Evening star., 1900-04-10
CAMPAIGN IN PHILIPPINES
EXPERIENCE OF THE "FIGHTING
36TH" IN THE FIELD.
Lieut.. Petty's Account of the War
With the TaEaIs a
Close Call.

Two letters were lately received by Mr
]. T. Petty from his son, Lieut. ]. Marshall
Petty of the seth Regiment, U. S. ", who
| is campaigning in the Philippines. Lieut..
Petty was corporal in Company B, 1st Dis
trct of Columbia Regiment, and served in
Cuba. He has had some interesting expert
ences while in the Philippines. Extracts
| from his letters follow:
This IS the first opportunity 1 have had
| to write since left Panique, over month
ago Our regiment is still campaigning and
has earned the title of the fighting 36th.
| We have lost our colonel, and it will be
| hard to find any one in Luzon to fill his
place, for there is only one Bell. He is to
| go to higher post His equal can scarcely
| be found, and his superior does not exist.
| He tells that have made him. but
| it is common property that he has made
| the Seth, and if he ordered the men to
| jump into the sea ! am sure they would
| do it without a murmur
I'VE have just returned from a seventeen
| days march through the Zambalees prov
| 1nce and over the mountains of that name.
My shoes gave out on the tramp, and
| had to tie the pieces together best /
| could. 1t was a hard jaunt and caused
| the men o lose a good deal OF flesh but it
| served to inure them to hardship and get
| them into condition for subsequent march
| ing. We went to every town in the prov
| ince. but did not strike the enemy until
| we Ieaciieu i'aihcooeah, over near lhe sea
| Quarters and were prenarinr for hed tbe
| olhc"rs quartet, of which | am member,
| .uIhns up Tor song as a prelude to sleep.
failing eIaes seal b,iIets ,nro 4lrol,eh u,
| the partition against which we We're lean
ing and gave uncomfortable evidence of the
TACT that We were being attacked.
n,odn ms nn5,os,t va az nff np,iS enuto anu we
| shoes and secure our njstoIs some Of tbc
party accompanying our movements with
| an onlgato OF artlstic swearing, and there
| were pnS!e cans and commands. which Were
| r"$pohord I" on the outside by additional
| Noieys from our friends, the enemy. Af-
| ler a pfle' Skirmi&h, without doing us much
ad',iage' theE desisted ana we fnaily went
| 'o.ntu' 'o ,tu' ,
| -'SN' ,h"'i!hs We started out AT q CLOCK
| m III tHe dlreeIon OF Alanenos' demolished
| I vi ii'5sS 'tlohs the way showing the route
| u,e eooso"s had taken We had marched
| ABOUT seven miles when we encountered
1nelr outpost, which opened fire on us AZ
| ~" ~, 9.'f.S o'SIahct, ana theh ensued
fisIerso T.,S 'S he "S conpi mes were sent to
| i; ~ - ne pu'loSt WhlIe Two othcf COM
| '''''.ss ''aIu l'iS own We're sent iht" the town
| " ". S"tasa i tIt man podE. We came up
| r,ro 80 t'i'"i III ii"n. oL d rhuEch, ana,
| '""iSt 'S iiS ufntFe"' we got thefn on the
- uit az" o'9tu mem over rice iiti"S nearly
III iuu anu Wa'cr; thrGugh 1hick-
,d 1od - ,i'e ne'e"is.. we kiIlea sixteen
| -, 80 >"t''"' " Il 7'oti many
| . ~ , 'Ni'iS N'!e cannon ana lhlfly-
| wv N'''Nse's 'i'' i'"iiIs'ohs'
Artillery Captured.
| The 36th has now cantl,rcd all tho ,r,r
| , - ~ ;. I = - ~ i 'i'
| as we have or.ttv weu a1o,raa 90. 49,
| hostiles in this sec,ion we will doubt1ces n.
| sent TO the south line II was on tbo soutb
! line that General Iawton was kiuad
| 1T Is a marvel to me that Col ReIl is mt
| a human sieve bv This time T sa,c hin,
| Jump his horse over \ fence and aI,oat
| into a .yrOrlp of twelve or fifteen ineurrao-
| tos. who fired at him point blank bur he
| was mo- MT once. Lieut. Reed however,
| Nm; Hem; u1"ii al me nrSt ToHey, and Lieut..
| or L.S - :, '9 hI4i.t H,,, uiihei MN.
nle.sIIra on ,,,. w iisu the
him in acticr .rd 80. r, " neil6 l WIN III
! hrarar NAV W. sn1 7N {. 'oolei Vi
lion ia his soIdiari - 80. - an IS pild-
| bIm for his ,.oI,raaa 80 hi ,,iit loVs
| bcar+ anu MS hinuhess OF
, The Christmas to, oo,,o . ,,
| o,.c,I,. az, la1,i N saine 10 hahd' not
| sh.na' i a Ie '-! tihe. put IN good
| hr"ibar ~ ne, W. 81 slS"cS oSei hy my
| Cbristr d;,r,or tiu ansi, my MY actuai
enna &c, I'M SU,ia'ea u nan pint OF
Slicn - Ion ~ sa."i iua - " iaiutach ana a
| trancb ,,,,th 80 "ni,I st''5iulhs III
| - -. -. ~ tiii pouiii uo"h upon