Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1900-03-31
Capt. Paul NTH
On The llsltins Line
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5ErI JEjllJlEEGlGEIaElaGEIlrEN lIS
Captain Thomas Millar, 10th In
fanny, U. S. ", writes from Darasa,
AIDdy Province, l.. l., February AZ,
1900, to his Dear Chaplain, FRIEND
and Brother Scot" ANDREW Brown.
las letter has good deal to say about
Captain Paul smith. VINO resigned the
captaIncy Of Co. A, n. @. H., and the
mas,ei snip of the government dredge
to take Uncle sam = commission. IL
also contains some excellent descrip-
tive writing, really good book STUFF,
which for want of space must reluc-
family be omitted from the extracts
given below:
Captain Paul Smith sits at the
other end of this table in a spacious
room Of Daraga church inditing an
epistle to his wife. Our voy-
age to Manila was delightful and Cap
tain Smith proved An inspiring aug
ment to our social life. On reaching
Manila we were sent to the water
works, and Smith being stationed in
one camp and l in another we did not
foregather quite so often"
Captain Millar describes a beauti-
full valley and its inhabitants and pro-
ceeds thus:
Across that valley and the hills
company went once in six days on re-
connoisance duty, the distance to the
foothills being about seven miles.
There, Captain Smith distinguished
himself. 1t was reported that the in
surgents held Antipolo across the foot
hills twelve to fourteen miles away.
The doughty Smith captured native
and made him lead the way across the
hills, and surprised the Inhabitants of
that town by marching III there with
the company. Smith waH entertained
by the priest or padre and returned
with valuable information, reporting
hard trip and n good time. lie was
afterward stationed at Tay Tay, town
with a ruined church and innumerabie
nipa huts on Laguna de hay.
"On February we crnbai ked on the
Francisco Reyes bound for Legaspi,
port on the southeastern coast Of Lu-
zOn. We had been cIlnped on Luneta
at Manila since January ~ awaiting or
edTs to proceed to the island of Minda-
mao, and our friend Smith had been
entertained by n host OF officers who
had met him in Honolulu, when news
came that battalion OF the 47th In
fantry was in trouble down here and
our battalion was dispatched to Le-
gaspi post haste.
I'VE reached Legaspi in torrent of
rain and Captain SIuith went ashore
In q very rough sea, anil brought back
the news that the 18th were holding
Legaspi, Albay and Daiaga; had con-
siderable fighting, two officers bUloed
that morning, some men killed and
seventeen wounded. Next
morning Captain Smith went out re-
connoitiring with his company and
stirred up such a lively fight that Ma
jor Craighill had to hurry out with
two companies to his rescue.
THE captain went over into the hills
and chased them two miles. he and his
company behaving in very courag'
eous manner, capturing small cannon
and some prisoners. Since that time
the captain and his bold lieutenant
MR. Cartwell, popuiariy known as
Cornmeal and OatmeaD have been
scouting the hills with small parties
and making outpost duty very un-
wholesome for the enemy.
The 47th returned 10 Legaspi and
Captain Smith and Lieurenants Cart
nell of +, Mitchell and Paterson with
myself CT ii, the Major and AdJutant
Sayre are holding the fort here. Our
church makes the finest of quarters
and we are very comfortable
| The town is now a sad picture OF desc
| lation surrounded By beautiful country
| on all sides. The insurrec.
| toes attack our parties between here
and Albay. but have Only succeeded In
pelforating a bull carr and wounding
| one man of my company.
"Ol the l4th Col. Howe, two com
panies of the i7th and Captain MARBLE
with Il Of the 10th secured the coun
try between Leghspi aud the volcano
on the north side, capturing SOM
prisoners and raising the Dickens gen
orally as we watched them from tn
tower. The colonel and two companie
got here in time for dinner, but on
company, which was lett out in tn
brush, got surrounded by the insur
gents and we all went to the rescu
and had lively engagement for abou
three miles. The insurgents were Il
an old tower and in trenches at tn
base of the volcano, They were en-
trenched on the road and entrenched l
the hills. Lieut.. Cartmsll with all c
Capt. Smiths company not on guar
at the church took the road. Cap
MARBLE took the open with the 47tl
and Major Craighill sent my compan
into the hills.
Capt. Smith was very much disaI
pointed at being on guard at tn
church, but had to do the same thin
during his fight. When the advant
commenced the men in the open pusl
ed ahead. Those going into the hill
where Capt. Smith had gone on Il
Sth had to advance through groves
, banana and cocoanut trees over Il
. ! rim ,nrooo n rivar and cvar trench,