Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1900-03-15


Since They Landed-Troops out of
Meney-Strange Sights and Sounds.
WHITE TOWER, La Carlota Dist,
Negros Island, P. |.
January %, 1900
We have been on the go nearly ever
since we landed. We had one fight
the l4th of January which | explain
ed in my former letter. There is a
small town near here named La
Grange; this is away up in the noun
tains and is very dangerous place as
there are several hundred insurgents
within five miles Of here and there
are only 46 of US. The rest of our
Company is sick or on some other
duty.
For the past week we have been on
pins and needles all the time. We
have been called out twice as our out
post fired upon them and even now |
am not quite sure of finishing this let
ter as they can walk down here in an
hour and we are not allowed to remove
our uniforms. We have to go on
guard every other night aud it is quite
trying to be an outpost expecting an
attack at any moment. There is no
such thing as sound sleep as you
are liable never to wake up.
We have burnt two towns since we
came here. Ten of the boys went to
a forks in the road one night to see if
any rice trains went into the noun
tains. They laid in the grass for
awhile when the ringers came along
they shot into their advance guard
and killed one. The rest ran but
they did not follow them as it was of
no use for they could never find them
in the mountains. We do not know
anything that is going on in the out
side world as we get to see very few
newspapers.
We have not been paid yet and [
do not know when we will. The 9th
Infantry has been here since July and
have not had one cent yet and we
cannot get stamps to mail our letters
with.
The Colonel got letter from the
insurgent leader saying he wanted to
surrender and the Colonel promised
not to come up in the mountains after
them until he heard from him again
which would be as soon as he got his
men 10 gether. We know exactly
where they are and if he does not sur
render soon there will be hard fight
fought by the time you get this letter.
He said they had 40 men killed the
14th We thought there were only
about %. He said the place where
they fred upon us from, there were
about three hundred of them there
but they knew enough to keep hid.
This place was over large Spanish
farm and about two miles from here
there are several acres of pineapples
and bananas which will be ripe soon.
Maybe I won't fill up on them. l
could pick up any amount of interest
ing relics here but | have no place to
keep them and the only way to send
them home would be by mail. That
would cost too much.
There are thousands of monkeys
here and it is just like a show to see
them climb about in the trees. They
screech so, that we can hardly go to
sleep in the early part of the night.
If | stay here until | get ready to
come home | intend to bring a couple
of them back with me.
/ miss the fun that have been
used to having but | am getting the
experience which / need and if God
spares me to get back safely will be
a much changed fellow and will go to
work and learn some good trade.
Ask Chilly" ST. Clair If he remem-
bers "sBilly" Rexroad from Kingwood
who was with his regiment last year
and tell him he belongs to this COM
pany but he got sick and was left in
the hospital al Manila.
The horses here are no larger than
ponies and are very scarce. The ma
tives use Caraboes instead. We are
about Is miles from the coast but We
can see the sea plainly as we are on a
high elevation. On top of the White
Tower there is large glass which is
used in looking about the country and
we can see for several miles where the
island is not too hilly. The noun
tains are East of us but we cannot see
any body on them as the vegetation
is too thick. The timber is awful
thick.
We have been here almost one
month as we landed Dec. Goth but it
does not seem to me as though 1T was
more than one week and it has been
nearly four months since / left dear
old Morgantown. By the time you get
this letter it will be over five months.
Utt and Lieut.. White are on Panay
Island with the rest of the regiment.
Malcolm is here with us now but he
has been with the Lieutenant for
awhile. JOHN SHAY.
Co. d, IA U. S. V.
R0uud.-A GI0ye