Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1900-04-13

women are small but very well shaped
and straight as an arrow, it'll no head or
foot gear to bother them.
Among other ships in the harbor
while we were in Manila were the
Oregon. Boston. Baltimore, Brooklyn,
Helena, Nashville aud others. As we
embarked on an old Spanish freighter
used as "A transport and saw that four
companies were to he tucked in where
two should be. wc thought "GOd help
us" We we're sailing two davs, escorted
bv two gun boats. the 18th on the Han
cock and we on the Salvadora. We left
the 18th at the southernmost peninsula
of the island of LuzOn. containing the
volcano of Mavon, which j. constantly
in eruption We waited there week 10
see if they needed renforccmcu's. but
every thing wa, quiet and we left for the
island of Samar, where we landed the
third battalion in the city of Catabaio-
gan. Very little fighting there. so We
sailed for Calpavac. where they shelled
the city, causiug the Fiipinos to fire it
and skip. We landed aud tool, bike
over the hills and far away, without re-
suits, though a few natives were killed
bv the gui boats. our loss was on"
killed and two wounded, aud we attended
the funeral the next day They wrapped
the body in the American nag. and his
company acting as pallhearers he vas
taken TO the grave and three volcys fired
over it and the huglcr sounded taps and
all was over. From Samar we sailed for
Leyte. where the iighung WAS sharp. and
we landed under "a heavy fire. though We
were protected by the fire Of rhe gun
boats The noise of the SiN-inCh shells
a. they struck vas something fierce,
and the negroes unable to stand it He'd
in d, rider. leaving behind II dead aud
Wounded. As we entered the town we
saw that they had dug a long trerch
during the three hours granted them 10
decide for surrender or not. The Fill
pinos are very poor shots. A. their vol
levs all passed over our heads. on the
other hand the Americans fired low and
every shot told.
From Tacloban. ~ This place is named.
we took a hike over the hills during the
evening and returned at night, tired and
hungry. leaving the next morning for
PalO, a town that the scouts had taken
on the night previous. At PAlo, mile,
from Tacloban. we s,ayed tNo weeks
and left for Tanaoan, five miles of.
Since coming to this place we have
been on several hikes, one of them il
particular ! will tell about. We Jeff
here 1T 80 a. N. and hiked 10 Dagam
II miles. from there to Pnstran miles
and home again at II o'clock p. IN
nearly playing out half of the men. who
fell out to rest up. | was the first ou'
back though, and had some extra doe
tors stuff to carry. Our errand was L
try ard capture the Filipino leader, by
name Ambru>ha Mohicka, who had 3O
with rifles and 100 men with bolos. w
are very hot on his trail and soon eXpeC
to capture him.
There is one thing here that is mucl
appreciated 10y the boys and that is tn
; fruit which can he bought very cheap
Bananas 10 or Il cents a bunch, an
American money is worth twice a mucI
AS this here; 80 you can see u dollar goe
"A long way.
II is very warm here. the thermomete
: never falling he ow 80 degrees and IN
rain always coming al night. took m
first ,alt water oath in Manila bay Will
we were anchored two miles from shore
and felt like a feather in the watel
[ Hur barracks are on the scashore, an
? we take our daily baths when the It'd
i comes IN. The breakers throw Us hea
over heel, and up again, and we have
u fine time.