The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-09-30
FROM THE PHILIPPINES.
Letter from Lieutenant ruiac Of houston
Who Enlisted with The lhirly-thlr
THE RECORDS BEING MADE BY TfxANS
AIopu the Fighting Limestone Typi-
chi Types of Brave Men--"Dfnmond
DicIs- and .sHnndsome Harry"

enlisted as private with the Thirty-thi d
infantry and for gallantry in the Sc vice
VAS promoted to second lleutenancy.
sends The Post the following letter de-
scr ptive Of some Of the characters in the
Thlrty-thrd infantry. particularly IN Sc
from Texas:
TO the Editor Of The Post.
Bangued, Luzon, P. l., July IS, 1900
The Thirty-third infantry, United Stat
volunteers. like all other commands re-
cruited from the Southwest, is unique and
picturesque in many particulars. or
course there are men IN the ranSs from
every walk Of life. and almost every sta 8
in the Union has A representative. Com
ing over on the transport the boys use
to figure on who would have " Cd fse y /
on the firing line and naturally the Sodtn- I,
erners rather looked down en- IN I5n- |
KEGS and said they ala no wear sosss
then but they would wear them ana nave
them made of wool when they got on the
line but when the time finally came !
and we had gone through our hrst battle. !
after the capture OF San Fabian and were
gathered around the old church a. san
Jacinto the time had changed; Southerner
looked on Yankee and Yankee looked on
somtheIner; they were brothers, ready and
willing to admit that there IS no North.
no South, no East no West. in America,
but that the United States is enc grand
Republic with no sectional animostles.
whose sturdy manhood whether from the
factories Of the East. the lumber regions
OF the North. the plantations Of the south
or from the Golden West are nvincible
in war
The First battalion is just like the bali
ance OF the regiment. it has its Characters
such as julius X. POLK. a great grandson
OF one Of orr presidents, who acts as our
pest postmaster Polk was city engineer
az Ell Paso when ne enlisted, and n Is
positively related to more stn4u sh
people than any OF the f. F. VS.
that ever lived. Polk has gone,
however. having received a discharge On
July q. Bat there are other cha -act 2rs,
men who have shown themselves to lie
men Of brains and bravery, as they not
only fight welt. but know how II tight
The other day coming from Vigln up
the river with RATS loaded with SuDsist-
ence stores the escort was attacked aud
Corporal George Pierce watkins. company
D, vino was made corporal for gallantry
former fight. was sitting In an exposed
position upon box Of hard tack hiring at
tue enemy on the mountain, when the sell
gcant in charge called for him to get OF
that box. whereupon the corporal turned
around ana replied in the coolest manner:
THANK you, sergeant, l am very COM
Portable here"
ON one occasion heard shot hred and
rushed acioss the plaza to investigate,
being officer Of the day, and upon reaching
the Quartet | found one OF our Cherokee
Ind ans, Private Griffin company a, conf
ing out and | asked him II any one had
been hurt upstairs he replied: on, no.
.t- grs,r. hrR oh n nj
was an accident" and he walked on on
to the hospital.
Cur old colonel l.. r. Hare, now brig
adler general IS the most striking char
acter one ever met. He always rides with
the po.nt, pulling at his mustache. ant
wAen fight opens up he quietly gives hi!
orders, looking after his men first, think
Ing OF himself last He knows al HI
men by name and addresses them a
BrcwnA smith or Jones making each on
feel he has a personal interest in him
The men love him no less than h love
them, and he never claimed more honor 9
fight than he g willing 10 give 10 tn
last private. On ono occasion the colone
visited this post, and Of course. the presl
dent. the city representatives. the polio
force and he town band turned out t
see THIS "muy yaliente ofcai' and the
found the colonel sitting in the up stair
winCOw at headquarters with his leg
hanging out Of the window. They coul
not understand how such a great, BRAY
man could be so undignihed,
Then there is Diamond Dick" 81,
Samons, private company D. from Hou:
ton. TexRs) and Handsome Harry" G
o. Hibherty. private comp A., fr
Fort Clark, Texas who exhaust the In
aglnation TOR anything more gallant dast
ing. pictui esque and peculiar. One II
Diamond Dick" dressed up for qua.
mount and was made orderly. Welt
said he 81 will never dress up aga NJ an
he has kept his word. His partne
"Handsnme Harry has never been order
bnt WAS corporal and was reduced e
hanging an ice cream freezer on fellow
neck In Honolulu These men look d
iected in camp but put them on the poi
and start out with the scouts for they a
bath scouts, ana they are ia their glory.
Captain John f Green OF San Antoni
now commanding the native scouts, W
up n the country on the Fourth OF Ju
and tried to scare up fight but did n
succeed but en- July 8. when he WAS con
ing back, accompanied by the Bangu,
Thrty-third scouts, he had two fights, OF
al Simpinis and one az Almanac and so co
sdering the 9Th OF July here is the 4th
hcme. while the folks in America were Il
ing fre crackers. they were firing "Krag'
at big game.
On July 20 the insurgents cut the tel
graph wire and the scouts went out, tive
ty-one in number. to investigate and
the 2lst they located the insurgents, or
speak more truthfully the insurgents
Gated them, and the ball opened up, {
insurgents being entrenchea In five po
items. completely surrounding the scou
ant about one hundred and tweaty-f
strcng but the scouts dismounted a
charged the nearest position by jumpi
fntn tho tranrbpg NJ the auPmy rOut