The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1900-10-27
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MILF ARlSM.

LIZ
Two ghastly shapes met face to face.
Said the FIRST speaker III a voice
that seemed to come from beyond
the grave:
Who were you before you
died?'
i was a soldier, sir, = the other
replied.
"In what arn1y?
t''The best one in the World-the
ever victorious army Of the United
States
'What wars were you inf
"In the Spanish American war
and in the Philippine instruction,
"Tel1 me now, what brought you
here?'
well, when President McKin-
ley called for volunteers deemed
it my duty to go aud fight against
! Spain. I left a fair home, bright
u. prospects, alluring promises OF
wealth and advancement, ease and
comfort friends aud family, all that
was near and dear to me for an OPP
portuhity to shoot at the enemy
with a Springfield rife. The
NIB thought of coming to the Philip
pines filled me with that fierce JOY
which warriors feel, and I cheer
fully endured all the hardships and
privations which the troops of the
p first and second expeditions ex-
7seperienced in crossing the ocean.
When we pitched our little tents in
= Camp Dewey and saw the Spanish
banner floating, :o'er Fort Antonio
every man in the outfit was willing
to die in the. attempt to hoist the
o stars and stripes in it's place: /
=, was in the fight that occurred on
the night ofJuly goth and on. the
glorious 9Th of,.August ! was one
e. of the many Americans who enter
- ed Manila. In the captured city
IL, we watched and waited while the
peace commissioners pa1avered in
Paris. q 49,. T.'.t
But the fatal 4th of February put
an end to the uncertainty. The in
insurgents then declared war
against the United States and
American soldiers proceeded to
81 'trample< out the vintage where the
wages Of wrath are. stored. I fell
before Ma1olos was taken, and it is
not for me to rehearse the history
- of the war. was killed in the bat,
tie of OF, Marilao. Before the fight
.. was finished a Remington bullet
cut short my career. As my eye
sight grew dim I took a last look
. at the tattered battle flag of the
Tenth Pennsylvania infantry and
thanked God that tt was not afraic
to die. Success to Old Glory ]
said and my spirit fed. Eventual
~. 1ysmy bones were shipped back te
America and the coffin inscribed
@, with my name, was lowered into {
soldiers grave in the churchyard o
-'.5. my native town. was laid away
in that peaceful place to sleep my
last sleep. t.. ...
5.'.' But it is said that there be things
that cause the dead to rest uneasy
>~, in their ! graves. My dreamles
49,, SAUNDERS were disturbed by strang'
j, sand startling rumors. The repor
-. that Presidential candidate dit
b. openly advocate the lowering o
4 Old Glory in the Philippine ISLANDS
Il 4#faiSly routed me out of my tomb
i was en1ysthe shadow of my for
; rner sell, bat if there was the ghos
90 of a.shoW I wanted to know tn
truth: Ny apparition crossed tn
ocean. In spirit l am with tn
". brave. boys who are out here up
,-. holding and defending the flag
:, :. :, Although they knew not that
-, was there, I have been with tn
~ men who are fighting for the Unit
. ed States, for liberty, justice, civil
= = cation and righteousness in tropica
, ., country under adverse conditions