The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-03-11
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Christmas '9S, as we left Manila Christ
mas at a. m bound for lloilo, which
is on the Island of Panay. The First
battalion which was on the transport
City of Pueblo, was discharged at Baca-
lad, Negroes Island. and Charlie Nabb,
Clyde Mcintyre and Sam Smith, are
there, and were ordered to Iloailo for
duty, but on arriving there only one bat
talon (the Secondl was left there and
Ed Smith and VIII Campbell, from Bent
ley, are with il, and the Third battalion
was sent to Cebu, Cebu Island, P. l., for
at last we managed to get ashore, after
being on board the boat forty days, which
is the same record as that of Noah in the
Ark
We landed on the 3oth of December and
pitched camp in the Plaza de ma Grin
tina. On January 1, 1900, we started to
leave camp for the front. but owing to the
Inconvenience of transportation only one
| company was able to move, but all that
day the other two companies had detach-
ments out rounding up umbras. caraboas
and carts and by night we had enough
to enable US TO move, so on the End we
left and marched to the mountains, or
rather between the mountains, and by
the way we had as pretty camp in the
mountains as one would care to want.
| A big high mountain, on the west,
which is as straight up and down as a
wall, nearly, and two or three small
mountains on the east and mountains in
the distance on both north and south and
a small river running quite close to the
mountains on the west. We also have an
unique system of waterworks for drink
ing and cooking purposes. They cut bam-
boo poles in half and connect with a
spring in the mountain. Each company
has about six umbras Spanish for friend
or companion) to do the rough work
about camp and build bamboo beds and
kitchens, etc. It is quite pleasant here,
with the exception Of from 10 m until
p. m, when I think it is real warm.
don't know what 1t will be in July
The enemy is In Notifications. I say
Notifications, for they are innumerable
so the outposts, who are stationed on top
of the mountains, tell me. One who is
not on duty is not allowed up there, for
the danger is great of being shot by our
own outposts, and are stationed on
range of mountains to our east.
We expect to make an attack in a few
days and I shall not close the letter until
something further develops. We had
them surrounded but they are strongly
fortifed.t but time will tell We have
some artillery, three companies here and
two more further up the river.
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yesterday and got his bolo and club. He
was about twenty feet from him when
he killed him. The bolo was as sharp as
razor, and the club is a wicked weapon
George Ogan is on Luzon Island, near
San Fernando.
Our outposts do great deal of firing
at night but I imagine the cause Major
Mccoy and forty men went out on two
day scout this morning. One strange
thing happened on the trip on the water
Every time we entered port it rained the
same day, or was raining when we came
in.
will close for this time for supper
Bananas. plantains, cocoanuts, oranges,
lemons. mamas. sweet potatoes, mangoes,
and I don't know what, grow near camp.
January 10, 1900.
Dear Brother and Sister: I will try and
finish this letter now. The attack men
toned in the previous portion of this let
ter came off at last.
On January we left Camp Rowan for
Camp Winston. and there we had a bed
Of rocks for the night, consequently did
not sleep much.
On Sunday evening. January Z, at 6
o'clock. we left Camp Winston and
passed in the river bed around the noun
tain to our position for attJk. We
reached this point about IL p. m. 1 never
saw so many rocks in my life. In this
country the only available means OF de-
cent travel in the mountains is in the
river beds, and you are continually cross
ing the streams, and I'll bet any man
that since January l I have waded and
nearly swan across various streams 300
times. On the morning of the sth, at $40
we started TO the attack I'D the Sudlon
mountain, and at OILS q. m. we planted
Old Glory on the crest o fthe hill.
These Fillpinos can put up no fight
There was no one killed Two were quite
seriously wounded and one slightly. They
carry all their dead that they can with
them.
We stayed in their forts that night. but
did not sleep much. for some Of the out
posts were scared and kept shooting and
calling US UP 10 arms. In fact I haven't
slept much since as you will soon know.
On the 9Th We started out TO capture and
discover. etc
We marched as fast as we could up the
hill. and then it took US three hours and
ten minutes There was no one hurt IN
the three companies OF this regiment.
that IS. By bullets. but several were hurt
by falling on rocks.
This IS the same Island that the Ten
nessee boys got on The transport 70 help
our the Nineteenth infantry. which &c The
same one We fought with. ard they say
we did better thar the Tennessseans
Il Is quite a funny feeling % be under
Ere but after the first fsE shots 7 ds5
ne, mind & When we planted the fa-
On tep the Nins,eenth gave three cheers
for The Fa-ty-fourih ard We returned e
ar3 started On 70 clean Up the rest - the
forts That = enough tor The bate
As ] said before. az ths 9Th re started
"a a march TIE started from Sadlon al
noon and reached pa sruban. which IS or
the west csazt. O. the 2eth a. 3 n
stayed the7e sas-hzlf 8ay ard started for
Ce5u Via Msn8aaa, reaching cesa yes
tersi2y. The l4th. a. = a. n .anf reachszr
camp ~ o'ciocx last night. where vomr
letter CT Novenae- y greeted re slso
sne from Sss. Father and ose from Bss-
Ter. 8 soldier In BATrancss. Fla also
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