Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1900-03-13

later in the day told US that we had
killed over 100 with our s'krags'' and
''shrapnell" together.
Some of our men were wounded but
none killed. This seems rather re-
I markable when we come to consider
the fact that their forts were well
built and from all reports quite well
around. | don't know how many old
cannons were captured, but there were
quite few of them, but all old timers.
PHILIPPINES had all taken to the
woods carrying their dead and wound
ed with them, with the exception of
a few that we made it too hot for
i them to get.
This practically ends the insurrec-
] tien on this island as the insurgents
are scattered everywhere.
About week before the fight the
general commanding the insurgents
/ had invited their sMajor'' to come
out from Cebu aud stay in the forts as
they had position that no nation
could drive them from. The span
iards had tried repeatedly to drive
/ them out but had always failed and
retired badly beaten.
The natives say we don't fight fair
that we ought to stand eff and fight
! instead Of coming in on them the
way we do. 1t seems they cannot ap
preciate the "American charge"
They tell us that they don't 'ssaben
the "boem boom" that is they don't
understand the f'boomn when the
cannon is fired and the 'abooma when
the shell bursts.
We are all back in camp now and
are having quite good time Well
[ will close for this time and write
more later on.
II The following letter came ia the
same mail to his father and mother
Some additional information is given
in it of the battle in which he anti
cipated:
DEAR FOLKS AT Ho0EE:-I believ
! l told you that we were ordered to
lloilo in my last letter we'll after we
! got there they landed the second Bat
TALON there and we came on down to
Cebu Island. We got off the boat
Dec. Both and went into camp at
Cebu. Jan. lst We set out from Cebu
and came here and went into camp.
1t is one of the incest places to camp
/ ever saw. We have an abundance
of good mountain water and plenty to
eat. This very healthy place and
the men are doing well. Well have
been through my first battle and came
out without scratch.
On tho ronrpipn of tbo xua NOV
ed up to camp Winston 3 miles farther
up the valley and again pitched cur
tents but this time they didn't stay
pitched very long. About o'clock
our artillery mounted on the noun
tain above us threw a few shells over
into the enemy's lines in order to get
the range
| was selected by the colonel to car
ry the colors and that evening we
broke camp and moved up the valley
to get into position for the scrap
This move was very hard one we had
TO march along the river bed and ford
it frequently, sometimes we were in
water waist deep and marching and
climbing over stones, etc.
About nine that night we threw
ourselves down on a pile of stones be-
low the enemy's first forts but well out
OF sight Of them.
Just after sun rise the next morn
ing we began to get into battle forma-
/ tion the colors were at first attached
TO Co. K the reserve Co. and we NOV
ed up into position ia front of the
enemy and just then the bullets began
to sping" and ''zip" all around us; our
boys promptly returned the fire and
we moved on up the mountain
the first line of forts were
soon taken and | had the honor Of
flying "Old Glory from the first
crest. Then began the harder fight
for the remaining forts which were
larger and stronger than the ones
taken.
The colors were attached to Co Nj,
and we moved forward under a fire of
canister solid shot and musketry
from such guns as they had. The
colors were moved out on little knoll
and for while The bullets cut the air
all around us butour boys kept moving
on and in a little while the stars and
stripes Heated over The highest tort.
Lookout mountain is but hill COM
pared to this mountain and our boys
certainly did show their nerve by al
ways moving right on even in the face
OF the hottest fire, 3 companies of the
10Th and one OF the 22d inf. were with
us. We were unable to find very many
Of their dead as they carry them all
off with them. But prisoner told
US that one shell killed twenty of
their men and over eighty were killed
by our rifles; new graveyard proved
this to be true.
These forts were supposed to be so
strong that no nation could take
them. The general commanding
them just wrote letter last week in
: wiling their President up, and stating
, they had position that no nation