The Newtown bee., 1900-04-13

tain Smith. We found him still sitting on the ground and never making mur- mur. never saw such grit in my life. l He told us that he was mortally wound ed. We had hospital steward with us, but he could not do mach for him. So detail of us volunteered to go.back to camp that night for the doctor. Well, will never forgot that tramp back to the camp. Fourteen miles over mountain trails. It rained all night long and was so dark that we had to get down on our hands and knees, part of the time, to find the trail. We got into camp about o'clock the next morning, and then started back with the doctor. We had
 gone about half way, when we met the company returning, carrying the Cap tain. We stopped at stream and the doctor dressed the wound. and all the time the Captain never made murmur. We finally got back to camp and sad lot of men we were. The doctor told us that he had one chance in five of recov- ering, and we hoped that he might pull through. We had the fight on Sunday night, February 4. Monday afternoon detail started to march to B Company, 20 miles away. At7 o'clock in the even- ing, another detail were getting ready to start for Cebu in ssil-boat, and few minutes before eight, Captain Smith died. So the detail started in the boat for Cebu to report his death. The next day, February 6, the detail came back In the launch with Msjor Lsefe, our battal- ioH commander, and & casket. The next morning the body was taken aboard, and the launch returned to Cebu. Almost the last words the Captain uttered were "Private Gideon should be recommended for medal of honor." You will proba- bly know all about Captain Smiths death, through the papers long before this reaches you. We have t wo Filipino prisoners, lieutenant and a spy. We caught the spy as he was coming into the town. He had some papers on him that gave us a great deal of information \ about the insurgents. The lieutenant was brought In yesterday. He is lit- tie fellow, not as large as am. Tester day we gave the spy scare. We took
 him out and put rope around his neck
 then told him that if he did not tell all he knew about the insurgents up he would go. We'll he told us all he knew. He
 said that our missing men had passed
 through this town, and that one of them
 was so sick that he was left with the \ 4sk 1R kfn fog 5of hot hG priest knows what became of Ill the men.
 The priest disappeared the day after we
 left and now if we find him he will be strung up. have just had the two pris.
 oners out building breast-works across
 a road in rear of the camp as 8 protec-
 tion in case of an attack by the insur'
 gents. They have adopted guerrilla war
 fare now, and if we run across them
 there will be no prisoners taken. Our
 company is just beginning to strike hard
 luck. Our Captain Is the first man kill
 ed in the regiment, although quite g number have been wounded. And ther
 losing our five men. We'll, it Is the for.
 tune of war. The day that left Cebu,a
 transport came in with some Christmas
 boxes on board, but I did not have g
 chance to find out If my box was among
 them. will have to close now, as de-
 tail is starting for Cebu, and I can send
 this in by them. Do not worry about
 me, as ana enjoying fine health, and we
 will probably be on our way back to Ce
 bu in few days.-[B. D. Foulois.