Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1900-02-02

| and Battle Fieid-One Evidently Not
an Expansionist-Isig Captures of Am
munitiou and Arms.
Mrs l.. A. Kirby of East Middlebury
has received couple of letters from her
son Charles E. Adams, who is now a
member of troop f, Third cavalry. in the
Philippines. The first is dated Nov. %
and says:
~ am seated on the floor of a native
hut in this town, which was taken by us
two days ago. On the 18th we had a
skirmish three towns back, and we had
to chase the Filipinos over rice fields,
where mud and water were waist deep,
and then over mountain. We took q
prisoners and two ponies; the rest Of
them (about l50) got away. We ride 70
within few hundred yards then dis
mount, every fourth man holds four
horses, including his own, and the others
move out and fight on foot. We are
now in the mountains on the north line,
/ OF course you read what we did on the
south line at the battle OF Old Cavite.
San Francisco de Mlibon, etc.
/ Every kind of fruit grows here IN
abundance There are thousands Of
acres of rice on every hand. The heat Is
| terrible. Il willis the volunteers, but the
regulars hold out very well, as more
care was used in their physical examina-
tion at enlistment.
1--WE have to go to the rice fields every
day and get rice for our horses, a. It is
all they have to eat nov. Everybody
who faVors expansion ought 70 serve in
the cavalry in the Philippines for IA
while. and possible they will find that
their minds are subject to change.
81 had my arm cut by IA mauser bullet
a little under the skin "A couple of days
ago. We have NOT been paid
for four months. have not received
one cent since enlisted
The second letter is dated Dec. l3. on
board the hospital ship Relief" and
says:
81 am side-trackPd and awaiting orders
The day after | sent you the last letter
the surgeons extracted the bullet from
my arm and dressed the wound and sen,
me aboard this ship, which is now lying
in Manila hay. At the time | was sent
aboard, the vessel was lying in little
bay on the other side of the island Il
miles from the place where they got the
drop on me.
"After getting in our work on the
south line, we went to Manila and rested
two days. We then started to joir
General Lawton on the north line. We
went to San Fernando by rail-horse'
and all. From there we rode through
what is known as the San Fernando
jungle-full of parrots and monkeys ant
with mud to the horses knees. The ali
was hot and sitting. 1t Is place 1t
which man feels as if he was approach
ing the Internal regions, and the further
he advances the more convinced does ht
become that such is the case. Well, a.
we emerged from the Jungle we rode
only about one mile I being one of th'
advance guard of 20 men) when VI
sighted fine line of trenches on hare
ground, suitable for cavalry to operate
on We reported the fact to the General
who Immediately ordered us to form TO
J charge under cover of the woods ant
wait till the infantry and two gatlins
guns, which are very light and ar
hauled Into position and operated b.
four men. had come up. He sent fou
men with one of the gatlings to tn
right flank, $50 yards from the mai
line, in plain sight of the enemy. Thes
men were the first of our forces that tn
Filipiuos had caught sight of; and see
II ing only four men alone aud not know
ing what kind of machine they ha
with them, about 75 of the native
Jumped from the trenches and yellini
like monkeys started across the opel
space for the apparently defenseles
four. But thev had tackled a hornet
nest. The gatlng throws $50 shots
minute and works on pivot. In
, blacks went down like grass before
scythe. Just then our bugler sounde
the charge. "On-on the trenches :.
ordered the colonel. and we did. w
got there ahead of the doughboys, too
400 prisoners, killed 102, captured 20
600 rounds of ammunition and GOO rem
ington and mausur rifles, and the villag
of FinnendObud.
ave fought our way across the islam
the remainder of the way, but had onl
: little skirmishes. The total distance wa
!. 220 miles where we crossed.
"We captured Aguinaldo's postoilic
business while ago-stamp- presses an
all. There is where got the stamps
sent in my last letter."
Another letter from the Philippine
:. has been received at Ripton from l.. \
Hamblin, son of DR.. j. II. HambliI
. who formerly practced in Riptor
J, Bristol, Hancock and Granville. 1t
dated Dec. 3. Among other things b
says:
Just as was reading your letter tn
bugles sounded 'to armsn and thel
was quite lively time for the rest G
the day. We lost three privates and
: lieutenant. did not receive scratcl
=, but captured a Filipino flag. The enem
Il was in some of the most beautf
:, trenches ever seen. They were thlri
miles in length, and so constructed tn
c the enemy could go to the right an
= left flank and have the main body IN Il
II centre the same as in the open iiel
L These trenches were situated on VIII