through the fight SO far without get
ting a scratch and | hope to 60 the
rest Of the way although | may get
hit, you can't tell. heard one man
in one Of the companies say that he
could 60 through withoutNa scratch,
that they couldn't hit him. 1t was
only a few day after that he was
wounded, so | am not going to count
my chickens before they are hatched.
We started out from Malolos Oh the
26th after the insurgents and the
next day one man Of our company
was shot through the stomach. The
doctor he could not live as he was
bleeding internally.
We are now 80 miles from Manila
and still marching. think they are
going to run us on into the hills and
we haven't captured the insurgents
either. Every time we make charge
on them and get to their trenches
they are not there, they are two or
three miles ahead Of us.
We are in quarters but can't say
how long we will be here. The in
surgents say that they don't want to
fight but want to surrender. Since
we took the city the insurgents have
been coming in in bunches, some with
guns and some without but that was
not satisfactory. The general says
they can come in, providing they all
come in together with their guns. A
general, a captain and trumpetel
came into our lines on the 2Sth and
said they wanted to see Col. Wallace
Of the First Montanas and he sent
them on to Manila to see General
Otis about the conditions Of surrend'
ering and he told them just what
mentioned above. The insurgents
left, promising to hold a conference
in regard to the conditions.
We have had to cross two rivers
and both of them are fresh water, tht
first streams of fresh water we have
struck since we left Kansas. W.
csmped all night at the first stream
We went into camp about 4 o'clock ir
the afternoon April 25 and we were
in swimming until dark We would
have marched on to the next rivel
but we couldn't move the armoreC
car any farther on account OF th'
bridge. The insurgents had cut one
span and let it fall into the river
The next morning we pulled ou
bright and early for the next river
There we had pretty hard fight al
day.
The next day, April 27, Colone
Funston asked for ten volunteers o
each company of the first battalion
with Krag-Jorgenson rifles to g
across the river and flank the insur
gents. OF course didn't have
Krag SO got one from the squa'
leader and went as one Of the ten. w
started across about noon on RATS
The insurgents we're strongly forti
fed. Their trenches we're about fou
feet deep and all Of them were fixet
so they could 60 from one to anothe
without being seen. They also ha'
trenches with portfolios to shoot from
and had two big cannons. Their
we're about sixty of us against abou
| fifteen hundred insurgents strongl,
| intrenched, but when they heard u
shoot they thought there was whol'
brigade after them and they retreated
We captured the two guns they had
a few Mausers and lot Of Mause
ammunition.
We waited until our companie
came over the river to where we wer
and then we continued our march "
to where we are now situated. W
camped out doors two nights then W
got orders to go into quarters. Th'
two nights we we're out the rain jus
poured down, the first night all nigh
and we could not sleep on account 0
being SO wet. Z. y. LANDING
ppETHRCN HAVE LIVE FEAST