The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1900-05-25


the 1riDg line 10 guard these, or tho
hospital men were constantly bringing
10 the rear men TINT bind bean shot, and
II was not u hnrd duty CT me during
these days Of Loneliness nnd suffering
~ tho part OF the men, fol- iDe 10 bo
with them u was impossible Tor the
smbulDDnes 10 come forward, Tor thu
oommissnIy wagons bnd boon stalled
IN one 0r two INFLOW deilos, where ~
WAS impossible for anything else TO
piss by, There were bull toAns, onr'
iiamettAs, ponies, oayalry hortos. sol
liaTs, mule tnnMs, md MI IN tbDt posi-
tion whuIe II seemed 10 be impossible
for either Of them 10 b. nxtfieated ~
lbaf rboy coDId bu OF my seryiee For
the first time wn r%enljHod what wns
meant by surgeon bning on duty ~
The field, md MI pmbDlnDees DeiDa ~
the rpny, pnd tho hospital toD miles
away,
All along orr march WE snW tho
burning stations, for ~ The FllipiD0s
Ind gone forward they had destroyed
tbn IailWpy stations md warehouses;,
~ TINT WI could not find u plnee ~
anfaly Or ~ shelter Costly machinery,
bnlos Of goods thnt were valuable,
sugar md various md snndry other
oOmmoditios, were seen burning ~ 100
pppat u distance for I'M 10 snye them,
sons PLACES We Mw rice paddles whore
tho rho sipNw hu1 been stacked aflor
the grim bud bnen tbtoahed, md those
were burning, Tboin were soynrnl
atronms 10 GROSS, from u creek 10 u
river, md IN the mon would come sna'
denly 10 those, not u m0n0Dt OF hUbI'
tNDoy, bnI M onward push, 1oOkiDR
only ~ accomplish lbOir end md got
thn better ~ lle men who wnrn III
front ~ them remember VOL one
slpoDm 10 Whiob We onlno, We Ind
gone over u narrow triL ~ ihht tho
men wopo compelled 10 20 IN single
nlo, md " some way company q Ind
become dolnnhpd from tho rost Of thp
bplnlliOn This wns not u dlllenlt
thing 10 do, innsMuch ~ ME groves
welo ~ lhiuk and tho line ~ long aud
Tho distance L0,b0 UNyorsld No great
WHEN The word Of command on tho pnlt
ut The onplnin WINS given " WINS not ~.
MAYS A repetition of tho command Of
thn mnior, hnt Tho command Ind boon
given emily III tho morning Tor tbo
yprions organizations w lllD, nnd thnt
order lind nOynI bOQll lonntormlndnd
md Ibo mon wore constantly looking
tor any position from which 10 fro md
do Tho erontGut amount NJ dnmnHo, Wn
ODmo down ~ this river mud wore about
surfing 10 nrOAa whom U yoll0y came
from u pilipiN0 f0lt pnd block hOnAo on
Tho opposite sldO NJ tho iiyeI, w TINT
single yollay ninotnop mnn foil dos
pmnlnly wonnapa 0r killed, Tor u
single instant Tbs men NJ tho company
wnyArod mud lhOn, noting mo airDns
lion from which 0nnlN the aopnn, I'M
m%odinInIy thrpw thpir guns W thNlr
ah0pIlmN and Nrod, 1hn 0rlna wnH
soon silonOod 0N Tho Otlov Aido and we
CROSSED We fOnnl Aomn thirty ~ forty
dnad pilipipOs ~ Ihp brush mud lohind
tbair forts, w bo moro nspli0it about
Tho nNOnpNpy 0f th0Hu mon, LOT nle my
lhnt Ihnpo l0rlH wNpo hnllt nh0nt nyn
yNnt hlRh, WohNhly warn lhrpo fnof
lhlNk, lnmhON 0n Tho inter fldO mud lln
iNAldp and lhp llllnR between bnlnR ~
dirI, llnl lnat \" lllN tnp NJ tho nllIng,
balwoun " md lNO reef NJ hnMhoO,
lhprn wna IN aperture probably Two
inches widn Nn lhN Aian fnolnH IN mud
probably VIZ InOhnN WldO M The hn1k,
This wNs NJ arranged TINT thN soldier
IN thn G0ll aI0nd ~ thpt hiH Nynp Wnru
on u level Nith Ih,H aperture, md pln0'
Inv hlp Rnn III HNnh nnHitl0n Nv no
lniuhr jndpo uNnNIdlNaly, Would fro
and nolN tln nllNNt nj has firing hnt A0
nnoNrNlN hnh bonn thN lylnR M Opr mon
lhNt WN found hNhinl This fowl TOM mon
with 4 bullet hOlN lhr0nAh Ihn 1MNlnr
NJ TIN fnrphonl, lhpnO mon who wnr0
shot IhrnNah tho fNnn md lhrnn ~ Four
wn0 lind h0pn wounded NY Rlnnnlns
Shots ~ they wore WIepNFlnR W hrp M
~,
W. rl0od hohlnA tlia Iort and rested
T0r \ little Zine Nnd MNnHhl ON mo
inevitable ~ omnl present NNnn0d lOrHn
and hNIn lnQkr wNH plninly AyIdpnt
W w Ihnt lhn NtlintnnH mud Intended ~
shy llnpN fNv some time, fol They had
nnNnlnlnN tWn hnIrNnkN. buildings nl0
hAl another IN nlnlp NJ nnrllNl p0n'
plpti0N, while THAR culinary appliances
wnrp N mind NnnltpTpl MI nINnnd lhl
mTrANks, WI hnd nyldpnllR enrpllHo0
IhNm IN thN midst M nnN NJ thar own
mpnlsl f0r hnllpn, Tlnh, ON lh0n mHnl
and snph NlhNp ingredients ,As nlng
would mi IN \ mlAnd Nh dish, hnd
hpNn .d0Ipd Onl IN fhnM M llloM plalnAl
nnd lhaAA worn mon fpl lOlnr WI gnnld
400 diam Qnilp u Ions llNtNNM IN mont
n HI, w thnV Nhlln HnllH, RnlnH
thInnRh Vim hnmhAn md, Sill HapllnR
N Rpt hasnnn lhn pnsHlh NJ TNnRn M nnr
MrlnRL. nv WhpInvW .thnf, warn hnhll
some fnnl. soldier wnnld iNkn n nrAnk M
lhpm Wlth lhn hape N ppFlNAFlns IhAf
While aniF
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