Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1900-02-13

gars, tobacco and cigarettes; they ar
too cheap to smoke. The finest kind O.
cigars for cents in American money
for cents In Mexican or Spanish, ant
the natives all want our money, ant
say, Mexican dinero no bueno.'
This place is sixty miles from Ma.
nila, ON railroad, and from Manila
here there is a river to cross about ev.
cry half mile and a town about every
two miles, and some good, big ones, too
This place is supposed to have had
about 10000 niggers living here, and
! about 5000 American soldiers run them
out
HOW NATIVES SHOOT.
You ought to see how they shoot.
They tell and show US how they do;
they do mot bring the gun to the shoul-
der, but hold it and shoot from the hip,
and of course the bullets fly high. They
say the gun kicks make their shoulders
sore. They generally fire about two
volleys and then run like the devil to
get away. Why, IL one regiment had
the tntrence4 4,ilei. ) liit.' .Le--e add let,
regiments could not get the one regi-
ment out; they are simply fine, and COW
cred with railroad iron, but the artillery
fixes the top business for them; as they
cannot stand q flank movement, the
volleys our boys give them NOV them
down like weeds, and when the nlggers
run they hold their guns up over their
head with both hands and shoot back
on the run. They say Americans no
sabe rear march, but all time march
right ahead I have seen plenty of
wounded, as our company was about
eight miles from here on the firing line
day before yesterday, and brought back
quite number of wounded and one
officer killed, while the enemy lost up
In the 200 list, besides their wounded.
The boys captured all kinds of ammunl-
tforl and guns.
AMERICAN TRAITORS.
1T will seem funny to you, but never
theless is true, that there are quite a
number Of Americans who are officers
in the nigger army, as the boys have
heard them giving commands. besides
killing and wounding several. One fell
low who was an ARTILLERY sergeant in
the United States army, but got bob
tail for some cause, sent over word to |
his captain here, and sent a chicken, |
telling him he was coming IN the next
with the niggers and would eat
breakfast with him. They tried 1t about
O'Clock all right that morning, but he
was wounded badly, and died see
Spanish prisoners coming in every day,
and they say Americans are in their
army, but all are officers. These Amer
leans, though, are dese1!ters, or bob
tall soldiers or outlaws. There has been |
fiour and ammunition with United |
States brands and trade marks on cap
tured from them.
SHORT ON AMMUNITION.
We'll, it cannot last much longer,
any way, as they are surrounded, and |
We are told are short of rations and |
are melting up all kinds of old stuff for
uufltlS. 1HSy nave SO41Ve oNu SIIlOOtH-
bore guns made Of pipe and covered |
with bamboo, and they shoot old nails, |
spikes, bolts and every kind |
Of old stuff. The boys captured one yes
terday, besides whole pile of ammuni- |
tion and guns which they sent to Ma
nIla tonight on the train, and had the
of seeing this modern gun
Or gas pipe.
II guess you will get tired reading
this old stuff, but have passed away
4 few spare moments writing 1T, and as
taps is blowing will have to douse or
put out my l~ht. 1 wish could talk
Spanish. would be strictly In it. Best
chance for making money here I ever
saw; think will stay II can get mus
tered out here. Well, give my best to
all the boys for me, and tell them he'll
10, and write"