Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1899-08-04
Lannes Higgins Writes Enter.
tainingIy From lIoiIo.
A Hopkinsville Boys Soldier Ex-
perience In the Asiatic
Colony.

EDITOR kENTUCKIAN:-
Everything has not been so quiet
here for the last few days. They
searched the town and all the light
ers in the river looking for arms
last Saturday but did not find any.
We expected an attack last Sunday
night or Monday, and we were look
ing for a street fight. All of the
boys on detached duty were ordered
to report to their companies at once
at the sound of call ITO arms"
! am on detached duty as inspec-
tor of customs and was on the
"Zuveria." We worked until noon
Sunday so as to finish loading her.
She left here at 7:30 p. m. Sunday
so went down to the office and
cleaned up my gun to get ready for
action and l had nothing to do until
eight o'clock Monday morning. 1
went out to the Co., so that if we
had any trouble 1 would be there,
but it was as quiet as ever.
A fewshots were fired on the line
of the 18th Regulars but not one on
our lines. Although everything
seems quiet now we would not be
surprised to have a scrap at any
time. The gunboats Princeton,
Yorktown and Bennington are here
and were cleared for action Sunday
night.
1t rains here three or four times
during the day and nearly all night.
! call this the rainy season but the
people here say it doesn't set in be-
fore the middle of next month. The
boys are having a tough time out on
the lines now, although they go on
guard only every fourth day and
they have tent at each outpost,
but it rains so much and the mos
quitoes are about to devour them.
My company is not faring so we'll
now, they have eaten all the chick
ems they could find and they did
not have any fresh beef for three
weeks until yesterday. The sin
diana" came down from Manila
with lot of beef. They intend to
begin killing beef here, a boat load
of cattle came up from Cebu last
l have been in the office all this
week; no ships have come in. L
went out to the company last night
and had a nice time. We had sew
eral chicken fights and after that
was over we went to a house near
our quarters where they had a
piano and had "stag" dance and
stayed there until taps.
Six or eight boys in our regiment
received discharges in yesterdays
nail. They will go to Manila to-
morrow and will sail for Frisco on
he first transport.
Payday is the most interesting
hing with us now. We have not
been paid for March and April yet
out are looking for the paymaster
IN every boat that comes from
June LIST, "99.-Still quiet but in
are giving trouble on
Segros. They intend to lay a cable
o Negros. The boat went to
Segros to begin work Saturday.
oour men were ambushed, two were
Tiled and two taken as prisoners.
captain and two privates of the
ignal corps were ambushed the
anne day. The boat came back
nd notified Gen. Smith. He sent
ompany M. of the 18th there.
there are eight companies of the
Gallant lst California" las the
frisco papers say stationed there,
mt they could not do what was
'anted. The captains body was
ound cut to pieces in river.
am now on a British steamer,
TYR, she is taking sugar and will
o to Delaware breakwater. She
J large ship and will carry A.
90 tons.
The rainy season has set in. {
ONE days it rains two feet and a
alf. The outposts have to swim
the barracks. Our battalion has Il