Mexico weekly ledger., 1900-06-21
Hyde HEsHKARs SHOT.
An Insargsnt Bullet Through Hn Arm
-An Interesting Letter From an
Andrain County Soldier.

Writing to the vandaIia Leader from
BsIsBga, Lason, P. l., under the date
Of ApEa ., Fred ". Morgan, former
~ Of vsndalia, nov . member Of 90.
3, s2nd Inf, says;
lis very hot here ct present. but it
gets cooler toward evening. You
saksd me If I evsr see Clyde BesheaFs.
Yes; I met him At Mabbalaccei after
q battle. IL had been s=.s.=E for four
days and the i2th Regulars and The
22nd Volunteers had been engaged 81
Mabbalaccet. The battle ended 1t
abont 9 .. m. Then the Regulars
vent into town. I was walking down
the street when ! heard q familiar
voice. This brought me at once to q.
sudden halt, and, listening, ] beard Il
again. Than some one addressed the
owner Of the voice In sFny style. Ga
entering . bamboo shack I had = sight
OF Clyde Bsshears. he had in his
possession . bowl OF cooked rice. An
invitation to dine was gladly accepted
and after supper we retired 70 talk
over old times. Next morning / was
awakened BY . trumpeter and vent to
my command to answer roll call 1
have never . 9 him sincs. Clyde has
been shot through the arm since then
with . Mauser bullet. 1 win send
home . large collection Of pictures
soon. haven't been sick . day since
here. Have met bat ons white woman
In six months.
Inc Sand has q fight every night.
some place along the line. We had u
hot = few nights ego. Tho country IL
all ahrs ~ when We 60 scouting they
issue each man . bit OF matches for
uss. The latest hii amongst the on
GERS Ia TO Bes who can get the most
niggsr's ears on Q string.
You asked me about what was most
~ rzsea here; they are ~ follows;
Rice, sugar cane, tobacco, hemp, Lem
ons, eocoanuts, oranges, bananas, pine
apples, wHnas, beedls-nuts, mangolss,
grape fruit, watsrmelons, pumpkins,
sweet potatoes, Plums and many other
tropical fruits.
Inave never seen q Philippine yet
who doesn't smoke, women and all
included. 1 have the use Of q very ine
guitar. Il belongs TO the high priest
In whose convent we are CHARTERED.
The fighting has started up ali over
the lsiaDd again. / expect our regi-
ment to stay here another year. The
daily rasnu at present Is very poor.
viii give you q short description
Of this Island. Il is 500 miles in length
and 100 mileg In width. It Is very
mountainous along the coast. II 10
surrounded by the Pacific Ocean and
China Sea The inner part is very
fertile. The northern part is noted
for lie mineral wealth.
The animals are as follows: Deer,
goat, monkey, ape, wild cat, alligator,
wild hog, sheep, wild ponies, caEaboo,
dogs, cats and lizards.
The birds here are: Bald eagle,
raven, parrot, owls, hawks, rice birds,
hsh birds, humming birdie, crane, cam
aries, Knockers, cuckoo, bird Of para
disc and many others.
The rivers 2 clear, fast-fiowing,
deep and narrow. The vegetation is
Of mRbogony, ebony, bamboo, rattan
and spices and many others. The
days are hot and cool nights. Be-
tween the fighting and smallpox we
have made quite q lot OF graves.
About 500 men went from different
commands this morning TO round up
some trenches about 5 miles from
here, south, where some 1900 niggers
are stationed 10 whip them. ] am GO
ing 10 see the fight from the tower
with Lieut.. Morrison'r glasses. He IL
with the attacking party to-day. !
am sitting in q guard room now writ
ing from the old world to the new and
! can't help thinking Of what q change
has come over me In the last year.
Iue resusN OF war ~ pfafnIy SHOWN ia
q cell, guard house, about 10 feet from
where ! am sitting. The cell ls occu.
pied by an insurgent colonel, who, BY
an exploding she'll, had mis- sight to-
tally destroyed. Another is shot In
the neck and many others have to
dwell In this hell-on-sarth. After
this IL over l expect to dwell where
the brooket In lie peRceful flowing
stream is not disturbed by the burst
ing shell above. am not saying this
because ! I'm afraid for ! am not. I
am on guard to-day. The firing on
the trenches has commenced 80 / will
have to close and 20 to the tower.