The Somerset reporter., 1900-04-12
Letter from LuZon.

DIR. w. >. Stinchheld has recently r.
ceived letter from his brother, Corp'L
W. N. Stinchfeld OF Co. f, 43 lnfantrg
Vols, dated at Calbayog, Samar ISL,
Feb. 10, 1900, from which we make tbe
following interesting extracts:
I'VE arrived in Manila on New Years
day and | could not help thinking of you
all on that day. We remained on tn.
boat, one day, in the harbor, the next
we were landed ut the city and marched
to camp. North Line was the name oil
the camp. We were out three days
looking for trouble, but did not find any.
The first night we camped by the side of
river where General Lawton was shot.
Empty shells were all over the ground.
Ii looked as though they had lively
time. The name OF the city taken here
10y the Americans was San Mateo, p. |.
yin coming here we passed through the
town of San Francisco Del Monte. The
next day we started, 10 the boiling SUI.
for San Jose. We arrived there about
p. N. and we camped In a cemetery all
night. We expected trouble here but
the people got out before we got there.
We suffered much for water through
bhC ohJ "Odio gwen lDG WIOlb
army for drink out OF the old well at
home. Well, the next day, we started
back for camp, and arrived there at
night. Ii was about twenty three miles.
You cannot imagine the difficult places
we passed through; sometimes we were
In the mud to our knees other times we
were wading rivers. No one fell out
during the march. 1t rains here ever,
duu Wa rarnainad In Tho ounnn obont
two weeks, then moved to Manila, into
barracks; from there we were packed on
Transport and started for the Island.
where we are now. Here Is where the
trouble commenced. We anchored about
one-half miles from shore. In the
morning, we had the gun boats,
Nashville and Helena, with us. They
lined up in front of US, ready for action,
if we were fired upon. CO. E and c.
F were unloaded ia row boats and we.
were towed to the upper edge Of the
town. We could see the soldiers on
shore getting ready to receive US. We
got within about ne-quarter of the dis
lance to shore and struck bottom, when
the Captain gave orders for every man
to jump overheard, which they did and
we waded ashore as fast AS we could
Co. F lined up and marched right down
| the principal street but we went on thu
outer edge of the place. We waded on, :
quarter of mile in black, nasty mud,
up above our knees in places. When We
got about midway of the city, the Major
came and ordered our company to go tc
the hills, which was about one half H
mile away. We deployed rs skirmishers
We had not got far, when. boom, went a
cannon right over our heads. 1t did moi
check us a might but we charged up the
hill and captured five cannons.
Where we captured the five cannous
we we're fired upon by the rfiemen, NJ
one hurt, the bullets flew all around
aud YOU don't know how pleasant they
sound. Well, we fought our way for
about five miles and drove them out OF
sight. There were twenty-four Filipinos
killed that we know Of. We have had
lots OF trips since, but no trouble. One
day we captured eleven rifles and five
hundred rounds of ammunition and one
bugle. This was all done by the com
pany which am in. have been sicl
for few days but am getting better"