The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1899-03-28
FIGHTING AS SHE is.
Continued from Third.

and when she makes a move SO does
Dewey.
AS told you in the first part of my
l etter, about taking part in battle of
Caloocan, it was something that /
wouldn't haye missed for anything.
We heard that our forces were to take
the city, SO after retreat, Earl Sanders,
A. ]. Gordon and myself took our guns
and made break for the firing line,
which we reached about 8 O'Clock at
night. We Immediately proceeded to
the Kansas regiment, Co. K, where we
were acquainted with some of the boys.
As we all came off of guard that morn
ing, and being worn out from excite
ment, we soon fell asleep. But it was
short, for about 9: AS we were fired upon,
but in ten minutes we frightened them
off. But for a brief time only, for soon
they reappeared and the great fight was
on. 1t was grand sight. We couldn't
see the enemy, but the fash of their
guns was enough and we turned loose
on them. We continued the fight for
half an hour, and all was still until
2 o'clock in the morning when they
opened fire on US again and came with
in sixty yards of our entertainments.
We sent volley after volley into their
lines, but they gave it right back to us,
and could hear the Mauser bullets
sing "My Country Ills of Thee" over
my head. Firing was kept up on both
sides until daylight, and then we made
gallant charge, driving the Filipinos
from their entrenchments with heavy
loss. Our loss in this battle has not
given, but I think it was very light.
Two men were wounded by my side, but
think they will recover.
The Filipinos then rctreated to the
city of Caloocan where the big fight was
to come in the day, but I couldn't
stay any longer. The sharpshooters
were still firing from the trees and we
got squad to round them up. We
brought down six of them and 1 am
credited with getting one, as the other
| fellows say they didn't hit him, so il
must have been me. The officers of the
Kansas regiment are fine set of men
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BIT excited. The captain would walk
up and down the trenches and say
"Boys, we will have to give them some
more volleys to the left as it seems to be
getting thick over there" and alter we
would get through, he would say, "That't
the way to fix those Negroes, give 'em
hi" Even during the night he would
come and talk to Us, and invited Sanders
10 roll up In his blanket and Earl did
just imagine lieutenant and private
from different regiment rolled up ir
one blanket. I would like to see oul
officers do that.
When we got back we were fired into
the guard, and fined So and five days
but that was cheap. 1 wouldn't have
missed that nights fight for $50. I goi
what long wished for-to be under fire
When the first command came to load
wasn't next to myEelf, and in the ex-
citement never got to shoot. 1 didn'
even get my musket loaded. 1t WASH
because 1 was afraid of anything, but
was ratified. After the first few shot
were fired, and I got smell of powder
1 was just at home and could scarcely
shoot rapidly enough. It's fine sigh
to see whole line fire at once; it make
you want to fight. would like to tel
/ you how it started, but have no NOR
time to devote to this.
Don't worry about me, as nave gon
through all the battles will ever ge
into, unless run off again.