Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1900-04-27

march; hot, tired and hungry and
thirsty we were not expecting to
have to fight to enter that town,
but as we came in an open spot
about 500 yards from the bottom Of
the mountain our advance columns
was checked a moment by a volley
from the insurgents, but only for a
moment, for the boys knew that the
only chance to get water was to
drive the insurgents to the noun
tains; and right we'll did they obey
the order TO charge. This being our
first fight, we did better than ex-
pected. The boys acted like old
veterans; the insurgents we're we'll
intreuched in a ravine, while we
were in an open spot, but fortu-
nately, for us, they are poor shots,
and none of us we're hit. The fight
lasted about one hour and a half.
We then marched in and took
possession of the town. The only
ratlons we had was what we could
carry in our haversacks, and they
had given out by this time, and
boys could be seen running chickens
and anything to eat, l had
chicken, some eggs and rice for my
supper, no bread. No Americans
had ever been there before and we
were curiosities to the few natives
that remained in the town. The
houses were all built on posts and
about 4 feet above the ground, and
only one room. The next
morning we started for Tan
wann, but met with nothing
of interest. Left Tanwann the morn
ing of the 18th, for Lipa, go miles)
at Luta, about miles from Lipa,
we we're fired upon from both sides
of the road. Here the insurgents
were heavily intrenched, but after
a fight of 2 hours they were driven
off, we lost one corporal killed and
2 privates wounded, PHILIPPINE loss,
s killed, wounded unknown. When
we marched into Lipa it was de-
serted except a few Cinnamon.
This is the third largest town on
the Island, population 10000. Here
the houses are different, most of
them being built of rock and mortar,
all two stories. The ground rooms
are used as store rooms, carriage
houses and stables. The upper
ones for the dwellings. All of them
bear marks of the Spanish and
PHILIPPINE war, bullet holes on
all sides. The natives have nearly
all come back into town, stores are
now open, saloons started, times
livelier than ever before.
These are very religious people.
They have a very large church
here, and every morning ate o clock
they can be seen going to mass.
the natives look something like the
mulatoes of the darby race at home.
Their dress is peculiar, the women
wear a short sleeve, low-neck bodice,
a skirt of a big square piece of
cloth tackled around the waist, a
piece of cloth for a hat, no stockings,
and a kind OF "Toe slipper" we
call them. Some dress very fine and
others very poorly. Most of the
men do not wear shoes of any kind.
There are lots of Chinese here.
They own most of the stores, three
or four of them, can speak a little
American, having spent some time
in the United States. Everything
lis very high except bananas, OF
"sarginis, as they are called here
and "manooks' Philippine for chick
ems. You can get three or four
dozen bananas for Sets.
r This part of the country is very
mountainous and the valleys are
full of deep ravines. Very few good
roads, but so many different trails
I one can hardly travel without a
| guide.
We also had ID fight at Bawong
in which "a PHILIPPINES were killed.
and so wounded, and two fights
close to Batangas.
think we will do garrison duty
here during the rainy season. We
have very nice quarters, and think
we will not fare very bad here; an
very we'll satisfied, do not know
i: when our regiment will be ordered