Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-12-20

the Philippine Islands Compares Their Tria:s e
Those Of Washington Captured Calling Gun.
The CENSOR is permitted to publish 4
letter written by Lester Wood to Capt.
Silbaugh- Sergeant Wood enlisted
| from LaFarge about July:
| SAN PEpRo, Macatf RI 7 Nov 4
g u. I psAf cAPTAIN;-l thought perhaps you
Mouiu IKE 70 hear from ard know what
outpost duty Is in the Philippines. On leag-
Ing Inc sherman We took up quarters at
heyy w @ner bu ws ma mac very rod barracks.
nmeTe TWO DAYS when our battalion. the
| rhird under Major Hartigan we're ordered
Z, rellsse tne Third battaliomof the Thirty
aourt ~. VINO were Ia the trenches near pasay.
on relieving them our company fell heir ~
= 1atIing gun We we're In the trencnes
| about four DAYS when we were ordered II
move again. This was on the min ,giicb
was sunday. We broke camp about aight
O'CLOCK, one platoon drawing the Gatlfnr
two miles, stacked arms, and went har2 10
relieve the other men on the gun The road
was very hae the men going into mud to the
and Is men drawing their cannon by hand
can now sympathize wi IN them. Orr ra
tions. which were drawn by waiter buffaloes
E6t STUCK N the mud. and on getting ont
firneq back and took the Manila road INT
hrst Lieutenant sent 1e loaves OF bread ana
box OF salmon forward with the men. % We
nad q lunch. Then In the afternoon thS
commisary sergeant sent up some fresh naes,,
with 50 loaves OF bread We cooked tba MAJ
10 an old water can and ate it and bread for
wagon, but there was nothing to eat an II
Ihen about $3.50 D. m. they asked for yolun
teers TO go and meet the wagons | with ore
corporal and four men started. We found
one load about two miles out. Sending two
men back with IL we went forward for ahout
q, mile and not finding the wagon. returned. |
four wagons to Pasay flor rations We got
pack ABOUT 9: 30 p. m. Yesterday / was on |
guard We had eight posts. leaving a cor |
porai ana three men at each post, they re- |
lievirg each other. The guard house was
at the town on the Passig river where We
stopped al boats going up or down, and ex-
ahmed everything the natives carried /
through the lines They we're allowed only
pounds OF rice, two punches OF eigarettes
with enough bread to maintain thera Thew
were no. allowed any cocoannt oil, saltchoc-
olate tobacco, and only a box or two OF /
matches. Every child and woman was on |
the "a road with load, there being thousands /
OF them passing through the lines each day |
We send out scouting parties and the other
day we captured hoat-load OF Calico rice
ana az, other proyisons; another OF cocoannt
oil. which was going up the river. the stuff |
being struggled past the examining posts
and then loaded into the boats. Night be- |
lore last they received kilograms that the
insurgents were crossing the river between
here and Pasig. The two companies of our
battalion stationed here were ordered out
ana established cossock posts Every man
was up all night was on guard. There
are two sergeants the senior being officer of
The guard. being seni1rhad to patrol be-
tween the posts all eight. The boys com
mencea to fire about 10 O'Clock and Ii was
general till nearly morning ana kept me
running all night from the guard house up
the river to the sentinels. Several Shots
were fired very near us which could not be
accounted for, but the mos of the shots |
think were at objects unseen.
am still enjoying good health. 1MJ SER
geants and two privates sent to the first d.
vision hospital at Manila, yesterday from
his company. and several others are sick in
quarters. The work IL pretty hard but the :
boys do not complain very much We feel
TO move again In few days. like this
country pretty well, as cigar and q hat q
I'll the clothing one needs and you can pick
bananas, cocoanuts oranges and other fruit
enough to live on. There is lots OF tobacco {
md rice. 1 must close. l hope you are en-
Dying health and life. Give my best wishes
10 all the boys of Co M. Your friend,
SERGT. LESTER WooD.