The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-04-07

OF the upper story of our barracks, es-
pecially the room occupied by Capt. Rob-
inson and Lieut.. Snow, and that In the
north wing Of the building occupied by
Privates Cochran. Stephenson, Espy
Barlow, Crowther, Brennan, Wallace and
myself.
BULLET is FOUND.
One bullet afterwards dug out and
found to be brass Remington went
into the wall over my cot, and had been
sleeping at the time would have taken
ME through the hips. My toilet from
then on was more hasty, and was made
as much as possible while seated on the
floor; my trousers went on over my pa
jamas (much to my sorrow and discom-
fort later)
When I got down into the yard most
of the boys were In line, and about the
only command it was necessary to give
was Count fours'' before we were ready
By this time the whole district Of Ton
do, the insurrectory pest hole of Manila,
was a mass of flames, and the upper
story of our barracks was being riddled
by flying bullets. that being the only
part Of the building they could reach on
account of the eight-foot stone wall
surrounding it. I have heard bedlams
in the way Of wild political torchlight
professions, with fireworks and delirious
yells, but I fear that henceforth q civil
lied bedlam will lack the power to create
any great quantity Of feeling within me,
with the recollection of the pandemonium
Of last night in my memory. The gunlike
reports of blazing bamboo from hundreds
Of native huts, the crash Of falling up
rights and tin roofs, the incessant rattle
Of Remingtons and Mausers, the bugle
calls and wild yells Of the insurgents,
will never be described with my limited
store of rhetoric.
FACING THE FIRE.
Standing in line during the time inter
pany formed and the completion of Capt
Robinson's Instructions for the defense
Of the quarters in the absence of the
company, and the firing of signal rockets
but one man f1inched in the rain of lead
en- missiles, and word of reproof
brought him out Of his momentary ire
pedation.
Our standing instructions for the past
six months have been, In case of trouble,
to fall back two blocks to the wide street,
known as Plaza de Azcarraga, and re-
sist any attempt to advance into the
city beyond that point. This necessitated
tho abandonment Of our barracks, con-
tanning all Of our worldly possessions
in the way Of clothing, camp equipage,
curios, souvenirs, and all the Ito us)
valuable odds and ends accumulated
during our sojourn in the Orient.
Detailing fifteen men under command
Of Lieut.. Snow this was increased to
nineteen men by the addition Of four who
were too late to fall IND, the captain
gave us Right, Forward, Fours Right,
Double Time, March," out of the gate.
Not having time to take my position on
the right around the front, waited I'M
til the company passed, and consequently
was the last man out of the gate. 1 had
been so occupied in forming the COM
pany, and this duty had been forced
upon me so suddenly after being aroused
that ! had not attempted to locate the
source Of the shots. for If I had, per-
haps, would have been nearer the front
After starting down the street 1t was
discovered that the bullets were going in
the same direction. It afterwards trans
pired that just as we emerged from the
gate bullet split Capt. Robinsons up
per lip, but he said nothing about it un-
til after we had taken up our position
on the Plaza de Azcarrago.
At the first corner we turned to the